Record stores in Austin

Vinyl hunting in Austin, TX? There are 10 record shops mapped here. That's 10 record shops mapped around Austin. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. The new-arrivals bin is always the first stop — that's where the good stuff lands before anyone else sees it.

This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Austin (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include ACL Live Shop and Waterloo Records, plus C3 Presents. If a record shop's missing from Austin's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Austin record lineup

10 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Austin

4 of the 10 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.

4 have websites listed. Worth a look for new-arrival posts and want-list services.

The Austin record crawl

Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: ACL Live Shop on 310 West 2nd Street, Waterloo Records on 1105 North Lamar Boulevard, C3 Presents on 1645 East 6th Street, Breakaway Records, Love Wheel Records on 2105 Justin Lane, Armadillo Den on 10106 Manchaca Road, Vu Travel & Music on 10901 North Lamar Boulevard, and FYE. That's 10 stops on the Austin record crawl. 2 more are listed below.

Record digging tips for Austin

Digging in Austin? A few habits pay off:

• Check the turntable section at ACL Live Shop. Many record shops sell used decks and cartridges. A serviced vintage turntable beats a cheap new one.
• Visit on restock days at Waterloo Records. Shops process collections on rhythms. Ask when new used stock hits the floor and time your visits.
• Don't clean records with your shirt. A proper brush costs little and saves grooves. Shirt fibres and spit are how records get ruined.
• Learn the grading. Mint, near mint, very good — and check whether the grade is visual or play-graded. A visual VG+ can play like an EX.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Austin — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new record store in Austin can take a while to appear. Spotted a closure among the 10, or a record store we missed entirely? The map is the source of truth here — one OpenStreetMap edit corrects it for everyone.

We don't list prices or stock — both change by the day. What we list is the where: real shops, verified by real mappers.

If you run one of the 10 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.