Photo Credit: James Sutton After reaching a substantial number of new fans with a Stranger Things placement last year – and as vinyl’s nearly two-decade-long commercial resurgence continues – Metallica has officially purchased an entire […]
Customers shop at the Shuga Records store during the Record Store Day in Chicago on April 13, 2019. Vinyl record sales have been on the rise for 16 straight years, with an extra bump in […]
Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. Photo Credit: Jezael Melgoza The Japanese recorded music industry achieved a more than 17% year-over-year increase in digital revenue during 2022, when streaming gains (including an 18.54% YoY boost in subscription revenue) […]
Saying that SCORPIONS can look back on an eventful history as a band would be an understatement. Their spectacular story is now becoming a new and very colorful experience: With “Scorpions – Colours Of Rock”, […]
Get ready to revisit the New York indie music scene circa 2008, because the soundtrack for Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist is receiving its first-ever vinyl reissue. Celebrating the movie’s 15th anniversary, it will be out […]
Anybody who thought the vinyl resurgence was just a fad was mistaken: The industry has experienced a legitimate revival. As a result, music fans are interested in physical media in ways they may not have […]
Last week, Record Store Day unveiled its massive and always-anticipated list of exclusive releases for this year’s celebration, and they did so in epic style. Inviting members of the press to the iconic Electric Lady […]
Anybody who thought the vinyl resurgence was just a fad was mistaken: The industry has experienced a legitimate revival. As a result, music fans are interested in physical media in ways they may not have […]
Photo Credit: Manuel Sardo Warner Music Group has released its second annual Environmental Social Governance (ESG) report. It reveals the music company is continuing its shift away from 180g vinyl to reduce environmental impact during […]
Members of Metallica’s Vinyl Club received a message on Tuesday, Jan. 17, letting them know that the fourth—and final—release of the club will begin shipping soon. According to the email, the record should start to land on doorsteps […]
Photo Credit: Making Vinyl Minneapolis Celebrate 75 years of the vinyl record industry in Minneapolis and see what’s next. Celebrating their sixth year as a business and the 75th anniversary of the Long-Playing (LP) vinyl […]
Photo Credit: Jamakassi Vinyl sales in the United States have reached highs not seen since 1991 thanks to the holidays. Data from Luminate shows that 2.32 million vinyl albums were sold in the week ending […]
It only received its first pressing machines on Christmas Eve last year, but Press On Vinyl is well on its way to becoming the biggest manufacturer of vinyl records in the UK, already churning out […]
Anybody who thought the vinyl resurgence was just a fad was mistaken: The industry has experienced a legitimate revival. As a result, music fans are interested in physical media in ways they may not have […]
Photo Credit: James Sutton Album success in 2022 is shared across the regions of the UK, while new album releases lead a predicted 15th successive annual uplift in vinyl LP sales, with eight of the […]
Frank Ocean is back with new merchandise—just in time for the holidays. In typical Frank Ocean fashion, the songwriter took to Instagram on Saturday (December 17) to publish a series of Instagram stories directing fans […]
There aren’t many drawbacks when it comes to vinyl, but here’s one that’s a perpetual elephant in the room: it sure can get expensive. So, if you have a vinyl collector in your life who […]
There aren’t many drawbacks when it comes to vinyl, but here’s one that’s a perpetual elephant in the room: it sure can get expensive. So, if you have a vinyl collector in your life who […]
Photo by Bryan Lasky Legendary American psychedelic rock band The Flaming Lips have announced their first round of 2023 tour dates. The tour billed as An Evening With 2023, will see the band playing shows […]
The Strokes will compile some of their earliest singles in a new vinyl box set. Due out on February 24th, The Singles – Volume 01 boasts ten singles from the band’s first three albums, as […]