
Generation has taken over where Bleeker Street Records left off (right down to having the old Bleeker sign in-store). Excellent selection of new and used rock and indie. If you’re into punk and metal you’re also in luck. Decent quality used vinyl - particularly in the jazz section.

It does what it says on the tin! In a studio office on the 8th floor you’ll find crates and crates of perfectly organised jazz, all in great condition. If you can find a record elsewhere it will probably be cheaper, but for US jazz there’s a lot here you won’t find elsewhere.

Yes it’s a bookstore, but in the basement of Strand, way down in the back corner, are a few racks of new vinyl. If you’ve been digging through crates of hipster-obscure albums looking for something more mainstream, this is your place - plenty of (well priced) major label releases that are often hard to find elsewhere.