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| - When I first started coming to Madison, and then when I moved here, I didn't like B-Side. I thought it was all elitist and stuff. It's a tiny tiny store packed with CDs and some records. I was totally intimidated by it and it's rock guy ness. It's only been in the last year that I've come to realize how rad that place is, especially if you're a rock snob. It's not a store for someone looking to pick up a CD by the newest MTV band, but it is great if you're looking for things that are harder to find. I don't know if they officially specialize in indie rock, but that's mostly what they have so I'd guess that they do. If you can't find what you want, they'll order it for you. They've even looked up release dates for things that I wanted, so I could know when to come back.
Their world section is small, but full of delicious wonderfulness that you won't find many other places, and especially not in chain stores. They also have a section of what I think they call "classics," which is pretty much what you'll hear on a good classic rock station. Not too much Zepplin (that's a good thing), but they have plenty of that really incredible rock from the 60s and 70s that I like a lot.
If you're looking for current indie rock and the things that inspired it, B-Side is the place to go. If you want hip-hop, electronic that isn't on Astralwerks, metal, or pretty much anything besides rock, some blues, some jazz, some world, and some punk, B-Side is not the place to go unless you want to expand your horizons.
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