The independent record stores that make up Record Store Day just announced their exclusives for Black Friday, and the list is pretty sweet — among the treasures this year are 7″ singles box sets from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, The Doors, and Read More…

Setting up meetings for NARM (got a couple spaces left on Tuesday & Thursday if you like), having some fun this week — we just married the Tipsheet’s new release database to the SongKick database and are having an absolute blast!  See here for an
example — so now, when you scroll the weekly release list, Read More…

Happy Black Monday, good luck to all with big releases coming out today in advance of the holiday push. A few things catching my attention these days:

Small Gift — Sanrio’s 50th Anniversary Celebration. Yeah, snicker all you want about a big party for Hello Kitty, but the parent company did a really amazing job of building a fan experience for child and adult fans alike by Read More…