I stumbled across a store recently by the name of Basement Discs, in the basement (surprise!) of the Block Arcade in the city. They have been in operation for many years and are run by two couples who seem to know their music inside out and are happy to share their enthusiasm. Also I suspect they come from an era marked more by snail mail HSC results than SMS'd ENTER scores!

The store has a great feel, memorabilia on the walls, well arranged stock and regular in house live promotions. The range of discs they stock is an impressive collection of Australian artists, interesting new rock & pop releases, a great selection of folk, blues & jazz as well. Not sure about classical however.

Their website is: http://www.basementdiscs.com.au But it is much more fun to soak in the atmosphere, ask a couple of questions and just peruse the shelves looking for that disc you always wanted but couldn't ever find.

My recent purchases include:

• Bettye Lavette - 'The Scene of the Crime'
• Mark Knopfler - 'Kill To Get Crimson'
• Robert Plant & Allison Krauss - ' Raising Sand'
• Mary Gauthier - 'Between Daylight and Dark'
• Ronnie Earl - 'Hope Radio'
• Colin Hay - 'Man at Work'
• Ian Moss - 'Let's All Get Together'
• Kelly Auty - 'Wild Women'