
It’s happening again this year! Record Store Day 2012!! This will be my third year trying to get whatever “limited edition” records around. Like previous years I made a list of what records I wanted to get and what I bought . I understand some of the release will be available only in the UK and USA. The Ottawa music stores that are participating are: Compact Music CD Warehouse Birdman Sound [...]

For Record Store Day 2012 (April 21st), avant pop outfits Xiu Xiu and Dirty Beaches have joined forces for a split 73 single. Xiu Xiu contributes a cover of Erasure's 1994 hit "Always" , while Dirty Beaches take on "Tu Ne Dis Rien" by French cultural icon Françoise Hardy. Stream both tracks below (via Pitchfork ). Xiu Xiu - "Always" (Erasure) Dirty Beaches - "Tu Ne Dis Rien" (Françoise Hardy) Xiu Xiu and Dirty Beaches [...]

Xiu Xiu and Dirty Beaches are releasing a split 7” on Polyvinyl for this year’s Record Store Day (April 21st). Both of their contributions – Xiu Xiu’s cover of Erasure’s 1994 hit “Always” that inspired the name to Xiu Xiu’s latest album and Dirty Beaches’ cover of Françoise Hardy's "Tu Ne Dis Rien" – are now available to hear. Check out both covers below. Read more »

Record Store Day is gearing up to be a good one this year (April 21st). I've got news on some of the bigger items dropping below. Read more »
If you haven't already, you might want to check the first volume of IRC's Record Store Day 2011 Music Guide, featuring a lot of great suggestions for limited editions vinyls that you want to get your hands on if at all possible this Saturday. First things first, you might want to check out the official [...] Read more, get songs or stream the entire mix on Indie Rock Cafe
In about 63 hours, I'll be throwin' some 'bows at Ear X-Tacy to make sure I get my hands on every Record Store Day release I need. Of course, "need" is hardly the proper term, but when you're standing there holding the last copy of a Japanese Les Savy Fav import on coke bottle clear and orange swirl vinyl - well, that's when "need" is the right word. With that in mind, here is my list of RSD desirables. In looking through the list, there were some entries I logically knew I [...]

It's happening again this year! Record Store Day 2011!! This will be my second year trying to get whatever "limited edition" records around. Like last year I made a list of what records I wanted to get and what I bought . I understand some of the release will be available only in the UK. The Ottawa music stores that are participating are: Compact Music CD Warehouse (This year they got Ron Sexsmith to come into the Merivale [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , New Releases With the slow but steady demise of record stores everywhere, dozens of artists are releasing limited edition material celebrating Record Store Day on April 16. [...]