20 Amazing Gift Ideas For Music Lovers

Gadgets, instruments, art, apparel, and more!

Matthew Perpetua 5 months ago 39 responses

8 Amazing Sculptures Made From CDs, LPs And Tapes

A Japanese artist is turning old records into remarkable art.

Matt Putrino 5 months ago 30 responses

That Cat Is Either A DJ Or Really Displeased With Bob Marley

Cat changing the song. And ruining the record. :(

Reddit Alien 5 months ago 61 responses

How Vinyl Records Were Made In The Fifties

RCA made this film in 1955 to show how they manufactured LPs, from recording the music to pressing it in a factory. (Via Turn the Record Over)

Matthew Perpetua 7 months ago 6 responses

11 Altered Album Covers

Deface Value is a blog that chronicles vinyl album covers that have been defaced or, dare I say, drastically improved. Donny Osmond is terrifying.

Brian Feldman 9 months ago 17 responses

The New Ultimate Hipster Thing

It’s a tiny skateboard made out of vinyl records. They’re sold in Williamsburg, and they come with a pair of sunglasses. Your vinyl collection is totally complete now. (via subtletyinexcess.tumblr.com)

Peggy Wang a year ago 7 responses

Celebrities Pretending To DJ

Apparently if you put headphones on, that makes you a DJ. I mean, I would go to a party if Hulk Hogan was DJing.

Peggy Wang a year ago 28 responses

Vinyl Record That Looks Like A Pizza

An ’80s band called Wankers had the all-time best idea for its vinyl album art. With tracks like “Pizza Boy Massacre” and “Too Skinny For Love”, this 1988 release was clearly seminal in the pizzawave genre.

Katie Notopoulos a year ago 43 responses

Old Record Covers With New ‘Sleeves’

Clever audiophiles the world over have been taking old, beloved record sleeves featuring head shots of famous musical artists and creating the illusion that their body continues past the frame. (via)

BurnRed a year ago 223 responses

Tree-Slice Turntable

Audiowood has created one of the more unique turntables I’ve ever seen that takes a slice from an ash tree to create a vinyl player that all your music snob friends are sure to envy. For only $850 you can become king of the music snobs! (via trendhunter.com) View List ›

Todd Van Luling a year ago 9 responses

Vinyl Monsters

Recycled records laser-cut into puzzles so you can construct awesome models such as a velociraptor, ant or stegosaurus. (Via Kickstarter) View Media ›

Mike Hayes 2 years ago 24 responses

Hot Chicks Doing Cosplay At WonderCon

A bunch of cute women doing cosplay at this year’s WonderCon. Thank you, nerds. Thank you. View List ›

Gavon Laessig 2 years ago 138 responses

Turn Your Ashes Into Vinyl When You Die

A UK company called And Vinyly allows you to immortalize yourself in vinyl by sprinkling your ashes onto a record before pressing. For about $4,800 (£3000) you get up to 30 records containing you and any audio recording you wish, leaving behind the ultimate mixtape! View Image ›

sly 2 years ago 43 responses

Animated Album Covers on animatedalbums.tumblr.com ›

Ever wish your favorite album covers could become Monty Pythonesque animated GIFs? Your wish has been granted by the nifty new Tumblr blog aptly titled: Animated Albums.

Jess Amason 3 years ago 14 responses

Dear David Sedaris, Stop Being So Awesome

Satirist and king of the disaffected nerd-gays, David Sedaris, has taken his accidental cool one step further by releasing his audio-book on vinyl. Pssst! BuzzFeed secret santa, you know what to do. View Image ›

Jess Amason 3 years ago 13 responses