Over the last five years an independent record shop has closed in the UK every three days so the opening of a brand new one is something to be championed loudly. Opening its doors just two months ago, the Truck Store on Cowley Road in Oxford has already found a place in the hearts of music lovers across the county.
Created in partnership between Rapture Entertainment in Witney and the team behind Truck, Truck Store will be staking a claim for independents by celebratating the UK’s third Record Store Day on Saturday 16th April 2011. Like the festivals, pop-up venues and gigs already run by the Truck team, the shop has been set up to bring something unique for music-lovers in Oxford, and to bring people together.
Already a venue for in-store performances and rare finds, the store has extended opening hours and a whole weekend of festivities planned to celebrate this special day.
Opening at 9am on the 16th April, vinyl vultures will be able to get their mitts on exclusive Record Store day releases from acts including Radiohead, Saint Etienne, Big Star, Caribou, Tom Petty, Deftones and hundreds more, all releasing some rarer-than-rocking-horse-poo recordings. Later that day in-store performances will begin at 2pm with Adam Barnes, who will then be followed by Sophie Barker,Nathaniel Rateliff, Phantom Theory, Half Rabbits, and Spring Offensive, before celebrations continue at night with a 9pm performance by Young Knives, playing songs from their upcoming album ‘Ornaments from The Silver Arcade’.
Carrying on the annual celebration of indie record shops for an extra day, performances on Sunday kick off with Good Things Happen In Bad Towns at 2.30pm. Message To Bears, Cat Matador and Richard Walters. Finishing the weekend will be an exclusive acoustic set from Julu and Ben of Little Fish, as they perform tracks acoustically from their forthcoming second album at 8pm.
Timings:
SATURDAY 16TH
9pm Young Knives
7.30pm Spring Offensive
6.30pm Half Rabbits
5.30pm Phantom Theory
4pm Nathaniel Rateliff
3pm Sophie Barker
2pm Adam Barnes
SUNDAY 17TH
8pm Little Fish
7pm Special Guest
5.30pm Richard Walters
4.30pm Cat Matador
3.30pm Message To Bears
2.30pm Good Things Happen In Bad Towns
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The Truck Store will also be in residence at this year’s Truck Festival. Taking place at Hill Farm, Steventon, Oxfordshire from 22nd to 24th July, this will be no basic festival merch stall. Truck Store will be bringing a full set-up to site including a selection of stock from the shop, bespoke Truck merchandise and some extra special releases from artists and label’s involved in this year’s line-up. Hosting on-site in-store performances from bands on the bill, the pop-up Truck Store promises to be just as much of a must-go destination in a field as it currently is on the Cowley Road!
