In case you haven’t noticed, Media Temple is having issues today, making the site incredibly slow.  With any luck this will be solved soon.  Thanks for the patience.

In a timely, coincidental turn of events, Pitchfork wrote a huge article about cassette tapes yesterday (the same day we asked you guys about tapes).  It sheds a bit of light on the resurgence, and is an excellent read.  Check it out at Pitchfork.com.

Here at OMGVinyl, we’ve got a relatively new unhealthy obsession. As if buying vinyl (one of the least convenient things on Earth to store/move) wasn’t bad enough, we are now buying cassette tapes again. So we were wondering, are you at all interested in hearing about the occasional must-have psych/drone/ambient tape release? [...]

I was lucky enough to help Gold Robot Records commission a new t-shirt, and they chose the always-awesome Doe Eyed Design. They are just about to wrap up preorders, so now would be a good time to grab one. They come on American Apparel tri-blend tees, and are only $12. Visit Gold-Robot.com.

20Buckspin has got some of these lovely Kylesa slipmats by John Baizley left over from the boxset they recently released for Static Tensions. You know this is going to look awesome sitting on your shitty turntable, so pick one up for $6. You can’t get media mail shipping if you order just the slipmat but [...]

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I’m afraid if I tried to write about it, I would have trouble expressing how great I think this band is. I love them as much as any one man can love a band he found on the internet – platonically. There really is no more satisfying metal band [...]

Hard to believe another year has come to an end.  We are a two-man team here, and we have both submitted our “best of 2009″ lists today.  I tried to put together a nice, concise list of my top ten albums from the past year, but I just couldn’t narrow it down that far, so [...]

Once again, here’s a post that has been ported over from our sister site, OMGPosters.com. Jamie Reed has been experimenting, and it looks like the results are very favorable. “Analog Hair” is a screenprint on a 12″ record, each made unique by the underlying label color. They were produced in an edition [...]

This post has been ported over from our sister site, OMGPosters.com. The Post Family’s Chad Kouri has just produced a print that should give you nostalgic memories of vinyl records and folded up posters. “Analog” is a large letterpress print for only $25. Yep, it comes folded. Take that, picky collectors! [...]

ShockHound is offering a pretty rad deal for the holidays.  From now through Friday, you can buy any record, then receive 50% off your second record.  They’ve got a pretty diverse selection, check out ShockHound.com.

Vinyl Universe, the online record store of United Record Pressing, is offering 15% off their entire stock of records.  Just use promo code “VinylUniverse15″ at checkout to receive the discount.  The sale runs through 10pm CST on Sunday, December 6th.  Visit VinylUniverse.com.

Just got sent this really rad article by it’s author, thanks so much for that!  Noisecreep’s feature on “Vinyl In The Digital Age” features brief interviews with members of bands like Isis, Pelican, Coalesce, Boris, etc about vinyl’s importance.  Check it out at Noisecreep.com.

This post is was ported over from our sister site, OMGPosters. Mike Klay’s newest print is an homage to the Pacific Northwest’s bustling music scene, and it sure is a beauty. Vinyl-themed prints are obviously a favorite here, you should know that by now. “Track 2″ is a 19″ x 25″ screenprint, [...]

Yes, we are indeed experiencing troubles with one of our Photobucket accounts, thus the crazy images all over the place.  We’ll have it sorted within the day.  Thanks.