Providence · Est. 2001Providence, RI
The original. A yellow storefront on Broadway next to the flower shop — wall-to-wall CDs, crates of new and used vinyl, and the in-house label bins.
Independent record shop · Providence & Boston
Underground music.On vinyl.
Punk, hardcore, metal, noise, indie, local and the weird stuff in between — new and used LPs, 10”s and 7”s, CDs and tapes, hand-cleaned and bagged by people who actually listen to it. Since 2001.
2001Open on Broadway since January 13
2Stores — Providence & Harvard Square
4.8★Average Google rating, both shops
🌐Worldwide mail order
Two shops, one obsession
Hours & contact Come dig with us
Same hours, same standards, different personalities. Both stores buy, sell and trade every day we’re open.
Providence · Est. 2001
Boston · Est. 2010Cambridge, MA
Down the stairs in Harvard Square — an underground record shop in the most literal sense. Deep metal, punk and hardcore sections plus a wall of patches and merch.
What’s in the binsVinyl first.
Browse the shop Vinyl first.
Everything else close behind.
Vinyl
LPs, 10”s and 7”s — new releases, represses and a constantly turning used section.
CDs
A floor-to-ceiling CD wall that runs from the front windows to the back of the store.
Cassettes
Demos, local tapes, noise editions and label cassettes you won’t find on streaming.
T-Shirts
Band shirts, label shirts and Armageddon Shop merch in both stores.
Printed Matter
Current and back-issue zines and magazines, plus a few books worth reading.
Video
Live sets, documentaries and cult oddities on tape and disc.
Mail Order
Holds by phone or email and worldwide shipping for out-of-towners.
Want Lists
Tell us what you’re hunting for and we’ll keep an eye out.
Every recordInspected · Cleaned · Bagged
Built by record collectors
The shop we wanted to shop in.
Ben Barnett and Chris Andries are musicians and lifers. They opened Armageddon because Providence had lost its last truly independent store for underground music — and they built most of the fixtures themselves.
- Every new and used record and CD is inspected, cleaned and bagged before it hits the bins.
- Used vinyl is graded and priced by condition — ask and we’ll throw it on the store turntable when we’re not slammed.
- Most local releases are on consignment, so the local bin is always stacked.
Buy · Sell · Trade
Got records collecting dust?
We pay cash or store credit — same rate either way — for used vinyl in good shape in almost any style, plus CDs, tapes, tees, zines and other music stuff.
Inside the shops
Crate-digging, both cities
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