Record Store Day was meant to celebrate local indie retailers and keep them open. On Saturday, vinyl enthusiasts will squeeze into record shops across the area and scoop up a ton of limited edition records, enjoy giveaways and take in performances from local bands.
CL BEST LOCAL ALBUMS OF 2017
Meatwound's Largo is a pulverizing, pleasurable punch in the gut
Bands that call the Bay area home would be grateful if you picked up some of the vinyl they've put on the shelves, too. With that in mind, CL compiled a list of 20 pieces to look out for on Record Store Day 2018. See the full list here, and listen to music from one of the selections below.
Meatwound — Trash Apparatus EP Meatwound’s 2017 album Largo landed on CL’s best albums list, but if you’re not ready to dive headfirst into a pool of sludgy hardcore, then this EP is a good way to to take a lap around the Meatwound wasteland while acquiring just a tiny bit of tinnitus.
This article appears in Apr 12-19, 2018.