Had a lovely guy in today from Buenos Aires. He was so pleased to have found Avalanche as he had not known about us and was more than impressed to find all the Belle & Sebastian vinyl. He said there was such a shop in Buenos Aires called Abraxas http://argentinastravel.com/2452/classic-rock-record-store-abraxas-turns-25/ I asked how it was doing […]
On twitter I told the story of a young lad that on hearing the promo of the new Meursault album playing in the shop asked me what it was and as is common then how to spell it. An hour later he phoned to ask me how to spell it again as he wanted to listen online. […]
I’ve certainly talked it over with quite a few people but putting it all down will currently take time I don’t have. However in a nutshell I would want Scotland’s best bands on sale in 30 countries rather than limited releases of 30 copies and bands playing to 30 people. I would leave shops to […]
Kaiho are a 7-piece Edinburgh girlband but I can only count five. Did rather expect two more to pop up at the end. I tried another video but that only had four of them. And how did I come across this (25 views). I saw they were following Chaffinch Records and was intrigued as I’d […]
When I moved to the Grassmarket I had an initial three year plan. I was sure record shops wouldn’t last forever but I hoped to gradually morph Avalanche into something people would still consider a “record shop”. Involving other businesses was definitely the way forward and I made sure as part of the lease others […]
The double A side single will be played live and and be available for the first time. Featuring, · Davy Henderson (The Fire Engines, Win, Necatrine No.9, The Sexual Objects) · Roy Moller (The Store Keys, Wow Cafe) · Marco Rea (The Wellgreen, The Store Keys) · Carla Easton (TeenCanteen) · Kevin Williamson (Founder of […]
These are difficult times and credibility and cult status are no shield against economics. New York’s The Cake Shop has gone down the band route of trying to raise money using PledgeMusic. I was a big fan of Louisville’s ear X-tacy’s stance that raising money via gigs (they had had many generous offers) was very […]
