Vinyl
Courtesy of Viryl
Learn how a record is made on this new vinyl pressing tour
Not unlike a brewery tour, Viryl's new Vinyl Pressing Experience will show the start to finish of record pressing in all its nerdy, industrial glory Read more
Shortstack Records' Instagram is an accidental guerrilla marketplace
Toronto's Shortstack Records, the 380-square-foot record shop in the Black Market, has developed an intense Instagram following of Toronto record collectors. Read more
Vinyl Swap Box pops up in Leslieville
Artist Matt Durant installed a Vinyl Swap Box, his homemade take-a-record-leave-a-record box outside his studio on Queen East in the Leslieville neighbourhood of Toronto, and the response has been swift. Durant’s box isn’t the first in the east end. Read more
Vinyl Vault is the latest record store to open inside a Toronto bar
The shop, which specializes in used and vintage pressings, has set up shop on the second floor of Sonic Bar & Cafe Read more
Courtesy of Discogs
Canada set a vinyl sales record in 2017
According to Nielsen Music Canada's year-end report, both streaming and vinyl soared while record sales in general went down Read more
Tanja-Tiziana
The best and worst music stories of 2017
From vanishing (and reappearing) venues to the Indigenous Next Wave, these are the most fascinating stories we've been following this year Read more
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Record store Antikka - The Vinyl Cafe to open on Queen West
Meanwhile, Stained Class Records is on pause and the Toronto Public Library has renewed its vinyl collection Read more
Record Swap-Meet lets local collectors get rid of excess albums – or buy new ones
Vinyl enthusiasts can meet up, hang out and search for that white whale record together at the inaugural DIY event Read more
Michael Marini @marinitweet
The best places to shop for vinyl in Hamilton
And most of them have sweet deals for Record Store Day Read more
Christopher Wahl
Brave New Waves gets the vinyl treatment
Rheostatics and Grapes of Wrath sessions from the cult favourite CBC Radio show get released on May 5 by Toronto's Artoffact Records Read more
Sunrise Records' HMV takeover
Owner Doug Putnam is banking on a higher demand for vinyl in the suburbs than in the urban core Read more