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“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 […]

Posters almost completely sorted ! Two large boxes in the shop now full of neatly labelled and priced fly posters. Several different posters from Biffy Clyro, Oasis, Fratellis, Faithless, Runrig, Foo Fighters etc plus lots of pop and festival posters from only £2. Hundreds of smaller posters at £3 from Arctic Monkeys, Primal Scream, Kings […]

After the success of some of the charts we have published recently bands are understandably keen to feature. I have been asked how a balance can be struck between shop sales and in particular album launches and to be honest there simply isn’t an easy answer. Bands have been very good in making sure I […]

I have a friend with a gift shop. Interesting things you don’t see all the time. She has to go through every box taking out the little leaflets inside from the supplier which basically say thank you for buying this from a shop but next time why not buy something directly from us instead listing […]

Just to clarify what I would have thought was obvious. If you would like to play an in-store then it is essential that any physical releases you have are available in shops. Offering a few copies as an afterthought doesn’t count !