Schools Out… 24th July Six weeks of summer, time to find things to fill your time, live music, local disco, raves, festivals new vinyl releases, anything that is off the radar in and around Cardiff.   Clwb Ifor Bach Friday 28th DISCO MOTEL VOL.9 – The Disco Carnival. 10pm £3/£4/18+ Tickets Available Now. As always.. We’ll be throwing glitter to…

We have a guest blog this week from Marsha Balaeva, we reached out to her after seeing her photos on Instagram and she has kindly sent us a write up about her video work that has been nominated for an award by Prog Magazine. Plus we have information form a local band about there new album.     Don’t you…

  We have been buying music collections off people for decades and as a rule we will buy in any piece of popular vinyl if it is in playable condition. Anybody who has been into our shop will see the amount of vinyl we have on display but may not realize we have crates of LP’s & CD’s stored out…

This month it has been mainly “Metal LP’s” we have been able to fully recharge our heavy metal section, so much so that we had to move the section outside because we needed the extra space. We buy in lots of vinyl but it is unusual to get such a huge collection in such excellent condition, the chap in question…

  If the shop had a voice we suppose it would be a colourful mix of many sounds, and be constantly moving in and out of styles like a folk psych hip hop mix with progressive undertones and soulful sentiment. Or maybe a very geeky monologue about the importance of the matrix numbers in the Runoff of a record. So…

When I’m browsing records it’s often the artwork that draws me in (no pun intended). There’s something about album art that I can’t resist, in my opinion there’s nothing more boring than picking up a record and seeing some second rate blandness (EVERY PHIL COLLINS RECORD FOR EXAMPLE). I know, you’re not supposed to judge albums by their art, but…

Should music make you forget about your everyday worries, the troubles of the world and carry you to a safe house of solitude? Or should music grab you by the scruff of the neck, drag you kicking and screaming to the real issues?  Man.  I think it’s kind of a combination of both. They do say that music is inspired…

I felt inspired to write a bit about Soundtracks, the source of the inspiration is a great Netflix show called Stranger Things Without spoiling the show for you it is a really well put together series that draws a lot of creative influences from 80’s cinema. Stranger Things has a very moody soundtrack and constantly gives you clues about the…

We’re all feeling a bit patriotic this year following England’s humiliating defeat against Iceland on June 27. The real dragons are out, and they’re ready to breathe fire. Wales have certainly proved their determination for this year’s Euros, and with world-class Bale up front, there’s potential to go even further. Two of Wales’ most prestigious bands have showed their support…

So we recently set up a Kellys Records Mixcloud page to showcase mixes from some of our customers. First out of the box was Don Leisure from Darkhouse Family, He recently spent 2 days rummaging through our vast 8000 strong collection of Funk, Soul & Disco 7”s in our store room armed with only a portable record player, a lot…