A Travel-Worthy Festival – Nelsonville Music Festival
Over the past decade there has been a bit of a homogenization of music festivals. They all too often seem just a new shuffle of the same deck and a few…
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New Tennis EP Explores New Waters
Denver, CO duo Tennis began during an 8 month sailing expedition resulting material for their debut album Cape Dory. For their third album Yours Condit…
Rainer Maria – Ace of Cups, Columbus, OH
Rainer Maria: A Better, Stronger, and Wiser Version of Me By Casey Bowers They called them Emo - and sure, why not? Bands get unfair and un…
Green Day – Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls OH
Green Day is the only band I can remember where I was when I first heard them. No, I wasn’t first on the scene. It was the latter half of 1993 at two i…
INTERVIEW: Alex Benick of Sun Seeker
Sun Seeker have been on the road in support of their new Third Man Records release"Biddeford" and we caught up with them at Forecastle Festival in Loui…
Kishi Bashi – A&R Music Bar, Columbus, OH
I got to photograph Kishi Bashi for the first time in 2014 at Cincinnati's Bunbury festival, and again last week in Columbus' A&R Music Bar. Ini…
Survival Guide to Rock on the Range 2017
This year, Rock on the Range takes it up to ELEVEN. May 19th, 20th, and 21st the Columbus Mapfre stadium (home to the Columbus Crew MLS team) will be t…
Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes Talks Recording Approach and Keeping Things Fresh
I had the chance to chat with Taylor Goldsmith, singer and guitarist for Dawes last week for Cincymusic.com as they head to town next week for a show. …
Shearwater releases new animated video for “Pale Kings”
One of my favorite albums of 2016 so far has been Shearwater's "Jet Plane and Oxbow." The song "Pale Kings" has some delay ridden guitar, reminiscent o…
William Tyler shares new track “Sunken Garden”
William Tyler's new album "Modern Country" comes out June 3rd, and features multi-instrumentalist Phil Cook (Hiss Golden Messenger, Blind Boys of Alaba…
8 Must-See Acts at Nelsonville Music Festival 2016
Nelsonville Music Festival is one of my favorite music festivals every year. It's lineup is a perfectly curated mixture acts. NMF is like that guy or…
Shabazz Palaces’ Video For Dawn In Luxor Is Breathtakingly Beautiful
Shabazz Palaces have delivered an immersive new video for “Dawn In Luxor,” a standout track from Lese Majesty. The new visual, which director Stephan G…
A Giant Dog releases trippy new video for “Sleep When Dead”
"‘Sleep When Dead’ is like Soul Train on acid, a chaotic cage match of disco vs. punk. You feel wide awake but know you’re dreaming because everything …
Getting To Know Sly Authors: Jon Hamilton
Welcome to the first installment of interviews with SlyVinyl Authors. We're excited to share our passion with you through articles, album tips, and mo…
Such Hounds’ Upcoming Release Featured On Noisey: Music by VICE
SlyVinyl was thrilled to see Such Hounds' exclusive vinyl release mentioned in VICE's Noisey Music Blog! Check out Annalise's full review of Suc…
SVR09 Happy Dagger Featured on Pirates Press Record of the Week Blog!
Jump over to the Pirates Press ROTW blog if you'd like to see our & other great releases - https://piratespress.com/rotw/ When working with a ban…
Do Picture Disc Vinyl Records Sound Worse?
Answer: Yes, somewhat. When pressing records through SlyVinyl Records we're often asked by bands about possibly doing picture discs and if they soun…
One of the Last U.S. Cassette Tape Manufacturers Reports 31% Increase in Production
Interesting look at the current state of cassette tape production in the U.S. Will demand for production continue to rise through 2016 and beyond, and …
How discogs.com helps us & helps them
Really interesting article on Discogs over at New York Times. I think all of us love discogs.com, it's an amazing service and really helps us all keep …
Top 15 Albums of 2015 // The Sly Writers List
Drawing courtesy of andrewhoffmandesign.com A fun fact I like to let vinyl outsiders know is that of every release that comes out, the most likely w…