Digging Our Own Crates: BB – Brigitte Bardot
Digging Our Own Crates: BB – Brigitte Bardot // Phillips Records, 1964 “It was a photo of Brigitte Bardot, with her big blonde hair, wearing a simple A-line pink dress and nothing on her feet, that pretty much determined my fashion sense. It feels quite odd writing about fashion seeing as I hate shopping for […]
Digging Our Own Crates: The Shangri-Las – Leader of the Pack
“You know, just because we’re talking about girl-pop doesn’t mean that the records are all sugar ‘n’ honey. The Shangri-Las were tough as hell, singing about death and devastation and topics way ahead of their time. There are a myriad of fine examples of some heavy soul and freakbeat female-vocal records that couldn’t be less […]
Digging Our Own Crates: Sonic Youth – NYC Ghosts & Flowers
“This is claimed to be a German, promo-only single from the NYC Ghosts and Flowers album by Sonic Youth. But it looks, feels and sounds like a bootleg. There’s next to no information about any legitimacy behind this. I got word to Steve Shelley (SY’s drummer) and he’d never even seen a copy and is […]
Update: Dust & Grooves second edition book and The Postcard Box
The Dust & Grooves Book – Second Edition with Questlove If you didn’t think the book could get any bigger (or better)… the second edition of Dust & Grooves contains 20 additional pages, profiles even more collectors, and includes a full interview with the master drummer, bandleader, DJ, and collaborator Questlove. The official release date is November […]
Dust & Grooves x Ninja Tune Records Giveaway
To celebrate our London book launch party on Friday May 23rd, Dust & Grooves has teamed up with Ninja Tune to give away two, one of a kind prizes. The first is a signed copy of the Dust & Grooves book, Adventures in Record Collecting by the author Eilon Paz. The second is a signed copy […]
Record Stores You Can Buy Our Book At On RSD 2014
People have been asking, “Where can I get the Dust & Grooves: Adventures In Record Collecting book on Record Store Day 2014?” Well, here’s a list of the stores that will be stocking it tomorrow. Get in line now, because this is one of the hottest tickets on the bill this RSD. Amoeba BK Berkeley […]
Mix – DJ Supreme – From the Hideout
DJ Supreme for Dust & Grooves by Dust & Grooves on Mixcloud [gdlr_row] [gdlr_column size=”1/2″] DJ Supreme with an all vinyl set exclusively for Dust & Grooves. In Summer 2013 we paid a visit to Supreme’s house for a photo session and interview about his favorite vinyl records. Check out the full interview here. Tracklist: […]
Announcing the winner of the Big Vinyl Giveaway
Back in NY, after 35 days on the road, 10,000 miles drives, photographing collectors from all across the US and picking up records for the 45 bag, here we are, delivering the Tucker & Bloom x Rich Medina 45 bag to the lucky winner of The Big Vinyl Giveaway, Elmer Campos from New Jersey. Congratulation! […]
Road Trip Wrap Up at Tucker & Bloom HQ, Nashville, TN
Today is the last day of our road trip. We finish it at the Tucker & Bloom headquarters in Nashville, TN, unveiling the 45 bag that we’ll be giving away. We will conduct a random draw and will announce the lucky winner on Sunday, September 29th. Stay tuned!
Road Trip Update #5: Minneapolis. Mike Cina & Rambo Salinas
Day 13: Monday, September 2nd. Minneapolis. Mike Cina & Rambo Salinas. We arrived in Minneapolis late Sunday night at the home of Josiah Titus. Josiah got involved with Dust & Grooves a couple of months earlier, when he started doing editorial work for the site. When Minneapolis was selected as a stop, he helped line […]