(ambitransitive, music, slang) To shop for vintage, rare or otherwise obscure recordings, especially by looking through crates containing secondhand merchandise.
(ambitransitive, music, slang) To shop for vintage, rare or otherwise obscure recordings, especially by looking through crates containing secondhand merchandise.
Earlier this year, German crate-digging label Analog Africa released a retrospective of Mayorga’s more exploratory electronic works, while a new album of original compositions titled Cumbia Pishcodélica is slated for release in the comin…
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(music, slang) A person who habitually looks through crates of vinyl records at music shops, especially in pursuit of interesting or rare records.
(transitive, sometimes, figurative) To find or retrieve something buried.
(slang, mildly, pejorative) A vehicle (car, aircraft, spacecraft, etc.) seen as unreliable.
(transitive) To make something by digging.
(slang, transitive, intransitive) To practice dumpster diving.