![]() ![]() They've also got a great shop online with the same great collection.Ĭlaudia Saenz selects a record | Photo: Arabela Espinoza The record shop has a wide selection of all carefully selected genres and the owners and clerks are super helpful with finding what you need. I got the Leonor Gonzalez Cantos De Mi Tierra Y De Mi Raza record there and it's been one of my favorite buys. Needle to the Groove is one of my favorite records shops in the Bay Area. I have shopped there many times and felt giddy with joy with all the records they have in stock. You walk in there and you're surrounded with tejano history in the form of records, tapes and CDs and, not to mention, say hi to the legendary owner Juanita Gonzales, aka Janie all while tejano jams are playing on the shop speakers. If you're looking for a historic West Side San Antonio establishment for tejano, norteno or conjunto jams, Janie's Record Shop is the place to go. I would trust Gabe and Josh's hand-picked selection.Īnother Vinyl Queen: Jayda G Is The Environmental Scientist & House Music DJ/Producer The Planet Needs Right Now They have a 45 grab bag that I would totally get if you were looking to start your collection or add to it. ![]() They have records for sale on their website now to help their sales and keep the shop afloat during these times. ![]() Breakaway Records, a cherished record shop in my neighborhood, became my second home. Collecting records and surrounding myself with music became my new obsession. I had my own place for the first time ever, but I couldn't afford wi-fi and didn't want it either. I was living on my own, working my first big "real" job, a post-grad trying to make ends meet. Saenz: I started devotedly collecting records while living in Austin, in about 2014. What do you love about these shops? What kind of goodies have you've found there? Mar Velez & her vinyl collection | Photo: courtesy of artist (The links below have online shopping options.) Please pick three to five record stores you love. Read: Record Store Recs: Jean Pierre Takes Us To Chicago, Brooklyn, Frankfurt, Amsterdam & London Read on to find out where they get all their great vinyl gems from, and learn about some of the indie labels, artists and new records they have their eyes on. DJ Marvelouz, for the latest edition of our Record Store Recs interview series. We caught up with Saenz and one of her fellow Bay Area cohorts, Los Angeles-born, Oakland-based Mar Velez, a.k.a. The fabulous record-spinning DJs of Chulita Vinyl Club have brought their joyful, soulful music to parties around the country, including Coachella 2018! Twice a month, they release all-vinyl mixes from the squad on their SoundCloud, the most recent (listen below) coming from la jefa Saenz herself. The collective, a crew of female-identifying Latinx vinyl-spinning DJs, has grown to seven chapters across California and Texas, including the (Northern California) Bay Area Chapter, which Saenz, a.k.a. Texas-born, San Jose, Calif.-based Claudia Saenzoriginally founded Chulita Vinyl Clubto share her love of records-especially Tejano, ranchero, Motown and soul-in a fun, tangible way. With our series Record Store Recs, the Recording Academy checks in with vinyl-loving artists to learn more about their favorite record stores and the gems they've found there. With the unprecedented global disruption of 2020, it's important to support the music community however we can. ![]()
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