Record Store Day in Scotland
With this year’s Record Store Day specials already making prophetic dents in your post-Easter funds (not to mention those of your friendly neighbourhood eBay flipper), we’re sure you’ve already sorted out the must-haves from the if-they’ve-got-its. There’s far more to RSD (and, indeed, independent record stores shops) than queues and eyebrow-raisingly-priced vinyl, however, so why not check out some of the events at your local gaff on 18 April?
In Glasgow, Monorail are offering the best of the official RSD releases, accompanied by live performances from Rose McDowall, Pennycress, James Yorkston and Halfrican, and DJ sets from Afrodeesia, JD Twitch and Roxanne Clifford, all cheerily buoyed along by a “fun family vibe”. Sub Hub, meanwhile, have big plans of their own: as well as a record fayre jam-packed with stalls, there’ll be food courtesy of local eateries Devil’s Deli and NO WAY BACK, and a very special guest appearance from German deep house veteran Henrik Schwarz. He’ll be talking production and spinning his own records, billed as an ‘alternative Q&A’. Swish.
There’s also the matter of Love Music, where 500 RSD releases will be followed by an afternoon of live acts including Finitribe, James King & The Lone Wolves, Randolph’s Leap and ex-My Chemical Romancer Frankie Iero, while Fran’s Free Tea and Cake stall dispenses hot beverages and... well, yes, cakes.
Over in Edinburgh, Coda get the important things out of the way first by assuring us there’ll be “lots of wine, beer and food.” The shop opens at 8.30, and they’ll be providing bacon/egg rolls for early morning queue enthusiasts in advance of the day’s later festivities – which chiefly means live music from a fine pairing of Auld Reekie folksters: Malinky and King Eider. Leith Walk’s punk specialists Elvis Shakespeare are getting in on the live music front too, with The Cathode Ray, Filth Spector and the aforementioned King Eider all showcasing their brand new releases from 2pm onwards.
It doesn’t end there either: dance maestros Underground Solu’shn are open from 8am-7pm, with around 550 RSD exclusives on sale – and after 2pm there’ll also be live showings from the likes of James Yorkston and Randolph’s Leap, plus DJ sets from Finitribe, Vic Galloway and more. Finally, New Town’s own Voxbox are taking the principled route. “We've cut out the official releases,” they say, “but are instead working to promote brand new releases by bands that are based just down the road.” To that end, they’ve got a veritable mini-festival of live performances in store, starring Delta Mainline, The Holy Ghosts, Miracle Strip, Supermoon, Garden of Elks, Randolph's Leap and Gerry Cinnamon, with more to be confirmed. HEROIC. And remember, kids: every day is a potential record shop day. Looks after these places and they’ll look after you.
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