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HIM DOWNLOAD

HIM have a new album out (SCREAMWORKS: LOVE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE) and it’s in stores now. There’s a CD, a limited edition CD, and pretty white vinyl to choose from. To celebrate, we’ve got a download of the track “Heartkiller” right here for you. Check it out and then check out the new record at a record store near you!
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR FREE DOWNLOAD OF "Heartkiller"!

PRESERVATION HALL

Perhaps a little part of you wishes you were in New Orleans right now (assuming you’re not). What with a sports victory and Mardi Gras to celebrate, it’s kind of a good time to be strutting down Bourbon St. If you are in New Orleans, you should stop by Preservation Hall and check out nightly French Quarter jazz as it was meant to be. And if you’re not in New Orleans, then celebrate by picking up PRESERVATION: An Album to Benefit Preservation Hall and The Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program which is a collection of jazz songs done by Jason Isbell, Ani DiFranco, Andrew Bird, Jim James, Buddy Miller, Paolo Nutini, Tom Waits and MORE... It’s coming out on the appropriate Fat Tuesday, 2/16. (Jim James is upping the ante even more by taking his band My Morning Jacket out on the road in April with The Preservation Hall Jazz Band.) Here, why don’t you take a look at this video, and get a little bit of the spirit of the thing:

RINGO ON THE RED CARPET:

Ringo Starr has impeccable fashion sense (and super-cool family members). How else to explain the fact that 1/4 f the Beatles was sporting an oh-so-stylish t-shirt from indie record store ELECTRIC FETUS on the Grammy stage Sunday night? Turns out Ringo’s cousin is an Electric Fetus shopper, and got him the shirt for Christmas. (You could gift your family and friends with an Electric Fetus shirt whenever you’re in the Minneapolis area, and we’d like to take this opportunity to pimp the idea of a record store t-shirt—or indeed a RECORD STORE DAY t-shirt, which you can buy right here---as a perfect way to say I love you on this Presidents Day. Or Valentines Day, if that’s your thing.)

RECORD STORE DAY TALKS TO ROB ZOMBIE

That jack-of-all-trades Rob Zombie has been a busy little horror-lover lately, what with the release of HELLBILLY DELUXE 2, and directing an episode of that monster known as CSI, we were lucky to get him to spend a few minutes with our friend J. Bennet and talk about all that and more. CLICK HERE FOR THE RECORD STORE DAY TALK WITH ROB ZOMBIE And to celebrate the release of HELLBILLY DELUXE 2, at participating indie record stores you’ll find a special download card that gets you THREE REMIX tracks... Yours when you buy the new record, while supplies last (DISCLAIMER: Not all indie stores participate in all these things, so check with your nearest record store.)

We just got a look at the new Spoon record, and we especially like this part of the album credits:

SPOON is back, and we couldn’t be more excited for the new record, TRANSFERENCE, out now... on Merge CD and vinyl (with a special advance 7” on sale today at participating record stores!). Brian Baker, Friend of Record Store Day, recently talked to Britt Daniel about the new record, the new back-to-basics, stripped-down approach, and our favorite topic: record stores.

BANDS YOU LOVE, LOVE RECORD STORES

We love it when bands talk about us. Makes us feel warm and fuzzy. Here’s a couple more bands talking about us. Whee!!!

(And you should know that we gave them no script or anything so all of these are the opinions of individual band members, and not necessarily the opinion of Record Store Day HQ. Nope, and especially not those opinions which touch on alternate places to acquire your CDs.)

Support Indie Record Store Videos

Steve Gorman of the Black Crowes (and friends!) extolls the virtues of Grimey’s in Nashville, and waxes poetic about his days on the payroll at Wax N Facts in Atlanta. We love that Steve is a tried and true Southern record store boy.

Ok, this is pretty cool, in our book. Carly Simon! (And now we really, really, REALLY want to know about the giant earrings all over the wall behind her).

We’re not sure what record stores Stephan Jenkins (perhaps you know him from Third Eye Blind) has been shopping in, but if he’s shopping indie, that’s cool with us!