August 2011

We will be opening later than normal but then staying open later than normal. Star Wheel Press in-store is 6pm so we will be open until at least 7.30pm.

There has been nothing but compliments about how good the coffee is and the carrot cup cakes, rocky road and millionaire shortbread sell continuously. Red Dog and the Academy of Music below can be relied on to buy coffee all day long and one or two other local businesses have become good regulars but I […]

Not sure how other ticket sellers are doing but I hear it is tough for all but the bigger gigs. We do well when we are the only seller of tickets for bands like Ballboy or Kid Canaveral but understandably people see no reason to buy tickets for smaller gigs that clearly will not sell […]

Tuesday  23rd August  Emily Scott with her full band @ 5pm Wednesday 24th August Sebastian Dangerfield @ 5pm Friday     26th August  Star Wheel Press @ 6pm Saturday  27th August  Edinburgh School for the Deaf @ 2pm Sunday    28th August  Roy Wilkinson will be signing copies of his book “Do It For Your […]

Excellent photography exhibition in the shop at the moment from John Williams. Photos include Belle and Sebastian, Arcade Fire, Nick Cave and Laura Marling. We also have a limited number of postcards priced very reasonably at £1.50.

Avalanche Records 5 Grassmarket Edinburgh EH1 2HY email: [email protected] tel: 0131 659 7708 Avalanche has been trading in the heart of Edinburgh for over 20 years and is Scotlands largest Independent high street record shop. Nominated for ‘Music Retail Store of the Year – 2010 for the third year running in the national Music Week Awards. […]

Sad to see Pure Groove closing down their website today after the shop closed last year. Sure their only stocking 100 items in their shop a couple of years ago was a bit crazy but they did great in-stores and Simon who I met a few times as he is originally from Glasgow always came […]

I’ve been asked by customers about this and to be honest I’m not sure what the best thing to do is. You will understand I’m not too keen on albums being downloaded at the expense of shop sales. If you buy a CD from Avalanche there is a very good chance it will be from PIAS […]

We now have tickets for the gig which are very reasonably priced at £10 with a 60p+VAT booking fee.  Support comes from Eagleowl, Woodpigeon and Neil from Meursault. Also two different designs of t-shirt, tote bags and badges will be available. Unconfirmed rumours of mugs.  The white and black versions of the album on vinyl should […]