Noel Mengel, on indie music and the indie record store
It’s a deep connection, that store, that set, that steaming Brisbane summer day. It never leaves you. It’s a different experience to flicking through your phone..
It’s a deep connection, that store, that set, that steaming Brisbane summer day. It never leaves you. It’s a different experience to flicking through your phone..
CMC ROCKS PRE-ORDER
Due: 24 Mar
Pre-order Chris Young’s new album Young Love & Saturday Nights and go into the draw to win the autographed album banner from the CMC Rocks music shop!
Brilliantly exploratory second album from Leeds outfit Yard Act finds them examining the duelling sense of responsibility and ambition, guilt, love, drive and everything in between.
The long-awaited fifth album by fierce UK post-punks Idles is there “love album”, communal anthems intended for overcoming our grievance.
An immediate air-punching return from the much-loved alt-synth-pop outfit from North Carolina, limited edition indie exclusive clear vinyl!
New album from The Smile, featuring Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead and drummer/producer Tom Skinner. Indie exclusive blue vinyl!
First time ever on vinyl for Brisbane legend Ed Kuepper’s 1996 experimental pop opus ‘Frontierland’, on limited edition opaque blue vinyl!
14 years in the making, the posthumous album Bird Machine by indie rock legend Mark Linkous – aka Sparklehorse – is a fine addition to an incredible canon. Indie exclusive clear vinyl!
Third album from excellent Dutch indie rockers Pip Blom finds them veering into the world of thumping, carefree synth pop! Limited edition pink vinyl!
CMC ROCKS PRE-ORDER!
Due 12 Apr
CMC pre-order competition! Pre-order new Tyler Hubbard CD ‘Strong’ and receive an autographed album poster!
Fifth solo album from legendary Dinosaur Jr frontman J Mascis is full of stripped-back grandeur, on limited edition pink marbled vinyl!
Second solo album from Parquet Courts co-frontman is rife with adroit wit and penetrating insight, super limited indie exclusive purple vinyl with tip-on sleeve!
CMC ROCKS PRE-ORDER
Due: 12 Apr
Pre-order Morgan Evans’ Live At The Sydney Opera House and receive an autographed album slick plus go into the draw to win the album banner from the CMC Rocks music shop!
On August 12, 2011 Sonic Youth played their final US show on an outdoor stage overlooking the East River at the Williamsburg Waterfront in Brooklyn, now presented on 2-LP black vinyl.
Due: 14 Jun
Beloved Portland outfit The Decemberists’ distinctive brand of hyperliterate folk-rock returns with their new ninth album ‘As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again’!
Due: 24 Jun
The Gong’s finest ever garage-rock duo Hockey Dad are back with Rebuild Repeat, their fourth album available on limited edition purple vinyl!
SAT 3 FEB @ 3PM
Local country-rock outfit Good Will Remedy return to Sonic Sherpa to celebrate the release of their sixth full-length release, Sunshine State!
SAT 29 DEC @ 3PM
Brisbane exclusive instore set from Oz country icon Felicity Urquhart and her partner-in-crime Josh Cunningham (of The Waifs fame) in celebration of their new album ‘Birdsong’!
Belly catches up with founding guitarist and songwriter Nick Arson from Swedish rock legends The Hives to talk new albums and strange careers!
Fifth album by Melbourne punks Clowns revels in high voltage riffs, hardcore energy and tongue-in-cheek lyrics, first pressing on limited edition translucent orange with white swirl vinyl!