Soundscapes

General information

Soundscapes is an independent music store located at 572 College Street in the Little Italy neighborhood in Toronto, Canada. We carry new vinyl, CDs, DVDs, music books and magazines. We also sell concert tickets for most shows at Lee's Palace, the Horseshoe, the Mod Club and many other venues in Toronto.

We like to concentrate on carrying most things considered a little left of centre but try to expand our scope over all horizons. We stock the best in music from all genres including indie pop/rock, psych/garage, punk, prog, noise, rock/metal, americana, folk, soul, jazz, blues, electronic, experimental, hip-hop, reggae, dub, french-pop, brazilian/tropicalia, international music, classical and 20th/21st century classical. We're also proud to support the Canadian & Toronto independent music scenes through our vast consignment section and our ongoing work with the Toronto Public Library's local music catalogue.

We carry most releases from 4AD, 5rc, Ace, All Tomorrow's Parties, Anti, Arts & Crafts, Barsuk, Beggars Banquet, Blocks Recording Club, Blood & Fire, Bloodshot, Blue Note, Buda, Constellation, Domino, Drag City, Dust to Digital, ECM, Honest John's, Impulse, Jagjaguwar, K, Kent, Last Gang, Leaf, Load, Light in the Attic, Matador, Merge, Mint, Mute, Numero, Out of this Spark, Paper Bag, Radioactive/Fallout, Rev-Ola, Rat-Drifting, Secretly Canadian, Smithsonian Folkways, Soul Jazz, Stones Throw, Sub Pop, Sublime Frequencies, Sundaze, Temporary Residence, Three Gut, Thrill Jockey, Trojan, Touch & Go, Type, Tzadik, Vampisoul, Warp, XL, Yazoo and hundreds of other independent labels. We also carry select releases from the major labels.

We've hosted in-store performances by Great Lake Swimmers, El Perro Del Mar, Creeping Nobodies, FM3, Iron & Wine, My Morning Jacket, Badly Drawn Boy, Neil Halstead, Jens Lekman, the Concretes, Broken Social Scene, Feist, Stars, Kid Koala, Bon Iver, The Rural Alberta Advantage, tUnE-yArDs, Miracle Fortress, PS I Love You, and many others. Please check our website for the schedule of upcoming performances.