Gordy Boy Records trots into Adelaide Arcade

A lifelong vinyl fan has fulfilled a dream by opening a record shop and being part of the local music community and culture.

How pain propelled a rapper to immortalise his mum in music

When Adelaide rapper Claz found out his mother was diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, he started work on a tender hip-hop record to ensure her name would be forever ingrained in the city’s consciousness.

Clarity Records is expanding into the shop next door

Cult Hindmarsh Square record store Clarity Records is expanding into an empty bricks-and-mortar space next door, and plans on also throwing (sometimes boozy) gigs on weekends.

Sampling spirituality: How The Avalanches extend life through sound

One half of Australia’s most beloved and eclectic plunderphonic bands, The Avalanches, explains how music can contain snippets of a person's being, and why harnessing their own music in new ways for Illuminate Adelaide is extending the life of their art.

A new underground record store from an Adelaide scene stalwart

At 16, Tom Abbott helped order hip-hop records at Rundle Street institution B Sharp before eventually owning the joint. Now, after taking a break from music to work as a lawyer, he’s returned to the industry with Record Playerz.

Digs at Bigs

Crackle and Pop are everywhere

The pressing issue of vinyl production gets a local solution

Inspired by the premier plants of Munich and Bavaria, Roundabout Records in the Adelaide Hills is putting it all on black to preserve the art of analogue music production by investing in a pressing facility.

Paradise Loft Record Fair