Monorail Music - Record Shop in Glasgow

Opened December 2002 by Stephen Pastel, through the back of a vegan cafe.

Shop

Monorail Music

Address

12 Kings Court, 97 King Street

Town

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Established

2002

Formats

Vinyl, CDs, 7"

Crates

Indie, Rock, Punk, Folk, Electronic, Jazz, Soundtracks

In the shop

Cafe, In-store gigs, Bar

You reach Monorail by walking through Mono, the vegan cafe-bar in King's Court, which is the first thing anyone tells you about it and the least interesting. Stephen McRobbie of The Pastels and Dep Downie opened it in December 2002, both collectors, both label people, both musicians - and the shop reads exactly like a shop chosen by those three things at once. Its relationships run deep into the city's music: Belle and Sebastian, Teenage Fanclub, Mogwai, Optimo. It also programmes monthly film screenings with Glasgow Film Theatre, which is not a record shop's job and is precisely why Monorail matters to Glasgow more than its square footage suggests.