Exile On Main Street: Record Store Day

It almost here!! Come to Exile on Main St. in Branford , CT on Saturday April 19, 2014 to celebrate the last of the independents! We will be carrying all the special release exclusive to Indie stores only!! Lots of FREE giveaways 8AM - 6PM Thank you as always for your support!!! The staff at Exile.  www.exileonmain.com
    
“The idea of, ‘The journey is the destination’ is put into action by browsing in an indie record store. Besides, a human being is a much better guide than a ‘More Like This’ link on the internet.”- Patton Oswalt 
The indie record stores are the backbone of the recorded music culture. It's where we go to network, browse around, and find new songs to love. The stores whose owners and staff live for music have spread the word about exciting new things faster and with more essence than either radio or the press. Any artist that doesn't support the wonderful ma and pa record stores across America is contributing to our own extinction.”- Joan Jett
 
"Yes, yes, I know. It's easier to download music, and probably cheaper. But what's playing on your favorite download store when you walk into it? Nothing, that's what. Who are you going to meet in there? Nobody. Where are the notice boards offering flat shares and vacant slots in bands destined for superstardom? Who's going to tell you to stop listening to that and start listening to this? Go ahead and save yourself a couple of quid. The saving will cost you a career, a set of cool friends, musical taste and, eventually, your soul. Record stores can't save your life. But they can give you a better one."- Nick Hornby, author, High Fidelity, Slam, (among others) 

You can't roll a joint on an iPod - buy vinyl!"- Shelby Lynne

To me indie record stores are a place to make new discoveries or to find music that you knew about but thought was lost. Most of these stores know their best customers by name and will happily make a recommendation of what's new, cool and amazing. These are the places where surprising new bands are featured alongside the all time greats. Record stores are also great places to hang out and gossip about whatever's going on, musically or otherwise. They are the safe haven for the music nerd who can't get enough inside information about the bands and artists he loves. My own personal favorites are La la Land in The Hague and Sally's in Westport, CT. I'm still mourning the loss of Secret Sounds in Fairfield, CT. but at least I've got the t-shirt.- Chris Frantz (Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club)

I love the smell of them. I love that people actually care for and know about the music they are selling.”- Neko Case

The 'cool' record store. It is where you can talk to people who are like you. They look like you, think like you and, most tellingly like the same music as you - the only comparable experience these days would probably be an art museum - an actual place where you can stand and simply be surrounded by your heroes."- Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) 

My introduction to all this great music and to ‘the music business’ came from hanging around, and eventually, working at independent record stores. Nothing beats browsing in your favorite store, listening to music, finding something new or old that you’ve been searching for, all that. And without these stores, there’s just no way Wilco would still be around."- Jeff Tweedy