As Record Store Day hoves into view, you can expect a whole load of waffling about the brilliant news of the #vinylrevival. But, Alex Marshall, discovers, the reality for many shops is not so rosy or clear cut
As Record Store Day hoves into view, you can expect a whole load of waffling about the brilliant news of the #vinylrevival. But, Alex Marshall, discovers, the reality for many shops is not so rosy or clear cut
From his first discovery of The Velvet Underground to a cruise with Father John Misty, via mixtapes personally compiled for him by Spacemen 3 and encounters with Alex Chilton, Pulp’s Mark Webber takes Jonathan Wright through his favourite records
A collage of field recordings before an empty dancefloor, minimal song structures from Glasgow, tape squished swarmandal improvisations, and heavy acid techno. It can only be Tristan Bath with this month’s roundup of cassette releases. Graham Dunning portrait by Daniel Kordik