Top-Selling Vinyl Releases of 2011
Sunday, January 8th, 2012RollingStone.com recently published an interesting piece about the top 10 best-selling albums of 2011, according to sales data from Nielsen SoundScan. While the Beatles’ Abbey Road takes the #1 slot for the third year in a row, the rest of the list predominantly features 2011 releases from indie artists – the new wave of vinyl […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: December 7, 2011
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011With a few exceptions (Sting), there is an exciting dark undercurrent running through this week’s vinyl releases. While it’s unlikely that this was divined by the vinyl gods, it sure is fitting for the winter season. The Black Keys – El Camino (Nonesuch) Vinyl pressing of the garage-blues duo’s new album. The follow-up to their […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: Thanksgiving 2011 Edition!
Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011Judging by all the exceptional reissues and collectors’ box sets out this week, the holiday season is in full force this year! And the best news is that all of these treasures are available online, so you don’t need to wrestle the Black Friday crowds to get them. Here’s to a truly happy holiday and […]
Vinyl Releases of the Week: March 2nd, 2011
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011First off, let me just congratulate Trent Reznor for his Oscar win on Sunday! Making his film score debut with The Social Network, the Nine Inch Nails frontman is the second rock bandleader in history to win an Academy Award for Best Original Score (the first being Talking Heads’ David Byrne, who won for 1987’s […]