Celebrate Record Store Day on April 21, 2012

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Record Store Day will be held on April 21, 2012. Celebrated on the third Saturday of April each year, the event celebrates music and independently owned record stores.

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Lunchbox Records in Plaza Midwood will open at 9 a.m. and be open until at least 9 p.m. They've got a full list of the releases they hope to have for sale here. They'll also have stickers and slipmats to give away along with 120 copies of Jeff Hahne's Homebrew Vol. 5.

Among the releases are:
* Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends double LP featuring collaborations with Kesha, Nick Cave and Erykah Badu
* A Mastodon/Feist split 7" featuring Mastodon's cover of her "A Commotion," and Feist's cover of "Black Tongue."
* Carolina Chocolate Drops/Run DMC: "You Be Illin" Warner Bros. 7" coke bottle green vinyl 3000
* The Civil Wars: Billie Jean 7"
* Jimmy Fallon: "Tebowie" 7"
* Grace Potter & the Nocturnals: Live at the Hollywood CD

Other participating stores include The Birdsnest in Davidson, N.C., and The Record Cellar in Rock Hill, S.C.