Physical Retail

Rapper Pusha T has announced that, in partnership with two local nightclub owners, he was opening a ramen bar in the nation's capital. Called Kitsuen — which means "smoke" in Japanese — the bar will also off... Read More...

Fresh off her success at the American Music Awards — and her ability to sing her old songs there — Taylor Swift has launched a new line of t-shirts to celebrate. Swift not only won Artist of the Decade at th... Read More...

Venerable British music chain HMV certainly has had its ups and downs in recent years. While HMV has filed for bankruptcy multiple times, including last December, this seemingly has not stopped it from expan... Read More...

Tool's $45 record is set to out-chart Taylor Swift and Lana Del Rey. Tool's first album in 13 years, Fear Inoculum, has made a major splash at independent music stores.  Mobs of Tool fans lined up for th... Read More...

BTS released a new Japanese-language 3-track single on July 3rd. It has already shipped over one million physical units in just over a month. Despite the near-evisceration of physical formats in countries ... Read More...

World-famous rapper and investor Nas is taking his talents to the world of book writing. Specifically, Nas, whose birth name is Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones, has authored a motivational children's book entitled ... Read More...

Vinyl sales have been rising in the United States for the past decade, riding a wave of nostalgia and genuine interest in the format. Now, digital service Bandcamp is embracing the trend with a physical loca... Read More...