Dreadful Sounds

This is my favourite record store in town. Laser and Kate really love music and are committed to curating an excellent selection of used vinyl. They specialize in Metal, Punk, and Noise, but have other genres as well. I really have to appreciate a place that I can walk out of with a Gaunt 7", a Cocksparrer reissue, a Paul Revere & the Raiders LP, and some local 45s all in one trip. I have never walked out of there without at least one gem. Laser even once found the most pristine copy of Nevermind The Bollocks I have ever seen and SAVED it for me because he remembered that I was looking for one. They also do lots of cool events after-hours at the store from DIY shows and DJ nights, to plain old get-togethers.

metal, hardcore, punk, and everything else you could ever want. no lames here, good shirts too. one of columbus' hidden gems.

This place has a cassette section, motherfuckers!!! Suck on that, Tower Records.  Despite a smallish rock/reggae/rap/soul/etc section that covers 2/3rds of the shortest wall, this is definitely a punk rock record store. It caters heavily to all sub genres, with full on sections for crust, oi, pop, metal, etc.

It isn't the biggest place, situated in a tiny upstairs space in Clintonville, but it's big enough, and probably rivals a lot of other record stores if you remove their CD collections, of which Dreadful has zero. The prices were on point, which is probably why I walked out empty-handed. I'm a record hunter. I don't pay full price for used punk vinyl. I find stashes dudes!

I have to wonder how the place stays open catering to such a small, niche market, but it's about to celebrate its second year anniversary so things can't be too slow.