VMP Magazine
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Bend But Dont Break: The Resilience Of The Flexi Disc
Last month, a week before the vinyl record industry celebrated the troublingly overgrown Record Store Day, the BBC published a dubious report claiming that “48 percent of people who bought vinyl [in the previous] month [admitted] they [had] yet to play it.” The article never qualified the poll, conducted by British marketing firm ICM Unlimited, and left a handful of important questions unanswered: how many people were questioned? How old are they? Where do they live? And yet the main takeaway — that nearly half of people currently buying records aren’t listening to them — remains an entirely believable possibility. For plenty of consumers in the current market, records are things you hold as much as things you listen to, trophies for fanship as much as a means of consumption.
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There’s Something Else: R.I.P. Prince
“I don't believe in time. I don't count,” Prince once said in an interview with Notorious magazine (via Vulture). “When you count, it ages you." Th... -
Two Against Nature: The Bromance of Steely Dan
There is no perhaps no friendship in rock & roll more enduring than that of Steely Dan's Donald Fagen and Walter Becker. Since first meeting ... -
The Joy and Power of the Hold Steady
We look back on the first two Hold Steady Albums, which are being reissued tomorrow. by Luke Bradley. It’s fortuitous that Bruce Springsteen’s ... -
How Beck Used His Odelay-era Videos To Become a Superstar
by Tom Breihan Beck’s music video for 1993’s “Loser,” the song that made him famous, is the work of someone who can’t believe he gets to make ... -
Why You Should Care About The New, 16-Years-In-The-Making American Football Album
by TJ Kliebhan 2016 is the year that keeps on giving. The Avalanches, Frank Ocean, and now joining the comeback ranks is American Football. Wha... -
The Lost History of India's Relationship to Jazz
By Sarah Sahim (image via Meridian) The 1920’s were a turbulent time for people of color, and more specifically, black people in America. Str... -
Dinosaur Jr. And the Best Band Reunion of All Time
by JR Moores People like to throw their rattles out of the stroller whenever a vintage band reunites. “Sell outs!” they bellowed at the Sex Pi... -
DJ Prestige Drops J Dilla Mix
It's hard to think of a producer who was more influential and important than J Dilla so when DJ Prestige dropped a mix of some of Dilla's best st... -
About Weezer's Albums Since Pinkerton
We’re reissuing Weezer’s cult classic sophomore album Pinkerton this month, which made our writer start thinking about the eight, often unfairly ... -
Band on Your Mind: Discovering the Greatness of Little River Band
A little over a year ago, I pulled a bright purple double-gate fold record out of a free bin at a media megastore that I frequent. That record wa... -
RIP Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire
News broke yesterday afternoon that Maurice White, founder of legendary soul, funk and R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire had passed away in his... -
Remembering When LCD Soundsystem Got Nike To Pay for a 45-Minute Song
by Ian Benson 2006 is forever ago. You could have a half-sensible conversation with someone born that year. You can watch Borat and remember whe... -
The King of Carrot Flowers: Thoughts on Neutral Milk Hotel
I was introduced to Neutral Milk Hotel on a burned CD that a depressed girl gave me for my thirteenth birthday. It was just before my family left... -
Album of the Week: David Bowie’s ‘Blackstar’
Every week, we tell you about a new album we think you should spend time with. This week’s album is David Bowie's Blackstar.When I went to bed la... -
The Alan Parsons Project: A Retrospective, Pt. II
Read Part I of this article here. The Turn of a Friendly Card (1980) 1980 was an iconic year in a number of ways, for better and for worse. The... -
Andrew Bird: Journey to Echolocations
by Rudolph Santarromana I want you all to experience some new music this weekend. Take your Vinyl Me, Please album of the month, your cocktail, ...
