Cool Stuff: That’s No Moon, It’s a 40th Anniversary ‘Star Wars’ Vinyl Soundtrack

It’s getting to the point where there are nearly as many different versions of the Star Wars soundtracks as there were home video releases of the Star Wars trilogy. The latest addition to the Star Wars soundtrack collection is a brand new 40th anniversary release of the soundtrack to Star Wars: A New Hope on […]

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street’ Vinyl Box Set, Prints by Mike Saputo & Enamel Pins

It’s that time of year when everyone is happy to be scared out of their wits, and Mondo is getting in the spirit by releasing some incredible new collectibles inspired by one of the most iconic horror franchises of all time. A Nightmare on Elm Street is getting an amazing vinyl box set featuring the […]

Cool Stuff: The ‘Harry Potter’ Soundtracks Get a New Vinyl Box Set This Fall

Though vinyl is now enjoying quite a resurgence among music fans as a popular format for listening to music, during most of the time that the Harry Potter franchise was hitting theaters, it was an almost entirely dead form of media. That means most of the soundtracks for each of the movies never got released […]

The Fuzz is Alive and Well with My Bloody Valentine’s ‘Isn’t Anything’ and ‘Loveless’ Vinyl Reissues, Plus New Album Teased

My Bloody Valentine have finally announced the release of two vinyl reissues they’ve been promising for some time. The band’s first two albums, Isn’t Anything and Loveless, will be analog-only cuts (no digital copies) and “mastered from analog tapes using Studer A80 VU PRE and Neumann VMS 80 cutting lathe for full analog signal path,” […]

Get wooden floor style with luxury vinyl floor tiles

And it turns out that underfloor heating, American-style fridge freezers and real wooden floors are the three modern trends people most want to come home to, according to cordless vacuum cleaner company Vax (vax.co.uk). But original floorboards are usually fitted to joists so you’re unlikely to be able to fit underfloor heating, while replacement floors […]

Australia’s first vinyl factory in 30 years will open next year

Thanks to new production technology and the support of big companies like Sony, vinyl is hot these days. Trent Reznor is releasing his Quake score for LP, the Contra soundtrack is available as a record at Comic-Con this year, and Blu-ray versions of Deadpool and Logan come with their own vinyl counterparts. Now there’s a […]

Superhero Bits: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 on Vinyl and Cassette, Gal Gadot Thanks Fans & More

When does the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 soundtrack hit cassette and vinyl? Which is the latest country to ban screenings of Wonder Woman due to Gal Gadot‘s Israeli nationality? Which two DC Extended Universe movies are likely to get the greenlight next? What did Marvel Cinematic Universe stars have to say about Wonder […]

How the Hippies Hijacked Vinyl

This week brings another Beatles-related 50th anniversary, and arguably the grooviest of them all: The release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. It landed, for reasons that remain mysterious to me, on June 1, 1967 in England, and June 3 in the United States. Maybe that’s just how trans-Atlantic shipping worked in those days, […]

Cool Stuff: Mondo’s ‘The Fifth Element’ Vinyl with Artwork by Shan Jiang

This year marks the 20th anniversary of Luc Besson‘s outstanding sci-fi action movie The Fifth Element. The actual anniversary already passed us by on May 9th, but this week is when the film is being celebrated by a return to the big screen. Not only can you see the movie on the big screen again, […]