The record shop Wall of Sound is located on Capitol Hill and stocks media in a variety of genres such as avant-garde, electronic jazz, and world music.

[1] According to Shane Handler of Glide magazine, Wall of Sound "specializes in avant garde, Japanese, Noise, Industrial, Indie, Alternative, Art Rock, Free-jazz, Folk, Experimental, Ambient, World, Electronic, Electro-Acoustic, Neo-classical and other genres for the discriminating listener.

[3] Fodor's says, "If you're on the hunt for Japanese avant-rock on LP, antiwar spoken word, spiritual reggae with Afro-jazz undertones, or old screen-printed show posters, you've found the place.

[1][5] In January 2004, Wall of Sound started sponsoring a monthly concert at the Jewel Box Theater to promote the store and local musicians.

[7] Shane Handler of Glide magazine wrote, "With vinyl being the preferred medium and with its self-professed discriminating tastes, Wall of Sound is like the Waldorf Astoria of record shops...