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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Friday
Oct152010

NEW TICKETS: S. Carey, The Lowest Of The Low (two nights), The Songs Of Nick Drake, more

Tickets just arrived:
S. Carey @ Horseshoe Sun. Dec 19 $11.50
The Lowest Of The Low @ Lee's Palace Fri. Dec 3 $25.00
The Lowest Of The Low @ Lee's Palace Sat. Dec 4 $25.00
The Songs Of Nick Drake @ Trinity St. Paul's Sun. Nov 28 $35.00 (no service charge)
Electric Six @ Horseshoe Wed. Dec 29 $18.50
Fran Healy @ Mod Club Fri. Nov 26 $29.50

Friday
Oct152010

MAKE SOME NOISE: FREE Toronto Public Library concerts + music workshops

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The fall season of our Make Some Noise concert series kicked off last week with a show at the Parkdale Public Library with Diamond Rings. Thanks to all who attended—it was definitely a big success for all involved. We've got a few more shows coming up that we'll let you know about now:

Juno Award winner
Buck 65

Fri. Oct 15 at 8pm (doors 7:30)
Bloor/Gladstone Branch
1101 Bloor Street West

Juno Award winner
Jully Black

Sat. Oct 23 at 8pm (doors 7:30)
York Woods Library Theatre
1785 Finch Avenue West 

The Magic
with special guest
Maylee Todd

Sat. Nov 20 at 8pm (doors 7:30)
North York Central Library
5120 Yonge Street

Tape Some Noise

Learn about making music and music-themed videos for the internet from the creators of three of the most exciting and innovative projects to come out of Toronto: Colin Medley, journalist and creator of Morning Noon Night; David Oppenheim, interactive producer and part of the creative team behind the City Sonic project; and Iris Fraser, video artist and member of Blocks Recording Club.

Tue. Nov 23 at 7pm (doors 6:30)
Lillian H. Smith Branch
239 College Street 

This Workshop is Broken

Musician, journalist and author Stuart Berman talks about his experiences chronicling the Toronto independant music scene, and his recent project, This Book is Broken, a biography of the band Broken Social Scene.

Wed. Dec 1 at 7pm (doors 6:30)
Danforth/Coxwell Branch
1675 Danforth Avenue 

As always, the concerts and workshops are a partnership between Soundscapes, Exclaim! Magazine and the Polaris Music Prize to help the Toronto Public Library support local music in Toronto.

Thursday
Oct142010

NEW TICKETS: Peaches Christ Superstar

Tickets just arrived:
Peaches Christ Superstar @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre Tue. Dec 21 $37.00

Thursday
Oct142010

DATE CHANGE: Johnny Flynn

The Johnny Flynn concert originally scheduled to take place at Lee's Palace on Mon. Oct 18 has been moved to Sun. Nov 14—if desired, refunds are available, but tickets for the original date will be honoured at the door.

Thursday
Oct142010

CANCELLED: Cotton Jones

The Cotton Jones concert originally scheduled to take place at the Drake Underground on Sat. Oct 9 was cancelled due to a van breakdown—refunds are therefore now being issued at point of purchase.

Thursday
Oct142010

NEW TICKETS: Trampoline Hall, Black Milk

Tickets just arrived:
Trampoline Hall @ Garrison Mon. Oct 18 $5.00
Black Milk @ Revival Thu. Nov 18 $15.00

Wednesday
Oct132010

CONTEST: Dr. Dog + Here We Go Magic

We've got one last minute contest to announce. You can win a pair of tickets to this Saturday's Dr. Dog + Here We Go Magic show at the Phoenix, all you have to do is answer the skill testing question here.

Don't forget to enter our Avi Buffalo (Oct. 18) and Josh Ritter (Oct. 26) contests too!

Wednesday
Oct132010

IN-STORE: The Drums

Brooklyn, NY's The Drums will be performing here at Soundscapes this Saturday, October 16th, at 7pm. Last year's debut EP and this year's full-length follow-up have been favourites of ours here at the shop and we couldn't be more excited to have them come play. As always, it's a free event, but show up early since we're expecting a crowd! Check out their video for "Best Friend" below.

Tuesday
Oct122010

NEW TICKETS: The Rural Alberta Advantage, Two Hours Traffic, The Meligrove Band, White Cowbell Oklahoma, Dead Prez, Toronto Roller Derby, more

Tickets just arrived:
The Rural Alberta Advantage @ Lee's Palace Thu. Dec 16 $15.00
Two Hours Traffic @ Horseshoe Sat. Nov 13 $13.50
The Meligrove Band @ Great Hall Fri. Nov 12 $10.00
White Cowbell Oklahoma @ Lee's Palace Fri. Dec 17 $16.50
Dead Prez @ Great Hall Thu. Oct 28 $25.00
Toronto Roller Derby @ The Hangar (Downsview Park) Sat. Oct 23 $12.00
G20 Legal Defense Benefit @ Great Hall Thu. Nov 11 $50.00
Fugitives @ Drake Underground Sun. Oct 17 $12.00
Violens @ Drake Underground Sun. Nov 7 $10.00
The Schomberg Fair @ Garrison Wed. Nov 24 $8.00
Trashed @ Gladstone Hotel Fri. Oct 29 $8.00

Thursday
Oct072010

NEW TICKETS: Badly Drawn Boy, more

Tickets just arrived:
Badly Drawn Boy @ Great Hall Wed. Dec 8 $27.50
Lights @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre Thu. Nov 18 $27.00