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: Verum Sun 13 Oct @ 2pm

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Over 40 years ago WA brothers

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Over 40 years ago WA brothers @marksnarski and @robsnarski formed the rock band Chad’s Tree, spending a few years together in that format before branching out to enjoy separate fruitful careers, but now they’ve reunited for new project Snarski vs Snarski! Between them they possess two of the greatest voices in the business and their debut solo album ‘Waiting For The Bell’ finds them reimagining each other’s songs from various projects across the journey - as well as one gorgeous new co-write ‘Be Careful To What You Put Your Name To’ - so grab a copy and share the brotherly love with these two icons of the Oz rock scene!
#catchotheday #snarskivssnarski #waitingforthebell #teardroprecords #marksnarski #robsnarski #ozrockicons #brotherlylove #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Recently much-loved local proj

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Recently much-loved local project @cloudtanglemusic (aka Meanjin artiste Amber Ramsay) released her third album of seductive dream-pop ‘Dreaming Again’, fittingly teaming with two fine local institutions for the release in @falsepeakrecords (for the vinyl) and @4000records (for the cassette)! Unsurprisingly the new album has been getting a great reception - the team at Backseat Mafia reckon, “‘Dreaming Again showcases Cloud Tangle’s almost alien beauty: creating a distant universe of coldness, fragility and grace that glides over a gulf stream of warmth” - and we have copies pressed onto limited edition heavyweight vinyl (locally by the team at @suitcaserecords), making it the perfect time to get dreamy with Cloud Tangle!
#catchotheday #cloudtangle #dreamingagain #falsepeakrecords #4000records #brisbanedreampop #limitededition #blackheavyweightvinyl #thinklocal #brisbanerules #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Late last year NYC alt-metal l

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Late last year NYC alt-metal legends @helmet_music released their ninth album ‘Left’ (through @earmusic), the seven-year gap since their last record making it their longest-ever break between releases. Fortunately this passage of time did not have any negative impact on the band’s trademark intensity - Metal Hammer reckon that it, “contains some of the year’s most instantaneous, memorable, propulsive yet deceptively complex riffs that serve as a base for everything from wild noise freakouts to some truly unexpected vocal hooks” - so get back on board with Page and the gang, 35 years of blowing tiny minds and still going strong!
#catchotheday #helmet #left #earmusic #albumnine #nycaltmetal #rocklegends #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! The sixth album ‘To All Trai

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
The sixth album ‘To All Trains’ by Chicago post-hardcore legends @shellacofnorthamerica will always be bathed in pathos, arriving as it did earlier this year just days after the tragic passing of frontman (and producer extraordinaire) Steve Albini. Luckily their first release in a decade is a typically strong collection which works as a fitting epitaph for their legendary founder - Clash Music’s 4 1/2 star review reckons, “Shellac, across 28 minutes of beat-em-up mutant rock, are on fire here, the six-legged noise beast dependable as ever. ‘To All Trains’ showcases a rock band who get every single thing about being a rock band absolutely correct” - and it’s pressed into recycled 180gm black vinyl for maximum ecological high-fidelity, so grab a copy of the Shellac swansong and raise a glass to a true rock Lee d, gone but never forgotten!
#catchotheday #shellac #toalltrains #touchandgo #albumsix #chicagonoiserock #180gm #recycledvinyl #valestevealbini #sonicsherpa

LAZY SUNDAY Well it’s sure been a crazy few day

LAZY SUNDAY
Well it’s sure been a crazy few days of gigs and instores and launches and other assorted madness, so currently enjoying a bit of relative R&R in the shop doling out vinyl (and wisdom) like there’s no tomorrow! New stuff in the crates, come have a gander…
#lazysunday #newvinyl #tearsforfears #jonspencer #snarksivssnarski #thespecials #thefauves #thewaterboys #thecure #jerrycantrell #johnbutler #cloudtangle #confidenceman #fatfreddysdrop #paulkelly #sarahblasko #peterperrett #wilco #thedwarves #comehaveadig #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Today is the release day for t

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Today is the release day for the new 13th album (count ‘em!) ‘Tropical Strength’ by Melbourne indie rockers @the_fauves_cool_band, released via excellent Brissie indie Valve Records! I’ve been a Fauves fan for decades now (kinda disturbing admission) and this is possibly my fave album since ‘Lazy Highways’ which came out sometime last millennium - although I do have a massive soft spot for the 2017 compilation ‘Prefer Others: B-Sides 1995-2002’ - these songs have all the great hooks and subtle snarkiness of their halcyon days and it’s on limited edition coloured vinyl, so take the plunge with ‘Tropical Strength’ it’s guaranteed to kill your worst enemies!
#catchotheday #thefauves #tropicalstrength #valverecords #melbourneindierock #albumthirteen #ozrocklifers #limitededition #colouredvinyl #sonicsherpa

BLAG THE RIPPER AWAY! Punk royalty in the house! L

BLAG THE RIPPER AWAY!
Punk royalty in the house! Last night the mighty @thedwarves tore Brissie a new one, and now their frontman Blag The Ripper (aka @blag_dahlia) is doing the same to Stones Corner in solo mode, too much fun!
#instore #blagdahlia #blagtheripper #thedwarves #punklegend #funfunfun #sonicsherpa

FREE TAPE/OFF LAUNCH! On Saturday arvo at @netherw

FREE TAPE/OFF LAUNCH!
On Saturday arvo at @netherworldarcade in the Valley you can catch a free set by local powerhouse @tapeoff who are launching their pummelling new single ‘Flat Earthers’, the second taste of their incredible third album ‘Fort Sensible’ which drops in early-‘25 through @coolinbysoundrecords! Tape/Off ripped through Sydney and Melbourne last weekend and by all accounts were in stellar form, it all kicks off from 2pm on Saturday with support from @smallesthorse (who covered Tape/Off’s ‘Day in, Day Out’ on the new ‘House Keys 3’ compilation) in solo mode!
#freegig #singlelaunch #tapeoff #flatearthers #saturday2november #netherworld #smallesthorse #peakbrisbane #coolinbysound #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Californian outfit @pornoforpy

FREE ‘RAPTORS ALBUM LAUNCH FRIDAY! Legendary Bri

FREE ‘RAPTORS ALBUM LAUNCH FRIDAY!
Legendary Brissie garage-rock conglomerate @velociraptorband are releasing their new album ‘Computer Future’ this Friday (through shop label @coolinbysoundrecords) - their first new rekkid in over a decade - and celebrating with a FREE launch party at @felonsbarrelhall this Friday night! The attached photo is a still from the clip for awesome new single ‘Drag Me Under’ (also out this Friday), directed by ‘Raptors in- house legend Jesse Hawkins, it’s all happening! Don’t forget, nothing good in life happens for free, except ‘Raptors launches!
#albumlaunch #thisfriday #velociraptor #computerfuture #felonsbeerhall #free #bluediner #newsingle #dragmeunder #brisbanerules #coolinbysound #sonicsherpa

BLAG DAHLIA HALLOWEEN INSTORE! Whether you’re ca

BLAG DAHLIA HALLOWEEN INSTORE!
Whether you’re catching Chicago punk legends @thedwarves tonight with MF&TGG or not, make sure to come down to Stones Corner tomorrow from 6.30pm for a free Halloween acoustic set by their founding frontman @blag_dahlia! Punk royalty in the house!
#instore #blagdahila #thedwarves #halloweenacousticinstore #630pm #free #allages #byo #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! The new album ‘Cartoon Darkn

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
The new album ‘Cartoon Darkness’ by awesome Melbourne pub-punks @amylandthesniffers (out through @virginmusicanz) doesn’t need much of a bump because it’s flying off the shelves already, such is its supremely-catchy discontent and vitriol! They’ve long been media darlings and ‘Cartoon Darkness’ is no exception - Kerrang!’s 5-star review reckons, “Added together, it makes for an instantly irresistible album that, just like its opening line, is frank, fearless, funny and fucking fantastic” - and we have copies on limited edition ‘Drowning In It’ blue vinyl, so if you’re going to embrace any darkness in 2024 make sure it’s ’Cartoon Darkness’!
#catchotheday #amylandthesniffers #cartoondarkness #virginmusicau #naarmgaragepunk #albumthree #limitededition #drowningjnit #bluevinyl #ozrockrules #sonicsherpa

BABY BLUE It’s a gorgeous spring day in the 4120

BABY BLUE
It’s a gorgeous spring day in the 4120, if you’re otherwise indisposed come on down and have dig and/or a yarn, never forget what that that poet guy said in the olden days:
“Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast,
To soften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak”
Sounds well cool and he discovered soft rock!
#babyblue #brisbaneinspring #brisbanerecordstore #haveadig #sootheasavagebreast #softrock #stonescorner

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Boston alt-rock legends @pixie

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Boston alt-rock legends @pixiesofficial just released their ninth full-length ‘The Night The Zombies Came’ (through @sonymusicaustralia) - their tenth if you include debut mini-album ‘Come On Pilgrim’ (1987) - which they’ve described as being informed by, “Druidism, apocalyptic shopping malls, mediaeval themed restaurants, 12th century poetic form, surf rock, gargoyles, bog people, and the distinctive dry drum sound of 1970s era Fleetwood Mac”. Unsurprisingly given their pedigree it’s been getting great reviews - Clash Music reckon it “isn’t an album for the uninspired or your average Joe – it’s a bible for the daydreaming visionary who finds beauty in the mundane” - and we have copies on limited edition ‘crystal clear and smoky red’ vinyl, so go back to the source with Charles and the gang!
#catchotheday #pixies #tnenightthezombiescame #sonymusicau #albumnine #bostonaltrocklegends #limitededition #crystalclearsmokyredvinyl #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! I remember catching a couple o

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
I remember catching a couple of sets from Naarm art-punks @gut___health at the ‘23 BIGSOUND and being blown away by their engrossing music and beguiling aesthetic, now they’ve utterly backed that up in the studio with their well-cool debut album ‘Stiletto’ (out through @highlycontagious_)! The media is lining up to sing the praises of ‘Stiletto’ - NME’s 4-star review reckons, “As indebted to the era of post-punk in the late-70s as it is to the NYC 2000s revival, Gut Health have crafted a percussively driven, instantly danceable style of motorik indie that impossibly toes the great divide between resolute, forceful intent and nonchalant, effortless cool” - so embrace the healing properties of Gut Health, your body is a temple!
#catchotheday #guthealth #stiletto #highlycontagious #debutalbum #naarmdancepunk #highlyrecommended #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Way back in 1994 local rock le

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Way back in 1994 local rock legends @powderfinger_bandofficial released their debut album ‘Parables For Wooden Ears’ on Polydor Records, which they’d recorded earlier that year down in Melbourne with legendary Oz rock producer Tony Cohen. The ‘Finger were still finding their feet aesthetically but all of the elements that would make them so great were already present - Juice magazine compared them to Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice In Chains, nothing their “big sound” and offering that the musicians on the album “not only know about power and restraint, but also play tastefully” - and the 30th anniversary reissue is on limited edition (1994 only) yellow vinyl, making this a fine time to explore the roots of these Brissie icons!
#catchotheday #powderfinger #parablesforwoodenears #polydorrecords #debutalbum #brisbanelegends #limitededition #yellowvinyl #thinklocal #sonicsherpa

WEEKEND WAX! Just chucked a ton of new vinyl into

BLAG DAHLIA HALLOWEEN INSTORE! We’re pumped to a

BLAG DAHLIA HALLOWEEN INSTORE!
We’re pumped to announce that next Thursday - aka freaking Halloween - at 6.30pm we’ll be hosting a free acoustic set and signing by @blag_dahlia , frontman from legendary US punks @thedwarves! He’s been out front of that amazing band since they formed in Chicago in the ‘80s but he’s also renowned for his solo acoustic blitzes, so grab this once-in-a-lifetime chance to spend Halloween with Blag!
#instore #thursday31october #630pm #blagdahlia #soloacousticset #halloween #signing #uspunklegend #free #allages #byo #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! I got to interview the great @

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
I got to interview the great @therealjohncale once many moons ago, and even though it seemed he was concurrently working on something in the studio and I had about 40% of his attention it was still a great yarn and incredible for me to talk music with a member of The Velvet Underground (plus we got to discuss the great Jonathan Richman at the end of the chat, probably the closest I’ll ever get in that regard). One of the key planks in Cale’s incredible decades-long solo career was his 1989 Eno-produced 12th album ‘Words For The Dying’, adapting poems from fellow Weshman Dylan Thomas - Lou Reed selected the album as one of his ‘picks of 1989’ and UK mag Fact called it “arguably the last great album John Cale recorded” - and the recent reissue is on limited edition clear vinyl, so ask yourself - what would JC do?
#catchotheday #johncale #wordsforthedying #allsaintsrecords #brianeno #dylanthomas #thevelvetunderground #rocknrolllegend #limitededition #clearvinyl #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Last time I saw NYC indie rock

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Last time I saw NYC indie rock outfit DIIV (aka @lovealienzzz) was about a decade ago on the deck of a cruise ship on a beautiful day in the Bahamas, whole lotta fun but whatevs. Their recent fourth album ‘Frog In Boiling Water’ (out through @fantasyrecords) is not only notably for its nifty St Kilda-coloured cover design but the tunes are super-cool as well - DIY Mag’s 4 1/2 star review reckons, “ The Brooklyn four-piece have produced something truly special. This is a real statement of a record, one that sees them forge ever further skyward in their pursuit of monolithic shoegaze, while also exploring softer territory on tracks so thick with atmosphere that their queasy melodies gnaw at the marrow of your bones“ - and we have copies on limited edition white vinyl, so dive right into that boiling water with DIIV, what could go wrong?
#catchotheday #diiv #froginboilingwater #fantasyrecords #brooklynindierock #nycshoegaze #limitededition #whitevinyl #sonicsherpa

CATCH O’ THE DAY! Back in 1999 Canadian artist @

CATCH O’ THE DAY!
Back in 1999 Canadian artist @alanis followed up the runaway success of her third album ‘Jagged Little Pill’ with ‘Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie’, moving away from the straightforward post-grunge that had served her so well by incorporating world sounds from Middle-Eastern spiritual music to trip-hop. Despite the immense pressure the move proved a massive success and the album was another huge smash - AllMusic called it “a clear step forward, teeming with ambition and filled with new musical ideas and different sonic textures” - and the 25th anniversary ‘Thank U’ 2-LP vinyl reissue features reimagined artwork, so take the confessional route with one junkie you can trust!
#catchotheday #alanismorissette #supposedformerinfatuationjunkie #rhinorecords #albumfour #25thanniversaryedition #2lp #90sclassic #sonicsherpa

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