Bent Crayon Records

Bent Crayon sits inside 78th Street Studios, Cleveland's arts-district warehouse complex, in a spot most people wouldn't stumble on by accident. The stock leans hard into electronic, dub, and non-Western music, with deep runs of house, trance, drone, and ambient alongside avant-garde jazz - not a genre-agnostic crate-digger stop, but a shop with a point of view. Owner John is known for steering exploratory listeners toward things they wouldn't have found on their own, and reviewers note turning up rare or unusual pressings that aren't showing up elsewhere in the city.

Alongside new and used vinyl, the shop carries CDs, runs online ordering and shipping, and hosts in-store events. It also buys and trades records, though the specific terms (cash, credit, or consignment) aren't posted, so it's worth a call before hauling in a collection.

Last updated: 2026-08-21

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