So, did everybody have fun picking up one or more of the Record Store Day exclusive releases for Black Friday today? I hadn’t planned to do much, but then I remembered that there was an exclusive release from U2, an exclusive 7″ from Tom Petty and oh yeah, an exclusive 7″ from that Bruce Springsteen […]
Tag: Vinyl
Contest: Win vinyl from Warner Brothers and Because Sound Matters
Having a website called Addicted to Vinyl has its perks and luckily those “perks” don’t involve emails offering me the prospect of kinky nights out while wearing vinyl clothing (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Instead, I found an email from Because Sound Matters, the vinyl arm of Warner Brothers, asking me if I’d […]
Today’s Vinyl Pickups: Steve Winwood, J. Geils Band
A somewhat random trip to Half Price Books today found me walking away with a few things, including the following albums at a buck a piece: Roll With It was one of my first CD purchases as a kid (an album that I still listen to and in my opinion, it still holds up) and […]
Contest: Celebrate 20 years of Pantera’s Cowboys From Hell!
The highly anticipated reissue of Pantera’s classic album Cowboys From Hell finally hit stores this week, available as an expanded 2-CD edition or “deluxe” 3-CD version for your metal listening pleasure. An additional “Ultimate Edition” 3-CD package will follow, landing in stores in mid-November. We had the chance to speak with Pantera’s Philip Anselmo about […]
Vinyl Lust: Speaking of “cheap vinyl,” here’s a few rekkids that I picked up last night…
Hanging out at The Winchester + picking up cheap vinyl = two of my favorite things to do! Luckily, you can do both at the same place! Last night, I walked away with the following titles for a buck each… After watching the excellent Do It Again documentary (I know that Geoff Edgers is still […]
For Springsteen fans, Christmas comes in November
Leave it to Bruce to make sure that the holidays are just a little bit more special this year with today’s announcement that you can celebrate the legacy of Darkness on The Edge of Town with six (!!!!) discs overflowing with more Darkness related material (three CDs and three DVDs) than we possibly could have […]
Last Collector Standing: Behind the scenes with Jon Scorfina
If you haven’t visited the ATV Facebook page, you might not be aware of the links that I’ve been posting on occasion for Last Collector Standing, the wonderful vinyl-centric weekly feature in which Jon Scorfina of the Riverfront Times explores a different collector, digging into their vinyl collecting obsessions, the origins of their collecting habit, […]
Random Notes: Rolling Stones, Rush, Justin Currie, etc.
A few random notes regarding things we’ve discussed recently here at ATV, plus a couple of new items for you to be aware of: First of all, I’d like to direct Stones fans to the excellent breakdown of the forthcoming Exile on Main Street reissue from Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune, featuring a review […]
Show of the Week: New Pornographers Listening Party @ The Happy Dog
Our pals at Sixty Seconds of Heaven are at it again, inviting us all to come out and hang out at a cool place. I Rock Bill certainly nailed it when he hopped into the wayback machine to remind us all of the olden days of midnight sales, listening to new albums with friends, or […]
Record Store Day 2010 – This Saturday!
For those of you that inexplicably haven’t been to your favorite local indie record store since Record Store Day last year, guess what? It’s time to do it all again! This Saturday, music fans will once again congregate at record stores throughout the United States and the UK to celebrate Record Store Day, with a […]