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The Weeknd’s “Out of Time” Single Is Available on Vinyl as a Saw Blade
At first, we thought this saw blade was like that section of Route 66 that plays “America the Beautiful” as you drive on it, where it would play The Weeknd’s new single “Out of Time” as you pulled it through 2x4s or something. Then we saw that the blade is…
The Best Ways to Store and Display Your Vinyl Records
You might think that deciding you want to start collecting records and picking up some of the essential vinyl albums is all you have to think about, but that's just the beginning. You have to think about the best turntables to play your collection on. Then you have to think…
Where to Buy Vinyl Online
There's nothing quite like dropping in to your local record shop and digging through crates to find the records you didn't even know you needed in your collection. But, you simply can't beat the convenience of the internet. Maybe you're looking to expand your collection with a curated subscription. Maybe…
Essential Vinyl: 30 Albums Every Record Collector Must Own
Although streaming reigns supreme in the music world, the physical medium has returned with a vengeance. Vinyl record sales have been at an all-time high since the advent of the streaming age. And everyone from your younger cousin to your cool neighbor probably has, at the very least, a modest…
The Gakken Easy Record Maker Cuts and Plays Vinyl
Long before we were stuck at home regularly, there was a huge resurgence in the popularity of vinyl. Now that convenience and portability of smartphone music isn't really something that factors into listening decisions, you have more reason than ever to get into vinyl records. That's where Gakken's Easy Record…
Phonocut Lets You Make Your Own Vinyl Records at Home
There's no denying the fact that we're in a full vinyl record renaissance at this point. But while you can get thousands of great vinyl albums from both old and new bands these days, the technology used to create the records you put on your turntable is relatively unchanged... until…
Kozmophone Is a Modern Turntable and Phonograph
At the end of the 1800s, Edison invented the phonograph. Ten years after that—still in the 1800s—Emile Berliner invented the gramophone, which opted for flat discs (aka records) instead of Edison's cylindrical ones. More than a century later, Kozmophone is combining those iconic designs with modern technology and functionality. It's…
8 Vinyl Record Holders More Stylish Than a Milk Crate
Vinyl record sales are still on the rise. It seems everyone from Kendrick Lamar, to Ed Sheeran and Father John Misty are putting their music to wax because they understand not just the value in doing so, but the undeniable market for it. But if you’re picking up all this…
This App Lets You Stream an Album by Taking a Picture of It
We'll often find ourselves flipping through records at a shop and stumbling up on a small collection with killer artwork. Great cover art doesn't always equal great music, unfortunately. With Record Player, a new app that works with Spotify, you can snap a picture of an album cover and stream…
HD Vinyl Will Hit Stores Next Year
Sound quality remains one of the main reasons people turn to vinyl. It sure as hell isn't convenience, right? Well, as early as next year, that sound quality is getting better. Rebeat Innovation, an Austrian-based startup, received millions in funding to help place the first HD vinyl record in stores…
20 Albums You Have to Listen to Front to Back
In an age of Spotify playlists and 99-cent downloads, owning an entire album is kinda pointless. Why buy or listen to a full album when you can just grab the highlights, right? That's sound thinking ... most of the time. There are times, however, when an album is so perfect, so…
Dovetail Vinyl Storage Cabinets
For the first time since 2011, physical albums outsold digital ones. So, yeah, that whole "vinyl is just a hipster trend" thing is just about put to bed. If you're one of the many who've rediscovered the audible joy of vinyl records, you need something a bit finer than some…
‘Extraordinary Records’ Is an Ode to Great Album Art
The album jacket was the first thing we thought of when the digital era began. Without a hard copy of a record, where would we get the artist-defining visuals? Luckily—and maybe partially because of this—vinyl is experiencing a renaissance. Tachen's latest is a celebration of great album art, of the…
Wax & Jackson Record Bags
Most record bags make us think of DJs from the club scene in the early aughts. Any time we see one of those jet black bags with a record label's name splashed across the front, we expect the guy carrying it to whip out 12" copies of the Percolator, Zombie…
The Best Remaining Record Stores in America
Gentlemen, we are in the midst of a vinyl revolution. You’ve heard that phrase over and over again, but it really is true. People all over the world—young and old—are discovering and rediscovering the warmth and tonality of high fidelity vinyl sound and experiential listening one record sleeve and liner…