The Vintage Underground

02/21/2025

While we’re temporarily on top of our social media game I wanted to post a playlist of some of the amazing black american artists on our indie labels. In the midst of a precarious time for the arts in our country, and during black history month in particular, it’s important to seek out and support black artistry. Simply streaming these artists is a great first step, but please look into them if any strike a cord with you, and remember that this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to black talent in the states 🎉🎉

02/14/2025

We! Are! Open!!! 🎉🎉🎉 And in love with our new floor!!! Brave the rain and come see it this weekend :) You can listen to this love-ish themed playlist on the way (if you can speak french please let me know if the Autour de Lucie song is at least vaguely on theme)

02/12/2025

So reopening on Wednesday is a bust 🙃🙃 Sounds like the AV company won’t be able to make it out to reinstall our sound system til Thursday, and who knows what town’s going to look like tomorrow morning. We’re now aiming to reopen on Thursday (knock! on! wood!) but for now check out this playlist that was cathartic for me to make once I started seeing how much the snow was sticking.

02/07/2025

Nearly a week post-flood update-- Things are moving fast! There is a new floor and a redone ceiling in the record room! We’re aiming to be open again by Wednesday! Ahhh!! Suffice it to say we’re very excited, but after this week we’re so ready to take a nap 🫠🫠 Here’s a playlist of some of our favorite sleepy songs from our new music collection, give it a listen if your week has been even a little bit as crazy as ours.

02/06/2025

Day 6 post-flood update-- Demolition has started!!!!!! Right now it looks like we should be open by the end of next week (fingers crossed, knock on wood, etc.) but for now here’s a short playlist that captures what it felt like when the contractor started ripping out the damaged floor by hand :)

02/04/2025

Day 4 post-flood update— It looks like the demo+repair work is going to move forward later this week (fingers crossed)!! In the meantime, head to our sister-store biblion (on the opposite side of our building) for a small selection of TVU gifts, and listen to this playlist of some 2025 releases from our indie labels. If you like any of ‘em, email us at [email protected] to ask about picking up a copy at biblion.

02/02/2025

Hi! It’s been a while since we’ve posted anything (we’re unbelievably bad at social media) but if you’ve seen the sign on our door then you know there was a flood in the record room yesterday. So sorry if you came out to see us over the weekend and were disappointed, trust that we would’ve much rather had you guys down there than servpro. Luckily we were able to save a good chunk of our collection, but we will be closed for repairs to the floor and ceiling— stay tuned for updates on the schedule for our reopening.
In the meantime, we’ve put together a playlist of some of the songs that would’ve been playing over the speakers if we were open— if you fall in love with any of them email us ([email protected]) about picking up the record at our sister-store biblion. We’re going to explore other options in terms of getting our records and silly gifts to people looking for them, but if you have any questions/requests please reach out.
To everyone who’s missing the shop— much love, and see you soon!!

07/06/2022

So . . . you guys all know how much we stink at social media (apologies to all of our record labels : )), but we log on every now and then to reply to all of your kind messages. Imagine our delight when we logged on today and found this fun list, where The Shopkeepers not only found Delaware but also somehow found the Underground! Go figure! We're all pleased as punch!

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