Named after a classic album by UK post-punk group the Fall, Hex Enduction is perhaps the greatest cultural fortress ever to inhabit Lake City. The formidable book section—overseen by co-owner Gabi Page-Fort, a Harper-Collins editor who also plays in the band Tissue with her partner/Hex co-owner Dean Whitmore—favors highbrow fiction and nonfiction and flaunts several music-oriented tomes. In mid-July, they welcomed an influx of punk-centric books. The even more formidable music stock reflects Whitmore and third owner Tom Ojendyk’s decades of deep knowledge re: multiple genres. Consumers fanatical about jazz, psych- and prog-rock, experimental, library music, punk, and metal will want to spend hours scrutinizing the bins. Like all the best music retailers, Hex maintains a wonderful balance of new and old selections and keen instincts for the most important reissues. Hex Enduction’s only shortcoming is its lack of space, a problem that plagues many of these businesses.
A First-Timer’s Guide to Record Shops in Seattle 🛍
It was difficult for us to narrow this guide to a few shops, but you can’t go wrong by starting at these places.
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