OAKLAND, Calif. — Local thrash metal fan Zack Holloway reportedly plays doom metal records at 78 RPM in a desperate attempt to make them sound…
It seems the older you get, the faster time moves. It’s amazing how quickly a technology that’s part of our daily lives one minute can…
BALTIMORE — Local vinyl collector and self-proclaimed financial wizard Eric Drysden recently calculated his net worth using vinyl website Discogs.com, claimed friends who were definitely…
RCA Records has achieved a new form of notoriety this year with the recent salacious biographical crime drama/softcore porn flick “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik…
Ska may be a punchline to some, but to us it’s also a punchline. Still, there are some high quality ska bands that deserve notoriety,…
There was a time when MCA Records had a truly unfortunate nickname in “Music Cemetery of America,” but that’s pretty cruel, inaccurate, and silly. Originally…
What you’re about to read is seemingly sponsored by nepo babies, but David Geffen wouldn’t have it any other way. Geffen Records was founded by…
While The Fab Four will forever live dormant in the complex paradox vortex Herpes simplex of being both mainstream as it gets by every stretch…
Doghouse Records formed in Ohio state when actor turned model Ronald Reagan was nearly wrapped with his second term as President of the United States…
Ramones. That’s the tweet. Sire Records formed almost sixty, yes, SIXTY years ago and is still active! Wow, what a difference! Anyway, we attempt to…
Lots of crazy stuff happened in 1986 via the wacky Washington worlds of arts, politics, entertainment, and horticulture: Rick Moranis’ “Little Shop of Horrors” hit…
“Damn the man! Save the Empire!” These were the rallying cries of every spirited “teen” working at the fictional store in the film “Empire Records.”…
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Retail conglomerate Target announced today that they would be participating in Record Store Day by offering 35 separate versions of Taylor Swift’s…
Ask any metal purist and they’ll probably insist that their genre was barely breathing once “Smells Like Teen Spirit” hit the air. The reality, though,…
There’s always a lot of talk about how 1994 was the year of punk with all the mainstream success of bands like Green Day, The…