Record Store Day w/ XRAY.FM

Ahhh, Record Store Day — of all fabricated capitalist holidays, we sure do love you the best. But how to divvy up a full day of deals, DJ sets and in-store performances from local bands and big names too, let alone in a town as legendarily rife with vinyl as Portland? Luckily, XRAY.fm’s done the hard part for you. Behold, some of our favorite record stores in town, and a calendar of their plans for the busiest day of a crate digger’s year.

TENDER LOVING EMPIRE

Live DJ sets from:

1pm DJ Dijon Mustard
2pm DJ a.me (TLE Record Label Manager, Aaron Meola)
3-5pm DJ Honest John (broadcast live on XRAY.FM)

Join us us for giveaways, record bundles, and lots of new titles in stock for your listening pleasure. Not to mention complimentary adult beverages.

FREE + ALL AGES!

EXILED RECORDS

Thousands of cassettes
Two carloads of LPs and tapes of all genres, on top of usual stock

EVERYDAY MUSIC

11AM – Live performance — Bed

11:30AM – Live performance — Plastic Cactus

12PM – DJ set — Wild Ones

1PM – Live performance — Weezy Ford

1:30PM – DJ set — Shy Girls

2:45PM – Live performance — Vanity Project

3:15PM – Live performance — Laura Palmer’s Death Parade

MUSIC MILLENNIUM

Free gift bags for all customers (while supplies last!)
Free coupon books with May discounts

7AM – 8AM – Free coffee & muffins

3PM – Autograph session — The Ohio Players

5PM – Autograph session — Susana Millman

7PM – Live performance — Joel Rafael w/ John Trudell’s Bad Dog

9PM – Live performance — Portugal. The Man

BEACON SOUND

Over 25 exclusive RSD releases — Cinematic Orchestra, Colleen, Terry Riley, Autocreation, Spaceman 3, Nico & the Faction & more!

JACKPOT RECORDS

Free morning coffee from Courier Coffee
All-day live DJ sets — Steve Turner (Mudhoney), Derek Smith (KMHD) & Lance Bangs
“Vinyl clairvoyant” to assist in your record discovery!
Free Monster energy drinks
3 exclusive RSD releases: The Andromeda Strain OST, Ken Kesey and Ken Babb’s Acid Test & the first Wipers 7”