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We are beyond honoured to announce we will be welcoming legendary synthpop artist John Foxx to the shop at 5:30pm on Saturday 13th September. He will be signing copies of his new singles and B-sides collection "No-One Driving". You can pre-order your copy from us to guarantee entry to the signing.  For those attending simply select "pick up in store" to grab your copy at the shop for John to sign for you. If you would like a personalised signed copy but cannot make it to the shop on the day, John will sign all pre ordered copies - whether you need...

What Hi-Fi? recently asked shop owner Phil some questions about the rising popularity of vinyl with younger shoppers. All signs suggest vinyl is reaching ever-younger audiences. Go into any record shop and the sea of fresh-faced customers rummaging through crates makes this fact obvious. But what are they buying? Are they flocking to new releases from pop artists like the seemingly unstoppable Taylor Swift, or are they after something a little older? Sister Ray owner, Phil Barton, cites the resurgence of genres like hardcore and shoegazing as key factors helping drive vinyl sales, but added that Taylor Swift is the biggest...

Our Blue Note racks are currently looking extremely tasty as we have recently put out a collection of mainly ‘60s pressings from some absolute giants of jazz music including Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Grachan Moncur III, Bobby Hutcherson and many more. Here Leo gives his rundown of three of his absolute favourites from the bunch. Herbie Hancock - “Empyrean Isles” (1964) When it comes to jazz Herbie has truly done it all. He got his big break in Miles Davis’ “Second Great Quintet” in the early ‘60s and has been at the coalface of reinventing jazz music ever...

We just wanted to spread the word about our friends "Merch For Good" because they're doing such great work in the world. Merch for Good is Trekstock's line of exclusive t-shirts designed and donated by some of the world’s best artists and musicians. 100% of the profits from each sale help them keep providing tailored social and practical support to young adults in their 20s and 30s across the country as they live with and beyond cancer. T-shirts that do good and look good, it's a no-brainer. Check out the full range here. There are designs pictured below from a few shop...

During the summer, what you really need to cool down and relax to is some chilled reggae beats to sit back and enjoy. Or, maybe you need some tunes to get up and skank to. Whatever you need, you’ll find it here. To start off the list, which is in no particular order, I’m going for the album “Statement” by Ini Kamoze. Released in 1984. it’s an album that ticks all the boxes for a reggae album from the “rockers” era of Jamaican music. With the infamous Sly and Robbie on drums and bass, the album is able to host...