Munich, DE | Public Possession Celebrates Ten Years: The much loved label, record shop and lifestyle brand are celebrating ten years in business with the announcement of a party and a series of in stores at the soon to close Munich record shop. Public Possession have announced the plans for their ten year anniversary which will see them host a celebration of everything they do at Haus Der Kunst where they will host a party with live music and DJ’s, workshops for children, launch a new book and much more. The event will take place on Friday the 31st of March later this month and is free to attend. The announcement of their ten year celebrations came soon after the news that they would be closing the longstanding Munich record shop in which the label originated and grew from having become a grassroots hub for the electronic music and arts community in the city.
Poole, UK | Boiler Room Records opens its second store in Poole: An independent record shop selling vinyl and merchandise has welcomed customers after opening a second store. Boiler Room Records officially opened its doors at the Kingland shopping complex in Poole on Monday, March 13, adding to its existing shop in the town’s high street. Launching at Kingland with a well-attended evening event accompanied by live music, Boiler Room Records thanked the Poole community for its support and said the opening of a new store was “an easy decision.” Mark Northey, owner of Boiler Room Records, said: “It is wonderful to finally have the second Boiler Room Records store open on such an engaging high street. “The Poole community has been so supportive of our first storefront, making it an easy decision to expand to have a second offering in the heart of Kingland.
Virginia Beach, VA | Atlantic Avenue corridor preps for Something in the Water’s expanded festival footprint: Just over 40 days until the big weekend at the end of April. Businesses both old and new in Virginia Beach’s Oceanfront district are readying for the expanded foot traffic and expanded footprint of the upcoming Something in the Water music festival. “This [Hampton Roads] is somewhere special where artists come out of, and we need to celebrate that,” Doddie Braza said. Braza is one of the stakeholders behind a newly opened record store Thanks For Listening near the Oceanfront’s King Neptune statue. The store has only been open for about a month and a half and Braza said he’s excited for the bigger festival area that should draw more festival goers into more parts of the Oceanfront district compared to 2019. “There is going to be more activations around Virginia Beach versus that one concentrated area [2019]. That’s going to be a great look for reaching out, locally,” he said.
Brighton, UK | Dub Pistols gets the dance party going in Brighton record store: I know it’s hard to believe it but perennial festival favourites Dub Pistols, have been on the case since 1996 – where’s all that time gone? These party-starters, founded by Barry Ashworth and Jason O’Bryan, are in Brighton on the fourth of five special album plugging bashes, which commenced on the release day (10th March) for their ninth studio album ‘Frontline’ (out via Cyclone Records). The guys were hitting up Rough Trade East with a live band on that day, then on 12th March they were thrilling punters in Kingston. Two days later it was Nottingham’s turn and tomorrow (16th March) they will conclude at Rough Trade in Bristol. All of these gigs were full live band sets, except today’s at Resident in Kensington Gardens in Brighton, which initially I thought was rather annoying!
New York, NY | Once dying, then a novelty, vinyl is back and thriving: Like many people in his generation, Vijay Damerla finds most of his new music online—but the 20-year-old is slowly becoming a vinyl junkie, amassing records in his room. The student says he doesn’t even own a turntable, saying for him “it’s the equivalent of like getting an artist poster, or like even an album poster on your wall.” “Except, like, there’s actually kind of a little bit of a relic from the past.” For Celine Court, 29, collecting vinyl—she says she owns some 250 records—is about the nostalgic, warm sound that many listeners say digital copies chill. “If you listen to music on vinyl, it’s so different,” she told AFP as she perused the stacks at New York’s Village Revival Records. “It has like this authentic kind of feeling to it.” Vinyl’s popularity has grown steadily in recent years, a reversal after CDs and digital downloads reigned over the 1990s and early 2000s.
Milton, DE | Dogfish Head Craft Brewery to Celebrate Record Store Day with Launch of Catchy Chorus, New Music-Themed Beer: The Official Beer of Record Store Day for eight consecutive years, Dogfish Head will celebrate this year’s holiday, slated for Saturday, April 22, with the release of a new, music-themed beer, Catchy Chorus. Brewed in collaboration with Record Store Day, an organization dedicated to showcasing the culture of independently owned record stores, Catchy Chorus is a double dry-hopped double IPA inspired by the four “magic chords” (E, B, C#m & A) that make up many of the world’s most popular melodies. Blending Eureka, Bravo, Calypso and Azacca hops, Catchy Chorus comes together in hop and grain harmony to build an unforgettable sensory song. Clocking in at 9.0% ABV, this symphonic sipper is bursting with citrusy and tropical aromas and flavors. Catchy Chorus is now making its way to taps and shelves in 4pk/16oz cans in the Mid-Atlantic and New England regions.
Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense is set for first-ever full vinyl release: 40 years on and the suit still fits. Talking Heads’ full Stop Making Sense concert is getting its first-ever full vinyl release on August 18 by Rhino. The double-album release comes with a reproduction of the original booklet from the 1984 pressing, with additional notes from Talking Heads’ David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison and never-seen-before photos. It includes all tracks performed in the film, with hits “Psycho Killer”, “Burning Down The House” and “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)” featuring alongside unreleased songs “Cities” and “Big Business/I Zimbra.”
