Bellingham, WA | Black Noise Records: Two downtown Bellingham businesses have break-ins within minutes. The front doors of both stores had been smashed in early-morning incident. Two downtown Bellingham businesses are facing thousands of dollars in repair costs after the stores were broken into within a matter of minutes of each other early Monday morning, Sept. 23. Mitch Kramer, owner of FixCO, a phone and computer repair shop on Commercial Street; and Nico Sanchez, owner of Black Noise Records, a record store on Bay Street, said they arrived at their stores to find an ugly surprise. Both of the stores front doors had been smashed, and while the suspect was unable to fully break into FixCO, the suspect did break into Black Noise Records and made off with a few items. The break-ins occurred around 4 a.m., Kramer said. …“Luckily he didn’t take too much stuff,” Sanchez said. “It’s been an unfortunate situation that people would choose to do that to local and small businesses like mine and Mitch’s.”
Ketchum, WA | Experience the Boom: New record store opens in Ketchum: COVID-19 pandemic helped vinyl sales surge, owner says. Mike Pitts prefers the sound of music on vinyl to any other. So it’s fitting that he owns a record store, called Sonic Boom Records, based in Seattle, and has just opened a new location in Ketchum. Pitts grew up in southwest Washington and moved to Seattle as a young adult. Pitts said his wife, Molly, encouraged him to buy Sonic Boom Records, a well-known record store, in 2016. His family also had a condo in Ketchum for many years, and he loved coming to spend time here so much that his family made the move full-time five years ago. Sonic Boom’s Ketchum location opened in July at 360 Leadville Ave. It is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Pitts said he wants the space to be a place for anyone to come hang out, talk about music and listen to things they might not have heard before.
Newtown, CT | Friends Of Edmond Town Hall To Offer 2nd ‘Record Riot’ In Newtown: The Friends of Edmond Town Hall’s 2nd Newtown Record Riot will take place on Sunday, Oct. 6. After a successful 2023 Newtown Record Riot-when over 350 people attended to dig for music-the Friends of Edmond Town Hall are thrilled to run it back with promoter Record Riots this fall. The 2nd Newtown Record Riot takes place on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 9:30 AM (Early Birds 8:30 AM) until 4:30 PM in the Edmond Town Hall gym, 45 Main Street in Newtown, CT. …Come shop at over 40 tables of LPs, CDs, 45s and more. Dealers from all over New England and beyond. Meet new music friends, find that special LP that you’ve been looking for. All types of music: punk, funk, country, classical, blues rock, hip hop and more. $5.00 regular admission starts at 9:30 AM, with early admission kicking off at 8:30 AM ($10).
Austin, TX | Headliners brings together UT music community with record and CD exchange: The sound of conversation and vinyl records flowed from the Texas Union East Patio on Wednesday night. Headliners, an organization under Campus Events and Entertainment, hosted their first-ever record exchange. Music collectors mingled on the patio, exchanging records and CDs. Peyton Wade, the Headliners chair and a psychology sophomore, said she started collecting vinyl recently, but her love for music runs deep. “I love live music more than most things,” Wade said. “When I saw there was a committee on campus that (hosts) and (creates) live music on campus, (I thought), ‘This is something I want to be a part of.’” Wade said she hopes the event fosters meaningful conversations between music lovers and brings together the music community at UT. She said Headliners brought their own collection of used vinyl and CDs for swapping with attendees.