As every music fan is aware by now, Record Store Day is held every April supposedly to encourage music buyers to visit their local independent store. In practice, this is a great idea – but the reality often means frustration for many. For every fan who seeks that special edition issued to mark the occasion, the event is often spoilt by chancers and dealers buying stuff up to hock on ebay later in the day. In some cases, these items appear on the world-famous internet auction site hours before the stores open, hours before the event has even begun, leading to the question of how many stores are even playing by the rules.
Chuck Ragan: US west coast dates
Hot Water Music’s Chuck Ragan is set to play a run of live dates across the US west coast this coming September. All confirmed shows are listed below.
The shows are part of the promotion for Chuck’s current solo album ‘Till Midnight’, out now on SideOneDummy.
Sepultura & In Flames confirmed for Wacken 2015
The first wave of bands have been announced for Wacken 2015.
Europe’s largest festival celebrates its 26th year in 2015 and to help celebrations, German pirate rockers Running Wild will take the stage for the first time in six years having disbanded in 2009.
‘All I Want’: The new video from Kid Wave
Up and coming indie-pop band Kid Wave have issued a video for their new track ‘All I Want’, directed by Steve Glashier.
You can now watch the clip in full below.
TRANSMANIACON – The Darkening Plain
Delivering four songs in approximately 47 minutes, the 2014 release from London-based doom/dark psych rockers Transmaniacon is not for the faint of heart. Housed in a sleeve depicting a desolate post-apocalyptic horizon dominated by robots (expertly conceived by artist Ian Miller), part epic hard rock, part concept album, ‘The Darkening Plain’ is a both a frightening and frighteningly grand work, especially aimed at those who love things from the fuzzier and (occasionally) less heavy end of the doom rock spectrum.