artist guide
Oct 1, 2026
Vince Guaraldi on Vinyl: Where to Start with the Peanuts Scores
The San Francisco jazz pianist who became the sound of Peanuts, from the 1962 trio date Jazz Impressions of Black Orpheus to A Charlie Brown Christmas and the 1970s scores the Mendelson tapes brought back.
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Sep 30, 2026
Flying Lotus on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
From the Plug Research debut 1983 to the jazz-fusion sprawl of Cosmogramma and You're Dead!, a guide to the Flying Lotus catalog on our shelves, plus the Yasuke score and the Brainfeeder story behind it.
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Sep 29, 2026
Conway the Machine on Vinyl: Where to Start with the Buffalo Heavyweight
Conway the Machine turned a Buffalo circle into Griselda, and the slur left by a 2012 shooting into one of rap's most recognizable voices. Start with Blakk Tape, Reject 2 and Won't He Do It.
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Sep 28, 2026
Childish Gambino on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Donald Glover spent a decade turning a side project into five studio albums, from the confrontational rap of Camp through the Funkadelic worship of "Awaken, My Love!" to the closing Bando Stone and the New World. A walk through the six records we carry.
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Sep 28, 2026
Blood Orange on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Dev Hynes has been Test Icicles, Lightspeed Champion, and the writer behind other people's best songs, but Blood Orange is the name that stuck. A walk through the six records we carry, from Coastal Grooves and Cupid Deluxe to Negro Swan and the new Essex Honey.
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Sep 28, 2026
Alice in Chains on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Six years, five records, and a locked harmony nobody has matched since. A guide to the Alice in Chains catalog we carry, from Facelift and Dirt through Jar of Flies and both pressings of the 1996 MTV Unplugged set.
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King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on Vinyl: Where to Start in a Catalog This Deep
Melbourne's most restless band has never made the same record twice. A guide to the carried catalog, from the acoustic Paper Mache Dream Balloon and the looping Nonagon Infinity to PetroDragonic Apocalypse and the new Skull X-Ray.
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Sep 24, 2026
Leon Bridges on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Leon Bridges went from washing dishes in Fort Worth to five albums that refuse to sit still. A guide to the carried catalog, from the 1960s soul of Coming Home through Gold-Diggers Sound to the new Happiness Anytime, plus the Texas EPs with Khruangbin.
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Sep 23, 2026
Beyonce on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Beyonce does not repeat herself, and the catalog shows it. A guide to the six Beyonce records on our shelves, from the three-week rush of B'Day and its new 20th anniversary pressing through Lemonade, Renaissance and Cowboy Carter.
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Sep 22, 2026
Rihanna on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Eight albums in eleven years, each one a hard turn away from the last: Good Girl Gone Bad, Rated R, Loud and the long, slow Anti. Here is every Rihanna record we carry and where to start.
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Sep 22, 2026
Lupe Fiasco on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
He arrived in 2006 with a skateboard, a concept and Jay-Z in his corner, spent years fighting his own label, and has been independent ever since: Food & Liquor, The Cool, Tetsuo & Youth and Samurai. Here is every Lupe Fiasco record we carry and where to start.
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Sep 22, 2026
Earl Sweatshirt on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Earl Sweatshirt went from Odd Future prodigy to the most quietly influential rapper of his generation, and the catalog shows the whole turn: the dense debut Doris, the grief-loop experiment of Some Rap Songs, and the warmth of Live Laugh Love. Here is every record we carry and where to start.
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