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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Monday
Apr182011

NEW TICKETS: NXNE wristbands, Deerhoof + The Dodos, Art Brut, Bouncing Souls + Anti-Flag, Hot Water Music

Tickets just arrived:
NXNE (5-day wristband) @ venues across Toronto Mon.-Sun. Jun 13-19 $56.50
NXNE (Thursday wristband) @ venues across Toronto Thu. Jun 16 $28.25
NXNE (Friday wristband) @ venues across Toronto Fri. Jun 17 $28.25
NXNE (Saturday wristband) @ venues across Toronto Sat. Jun 18 $28.25
NXNE (Film Fest wristband) @ venues across Toronto Mon.-Sun. Jun 13-19 $28.25
Deerhoof + The Dodos @ Phoenix Thu. Jun 16 $22.60
Art Brut @ Mod Club Fri. Jun 17 $22.60
Bouncing Souls + Anti-Flag @ Phoenix Fri. Jun 17 $22.60
Hot Water Music @ Opera House Sat. Jun 18 $25.50

Saturday
Apr162011

NEW TICKETS: Young Widows

Tickets just arrived:
Young Widows @ Garrison Thu. May 12 $10.00

Friday
Apr152011

NEW TICKETS: Jonny (two nights), Twin Sister

Tickets just arrived:
Jonny @ Drake Underground Fri. Jun 3 $21.50
Jonny @ Drake Underground Sat. Jun 4 $21.50
Twin Sister @ El Mocambo Tue. Jul 19 $10.00

Friday
Apr152011

NEW TICKETS: Feast In The East 1

Tickets just arrived:
Feast In The East 1 (ft. Queening, RatTail, Gay, Tranz Defonce) @ Dickens Street Theatre Wed. May 4 $5.00

Thursday
Apr142011

NEW TICKETS: Beirut + Owen Pallett, Eels, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Gomez, The Dirtbombs, more

Tickets just arrived:
Beirut + Owen Pallett @ Phoenix Tue. Aug 2 $33.50
Eels @ Lee's Palace Tue. Aug 2 $35.50
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart @ Opera House Tue. Aug 2 $16.50
Gomez @ Phoenix Sun. Jul 17 $26.00
The Dirtbombs @ Horseshoe Fri. Jul 15 $15.00
Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ Drake Underground Mon. May 30 $20.00
Bad Manners @ Lee's Palace Sat. May 7 $20.00
Scala & Kolacny Brothers Choir @ Opera House Sat. Apr 30 $25.00
Sully Erna @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre Tue. May 24 $41.50
Zoe Keating @ Great Hall Sat. Jun 4 $20.00
100 Monkeys @ Mod Club Sat. Jul 9 $17.50

Thursday
Apr142011

NEW TICKETS: One Hundred Dollars

Tickets just arrived:
One Hundred Dollars @ Great Hall Fri. May 13 $12.00

Tuesday
Apr122011

NEW TICKETS: JEFF The Brotherhood (w/ The Strange Boys + White Fence), Mary Anne Hobbs, Sinden, more

Tickets just arrived:
JEFF The Brotherhood (w/ The Strange Boys + White Fence) @ Wrongbar Tue. Jun 21 $13.50
Mary Anne Hobbs @ Wrongbar Wed. Apr 27 $15.00
Sinden @ Wrongbar Sat. May 21 $12.50
Pan-Pot @ Wrongbar Thu. May 26 $15.00
John Dahlback @ Mod Club Fri. May 13 $15.00
Thomas Gold @ Mod Club Fri. May 27 $15.00
Feed Me @ Mod Club Fri. Jun 3 $15.00
Bar9 @ Wrongbar Wed. Apr 20 $15.00
Treasure Fingers @ Social Sat. Apr 30 $12.50

Monday
Apr112011

RECORD STORE DAY 2011: Inventory update

Yes, this coming Saturday, April 16 is Record Store Day—here's what has arrived in so far (we'll keep updating this page over the coming days as more items come in):

AC/DC - Shoot To Thrill (7")
ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS - Swanlights EP (10")
BAD BRAINS - Pay to Cum! (7"/Gold 7")
BAD BRAINS - God Of Love (LP)
SYD BARRETT/PINK FLOYD - An Introduction To Syd Barrett (LP)
THE BEACH BOYS - Good Vibrations b/w Heroes and Villains (10")
BIBIO/CLARK - Willenhall b/w Baskerville Grinch (12")
THE BLACK ANGELS - Another Nice Pair (LP)
THE BLACK ANGELS - Phosgene Nightmare (10")
BLITZEN TRAPPER - Maybe Baby (7")
BROKEN BELLS - Meyrin Fields EP (12")
BUILT TO SPILL - Ripple (7")
CARIBOU - Swim Remixes (12")
CULTS - Abducted (7")
DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE - In Living Stereo! (7")
DAFT PUNK - Tron Legacy: Translucence (10")
DEREK & THE DOMINOS - Got To Get Better In A Little While (7")
DEERHOOF - Friend Opportunity (LP)
DEERHUNTER - Memory Boy (7")
DEFTONES - Covers (LP)
DHAROHAR PROJECT, LAURA MARLING AND MUMFORD & SONS - S/T (10")
THE DOORS - Riders On The Storm (7")
BOB DYLAN - Brandeis University 1963 (LP)
STEVE EARLE - I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (7")
THE FLAMING LIPS - Heady Nuggs: The First 5 Warner Bros. Records (5LP boxset)
FLEET FOXES - Helplessness Blues (12" single)
FLYING LOTUS - Cosmogramma Alt Takes (12")
FOO FIGHTERS - Medium Rare (LP)
FUCKED UP - David's Town (LP)
GORILLAZ - The Fall (LP)
THE GRATEFUL DEAD - S/T (mono mix LP)
GREEN DAY/HUSKER DU - Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely (7")
GRINDERMAN - Evil (12")
GRINDERMAN - Palaces of Montezuma (12")
THE HEAD AND THE HEART - S/T (CD/LP)
THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE - Fire b/w Touch You (7")
JENNY AND JOHNNY/GRAM PARSONS & EMMYLOU HARRIS - Love Hurts (7")
THE KILLS - Satellite (10")
RAY LAMONTAGNE AND THE PARIAH DOGS - Live Fall 2010 (12")
LOWER DENS - Deer Knives (7")
MASTODON/ZZ TOP - Just Got Paid (7")
MIDLAKE - Am I Going Insane (12")
NIRVANA - Hormoaning (12")
OF MONTREAL - The Past Is A Grotesque Animal (12")
ROY ORBISON - Only The Lonely (Mono) b/w Oh, Pretty Woman (Live) (7")
OZZY OSBOURNE - Flying High Again (7")
OWEN - O, Evelyn (7")
PEARL JAM/THE FROGS - Immortality b/w Rearviewmirror (7")
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS - S/T (LP)
TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS - You're Gonna Get It! (LP)
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS/RAMONES - Havana Affair (7")
THE RESIDENTS - Meet The Residents (CD reissue)
THE RESIDENTS - Meet The Residents (LP reissue)
THE RESIDENTS - Randy's Ghost Stories (DVD)
R.E.M. - Three (3x7")
THE ROLLING STONES - Brown Sugar (7")
ROXY MUSIC - Virginia Plain b/w Pyjamarama (7")
ARTHUR RUSSELL - World of Echo (LP)
THE SEEDS - Evil Hoodoo (10")
REGINA SPEKTOR - Four From Far (7")
SUPERCHUNK - Here's Where The Strings Come In (CD reissue)
TELEVISION - Live At The Old Waldorf San Francisco, 6/29/78 (LP)
PETER TOSH - Legalize It b/w Equal Rights (7")
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND - Gotta Get That Feeling b/w Racing In The Street ('78) (10")
VILLAGERS/CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - Split (7")
HANK WILLIAMS III - Lovesick, Broke & Driftin' (LP)
YEASAYER - End Blood (7")
VA - CITR Pop Alliance (LP)
VA - Kill Rock Stars (LP reissue)
VA - Local Customs: Pressed At Boddie/Burned At Boddie (Numero Group's exclusive RSD release) (LP/CD)
VA - Rekords Rekords Rekords (Domino Records 10" sampler)
VA - The Stars Of Fame (7")

(PLEASE NOTE: No holdsfirst come, first served. We open at 10am on Saturday, so see you then!)

Sunday
Apr102011

NEW TICKETS: Stornoway, David Bazan, Crystal Stilts, Damon & Naomi, Quintron & Miss Pussycat, Krallice, Tinie Tempah, more

Tickets just arrived:
Stornoway @ El Mocambo Tue. May 24 $13.50
David Bazan @ Lee's Palace Tue. Jun 14 $13.50
Crystal Stilts @ Sneaky Dee's Sun. May 22 $13.50
Damon & Naomi @ Horseshoe Wed. May 25 $12.50
Quintron & Miss Pussycat @ Horseshoe Wed. Jun 1 $11.50
Krallice @ Sneaky Dee's Tue. Apr 28 26 $10.50
Tinie Tempah @ Wrongbar Mon. May 2 $21.50
Bell X1 @ Mod Club Wed. Jun 1 $21.00
This Will Destroy You @ Lee's Palace Mon. May 30 $13.50
Tech N9ne @ Opera House Wed. May 11 $28.50
KO & Daniel Wesley @ Mod Club Sat. May 7 $16.50
Title Fight @ Sneaky Dee's Mon. Jun 20 $16.00
Toh Kay (Tomas Kalnoky of Streetlight Manifesto) @ Sneaky Dee's Tue. May 3 $12.00
The Human Abstract @ Annex Wreckroom Tue. May 31 $15.00
World Inferno Friendship Society @ Lee's Palace Mon. May 16 $11.50
Two Cow Garage @ Garrison Sun. May 22 $8.50

Thursday
Apr072011

NEW TICKETS: Career Suicide (two shows), Pierced Arrows + Lullabye Arkestra, more

Tickets just arrived:
Career Suicide @ Parts & Labour Sat. Apr 23 (2pm/all-ages) $9.00
Career Suicide @ Wrongbar Sat. Apr 23 (10pm/19+) $9.00
Pierced Arrows + Lullabye Arkestra @ Silver Dollar Fri. Jun 10 $10.00
The Tranzmitors @ Parts & Labour Tue. May 10 $9.00