With iTunes and illegal downloading having laid to waste many retail outlets, it's left to the niche store to carry on the torch for the beloved mom-and-pop record shops that had served as community centers for music lovers for decades. Proprietors Blake Carlisle and Dan Plunkett incorporate equal parts friendliness and musical knowledge (especially when it comes to experimental, indie pop, jazz, psych, punk, B-movies, etc.) that will guarantee music lovers leave with a bag full of wax worthy of their hard-earned ducats.
