Best record stores in NYC?

[02///M3]

I get 95% of my music online now, but I miss digging through good albums and finding good surprises. Anybody got any recommendations for more obscure/underground record stores? I'm primarily looking for dance/electronic/etc. in manhattan.

P.S. did a search but nothin came up.

[polishmike]

Dancetracks. 91 East 3 St

Halcyon. 57 Pearl St. Brooklyn

Satellite Records. 259 Bowery

Other Music. 15 East 4 st.

I'm too drunk to think of more

[cyberPUNK]

kim's located at 6 St. Marks Place.(between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)New York, NY 10003. 10am to midnight. it's owned by some korean mafioso. lots of good music and great indie flicks on the second floor. definitely can't miss it.

[azad]

yeah the east village is good.

[azad]

also, generation records on thompson...

[cyberPUNK]

that's the funniest signature i've ever seen.

[neverletdown]

generation records is hands down my favorite

[DaBestSpoona]

A1

The Sound Library

Beat Street

[down4nyhc]

also, generation records on thompson...

they're mostly punk/hardcore oriented. their section outside of that is tiny. still worth a trip though.

[readytoignite]

what kind of electronic? those stores cater to djs and thus align by the micro genre.

satellite = techno and house

breakbeat science = drum and bass + dubstep

kim's, other music = hipster

etc, etc

more info on what you're looking for could be helpful....

[metaabuse]

I didn't make it down to Turntable Lab, but it seems to be pretty nice.

I liked Mondo Kim's (Obscure finds if you're lucky, I got The Stranger CD on Pthalo there), Breakbeat Science (Good for new-ish drum'n'bass, good dubstep selectiton, nice and private, though it took me a LONG time to find), Other Music (caters to lots of needs, great staff), and Hospital

(noise and black metal, ahhahahahaha), and Etherea (spelling? Carried a wide range of stuff, some good some garbage)

Also, if you're in a store and don't find what you're looking for, ask one of the sales staff if they know of a store that carries it, it's usually a two-three block walk there anyways.

[fre-co]

sound library is a nice shop, A1 records has a lot of good stuff. I picked up some nice stuff in Academy records, there are a few branches I think.

I didn't like turntablelab much... the people in there are arseholes pretty much.

[werdtoyourmoms]

i keep finding that other music has the most up-to-date selection.

halcyon sucks ass right now

[readytoignite]

I didn't make it down to Turntable Lab, but it seems to be pretty nice.

I liked Mondo Kim's (Obscure finds if you're lucky, I got The Stranger CD on Pthalo there), Breakbeat Science (Good for new-ish drum'n'bass, good dubstep selectiton, nice and private, though it took me a LONG time to find), Other Music (caters to lots of needs, great staff), and Hospital

(noise and black metal, ahhahahahaha), and Etherea (spelling? Carried a wide range of stuff, some good some garbage)

haha yeah, bbs is in the basement of a clothing store now. haven't been to hospital but apparently you have to climb a ladder down from jammyland.

other music is ok, more "edited" towards the nyu hipster than it used to be. speaking of etherea, i miss adult crash

[dakkaisbabel]

i dont buy records but generation has a cat, a selection of absolutely horrible cds for 99 cents, and alot of metal as it has been mentioned.... so its worth stopping by if you are by wash sq park

i haven't been to hospital in like 6 months but if they are still in the same place theres a ridiculously steep ladder you have to go down

small place but alot of noise,

dominic is a cool dude too

[metaabuse]

haha yeah, bbs is in the basement of a clothing store now. haven't been to hospital but apparently you have to climb a ladder down from jammyland.

other music is ok, more "edited" towards the nyu hipster than it used to be. speaking of etherea, i miss adult crash

Yeah, not only is BBS not advertised on the outside of the store, but you wouldn't even know it if you walked into the store.

The ladder there is kind of sketchy, especially when hauling 30 LP's from previous stores. The whole store is about 2/3 of the size of my bedroom, great service from Prurient himself.

[polishmike]

Noise is dead, hipsters killed it. Prurient is a nice guy, I remember back in the day when only handful of people came to his shows.

[mellowfellow]

other music is nice when they have in store live performance. They have a nice collection of used bins and its cheaper than kims.

[readytoignite]

other music is many things, but one thing it's not is cheaper than kims.