When Minneapolis drummer and music fanatic Michael Reiter went to the merch stand to buy a CD by Los Angeles buzz band Wand after a local gig last week, he was out of luck. The band had only vinyl ...

For some music lovers, vinyl albums have never really gone away. And for a new generation of listeners who are just now discovering the warm sound, the cover art and yes, the smell (especially of old ...

If it weren't for my love for music and the arts, this column would not exist. Over the years, I’ve shared countless testimonies of its power. Music is a healer and unifier. I learned how to love a ...

My first car was a silver 1990 Buick Park Avenue handed down from my grandmother, and like all early '90s cars, it came equipped with a tape deck. It always had a cassette loaded. Most were homemade: ...

Cassettes were my gateway into hi-fi. In my early years, this was my format of choice. Cheap, portable and robust, cassettes were way more accessible to eight-year-old me than vinyl records. I write ...

Cassette tapes brought Veronika Cloutier to Pittsburgh. Vinyl LPs have kept her here. Before moving to Pittsburgh from North Carolina in 2021, the former vocalist and guitarist for the band Attack Cat ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On the second day of this year’s South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival, Philadelphia-based Free Energy, like other buzzed-about acts, played the Levi’s Fader Fort, a ...

PHILADELPHIA — The vinyl resurgence has been keeping independent record stores alive for years, and it hit a milestone in 2020: Music fans spent more money on LPs than CDs last year for the first time ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Music and movie lovers young and old gathered at the Black Circle Music Hall Saturday in Indianapolis, bonding over their love of everything retro. “There is a lot going on in ...

Vinyl records aren’t the only analog music media undergoing a revival in the modern era. A company that specializes in another nostalgic format — cassette tapes — just had its best year ever. NAC is ...