If you spend much time in record stores, you’ve probably found yourself transfixed by an expensive, primo-looking copy of a rare or out-of-print LP—among the framed records on the wall at the Wicker ...

I wrote about a short Line Out entry regarding matrix messages last year called The Message of the Matrix. It was a fun bit nodding to the silly messages some groups scratched into the dead wax of ...

Our climate future depends on the choices we make now. As has been widely reported, 2023 was officially the hottest year on record. The last twelve months have exceeded 1.5° C above pre-industrial ...

Record Store Day is this weekend, and Nebraska’s locally-owned shops are gearing up for one of their biggest days of the year. Record Store Day started in 2008, after a group of independent record ...

In 2017, something curious happened: Sony started manufacturing vinyl records again after ceasing all production in 1989. The RIAA's (Recording Industry Association of America) 2022 year-end revenue ...

Streaming services like Spotify make listening to music convenient, but there's still something special about dropping the needle on a vinyl record. Pulling an album from its sleeve, placing it on the ...

You’re about to buy an album on iTunes when you see that there’s a remastered version just below it. Surely something that’s “remastered” must be better ...

The Super Bowl for vinyl lovers is Saturday: Record Store Day. Participating retailers include Erie St Vinyl in Massillon and Quonset Hut in Canton. The Velvet Runway Style & Fashion Show is Saturday ...

The WWE likes to make a big deal about records being broken but do they matter to fans?Was there any doubt that New Day would lose their tag team titles after breaking Demolition’s previously ...