Multiple locations
Saturday, April 17
www.recordstoreday.com
It’s time to break out that turntable again, as Record Store Day is back. Today record stores all over the country will be offering great deals on vinyl; among the participating metropolitan area locations are Earwax, Halcyon, Sound Fix, Bleecker Street Records, Fat Beats, Other Music, Bleecker Bobs, Kim’s, J&R, Record Runner, and rebel rebel. More than a hundred artists will be issuing special limited-edition spinning black circles for the occasion, including Bruce Springsteen, Beach House, Elvis Costello, the Beastie Boys, Julian Casablancas, R.E.M., Muse, Ani DiFranco, the Black Keys, Tom Waits, Charlotte Gainsbourg, the Apples in Stereo, Wilco, Deerhoof, the Rolling Stones, Japandroids, Gorillaz, Hole, Gogol Bordello, Jeff Beck, Neko Case, Phoenix, Sonic Youth, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, the Hold Steady, and LCD Soundsystem. Emerging from the grave to participate in the event are the Doors, John Lennon, the Ramones, the Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros, Fela Kuti, and Elvis Presley. In addition, several acts are creating split singles, with Peter Gabriel teaming up with Bon Iver (covering each other), Let’s Wrestle with Love Language, Menomena with Helio Sequence, Jakob Dylan with Courtyard Hounds, the Budos Band with Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Roky Erickson with Okkervil River, Surfer Blood with Holiday Shores, and Gabriel again with Stephen Merritt. And the Flaming Lips are joining Stardeath and White Dwarfs to cover Pink Floyd’s DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. Good luck!