Pop Music

Pop Music is a deliberate choice for new music on physical formats. Founder Derek Antonio previously managed Toronto's HMV Superstore, and built this shop around recognizable albums, current releases and licensed music merchandise. Its new-record focus is worth making explicit in a city where many collectors are primarily hunting used stock. The store's current website and pickup arrangements are useful for securing a particular release before a visit, although preorders and items marked in transit still need attention. Broadview also gives the shop a practical east-end setting, close to the Gerrard streetcar corridor. Choose it when the goal is to buy a specific new edition or browse contemporary releases, then save secondhand digging for another stop.

New vinyl, a CD and cassette selection, turntables, record-care products and licensed music merchandise. This is not a used-record shop.

345 Broadview Avenue near Gerrard East. The official visitor page identifies the 504, 505 and 506 streetcar connections and nearby Bike Share stations. Follow current TTC service information for diversions.

Use in-store pickup to secure an available item, and distinguish stocked products from preorders or items in transit. Hugh's Room Live is nearby on Broadview, making the shop useful before a listening-room show.