Shangri-La Takes Over Vinyl Happy Hour!
Every Friday throughout March, we will be spinning records at the Memphis Listening Lab between 3-5PM for their Vinyl Happy Hour! Snag a beer and come hang
Every Friday throughout March, we will be spinning records at the Memphis Listening Lab between 3-5PM for their Vinyl Happy Hour! Snag a beer and come hang
We’re back! It’s almost Thanksgiving, which means we’re only days away from another RSD Black Friday. JD and John discuss those upcoming drops, new shop arrivals, and spend some time with Memphis musicians and producers Audionautz, who share some new must they’ve been working on. Listen below via Spotify, at Backtothelight.net, or wherever fine podcasts […]
October snuck up on us but brought a nice change of weather and pace, and as always, we’re here with a new edition of the Shangri-La Records Podcast. We’re still loving having moved to our new podcast home at the Memphis Listening Lab, and can’t thank Jim Cole enough for his hospitality. This month J.D. […]
Host J.D. Reager catches up with Shangri-La Records co-owner John Miller about recent happenings at the store (highlighted by the triumphant return of Sweat Fest!), announce a few upcoming concert ticket giveaways, and preview a crop of fun new arrivals, including some Sun 45s and a pile of cool records from the private collection of […]
The pandemic has robbed us of a few SWEATFESTS, but now it’s time to get back on that sweaty horse, so to speak! Once again, we will have thousands of bargain LPs, 45s, CDs and more for sale! As you might imagine, we’ve got a 2+ year backlog of bargain stuff and we’re bursting at […]
After taking the month of March off to allow our humble podcast host, JD Reager, the opportunity to move back home to Memphis with his lovely bride, we’re back in the saddle for April! This month’s podcast carries the distinction of being our first to be recorded in person (shoutout to Graham Burks for use […]
Coming to you on 2/22/22, we’re excited to offer the latest edition of the Shangri-La Podcast. After surviving the regional ice storm and seeing a reduction in the number of local Covid cases, optimism is in the air and music events are starting to pick up. To that end, we’re excited to announce that we […]
If you are like us, surviving 2021 seemed like a long slog and 2022 seems to be offering that same energy so far. Fear not though, fair music aficionados. We at Shangri-La HQ are prepared to meet brutality with some force of our own. This month’s episode of the Shangri-La Records podcast offers as much […]
Happy holidays everyone! It’s been another wild year, but we’ve made it through together. We’ve enjoyed a ton of great releases this year by artists from Memphis and beyond, and for that we can all be thankful. On this month’s podcast, we’ll do a quick rundown of a number of our favorite local releases that […]
We’re on the cusp of Turkey Day and another upcoming Record Store Day, and that means the arrival of an extra special edition of the Shangri-La Records podcast! We’re swimming in great collections of used LPs and 45s lately, so John and JD discuss incoming Memphis rarities, as well as some local flavor that will […]
July arrived in Memphis, as the heat and humidity settled in and provided a swampy atmosphere even in the shade. Luckily, we doubled down on heat and got a blistering solo set from Blvck Hippie frontman Josh Shaw for this month’s podcast (shoutout to friend of the store Harry Koniditsiotis for hosting Josh at his […]
This month’s podcast is coming in hot! We’ve got a preview of another RSD drop for next month, some general shop updates, but then we’ve got a super cool set from one of our long time favorites, Paul Taylor. Paul also drops a big announcement about an exciting development…and that folks, is a heavy bit […]
We’re back in the saddle with another edition of everyone’s favorite Shangri-La based podcast. This month JD and John discuss updated store Covid-related policies (no more appointments for shopping!), new records in at the shop, upcoming releases of both the RSD and Reigning Sound variety (out today via Merge!), and a surprise store guest for […]
Spring done sprung in Memphis y’all. While the pollen settles us on like a fine mist of Gonerfest PBR, we’re starting to see the beginning of outdoor shows returning and cautious optimism that there’s more opportunities up ahead. With all that being the case, we couldn’t be more excited about this month’s podcast, wherein we […]
Memphis finally unthawed from our winter siege, so we figured it would be a good time to drop another podcast. This time around JD and John talk about facelifts at the shop and a few killer new Shangri-La paintings for sale courtesy of the great Alex Warble (who designed our world famous logo). We also […]
With the general consensus among Shelby County Health Dept. (see the most recent Health Directive HERE) officials being that we need to continue to limit contact among customers, we’re extending our appointment only in store shopping policy. We are going to expand our Monday through Saturday hours though, opening at 11 am and closing at […]
We’re stuck inside of our houses, with the Shangri-La winter weather blues again. Luckily, that doesn’t affect our podcast, with a new episode dropping today. John and JD get into talking about goings on at the store in light of the crazy snow dump and a couple favorite new records at the shop from unique […]
The holidaze are upon us! We hope yours continue to be happy, merry, and feliz despite how difficult this year has been for everyone. We’re making some adjustments to our hours to accommodate customers, while still maintaining a socially distant approach to individual in store shopping. We are going to be following the new Health […]
Hey y’all, Hard to believe it, but it’s already time for another Record Store Day Drop. After Record Store Day’s cancellation this past April, they planned unique RSD releases for August, September and October! The second is this weekend – Saturday, September 26 – so mark your calendars. If you haven’t seen the list of […]
Hey y’all, Well, it’s been a strange year to say the least. After Record Store Day’s cancellation this past April, we’ll make up for it by having unique RSD releases coming in August, September and October! The first is coming up – Saturday, August 29 – so mark your calendars. If you haven’t seen the […]