Attention record store lovers! Today is your last day to vote for the second heat of Searchlight: the Best Record Store In Canada!!

Check out our Top 20 stores nominated here. Tomorrow, 10 of them will be gone. Make sure it's not your favourite by logging in and voting now. This has become an incredibly tight race with many stores set apart by just a handful of ballots, so every single vote is megawatt!

The Top 10 will be revealed tomorrow, Wednesday April 9, at 3pm ET / Noon PT live on web radio, Sirius 94, and on this blog. The Top 5 will be revealed on Monday April 14, and the winning Searchlight: #1 Record Store In Canada will be revealed on Friday April 18, just in time for International Record Store Day.

The winning store will receive a Sirius satellite radio system outfitted into their store, a winning plaque and trophy, a live CBC Radio 3 broadcast from the store, as well as an in-store performance from one of the store's favourite local artists.

posted by Grant Lawrence on Apr 08, 2008