This saturday at M-Theory and around the country, local record stores will be celebrated. About every band you know and care about is releasing special singles, eps and what-have-you for this one day event. M-Theory also has a great local lineup of in-store performances on tap... Info below from M-Theory.
Record Store Day Festivities at M-Theory : Sat. April 18th from 10am-8pm. Guest cashiers Pall Jenkins of Black Heart Procession/Three Mile Pilot & Jimmy Lavalle of Album Leaf! Sidewalk sale with super cheap LPs & CDs. Food and drinks as well.
12pm- Maren Parusel in-store!
1pm- The Silent Comedy stripped down!
2pm- Anya Marina plays live!
4pm- Dramarama performs!
6pm- Menomena Foosball Tournament - Beat Menomena, win merch!
9pm- Menomena, Calico Horse & Writer play The Casbah!
There are also a ton of exclusive indie releases by the likes of Bad Religion, Leonard Cohen, Elvis Costello, Decemberists, Depeche Mode, Bob Dylan, Flaming Lips, Black Keys, Flight of the Conchords, Ben Harper, Janes Addiction, Jesus Lizard, Sublime, Jenny Lewis, Rodriguez, Serge Gainsbourg, MC5, Wheedles Groove, Lykke Li, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, New Order, Oasis, Queen, Pretenders, Sonic Youth, Beck, Jay Reatard, Smiths, Pavement, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Stooges, Thao, Silversun Pickups, Rivers Cuomo, Derek Trucks, Jason Mraz, Wilco and more!??
Check out more information about the day around the world at recordstoreday.com