![]() ![]() ![]() Instead of just spitting out random records, the service allows subscribers to receive a new LP every month for a year based on their favorite genres. We suggest the latter.įor those looking to discover new music, there’s Table-Turned, a service that flips curation on its head. You can subscribe to one, two or all three of ‘em. Alternatively, fans of the label can sign up for Project Twelve, another club offering up unreleased vinyl LPs sourced from the label’s Eccentric Soul, Wayfaring Strangers and Private Mind Garden series. Priced at $150, it’s a simple subscription service that guarantees you the next six Numero Group’s LPs, with bonus items and extra goodies whenever available. The Numero Group Subscription: The Original Formula is the label’s way to get back to its roots. All the while, the label just recently launched its own print-only publication, Periodical Numerical. They’ve rescued countless rare funk and soul singles from Cleveland to Wichita ( Eccentric Soul), gifting us all sorts of musical gems, including but not limited to the early recordings of a 16-year-old guitar prodigy named Prince Rogers Nelson. Numero Group Subscription: The Original Formulaįrom documenting the pan-American funk of a Nicaraguan political descendent ( Alfonso Lovo) to exploring our city’s own blues scene in the ‘70s ( Light on the South Side), this Chicago reissue label knows no bounds. Photo: Michael Abramson/Light on the South Side Be sure to tune to Purple Llama’s subscription page for updates. We’ve got word that the first box set will pair Berlin roaster The Barn with electric dance and Krautrock duo Klaus Johann Grobe. Just recently launched on Kickstarter, Purple Llama’s bi-monthly club is for adventurous listeners: subscribers will be sent a box containing a rotating selection of the finest international roasters, and one record based on the beans or the coffee roaster’s country of origin. And since making coffee and listening to records share the same rituals - slow down, relax, enjoy - it only makes sense that the team behind the cafe decided to launch their own curated coffee-and-music club. Purple Llama, the Wicker Park shop that combines coffee and records to the point of religious genuflection, understands that details are everything. Purple Llama Coffee + Record Subscription So ahead of Record Store Day - an annual event that has come to serve major music labels more than the indie shops who actually need support - we’re examining three local vinyl clubs for music lovers of all stripes and colors.įrom a coffee-and-record subscription service to rare soul from the city’s premier indie label, these clubs will keep you spinning all year long. Which may explain why Chicago is home to some of the country’s most interesting record clubs. If a jam-packed festival season is any indication, we live in a fine city for music. ![]()
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