![]() “They get amazing collections recently, they came up on a huge collection of early 80s, UK indie, Factory Records, and early dance stuff. ![]() These NYC record shops, however, will make sure it’s never wholly lost. That feeling is something the digital realm has stripped away. There is nothing quite like discovering your new favorite record while manually flipping through sleeves of plastic-covered cardboard, words and images calling to you with the promise of surprise. Whether you like Chick Corea or Mac DeMarco, chances are one of the purveyors listed here will have what you’re looking for, and probably a few things you didn’t even know you needed. That’s why we’ve partnered with Genius - the Brooklyn-based company devoted to lyrics and musical knowledge - to bring you a list of some of the best of the boroughs, with selections from a few friends featured in For New York. ![]() It makes sense that New York City, with its long historical connection to music and its fervent support of small businesses, plays host to a handful of expertly curated record stores. Their very existence is a fight against the current demands for smaller, faster, cheaper, lighter. These largely small operations, run by people with a passion for high fidelity, act as stubborn bastions of a certain kind of culture. While the likes of CD peddlers like the Wherehouse and Tower Records have shuttered their doors, swept away in the wake of a ruthless digital tsunami, NYC record stores live on. Records, despite any perceived limitations in regards to both breadth and bulk, have earned the type of cult-like, devoted following that has kept record stores, however small, open against all odds. In the last five decades, we have cycled through our fare share of methods for music consumption, but few have endured in the same manner as vinyl.
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