A video series celebrating independent record stores in the UK has returned for its fifth season. You can watch five of the 12 new episodes...
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Behind The Counter explores the vibrant culture of UK record stores
6,500 square feet of music, merchandise, live concerts, food and drink
The new Deptford pre-loved vinyl and CD shop is run by Philippe Giron, who managed Camberwell's beloved Rat Records for 15 years until its closure in June 2022
It specialises in jazz, blues, soul, Latin, Afrobeat and dub
Specialising in house, techno, library, prog-rock, jazz and more
The new site is located at the Greenpoint office of partner label Mexican Summer
Two launch parties and a Motion event will help mark the occassion
Shall Not Fade is opening a new record store in Bristol.
The label set up by Kieran Williams will open doors to the shop on...
DJ and producer Marion Hawkes is behind the shop, which specialises in "sounds that fuel club culture" and more
A new record store, Sound Advice, has opened in Belfast.
The brainchild of DJ and producer Marion Hawkes, the shop is located at Banana Block...
It will chronicle the city's "brilliantly eccentric and engaging emporiums"
A new book celebrates the rich diversity of London's record shops.
Written by music journalist Garth Cartwright, and featuring shots from photographer Quintina Valero...
A new phase in reopening shuttered buinesses during the COVID-19 lockdown
Record stores will be allowed to reopen in the UK from Monday.
In the next phase of the UK government's lockdown easing plans, non-essential retail...
Elevate, Bikini Waxx and Melting Point are among the stores that have reopened their doors
Berlin record stores are opening their doors once again as Germany tentatively relaxes its lockdown measures.
Since Monday morning, shops in Germany smaller than 800...
But the Invisible City Editions label and shop will still operate online...
Toronto record store Invisible City is to shut its physical address “indefinitely”.
A statement sent to the retailer and label's email subscribers today explained the...
The AI learned artist names listed on the Hard Wax record store's website to create its own names...
An artificial intelligence programme has been taught to create 231 producer names, and they're alarmingly believable.
Berlin-based Swede Olle Holmberg is a producer and photographer...
Including grime, garage, bassline and more...
Beatport has added three 'new' bass genres to its online pages. The move is part of a wider effort to try and clean up the...
What could the demise of HMV mean for dance music?
Darius Syrossian arguing that truly dedicated record buyers, those with an eye for specialist vinyl – house, techno, d&b, breaks etc – shouldn't lament the downfall of a corporate chain such as HMV raises some interesting questions.