
Secret Cincinnati Release
Excited to be featured in Kathryn Witt’s new book Secret Cincinnati. Hail made spot 16 on the list of 89 weird, wonderful, and obscure things to do in the tristate. Very honored to be listed amoungst some of our favorite local places and looking forward to adventuring to the ones we never knew existed! Stop […]

55 LOCAL SHOPS WHERE YOU CAN BUY ALL. THE. STUFF.
OCTOBER 29, 2018 – NEW WORKSHOP SCHEDULED – Learn how to mount and display your very own Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata). These are amongst the most massive of insects allowed on planet earth, only trumped by the Goliathus beetle by weight! This workshop is part insect positioning and part taxidermy. These little babies are so large you actually have […]

Cincy Vinyl Trail Interviews Neil of HAIL
Steph from The Cincy Vinyl Trail has been trailing around chatting with regional vinyl store owners and creating a map of all brick and mortar stores, in hopes that collectors in the Greater Cincinnati area, and beyond, will be able to connect with these great local shops. This month, Steph stepped into the other-worldly HAIL – […]

SATAN CLAWS PICS ARE HERE
We’re ready to gobble up your holiday spirit! SATAN CLAWS is coming to town! Hail Cincinnati hosts SATAN CLAWS – your cheeky NONPROFIT reprieve from traditional pics w/ Santa. 👹 Pics are only $10! All proceeds go to The Camp Project.

Holiday gift guide for the music lover
A key to the record-store game these days seems to be diversification. One area record store sells coffee. Another sells taxidermy. Yes, taxidermy.

City Beat – The Visual Side of the Vinyl Shop
The Visual Side of the Vinyl Shop: “Queen City Records” by photographer Mike Spitz captures the essence of local indie record stores through photos and interviews.

CINCINNATI ENQUIRER – Cincinnati record stores are booming. This book explains why.
If “Queen City Records” had been published a year ago, it would have been considerably thinner. A vinyl boom is taking place here, and

WCPO – At Hail Dark Aesthetic in Covington, the macabre, the morbid and the music reign
COVINGTON, Ky. — Have you been looking for a dead bat to hang in your hallway? Maybe a vintage mortuary kit for all your cadaverous needs? Maybe a Bob Seger record?

VOTED CITY BEAT BEST OF 2017
STAFF PICK – Best Imitation Of Borgin And Burkes

Nashville-based oddities shop opens first Greater Cincinnati outpost: PHOTOS
OCTOBER 29, 2018 – NEW WORKSHOP SCHEDULED – Learn how to mount and display your very own Jungle Nymph (Heteropteryx dilatata). These are amongst the most massive of insects allowed on planet earth, only trumped by the Goliathus beetle by weight! This workshop is part insect positioning and part taxidermy. These little babies are so large you actually have […]