artist guide
Oct 7, 2026
Yuji Ohno on Vinyl: Where to Start with the Lupin the Third Composer
Yuji Ohno wrote for commercials, then for Kon Ichikawa, then spent more than four decades as the sound of Lupin the Third. Here is the GOOD TASTE shelf: the Columbia soundtracks, the 1976 Inugami Family score, and Full Course, his band with nothing to illustrate.
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Oct 6, 2026
Erykah Badu on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Erykah Badu went from the Baduizm debut to the New Amerykah albums without repeating herself once. Here is the path through the seven records GTR carries, up to her 2026 collaboration with The Alchemist.
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Oct 5, 2026
El Michels Affair on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Leon Michels built El Michels Affair into the band that rebuilt RZA's beats with live horns and tape, then kept going. Here is the run we carry, from Enter the 37th Chamber and Return To The 37th Chamber to Glorious Game with Black Thought and the new 24 Hr Sports.
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Oct 5, 2026
Amyl and the Sniffers on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Four housemates in Melbourne wrote and recorded their first EP in twelve hours, and ten years later Amyl and the Sniffers have one of the loudest catalogs in modern punk. Here is the run we carry, from Comfort To Me and Cartoon Darkness to the new live record cut in a Los Angeles bar.
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Oct 5, 2026
Red Hot Chili Peppers on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
From the 1991 Rick Rubin sessions that produced Blood Sugar Sex Magik to the Californication comeback and the Stadium Arcadium double album now back on four LPs for its twentieth year, here is the Red Hot Chili Peppers catalog we carry and where to start with it.
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Oct 2, 2026
Larry June on Vinyl: Where to Start with the Bay Area Independent
The San Francisco rapper who walked away from a major label and built The Freeminded into one of independent rap's steadiest catalogs. Start with Spaceships on the Blade, The Great Escape with The Alchemist, and the new Who Coppin.
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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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