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the Media Advisor laughs, “and we’d all wear our JB lanyards on stage.” (In case you've not heard of the other bands mentioned above, they're all about beards, Ned Flanders, and professional wrestling, respectively.) Needless to say, Dylan’s made

some incredible friends during his time at JB: “Everyone’s lovely to each other and it makes coming into work pretty relaxing – sometimes more relaxing than being at home,” he says. (Shout- out, at this point, to Slimmy for taking the below photo and to Dylan’s boy Henny G.) That’s not to say he rests on his laurels in-store; Dylan admits he can be a pedant when it comes to filing

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T he Beards. Okilly Dokilly. Eat The Turnbuckle. JB and the Hi-Fis. Well, perhaps that last act hasn’t quite made it to the definitive list of revered concept bands just yet… but if Dylan Davidson and his Sydney City JB colleagues get their say, you might soon

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titles in the correct genre. The Sydney

Greatest Hits 2. The Beatles Abbey Road 3. Nirvana

I didn’t [collect vinyl] before I started here, so it’s been almost a bit of a curse, but also a blessing at the same time

City store gets its fair share of classical-

be hearing some sweet punk tracks from their spitballing the idea. “All the lyrics would be concepts based on working in retail,”

and jazz-heads, and occasionally someone looking for “some slightly obscure hardcore band,” which means Dylan gets his time to shine. “You do get some

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4. The Teskey Brothers Run Home Slow 5. Various

repeat customers who are into very specific stuff, and you can pretty much guess what they’re going to ask for whenever something new comes out – it’s cool.” Dylan's penchant for precision filing is reflected in his vinyl shelves at home, which have filled up over the last 12 months. “I didn’t [collect vinyl] before I started here, so it’s been almost a bit of a curse, but also a blessing at the same time,” he smiles. “I started collecting a little over a year ago, and I think I’ve got around 200 records. And I have them all in alphabetical order!” Dylan’s also into creating: he’s currently writing some solo guitar instrumentals as well as post- and melodic-hardcore tunes with his roommate. As for live music, you can bet your baseball cards he’s all up in that too: the Metro Theatre and the Lansdowne are regular haunts, and Stella Donnelly’s gig has proven to be a year highlight with Dylan

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and his mates, even if they’re usually into drum ‘n’ bass or metalcore. “I love her,” he says of the Perth singer-songwriter. “I’ve seen her a couple times already, but never a headline show.” Head into Sydney City to chinwag hardcore and Queen Stella with Dylan today.

Dylan Davidson at JB Hi-Fi Sydney City with PUP's Morbid Stuff , one of his contenders for Album Of TheYear

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