Saturday is Record Store Day...

Record Store Day celebrates indie retailers
PORTLAND, Maine – Despite the success of online retailers, explosion of Internet downloads and high-profile closings of Virgin Megastores and Tower Records stores, bricks-and-mortar record stores aren't all spinning toward oblivion. Although hundreds of independent music retailers have gone out of business in recent years, about 2,000 are still around, and many are thriving. The survivors will celebrate Saturday, as acts such as Erykah Badu and Franz Ferdinand gather to pay homage to the hometown record store. Record Store Day was the idea of Chris Brown, a long-haired, goateed music guru from Bull Moose, a chain of 10 record stores in Maine and New Hampshire. - article

Area independent record stores (recordstoreday.com):

Integrity 'N Music Silas Deane Hwy, Wethersfield, CT
Live music @2PM- Jovan Alexandre/Jason Fitch Quintet w/Jonathan Barber-drums

Brass City Records 489 Meadow St, Waterbury, CT

Turn It Up 5 Pleasant St, Northampton, MA
This year, dozens of artists have put out special exclusive releases for this event. You won't be able to get these titles at the big box stores, at the supermarkets, or even at the coffee chains or fast food restaurants. To get these titles you have to go to the Record Store, and where better than your local Turn It up! location?

Louisiana Music Factory 210 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA 70130
The ultimate indie record store. We will be there in two weeks!