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.

LOST IN SPACEY! WA indie rockers @spacey_jane have

LOST IN SPACEY!
WA indie rockers @spacey_jane have gone from strength-to-strength with their recent second album ‘Here Comes Everybody’ - UK online publication Atwood Magazine gushed, “Spirited, soaring, and triumphant, Here Comes Everybody is a radiant indie rock soundtrack of inner strength and passion: An inspiring and uplifting album about dealing with, and seeing through the hardship in our lives. However dark things get, there’s always a light” - and for the next little while if you buy the album you’ll get a bonus SJ sticker and poster to sweeten the deal! Free stuff rules!
#lostinspacey #spaceyjane #herecomeseverybody #awalrecordings #ozindierock #bonus #poster #sticker #freestuffrules #sonicsherpa

PRE-ORDER 3-LP FEAR! Finally, nearly three years a

PRE-ORDER 3-LP FEAR!
Finally, nearly three years after US alt-metal titans @toolmusic dropped their fifth album ‘Fear Inoculum’ (2019) digitally and on deluxe-CD, they’re issuing a relatively affordable vinyl version! On Friday 5 Aug they are dropping ‘Fear Innoculum’ on 3-LP 180gm black vinyl (in a gatefold sleeve with new artwork plus a bonus poster), so pre-order now to ensure a copy and discover for yourself why it won a Grammy (Best Metal Performance for ‘7empest’) and went to #1 on both the US and Australia!
#preorder #friday5august #tool #fearinoculum #sonymusicaustralia #3lp #180gmblackvinyl #numberone #dontcallitacomeback #metaltitans #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! The incredible 1996 fourth alb

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
The incredible 1996 fourth album ‘Kitten Licks’ by Brissie indie rock legends @therealscreamfeeder remains not just one of their finest moments but one of the best rekkids ever to emerge from our fair city, and thanks to the champs at Melbourne label @poisoncity it’s back in print on wax for a brief window! It contains some of their mist timeless classics such as ‘Static’, ‘Darts’, ‘Bruises’ and ‘Down The Drinker’ - plus we assume the liner notes Belly scribbled for the album’s last couple of reissues (it’s shrinkwrapped so hard to tell) - and we have copies on super limited silver vinyl, grab this catchy slice of local history while it’s still an option!
#catchotheday #screamfeeder #kittenlicks #poisoncityrecords #90sclassic #brisbaneclassic #alltimebanger #limitededition #silvervinyl #brisbanerules #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! A relatively unknown @amywineh

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
A relatively unknown @amywinehouse stunned UK’s Glastonbury Festival with her inaugural debut performance back in 2004, but by the time she returned triumphantly in 2007 it was a different story with 2006’s second album ‘Back To Black’ having made the R&B/soul singer a bona fide star. While harrowing 2015 documentary ‘Amy’ reminds what a loss Winehouse’s tragically young passing in 2011 was for the music world, new 2-LP live set ‘Live At Glastonbury’ captures her in full flight at the peak of her powers delivering the cream of her soulful originals plus some choice covers of songs by Toots & The Maytals, Sam Cooke and The Zutons, a cool snapshot of an amazing talent gone too soon.
#catchotheday #amywinehouse #liveatglastonbury2007 #2lp #livealbum #whatavoive #rip #sonicsherpa

NEW BLACK MIDI! Beloved UK experimental rockers @b

NEW BLACK MIDI!
Beloved UK experimental rockers @bmblackmidi are releasing their third album ‘Hellfire’ on Friday 15 July, and thanks to the crew at @inertiamusicaus if you pre-order before then you’ll not only score the album on limited edition indie exclusive red vinyl but the first handful of pre-orders will score a bonus red flexidisc single recorded live with the great Steve Albini during their 2021 US tour! ‘Hellfire’ is described in the presser as “their most thematically cohesive and intentional album yet” and the first two were crackers, get in early for some primo bonus goodness today!
#preorder #friday15july #blackmidi #hellfire #ukrock #roughtrade #inertiamusic #limitededition #indieexclusive #redvinyl #cheekybonus #flexidiscsingle #whilestockslast #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Back in 2019 the Aussie music

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Back in 2019 the Aussie music scene lost a bona fide legend when The Celibate Rifles’ founding frontman Damien Lovelock passed away, and towards the end of that same year a tribute concert was held in his memory at Sydney’s beautiful Enmore Theatre. A cavalcade of Rifles’ members past and present re-teamed to pay tribute to their fallen friend - joined by a rotating cast of guest vocalists filling his massive shoes, including Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Ben Brown (The Hellmenn) and our own Evil Dick of HITS fame - to pump out a slew of Rifles classics as well as covers by AC/DC and The Velvet Underground, the emotional gathering recorded for posterity and now released on wax as ‘Damo The Musical’! It’s kinda sad but mainly a celebration of an amazing musical journey, Oz rock awesomeness doesn’t come much more poignant!
#catchotheday #thecelibaterifles #damothemusical #livealbum #damienlovelock #ozrocklegend #tribute #ripdamo #sonicsherpa

DOUBLE SALE! EOFY is rapidly approaching and we ne

DOUBLE SALE!
EOFY is rapidly approaching and we need to make some space, starting with the racks of 2nd hand CDs outside the shop which are now all $2 each (or 6 for $10)! Come fill your boots!
#doublesale #eofymadness #usedcds #pricedtoclear #findthemagoodhome #sonicsherpa

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER! To paraphrase the great Mi

CATCH O’ THE DAY! We finally landed our copies o

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
We finally landed our copies of the long-awaited reissue of the classic 1986 debut ‘Free Dirt’ by Oz rock icons @thediedpretty, it’s first time on wax in over 30 years! Recorded by Radio Birdman legend Rob Younger, Ron and Brett had only just moved to Sydney after stints in bands up here so ‘Free Dirt’ finds DP at their most Brisbane-inspired, described in the presser as “a highlight of post-Birdman Sydney rock & roll, mixing Stooges/Velvets-style garage-rock grunt with post-punk sounds gleaned from the likes of Pere Ubu and the Laughing Clowns”! There were only 500 copies pressed so they won’t last long, delve back into our awesome Oz rock history today!
#catchotheday #diedpretty #freedirt #sorcererrecords #ozrockicons #80sclassic #limitededition #justdoit #sonicsherpa

RSD DROP 2 RESIDUALS! ‘Twas a fun day had by all

RSD DROP 2 RESIDUALS!
‘Twas a fun day had by all last Saturday for RSD 2022 drop 2, many people left happy with many treasures but there's still plenty of really cool relics left over, some of which (but not all) are pictured here! Plus stay tuned for some late big ticket titles landing today!
#rsdaustralia #rsd2022 #drop2residuals #superchunk #ramones #rhereplacements #courtneybarnett #suziquatro #themuffs #reigningsound #theproclaimers #blacklabelsociety #jimmycliff #bluevelvet #johnnymarr #teganandsara #sweet #sepultura #goldensmog #goaheadpunk #motorhead #madness #kittie #peppapig #suzannevega #petetownshend #petertosh #heapsmore #sonicsherpa

SKY BLUE SKY Another brutal Brisbane winter day, t

SKY BLUE SKY
Another brutal Brisbane winter day, the burden of life in the sub-sub-tropics…
#brisbanewinter #skybluesky #comesaygday #lifeinthe4120 #sonicsherpa

SMF22 IS ON! Our fave day in the annual Brisbane m

SMF22 IS ON!
Our fave day in the annual Brisbane music calendar is without doubt the wonderful @sonicmasalafest, which returns this year to @thetriffid on Saturday 13 August! The line-up is now settled and the artwork (courtesy the great Phoebe Paradise) has been unveiled, and if you pre-purchase a ticket to the killer line-up of bands you go into the draw for a $100 Sonic Sherpa gift voucher! What are ya waiting for?
#sonicmasalafest #smf22 #thetriffid #saturday13april #brisbaneunderground #giftvoucher #getamongstit #toomuchfun #sonicsherpa

PEAK BRISBANE! Thanks heaps to John from local ind

PEAK BRISBANE!
Thanks heaps to John from local indie @soundpressing for bringing in the new split-7” between Brisbane legends @regurgitators and @therealscreamfeeder to celebrate the 25th anniversaries of their respective 1996 releases ‘Tu-Plang’ and ‘Kitten Licks’! The Gurg side is a live take on ‘Track 1’ while SF’s is ‘Summertime’ (the upbeat b-side to their ‘96 ‘Dart’ single), and the copies we have are on limited edition “dehydrated piss yellow” vinyl! Never change the ‘90s you scurrilous beast, invest in and ingest this peak Brisbane rock history today!
PS Screamfeeder are launching their amazing new album ‘5 Rooms’ this Friday night at @princess_theatre_brisbane, see ya at the bar!
#splitseveninch #regurgitator #track1 #screamfeeder #summertime #25thanniversary #soundpressing #limitededition #dehydratedpissyellow #peakbrisbane #imissthe90s #sonicsherpa

WHERE DOES THE TIME GO? According to the framed to

WHERE DOES THE TIME GO?
According to the framed tour poster on my wall 25 years ago today I saw DC punk legends Fugazi at recently-demolished Valley venue The Roxy. They were touring behind their most recent fourth album ‘Red Medicine’ (1995), and I don’t remember who the supports were but as was their wont it was all ages with no booze (or merch), just keeping it all about the incredible music. You can buy an audio recording of the gig at the Fugazi live archive, might have to make a re-investment in my past adventures…
#21june1997 #25years #fugazi #australiantour #brisbane #theroxy #allages #punkextravaganza #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Was super sad a week or so bac

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Was super sad a week or so back to read that the great Greg Cartwright was calling stumps on his awesome Memphis-born garage-soul outfit @thereigningsound, a band I sadly never got to see in the flesh (although I saw Cartwright sing many of their incredible songs at an amazing off-grid Brisbane solo bash a few years back when The Oblivions were in town). Fittingly one my fave releases from the recent RSD drop was the new Reigning Sound live album ‘Memphis In June’, recorded during a run of outdoor gigs during the pandemic and sounding for all intents and purposes like a ‘greatest hits’ package rather than a traditional live album such is the quality of playing and recording. It’s chock full of timeless hits from another universe and this RSD pressing is on limited edition orange vinyl - Reigning Sound may be gone but their awesome music shall remain, give it a shot at the title today!
#catchotheday #reignjngsound #memphisinjune #memphisgaragesoul #livealbum #rsdaustralia #limitededition #indieexclusive #orangevinyl #ripreigningsound #sonicsherpa

IT’S ON! Drop 2 of the 2022 @rsdaustralia is off

IT’S ON!
Drop 2 of the 2022 @rsdaustralia is officially off and running, if you’re in the hood come down and peruse out selection of limited edition, indie exclusive vinyl goodness, or if you’re elsewhere get down to your local record store stat! Too much fun!
#rsdaustralia #rsd2022 #drop2 #limitededition #indieexclusive #vinylgoodness #itshappening #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! I was so excited to see this b

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
I was so excited to see this bad boy back in circulation until I realised that the reissue was celebrating its 30th anniversary… damn, talk about harshing my buzz! The 1992 fourth album by Seattle noisemongers @mudhoney_ had found them jump from grunge HQ Sub Pop to major label Reprise but their fierce outsider tendencies remained firmly intact, evidenced on the ragged fury of tracks like ‘Suck You Dry’, ‘No End In Sight’, ‘Blinding Sun’ and ‘Acetone’. It was never of its time so still sounds great today and the new limited edition reissue (1500 numbered copies worldwide) is on translucent green vinyl, it’s time to get scungy!
#catchotheday #mudhoney #pieceofcake #seattlerock #grungish #30thanniversary #vinylreissue #1500copies #individuallynumbered #translucentgreenvinyl #getscungy #sonicsherpa

O’SHEA AWAY! A great crowd has gathered to see N

O’SHEA AWAY!
A great crowd has gathered to see Nashville-based Oz country duo @therealoshea introduce their epic fifth album ‘Neon Soul’ to the wider world! There’s a lot of love in the room, too much fun!
#instore #oshea #neonsoul #ozcountryrules #toomuchfun #sonicsherpa

RELAX WITH MAX! Thanks heaps to Max from local zin

RELAX WITH MAX!
Thanks heaps to Max from local zine institution @stewmag_ for bringing in the new issue featuring killer duo Doggie Heaven on the cover as well as interviews with Civic, Party Dozen, Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers and much more! Celebrate our awesome Aussie underground in full gonzo glory!
#relaxwithmax #stewmag #vol2issue3 #doggieheaven #brisbanezine #gonzojournalism #thanksmate #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Holy moly, I vividly recall th

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Holy moly, I vividly recall this playing at a soirée I was at about 20 years ago and having my tiny mind blown, quickly devouring everything I could learn about Deep South indie rockers Neutral Milk Hotel (which at the time wasn’t much) and pretty much listening to this - their 1998 second album ‘In An Aeroplane Over The Sea’ - on repeat for the longest time trying to absorb and comprehend its inherent magic. Since then I’ve done a keynote interview with the album’s producer Robert Schneider (of Elephant 6 and Apples In Stereo fame) and even got to see NMH on their inaugural (and so far only) Aussie tour back in 2013, but I feel I’m still no closer to unlocking the secret of what makes Jeff Mangum and this record so weirdly special. Take the trip today, nobody ever regrets it…
#catchotheday #neutralmilkhotel #intheaeroplaneoverthesea #mergerecords #jeffmangum #90sclassic #nothingelselikeit #sonicsherpa

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