Mexico City – Closer To Home
New album from veteran locals fuses elements of alt-country, blues and soul into a rough-hewn country rock gem, evoking that uniquely Australian feeling of the wide-open spaces.
Month: May 2023
Queens Of The Stone Age – In Times New Roman…
QOTSA’s eighth album is a party for the obscene and the clean, the outcasts and the weirdos, and anyone and everyone in between, available on four different colour variants!
PJ Harvey – I Inside the Old Year Dying
UK icon PJ Harvey’s tenth studio album marks her first release in seven years, a sonic universe somehow located in a space between life’s opposites, and between recent history and the ancient past.
Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission – Where Only Memory Can Find You
New album from Oz rock legend Mick Thomas and his band the Roving Commission is a study of memory and our urge to pine for the golden days of yore, up there with the best work of his storied career!
Bad//Dreems – Hoo Ha!
Adelaide rockers Bad//Dreems have emerged from the morass of these past few years to deliver one of their most immediate, vital, and confident records to date. First pressing on limited edition saffron yellow vinyl!
Ed Kuepper – Honey Steel’s Gold 2023 Reissue
1991 solo album Honey Steel’s Gold by Brisbane legend Ed Kuepper featured some of his most loved songs, now re-pressed on limited edition gold vinyl!
Pacific Avenue to play Sonic Sherpa!
SAT 6 MAY @ 1PM
Rising Gerringong-based rock quartet Pacific Avenue are releasing their highly-anticipated debut album ‘Flowers’ and to celebrate are hitting Sonic Sherpa for a Qld-exclusive acoustic set!
OST- Guardians Of The Galaxy Awesome Mix Vol. 3
Third instalment of the ever-wonderful Guardians Of The Galaxy comes replete with Awesome Mix Vol 3, a barrage of cool tunes from yesterday on 2-LP black vinyl!
Guppy – 777Antasy
Brisbane art-punks Guppy relish in the spirit of creation on their deeply engrossing debut album, first pressing on limited edition transparent blue vinyl!
The Vanns Acoustic Set!
WED 24 MAY @ 6PM
Rising Wollongong rockers The VANNS will be hitting Sonic Sherpa for an exclusive all ages acoustic performance in celebration of their second album ‘Last Of Your Kind’!
Bad//Dreems to rock Sonic Sherpa!
THUR 25 MAY @ 5PM
Killer Adelaide rockers Bad//Dreems will be hitting Sonic Sherpa from 5pm on Thursday 25 May in celebration of their epic new album ‘Hoo Ha!’ which drops the previous Friday!
Mudhoney – Plastic Eternity
US icons Mudhoney have consistently delivered the caustic fusion of punk, hard rock and psychedelia the world needs and deserves, and Plastic Eternity is a new height in their vast discography.
Feist – Multitudes
Much-loved Canadian singer-songwriter Feist – also a member of wonderful collective Broken Social Scene – has released her acclaimed sixth solo album Multitudes!
The Cruel Sea – The Honeymoon Is Over
Due: 23 Jun
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of The Cruel Sea’s beloved third album, this landmark Australian record arrives on vinyl for the very first time – a missing piece in many collections, now filled.
Suicide Country Hour Instore!
SUN 28 MAY @ 2PM
To celebrate their epic third album ‘Injune’ (out through local indie Airlock Records) local alt-country mainstays Suicide Country Hour are hitting Sonic Sherpa for a free, all ages instore!
The Hives – The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons
Due: 11 Aug
Long-awaited new album by rock legends The Hives reignites the Swedish band’s lore in arresting fashion, exploring the disappearance of the band’s mysterious sixth member Randy Fitzsimmons.
Ed Kuepper – Electrical Storm 2023 Reissue
Due: 9 Jun
Out of print on vinyl for 35 years, Electrical Storm is Ed Kuepper’s debut solo album, originally released in 1985, launching his solo career. A brooding statement of intent. Limited edition silver vinyl!
Sonic Masala Fest Turns 10!
For 10 years SMF has been an epic day to celebrate all the things we love about our community and we can’t wait to party with all our favourite people!
New gathering This Is The Magic Mile!
We’re stoked to be joining forces with a heap of cool local labels to present new local gathering This Is The Magic Mile, the inaugural bash taking place at The Clubhouse Moorooka on Saturday 3 June!