My Montreal staple, first place I go when in town. Well second, I first get coffee. But this place…read moreis for sure second. I once got a skid row tape there in like 2015, but today I just dug around a little bit and found a Montreal doom metal album, and a Canadian press of Days of Future's Past. Sick. Great shop, great bunch of people working there, talking music. Have a lot of new vinyl as well. Some guy giving them low stars for parking, like maybe yelp the street instead.

Tres cute record store next to McGil University. They have popular LPs from every decade and just…read moreenough potential for a hidden gem to keep you digging for an hour. Prices are market, but add in the helpful staff and it's well worth the visit.

I loved this place to shop for books. However, I had a recent experience that put me off…read more I came to sell about 50 books that are in very good condition and quite popular, but most were turned down. Even when I said I wasn't necessarily looking to make money, just donate to a place I like, they told me that taking my books would "burden" them... Even though that's what this place is for, selling and buying used books! I went to a bookstore further up Mont-Royal who took them. I certainly understand that they couldn't take all of them depending on the value, but it was really their dismissive and quite rude attitude that took me off guard. Not sure I'll shop there again, unfortunately.

I recently checked out LEchange during my first visit to Montreal. It wasn't on my initial wishlist…read moreof places to check out, but noticed it driving through the city. My review is really based on vinyl records as that's what lured me in. The shop is very clean and neatly organized. They had some nice new arrivals plus several bins of rock, jazz, classical, and whatever else in between. I found one record I wanted, but a few others I already had that I otherwise would have grabbed. Prices were pretty fair. They also carried CDs, but no cassettes. Of course they have lots of books and nice area to sit and relax. Cool spot worth checking out for a little browsing.

Always, always THE best and my must go destination whenever I come to beautiful Montréal. Like a…read morecandy store for lovers of amazing Punk, Oi!, HC, Metal and other subcultures of Rock. Many French language records. I never have enough $ or time here. Probably the best store of my kind of music in North America.

Record store clerk was very welcoming, friendly, and gave us some nice recommendations for what to…read moredo in the area. Grabbed some hard(ish) to find records at a great price and some very generously priced used records. Returned later in the week to see if a new release had come in, which it hadn't, so the owner recommended other close by record stores to check out to see if they had received any copies yet - so nice!

An absolutely wonderful record shop, with a very wide range of genres, and with excellent…read moreorganization. The prices are a little unpredictable, some things seemed way overpriced to me, yet other more unique and rare things seemed undervalued. So: lots of fun to look through, and some very high quality recordings, old, new, re-issues, and unique new vinyl. I only checked out classical and jazz, my loves, but the other sections seemed chock full and varied. Glad that stores like this still exist.

I was recently in Montreal so I made it a point to dig in nearly every record shop in town. Aux 33…read moreTours was pretty high on my list. The shop is located in a nice shopping and dining area of Mount Royal. The shop itself is very clean, well-lit, organized, easy to navigate. They had practically every genre with both new and used vinyl available. One of the biggest issues I had was the mixing of used and new records in the same bins. It just took longer too search through since I mainly was looking for used. Either way, I still walked away with some great stuff. Everything I looked at was in good shape. They had tons of new vinyl and reissues. Easily, the largest selection of new vinyl in Montreal. I also noticed tapes (fairly small) and CDs too. They also run a discogs account where some stuff on there may not be located on the main sales floor. The staff at the counter were friendly as well. I really liked Aux 33 Tours and would recommend checking it out!

This location doesn't sell any instruments. It's a good bookstore, they have a nice balance of…read moregifts (toys, puzzles, candy,etc), DVD's, CD's, and books (french and english). I like to browse while I'm waiting for my bus. It's never too bust unless people are coming out of a show. They don't have deals on the english books or toys but they do on most everything else (mainly CD's and DVD's though). I really like this location because I'm familiar with it and when I receive a gift card as a gift, it's the best location.

Worst record experience in 25 years of collecting. Went check some records they had listed online…read moreat their shop, the person responsible of that was obviously completely stranger to the record world. First while I was checking the records (like 50 of them, I was planning of getting a lot), he stand behind my back the whole time making me feel pressured. I mentioned him that most of the records were warped, he didn't even know what that meant!!! And he couldn't care less. I asked if he played/checked them, and he gave me attitude. There is no turntable in the shop (in a record shop, sure, what for?), so I could only check the records with the naked eye, and as you know it sometimes hard to tell how badly warped it is until you actually play it. Turned out there was some bad ones once I played them. The next day I call him explaining him, asking him if he could take back the worse ones, for a refund or even a store credit, he he didn't want hear anything, not even for credit?! Then he complained again that I checked the records and that nobody forced me to buy them; worse argument for someone who doesn't have a record player around. We're talking about $100 records here, for a total of several hundreds. I wanted to return half of them, so it's a huge loss for me. Never judge a book by its cover? My ass! This douchey hipster probably spend more time at the gym and at those barber shops than in a shows or record conventions (None of my business but I don't understand why gay man won't come out of the closet nowadays, it's 2020, live your life buddy!). On block away west there is Aux 33 tours records store who will offer more references for better prices and WAY better customer service.

I love this place. This has to be the most welcoming and cool record shop I've ever been to…read more The guys that work here are super nice and really know their stuff. They have a decent selection of music, but I go mostly to get tickets for shows. They sell the tickets for less than any other place in the city, not charging any fees. A place you definitely have to check out in Montreal!

Remember that bit in HIGH FIDELITY when Jack Black kicks a customer out of his store for asking…read moreabout a popular record? Well, the exact thing happened to me at Atom Heart. The clerk piled some serious attitude right on me, while I was with my baby daughter no less, and kicked us out for having the audacity to ask about a top-forty album on vinyl. It's a nice shop, beautifully designed, but unfortunately the Omega-level rudeness and condescension means I'll no longer be buying either records or concert tickets from them. Luckily L'Oblique is only a brisk walk away.

There's so much to explore in this store and I loved how they had local and international choices…read more They have a lot more than vinyl and it's easy to spend hours in here!

My experience at Death of Vinyl was a bit amusing. I stopped by there initially, not that impressed…read morewith the organization, as there were large swaths of bins that were a bit of everything. I did some quick perusing but nothing really stood out. Then later that day, as I was searching discogs for a specific record, I noticed that Death of Vinyl came up as someone selling it! I went back to the store, hoping I could find it. When I got there, I looked through all the 7" boxes that seemed applicable to the genre. Nothing there. So I checked in at the counter and they brought it out from the back. In general, I get why stores would want to segment out records they are selling on discogs (so they don't sell in the store and online simultaneously.) But it's a bit aggravating that I could have found the record I wanted the old-fashioned way if it had been on the shelf. It wasn't even particularly pricey! But yea yea, I get it. So my recommendation is, check out their discogs page in advance! Don't make my mistake and have to go back a second time.