To celebrate the upcoming physical release of Words & Music, May 1965 on October 21st, Light in the Attic is thrilled to announce a series of worldwide listening parties taking place at over 40 record stores around the globe. All events will be free, and a full list of participating stores is below.
Words & Music, May 1965 Listening Parties:
– Thursday, Oct. 20 –
Sweat Records (Miami, FL)
Resident Music (Brighton, UK)
Jumbo Records (Leeds, UK)
Stranger Than Paradise (London, UK)
Rough Trade East (London, UK)
Drift (Totnes, UK)
– Friday, Oct. 21 –
Seasick Records (Birmingham, AL)
Heroes & Villains (Tucson, AZ)
Balades Sonores Bruxelles (Bruxelles, BE)
Deadly Wax (Newhall, CA)
Arroyo Records (Pasadena, CA)
Amoeba, SF (San Francisco, CA)
Moldy Toes Records (San Clemente, CA)
Boo Boo Records (San Luis Obispo, CA)
Metavinyl (Santa Cruz, CA)
Streetlight Records (Santa Cruz, CA)
Odyssey (Ontario, CAN)
Neurotica (Toronto, CAN)
Twist & Shout (Denver, CO)
WaxTrax (Denver, CO)
Balades Sonores Paris (Paris, FR)
Long Ear (Coeur d'Alene, ID)
Reckless (Chicago, IL)
Vintage Vinyl (Evanston, IL)
HMV record shop Kichijoji (Tokyo, JP)
HMV record shop Shibuya (Tokyo, JP)
HMV record shop Shinjuku ALTA (Tokyo, JP)
Vinyl Destination (N. Chelmsford, MA)
Barely Brothers Records (St. Paul, MN)
Vinyl Index (Somerville, MA)
End Of All Music (Jackson, MS)
End Of All Music (Oxford, MS)
Salvaje (CDMX, MX)
Harvest (Asheville, NC)
The Fuzzy Needle (Wilmington, NC)
Grapefruit Records (Omaha, NE)
Psychic Records (Brooklyn, NY)
Generation Records (New York, NY)
Revolver (Williamsville, NY)
Omega Music (Dayton, OH)
PreAtomic Records (Corvallis, OR)
The Government Center (Pittsburgh, PA)
Winylowa (Warsaw, PL)
Pet Sounds (Stockholm, SE)
Grimeys (Nashville, TN)
Vinyl Tap (Nashville, TN)
Hybrid (Corpus Christi, TX)
End of an Ear (Austin, TX)
Crazy Rhythms (San Antonio, TX)
Tiny Record Room (Norfolk, VA)
Autumn Records (Winooski, VT)
Sonic Boom (Seattle, WA)
Clone Shop (Des Moines, WA)
Madcity Music (Madison, WI)
– Saturday, Oct. 22 –
In Sheep's Clothing (Los Angeles, CA)
Black Dots (Buffalo, NY)
Mosta Recordings (Singapore, SN)
October 21st will also see a free, live listening party and panel discussion hosted by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts with Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed archivists Don Fleming and Jason Stern, audio engineers John Baldwin and Steve Rosenthal, and Light in the Attic’s Matt Sullivan, moderated by famed music writer David Fricke. Prior to the panel discussion, Words & Music, May 1965 will play from 2:00 - 3:45pm in the Bruno Walter Auditorium. RSVP HERE