Month: April 2016
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The RECORD FAIR was a blast! People browsin’, buyin’, sellin’ and diggin’ music all day long! The vinyl flowed freely while we rocked our store-wide sale concurrently, right around the corner! Thank you!
The 2016 Record Fair on SATURDAY MAY 7th was a smashing success, and we thank you! The Sears Center and our humble Stone Ave. abode were packed solid with music lovers all day! Thanks to the Sears Center at McPherson Park, Ocha Tea, the amazing DJ’s Tavo & King Harold, and all those who came out to…
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RECORD STORE DAY LEFTOVERS ABOUND! Still some amazing stuff in-stock by SUPERCHUNK, MUDDY WATERS, LESTER YOUNG, J DILLA, EMMYLOU HARRIS, MILES DAVIS & many more! Come browse through the RSD vinyl goodness!
Kinda slim pickins in the New Release dept. this week, probably due to the massive, lovely chaos of Record Store Day, so we thought we’d let you know about some RSD goodies we’ve still got in stock on vinyl LP! SUPERCHUNK, Tossing Seeds (Singles 1989-91) A special Record Store Day reissue of the first full…
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NEW STUFF, 5/6: GREGORY PORTER, JULIANNA BARWICK & JAYE BARTELL, plus some lovely jazz from the endlessly amazing Carla Bley, a JACK DEJOHNETTE album that features a collaboration with a new generation, and more!
We’re takin’ time out from our GREENVILLE RECORD FAIR/STOREWIDE SALE prep to breakdown the New Release deets, so let’s get movin’. GREGORY PORTER is following-up a surprise hit with some more jazzy soul, JULIANNA BARWICK has created some gorgeous ambient minimalism and Gene’s heart doth sing at the plethora of jazz and classical stuff we’ve…
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OUT TODAY, 4/29: AESOP ROCK, THE BO-KEYS, BRIAN ENO, THE JAYHAWKS, a joyful live set by DEL MCCOURY & DAVID GRISMAN, BRITTA PHILLIPS & KYLE CRAFT newness, not to mention a killer LEFTY FRIZZELL reissue!
Horizon becomes eclectic, indeed with this week’s slate of new stuff. Wizardly rapper Aesop Rock is back and badder than ever, X’s John Doe heads out to the desert, the Bo-Keys delve into the past and come up with something new, and Brian Eno combines the pop hooks of his early solo work with that…
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You’re Going to Dig the Ninth Annual GREATER COLUMBIA RECORD FAIR, coming this Sunday!
With 30 Plus Vendors, You’re Sure to Find a Record You’re Looking For! Once a year the Greater Columbia Record Fair becomes Columbia’s biggest and best record store. For both the casual listener and the avid collector, the record fair has the Southeast’s best vinyl vendors to ensure great finds for all music lovers. The Greater…
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RECORD STORE DAY 2016 rocked as it has never rocked before, thanks to YOU, with a little help from PEARL JAM & ROSANNE CASH! Much love and appreciation to all who helped make April 16th a rousing success! We couldn’t have made it to 40 years without you!
ok, its now 4 days or so since the EPIC love-fest that was #RSD16 here at our humble down south record store and i wanted to make a way too brief but intensely heartfelt LOUD THANK YOU shout out to everyone near and far who stopped in here, shopped, wished us well or just social…
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The incomparable ROSANNE CASH, FOUR-TIME GRAMMY AWARD-WINNER, masterful singer, songwriter and author, played the Peace Center last Friday, gave us chills, and then dropped by to shop on Record Store Day!
We knew that Rosanne Cash was going to put on an excellent show. We knew that we were going to hear some amazing songs. What we didn’t expect was for her to announce from the Peace Center stage that she’d be paying us a visit the next morning on Record Store Day. Our collective hearts…
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PEARL JAM at the BON SECOURS WELLNESS ARENA on Record Store Day. How could we NOT expect them to stop by your friendly neighborhood record store and do some shopping? Then Eddie Vedder did something we DIDN’T expect, in front of about 16,000 people.
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready and Matt Cameron dropped by over Record Store Day weekend to indulge their music-geek tendencies, and we were floored. Mike & merch. Mike rockin’ the Horizon tee at the show: McCready & Berger surveying the vinyl goodness. Martin N’ Matt Cameron Eddie Vedder saluted us from the stage at the Bon…
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NEW RELEASES 4/15: STURGILL SIMPSON, THE HONEYCUTTERS, SANTANA, J DILLA, PJ HARVEY, ERIC LINDELL, KEB’ MO’ & more!
Taking a breather from the pre-Record Store Day madness to fill you in on this week’s new albums by our beloved Honeycutters, the new country savior Sturgill Simpson, a reunited version of the classic Santana lineup, the first new PJ Harvey in five years, and much more! NEW GOODIES: STURGILL SIMPSON, Sailor’s Guide To Earth…
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Grammy-nominee JOSH ROSENTHAL, owner and founder of seven-time Grammy nominated label Tompkins Square Records, rocked our musical world.
Grab a copy of the ultimate record collectors book. JOSH ROSENTHAL’s Record Store Of The Mind is in stock and we have signed copies and a free CD for ya that goes along with it courtesy of Josh’s visit here this week. yeah, signed versions + free CD is while they last! Right, Gene? Our…