Denver, CO | Meet the 17-year-old owner of Denver’s newest record store: He started building his collection when he was 12, and it never stopped growing. When most folks think of a record-store owner these days, they imagine a hairy, grizzled dude in a faded R. Crumb T-shirt who can remember precisely where he was when he learned John Lennon had been shot. Elijah Trujillo, owner of TruRecords, defies this stereotype for a very simple reason: He’s 17 years old—and no, that’s not a typographical error. But he’s as obsessed with albums as anyone who’s been spinning the black circle for decades. “I really love doing this, because I love the community around it and I love supporting the people around me,” Trujillo says.
Woolwich, UK | Music fan opens Diet Cola Records in Woolwich: A lifelong record collector who swapped a corporate career to open an independent record shop in Woolwich says he hopes the business will become a welcoming community space for music lovers. Josh Thornton opened Diet Cola Records on Woolwich Church Street, near Woolwich Dockyard, around six months ago after deciding to turn his passion for vinyl into a full-time career. The shop, which specialises in buying and selling vinyl records, also hosts weekly DJ sets and has attracted visitors from across the UK and beyond. Josh told the News Shopper: “I’ve been collecting records all my life and I’m in my mid-40s now. “I was in a corporate career and I put myself in a position where I wanted to open a record shop. There wasn’t really anything around here.”
UK/IE | Jack White’s Third Man Records announces UK and Ireland pop-up store tour: The five-city run will feature exclusive vinyl, limited edition merchandise and “bootleg” versions of White’s solo records. Jack White‘s Third Man Records has announced a run of pop-up stores across the UK and Ireland… The label will take over five independent record shops between August 28 and September 20, with stops in Bristol, Newcastle, Belfast, Dublin and Glasgow. Each pop-up will stock exclusive vinyl, limited edition merchandise, posters and books, as well as a series of homemade “bootleg” editions of White’s records. Each copy will come in a hand-screen-printed sleeve, with all items available on a first come, first served basis while stocks last.
Bury, UK | Bury’s only independent record store and coffee shop adds new food menu items: Bury’s independent record store and coffee shop Wax and Beans has unveiled two brand-new dishes as part of a fresh food menu update aimed at customers looking to enjoy the summer sunshine. The popular business, based in Bury’s Culture Quarter, announced the additions on social media, revealing that its chefs have been working on new creations for visitors to enjoy alongside the venue’s extensive vinyl collection and café offering. In a Facebook post, Wax and Beans said: “NEW FOOD MENU ITEMS. The chefs have been incredibly busy cooking up some creative new dishes beginning this week.”
New York, NY | Sweet Peanut Records Brings Vinyl Reckoning to Upper West Side: The much discussed vinyl revival and its abundance of new indepdent records store has heretofore passed over the UWS. Well, local wax lovers, your wait over. Shout it loud, proud and un-kowtowed vinyl fiends: there’s a new wax shack in town! Though it’s been open just a few weeks, in that time, Sweet Peanut Records, at 463 Amsterdam Ave. near West 82nd Street, has already impressed both record store obsessives and passersby who keep an eye out for changes in the local retail landscape. This reporter, whose musical tastes range from Brahms symhonies to Sir Richard Bishop’s astonishing new solo acoustic guitar album on Drag City, “Hillbilly Erotica,” recently spent an hour with Sweet Peanut’s affable owner, Hunter Brammer. Why sell records?
Portland, ME | Maine’s Role Model signs album for fans at Bull Moose: The day after his sold-out show in Portland, Tucker Pillsbury signed copies of his new album at the South Portland record store. Pop singer Tucker Pillsbury, who uses the stage name Role Model, signed copies of his new album “Chuck Timely & The Hourglass” at the South Portland Bull Moose store on Saturday. The event took place the day after his Friday night sold-out album release show at Thompson’s Point in Portland. About 300 people who had pre-ordered the “Chuck” album were granted access to the store, which was otherwise closed to the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
San Antonio, TX | Longtime record store spinning again—for now: Business is back on the turntable at Flip Side Record Parlor. At least for now. The South Side institution at 840 SW Military Drive recently reopened amid financial setbacks that had kept shop owner Ramon Cuellar locked out since May. The music resumed July 24, following a desperate plea from Cuellar the day before for help raising $8,000 to prevent the property owners from shutting Flip Side’s doors for good. Flip Side is now open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. “Thank you all for your support and prayers,” a Flip Side post declared later that Friday on Facebook. “Flip Side Record Parlor is now open. Thank you Jesus, I trust in you. Amen.”
Haarlem, NL | Haarlem Vinyl Festival unveils first wave of 2026 programming: Featuring Gilles Peterson, Weval, DJ Jigüe, Katayoun, and more. Haarlem Vinyl Festival has revealed the first wave of programming for its 2026 edition, taking place from October 2nd to 4th across more than 30 locations in Haarlem, Netherlands. The initial programme includes listening sessions led by Gilles Peterson, Weval, DJ Jigüe, Katayoun, Michael Lampe, Professor Mykaell Riley, Bnnyhunna, and representatives from Windmill Lane Recording Studios. The sessions will explore record collections, regional music histories, studio culture, and vinyl-focused listening through high-fidelity sound systems. The festival will also host its open-air Record Fair in collaboration with Record Planet, alongside the Making Vinyl Conference, tours of the Record Industry pressing plant, an independent label market, and an equipment repair café.
Bangkok, TH | Calling all music lovers to rediscover the joy of spinning records at BKK Vinyl Fair Vol.3 this September 4-6: More than 30 vendors, rare pressings and live recording sessions take over REM Hotel for three days. These days music lives on a screen, stored in the cloud and summoned with the touch of a finger. Yet lowering a vinyl record onto a turntable stays a small ritual, one that makes a song mean a little more. Which is exactly why BKK Vinyl Fair 2026 Vol.3 comes back around, turning REM Hotel over to the collectors, the music lovers and anyone who believes a song is something you can truly hold. This year’s theme is ‘Something You Can Hold Again’. At the heart of it all sits the Market Zone, where more than 30 vinyl vendors from across Thailand set up shop across the hotel floor.
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