Manchester, UK | Manchester record shop Haunted Dancehall moves to new location: The electronic music-focused shop now operates out of a larger space at Wellington House. The electronic music-focused shop now operates out of a larger space at Wellington House. Manchester record shop Haunted Dancehall has moved into a new location. Last month, the shop moved to a larger space in Wellington House, the creative mill where it opened back in 2022. It’s still located on the same floor at the same address, just a few doors down. The shop, which draws its name from the 1994 album by London trio The Sabres Of Paradise, stocks a wide range of electronic music spanning reissues, new and used pressings. “We’re super excited to use this bigger space to support the local scene more than ever and we’re open to any suggestions on how to make that happen,” the Haunted Dancehall team shared in a statement.
Hyattsville, MD | The many layers of Red Onion Records: Red Onion Records owner Josh Harkavy didn’t listen to vinyl much growing up. A native of Long Island, N.Y., Harkavy said his earliest experiences with music came secondhand from his older sister — Pixies, Nirvana (she would play “Nevermind” a lot), garage rock and grunge—all on CDs and cassettes. “Records, not so much,” Harkavy said. “I feel like they were going out of style mid-’90s, late-’90s for sure.” Harkavy is soft-spoken, like a foil to the music that plays in the background—John Prine giving way to Ornette Coleman and free jazz. His store Red Onion, on Gallatin Street, is in its third (and he believes final) iteration, having climbed its way out of the original basement location that Harkavy opened in D.C., back in 2006, right on the precipice of the 2008 vinyl boom.
Ann Arbor, MI | Media store that sold tapes, records closing in downtown Ann Arbor: Fans of vinyl records, cassette tapes and other media will soon lose a place to shop in downtown Ann Arbor. Your Media Exchange, 319 S. Main St., is closing and will have its last day on Sunday, May 25, according to a social media post. Everything in the store will be 10% off starting Tuesday. The Toledo-based company opened its Ann Arbor storefront in June 2022 to sell physical media like music, movies, books, video games, vinyl records, VHS tapes and cassette tapes. The store is closing after dealing with a “significant sales drop” in July 2024 after an “extremely busy and prosperous” first couple of years, according to the announcement. Ownership could not be immediately reached for additional comment. “We kept thinking it would be temporary, but even through the holiday shopping period sales were down,” the post stated.
Los Angeles, CA | The Los Angeles Music Center to host vinyl fair at Jerry Moss Plaza: The third annual event features over 16 vendors, plus DJ sets from KCRW hosts Wyldeflower and SiLVA. Los Angeles performing arts organisation The Music Center is hosting its third annual On the Record: Vinyl Fair. Taking place on Saturday, May 17th, the daytime event will feature over 16 vendors curated by In Sheep’s Clothing Records and Beat Swap Meet. The day will be soundtracked by DJs Wyldeflower and SiLVA from local station KCRW. LA Commons and South Gate Museum and Art Gallery will also present a series of interactive activities, including a sound bath lounge hosted by the Dance Resource Center and Dexter Story, a vinyl sampling session with the Young Producers Group and a zine making workshop with LA Emerging Arts Leaders.
“Record Bars” Are the New Book Nooks, Complete with Epic Vinyl Displays: Move over, book nooks—there’s a new media-centric design darling in town. Record displays are emerging as the latest centerpiece of stylish homes, channeling the curated intimacy of vinyl bars that have been quietly redefining nightlife from New York to Tokyo. At home, a dedicated listening nook with records on display distills the same nostalgic energy into a space that feels both intimate and intentional. With a thoughtful setup, even a corner of the living room, a spare wall in the bedroom, or a quiet stretch of hallway can be home to a record display. Here’s how to evoke the warmth and character of a vinyl bar at home—no bouncer required.
Plano, TX | ‘It’s a sickness’: This Plano DJ has over 4,000 funk, disco vinyl records. Justin Myers has collected vinyl records for about a decade. It’s become an obsession after his wife gave him a record player. “Since then, I’ve just been collecting like crazy all the time. Daily records are coming in or I’m going shopping. It’s a sickness,” he said. Thousands of vinyl records are meticulously organized in his home office by genre and beats per minute. Some North Texas music lovers might know Myers as DJ Willie Dutch who hosts vinyl-only sets about once or twice a month. He said there’s something special about holding a vinyl in your hands. “You can see who played on a record. You know what the label was it released on, what year it released,” he said. Myers said some things simply aren’t available digitally. “I can’t go on YouTube and listen to specific records. So the deeper I go, the more I find that records are the way for me.”
Denver, CO | Vinyl Me, Please Customers Face Uncertainty as Company Enters Liquidation: The Denver-based record club has assigned its assets to a third party, which will handle refund claims. After months of complaints that Vinyl Me, Please had stopped fulfilling orders, processing refunds, and responding to emails, the Denver-based record club has announced its liquidation. The resolution of outstanding orders—including hefty annual subscription fees—is now in the hands of a third party, Vinyl Liquidators LLC, which has taken charge of Vinyl Me, Please assets as part of an Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors (ABC). Those creditors, primarily customers with unfulfilled orders and subscriptions, must file their claims before Wednesday, October 1, 2025, according to a notice viewed by Pitchfork. Any proceeds from the liquidation will then be distributed to the claimants.
Pulp announce vinyl release of ‘Spike Island’ single with new B-side: ‘Open Strings’, which appears on the B-Side, is “the only other completed song to be recorded in the album sessions with James Ford.” Pulp have announced their vinyl release of ‘Spike Island’ single with a brand new B-side. The Britpop legends recently dropped the news of their comeback album ‘More’, which lands June 6 via Rough Trade. After releasing the festival-ready lead single ‘Spike Island’ in April, Pulp have now announced ‘Spike Island’ will be released on vinyl on May 23—their first vinyl release since 2013’s James Murphy-produced ‘After You.’ “Following the overwhelming (& heartwarming) reaction to the digital release of Spike Island, the song is being made available on a 7” slice of plastic,” they wrote on social media.” They also shared that a “new and unheard” track called ‘Open Strings’ will be on the B-side, adding that it was “the only other completed song to be recorded in the album sessions with James Ford.”
Warrant’s 1995 album ‘Ultraphobic’ remastered and to be released on vinyl for the first time: Warrant‘s fourth studio album Ultraphobic, which was originally released in 1995, has been remastered and will be released for the first time on vinyl via Deko Entertainment with pre-orders shipping in late July 2025. Warrant‘s line-up for Ultraphobic consisted of Jani Lane on lead vocals, Erik Turner on rhythm guitar, Jerry Dixon on bass, Rick Steier on lead guitar and James Kottak on drums. Lane died of alcohol poisoning back on August 11, 2011 while Kottak passed away reportedly due to cardiac arrest in early January 2024.
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