Off The Record is a new Decoded series visiting independent record stores around the world. We begin in Glenelg, Adelaide, where Glenn October has turned a barbershop into a home for the city’s underground.
On a clear spring day in Glenelg, with the breeze coming in off the water, the doors of Closer Record Store on Rose Street stood open and deep techno drifted out onto the pavement. It felt like the right place to begin a series about the shops that hold music communities together. Coffee in hand, I spent a few hours digging through the crates with Glenn while we filmed a series of short videos, and somewhere between a stack…
