Calling all music geeks and vinyl nerds
Get ready for Record Store Day tomorrow with The A.V. Club's handy guide of around-the-town happenings (and some not-happenings), plus a pick of store-by-store vinyl exclusives:
Albums On The Hill, 1128 13th St., Boulder, 303-447-0159
See: Records, lots of ‘em. Aside from the Record Store Day freebies and exclusives—limited vinyl from Jane’s Addiction, Slayer, Grizzly Bear, and so on—Albums, in its 30-odd years, has also accumulated quite a mass of used collectibles. Get lost in it.
Buy: Thrill Jockey label comp, Records Toreism, 12-inch LP, limited to 900 copies, features silk-screened art and two zine inserts.
Bart’s CD Cellar, 1015 Pearl St., Boulder, 303-447-8150
See: Live music from Pete Wernick, Alice Peacock, Giddyup Kitty, Radical Knitting Circle, The Culhanes, plus a DJ set by Bart’s employee James Irish. All used stuff will be buy two get one free, or just freeload off the hourly giveaways.
Buy: My Morning Jacket, Celebración De La Cuidad Natal, double 10-inch.
Black & Read, 7821 Wadsworth Blvd., Arvada, 80003, 303-467-3236
See: Cranky record store employees. “It’s business as usual,” according to one.
Buy: Black & Read doesn’t believe in Record Store Day—but maybe that’s because the vinyl selection here is stellar just about every day. From old Motown 7-inches to ‘70s pyschedelia to modern punk releases, there’s a little slab of wax for everyone.
Independent Records, 937 E. Colfax Ave., 303-863-8668
See: Live music from DB And The Catastrophe, The Repercussions, Speakeasy Tiger, Heart Start Hero, Drew Danburry, Like Pianos Crashing, Mr. Verbal, Icarus Thump, Gloam, and Improv. Plus 93.3 KTCL will broadcast on-site from 12 to 2 p.m.; then from 6 to 8 p.m., Indie 101.5 takes over. Get your grub on, too, with free gelato and chips and salsa.
Buy: More Radiohead releases than you need—the band, in honor of RSD, is re-releasing a series of 10-inch EPs on 180-gram vinyl.
Jerry’s Records, 312 E. Colfax Ave., 303-830-2336
See: Audiophiles in their natural habitat. Don’t fear the crates upon crates (and sometimes cardboard boxes) full of dusty records; there’s good stuff in there. Dig in and enjoy.
Buy: “We got lots of Frank Zappa and Jimi Hendrix collectibles,” says one employee.
Twist & Shout, 2508 E. Colfax Ave., 303-722-1943
See: DJs from KGNU, KUVO, and 1190 will be on the decks all day; in the evening, check out DJ A-What and a special DJ set from members of Meese. Also on the agenda: Buy a couple of books from Tattered Cover; eat some cupcakes from The Shoppe; drink beer from Great Divide; get your cat micro-chipped by the Denver Dumb Friends League; of course, too, have a little champagne and cake with the Twist employees; hang out with the crew from The Onion and Decider, who will be on hand to give out free junk and cheerlead and stuff. Whew.
Buy: Magnolia Electric Co., 7-inch, limited to 1000 copies; plus, all used LPs, CDs, and DVDs will be 20 percent off. And if you spend more than $25, take your receipt over to Chipotle around the corner for free chips and guacamole. Double-whew.
Wax Trax, 620 E. 13th Ave., 303-860-0127
See: Decades worth of band promo stuff scotch-taped (and sometimes drawn on) by employees and plastered all over the walls, on the bins, and even the ceiling. Wax Trax also will host live music starting at 2 p.m. with TaunTaun, The GetDown!, and Crack Magik.
Buy: The Thermals/Thao Nguyen, split 7-inch, limited to 1000 copies.
