Record Shop Reviews

Music Millennium: Where the Music and People Still Matter. While many record stores have similar mantras, almost none have had the level of impact on independent music culture that Music Millennium has had. The oldest record store in the Pacific Northwest, Music Millennium is in an elite group of record stores that have achieved legendary…

Just like a good dive bar, every neighborhood needs a solid record store. A place where you can unwind with your head down and pretend nothing else in the world exists besides you and the thin sleeve of cardboard at your fingertips. Speck’s Records and Tapes in Northeast Portland is exactly that shop. A place…

It’s no secret that Portland is home to a ton of amazing record stores. Massive selections, carefully curated selections, stores that specialize in jazz records, stores that stock punk and metal records exclusively; Portland has it all. But there are few shops that better exemplify all of the stereotypes of a record store the way…

In a city as jam-packed with record stores as Portland, Oregon, it can be difficult for record stores to stand out. While the majority of record shops in the city are filled with a few cramped aisles of record sleeves and walls chock full of tattered overlapping posters, Everyday Music offers a more polished ambiance….