Revilla Grooves and Gear – Reopening: Monday June 15th!

By revillagrooves / June 12, 2020

Revilla Grooves and Gear Will Reopen Monday June 15th!! Hello Everyone, It has been a sad, heavy, scary and crazy three months. I hope all of you have been staying safe and making the best of this time. As New Jersey begins to take steps toward our new normal, businesses like ours have been given…

Unsung Vinyl – Curtis / Live

By revillagrooves / July 5, 2019

Sometimes a record isn’t rare, it isn’t expensive but yet it isn’t terribly common either. It won’t be in every record store’s bins, but it will show up from time to time. These titles often get passed over because the buzz just isn’t there, yet the quality of music contained in the grooves is top…

Unsung Vinyl

By revillagrooves / June 15, 2019

Sometimes a record isn’t rare, it isn’t expensive but yet it isn’t terribly common either. It won’t be in every record store’s bins, but it will show up from time to time. These titles often get passed over because the buzz just isn’t there, yet the quality of music contained in the grooves is top…

The Lure of Vinyl

By revillagrooves / December 12, 2018

It may seem odd that at at time when there is more access to music than any other in history, that vinyl, an analog format, is thriving. There are 35 million songs available on Spotify at the swipe of a finger. Neilson Music reports that in 2018, there have already been 7.6 million records sold,…

Revilla Grooves and Gear: New Location

By revillagrooves / October 17, 2018

Revilla Grooves and Gear opened its doors to a new space in late August. Moving just .4 of a mile, a mere 8 minute walk, from the previous location landed the shop’s proprietor and namesake Darren Revilla in a multi-functional record store that he’s been dreaming up for years. The new space opens up to…

Revilla Grooves in Sound & Vision Magazine

By revillagrooves / August 5, 2016

I am so grateful to Bob Ankosko and the folks at Sound and Vision Magazine for such a great write up in the current issue.

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Record Shows Fall 2016: Where to Find Revilla Grooves

By revillagrooves / August 5, 2016

Hello fellow Vinyl and Music enthusiasts! Fall is coming and that means it’s time get ready for all of the great upcoming Vinyl Record shows in the area. There are shows in Philly, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island and NJ, all worth attending. Here are the events at which you’ll find Revilla Grooves and Gear in…

Records? You sell Records?

By revillagrooves / August 5, 2016

It’s true, we do. We sell vinyl records. By we, I mean me, Daren Revilla, owner of Revilla Grooves and Gear, my small staff, record show assistants, and the greater community of record dealers in the US and abroad. It seems crazy, I know. Records are old, really old. The earliest recordings to wax discs…