Record Store Society
It's time to visit your favorite local record store; a place where music fans spend countless hours flipping through records, discuss the minutia of favorite b-sides, best live albums, and anything else music-related.
Tara Davies/Natalie White · Tara Davies
Show overview
Record Store Society has been publishing since 2020, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 103 episodes, alongside 1 trailer or bonus episode. That works out to roughly 120 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 46 min and 1h 28m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. It is catalogued as a EN-language Music show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 2.1 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2021, with 41 episodes published. Published by Tara Davies.
From the publisher
It's time to visit your favorite local record store; a place where music fans spend countless hours flipping through records, discuss the minutia of favorite b-sides, best live albums, and anything else music-related. If you have any questions, you can always find Tara and Natalie behind the counter ready to give a recommendation or tell you about a recent discovery. Join Record Store Society, a music podcast, biweekly to see what’s new or just to hang around for some music talk.
Latest Episodes
View all 103 episodesEp 100RSS100: Record Store Day & our 100th episode!
It's our 100th episode and it's also Record Store Day! Join us in the store as we chat with RSD cofounder, and Criminal Records owner, Eric Levin. See what new stuff we have over on the site!
Ep 99RSS099: Alice In Chains & Sen Morimoto
In this installment of "Album of the Month Club," Tara and Natalie discuss "Jar of Flies" by Alice in Chains and "Diagnosis" by Sen Morimoto. Learn more about Record Store Society.(00:00) - Intro (01:33) - Alice in Chains - Jar of Flies (23:35) - Sen Morimoto - Diagnosis
Ep 98RSS098: March "New to Me"
In this episode, Natalie and Tara share "new to them" music that they've been loving. Share your latest faves with us on social!
Ep 97RSS097: Forgotten Girl Groups - Marine Girls, The Jones Girls
Part two of the Forgotten Girl Groups series - Natalie and Tara do a deep dive on girl groups, Marine Girls and The Jones Girls. Learn more about Record Store Society.
Ep 96RSS096: Top 5 90s Love Songs
In this episode, Jeff Guenther LPC, aka TherapyJeff, stops by to chat top 90s love songs with Natalie and Tara. Learn more about Record Store Society. (00:00) - Intro (00:52) - TherapyJeff enters. (05:30) - TherapyJeff's list (30:53) - Natalie's list (48:12) - Tara's list (01:04:06) - Honorable mentions
Ep 95RSS095: Knower & The Blackbyrds
In this installment of "Album of the Month Club," Tara and Natalie discuss "Knower Forever" by Knower and "Action" by The Blackbyrds. Learn more about Record Store Society. (00:00) - Intro (01:02) - Knower (17:05) - The Blackbyrds
Ep 94RSS094: Best Albums of 2023
It's time for the Top 5 Albums of 2023! Stay til the end to hear even more top albums from other listeners around the globe. Learn more about Record Store Society. (00:00) - Intro (06:07) - Best of list begins (36:53) - Honorable Mentions (39:14) - Friends of the store lists
Ep 93RSS093: Top 5 Disturbingly Weird Songs
In this episode, Scott Leeds, author of the debut horror novel, Schrader's Chord, stops by to talk about creepy weird songs.(00:00) - Intro (02:00) - Scott Leeds joins (15:54) - Natalie's List (31:51) - Scott's list (58:23) - Tara's list
Ep 92RSS004 Rerun: Top 5 Christmas Songs
In this episode, we go back in time to our 4th episode where Seth and Tara chat with Scott Leeds about our favorite Christmas songs. (00:00) - Intro (02:50) - Tara's list (22:44) - Seth's list (40:31) - Scott's list
Ep 91RSS091: Forgotten Girl Groups - Fanny, The Blossoms
This episode is part one of a new theme where Tara and Natalie do deep dives on some girl groups in music that have long been forgotten or overlooked. In this episode, Tara and Natalie discuss the career and music of Fanny, a rock band from the early 70s, and The Blossoms, a soul group from the 60s. (00:00) - Intro (05:35) - Fanny (20:35) - The Blossoms (40:36) - Outro
Ep 90RSS090: Top 5 Comeback Albums
EIn this episode, multi-instrumentalist and music producer, Carlos Andujar aka Navigateur, stops by the store to chat about the best comeback albums with Natalie and Tara. Learn more about Record Store Society, your new favorite music podcast.
Ep 89RSS089: Top 5 Halloween Songs
In this episode, Tara and Natalie chat about their top 5 Halloween songs. Learn more about Record Store Society, your new favorite music podcast.
Ep 88RSS088: James Blake & Tom Tom Club
In this installment of "Album of the Month Club," Tara and Natalie discuss "Playing Robots Into Heaven" by James Blake and "Downtown Rockers" by Tom Tom Club. Learn more about Record Store Society.
Ep 87RSS087: September "New to Me"
In this episode, Natalie and Tara share "new to them" music that they've been loving. Share your latest music faves in our Discord channel!
Ep 86RSS086: Music Technology - Loops pt. 2 and Headphones
Join Tara and Natalie in the store as they dig into advancements in music technology. In this episode, they discuss the history of headphones and wrap up the history of looping from part 1 featured in episode 73. Learn more about Record Store Society.
Ep 85RSS085: Fridge & Loney Dear
In this installment of "Album of the Month Club," Tara and Natalie discuss "Happiness" by Fridge and "Dear John" by Loney Dear. Learn more about Record Store Society.
Ep 84RSS084: Top 5 Music Landmarks
In this episode, author Crispin Kott stops by the store to chat about music landmarks with Natalie and Tara. Learn more about Record Store Society, your new favorite music podcast.
Ep 83RSS083: July "New To Me"
In this episode, Natalie and Tara share "new to them" music that they've been loving. Share your latest music faves in our Discord channel!
Ep 82RSS082: Top 5 Goth Covers
In this episode, Adam Darby, aka dj Black Sunshine, stops by to chat Top 5 Goth Covers with Natalie and Tara. Learn more about Record Store Society, your new favorite music podcast.
Ep 81RSS081: Brandee Younger & The City
In this installment of "Album of the Month Club," Tara and Natalie discuss "Now That Everything's Been Said" by The City and "Brand New Life" by Brandee Younger. Learn more about Record Store Society.