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On the left, an extremely classy WPRB Vinyl logo. …

They say that Christmas comes just once each year. Maybe this is true. But I urge my reader not to be boxed in by Decemberistic definitions of that magical gift-giving day. For once every April, there comes a glorious day for audiophilic vinyl junkies and music snobs alike. I speak, of course, of National Record Store Day. It’s exactly what it sounds like, folks. A celebration of that obscure, hole-in-the-wall record store in your hometown …

Happy Friday everybody! Here are our top albums for the week just past:
1 CHEERS ELEPHANT Like Wind Blows Fire Self-Released
2 DR. DOG Be The Void Anti
3 DIRTY GHOSTS Metal Moon Last Gang
4 ESCORT Escort Escort
5 FRANKIE ROSE Interstellar Slumberland
6 GOLDFRAPP The Singles EMI
7 GRIMES Visions 4AD
8 LEE RANALDO Between The Times And The Tides Matador
9 MANY ARMS Many Arms Tzadik
10 PONTIAK Echo Ono Thrill Jockey
11 TENNIS Young And Old Fat Possum
12 TRUST TRST Arts And …

This week, at The Nass:
Tom Markham makes a case for the poetic soul of Alex Turner (of The Arctic Monkeys):
There’s no denying that poetry is one of the oldest forms of writing that we mere mortals have fleshed out onto whatever stone tablet or papyrus leaf or iPad may have been convenient to us at the time. Whether as a form of tribute, social critique, or emotional outlet, poetry has for many eons been an …

In a valiant effort to vanquish the devilish “Projects Board,” WPRB embarked on a vicious quest for victory in Dillon Gym for Princeton University’s dodgeball tournament.
It was a bloodbath. At the sound of the first whistle, WPRB-ers rushed towards the centerline to acquire all the dodgeballs. The Projects Board, however, had the same idea, and they too rushed to the center with a slightly more aggressive and naturally quicker gait. WPRB would not let this …