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Vinyl Guru Recommends - August 2016
Welcome to our first Vinyl Guru recommends playlist. Each month we'll be featuring the best in recent and forthcoming new vinyl releases and reissues for your enjoyment. The full tracklisting can be found HERE
Vinyl Guru's Best Of Bandcamp On Vinyl - August 2016
Yard Wars/Cactus Knife Split EP (Indie/Rock) This split EP from Yard Wars/Cactus Knife really encapsulates and showcases the kind of Alternative yet competent sound you can find on bandcamp. With a very professional standard of production and instrumentation, these two bands will definitely be ones to watch out for in the future. Favourite track - 'Yard Wars - CIA LSD' Michael Zucker - Pixel Perfect LP (Progessive Rock/Chiptune) Pixel Perfect is an LP by Michael Zucker which manages to cross-over the clashing sounds of Chiptune and Progressive Rock and somehow morph them into an avant-garde masterpiece. Favourite Track - 'Syntax'...
Charlotte Says Hello
Hello, my name is Charlotte, I'm 15 and I'm doing work experience with Vinyl Guru this week so I thought I'd take the time to introduce myself to you all and tell you a bit about myself and what I do. The reason why I'm working with Vinyl Guru is because I love listening to music (especially records). I've recommended some of my favourite albums that I believe everyone should take the time to listen to here: http://www.vinylguru.co.uk/blogs/news/charlottes-picks I'm also an independent promoter for my events company 'Fanbase Events' (@FanbaseEvents on Twitter) and I organise charity concerts for young people...
Charlotte's Picks
Over the last decade there has been so many incredible additions to the music industry in the form of new artists and new albums that it is almost impossible to choose a favourite. Despite this, I have chosen five recommendations for fairly recent records that I believe everyone should listen to. Twenty One Pilots - Vessel Muse - Drones Royal Blood - Royal Blood My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho Twenty One Pilots are a popular music duo consisting of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun from Ohio. Their music is...
Record Store Day 2016: Update and Staff Picks
Most of the stock has now arrived and is priced up ready to hit the racks on Saturday 16th April. We've got pretty much everything we ordered and plenty of it, you can download a full list here: We'll be open from 8:00AM and as well as Record Store Releases we've expanded our popular 3 for £10 Second Hand vinyl selection and boosted our used vinyl racks with the recent purchase of a couple of large collections of classic albums and hundreds of 7" singles. We'll have special offers on back catalogue releases from Record Store Day bands and artists...