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
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – Night Gnomes
Perth space cadets Psychedelic Porn Crumpets have dropped their second album Night Gnomes, first pressing on limited edition marbled green vinyl!
Read MoreFlorence + The Machine – Dance Fever
Dance Fever is an album that sees Florence at the peak of her powers, coming into a fully realised self-knowledge. First pressing on limited edition indie exclusive 2-LP grey vinyl (including etching on fourth side)!
Read MoreThe Black Keys – Dropout Boogie
Beloved US garage-blues duo The Black Keys return with ‘Dropout Boogie’, featuring collaborations with Billy F. Gibbons (ZZ Top), Greg Cartwright (Reigning Sound) and Angelo Petraglia (Kings of Leon).
Read MoreSpiritualized – Everything Was Beautiful
Some of the most “live” sounding recordings that Spiritualized have released since the Live At The Albert Hall record of 1998, limited edition deluxe version on 140gm pink vinyl.
Read MoreJack White – Fear Of The Dawn
The hotly-anticipated fourth solo album from garage-blues legend Jack White, first pressing on limited edition indie exclusive ‘Astronomical Blue’ vinyl!
Read MoreStaff Picks
Kevin Morby – This Is A Photograph
This Is A Photograph finds Morby making an Americana paean, a visceral life and death, blood on the canvas outpouring, first pressing on limited edition gold nugget vinyl!
Read MoreKurt Vile – (Watch My Moves)
Acclaimed Philadelphian singer-songwriter and producer Kurt Vile returns with his tenth album, first pressing on limited edition green 2-LP vinyl!
Read MoreOrville Peck – Bronco
Masked US country singer Orville Peck’s second album is a 2-LP exploration of freedom, breaking free from that which binds us and all that is wild and untamed.
Read MoreFranz Ferdinand – Hits To The Head
Hits To The Head gathers all your favourite Franz Ferdinand singles in one handy album, first pressing on limited edition 2-LP red vinyl!
Read MoreCamp Cope – Running With The Hurricane
Running With The Hurricane uncovers the aftermath of walking through the fire and emerging together, stronger, calmer and happier than ever before, on limited edition indie exclusive violet vinyl!
Read MorePre Orders
Black Midi – Hellfire
UK trio black midi’s third album builds on the melodic and harmonic elements of its predecessor while expanding the brutality and intensity of their debut, first pressing on limited edition indie exclusive red vinyl!
Read MoreJulia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure
Due: 26 Aug
PRE PLEASURE sees Julia Jacklin as her most authentic self, delivering the most intimate, raw and devastating ten songs of her career to date. First pressing on limited edition white vinyl.
Died Pretty – Free Dirt 2022 Reissue
Due: 3 June
First time in over 30 years this absolute all-time classic of all time has been available on vinyl: the debut full-length recording from 1986 by one of Australia’s finest bands ever, Died Pretty.
Dear Seattle – Someday
Due: 17 June
Northern Coast outfit Dear Seattle explors the roots and tensions behind unhealthy thought patterns and anxious tendencies, first pressing on indie exclusive translucent aqua vinyl!
Arcade Fire – WE
Due: 6 May
Beloved Canadian indie rock ensemble Arcade Fire return with WE, a cathartic journey following a definable arc from darkness into light over the course of two distinct sides!
Dune Rats – Real Rare Whale
Due: 24 Jun
Can Brisbane scuzz rockers Dune Rats make it three national #1 albums in a row with their new effort Real Rare Whale? Grab a copy and help the cause!
Spacey Jane – Here Comes Everybody
Due: 10 Jun
Much-loved Perth ARIA-winners Spacey Jane return with their second album ‘Here Comes Everybody’, a treatise on the myriad challenges facing young people in this day and age!
Halfway – On The Ghostline, With Hands Of Lightning
Due: 26 August
On the Ghostline, With Hands of Lightning is the new album by acclaimed Australian band Halfway, pre-order to receive autographed 2-LP copy plus bonus band t-shirt!
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms
Due: 6 May
Beloved Melbourne-via-Geelong indie rockers Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever return in 2022 with the release of their third album, Endless Rooms! First pressing on opaque yellow vinyl!
Coming Soon
Wilco – Cruel Country
Due: May 27
Wilco’s new 2-LP opus Cruel Country is the band’s exploration of the genre they’ve often been defined by but, until now, never fully embraced.
Built To Spill – When The Wind Forgets Your Name
Due: Sep 9
When The Wind Forgets Your Name continues expanding the universe of US indie rock legends Built To Spill in new and exciting ways.
Craig Finn – A Legacy Of Rentals
Due: 20 May
The singer of the Hold Steady, Craig Finn is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist combining literary influences like Jack Kerouac and John Berryman with the musical influences of Bruce Springsteen and Paul Westerberg.
Calexico – El Mirador
Due: 8 Apr
Calexico return in 2022 with their luminous 10th studio album, El Mirador; a hopeful, kaleidoscopic beacon of rock, bluesy ruminations and Latin American sounds.
Hurray For The Riff Raff – Life On Earth
Due: 22 Feb
Hurray For The Riff Raff’s new album is eleven new “nature punk” tracks on the theme of survival are music for a world in flux – songs about thriving, not just surviving, while disaster is happening.
Local Releases
Mallrat – Butterfly Blue
On her debut album Butterfly Blue, Brisbane artist Mallrat’s prized pop song writing embodies the spirit of its titular creature, first pressing on limited edition baby blue vinyl!
Read MoreHatchie – Giving The World Away
Giving the World Away is Brisbane pop icon Hatchie’s most thunderous, sprawling work yet, first pressing on limited edition clear coke bottle vinyl!
Read MoreBugs – Cooties
Following the success of their sophomore record Self Help, rising Brisbane guitar-pop trio Bugs return bigger and better with their latest offering Cooties! Indie exclusive pink vinyl autographed by band!
Read MoreMess Esque – Mess Esque
Mess Esque are a duo featuring Mick Turner and Helen Franzmann (aka beloved Brisbane artist McKisko). Their self-titled album is a beguiling travelogue of restless, somnambulant wanderings.
Read MoreFuture Haunts – I Can’t Change The Way You Change
Brisbane’s Future Haunts are thrilled to unveil their EP I Can’t Change The Way You Change, a six-track exploration of times of challenges and uncertainty.
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 MoreBelly’s podcast Rewind With Steve Bell does Echolalia!
The latest season of Belly’s chart-topping podcast Rewind With Steve Bell is up online now, heading back 20 years to explore the birth of Something For Kate’s much-loved third album Echolalia!
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 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.
Read MoreInstore Gigs Coming Up
Screamfeeder return with new album!
Brisbane rock legends Screamfeeder return to Sonic Sherpa for a free, all ages concert extravaganza clasping their killer new album Five Rooms!
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