Laurie’s Planet Of Sound

Record Store Day Hugely Successful, Again

Sales figures are coming in from this past weekend and things looked pretty good for local record shops. 244,000 vinyl LPs were sold in the week ending April 21, according to Neilsen SoundScan. In a […]

WXRT–2013/04/26

Prius Route to Rock, Vol. 55: JD McPherson, Record Store Day, Chad Valley

What a crappy spring so far, eh? I keep looking ahead in the 10-day forecast hoping for a few 70s in there, but instead it’s cloudy, rainy, and 40s and 50s as far as the […]

WXRT–2013/04/17

Experience An Out Of This World Record Store Day At Laurie’s Planet Of Sound

Since opening in 1997, Laurie’s Planet of Sound serves as Lincoln Square’s only independent music and video store. The charm of Laurie’s Planet of Sound becomes quite apparent during your first few minutes of browsing […]

2013/04/10

How I'll be getting to many of the events listed on the RTR page...

Prius Route to Rock, Vol. 3: Record Store Day, Cubs v. Reds, Sleepy Sun

The third installment of the Prius Route to Rock is here, and what do you have to choose from this weekend? Saturday is one of the most important days of the year for music lovers, […]

2012/04/18

See You At Record Store Day!

[pullquote quote="Thankfully we still have some of the small, neighborhood shops, and that's what we'll celebrate around Chicago and around the country this Saturday." credit="Terri Hemmert"]Since I was old enough to spend my babysitting money […]

2012/04/16

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