Thank You!

Soundscapes will be closing permanently on September 30th, 2021.

Open every day between Spetember 22nd-30th

We'd like to thank all of our loyal customers over the years, you have made it all worthwhile! The last 20 years have seen a golden age in access to the world's recorded music history both in physical media and online. We were happy to be a part of sharing our knowledge of some of that great music with you. We hope you enjoyed most of what we sold & recommended to you over the years and hope you will continue to seek out the music that matters.

In the meantime we'll be selling our remaining inventory, including thousands of play copies, many of which are rare and/or out-of-print, never to be seen again. Over the next few weeks the discounts will increase and the price of play copies will decrease. Here are the details:

New CDs, LPs, DVDs, Blu-ray, Books 60% off 15% off

Rare & out-of-print new CDs 60% off 50% off

Rare/Premium/Out-of-print play copies $4.99 $14.99

Other play copies $2.99 $8.99

Magazine back issues $1 $2/each or 10 for $5 $15

Adjusted Hours & Ticket Refunds

We will be resuming our closing sale beginning Friday, June 11. Our hours will be as follows:

Wednesday-Saturday 12pm-7pm
Sunday 11am-6pm

Open every day between September 22nd-30th

We will no longer be providing ticket refunds for tickets purchased from the shop, however, you will be able to obtain refunds directly from the promoters of the shows. Please refer to the top of your ticket to determine the promoter. Here is the contact info for the promoters:

Collective Concerts/Horseshoe Tavern Presents/Lee's Palace Presents: shows@collectiveconcerts.com
Embrace Presents: info@embracepresents.com
MRG Concerts: ticketing@themrggroup.com
Live Nation: infotoronto@livenation.com
Venus Fest: venusfesttoronto@gmail.com

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you for your understanding.

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Thursday
Jul022009

PHOENIX - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

OK, this disc's been out for a while, but if anything, here's hoping a late but ringing endorsement of this fine disc gives it some new momentum. Because man, oh man, are Phoenix ever a great pop band. They're kind of like black licorice—candy, but the sort of sophisticated candy that I suspect many people have convinced themselves they don't like without actually ever trying really great black licorice. Where am I going with this? Phoenix's brand of pop is so finely honed and lacking in any sort of edge that it's rather tempting to dismiss them as thin, dry, and stale—like black Twizzlers.
But in truth, they're more like that Panda black licorice from Finland, or even the new PC Aussie-Style black licorice—rich, supple, soft, tender, and imbued with a surprising depth of flavour. And above all, not actually that sweet. It's the kind of stuff I could eat all day, and after three spins in a row of Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, I guess I figuratively just did. Mmmm, mmm.
(The
Kitsune Tabloid mix-CD that the band recently curated is also a very deep and flavourful selection, albeit of other people's music, and is likewise highly recommended listening—V/A comp-repping ed.)

Reader Comments (2)

All hail Panda licorice!!!

July 2, 2009 | Unregistered Commentermamet

Big YES to the Panda.

July 6, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterjarkko

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