Memorial Day
Just a quick note – we will be closed on Monday, May 28 for Memorial Day. Have a good one, everybody! See you back in the store on Tuesday.
Just a quick note – we will be closed on Monday, May 28 for Memorial Day. Have a good one, everybody! See you back in the store on Tuesday.
This Friday night (05/11), Memphis ex-pat and friend of the store Megan Reilly will play the Hi-Tone Cafe. Add bonus: Jared’s band, Wuvbirds, opens the show! We suggest you go. We have her excellent new album in the store . . . as well as a bunch of cool and new-to-us used vinyl. Stop […]
Man, oh, man – Record Store Day was a blast this year! Thanks to everyone who came by and made it such a great day for us! We have a bunch of new vinyl in the store right now – stuff from Jack White, Dr. Dog, Howlin’ Wolf, the Smiths, Turn-it-offs and more! We also […]
Yes, Shangri-La will be participating in the Record Store Day event scheduled for April 21, 2012. No word yet on what we’ll have, specifically – but it’ll be lots of cool/exclusive vinyl releases. You gotta come check it out in person to see . . . we will open at 10 a.m. sharp. Get involved!
. . . is less than two weeks away. Mark your calendars for April 14!
This Saturday night (03/31/12), come on out and see Shangri-la owner Jared and staffer J.D. in live rock action at the Hi-Tone to support a really good cause. GrowMemphis is a new non-profit in Memphis that supports urban farms and gardens in the area and also advocates for local food policy changes. www.growmemphis.org Again, the […]
C’mon out and see Shangri-La owner Jared’s new pop/rock band, Wuvbirds this Friday, 02/10/12 at 10 pm. Fun will be had!
Top Ten LOCAL Best Sellers of 2011 (in no particular order). 1. Memphis Heat DVD 2. Amy LaVere Stranger Me CD/LP 3. Jack Oblivian Rat City CD/LP 4. The Bo-Keys Got to Get Back! CD/LP 5. Charles “Packy” Axton Late Late Party CD/LP 6. Dirty Streets Movements CD 7. Limes Tarantula CD/LP 8. Big Star […]
Hey there, folks – we’ve got TONS of hot-off-the-press vinyl in stock right now, and more new stuff is arriving daily. Here’s a small sample of what’s in the bins: Louivin Brothers Satan Is Real, Magnetic Fields Holiday, She & Him A Very She & Him Christmas, Beastie Boys Hot Sauce Two, Florence + […]
Yes – the mighty STAFF (Tim, Geoff and Tripp) will be playing a FREE show at Shangri-La Records on Friday, December 9, 5 – 7 p.m. As an added bonus, everything in the store will be 20% off during the show. Come see a great Memphis rock band for free and save money on your holiday […]
Hello, hello! We hope everybody had a terrific Thanksgiving and is surviving the Christmas season so far. We have just a few quick store updates to pass along. The Black Friday Record Store Day event was a huge success! Thanks to everyone who came out and bought records. We still have a few RSD items […]
First off – happy Thanksgiving, everybody! Now, as you may have guessed, we are participating in the Record Store Day “Black Friday” event. Here are just a few of the exclusive titles we’ll have for sale starting at 10 a.m. on Friday, November 25. . . Wheedles Groove 45s box set Black Keys “Lonely Boy” […]
1. Bike Lanes-Victory! As you may have heard, the resolution to add bike lanes to Madison Ave has passed! We were behind this all the way . . . so much so, that on Monday (before said resolution had passed) we decided to place the following ad in this week’s Memphis Flyer: A moot point […]
Quick update on the Rock for Love goings on in the store this year . . . for the third straight year, Shangri-La Records is proud to host the Rock for Love Day Party on Saturday, Aug. 20 from 1 – 5 p.m. This is a FREE SHOW featuring the talents of Bake Sale, the […]
Memphis art/indie-rockers The Warble will play a free show at Shangri-La Records on Friday, July 29 at 6 p.m. The show will be family and bike friendly, and we’ll be offering the usual 20% discount. Come out and see one of our favorite local bands!
Hey everybody – Shangri-La Records will be closed on Monday, July 4th in observance of Independence Day. We will be open regular hours on Sunday, July 3rd (1-5 p.m.) and Tuesday, July 5th (12-7 p.m.). Stay safe, y’all . . . U-S-A, U-S-A!
Mark your calendars, folks – the Rock for Love day show returns to Shangri-La for a third consecutive year on August 20! If you don’t already know, Rock for Love is a festival of live music benefiting the Church Health Center produced in partnership with Makeshift Music. Now in its fifth year, Rock for Love […]
Greetings, friends of Shangri-La. First off, we want to let everyone out there in internet-land know that we are surviving the torrential floodwaters/wrath of God just fine . . . in all truth, the water never came anywhere near us. (Or most of the city, for that matter. Don’t believe everything you see on the […]