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
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Free gift bags for all customers (while supplies last!)
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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”
GREEN NOISE RECORDS
Last day open before moving to new location at 7th and Killingsworth!