Watch Pitchfork’s Short Doc on Record Stores and Labels in New York

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

In honor of Record Store Day, Pitchfork.tv just released this short documentary on the vinyl culture in New York, taking a look at labels, pressing plants, and record stores. The short, “Revolutions Per Minute,” puts focus on Brooklyn labels Sacred Bones, Captured Tracks, and Mexican Summer, Williamsburg’s record shop, Co-Op 87 (downstairs from Mexican Summer), and East Village shop Other Music.

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