Credit: Blind Not Deaf

Credit: Blind Not Deaf

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.

A ROAD HOME
Pleasures' Katherine Kelly Larson on the way out and the way back

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.

Pleasures — Body Pop A synth- and drum-heavy psych-pop adventure that Katherine Kelly’s St. Pete-based band pressed onto 250 copies of purple splatter vinyl earlier this year.

This article appears in Apr 12-19, 2018.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...