The Unlikely Return Of Vinyl Records

This article on The Unlikely Return of Vinyl Records, And How Indie Musicians Are Making Money On Them covers familiar ground to anyone active in the "indie" world of music. If not, it does a great job of explaining the basics of why musicians are choosing vinyl and just how much it actually costs. Most notably, Uncle Skeleton (aka Ross Wariner), is interviewed a bit in the article and mentions yk records. Love this quote:

Ross is attached to the longevity of physical albums in particular. “When I was younger, I had the poster and mobile from Electric Light Orchestra's ‘Out of the Blue’ on my wall, and still cherish that album greatly. I've had a dozen hard drives crash since those days, but that copy of OOTB is still sitting on my shelf waiting for me. It's not a copy of 1's and 0's, its the same record I used to sit and study chord changes and string arrangements from, and that is irreplaceable.”

Vinyl fetishization can be a bit overwrought at times but it's a good introductory article into that world and I'm happy to see vinyl sales continuing to grow.