“My first memory of vinyl would have to be my brother dancing his head off to Lionel Richie right in front of the player which would cause the needle to jump and my Mom to holler from kitchen to not get so close to the stereo if he was going to be dancing like that…”
“Just like most of us now days, I listen to music in all forms but I haven’t gotten to know music like I have by listening from vinyl. Randy Newman’s Sail Away, Billie Holiday Sings the Blues, Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue to more contemporaries such as Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky and Radiohead’s In Rainbows.
Reflecting on these records conjures up not only the music but of course the cover art as well is a reward all in itself.
Working as a waitress at a diner a few doors down from Waterloo Records in Austin, TX, I would head over and pick out a record or two a week… it continued to be a treat to myself for slanging burgers.”
—Arum Rae
Arum Rae’s “Warranted Queen” EP lands on store shelves on April 22. The EP release show is on April 21 at Glasslands in Brooklyn.
