I don’t have to tell you that you should go to every record store you can today to check out local and visiting bands in support of Record Store Day. I also don’t have to tell you that a day like this is important, especially since the number of record stores have been diminishing since the advent of mp3 and digital services. It’s a day that honors those joints that helped us increase our vinyl/CD/tape collections, exposed us to obscure artists, and acted as a home-away-from-home for many of us latchkey kids. It’s a day of remembering that buying and enjoying music is so much more than downloading the latest single from the latest buzz act–it’s about a community, a movement, a connection. So go get yourself connected.
Record Store Day Performances:
AKA Music: The Spinto Band (3pm)
Main Street Music: Shark Tape, Cheers Elephant, Megan Reilly, John Wesley Harding, Anthony D’Amato, Jesse Malin and The Spinto Band (Set Times TBA – store opens at 10am)
Siren Records: Creepoid and Cheers Elephant (around 3pm)
Hideaway Music: The Lux (1pm) and Scot Sax (2pm)
The Marvelous!: The Robert (around or after 5 pm)
Borderline Records: Watery Love and Willie Lane (9pm)