We may live in the era of streaming, but radio, TV and the internet combined still haven't managed to kill off vinyl, or record shops – possibly because digging through boxes of old '78s is so dang fun.
Luckily for the nostalgic among us, there remains a small-but-growing contingent in Beijing working to revive music fans’ deep-seated collecting instinct. Below we list some of the best record stores in the city that's great to get acquainted with local sounds or just for a few hours of fun scavenging.