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Record Store Day makes its triumphant return on Saturday, April 18. The “holiday” was created in 2008 as a means to celebrate independent record stores. For vinylphiles, it has become bigger than Christmas as all kinds of exclusive albums are printed exclusively for this day. This year some of the Record Store Day exclusives include lots of live records from everyone from Pink Floyd to the Pixies to Wolf Alice. There’s also singles by Taylor Swift, Charli xcx, and Pink Pantheress. Most experimental might be Sonic Youth‘s Diamond Seas described as “32 live performances of Sonic Youth’s ‘The Diamond Sea’ plunderphoniclly orchestrated by John Oswald”.
South Florida has plenty of places where you can celebrate Record Store Day. Here’s how and where you can get in line bright and early to enjoy the miracle of sound played on a modulated spiral groove.
Endo Records & Music
Hop down to Kendall from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Endo Records new location for a musical shopping experience. Those waiting in line will be serenaded by live acoustic performances, inside live DJ’s will be spinning all day. They’ll offer special deals all day including 15% off all used records and 10 for $10 from anything in their $5 and below bins. 10577 SW 109th Court, Miami; 305-452-8636; instagram.com/endorecordsmiami/
Lucky Records
Doors open at 8 a.m. at the Wynwood shop. The proceedings have strict rules of first come, first serve with no pre-orders, no holds, and one copy per title per person. Giveaways include 100 tote bags and posters by @mike2600 along with free doughnuts supplied by Voodoo Doughnuts. They’ll also have thousands of used records available for a dollar each. 143 NW 23rd St., Miami; 833-735-5929; luckyrecordsmiami.com
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Sweat Records
The Little Haiti mainstay promises that 2026 will be their biggest record store day ever. They’ll be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. soundtracked with vinyl DJ sets all day from Moonbeam Mike, Pressure Point , MLE, DJ Babyface Blitz, Laszlo, and Gabberina. Next door at Churchill’s will have live jazz from 12-2 performed by Diego Melgar Trio along with indie vendors. Some lucky shoppers will win tickets to September’s Gorillaz concert and you can also snag free tickets to their Record Store Day afterparty that night at ZeyZey featuring West African guitarist Vieux Farka Touré. 5505 NE Second Ave., Miami; 786-693-9309; sweatrecordsmiami.com
Technique Records
Technique Records is making a full day out of it, open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. They’ll have hundreds of exclusives including by the Cure, Olivia Dean and Blur. DJ sets will be played by John Stanier, STRYKE, Kumi, Arri Purri and many more. There will be a full bar along with food and drinks provided by Turntable Bagel, Ripe, and Dre’s Drip. The freeloaders among you can look forward to hourly giveaways. 880 NE 79th St., Miami; 786-717-6622; techniquerecords.com
Yesterday & Today Records
Miami’s longest continuously operating record shop will open at 9 am serving free drinks with special sales throughout the day. Their website states, “we’ll ask customers who arrive before opening (are in line), what one item they want, which we’ll pull and have ready once we open. Our email address is yandtrec@aol.com and our phone is 305-554-1020 for your wants and questions.” 9274 SW 40th St., Miami; 305-554-1020; vintagerecords.com
