Welcome to Sonic Sherpa

Sonic Sherpa is an Australian record store that’s been brightening the Brisbane suburb of Stones Corner since 2015 (although the team has over a decade’s shared music retail experience from owning/running Skinnys in the Brisbane CBD back in the day).

We have a large and eclectic range of new and pre-loved vinyl on hand, as well as stocking turntables, CDs, books, DVDs and music-related t-shirts and paraphernalia. Sonic Sherpa also curates ranges for the region’s larger music festivals such as Splendour In The Grass, Falls Festival (Byron Bay), CMC Rocks, Gympie Muster, Tamworth Country Music Festival and many more such gatherings.

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Indie record store in Stones Corner, Brisbane. Specialising in music'n'stuff.

ON THE RACK(S)! We’ve discounted a heap of 2nd h

ON THE RACK(S)!
We’ve discounted a heap of 2nd hand CDs - many of which are cool titles we just have bulk of - and they’re in the racks outside the shop, have a gander if that’s your medium!
#prelovedcds #sale #markeddown #grababargain #ontheracks #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! There is a name for this feeli

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
There is a name for this feeling, and it’s rampant excitement! Wait that’s two words. Oh well, the long-awaited @adamfgibson 2-LP compilation ‘There’s A Name For This Feeling: The Songs Of Adam Gibson’ is out tomorrow on shop-based label Coolin’ By Sound but we’re jumping the gun (because we can)! It’s an amazing collection of spoken-word Australiana placed atop gorgeous music and you could very well be the first ever punter in the world to get your hands on this limited edition bad boy, see you in the 4120!
#catchotheday #adamgibson #theresanameforthisfeeling #thesongsofadamgibson #bestof #doublevinyl #theaerialmaps #moderngiant #thearkarkbirds #classicaustraliana #sogood #coolinbysound #sonicsherpa

OLD SCHOOL IS THE NEW SCHOOL! We’re hooked on cl

OLD SCHOOL IS THE NEW SCHOOL!
We’re hooked on classics! Well not really but you gotta balance the cool new shit with some cool old shit, so with that in mind here’s some titles just landed by @duranduran, Cream, Yes, The Moody Blues, Heart, Rainbow, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers and @kikagaku.moyo! Music for everyone!
#vinyl #new #old #duranduran #cream #heart #yes #rainbow #themoodyblues #johnmayallandthebluesbreakers #kikagakumoyo #oldschoolisthenewschool #hookedonclassics #sonicsherpa

VINTAGE VINYL VALHALLA! We’ve just put a whoppin

VINTAGE VINYL VALHALLA!
We’ve just put a whopping seven untouched crates of secondhand vinyl out on the floor - count ‘em, seven! - and there’s some gold in them thar hills! Come up have a dig before the best bargains are hunted out, the best picking is early picking!
#vintagevinyl #prelovedwax #secondhandsounds #sevencrates #onthefloor #getdigging #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Melbourne garage-popsters @gir

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Melbourne garage-popsters @girlatones have just released a second album ‘Horn If You’re Honky’ (on the wonderful @lostlonesome imprint) and it’s a beautiful thing! Featuring members of @leahseniormusic’s band (including Leah herself) it’s a brash and fun listen with plenty of standout hooks and melodies, hope to get them playing in the shop one day (if that’s ever a thing again)!
#catchotheday #girlatones #hornifyourehonky #lostandlonesomerecordingco #melbourne #garagepop #checkit #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! For many years back in the day

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
For many years back in the day I wrote a monthly rock and metal column in much-missed weekly street press Time Off that I wittily called Denim Demons, a name pilfered wholesale from a track on legendary Norwegian death punk outfit @turbonegrohq’s 1996 third album ‘Ass Cobra’ which is finally available again on the wax! It’s chock full of grimy Scandi punk goodness and set the tone for their 1998 piece de resistance ‘Apocalypse Dudes’ (also in stock on vinyl), consecutive classics from this killer ensemble!
#catchotheday #turbonegro #asscobra #vinylreissue #norwayrock #deathpunk #apocalyosedudes #sogood #sonicsherpa

TUTTS IN DA HOUSE! Legendary masked Brisbane artis

TUTTS IN DA HOUSE!
Legendary masked Brisbane artist @tuttscorp broke free from the shackles of isolation to drop in some copies of his excellent new album ‘Alexandra’! Chock full of the banjo and resonator goodness which has built Tutts a burgeoning reputation all over the globe and inspired by the Brisbane suburb where he grew up, supporting your local artists is more important than ever in this time where they can’t ply their trade!
#andrewtuttle #alexandra #peakbrisbane #subtroppo #banjo #resonatorguitar #soundscapes #checkit #brisbanerules #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! PWEI! It’s been fun revisiti

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
PWEI! It’s been fun revisiting the late-‘80s grebo style with the new vinyl reissue of @pwei_official’s 1989 classic second album ‘This Is The Day... This Is The Hour... This Is This!’! As well as all the killer bangers like ‘Wise Up! Sucker’, ‘Def Con One’ and ‘Can U Dig It?’ you get the never-before-released ‘Very Metal Noise Pollution Remix EP’ and the whole thing is hand-numbered on a limited edition run of 400, so much to love!
#catchotheday #popwilleatitself #pwei #poppies #thisisthedaythisisthehourthisisthis #80sclassic #limitededition #handnumbered #bonusep #grebolegends #bigmacfriestogo #sonicsherpa

LET THERE BE GENRES! Considerable time and effort

LET THERE BE GENRES!
Considerable time and effort has been spent (I assume, I didn’t do shit) finally splitting out our vintage vinyl into genres! Now you can hone in on your fave style of second-hand wax with surgical focus and precision (as long as your fave genre is one of those pictured or punk/metal which has always been separate), good times guaranteed!
#vintagevinyl #secondhandwax #prelovedrecords #genres #jazz #country #soundtracks #childrens #nostalgia #war #comedy #world #pacifica #goodtimes #comehaveadig #sonicsherpa

FERAL BONUS! Anthemic Melbourne post-punks @rvg___

FERAL BONUS!
Anthemic Melbourne post-punks @rvg____ have shrugged off the dreaded ‘difficult second album’ syndrome and followed their sterling 2017 debut ‘A Quality Of Mercy’ with the equally awesome ‘Feral’! Buy a copy and you’ll not only find out why Rolling Stone Australia called it “a mesmerising, powerful record that shows the group at their exceptional best” but you’ll also score a bonus ‘Feral’ photo card signed by the band! Straight to the pool room!
#rvg #feral #ourgoldenfriend #outnow #ozrockclassic #bonus #autographedphotocard #chalkitup #sonicsherpa

ACCESSORIES TO MURDER! If you’re in isolation an

ACCESSORIES TO MURDER!
If you’re in isolation and deciding to manicure your vinyl collection we have in stock everything you’ll need, from replacement inner and outer sleeves to brushes and washers and spray cleaners and more! Also while we’re at it we’ve marked down the Crosley 3” vinyl players from a couple of RSDs ago to $165 (normally $215) come have a gander! Spending some money to look after your wax is like insuring your investment!
#vinylaccessories #sleeves #brushes #washers #spraycleaner #stylii #protectyourwax #sonicsherpa

ISBELL AND TESKEYS IN DA HOUSE! A couple of great

ISBELL AND TESKEYS IN DA HOUSE!
A couple of great new Americana-inspired releases have just hit the shelves, namely ‘Reunions’ by US alt-country icon @jasonisbell and his crack band The 400 Unit as well as some homegrown soul-rock by @theteskeybrothers with their new live album ‘Live At The Forum’! Get some roots jnto ya today!
#newarrivals #americana #jasonisbellandthe400unit #reunions #altcountry #theteskeybrothers #liveattheforum #soulrock #vinyl #cd #getrooted #sonicsherpa

OUTSIDE CDS ALL $2!! We have a swathe more sale CD

OUTSIDE CDS ALL $2!!
We have a swathe more sale CDs to put outside the shop in the sale racks but first we need to clear some room, so everything currently in those racks has been reduced to $2! There’s some decent shit in there (it’s all decided by age and quantity not quality) and at that price it’s worth speculating on a couple, come have a pick!
#salecds #furtherreduced #twodollars #everythingmustgo #grababargain #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! We’re always banging on abou

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
We’re always banging on about the brilliance of Brissie rock and it doesn’t come much awesomer than the great Blank Realm and their 2015 opus ‘Illegals in Heaven’ (which came out through the wonderful @bedroomsuckrecords)! This limited edition repress is silk-screened and there were only 100 hand-numbered copies per colour, get this green one into your life and luxuriate in the radness of our local scene!
#catchotheday #blankrealm #illegalsinheaven #limitededitionrepress #handnumbered #indierockclassic #brisbanerules #sonicsherpa

MO’ WAX! This week’s new arrivals will start r

MO’ WAX!
This week’s new arrivals will start rolling in tomorrow but for now we’ve re-upped on some more classic titles which have been out of stock for a while, gotta keep those crates full somehow! And they ain’t gonna dig ‘emselves, come on down!
#vinyl #new #classics #wednesdaywax #hitthecrates #haveadig #sonicsherpa

WAX! WAX! AN ECSTASY OF CRATE DIGGING! Apologies

WAX! WAX! AN ECSTASY OF CRATE DIGGING!
Apologies to Great War poet Wilfred Owen but you get the gist - we just scored a huge influx of classic titles on wax! If there’s not something you love in this lot we wager your ears are probably painted on, get amongst it!
#newvinyl #classictitles #justlanded #waxwax #checkitout #somethingforeveryone #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Dang it does not seem like the

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Dang it does not seem like the excellent @billcallahansmog album ‘Knock Knock’ harks back to last millennium but it came out in 1999 so it checks out. Some albums stand the test of time because they were never of their time, others just because they’re awesome, this one straddles that divide nicely and still sounds wonderful all these years later...
#smog #knockknock #vinylreissue #billcallahan #indierock #classic #checkit #sonicsherpa

FRIDAY FLASHBACK A little bit under five years ago

FRIDAY FLASHBACK
A little bit under five years ago we first opened the door to Sonic Sherpa, look at that heaving rack of wax! But mainly look at all that space, way ahead of the social distancing curve! Thanks to everyone who’s helped us build into the jam-packed fiasco we are today, long live vinyl in the 4120!
#fridayflashback #earlydays #openplan #spaceballs #thanksyall #sonicsherpa

WALL OF SOUND Simon discovered whilst processing t

WALL OF SOUND
Simon discovered whilst processing this batch of second-hand CDs that they’re only “compact” if you don’t have a metric shit ton of them! This batch is priced to sell and on the floor for the weekend, get in and have a squizz CD fiends!
#wallofsound #prelovedcds #notsocompact #vintage #secondhandtunes #aveagoodweekend #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Canadian wonder twins @teganan

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Canadian wonder twins @teganandsara last year released album number nine ‘Hey, I’m Just Like You’ which is basically new renditions of unreleased tunes they wrote as teenagers, looking backwards and forwards concurrently. We met them back in the day during an instore at Skinnys and they were super cool, soon after taking An Horse - the duo who’d just formed in the shop - under their wing and helping them gain footholds all the world, good times!
#catchotheday #teganandsara #heyimjustlikeyou #indipop #backtothefuture #skinnysinstore #goodtimes #sonicsherpa

WISE WORDS INDEED... On this day when Brisbane rem

WISE WORDS INDEED...
On this day when Brisbane remembers the tragic passing of The Go-Betweens’ co-founder Grant McLennan back in 2006, we’ll celebrate with some wise words from his good friend and bandmate Robert Forster. Also we have the recent reissues from Mr Forster on wax in ‘Danger In The Past’ (1990) and ‘Calling From A Country Phone’ (1993) as well as his 2015 opus ‘Songs To Play’. Never forget the radness of our amazing Brisbane scene (and indie record stores)!
#grantmclennan #rip #robertforster #legend #thegobetweens #brisbanerules #thinklocal #supportthescene #supportyourlocalindie #sonicsherpa

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