Music News After 40 years Sanity is shutting its physical stores by Amy Davidson Beloved Aussie music retailer, Sanity is shutting its remaining 50 stores and moving online. Owner says, “it’s impossible to continue.” Last chance to grab your favourite The Veronicas album…in-store, at…
Features Lists Vinyl A definitive guide to Sydney’s 5 best record stores by Luke Saunders Let’s be honest, vinyl will always be cool. Although record stores definitely saw a slump in sales during the early 2000s, that’s an inky black time we prefer to refer…
News Politics Vinyl The oldest record store in the world just banned Morrissey by Happy The oldest record store in the world has now banned all of Morrissey’s releases due to his controversial political beliefs. As a result of Morrissey’s support of a right-wing extremist…
News This new interactive map will help you support your local record store by Claire Adema With the coronavirus hitting the music industry so hard, it isn’t any surprise that record stores are also feeling the backlash of the pandemic. With Amazon recently announcing that they…
News An AI analysed a record store’s catalogue and created 230 fake DJ names by Sarah Gillard Berlin-based Olle Holmberg is a Swedish electronic music producer and photographer, with a great affinity for one of Berlin’s most renowned record stores, Hard Wax. So much so, that he trained…
News Sydney’s oldest standing record store is set to close this month by Patti Burton Sydney’s oldest standing record store Lawsons Records is closing down, sigh. The secondhand shop opened in Pitt Street in the heart of Sydney’s CBD in 1968 and since then, has…
