Record Store Day Black Friday is coming up Friday November 26th! We will be open from 12-6pm! Upon opening we will be letting in the first 5-10 people that are in line and that will continue as long as necessary. This is a great day to do some holiday shopping and support local! Please be nice to your fellow shoppers! This event is for music lovers and should be about celebrating music and indie record shops! We you #Huntsville!
There are so many great releases coming out this year! You can view the list of RSD DROP date releases here: Record Store Day Drop Releases!
Record Store Day titles are first come first serve and there are no holds or pre-sales on those specific titles. They are also limited to one copy per person on each release. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instragram accounts for pictures of some of the releases that will be available!
On Friday October 8 at 6pm, Aaron Cometbus and Scott Satterwhite will give a presentation on their book “A Punkhouse in the Deep South: The Oral History of 309”.
Using student interviews collected before the pandemic, A Punkhouse in the Deep South (University Press of Florida) describes the lives of a Pensacola punk rock community living in one of the country’s oldest punkhouses—309. Cometbus and Satterwhite’s presentation will offer a glimpse into the house’ origins and the punks that made the house a home, all the while creating everything from music to art, and even a few businesses.
What: 309 Punk Project hosts Book Release: “Punkhouse in the Deep South” Who: Authors Aaron Cometbus and Scott Satterwhite When: Friday October 8 at 6pm. Where: Vertical Record House, 2211 Seminole Dr, Railroad Room #9.
*Books available for purchase.
About the Book: Told in personal interviews, this is the collective story of a punk community in an unlikely town and region, a hub of radical counterculture that drew artists and musicians from throughout the conservative South and earned national renown.
The house at 309 6th Avenue has long been a crossroads for punk rock, activism, veganism, and queer culture in Pensacola, a quiet Gulf Coast city at the border of Florida and Alabama. In this book, residents of 309 narrate the colorful and often comical details of communal life in the crowded and dilapidated house over its 30-year existence. Terry Johnson, Ryan “Rymodee” Modee, Gloria Diaz, Skott Cowgill, and others tell of playing in bands including This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb, operating local businesses such as End of the Line Cafe, forming feminist support groups, and creating zines and art.
Each voice adds to the picture of a lively community that worked together to provide for their own needs while making a positive, lasting impact on their surrounding area. Together, these participants show that punk is more than music and teenage rebellion. It is about alternatives to standard narratives of living, acceptance for the marginalized in a rapidly changing world, and building a sense of family from the ground up.
Including photos by Cynthia Connolly and Mike Brodie, A Punkhouse in the Deep South illuminates many individual lives and creative endeavors that found a home and thrived in one of the oldest continuously inhabited punkhouses in the United States.
About the authors: Aaron Cometbus has been publishing the zine Cometbus since 1981. He is the author of many books, including Double Duce and I Wish There Was Something That I Could Quit. Scott Satterwhite is a historian, educator, and journalist who teaches writing and literature at the University of West Florida. Cometbus and Satterwhite are former residents of the 309 punkhouse.
The Pizza Peddler will be out from 5pm-until serving up his amazing creations with us!
Record Store Day Drops are back Saturday June 12th and Saturday July 17th! We will be open from 12-6pm! Upon opening we will be letting in the first 5-10 people that are in line and that will continue as long as necessary. Please be nice to your fellow shoppers! This event is for music lovers and should be about celebrating music and indie record shops! We you #Huntsville!
All Record Store Day titles are first come first serve and there are no holds or pre-sales on those specific titles. They are also limited to one copy per person on each release. Many releases will sell out fast so come early and get a spot in line! Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instragram accounts for pictures of some of the releases that will be available!
Once again we’ve teamed up with Oscilloscope to offer TRUTH TO POWER, the new doc about System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian! A streaming link will be available to purchase via our website starting Thursday February 18th at 6pm (CST)! Your rental $ helps us out, too!
Whew! 2020! What a year it has been amirite?! To bring some cheer to the year and help those in need, we’ve partnered with the Food Bank of North Alabama and are having a food drive and it’s going on through the rest of December! Non-perishable items needed most: canned vegetables, canned fruit, canned proteins (beans, tuna, chicken), cereal, breakfast items, pasta, pasta sauce, peanut butter & jelly, diapers. Or you are welcome to donate monetarily online at www.fbofna.org.
While holiday shopping is coming to an end, please remember that if you need anything shipped or delivered please let us know! Our store is open for in-store shopping and we are also doing curbside pickup if that is your preference! Please note our holiday hours below!
From December 19th through January 3rd, a pay-per-view HD Video stream of Pearl Jam’s June 26, 2018 show from the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy will be available on Nugs.net. This iconic show features a 39-song setlist lasting over three hours.
The band hopes that their fans can enjoy a holiday season at home by taking a sonic and visual trip to The Eternal City.
“Life is best above the Spanish steps. It means so much to feel at home walking the streets of Rome.” – Eddie Vedder during the band’s performance of “Daughter” on this night.
Pearl Jam has partnered with Nugs to present this 39- song set, mixed in stereo and 5.1 digital surround sound by Pearl Jam Producer, Josh Evans. This never-seen-before footage was captured using multiple HD cameras by videographer Blue Leach and edited by PJ archivist Kevin Shuss.
Record Store Day Black Friday is coming up Friday November 27th! We will be open from 12-6pm! Upon opening we will be letting in the first 5-10 people that are in line and that will continue as long as necessary. At the moment our store occupancy is 34 customers per CDC social distancing guidelines. We will have gloves and hand sanitizer available upon entering and masks are required. This is a great day to do some holiday shopping and support local! Please be nice to your fellow shoppers! This event is for music lovers and should be about celebrating music and indie record shops! We you #Huntsville!
Record Store Day titles are first come first serve and there are no holds or pre-sales on those specific titles. They are also limited to one copy per person on each release. Keep an eye on our Facebook and Instragram accounts for pictures of some of the releases that will be available!
Britain, late-1970s. Punk is exploding. The country is deeply divided over immigration. The National Front, a far-right political party, is gaining strength as politicians like Enoch Powell push a xenophobic agenda. Outraged by a racist speech from Eric Clapton, music photographer Red Saunders teams up with like-minded creatives to create Rock Against Racism. The RAR zine reports on stories and issues that the mainstream British media ignores, like immigration, the Catholic side of the Northern Ireland conflict, and the police’s controversial “suspected persons,” and speaks directly to the youth of Britain. The National Front begins to strike back, committing acts of violence against RAR supporters, but the momentum spreads virally across the UK and Europe, becoming a grassroots youth movement, while The Clash, Steel Pulse, and other top bands of the day jump on board. White Riot is a moment in time when a generation challenged the status quo, and music changed the world.
Featuring Interviews and Performances by:
THE CLASH – STEEL PULSE – POLY STYRENE – SHAM 69 – ALIEN KULUTRE – RED SAUNDERS – TOM ROBINSON BAND
Tune in. Drop out. Get loud. With Vertical House Records x CREEM Magazine, as we join together to bring you an exclusive advanced screening of ‘CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll Magazine’ Documentary!
Stay home and party with KISS, Alice Cooper, Joan Jett, and more gods of rock ‘n’ roll! Catch an exclusive screening of ‘CREEM: America’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll Magazine’ on AUGUST 7th! #creem #creem50 #boyhowdy #creemmag
Preorder the new BRIGHT EYES “Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was” vinyl from us and you will get access to an exclusive virtual in-store on the release day August 21st! Just drop us an email at verticalhouse@gmail.com or stop by the store for pre-order info! The price for the LP version is $22 (includes sales tax) for either the colored version below or standard black vinyl, CD is $14, Cassette is $9. Our store hours are Wednesday-Friday: 12-6pm and Saturday: 12-5pm!