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Hot on the heels of the news that influential East Village record store Other Music will shut its doors next month, Greenwich Village's Rebel Rebel Records has announced that it's going to call it quits, too. The news marks a sad closing chapter after almost 28 years in business at 319 Bleecker Street; it was announced this morning by Vanishing New York.According to a message relayed to the blog by reader John Vairo, Jr., Rebel Rebel will close because the building's owner has raised the rent, and plans to put a high-end clothing store in its place. "To say that Rebel Rebel is an institution would be an understatement," said Vairo, "and to see a unique and sustainable business for nearly 28 years bite the dust like so many others that give this city soul is a fucking tragedy."Follow Alexander on Twitter.