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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sonic_sherpa

Indie record store in Stones Corner, Brisbane.
⛰️Specialising in music'n'stuff.
⛺️Next live instore: TSOL Sun 1 Dec @ 3pm

SHERPA REPRESENT! Thanks heaps to our awesome cust

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! Thanks so much to much-loved

FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Thanks so much to much-loved Meanjin singer-songwriter Conor Macdonald (@the_gin_club, Meagafauna) for bringing in copies of ‘Perfection Of Birds’, the second album by his solo project @captainfightingmachine! As you’d expect it’s a beautifully stripped-back affair featuring Conor’s typically hushed vocals over what he describes as “A song cycle, charting the decline of an unhealthy spirit, tired, exhausted, and on the verge of defeat. A map to the depths”. Check it!
#newalbum #captainfightingmachine #perfectionofbirds #conormacdonald #soloalbum #theginclub #megafauna #meanjinsingersongwriter #brisbanerules #thinklocal #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! One of the primo releases from

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
One of the primo releases from the recent Black Friday RSD (for me anyway) was the first ever vinyl pressing of ‘Baron Von Bullshit Rides Again’, the live album which finds Issaquah, WA indie rock legends @modestmouse doing their dynamic thing at Orlando, FL venue The Social back in 2004! It captures Isaac and the gang at a particular juncture - they were right on the precipice of their ‘Float On’-inspired breakthrough so the album mainly concentrates on tracks from ‘The Moon & Antarctica’ (2000) and that same year’s the b-sides and rarities compilation ‘Building Nothing Out of Something’ - but it’s an awesome document of a great band in full flight, full of their trademark off-kilter aesthetic and introspective intensity!
#catchotheday #modestmouse #baronvonbullshitridesagain #bfrsd24 #livealbum #indierocklegends #limitededition #indieexclusive #sonicsherpa

THE STRIKE-OUTS STRIKE! Thanks so much to awesome

THE STRIKE-OUTS STRIKE!
Thanks so much to awesome Sydney outfit @the_strike_outs for tearing the shop a new one this arvo with their incendiary set, catch them tonight at @pfr_lounge for the Ramones Appreciation extravaganza!
#instore #thestrikeouts #sydneypunk #selftitled #debutalb #checkit #thanksguys #sonicsherpa

MAC IN THE 4120! We’re so stoked to have had a v

MAC IN THE 4120!
We’re so stoked to have had a visit today from the only and only @macsuperchunk, founding frontman of mighty US indie rock legends Superchunk - as well as co-founder of the wonderful @mergerecords - who are playing @thebrightsidebris tonight alongside Oz rock legends Smudge (aka @dontspookthemutt)! It’s no lie to say that Superchunk are one of my fave bands ever and every time I’ve seen them - whether in Brisbane, Sydney or the States - they’ve always been freaking awesome in the flesh, and they’re celebrating the 30th anniversary of that classic album ‘Foolish’ so come along and get where the action is!
#macinthehouse #superchunk #indierocklegends #tnebrightside #tonight #smudge #peoplemover #indierockdreamteam #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! 30 years ago Californian punks

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
30 years ago Californian punks @offspring burst into our lives with their third album ‘Smash’ and it’s earworm hits ‘Self Esteem’ and ‘Come Out And Play’, and decades later they’re still going strong as evidenced by their banging new album ‘Supercharged’ and an accompanying world tour that finds them Down Under next May! The new album still finds them in fine fettle - Classic Rock Magazine reckons, “There are no new tricks, but there’s plenty of life in these old dogs yet” - and we have copies on limited edition marbled blue vinyl, so get ‘Supercharged’ with Noodles and Dexter and the gang!
#catchotheday #theoffspring #supercharged #concordrecords #californianpunklegends #albumeleven #limitededition #marbledbluevinyl #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! A tad over 20 years ago now be

THE STRIKE-OUTS TOMORROW! This weekend Sydney gara

THE STRIKE-OUTS TOMORROW!
This weekend Sydney garage-trash duo @the_strike_outs are hitting Brisbane for tomorrow night’s Ramones Appreciation Night at Valley venue @pfr_lounge, and whilst in town will be hitting the 4120 from 3pm for a free, all ages celebration of their eponymous debut album which dropped earlier this year! We might even be able to badger them into dropping a Ramones banger, time will tell!
#instore #tomorrow #saturday7december #3pm #thestrikeouts #sydneyrocknroll #free #allages #byo #sonicsherpa

THANKS KARIN! It was awesome to have Karin Keays c

THANKS KARIN!
It was awesome to have Karin Keays come in tonight to discuss her moving new book ‘It’s Because I Love You’, a memoir about her decades spent alongside Oz rock legend Jim Keays and how she coped as unimaginable tragedy upended their idyllic existence. Karin was as open and honest in real life as she was in print, we still have copies of the book and it’s highly recommended!
#instore #karinkeays #memoir #itsbecauseiloveyou #jimkeays #themastersapprentices #greatread #thankskarin #sonicsherpa

KARIN KEAYS TONIGHT! Don’t forget that tonight f

KARIN KEAYS TONIGHT!
Don’t forget that tonight from 6pm you can catch Belly in conversation with Karin Keays - wife of the late great Jim Keays (of The Masters Apprentices) about her stunning new book ‘It’s Because I Love You’, which starts off as a rock’n’roll biography before fate intervenes and it becomes a griping tale about love, loss, sacrifice and the resilience of the human spirit. It’s free and all ages and guaranteed to be illuminating, copies of the book available to be signed!
#instore #karinkeays #thursday5december #6pm #itsbecauseiloveyou #newbook #jimkeays #caledonia #newalbum #themastersapprentices #free #allages #ozrocklegend #sonicsherpa

KARIN KEAYS THIS THURSDAY! Don’t forget that thi

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Right on 20 years ago in 2004

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Right on 20 years ago in 2004 Sydney-based indie rock outfit @bigheavystuff released their fourth (and sadly final) album ‘Dear Friends And Enemies’ on WA indie Redline Records, the meticulously-crafted opus featuring guest performances by friends including Bernard Fanning (Powderfinger) and Chris Abrahams (The Necks). It’s just been reissued on 2-LP vinyl for the 20th anniversary (its first ever time on wax) by another WA indie in @loveasfictionrecords and it’s wonderful to have this fine album back in circulation - in a recent piece for The Music band member Nick Kennedy called it “our definitive statement” - so go back in time with Big Heavy Stuff, Aussie rock’n’roll of the highest calibre!
#catchotheday #bigheavystuff #dearfriendsandenemies #redlinerecords #20thanniversary #vinylreissue #loveasfictionrecords #2lp #ozrockrules #sonicsherpa

STRESS AWAY! Local legends @thestressofleisure hav

STRESS AWAY!
Local legends @thestressofleisure have pulled an awesome Sunday crowd to help them celebrate their stellar new album ‘It Goes Away With The Heat’ in this first day of summer, too much fun!
#instore #thestressofleisure #newalbum #itgoesawaywiththeheat #brisbanefauxwave #sogood #sonicsherpa

THE FUTURE IS NOW! Thanks heaps to Dennis from awe

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Without doubt the great @midni

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Without doubt the great @midnightoilband are one of the finest acts to ever represent our country on the world stage, and in 1997 they released a compilation of their prior 20 years at the coalface which they titled ‘20,000 Watt RSL’! The greatest hits package rushed to #1 in Australia on its way to achieving Platinum accreditation five times over - UK site Sputnikmusic reckons, “To clarify the significance of this compilation in Australia today, Midnight Oil’s '20,000 Watt R.S.L' is to Australians, what Queen’s 'Greatest Hits: Volume 1' is to the English – an immortal compilation that’s essential to every household” - and it’s now been pressed onto limited edition 2-LP blue vinyl for the very first time, so get patriotic and add some Oils to your collection!
#catchotheday #midnightoil #20000wattrsl #sonymusicau #greatesthits #ozrocklegends #limitededition #2lp #bluevinyl #firsttimeonwax #oulsaintoils #sonicsherpa

BLACK FRIDAY RSD GOODIES! We got in a treasure tro

BLACK FRIDAY RSD GOODIES!
We got in a treasure trove of cool limited edition indie exclusive vinyl releases for Black Friday RSD, and there’s still heaps of awesome titles left for those who couldn’t get amongst the action! This is only a cross-section, come and have a dig!
#blackfridayrsd #bfrsd24 #billieeilish #flamingroovies #elephantsix #garbage #modestmouse #kingmissile #lambofgod #morphine #cypresshill #biohazard #oliviarodrigo #stonetemplepilots #ramones #helmet #whitneyhouston #jimihendrix #teganandsara #spongebobsquarepants #vanhalen #theveronicas #therollingstones #mfdoom #rageagainstthemachine #teddyswims #earlsweatshirt #snoopdogg #heapsmore #sonicsherpa

STRESS OF LEISURE INSTORE TOMORROW! Don’t forget

STRESS OF LEISURE INSTORE TOMORROW!
Don’t forget that tomorrow from 3pm you can catch amazing local faux wave progenitors @thestressofleisure celebrating their amazing new album ‘It Goes Away With The Heat’ (out via the great Valve Records) with a free, all ages showcase! The quartet have been readying themselves for the occasion by traipsing around the nation playing with Custard and The Fauves, so will be in red hot form by the time they return to the 4120, come on down and shower them with the adulation they so richly deserve!
#instore #tomorrow #sunday1decembet #3pm #thestressofleisure #newalbum #itgoesawaywiththeheat #valverecords #brisbanefauxwave #free #allages #byo #thinklocal #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! The fourth album ‘Leon’ by

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
The fourth album ‘Leon’ by Grammy Award winning soul man @leonbridges (out now via @sonymusicaustralia) is centred around his childhood in Fort Worth, Texas, a personal and poignant look back at the people and places that shaped him. It’s as usual for LB scoring much praise from media types - The Observer’s 5-star review gushes, “‘Leon’ isn’t a puzzle to be figured out. It is, more than most, just a suite of exquisitely expressed feelings, and the way Bridges sings makes everything feel unassailably real and true. It doesn’t have to add up. His songs are gorgeous, neither too obviously in debt to the past nor distractingly future-focused, all transported heavenwards by that beguiling, church-shivering voice” - and to seal the deal we have copies on limited edition indie exclusive smoky vinyl, so take a trip back in time with Leon and let the personal become universal!
#catchotheday #leonbridges #leon #sonymusicau #albumfour #texansoul #troubadour #limitededition #indieexclusive #smokyvinyl #sonicsherpa

CLOSE SHAVER! Thanks heaps to Nathan from local po

CLOSE SHAVER!
Thanks heaps to Nathan from local post-punk four-piece Lonely Sort Of Death (aka @lsodband) for bringing in copies of their independent debut EP ‘Shaver’! They’re inspired by acts like Fontaines D.C., Bambara, Viagra Boys, Grinderman, TV on the Radio and Savages with music featuring “energetic basslines and hypnotic violins”, so think local and give LSOD a shot at the title!
#lonelysortofdeath #shaver #debutep #brisbanepostpunk #thinklocal #thanksnathan #sonicsherpa

BLACK FRIDAY RSD IS GO! We’ve got a few crates o

BLACK FRIDAY RSD IS GO!
We’ve got a few crates of limited edition Black Friday @recordstoredayaustralia goodies ready for doors, with a few more boxes expected to land today. There’s some really cool stuff that you can only buy from brick and mortar independent record stores, so no matter where you are support your local indie!
#blackfridayrsd #recordstoreday #bfrsd24 #limitededition #indieexclusive #vinylreleases #thinklocal #brisbanerecordstores #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! It’s been more than seven ye

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
It’s been more than seven years now since the world lost the talents of incredible Indigenous artist @gurrumul (aka Dr. Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu), but on new posthumous album ‘Banbirrngu - The Orchestral Sessions’ (courtesy @skinnyfish_music) his amazing voice and spirit lives on! The album was produced by his long-term collaborator Michael Hohnen in conjunction with the Prague Metropolitan Orchestra - the National Indigenous Times reckons, “The orchestral arrangements introduce a unique emotional depth and dynamic range to Gurrumul’s music, enriching his vocals in a way that an acoustic trio cannot replicate” - so take another trip through time with Yolŋu legend Gurrumul, one of our country’s finest ever voices!
#catchotheday #gurrumul #banbirrngutjeorchestralsessions #skinnyfishmusic #posthumousalbum #yolnuartist #drg #praguemetropolitanorchestra #culturescolluding #sonicsherpa

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