Long Live Vinyl - January 2019 (gnv64)

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