Despite news to the contrary, there are still record stores in America. Chains, less and less but, at least in New York, the good ones are still going. April 18 was the third annual
Record Store Day, a "celebration of the unique culture surrounding over 700 independently owned record stores in the USA, and hundreds of similar stores internationally." Or, an excuse to get people to go out and remember just how cool and fun it is to browse and buy physical records and CDs in an actual record store. To entice people to do so, labels and bands pressed up exclusive vinyl releases that were only available that day.
What?s better than Deerhunter?s newest album, Microcastle? Oh, I don?t know, maybe Deerhunter covering Jay Reatard?s ?Oh, It?s Such a Shame? from his last album Blood Visions? Yes!
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