Ear X-tacy is having their closing sale on Saturday and Sunday before shutting their doors for the last time. This is your last chance to use gift cards, say goodbye to the staff and pick up any EarX tshirts you’ve always wanted. WHEN: Saturday Nov 26, Sunday Nov 27 from noon-5pm both days I’m headed [...]

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After 26 years of catering to the Louisville community, local record store ear X-tacy has called it quits. The store was closed unexpectedly on Saturday and Sunday, with the store’s twitter account closed and deleted during the same time. Suspicions the store had closed were confirmed when storeowner John Timmons released a statement today on [...]

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Ear X-Tacy is offering a $20-for-$10 deal over at Groupon today. As a fellow record store employee, I can tell ya that this isn’t a very profitable deal for record stores. So if you’re an occasional customer of theirs and you pick this up, do them (and yourself) a favor and get well over $20 [...]

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Ear X-Tacy is having Young Widows in to play one of their “Ear X-Tacy After Dark” shows. I believe it’s free, but I wouldn’t swear to it. The band are also playing Headliners on April 28. Young Widows w/K Tranza at Ear X-Tacy 2226 Bardstown Rd. Louisville, KY Tuesday, April 12 8pm Young Widows: “Rose [...]

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Kentuckians My Morning Jacket have always loved and promoted the Bluegrass state. Really, they’re better to us than most bands are to their home state. The latest example of their love is today’s news: My Morning Jacket will be pressing up a 12″ Record Store Day single of the title track of their new record [...]

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