Omega Music, Dayton Ohio

May 23, 2011

Vinyl Road Rage made a quick trip over to Dayton, Ohio to find Omega Music, a big record shop in a town apparently once known for a much richer selection of indie shops but–I’m told–having suffered through the lousy economy since the insanity of 2008, it’s a lucky thing the survivors are still around.
Omega Music [...]

Everybody’s Records, Pleasant Ridge Ohio

May 20, 2011

by Joe Wallace
An outsider might not be able to tell the difference between Cincinnati proper and Pleasant Ridge, Ohio but one thing’s for sure–if you’re at Everybody’s Records looking for vinyl, you won’t care WHERE it’s at as long as you’re there.
Everybody’s Records has a nice collection of vinyl that looks like a typical pile [...]

Shake It Records, Cincinnati Ohio

May 16, 2011

by Joe Wallace

By the time Vinyl Road Rage got to Cincinnati, I was ready for something crazy. Something big, consistently good, and a little overwhelming. I’d seen big. I’d seen good. But the cramped quarters of some of the smaller shops was starting to make me feel a little claustrophobic, and the biggest shops [...]

Ear X-Tacy, Louisville Kentucky

May 12, 2011

Our coverage of indie record stores continues as Vinyl Road Rage heads into Louisville Kentucky for another look at the indie record shop scene there.
Louisville has a nice collection of stores along a single road, and while they aren’t close together, it does make them quite easy to find. Ear X-Tacy is one of Louisville’s [...]

Underground Sounds Louisville Kentucky

May 9, 2011

by Joe Wallace
One thing I like about doing Vinyl Road Rage–there are plenty of contrasts out there. Some indie record stores are massive, multi-story affairs that are mind-bendingly tough to sort through.
Then there are the smaller, scrappy indie record stores like Underground Sounds in Louisville Kentucky. They generally don’t take long to shop for a [...]