StockholmShopping

Music shopping in Stockholm

  1. A

    Pet Sounds Records

    No cute puppies here, just kick-ass music. Please your ears with everything from indie and alt-rock to pop, techno, rock and kitsch Latin pop. Pick up cult art books, concert tickets and flyers, or simply pick the staff’s brains over espresso at the tiny in-house bar. For late-night tunes, hit sister venue Pet Sounds Bar across the street.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Record Hunter

    It’s places like this that make St Eriksgatan one of Stockholm’s best streets for…well, record hunting. It has a heaving sale rack in the basement, a decent selection of dirt-cheap retro vinyl, secondhand DVDs and a kids’ music section. Best of all, you can pick up tickets to major music gigs.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Got to Hurry

    Hidden away down a skinny laneway, this tiny record store has a global reputation for stocking obscure and limited-edition CDs and ’60s and ’70s vinyl. Expect anything from California psychedelia to kitsch Italian pop and a Japanese edition of Led Zeppelin’s II album.

    reviewed

  4. D

    Soundkilla

    This hole-in-the-wall record shop gets down to reggae, man, from old-school dancehall to ska, roots, dub and revival. Weekly imports from Jamaica, the UK and the US keep the DJs rolling in, and owner Ashman is your man for the lowdown on Stockholm’s reggae party scene.

    reviewed