These are the biggest gigs happening for Record Store Day

Now, RSD can officially unveil some of the exciting activities happening across the country. On Saturday 20 April, independent record stores Australia-wide will be pumping with special events and in-store activities covering a whole spread of genres.

Highlights include:

• An exclusive signing / meet and greet with multi-award winner Montaigne at Hum Records in Sydney at 3pm
• A colossal day of live in-store appearances, with Emma Donovan and Lord Knows playing at Victoria’s Northside Records while the likes of Big Wett, Ausecuma Beats, Bel Air Lip Bombs and Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice play around the corner at Soundmerch
• The official launch of Impressed Records’ physical store in Woolloomooloo with an exclusive after-party performance from Babitha instore, as L-Fresh the Lionplays at Daddy Rich Records in Sydney
• Sugar-Fed Leopards playing live at Rocksteady Records in Victoria along with hip-hop heroes So.Crates, who will also appear Plug 7, Old Plates and Skydiver
• Little Lord Street Band performing live at Midland Records in WA
• A heavy metal choir at ALT CVLT in Victoria
• Live music from acoustic-gem EWAH at Tasmania’s femme-led Suffragette Records

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Discrepancy Records is Disneyland for record collectors and it’s sorting wishlists for Record Store Day

Record Store Day Australia is teaming up with Discogs, the world’s leading music discovery and record-collecting platform, unveiling a dedicated shopping portal called Record Store Day Afters that connects local RSD record stores with music-obsessed fans worldwide and gives them the chance to buy RSD stock they might have missed on the day.

For more than 15 years, RSD has been a cornerstone event in the calendar for independent record stores across the world, taking over the third Saturday of Aprilfor a colossal day of RSD exclusives, instore performances, boundless crate digging, artists signings and more.

Year on year, RSD is committed to celebrating the unwavering passion of the people slinging records from behind the counter, who generously share access, knowledge and an unadulterated adoration for music with the general public. What’s more, RSD sees many retailers offering extended trade, special deals and instore performances amongst plenty of other exciting activities.

Keen to snag a special edition from your favourite artist? You’ll need to get in touch with your local participating store and see what they’ll be ordering via the store locator on www.recordstoreday.com.au.