Shopping, or What to Do When Not At the Club

Raleigh

• Sound Off Records and Hi-Fi - used vinyl and vintage hi-fi
• Hunky Dory Records - vinyl
• Nice Price Books and Records - vinyl
• Schoolkids Records
• Reader's Corner - used books, some vinyl
• Game Theory - rpgs, board games
• The Holy Rose - tarot
• Dancing Moon - tarot
• Video Vortex - video rental, amazing selection
• Harry's Guitar Shop - guitars and other instruments, amps, effects
• Capitol Comics
• The Tilted Stage Costume Shop

Apex

• Hunky Dory Records - 114 N. Salem Street, vinyl

Fuquay-Varina

• 401 Tattoo and Antiquities - "an oddities shop inside that's the best in Wake County since Blackwater shut down"

Durham

• Carolina Soul - vinyl
• Hunky Dory Records - vinyl
• Bull City Magic - tarot
• Left Handed Books - rare and antique tarot
• Altered Image - hair
• Books Do Furnish a Room - used books, a surprisingly wide selection of indie graphic novels
• Atomic Empire - comics, rpgs, board games

Carrboro

• Twin House Music - guitars and other instruments, amps, effects
• All Day Records - vinyl, vintage stereo gear

Chapel Hill

• Piper's Vintage Boutique - opened late 2025, early 2026?

Pittsboro

• All Day Records - opened in December 2025 at 45 West St "Thurs-Sat 11-5, Sun 12-4"

Siler City

• Reprise and Disguise Resale Shop and Costume Emporium

Asheville

• Malaprop's Bookstore and Cafe
• Firestorm Books
• Asheville Pagan Supply
• Curiouser & Curiouser Boutique
• Asheville Guitar Pedals

Sylva

• In Your Ear Music Emporium

Hillsborough

• Studio 71 Picture Framing and Gallery

Cary

• LITMUS Gallery
• Hunky Dory Records - vinyl

Charlotte

• Value Village thrift store (formerly Bargain Hunters)
• Boris and Natasha's "We sell lines such as Lip Service, Serious, House of Field, Fine, Nataya, etc. New stuff....from funky club flashy glitter stuff to some evolved goth wear. great platforms by NYLA for the torture lover. jewerly in sterling silver and rhinestones. for the men, as well...Krush, lip service, etc."
  Near Central Ave., at 1214 Thomas Ave.
• Thrift Pony Charlotte

Grover

• Blackwater Oddities and Antiques - open April 2026, 101 Mulberry Road, Grover NC inside Tiffany’s Antiques showroom

Belmont

• Belmont Batcave thrift shop - opening late March or early April 2026

Outside of North Carolina

• Color Sound Oblivion - specialty record boutique catering to goth, industrial, post-punk, deathrock, darkwave, new wave, no wave, experimental, noise, dark ambient, and related electronic subgenres

Most recent update 29 April 2026.

Updates or changes? Let me know at steve@ncgoth.com.