There are very few days in Los Angeles when waking up early for a line feels less like a chore and more like a ritual.
Record Store Day is one of them.
On April 18, independent record stores across the city will once again become gathering places for collectors, casual fans and the increasingly vinyl-curious. What started in 2008 as a last-ditch effort to keep brick-and-mortar record stores alive has quietly become one of the most important days of the year for physical music retail…