American subscription service Vinyl Me, Please is set to launch in the UK after identifying the “much stronger” market compared to the US, head of marketing Matt Hessler has told ...
Each week, Music Week profiles the brightest new talents in the business. This week, Megan Page, Record Store Day coordinator in the UK, tells her story...
How did you break ...
Turn the clock back approximately 10 months to the start of 2017, and you’ll find two comeback stories dominating the music press headlines: the return of Ed Sheeran and the ...
There’s a new live music power player in town, and it’s not here to make up the numbers. Valued at an eye-watering $430 billion (£333bn), Amazon has the financial might ...
They don’t make record shops like Amoeba Music anymore. In fact, I’m not sure they ever did.
Amoeba is a ramshackle reimagining of what a record shop should have been ...
The next big thing on the international chart scene will be Humanz, the star-studded new album by Blur frontman Damon Albarn's alternative 'virtual' band Gorillaz. Their first album since 2011's ...
This year’s Record Store Day was the most successful in its 10-year history, with sales soaring a whopping 40% on last year’s outing.
The increase comes as album sales increased ...
So the 10th Record Store Day approaches. And what is it all about? Well, to some, Record Store Day is an unnecessary rehashing of reissues which you got first time ...
Independent record stores have dismissed concerns over supermarkets muscling in on the vinyl scene, as they prepare for their annual Record Store Day sales boost.
Supermarkets' share of the vinyl market ...
As Record Store Day looms, a raft of leading independent retailers and experts have told Music Week that there is still plenty of life in the vinyl revival - despite ...
