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Hooray For International Record Shop Day!
12:42 PM GMT 14/04/2008
THIS COMING SATURDAY – April 19 – has been designated Record Store Day. (That’s Record Shop Day if you’re British.) An international awareness-raising campaign to flag up the unique allure of your local record shop, the idea is to whisk up a heady cocktail of publicity and instore entertainment, providing a reason to truck on down to your local indie and lose a couple of quid on that copy of Neu! ’75 you’ve been promising yourself.
So far, Rough Trade East have announced appearances by Veils, The Metros, Jason Molina, Eugene McGuinness, Make Model, Billy Bragg, Can’s Irmin Schmidt and more. Piccadilly in Manchester promise an in-store performance by Jamie Hince’s The Kills, and Avalanche in Edinburgh will host hotly tipped trio St Jude’s Infirmary, Radio One’s Vic Galloway “on the decks”, and more surprises in store (as it were). Stay tuned for more attractions at these and other participating stores.
Record Store Day will also mark the official launch of the Coalition Of UK Indie Stores, an alliance of (initially) 15 UK shops. The idea is to co-ordinate activity up and down the country and fight a corner for the beleaguered music retailer.
“We’re all in it together,” Avalanche’s Kevin Buckle told MOJO earlier today. “We have to recognise the fact, and act on it.”
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 12:42 PM GMT 14/04/2008
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Unfortunately The Kills have had to cancel their instore at Piccadilly in Manchester.
Instead we have DJ's from 1-4
Rob Bright (Bugged Out/Various Public Houses)
Neil (El Diablos)
Ruth Allen (Club Brenda/Switchflicker Records)
Plus loads of T-shirts/Cd samplers/stickers/posters/badges/ to give away, and special instore offers.
Posted by Darryl (Piccadilly Records) at 10:41 AM GMT 17/04/2008 Report Abuse
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