Neighborhood Guide

Secret Spots in West Seattle

The wild west is buzzier than just its beachfront.

03/17/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

For the record

A Guide to Seattle Record Store Day 2022

What local shops are doing for the vinyl lover's Black Friday, arranged by key.

04/22/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Getting Warmer

A Guide to Seattle-Area Record Stores

A rundown of where to go crate digging in and around our very musical city.

04/01/2022 By Stefan Milne and Sophie Grossman

Work Hard, Play Hard

Local Essentials: An Intern's Guide to Seattle

Skip the Space Needle and live like a Seattleite with this roundup of our favorite off-the-clock spots.

07/18/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Crate Dig

A Guide to Seattle’s Record Store Day

Record Store Day is Saturday, April 13. Here’s how to navigate based on your musical inclinations.

04/11/2019 By Stefan Milne

100 Great little Shops

Long Live Analog: Seattle's 11 Essential Bookstores and Record Shops

Don’t upload the requisite parts of your personality to the cloud.

10/23/2017 By Darren Davis

Weekend Hit List

Tyranny and Mutation at Easy Street Records for Record Store Day

Support Seattle record shops and one of the most badass Seattle vintage sellers in one fell swoop out in West Seattle this weekend.

04/17/2014 By Laura Cassidy

Keep Spinning

Seattle Record Store Day 2014 Guide

A preview of RSD's Seattle-based exclusives, in-store performances, and more.

04/16/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Fresh Beats

Popup: Elpee's Beat Shop at Creature

The Cap Hill creative agency spruces up its storefront once again for the holidays, this time curing—err, curating—vintage vinyl, butcher block style.

12/19/2013 By Molly Warinsky

Spin Me Right Round

Meet a Pearl Jam Rocker on Record Store Day

Mike McCready and Screaming Trees' Barrett Martin will be signing Mad Season albums at Easy Street this Saturday.

04/18/2013 By Laura Dannen

Seattle Sound

Pickwick Preps For Tour with Two Free Concerts

The Seattle soul outfit plays Easy Street and Sonic Boom before hitting the road.

02/26/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

Closing Time

Easy Street Queen Anne's Final In-Store Concert Is This Friday

Clear your calendar: Yo La Tengo will help close down the record store.

01/15/2013 By Seattle Met Staff

RIP

Easy Street Records Queen Anne to Close

After 12 years of keeping us in vinyl and CDs, the record store makes way for a Chase Bank.

01/02/2013 By Laura Dannen