Medina Records

The Sound Burger has long been sought after by the vinyl afflicted largely due to it’s size. It’s very bag friendly whereas the Handytrax, GP3, etc are not. Problem is Audio Technica stopped making these things decades ago so they’re tough to find, usually pricey and have issues playing records at the right speed.

The good news is that manufacturers of faux vintage audio equipment Crosley are bringing out a Sound Burger clone this summer called the ‘Revolution’ (see what they did there?). It includes a headphone jack, USB and possibly a speaker?? (if Crosley ever get back to me I’ll update this post). Regardless it should be a very useful tool for all future digs.

via Gizmodo

Gilles Peterson has been over in Cuba to shine some light on the music scene recording a series of documentary shows for Radio 1 and putting together an LP of new music. Bonus-beats-wise you get footage of an excited Gilles digging in an unamed store in Havana. Memorise that store front.

Spine TV seems to come and go but when it’s there it’s definitely worth checking out. Lots of gems to be viewed in the current incarnation plus live streaming video of DJ MK, Harry Love and guests many evenings (UK time zone). Here’s a brief guided tour of some of New York’s record shops from a mixtape king and DJ Amir Abdullah.

In New York again this time focusing on A-1 Records and their overstocked basement.

Some fella digging in Mumbai. Bollywood scores aplenty.