saw some questions about nyc record stores...
my personal fave is other music 4th street and broadway, across the
street from tower and next to anime crash. www.othermusic.com still not
done. excellent selection of new and stock idm and eclectic type stuff
here, and bright orange bags.
and after that, go up to 9th street and start walking east. losta good
stuff here, all on the left (north) side. first you'll see footwork,
downstairs stocking hiphop i guess, another store in philly?. after
veselka on the right you'll hit breakbeatscience
(www.breakbeatscience.com), if you want the freshest jungle, drum and
bass, its here, along with dara db paul c and whoever else. check 88.7
when its on the air btw.
keep going down 9th. you can skip the little stores and vegan food joints
if you want and head to etherea, another good record store. pretty much
everthing but not as idm-focused as othermusic. then next door you've got
strange? more rave/techno oriented, still good. owner bakes a mean cookie.
walk any further and you'll hit tompkins square park. crackheads galore.
grab a slice at ninos, head to st marks, and walk back west. you'll find
See Hear, a great zine store (in case you forgot to get the latest
immerse). also if they have it check noise(3) from attik its fucking
bomb. really goes beyond tdr's recent output imo.
theres some other stuff on that street, mondo kims, kinda shitty except
for the occasional mu-ziq performance.
also if you like hiphop check phat beats, 6th ave and 8th st. head down a
bit on 6th ave to carmine for sonic groove if you like techno or house.
hmm...throb, 14th maybe near union square. various other shit here and
there, virgin megastore if you wanna hear some free shit and buy
overpriced imports...