The Reader’s guide to Record Store Day 2023

Record Store Day began 15 years ago as a way to mobilize consumer support for independent brick-and-mortar record stores, which were seen as niche enough to be at risk of extinction from big online retailers. Streaming wasn’t yet the behemoth business it is today—Spotify also launched in 2008, and it wouldn’t reach the U.S. till […]
The post The <i>Reader</i>’s guide to Record Store Day 2023 appeared first on Chicago Reader.