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14 years later: The sudden rise, fall (and return) of ‘Nashville’s finest’ rock wonderAlessandro CoronaSpecial to Cincinnati Enquirer View CommentsEnding a 14-year hiatus, garage punks Be Your Own Pet have returned with a new album, “Mommy.” They bring their supporting tour to The Lodge in Dayton, Kentucky, at the end of October, co-hosted by Covington’s Hail Records & Oddities. Neil […]

Special Thanks to  Devin Thompson for highlighting some great Cincinnati area record shops in his documentary series, THE DIG!

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 […]

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 […]

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 – […]

A key to the record-store game these days seems to be diversification. One area record store sells coffee. Another sells taxidermy. Yes, taxidermy.

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.

If “Queen City Records” had been published a year ago, it would have been considerably thinner. A vinyl boom is taking place here, and

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