Photographed by Asli Shebe
On Saturday Apr. 16, Graveface Records & Curiosities hosted Record Store Day in honor of the yearly international holiday. Our staff went around asking shoppers about their taste in vinyl grooves.
Adam Blue
Nirvana, The Eagles, Led Zeppelin
“I’m going for the deals of the familiar things I’ve heard of, so I can broaden my landscape of musical knowledge.”
Joshua Peacock
Modest Mouse, Des Ark
“This (‘Des Ark’) is a Graveface band. They just played Stopover. I was browsing Gravefaces’ bandcamp today and came across this album and really liked it so I had to grab it.”
“This one is a ‘Modest Mouse’ album; one of my favorite bands. I don’t have this one. Just kind of a jewel in the rough.”
Kolten Wellborne
Lana Del Rey
“I’m just a ‘Lana Del Rey’ fan.”
Daniel Stratton
Mash, Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest
“It (‘A Tribe Called Quest’) has some remixes on it that are not on the original that I already have. Because I DJ also so this stuff helps out.”
“I got this (‘M.A.S.H.’), because I used to like the TV show back in the day and I’m sure I can find some funny stuff on here to throw on the mix. Make it interesting.”
“This (‘Outkast’) I got because there is an acapella of this song so I can use the instrumental and put this on a different beat.”
Michael Ricci
Dosh, Buzzcocks
“This (‘Dosh’) is a band that I’ve been listening to for a long time and they’re actually on a record label that’s run by this store.”
“‘Buzzcocks’ is like a semi-punk band in town.”
Shawntel Foster
Emotionalism, Arcade Fire
“I love both of these bands. I have for a very long time (album on the left).”
“I love ‘Arcade Fire’, I particularly got this album for this song. I feel like it’ll sound great on a needle.”
Kathleen Cortes
Bright Eyes
“It’s eight dollars so I can’t go wrong with that (album to the left). I remember watching them live and they just put on such a great show.”
“I really like ‘Bright Eyes’ a lot. I think he created such a different sound with it so I just wanted to have it.”
Veronica Torres
Led Zeppelin
“I mean ‘Led Zeppelin’ is a classic and for eight bucks I didn’t think it was too bad of a deal. And ‘The white stripes!'”
Autumn Sunshine Poplawski
Fleetwood Mac
“‘Fleetwood Mac’ is just really classic, really chill and you just can’t go wrong with something basically everyones gonna love.”
Kimberly McDonald
Patti Labelle, A Tribe Called Quest
“‘Nostalgia’ would be the main thing. I think it’s my Dads fault cause he was a DJ. So I kind of grew listening to all kinds of music.”
“I’m a big fan of ‘Patti Labelle’ fan.”
“I’ve always been a fan of their (album to the right) era. Really socially conscious which I think is lacking.”
Asli Shebe is a senior writing major from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. She began working for District in 2014 as a staff writer, then copy editor, A&E editor, Chief Assignment editor and finally, Editor-in-Chief in 2017. Asli currently holds the record for obtaining the most job titles during her time at District. When she’s not writing for District you can find her biking around the Historic District of Savannah at odd hours of the day.
