Durham, NC | Durham record store will close soon after 20 years. When you can still shop: A downtown Durham record store is closing after 20 years, its owner shared on social media. Bull City Records owner Charles “Chaz” Martenstein announced the “retirement” of the store Sunday, March 29 on social media. “It has been […]

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Beloved synth-pop pioneers Book of Love announce the 40th Anniversary edition of their landmark self-titled debut, arriving June 26 via Rhino Records. Originally released on April 1, 1986, Book of Love introduced a new voice in American electronic pop with enduring classics including “Boy,” “I Touch Roses,” and “You Make Me ...

VIA PRESS RELEASE | Analogue Productions announces the forthcoming release of Tres Hombres, the 1973 breakthrough album by ZZ Top, as a definitive Ultra High Quality Record (UHQR) 45 RPM 2LP edition—the pinnacle of high-fidelity vinyl production. Arriving April 24, 2026, and limited to 5,000 numbered copies worldwide, this meticulously crafted release offers the most ...

Two recent Mobile Fidelity reissues with New York roots, originally released on Elektra, but from two different decades and two very different musical genres, both had a seismic impact on music when they were first released. East-West, from The Butterfield Blues Band, was the group’s second album, released in 1966, and expanded on the vital […]

Midge Ure is one of the architects of the sound that defined a generation. As the frontman and creative co-architect of Ultravox, co-writer of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”, and the producer behind some of the most enduring records of the new wave era—including “Fade to Grey” and “Vienna”—he shaped synth-pop and post-punk at...