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"Have a great, warm, and peaceful holiday season. For those who tuned in this year, big hugs!"
TVD's The Idelic Hour, our freeform FM radio podcast with Jon Sidel
TVD's The Idelic Hour, our freeform FM radio podcast with Jon Sidel
TVD’s The Idelic Hour with Jon Sidel - The Vinyl District
Greetings from Laurel Canyon!
Have a great, warm, and peaceful holiday season. For those who tuned in this year, big hugs!
Let’s rock and have some fun in 2026. Stay tuned…
More of this year’...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
"Have a great, warm, and peaceful holiday season. For those who tuned in this year, big hugs!"
TVD's The Idelic Hour, our freeform FM radio podcast with Jon Sidel
TVD's The Idelic Hour, our freeform FM radio podcast with Jon Sidel
"Billy Strings brought his signature blend of bluegrass mastery and heartfelt storytelling to ACL, delivering a performance that felt as intimate as a front porch jam session and as grand as a theater spectacle..."
TVD Live Shots: Billy Strings at ACL Live at the Moody Theater, 12/14 - The Vinyl District
WORDS AND IMAGES: DANA WALSH in AUSTIN, TX | The air was electric, the crowd buzzing with anticipation, and the stage set for an unforgettable evening. Billy Strings brought his signature blend of blu...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"Billy Strings brought his signature blend of bluegrass mastery and heartfelt storytelling to ACL, delivering a performance that felt as intimate as a front porch jam session and as grand as a theater spectacle..."
"The best archival Christmas release of the 2025 holiday season is easily the Classic Holiday Singles Box. The limited-edition box set includes fourteen 7-inch, 45-RPM color vinyl records of some of the most iconic Christmas singles ever released..."
Needle Drop: VA, <em>Classic Holiday Singles Box</em> - The Vinyl District
The best archival Christmas release of the 2025 holiday season is easily the Classic Holiday Singles Box. The limited-edition box set includes fourteen 7-inch, 45-RPM color vinyl records of some of th...
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December 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"The best archival Christmas release of the 2025 holiday season is easily the Classic Holiday Singles Box. The limited-edition box set includes fourteen 7-inch, 45-RPM color vinyl records of some of the most iconic Christmas singles ever released..."
"The big news is that Peter Jackson assisted in improving the audio over the original 1995 and 2016 remixes through the use of his MAL technology, which was first used on The Beatles' Get Back project. This has dramatically improved the overall sound of the material..."
Graded on a Curve: <br>The Beatles, <br><em>Anthology Collection</em> - The Vinyl District
2025 marked the anniversary of a major Beatles project. It is the 30th anniversary of the Anthology ABC television series and its related projects, which included a three-volume audio companion set an...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
"The big news is that Peter Jackson assisted in improving the audio over the original 1995 and 2016 remixes through the use of his MAL technology, which was first used on The Beatles' Get Back project. This has dramatically improved the overall sound of the material..."
ICYMI: TVD Radar - The Podcast with Dylan Hundley, Episode 198: Godlis
"I recently spoke with Godlis, the photographer whose images defined CBGB’s, the Bowery, and downtown New York in the ’70s punk scene. It’s an astonishing record..."
"I recently spoke with Godlis, the photographer whose images defined CBGB’s, the Bowery, and downtown New York in the ’70s punk scene. It’s an astonishing record..."
TVD Radar: The <br>Podcast with Dylan Hundley, Episode 199: Godlis - The Vinyl District
I recently spoke with Godlis, the photographer whose images defined CBGB’s, the Bowery, and downtown New York in the ’70s punk scene.
His iconic photographs of the Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, B...
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December 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
ICYMI: TVD Radar - The Podcast with Dylan Hundley, Episode 198: Godlis
"I recently spoke with Godlis, the photographer whose images defined CBGB’s, the Bowery, and downtown New York in the ’70s punk scene. It’s an astonishing record..."
"I recently spoke with Godlis, the photographer whose images defined CBGB’s, the Bowery, and downtown New York in the ’70s punk scene. It’s an astonishing record..."
And so we enter the homestretch with the conclusion to the best new releases of 2025. As another year wraps up, the struggle continues, and music has helped us get through it. Have a safe and happy holiday, everybody.
Graded on a Curve: <br>The Best of 2025’s New Releases, Part Two - The Vinyl District
And so we enter the homestretch with the conclusion to the best new releases of 2025. (Part one is here.) As another year wraps up, the struggle continues, and music has helped us get through it. Have...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
And so we enter the homestretch with the conclusion to the best new releases of 2025. As another year wraps up, the struggle continues, and music has helped us get through it. Have a safe and happy holiday, everybody.
"Ian Felice is one of the best songwriters in the world, period, an authentic goddamn Great American Poet with heart to spare and a bittersweet view of life that means he isn’t going to sugarcoat the Holidays—he knows they can rip your heart right out of your chest and eat it."
Graded on a Curve: <br>The Felice Brothers, <br>“Felice Navidad” - The Vinyl District
I don’t write about holiday albums much, Merry Christmas being depressing words to me because of a terrible tragedy that befell my family on Christmas Eve many years ago, but I’m making an exception f...
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December 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"Ian Felice is one of the best songwriters in the world, period, an authentic goddamn Great American Poet with heart to spare and a bittersweet view of life that means he isn’t going to sugarcoat the Holidays—he knows they can rip your heart right out of your chest and eat it."
NY: Ergot Records had the vinyl find of a lifetime—on an island in Maine / CA: Recycled Records in Monterey at 50 / UK: Deptford’s underground vinyl emporium / 17 vinyl record players worth buying / There’s never been a better time to take yourself off streaming—more.
In rotation: 12/19/25 - The Vinyl District
New York, NY | An East Village record store had the vinyl find of a lifetime—on an island in Maine: Andy Breslau was browsing at Ergot Records a couple of years ago when he stopped short. The East Vil...
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December 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NY: Ergot Records had the vinyl find of a lifetime—on an island in Maine / CA: Recycled Records in Monterey at 50 / UK: Deptford’s underground vinyl emporium / 17 vinyl record players worth buying / There’s never been a better time to take yourself off streaming—more.
"Rhett Miller always looks game for a show, whether or not he’s with his great band the Old 97's, or even after experiencing vocal cord surgery. Kicking off his latest tour last week at Union Stage in Washington, DC, he came with his acoustic guitar and high energy gumption..."
TVD Live: Rhett Miller with Alice Carolyn at Union Stage 12/11 - The Vinyl District
Rhett Miller always looks game for a show, whether or not he’s with his great band The Old 97’s, or even after experiencing vocal cord surgery. Kicking off his latest tour last week at Union Stage in ...
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December 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"Rhett Miller always looks game for a show, whether or not he’s with his great band the Old 97's, or even after experiencing vocal cord surgery. Kicking off his latest tour last week at Union Stage in Washington, DC, he came with his acoustic guitar and high energy gumption..."
"For longtime fans, Good Evening Boys & Girls is a chance to step back inside the halls where SAHB became SAHB. For anyone new, it’s an invitation into a world where theatre met street-corner grit, where humour sat beside heartbreak, and where a band of players followed a singular frontman..."
TVD Radar: The Sensational Alex <br>Harvey Band, <em>Good Evening Boys & Girls</em> 21 CD set in stores 4/10 - The Vinyl District
VIA PRESS RELEASE | There was never another band like The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. They didn’t just play shows—they made every venue feel like their territory, told stories, cracked jokes, and th...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"For longtime fans, Good Evening Boys & Girls is a chance to step back inside the halls where SAHB became SAHB. For anyone new, it’s an invitation into a world where theatre met street-corner grit, where humour sat beside heartbreak, and where a band of players followed a singular frontman..."
Celebrating Bill Nelson on his 77th birthday.
“Axe Victim has never gotten its fair due as a great glam album, on a par with Brian Eno’s “rock” albums, Mott the Hoople’s All the Young Dudes, or the four albums attributed to Ziggy Stardust and the other personae Bowie adopted during the Glam Age.”
“Axe Victim has never gotten its fair due as a great glam album, on a par with Brian Eno’s “rock” albums, Mott the Hoople’s All the Young Dudes, or the four albums attributed to Ziggy Stardust and the other personae Bowie adopted during the Glam Age.”
Graded on a Curve: <br>Be Bop Deluxe, <br><em>Axe Victim</em> - The Vinyl District
Celebrating Bill Nelson on his 77th birthday. —Ed.
Some people are just in the right place at the wrong time. But few have been as unfortunate as Bill Nelson, the frontman of English rock band Be Bop...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Celebrating Bill Nelson on his 77th birthday.
“Axe Victim has never gotten its fair due as a great glam album, on a par with Brian Eno’s “rock” albums, Mott the Hoople’s All the Young Dudes, or the four albums attributed to Ziggy Stardust and the other personae Bowie adopted during the Glam Age.”
“Axe Victim has never gotten its fair due as a great glam album, on a par with Brian Eno’s “rock” albums, Mott the Hoople’s All the Young Dudes, or the four albums attributed to Ziggy Stardust and the other personae Bowie adopted during the Glam Age.”
"The EP is a restless, mind-melting listen, one that refuses neat structures or genre boundaries, instead stitching together UK jazz, indie grit, and flashes of math-rock audacity with remarkable confidence..."
Needle Drop: Queen Colobus, “Dandelion” - The Vinyl District
VIA PRESS RELEASE | A late and very welcome addition to the end-of-year releases,
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December 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"The EP is a restless, mind-melting listen, one that refuses neat structures or genre boundaries, instead stitching together UK jazz, indie grit, and flashes of math-rock audacity with remarkable confidence..."
MA: New Bedford welcomes Record High / GA: CratesATL spins into Atlanta / OH: Time Traveler Records’ future uncertain after 46 years / NY: Inside Ironhead Records in Port Jervis / Small Faces’ Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake reissue—more.
In rotation: 12/18/25 - The Vinyl District
New Bedford, MA | New Bedford welcomes Record High, a vinyl haven at Kilburn Mill: New Bedford’s newest record shop opened this month inside of Kilburn Mill, sparked by its owner’s passion for music a...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:34 AM
MA: New Bedford welcomes Record High / GA: CratesATL spins into Atlanta / OH: Time Traveler Records’ future uncertain after 46 years / NY: Inside Ironhead Records in Port Jervis / Small Faces’ Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake reissue—more.
"When Bush left Anthrax, and Joey Belladonna rejoined, the Bush-era music has never really been played again, which is unfortunate, as the songs are heavy, catchy, and well worth continuing to be played and heard..."
TVD Live Shots: John Bush Plays Anthrax with Category 7 at Whisky a Go Go, 12/13 - The Vinyl District
John Bush, best known as the frontman for veteran rock band Armored Saint, also spent time fronting thrash metal masters Anthrax from 1992 to 2005. He made four albums with the band during that time....
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December 17, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"When Bush left Anthrax, and Joey Belladonna rejoined, the Bush-era music has never really been played again, which is unfortunate, as the songs are heavy, catchy, and well worth continuing to be played and heard..."
"There’s a sense, listening to “END / START,” that Pelowska is less interested in songs as discrete objects than in music as a site of reckoning. The duo’s debut EP unfolds like a private ritual made public, not cathartic in a neat, redemptive sense, but uneasy, tidal, and insistently human..."
Needle Drop: PELOWSKA, <br>“END / START” - The Vinyl District
There’s a sense, listening to
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December 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
"There’s a sense, listening to “END / START,” that Pelowska is less interested in songs as discrete objects than in music as a site of reckoning. The duo’s debut EP unfolds like a private ritual made public, not cathartic in a neat, redemptive sense, but uneasy, tidal, and insistently human..."
"It would be instructive for those who want to continue the good fight to dig deep into this box. The lessons on using the media, taking an offensive rather than defensive approach, and demonstrating some creativity are all here. Fascism is over if you want it. Happy Christmas."
Graded on a Curve: John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band, <em>Power to the People: The Ultimate Collection</em> - The Vinyl District
If there ever is a box set that is needed right now, it's the recently released Power to the People from John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band.
Available in various configurations, the 9-CD/3-Blu-ray The Ult...
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December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"It would be instructive for those who want to continue the good fight to dig deep into this box. The lessons on using the media, taking an offensive rather than defensive approach, and demonstrating some creativity are all here. Fascism is over if you want it. Happy Christmas."
TVD Radar: The Podcast with Dylan Hundley, Episode 198: Godlis
"I recently spoke with Godlis, the photographer whose images defined CBGB’s, the Bowery, and downtown New York in the ’70s punk scene. It’s an astonishing record..."
"I recently spoke with Godlis, the photographer whose images defined CBGB’s, the Bowery, and downtown New York in the ’70s punk scene. It’s an astonishing record..."
TVD Radar: The <br>Podcast with Dylan Hundley, Episode 198: Godlis - The Vinyl District
I recently spoke with Godlis, the photographer whose images defined CBGB’s, the Bowery, and downtown New York in the ’70s punk scene.
His iconic photographs of the Ramones, Patti Smith, Television, B...
www.thevinyldistrict.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
TVD Radar: The Podcast with Dylan Hundley, Episode 198: Godlis
"I recently spoke with Godlis, the photographer whose images defined CBGB’s, the Bowery, and downtown New York in the ’70s punk scene. It’s an astonishing record..."
"I recently spoke with Godlis, the photographer whose images defined CBGB’s, the Bowery, and downtown New York in the ’70s punk scene. It’s an astonishing record..."
An abundance of excellent reissues hit store shelves in 2025. We take a look back at what was looked back upon—part two.
Graded on a Curve: <br>The Best of 2025’s Reissues and Archival Releases, Part Two - The Vinyl District
An abundance of excellent reissues hit store shelves in 2025. We take a look back at what was looked back upon—part two. Part one is here.
10. Charlie Haden, Live at the Jazz Record Mart (Delmark) Th...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
An abundance of excellent reissues hit store shelves in 2025. We take a look back at what was looked back upon—part two.
UK: Malcolm's Musicland shop closes after 50 years / UK: Longwell Records on the move / MI: Shop at Della Soul Records for the holidays / Gen Z’s search for decorative collectibles is fueling vinyl sales / Gilmore Girls vinyl—more.
In rotation: 12/17/25 - The Vinyl District
Chorley, UK | 'End of an era' as beloved Malcolm's Musicland shop permanently closes after half a century: Much-loved owner Malcolm Allen tragically died earlier this year after a decade-long cancer b...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
UK: Malcolm's Musicland shop closes after 50 years / UK: Longwell Records on the move / MI: Shop at Della Soul Records for the holidays / Gen Z’s search for decorative collectibles is fueling vinyl sales / Gilmore Girls vinyl—more.
"This Angry Pen of Mine published by Weldon Owen in partnership with Primary Wave Music, offers the first ever look into the untold creative world of Layne Staley, the legendary voice fronting Alice in Chains..."
TVD Radar: <em>This Angry Pen of Mine: Recovering the Journals of Layne Staley</em> by Layne Staley in stores now - The Vinyl District
VIA PRESS RELEASE | This Angry Pen of Mine: Recovering the Journals of Layne Staley—an unprecedented look into the creative archive of Alice in Chains vocalist Layne Staley, created in direct collabor...
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December 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"This Angry Pen of Mine published by Weldon Owen in partnership with Primary Wave Music, offers the first ever look into the untold creative world of Layne Staley, the legendary voice fronting Alice in Chains..."
"Tony Joe White’s The Real Thang Deluxe Edition unearths more gems from a country-leaning, Waylon Jennings-collaborating era of the legendary Louisiana recording artist’s career..."
TVD Radar: Tony Joe White, <em>The Real Thang Deluxe Edition</em> 2LP in stores 12/22 - The Vinyl District
VIA PRESS RELEASE | Tony Joe White’s The Real Thang Deluxe Edition unearths more gems from a country-leaning, Waylon Jennings-collaborating era of the legendary Louisiana recording artist’s career.
O...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Tony Joe White’s The Real Thang Deluxe Edition unearths more gems from a country-leaning, Waylon Jennings-collaborating era of the legendary Louisiana recording artist’s career..."
Celebrating Tony Hicks on his 80th birthday.
"When it comes to scrumptious English pop confections, it’s hard to top the fluff produced by The Hollies on the Epic and Imperial labels during the mid-sixties..."
"When it comes to scrumptious English pop confections, it’s hard to top the fluff produced by The Hollies on the Epic and Imperial labels during the mid-sixties..."
Graded on a Curve: <br>The Hollies, <br><em>The Hollies’ Greatest Hits</em> - The Vinyl District
Celebrating Tony Hicks on his 80th birthday. —Ed.
When it comes to scrumptious English pop confections, it’s hard to top the fluff produced by The Hollies on the Epic and Imperial labels during the m...
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December 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Celebrating Tony Hicks on his 80th birthday.
"When it comes to scrumptious English pop confections, it’s hard to top the fluff produced by The Hollies on the Epic and Imperial labels during the mid-sixties..."
"When it comes to scrumptious English pop confections, it’s hard to top the fluff produced by The Hollies on the Epic and Imperial labels during the mid-sixties..."
"With a DIY spirit that feels refreshingly unrefined, The Pavilion’s new EP “Faces In The Crowd” is gritty, raw, and exactly what indie music fans have been craving: an honest, authentic collection of songs that wears its heart firmly on its sleeve..."
UK Artist of the Week: The Pavilion - The Vinyl District
With a DIY spirit that feels refreshingly unrefined, The Pavilion’s new EP
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December 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
"With a DIY spirit that feels refreshingly unrefined, The Pavilion’s new EP “Faces In The Crowd” is gritty, raw, and exactly what indie music fans have been craving: an honest, authentic collection of songs that wears its heart firmly on its sleeve..."
An abundance of excellent reissues hit store shelves in 2025. We take a look back at what was looked back upon.
Graded on a Curve: <br>The Best of 2025’s Reissues and Archival Releases, Part One - The Vinyl District
An abundance of excellent reissues hit store shelves in 2025. We take a look back at what was looked back upon.
20. The Paragons, On the Beach (Charly) The UK-based reissue imprint Charly has had a p...
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December 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
An abundance of excellent reissues hit store shelves in 2025. We take a look back at what was looked back upon.
OH: Operation Fandom/Blackbird Records opens new Loudonville location / UK: Veteran opens new St. Johns shop This is Vinyl & Vintage / FL: How record stores shaped my life / IN: 33&Brew: Vinyl and beer come together—more.
In rotation: 12/16/25 - The Vinyl District
Loudonville, OH | Operation Fandom/Blackbird Records opens new Loudonville location: May the merch be with you at the new Operation Fandom and Black Bird Records opening in Loudonville on Friday. Owne...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:34 AM
OH: Operation Fandom/Blackbird Records opens new Loudonville location / UK: Veteran opens new St. Johns shop This is Vinyl & Vintage / FL: How record stores shaped my life / IN: 33&Brew: Vinyl and beer come together—more.