The Best Record Stores in the USA

Memphis, TN

Garage rock is a staple of many an independent record store, but Goner puts its money where its ears are, issuing some of the rawest titles in the field on its own label, including the early work of the late, great Jay Reatard, a longtime friend of the store, as well as more recent work from Ty Seagall and the Eddy Current Suppression Ring. But it's a mistake to pigeonhole Goner. Memphis is a wide-open music town, after all, and blues, soul, funk, country, metal, indie, and all kinds of international music take up space in this stores aisles.

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