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.
New Arrivals
The Distillers – The Distillers (2020 reissue)
The remastered, 20th anniversary edition of the classic self-titled record from The Distillers, on limited edition coloured vinyl!
Read MoreThe Kills – Little Bastards
The Kills have compiled an extraordinary 2-LP career spanning b-sides and rarities album titled, appropriately, ‘Little Bastards’, first pressing on limited edition transparent yellow vinyl.
Read MoreDavid Bowie – Metrobolist 2020 Reissue
November 2020 sees the 50th Anniversary of the release of David Bowie’s album ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ under its original name ‘Metrobolist’.
Read MoreTISM – On Behalf Of TISM I Would Like To Concede That We Lost The Election
They’re back! Oz rock’s fave masked marauders return with a 2-LP live album recorded at their final gig in 2004, first pressing on blue vinyl!
Read MoreRolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways To New Italy
Sideways To New Italy is a stunning return-to-form for the Geelong guitar-pop five-piece, back in stock on limited edition rosé vinyl!
Read MoreStaff Picks
Pop Filter – Donkey Gull Road
Pop Filter – featuring members of beloved indie rock ensembles of yore such as The Ocean Party, The Snowy Band and Cool Sounds – return with their second offering, Donkey Gully Road.
Read MoreGersey – Hope Springs 202 Reissue
Twenty years after it’s release Melbourne indie rockers Gersey’s debut album ‘Hope Springs’ is available on vinyl!
Read MoreThe Lucksmiths – A Good Kind Of Nervous
First time on vinyl for Melbourne indie-pop icons The Lucksmiths’ beloved 1997 fourth album ‘A Good Kind Of Nervous’, lo-fi songs of love, devotion and the passing of the seasons.
Read MoreHachiku – I’ll Probably Be Asleep
Melbourne-based dream-pop ensemble unveil their long-awaited debut album, first pressing on limited edition green vinyl!
Read MoreSomething For Kate – The Modern Medieval
Something For Kate have revealed the title of their seventh studio album The Modern Medieval, their first new album in eight years!
Read MorePre Orders
Kings Of Leon – When you See Yourself
US rock legends Kings Of Leon are back with their eighth studio album, ‘When You See Yourself’, early pressing on limited edition 2-LP opaque cream indie exclusive vinyl.
Read MoreSleaford Mods – Spare Ribs
Due: 15 Jan
Beloved UK rabble rousers Sleaford Mods return with their sixth album ‘Spare Ribs’, and their homeland has given them plenty to be angry about of late!
Amy Shark – Cry Forever
Due: 30 April
Homegrown multi ARIA award-winning singer-songwriter Amy Shark unleashes her highly anticipated sophomore album, ‘Cry Forever’!
Luca Brasi – Everything Is Tenuous
Due: 12 Feb
Tassie legends Luca Brasi have reached a new level with their fifth album ‘Everything Is Tenuous’, first pressing on limited edition indies only beer splatter vinyl!
Tame Impala – InnerSpeaker 10th Anniversary Vinyl Boxset
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of its release, Tame Impala present a deluxe, 4-LP reissue of the debut album InnerSpeaker.
Read MoreFoo Fighters – Medicine At Midnight
Due: 5 Feb
Medicine At Midnight is the new album from Foo Fighters, packing nine new songs into a tight ass 37 minutes, first
Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie & The Infinite Sadness 2020 reissue
Due: 30 Nov
New limited edition 4-LP box set, the re-mastered edition of the US alt-rock quartet Smashing Pumpkins’ 1995 career-defining double album.
Halfway – Rain Lover 2020 reissue
Due: Xmas, 2020
To celebrate their 20th anniversary much-loved Brisbane-via-Rockhampton alt-country outfit Halfway are releasing their lauded sixth LP ‘Rain Lover’ on limited edition 2-LP coloured vinyl!
Kurt Vile – Speed, Sound, Lonely KV EP
Due: 15 Jan 2021
Kurt Vile’s ‘Speed, Sound, Lonely KV (EP)’ was recorded and mixed in sporadic sessions that spanned four years at The Butcher Shoppe studio in Nashville, TN.
Coming Soon
Lucero – When You Found Me
Due: 29 Jan
Building on the themes of their critically acclaimed album ‘Among The Ghosts’, “family” is at the centre of Lucero’s new album ‘When You Found Me’.
Julien Baker – Little Oblivions
Due: 26 Feb
The third studio album by rising US singer-songwriter Julien Baker weaves together unflinching autobiography with assimilated experience and hard-won observations from the past few years.
Julia Stone – Sixty Summers
Due: 19 Feb
Eight years after Julia Stone’s last solo record, ‘Sixty Summers’ arrives as a powerful rebirth for one of Australia’s most prolific artists.
Teenage Fanclub – Endless Arcade
Due: 5 Mar
Scottish indie rock icons Teenage Fanclub are returning to the fray with their tenth studio album, Endless Arcade
Kiwi Jr – Cooler Returns
Due: 22 Jan
Barely a year after releasing their killer debut ‘Football Money’, young Toronto indie rock traditionalists are back with their sophomore LP ‘Cooler Returns’.
Local Releases
August River Band – Thank You Pain
Burgeoning Brisbane roots trio August River Band have just released their debut album Thank You Pain!
Read MoreThe Double Happiness – Surfgazing
Much-loved Brisbane surfgaze four-piece The Double Happiness have released their highly-anticipated (and aptly-titled) debut album ‘Surfgazing’!
Read MoreThe Stress Of Leisure – Faux Wave
Brisbane trop-pop iconoclasts The Stress Of Leisure are back with a killer new album ‘Faux Wave’!
Read MoreBen Salter – Summer Of The Loud Birds
Much-loved Queensland-bred singer-songwriter Ben Salterhas just released his brand new fifth solo studio album Summer Of The Loud Birds.
Read MoreTia Gostelow – Chrysalis
FNQ-bred, Brisbane-based singer-songwriter Tia Gostelow’s second album ‘Chrysalis’ is a more upbeat, danceable collection showing a whole new compelling side to the artist.
Read MoreNews & Blog
Robert Forster ‘Inferno’ interview – Sonic Sherpa Exclusive!
In 2019 the great Robert Forster released his excellent seventh album Inferno, and here’s a lengthy chat he had with Belly (at the time for street press publication The Music) which has never before been public in its entirety!
Read MoreRSD Black Friday Approaching – 27 Nov!
Summing up the weirdness of 2020 entirely, on Friday 27 November the Record Store Day – Black Friday instalment is the fourth RSD bash for the year!
Read MoreBelly’s new podcast Rewind With Steve Bell out now!
Belly’s new podcast Rewind With Steve Bell is up online now, already having peaked at #2 on the Apple Podcast music chart!
Read MoreRecord Store Day 2020 Revamped Again!
Save the date Saturday 20 June, Record Store Day Australia is back and so is our infamous car park gig!
Read MorePREMIERE: Dollar Bar release film clip for new single ‘Somebody Up There Likes Me’
Most wonderful Brisbane indie rock outfit Dollar Bar have been weaving their catchy magic for the best part of 20 years now, and they’re just releasing their brand new album Pyrrhic Victory! It’s their fourth and apparently final album – the follow-up to their wonderful Hot Ones (2015) – and is another typically scratchy collection … Read More
Read MoreMichelle Padovan explains her favourite new sub-genre, “Story Shouting”
Michelle Padovan is a former station manager at 4ZZZ and marketing manager for QMusic – currently co-owner of Brisbane indie label Coolin’ By Sound – and explains to us the advent of the possible new genre, Story Shouting.
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