Record stores and music stores often sell cleaners specifically designed for use on audio materials. Check the ingredients of any cleaner that you buy to make sure that you are comfortable with everything included. Make sure to follow the directions closely as well. These cleaners are far too abrasive for records and can destroy the vinyl. Place the record on a cleaning mat. You can buy these mats at record stores and they are generally made out of cork or another soft material.

If you are worried about using liquids on top of your turntable, then a mat is a good idea. You can place the record flat on the mat and use the attached spindle to hold the record secure. Before you clean with a solution make sure that your mat can handle it. Drizzle the liquid over the record. Once you have a solution on hand, gently drizzle a few drops over the surface of the record.

Or, moisten a towel with the solution and apply this moisture to the surface of the record. You want the record to be slightly damp, definitely not drenched. Wipe with a microfiber towel. Grasp your towel and wipe in a counter-clockwise motion across the record, following the grooves. Be gentle, but apply enough pressure so that the towel makes contact with the interior parts of the groove.

Use a totally fresh microfiber cloth to dry the entire record when finished. Use a manual cleaning machine. If you are not interested in cleaning your records by hand, then you can invest in a machine to do some of the work for you.

There are machines that require special fluids, ones that brush both sides of a disk at once, and ones that combine vacuuming and brushing. Do some research online to find a machine that suits your particular needs. To save money, look for a machine that uses brushes to clean, instead of vacuums. Method 3 of Keep your records dry. Never play or store a wet record. It is a myth that playing a wet record will reduce static build-up.

Limited to copies worldwide. Good to meet you. Why not sign up to our weekly newsletter? Your bag is empty Put something in it Their clatter and chime are complimented through subtler passages of introspection and the occasional noisy breakdown, with snare and cymbals approaching roar.

It all adds to the heady, sensation of free-falling through the album. A feeling that the horizon has become broader. Her diary entry-like lyrics are seemingly spoken to you in confidence and trust, as well as embracing ideas of self-belief. Over the past couple of years, we've heard a lot of new indie rock bands playing charming, low-tech music like the last 10 years-- or 20, or 30 years-- never happened: Vivian Girls, Real Estate, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, etc.

Some of these bands try to take their old influences in new directions, and some don't bother. Now that I'm thinking about retro, I'm thinking about Folgers Coffee ads: Tonight, we're secretly replacing this noisy cassette-label band from the mids with something that came out last week-- let's see if people know the difference, or if they care. Trash Kit are three British girls who are single-mindedly faithful to a very specific style born in the late s: small-scale, distortion-free punk like the Slits and the Raincoats.

Guitar, bass, drums. Then using a record brush like the ones we described above, lightly wipe the discs in the direction of the grooves to clean up the soapy mixture. Repeat this process one more time using only the deionized water so no Tergitol to clean off any remaining soapy residue. Using a soft micro-fiber cloth gently pat the record dry.

Excess moisture can cause the sleeve to mold and damage the record. If you really want to protect your investment, place the newly cleaned records in fresh archival inner record sleeves like these ones from Mobile Fidelity. Trash Kit Confidence Upset The Rhythm The last time we heard from Trash Kit in on their self-titled debut, the all-female London trio sounded like an exuberant amalgamation of X-Ray Spex and Delta 5 across 17 snippets of scratchy, fidgety post-punk.

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