Results tagged “vinyl”

The Jesus Lizard are finally getting their due. These noise rock auteurs from Austin/Chicago have gotten the remastering treatment, and this week re-released their first EP - Pure - and their first four albums, in order - Head, Goat,... Read More >>

The part of a turntable that wears out the fastest is of course the cartridge. The diamond-tipped stylus runs through those waxy grooves, and eventually wear and tear take their toll. Or maybe you're buying a new turntable and need... Read More >>

I picked up and left my home of two years to find myself in a state capital, a Big 10 college town (once again): Madison, Wisconsin. Boxes still remain. The moving in process takes a few weeks. I've been tooling... Read More >>

If your record collection is growing, there comes an inevitable moment when you realize that some organization is necessary. Having a good place to store your records is the key to keeping your records in good playing condition. Warped records... Read More >>

Eric Klister, who writes the Valley Jams blog, linked to a few posts over at the Chicago Tribune's site on Greg Kot's blog dealing with vinyl. Kot's Trib blog Turn It Up: A guided tour through the worlds of pop,... Read More >>

[See below for update on 9 July 2008] You might be thinking that this post is about the new debut album from The Ting Tings called "We Started Nothing." It is. But it's also a tale of DRM in an... Read More >>

It seems there was a bit of confusion on my last post regarding lossless digital formats, so here's a clarification. Lossless is not an end to itself, nor is it an especially high standard. Lossless just means, typically, identical to... Read More >>

Tomorrow, Saturday 19 April 2008, has been designated Record Store Day. Independent record stores of all stripes from coast to coast will be celebrating. In many larger cities, musicians will be stopping by local stores. Locally, Atomic Records in... Read More >>

Queens of the Stone Age did an interesting thing with the vinyl release of their most recent album Era Vulgaris. The album is only 47 minutes so it might have in fact fit onto one piece of vinyl, but instead... Read More >>

Billionaire and sports fanatic Mark Cuban has an idea for the music industry: instead of releasing albums, serialize the release of music so people can buy one song at a time over a period of time. He writes: If an... Read More >>

With the explosion of new vinyl coming out, you may run into the question of where to buy the stuff. Chain stores no longer vinyl – whether you're talking Fye up to a store like Target or Walmart, you're just... Read More >>

I've written previously about how we've entered a new golden age for vinyl records. And this seems to be truly the case. Record companies are releasing and re-releasing lavish editions of albums on vinyl. Gatefold sleeves, which were relatively uncommon... Read More >>

The more re-issues I see on vinyl and the compelling selection of new releases, the more I think that vinyl is here to stay. I'm amazed at the selection at the Exclusive Co. But the gaps in the local store's... Read More >>

I'm sorry if you saw the above message recently. The excellent webhost that powers this site had a bit of rare, unexpected downtime – on Cyber Monday no less. At any rate, things seems to be up and running... Read More >>

I've been listening to Siouxsie's debut solo album Mantaray, and it's good. Siouxsie who? Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie & the Banshees fame. Siouxsie & the Banshees were big in '80s for their many great albums, such as Tinderbox. I... Read More >>

The KMFDM album Naïve is by far their best album. It's also extremely difficult to get an original 1991 vintage CD or LP. The album, published by Wax Trax!, was taken off the market very quickly after it was... Read More >>

I was in the record store the other day buying a record. There were a whole bunch of promotional CDs on the counter with a label by them that said "free CDs." I didn't ask about the CDs, but... Read More >>

I was pleased to see that the Arcade Fire did some things very right with the vinyl release of Neon Bible. I talked earlier about how the practice of putting an album on four sides of vinyl is tiresome... Read More >>

Walt Mossberg's column in the Wall Street Journal today (available here) was especially interesting today because he tackled a subject he rarely touches on: Linux. Dell has recently started selling some computers with the option of having Ubuntu Linux... Read More >>

Die Zeit newspaper in Germany has an interesting photo gallery on their site about how to create a bootleg copy of a vinyl record. No, not by recording the LP to cassette or to a computer, but by actually... Read More >>