Traveling Hobbyist
I Travel For Records
Record Shop Reviews
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ALL SALES VINYL – Old Town Fort Collins’ Vinyl Destination
All Sales Vinyl might most accurately described as the “premier” record store in Fort Collins, a city that has a surprising amount of dedicated record stores for its size. With a larger selection of new records than anywhere else in town, it also has arguably the best location, right smack in the middle of Old…
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INTERSECT BREWING AND RECORDS – Fort Collins, Colorado
There are a lot of breweries in Fort Collins. Some people might say there are too many breweries, but these people are wrong. Colorado takes its beer very seriously and the Choice City is no exception. It’s fluctuated over the years but the city always seems to be in the top 10 of any list of…
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Paradise Found Records – Boulder, Colorado
Colorado has a lot of interesting towns. If you venture far enough along I-70 you’re sure to find over a dozen picturesque mountain towns. Complete with old-timey streets, backdrops worthy of a National Geographic magazine, and air so thin you’ll be gasping for breath after a single flight of stairs. For all the quirk and…
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THE LYRIC – Fort Collins’ Eclectic Film Paradise
Some of my favorite places I find incredibly difficult to describe. There is an unidentifiable feeling in the air that makes these places so special to me. It is exactly this mystery and unwillingness to be easily classified that is what I love about these places and there are few better examples of this than…
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DOWNTOWN SOUND – Greeley, Colorado
Loveland is an interesting city. To some, it may seem like nothing more than a commuter town. Most of the residents drive to work in nearby Fort Collins or the northern parts of Denver Metro. Many non-residents will know it as the town before the final stretch to Rocky Mountain National Park. But Loveland isn’t…
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Boogie Records – Nederland, Colorado
Not too far from the drunken debauchery and chaos of Boulder lies the small town of Nederland, Colorado. There are no ski runs overlooking the town’s humble streets. There isn’t a luxurious hot spring resort with heated sidewalks and covered parking. This is one of Colorados, ‘regular’ mountain towns. This means that for most people,…
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DRIVER 8 RECORDS – Fort Collins, Colorado
Fun fact: Fort Collins has more record stores per capita than anywhere else in the state. I have no idea if this is actually true but it certainly sounds about right. Regardless of the so-called “facts,” there are a lot of record stores in Fort Collins when you consider its size. 3 of these record…
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Chain Reaction Records – Denver, Colorado
Look, I’m not going to lie, most record stores are pretty damn similar. They smell the same (dusty and musty). They have the same color scheme (various shades of brown). They are usually run by the same kind of people (white guys wearing old band t-shirts). They are decorated the same (rare records and vintage…
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Leech Pit Records and Vintage – Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Colorado Springs is a complicated town. “The Springs,” as it’s called by locals, was my first introduction to life outside my small hometown. It will always have a special place in my heart, even if it is far from perfect. It’s places like Leech Pit Records that make this town so much more than it’s…
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SONGBYRD RECORDS- Fort Collins, Colorado
There are many different kinds of record stores. The differences may be small, but when you’ve been to enough of them, you’ll start to notice the little things that set one apart from another. Posters almost always adorn the walls, but how many? Is it the kind of place where hundreds of gig posters are…