Record Store Day

Record Store Day is Saturday!!!

Find your local brick-and-mortar purveyor of shiny silver (and sometimes hefty black) discs-o-music in this list to determine if there is any performing, DJing, or autographing going on near you.

Examples include a Metallica meet-and-greet at Berkeley’s Rasputin Music, Collections Of Colonies Of Bees performing with many other acts at Milwaulkee’s Atomic Records, The Donnas DJing at Hollywood’s famed Amoeba Records, The New Pornographers performing among others at St. Louis’ Vintage Vinyl, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club performing among others at CD Central in Lexington, KY.

EVERYONE within range of an independent record store can enjoy goodie bags and give-aways.

And besides the discs you’ve been procrastinating buying, you can purchase a Record-Store-Day exclusive 7″ (two songs) from Vampire Weekend and a 10″ (three songs) from Stephen Malkmus. Oh, and in case you’re not excited yet, 7″es from Built to Spill, R.E.M., Death Cab for Cutie, and The Black Keys. Good grief! Find track listings here and here, respectively.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

Step right up and buy your tickets to hear an honest-to-goodness rock band, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, at a fine establishment near you (for not too much money).

March 28 – Phoenix, AZ – Martini Ranch
March 30 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern Theatre
April 13 – State College, PA -The State Theater
April 16 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
April 17 – Toledo, OH – Frankie’s
April 18 – Covington, KY – Mad Hatter Club
April 19 – Lexington, KY – The Dame
April 22 – Charlotte, NC – Visulite Theatre
April 23 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt
April 24 – Knoxville, TN – The Valarium
April 25 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
April 26 – Lawrence, KS – Liberty Hall
May 1 – Urbana / Champaign, IL – Canopy Club
May 2 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
May 3 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
May 19 – Austin, TX – Antone’s Nightclub

Buy Baby 81, their new album, after you watch the video of the single Weapon of Choice.

I must admit I will prob go to the show hoping more than anything they play the fantastic song Ain’t No Easy Way Out from Howl. When BRMC toured Howl, NPR captured their gig at the 9:30 Club in D.C. for your listening enjoyment here.