There was once a certain rock band who intentionally produced an album that was so left-field that their heavyweight record company, Virgin, had to break their contract and pay them a cool million under the table just to prevent it being released. These talented swindlers released a song called ‘Sunshine & Grease' and this is the name of the print, music and film store opening up within the intimate walls of the Bus Gallery this Thursday (at midday).
Polyester Records has secured real estate in Fitzroy long enough for it to be as familiar as family. We all know the drill. You walk in, chat to the store workers like they're your siblings, you may or may not purchase a musical delight from their goodly collection and you walk out collecting several kinds of street press on the way.
Architects. Melbourne's long been awash in them. Conversations on Deco awnings and Belgian floor plans are more ubiquitous than chats on coffee-bean roasts or the weather, right?
Now, new cab off the rank, Arkitekt Records, mayn't be a studio brimming with black bedecked silhouettes pondering unfurled floor plans, but they've certainly got building in mind.
Isn’t genre a stupid word? Say it over and over and soon it begins to sound like the name of a particularly sleazy French uncle. We here at ThreeThousand are fed-up with this concept. That’s why we’re so pleased to meet Ian, the creator, owner and general music genius at the Listening Lounge.
So your iPod is full and every time you download new music you have to go through and delete a bunch of stuff that you downloaded last month and haven’t listened to yet… what to do? Buy records!
But from where? Unlike juice bars and cheap fashion retailers blaring B grade dance music (Supre flagship store coming soon, sigh), CBD record stores are a dying breed.
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