COMMUNIQUÉ

Episodes

1. 1

   ºcommuniqué

   And just like that, it’s Labor Day weekend, welcome to September aka the end of summer… A hot summer, a summer of gratitude, a beautiful summer, a summer of lots of travel, a World Cup summer, ohhhhh what a summer :-) We’re checking in from HQ in San Diego w/ some recaps + updates for the coming...

   Sep 2, 2026

   31m
2. º communiqué

   It’s been a minute… It’s taken us a little time to come out of vortex that was the World of Coffee Expo, which was hosted in our city earlier this month. The time leading up to the convention and the actual convention dates took up a lot of our time + energy. Some of the busiest moments we’ve...

   Apr 28, 2026

   44m
3. º not vinyl

   Hello 2026 🐎 🐎 🐎 We took January off to recover from the mayhem that was the holidays, between servicing a busy shop, private events, family and getting sick, the end of the year was intense! However we are back w/ our first communiqué of the year to announce our next artist residency in the...

   Feb 6, 2026

   46m
4. º not vinyl

   We tapped our friend David, founder of bar (at night)—Longplay’s resident monthly pop-up—to curate this month’s playlist. After a successful debut in September, bar (at night) returns for another evening in just a few days. As w/ all of our guests for not vinyl, we asked David to put together a...

   Nov 1, 2025

   51m
5. º not vinyl

   Wrapping up our 2025 art docket w/ our homie Victor Sánchez. We sat down w/ Victor on a Wednesday afternoon at 𝖑𝖕 to chop it up about all sorts of things, as per usual. From his background of growing up in El Paso, the influence of border radio on bi-national kids and of course about his up and...

   Oct 17, 2025

   27m
6. º not vinyl

   For us, some of the best DJs we’ve encountered are often times not even DJs by trade but rather collectors of artifacts, moments and souvenirs of life. This is definitely that case w/ Itza aka Cartas Ek Statikas. On this episode of not vinyl, we’re joined by the local “leyenda,” which some of you...

   Aug 27, 2025

   48m
7. º not vinyl

   Our playlist series is one of our favorite pieces of content that we produce, ironically for a brand that is committed to an all vinyl experience, this simply isn’t the case w/ “not vinyl.” For this episode of our not vinyl playlist series, we commissioned our homie Ryan Faith of Common Thread....

   Aug 14, 2025

   37m
8. not vinyl º

   It turns out that North Baja’s “Pueblo Mágico” of Tecate, produces more than just good lager and pan dulce… It also happens to be the hometown of Xareni Lizarraga aka our next artist residency at Lp. We sat down w/ Xareni on our day off, just in advance of her up and coming Opening Reception for...

   Jul 31, 2025

   55m
9. º communiqué

   If you opened this thank you. I used to do these sorts of video communiqués often during the pandemic, it was a moment for me to be vulnerable and transparent w/ the struggles I was going through trying to navigate the unknown territory that was. Over time these evolved into more updates of what…

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   Jul 2, 2025

   35m
10. º not vinyl

    To coincide w/ their SoCal debut, we invited Yusuke-san of Lazy Neighbors Diner to curate this edition of our “not vinyl” playlist series + join us for a quick exchange of words on the mics via FaceTime, which we present to you here. Also, shout out to Yusuke-san for getting his first podcast...

    Apr 28, 2025

    30m
11. º not vinyl

    For this edition of our “not vinyl” playlist series, we commissioned our homie Brok Wood, who will also be our first featured artist on our Lp gallery wall in over a year. In addition to the dope playlist (👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽), we linked up w/ Brok earlier this week via FaceTime for a quick conversation...

    Mar 15, 2025

    21m
12. º the compendium

    Bar Stereo Shop Data → City: Tokyo → Neighborhood: Takanadobaba → Metro Station: Takanadobaba → Hours: Mon-Fri: 8p-1a / Sat + Sun: 8p-12a → Style: Record Bar → Instagram: @bar_stereo_takadanobaba → Google Maps: link Sound System → Turntables: Technics 1200 MK5 → Mixer: Compact Disco Soundsytem…

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    Jan 5, 2025

    19m
13. º not vinyl

    In the month’s leading up to our 2-year anniversary (1 Oct 2022), we found ourselves in a nostalgic mood, one of lots of reflection and souvenirs. Thoughts on “what worked” and “what didn’t work” arose accompanied the “what ifs…” the things that we wanted to do initially but just didn’t quite get...

    Oct 14, 2024

    31m
14. º welcome

    Two BIG announcements: We're CLOSING + We're re-introducing THE MEMBERSHIP. Relax we’re just going on Intermission but hopefully that got your attention. At some point we’ll transcribe this but in the meantime, all the details are recorded for your listening pleasure above; I tried to be as quick...

    Apr 27, 2022

    31m