SXSW Day 2: Getting Funky at @FriendsofSound Records
Also in South Austin is a record store called Friends of Sound, which can be hard to find despite its South Congress Avenue address, as …
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SXSW Day 2: The Beginning of the New Vinyl Era at Austin’s @EndOfAnEar
With Austin being such a hip town, it has become ground zero for the vinyl renaissance, with plenty of vinyl record shops in several different …
SXSW Day 2: Breakfast at @24DinerATX and Browsing at @WaterlooRecords
As I have said on previous occasions, during South By Southwest (SXSW) eveyone ends up at 24 Diner sooner or later. It’s strategically located for …
SXSW Day 1:Searching for the Blues at Antone’s Records @AntonesRecords
Young Clifford Antone had left his hometown of Port Arthur, Texas in 1968 to attend the University of Texas at Austin, but his college career …
SXSW 2014 Day 1: Shopping Around Austin’s North Loop Neighborhood @MonkeyWrenchATX @BreakawayAustin @epochcoffee
Going the I-10 route through Houston as I did meant that I didn’t get into Austin until 4 in the morning on Monday, so it …
A Little Something Extra at Baton Rouge’s Lagniappe Records @LagniappeRecsBR
Recent years have not been kind to the retail music situation in Baton Rouge, so I was thrilled to learn of a new vinyl record …
Jackson’s Morning Bell Records (@MorningBellJxn) Moves Into New Larger Digs, Adds Coffee and Food
Since the sad demise of Mississippi’s venerable Be-Bop Records chain several years ago, the sole survivor as far as vinyl and indie rock has been …
Current Music and Oldies Vinyl at Greenville, South Carolina’s BJ Music
Times have been tough for record stores, but here and there, across America are some stores that are survivors. Randy Coleman, the owner of BJ …
Everything for the DJ (Inclunding Vinyl) at BeATLab @BEATLABUSA #A3C2013
Tucked into the rear of a shopping center across from the Wish ATL Boutique in Little Five Points is BeATLab, which is a lifestyle store …
Shopping for Records and Clothes Around Atlanta #A3C2013
Because I didn’t think I’d get to otherwise, I spent the better part of Thursday during the day going around to some of my favorite …