Music News Swifties dominated vinyl record sales in 2022 by Tom Disalvo Taylor Swift fans have united to crown the pop star as the queen of 2022’s vinyl record sales, with Harry Styles and Olivia Rodrigo following behind. An end-of-year report on…
Music News Science The world’s tiniest vinyl is so small it fits within the groove of a regular record by Tom Disalvo Sharp-sighted scientists have developed what’s been billed as the world’s tiniest record, pressing the minute vinyl with a Christmas carol classic. Scientists in Denmark have created the world’s smallest vinyl…
Music News Most anticipated vinyl releases of 2023 by Happy From a new Paramore album to The Strokes’ new box set. Here are the most anticipated vinyl record releases of 2023. Vinyl sales are on the rise. The first half…
Music News A man sold his house to open Brisbane’s first record press in decades by Lochie Schuster Brisbane resident Neil Wilson has taken a gamble, selling his house to open the first record press in his city since the ’90s. In case you haven’t been told 1000…
Music News Vinyl Watch this insane video of a vinyl record playing under an electron microscope by Bill Robinson Always wanted to view a stylus running through the grooves of a vinyl record under an electron microscope? Yeah, you have. And now you can. Viewing things really close up…
News Record Store Day announce new list of releases for three-day 2020 event by Luka Simonetti Record Store Day (RSD) is known universally as the most significant day of the year for independent record stores and wax-lovers. By celebrating a love of music and vinyl culture,…
News Pro Audio Get ready to cut your own vinyl with the Phonocut by Claudia Schmidt You will soon be able to cut vinyl in the comfort of your own home with the first-ever record-producing consumer device: the Phonocut. The Phonocut home vinyl recorder is an…
News Vinyl Vinyl sales set to topple CDs for the first time since ‘86 by Claudia Schmidt The latest in a series of reports made by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) over the last two years continues to show that CD sales are declining three…
News Record Store Day 2019 saw vinyl sales reach a near all-time high by Rianna Manuel When April 13th rolled around, and Record Store Day kicked off for the 12th time, people from all over flocked to their local store. Everyone itching to get their hands…
Music WATCH: The Nude Party – Records by Happy North Carolina natives The Nude Party have us pricking at the ears on Records. Throwback rock ‘n’ roll coupled with enough disc damage to give any record collector an aneurysm? This…
News Vinyl So how does a turntable work? Find out what keeps the record spinning in this slick video by Jacinta Rets Capturing the immaculate, vivid sound that can only be produced by a record player (or in an actual recording studio) is not an easy task for many sound devices. Apart from the initial elegant appearance,…
Lists News Vinyl 5 super serious tips for keeping your vinyl records cool this weekend in the Sydney heatwave by Happy It’s a well-known fact that vinyl records have a maximum temperature. What’s long been the achilles heel of daytime house DJs can actually be a massive problem for crate diggers…
Lists Still wishing you were born in the 60’s? These 10 generation-defining records prove why you’re wrong. by Kantali James Our generation has been blessed with the ability for any artist now to incorporate everything from the past, fuse it together and produce fresh music that could never have been…