Long Live Vinyl - January 2019

Long Live Vinyl - January 2019

English | 116 pages | True PDF | 24.9 mb



Features

COVER STORY

TOP 100 ALBUMS OF 2018 26

Our panel of writers, record shop owners, festival organisers, label bosses and bands round up the best of this year’s new albums

LOW 34

The Duluth slowcore stars on making one of the year’s fi nest records

IDLES 38

Long Live Vinyl meets the winners of our Top 100 Albums Of 2018 poll

BOYGENIUS 44

Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus tell us how they formed an all-female supergroup

RECORD SHOP OF THE YEAR 50

More than 8,000 of you voted in our inaugural search for the nation’s favourite shop. Find out who won

GEAR OF THE YEAR 56

The pick of this year’s new turntables, amps, headphones and speakers

LABEL STORY

DISCHORD RECORDS 64

Ian Mackaye talks us through the history of this famous Washington D.C. hardcore and punk label

CLASSIC ALBUM

PJ HARVEY – RID OF ME 68

An in-depth look at Polly Jean Harvey’s second album, 1993’s Rid Of Me

THE ESSENTIAL

KRAUTROCK 76

Gary Tipp unearths 40 kosmische classics that pushed the sonic envelope

THE TRIP

STOCKHOLM 84

Mark Elliott travels to Scandinavia for a cratedigging adventure in the Swedish capital



News

ON THE RECORD 8

News, plus regular features, including:

UTRECHT 2018 8

The 50th edition of the Mega Record & CD Fair

SIMON SAYS 11

Simon Raymonde of Bella Union

THE STORY BEHIND THE SLEEVE 14

John Phillips – John Phillips

LINER NOTES 19

Ian Peel

ON THE RADAR 20

Blinky Bill

STUDIO SNAPSHOT 22

Sly & The Family Stone



Regulars

CHOICE CUTS 75

Madonna – Lucky Star

DIGGING FOR VICTORY 90

Mark O’Shaughnessy, Resolution Records

THE BIG REISSUE 91

Soundway Records

GENRE HOPPING 104

American primitive guitar

THE VINYLIST 114

Steven Schauer

Reviews

ALBUMS

REISSUES & COMPILATIONS 92

The latest re-releases & boxsets

NEW RELEASES 99

A round-up of the best new music

GEAR

DREAM MACHINES 106

REVIEWS 108

The latest turntables & speakers from Rega, Reloop & Monitor Audio