After great feedback from the students this year both the first years and those returning I’ve taken their advice to take Avalanche to the students in an attempt to convince those that maybe never go to the shops these days that perhaps shops do have something to offer they can’t find online. Certainly the pleasure […]
I’ve been asked for a few quotes recently especially as the documentary Last Shop Standing is being shown in Edinburgh in December so I thought I had better ask for the latest figures as I was being asked about the resurgence of the independents and vinyl. Don’t shoot the messenger. The figures speak for themselves […]
Queues had already started to form outside HMVs all over the country after their announcement that they intended to concentrate on delivering a successful Christmas. An HMV spokesman said they intended to deliver all successful Christmases by the 23rd December and they would last a week giving customers the opportunity to also purchase a Happy […]
The totals vary slightly as the figures are boosted to allow for lost sales by a percentage and rounding up and down can lead to a small discrepancy (stats nerd). Online sales and downloads are allocated to a region and the DIG figure at the end are those that couldn’t be allocated. So 28 people […]
I very much suspect Godspeed have set the standard for future album releases. For bands the album launch before the official release date had already become the norm and for some even the first few dates of a tour but now the stakes have been raised. Godspeed will play a full two week US tour […]
One Up’s comments about closing after Christmas unless business improved if anything made me focus even more on Avalanche’s future. There were three obvious options :- 1. That we could survive as we were with enough customers for what we do. 2. That there was a demand for what we do but not enough […]
Just to clarify we aren’t “not stocking” the new PAWS album we just didn’t get any consigned to us as neither the label or the band got in touch. These days when a band have their album launch before the release date and the label is actively selling online it is simply impossible for us […]
All this time I’ve been waiting for something to come along for the album club and this snuck out in July without me knowing. Some of you will recognise Kevin’s vocal from the intro to the There Will Be Fireworks album. Others will remember Willie from his band Astrid. Poet, novelist and playwright Kevin MacNeil […]
I must average a couple of offers a day from bands/managers with an idea to help promote the cause of independent shops. It always of course involves promoting the band as well and I’m sure the offers range from being very genuine to quite cynical. I also get other offers of help some of which […]
