Something I hope to make a weekly feature (while it lasts)… reviews of record shops in Toronto, just so you know where to go to get what you want.

First up is Rotate This, one of my personal favorites.

Rotate This is great in that caters to both vinyl and cd lovers. Though, really the first thing to note is that Rotate definitely does cater towards the Alt-(insert genre here) categories of music much more so than main stream stuff. Definitely not a detriment if you ask me, but in case you were hoping to get the latest mainstream chart toppers, you’re probably out of luck.

Rotate’s vinyl collection is unmatched when it comes to new releases, plus its far from being outrageously priced (certainly not always the case). As a bonus they do deal used vinyl and there’s usually some great finds to be had (say, Abbey Road for $5…)It’s CD selection holds up pretty well too, minus the aforementioned lack of mainstream, if you want it, chances are rotate has it.

Just to make it even better, Roate is a fantastic ticket outlet. You can get tickets for most alt-____ acts that come through town… without crazy ticketmaster service charges. In fact, their site works as well as most concert listings for seeing what’s coming up soon.
Overall 4.5/5 for CD listeners 5/5 for vinyl listeners.

p.s. extra bonus their owner(?) is featured in the Broken Social Scene video for Fire Eye’d Boy.

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