Ear X-Tacy

The legendary independent Louisville music store, home of Ear X-Tacy Records and meeting place/hangout spot for a large percentage of the local music scene, especially it's long-standing location near Eastern Parkway through the 90s/00s.

Old locations: 1140 Bardstown Road, 12619 Shelbyville Road, 1534 Bardstown Road

Employees and Notables

Owner

• John Timmons

Some people who have worked there

• Kenny Andreozzi
• Matt Brown
• Mike Bucayu
• Ben Clark
• Chris Higdon
• Jason Noble
• Scott Ritcher
• Brian Omer
• Jeremy Podgursky
• Joey Mudd
• Sean Bailey
• Mark Kramer
• Jonathan Glen Wood

Recordings put out by Ear X-Tacy

• Surviving Thalia: Welcome To Our America CD (2005)
• Sean Garrison & The 5 Finger Discount (split label release w/ Louisville Lip)
• Poor Girls:No Rhythm Dancing CD
• Cherub Scourge:Outside Of Everything cassette/LP/CD

Links

• https://ir.library.louisville.edu/etd/4123/ - “Long live ear x-tacy!”: an oral history study of rhetorics of

nostalgia and place.nostalgia and place. - Aubrie Warner // University of Louisville

Video

Commercial from May 8, 1994:

WLKY - Remembering Ear X-Tacy:

Rude Weirdo at the final location: