I stumbled upon Animal Records (624 Grove Street) when I was in Evanston doing research for a book I’m writing. I arrived during their “soft opening” when they were still stocking record bins from the massive collection in the basement.
Despite still bringing out their inventory, and still categorizing it, they already had a good number of customers who were delighted to find a new record store not terribly far from the Northwestern University campus. How could they not be when they could find stuff like this?
Or this?
The selection is vinyl-heavy, but that’s okay when you can find goofy stuff like this.
It’s a fun place. I walked out of there with an Esquivel CD that’s a fun spin. The word is that the basement will be open for crate-diggers next year. Don’t miss that.
Keep your mind open.
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