THE MAP
Every vinyl destination inside the greater Dublin footprint. Zoom in to see individual venues.
THE 14 RECORD SHOPS
Dublin runs Ireland's essential record row.
Dublin's record scene is compact and walkable — Spindizzy in George's Street Arcade, Freebird on Wicklow Street, All City in Temple Bar, R.A.G.E. on Fade Street, Elastic Witch off Camden. Half a day on foot covers the essentials, but the depth on Irish trad, folk, punk and dance imports is unusual for a city of Dublin's size.
The city is also a pressing town — R.A.G.E. Records and All City press their own labels regularly, and the pipeline into Belfast and Cork means Ireland's indie catalogue moves through here first. The Bernard Shaw and Yamamori Tengu anchor the vinyl-DJ night culture.
THE FIVE ROOMS
Long-running Dublin institution inside George's Street Arcade. Indie, folk, jazz, second-hand — the anchor.
Shop, label and pressing operation — house, techno, hip-hop and Irish underground. The city's essential dance counter.
Rock, punk, indie — a Dublin lifer's counter with the wall of new releases the city trusts.
Video games and records — sharp curation on dance, hip-hop and reissues, plus in-house pressing.
Small, curated new-releases shop attached to a book café — the tastemaker room.