Vinyl is hip again. No longer only the territory of dusty vintage record stores, you can find LPs in places as mainstream as Barnes & Noble and Best Buy these days. And, for music lovers of all ages, vinyl records never went out of style.
Enter Record Store Day, April 16. It's an initiative managed by the Department of Record Stores, and is organized in partnership with the Alliance of Independent Media Stores (AIMS) and the Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS).
In addition to Record Store Day, the coalition of volunteers "promotes independent record stores year-round with events, special releases and other fun things." MORE
Local festivities
Open in December, Brothers Music KC is one of the local stores taking part in Record Store Day 2016.
"It's become a staple of the music business," said co-owner Cole Maggart. "It gets bigger each year and we've really embraced it."
The Mission, Kan., store will be selling exclusive vinyl releases. There will be food trucks, beer for sale, and live music starting at 4 p.m.
METRO KC STORES TAKING PART
Kansas
- Keep'N It Real Records | Kansas City, KS
- Kief's Music | Lawrence, KS
- Love Garden Sounds | Lawrence, KS
- Brothers Music | Mission, KS
- Vintage Stock-KC 135th |Overland Park, KS
- Vintage Stock-KC Metcalf | Overland Park, KS
- Vinyl Renaissance & Audio | Overland Park, KS
Missouri
- Josey Records Kansas City, MO
- 7th Heaven | Kansas City, MO
- Barnyard Orbit| Kansas City, MO
- Vintage Stock | Liberty, MO
- Surf Brothers | Raymore, MO
- It's a Beautiful Day | Kansas City, MO
- Mills Record Company | Kansas City, MO
- Records with Merritt | Kansas City, MO
- Revolution Records | Kansas City,
- Vinyl Renaissance & Audio | Kansas City, MO
- CD Warehouse | Gladstone, MO
- Earwaxx Records & More | Gladstone, MO
MORE:
- Click here to find a location near you and check on the store websites
- Click here for a PDF of the April 2016 releases
- Connect with Brothers Music KC on Facebook and Twitter
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