I should have more details very soon but Dan and Rachel will be appearing in the shop as part of Born To Be Wide’s celebration of the Edinburgh music scene. Scotland’s leading music social club, Born To Be Wide, is to host a special celebration of Edinburgh’s music scene with live previews by local bands […]
Funnily enough this was not the headline in the media as ERA (Entertainment Retailers Association) announced their analysis of the Official Chart Company’s figures for the first six months of the year. With Radiohead at number one with 20,771 sales and Elbow (only available directly from the record company) at 5 it’s not good news […]
Sorry but we don’t have any tickets. We have always supported Oxjam selling their CDs at no profit to ourselves and selling tickets without a booking fee but it seems this year they have decided to use WeGotTickets who are donating 50% of their fee after tax. So please don’t ask any more for tickets […]
Good day in the shop today. Sold two Avalanche record bags, 3 Avalanche tote bags, Kid Canaveral tote bag, 5 Avalanche t-shirts. various other band t-shirts, 2 books, 6 old magazines, 20+ badges a large Fratellis poster for £15, 3 Arctic Monkeys posters for £9, various other posters, some second hand vinyl, a little new […]
“We are drowning in a sea of Myspace, blather, and too much information. Music is everywhere and nowhere. The independent record store is the solution, a place staffed by friendly (or not) people who are actually paid to weed through this crap and help you find the good stuff.” – Dean Wareham (Luna)
Every now and again I’ll feature a hard to find album that seems to have been forgotten about. Band members Faris Badwan – vocals; formerly known as Faris Rotter. Joshua Hayward – guitar; also known as Joshua Third, formerly Joshua Von Grimm. Tom Cowan – synthesizer (on Primary Colours), bass (on Strange House); formerly known as Tomethy Furse. Rhys Webb – bass (on Primary Colours), organs (on Strange House); formerly known as Spider […]
We will have the limited edition version of the vinyl album on sale and Emily’s cup cakes will also be making a welcome return. Not only do you get vinyl and CD copies of the album but also a cassette tape (with download code) for the new single And Another Thing!!. On the flip of the tape […]
If I had a pound for every time somebody told me how busy I was going to be for the next 6 weeks I wouldn’t need to be busy for the next 6 weeks. With the Jazz Festival and Kid Canaveral next weekend and the Festival soon to follow they have a point but I […]
