by Bram Teitelman | May 5, 2014 | Vinyl Junkies Rejoice
Artist Mark Ryden is a pretty successful painter, having created album art for Aerosmith and the Red Hot Chili Peppers before concentrating on art full time. And with his new showing, The Gay ’90s, having opened this past Saturday at the Kohn Gallery in Los...
by Bram Teitelman | Mar 7, 2014 | News, Vinyl Junkies Rejoice
It’s a known fact that the first four Black Sabbath albums are the holy grail of the band. And while their later ’70s output was written in a haze of drugs and alcohol before Ozzy Osbourne was fired in 1979, there’s still some merit on even their bad...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 5, 2013 | Vinyl Junkies Rejoice
Three years ago, the perfect gift for any Slayer fan was The Vinyl Conflict, a now out-of-print collection of all of Slayer’s American Recordings albums. Starting with the band’s classic Reign in Blood and ending with their most recent album, World Painted...
by Bram Teitelman | Nov 28, 2012 | Vinyl Junkies Rejoice
Baroness is currently healing after a devastating bus accident that took place earlier this year. Thankfully, everyone appears to be recovering, with singer/guitarist John Baizley haven gotten the worst of it. At any rate, the band had pressed up some ultra-limited...
by Bram Teitelman | Jun 22, 2012 | In Memoriam, Vinyl Junkies Rejoice
If you like vinyl, and who doesn’t, a company called andvinyly (get it?) have come up with a new way to give back to the loved ones in your life after you depart this mortal coil: they’ll press your ashes into a playable vinyl record. For $4,700, you...
by Zach Shaw | May 19, 2011 | Digital Media, Vinyl Junkies Rejoice
The Nielsen Wire’s latest report on music sales has a lot of positive news for the industry. Digital and track sales have been experiencing dramatic growth since the beginning of 2011, while this past year’s Record Store Day was unarguably the most successful out of...