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Reno:
I usually go up to the person at the counter (the staff at the Scratch Records store in Vancouver are very knowledgable) and ask them what is new in the store, what is local, check out the staff picks list, and see if they have any suggestions that arent on said list.  Then I use my judgement based on my own personal tastes before i buy it.

Thrillho:
Album art has never been an issue with me. A lot of albums I like a lot - Turn On The Bright Lights, Emmerhoff and The Melancholy Babies - have really shit album art.

Equally, something having badass album art doesn't make it a good album. And nor does having a half-naked woman on the front, I'm looking at you, Deftones.

Garcin:
I don't actually shop in record stores anymore.  I do all my CD shopping online.  Basically the only reason I still go to music stores at all is to see if their collection is better than mine.  This attitude may have something to do with the fact that I won't be buying my own place to live any time soon.

nuisance:
Currently I go to the massive store near me, and first go to the section where there are listings like "contemporary" / "avant pop" / "post-rock" / "ambient" and listen to everything on the listening posts that I haven't heard.  While doing that I do a bit of browsing of any nearby CDs to see if anything looks familiar or rings bells.  

In terms of new names I'm generally looking at labels to see if a label I like has released something by someone I don't know.  Also, of course, spotting names or titles I saw mentioned online somewhere.

Then I head to the section for pop and r&b and repeat, but with no interest in labels cos most of this stuff is on majors, nothing with a particular sound or style attached.

I at least walk past the listening posts for indie stuff as well, but generally only listen to things I've already heard about.

I also do ridiculous amounts of reading about music I like - get all the label mail-outs etc. - so that when I go into a store I have this kind of "passive knowledge" of what I might want to check out if I stumble upon it.

Usually this takes 2-3 hours and I don't buy anything.  :o

Rubby:
Unless it’s $0.75 records from the thrift store I just don’t buy on impulse; I’m too broke to be partaking in this sort of behaviour. This is why I’m a pirate (arrr), that way I don’t have to impulse shop and I know I’ll like everything I buy.

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