basement of 381 Flinders Lane (enter via Tavistock Place)
This place took a bit of finding, as you can see its a small door on a lane way off Flinders Lane (between Queen and William). However once inside and despite outside appearances the shop was clean, spacious and well lit with a fairly large selection of new and second hand vinyls on shelf. There's also a drum set and other band gear set up in an alcove, this joint obviously thrives on a living community. Off the hip's collection 'Includes rare and collectable Australian vinyl from legends like: RADIO BIRDMAN, THE VICTIMS, HARD ONS, STEMS, RIPTIDES'. Personally I wouldn't list all those bands in the same sentence, but heck, this ain't my shop so what ever blows your hair back! As you would expect the selection is fairly heavily Aussie independent focused and unabashedly so.
Second hand vinyls were laid out around the walls with a good selection of new but mainly reissued vinyl in the centre stock. There was a heavy '80's/'90's independent showing with the average second hand vinyl coming in at $15 and new at $25.
I ended up picking up The Saints 'A little maddness to be free', which was my introduction into this epic Aussie act, Bauhaus' 'Telegram Sam' 12", a low-fi Sonics' re-release 'The Savage Young Sonics' and Gitogito Hustler's 'Love & Roll'. The Gitogito album was a bit of an impulse buy (I liked the cover) but was just what the doctor ordered for a lazy Saturday morning, some crazy Japanese pop/punk noise!
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