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AGS label boss Roger Bong recently flew across the Pacific and The Pond to bring the sunny sounds of Hawaii to the UK. He recorded his monthly NTS show, Home Grown, live from the NTS London studios, and later in the month popped into Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Basement for a special one-off broadcast on Worldwide FM (much love to the station — they're pausing their regular programming at the end of this month for a restructure).   Roger will also be joining Be With Records's Rob Butler in Manchester for a Sunday evening all-vinyl b2b session at NAM. Free and open to the public, 7pm...

This Sunday: hang at the shop, drink free Kona Brewing, and vibe to vinyl records played by friends and collectors. We're hosting these casual hangs at the shop every 3rd Sunday of the month.  Join us for the first one on Sunday, October 16th from 5pm ~ 8pm.  It's our way of saying "thank you" for being a part of our record collecting, music loving community. A few of our good friends will be spinning their favorite records for the earlier part of the evening and then for the rest of the night, the decks will be open from 7-8pm for anyone to play some tunes....

Seoul's calling, let's go!  We met DJ Spray in Honolulu earlier this spring. He and his wife walked through the doors of our shop on the recommendation of Kompakt Record Bar's owner, Jinmoo. We found out that not only is Spray a talented DJ and producer, he curates a record-centered series on YouTube called Vinyl Sessions.   When AGS headed to Japan in August for some DJ gigs, Jinmoo invited label owner Roger Bong to come to Seoul and spin at Kompakt. Not wanting to miss out on the opportunity, we went for it! (The flight from Tokyo is just two hours). Hearing the...

Sunday, June 26th11am ~ 6pm AGS Honolulu2017 S. King StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96826 free & open to the public We're celebrating the one year anniversary of our brick-and-mortar record shop, AGS Honolulu! Join us from 11am to 6pm on Sunday, June 26th for a full day of music, merch, and refreshments. Here's a look at what's happening:  Kalapana II official vinyl release  official Kalapana merchandise  DJ sets all day Asato Family sherbet + merch collab Refreshments from Ola Brew Co. New AGS merch drops friends!! Free metered parking is available along King Street and curbside parking can be found throughout the neighborhood. We do...

In an attempt to make the most fun out of vending at the Film & Vinyl Record Swap Meet yesterday in Kaka'ako, we produced a DIY zine to give away for free.  The "zine-brochure-poster-guide" thing offers two projects we thoroughly enjoyed making (and might've even gotten away from ourselves in the process): an "official" guide to places where you can and/or could buy records in Honolulu, and a collection of Top 5 lists from our staff. As with any zine, there's a few mistakes and typos to be found, but no mattah!  We still have some left and will be giving them out...