Playback: Touring Austin's Latin Record Stores

Discotecas outnumber Anglo record shops

"...statistic that may shock you. There are more Latino record stores in Austin (discotecas) than Anglo record shops...."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Guide to Austin Record Stores

Exploring the grooves, from black metal to blues

"...Welcome to the “Record Store Capital of the World” (patent pending)...."

Aug. 23, 2017 Music Post by The Music Staff

Austin Record Stores for Your Listening Pleasure

Nine shops to satisfy your vinyl urges

"...Despite phones being the modern world's main conduit of recorded music, brick-and-mortar retail spaces selling physical copies of albums..."

Feb. 4, 2023 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Faster Than Sound: Austin Record Stores Hang On, Together

Online and curbside pivots support an altered Record Store Day for Austin vinyl emporiums this Saturday.

"...Gabe Vaughn, co-owner of North Loop's Breakaway Records, remains hurt by an impassioned email from a would-be..."

Aug. 28, 2020 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Vinyl Saved My Life Tonight: Record Stores Deliver in a Crisis

Local media emporiums maintain online shipping during C-19 lockdown

"...I’d already begun hoarding earlier in the week: Waterloo Records, Antone’s Records, Half Price Books. When I walked into..."

March 24, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Austin Record Stores Move the Needle on In-Person Shopping

You may now commence thumbing through the stacks again (provided you follow the new safety rules)

"...Before last Saturday, I hadn't set foot in a record store in seven months. The last time I'd gone..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Vinyl Saved My Life Tonight: Record Stores Deliver in a Crisis

Local media emporiums maintain online shipping during C-19 lockdown

March 27, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Guide to Austin Record Stores

Aug. 25, 2017 Features Feature

It's Record Store Day!

Come celebrate your local record stores

"...It's that time of year again, music lovers! Record Store Day is an international day celebrating the culture..."

April 18, 2014 Events Post by Josette Chen

Why Record Store Day Is Great …

And why it sucks (a shopping guide)

"...Talk to the owners of any of Austin’s participating records stores and you’ll hear a chorus: “Record Store Day..."

April 21, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Austin Record Convention's United Nations

Forget Record Store Day, the Austin Record Convention remains the biggest vinyl swap in the USA

"...dealers, and phonographic fetishists. The USA's largest sale of recorded music, featuring hundreds of vendors stocked with over a..."

June 17, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Playback: Record Store Crawl

The day after Record Store Day breaks the bank

"...for music can be measured by the multitude of record stores within our city limits. Eleven currently exist, each..."

April 24, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Back-to-School Guide: Stores to Shop Your Way Into Austin Music

Dress for the job you want: stylish scenester – plus recommendations on record shops and instrument stores

"...February after launching in McAllen. Find Yourself at the Record Store..."

Aug. 19, 2022 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Playback: Record Store Day

Why Record Store Day matters

"...Spotify. But when I'm at home, I listen to records...."

April 18, 2014 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Off the Record

Putting a price tag on the new exclusivity of rock & roll records

"...on the Green series but also at four Wal-Mart stores across Texas. "It gets us onto the shelves, a..."

July 18, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Maintaining the World's Most Expensive Record Collections

Austin's Small Label Scene

"...musical fire of an Afri- can-American, the small, independent record company has been the backbone of rock & roll...."

Sept. 15, 1995 Music Feature

Off the Record

Green Day brings its 21st Century Breakdown to San Antonio

"...benefiting the SIMS Foundation. The first person to e-mail offtherecord@austinchronicle.com with the correct answer to the following scores a..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Austin’s Record Store Day Picks

Local releases and where to get 'em

"...– April 18 – anticipating the eighth iteration of Record Store Day, a consumer holiday spotlighting the unique culture..."

April 15, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Earth Day, Record Store Day, and More Recommended Events

Go green in a number of ways this week

"...conversations on sustainability and seasonality.   – Kimberley Jones Record Store Day..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity

Reanimating one of the great Austin tributes

"...produced in 1990, is being reissued this year on Record Store Day. A limited vinyl pressing will include all..."

April 21, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Off the Record

The Future Is Unwritten: 360 Degrees of South by Southwest

"...White Denim, with cautious optimism. "We have a finished record and are hoping someone wants to put it out."..."

March 20, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Coconut Club and Record Label Owners Team Up on New Musical Acai Cafe

Community Garden combines a listening room, wine bar, and record store

"...a retail corner for Texas music and Harcrow’s electronic record label, Growth in Decay. The cassette-focused platform has fostered..."

June 12, 2023 Music Post by Kriss Conklin

Off the Record

Striking down the Thunder of Gods Festival

"...Meet the new owners of Antone's Record Shop (pictured, l-r): local garage rocker Eve Monsees, longtime..."

May 22, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

More Closed Music Stores

"...list ["Is Sound Exchange's Fate the Future of All Record Stores?," Music, Jan. 23]. Here are some I thought..."

Jan. 28, 2004 Postmarks

Off the Record

Heavy lifting: No Control radio expands, hardcore punks hit the Monolith Training Center, and the Stocktons celebrate 10 years at Beerland

"...Local mod squad English Teeth recorded a series of protest songs with Will Ferrell cohort..."

July 8, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Record Store Day Redux

"...With all the hullabaloo surrounding Record Store Day on Saturday, OTR overlooked a few of..."

April 18, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Three Pint-Sized Specialty Food Stores Sprout in Austin

Hold me closer tiny grocer

"...food has fostered an environment ripe for growing specialty stores, and as the city grows, so does the need..."

April 9, 2021 Food Feature by Andrew Turner

Secondhand Stores to Council: 'Wait a Second!'

Proposed ordinance designed to help recovery of stolen goods

"...the current City Code guidelines regulating pawnshops and secondhand stores and replaced them with rules that essentially put secondhand..."

Sept. 21, 2012 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Off the Record

Reunion fever hits close to home: Faces, the Kinks, the Jesus Lizard, and more

"...the reissuing of the band's essential Touch and Go Records catalog – 1991's Head and Goat, 1992's Liar, and..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Record Reviews

"...Holiday, a tribute to Billie Holiday featuring songs she recorded. While a potentially gimmicky collection, this one works for..."

March 14, 1997 Music Review

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