Record Store Day 2013

April 27th, 2013 by chocko

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The big day for vinyl happened last weekend and I started the search for records at Tunes in Hoboken, New Jersey. The place was packed and Record Store Day Exclusives were displayed throughout the store. I found the Rob Zombie “Dead City Radio” 10″ which was made with a reverse groove. It’s really cool-you have to drop the needle in the center of the record and it plays backwards. I also picked up The Shangri-Las “Remember (Walkin’ In The Sand)” single and couldn’t resist the Girl In A Coma vinyl release of their album “Both Before I’m Gone” on blue vinyl.

Generation Records
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Next, I crossed the Hudson River, found some killer parking by Washington Square Park and made my way to Thompson Street to get in on the madness at Generation Records. They had a couple freebies on their counter on the way in…a CD sampler of a bunch of Sub Pop bands and a Kanine Records cassette celebrating 10 years of indie rock. Lots of great bands on that tape including Chairlift, Grizzly Bear, Surfer Blood and Bleeding Rainbow. Generation Records had a whole schedule of bands and DJs playing throughout the day. I was lucky to catch Livids play, but really disappointed in myself for forgetting my earplugs. Livids played LOUD garage punk rock and my ears screamed for mercy. Lead singer, Eric Davidson knows how to get the party started and spent lots of time off the stage messing with audience as he did on stage with the rest of the band. Check out a video from the instore below of Livids performing “(Some Of Us Have) Adrenalized Hearts.” It was also cool to see Tom Scharpling (The Best Show on WFMU) in the store ready to rock the turntables. Tom gave me a Best Show sticker just for saying hello!

Livids
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Eric Davidson shopping for vinyl
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Tom Scharpling
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I took a short break from all the madness and walked over to the F Train Brooklyn bound platform on 14th St to watch the one and only Kaki King busk in a subway station. The super talented guitarist played her debut album, Everybody Loves You, in its entirety to a small crowd in preparation for her Mercury Lounge show to celebrate the album’s 10th anniversary. Kaki ended her performance with a bonus track titled “The Government” which had the audience meowing along like kittens. You don’t believe me? Pump up the volume and check out the video below.

Kaki King
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I made a cameo appearance at Discorama on 8th Street to see what exclusives they had displayed in their glass cases. I picked up the “Because The Night” 10″ by Garbage and Screaming Females and the Roky Erickson “mine mine mind” limited edition 7″. I made my last stop at Other Music where there was a line out the door. There wasn’t a long wait in the line but when I got in around 5pm it looked like the RSD section had been ransacked. I did find a copy of the Tegan And Sara “Closer” single which features 8 remixes of the first single off their newest album Heartthrob. I also picked up the Now Now Neighbors: Deluxe release and also the DVD titled “Just Like Being There” which is a documentary about gig posters and art. Highly recommended! It was fun to shop while NYC-based producer FaltyDL provided the tunes. I hope everybody out there found all the records you were looking for on the high holy day of vinyl worship. A belated Happy Record Store Day and a quick mention to Brooklyn’s Sound Fix, a great Williamsburg record store which closed its doors during RSD weekend. I always enjoyed shopping there and checking out all the in-store performances (Amanda Palmer, Mates of State, Oh Land, Ra Ra Riot). Thanks for all the fun times.

FaltyDL on the wheels of steel
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(photos and video by chocko)

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