Record stores in Indianapolis

Record shops reward the patient digger. Indianapolis, IN has 11 mapped right now. That's 11 record shops mapped around Indianapolis. Every shop grades and prices differently, so the same record can be a bargain in one and a splurge in another — dig everywhere. Check the grading before you pay — a visual grade and a play grade are two different things.

This guide covers every record store we could verify in and around Indianapolis (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Morelos Records and Indy CD and Vinyl, plus Luna Music. If a record shop's missing from Indianapolis's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.

The Indianapolis record lineup

11 mapped within about 40 km:

What the map tells us about record stores in Indianapolis

1 of the 11 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — record shops keep shop hours, so the listed times are usually reliable.

The Indianapolis record crawl

The efficient Indianapolis record crawl strings these together: Morelos Records, Indy CD and Vinyl on 806 Broad Ripple Avenue, Luna Music on 5202 North College Avenue, Carmel Music Center on 22 West Main Street, Guitarworks, Rock Bottom Treasures on 116 West Main Street, Square Cat Vinyl on 1054 Virginia Avenue, and Indiana Lutherie on 1501 Stafford Road — 11 stops, one logical order. 3 more are listed below.

Record digging tips for Indianapolis

How the regulars work Indianapolis's bins:

• Don't skip the 45s at Morelos Records. The singles boxes get less traffic and hide great finds. B-sides are the deep cuts of record shopping.
• Check the bargain wall rhythm at Indy CD and Vinyl. Shops restock the cheap sections on cycles. Ask when — that's when the fresh bargains land.
• Handle records properly in the shop. By the edges, never the grooves. Shops notice, and so do the records.
• Learn your labels. Certain labels mean certain quality. A quick education in the labels of your favourite genres pays off fast.

Good to know

We searched about 40 km around Indianapolis — 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 Indianapolis can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 11 that's closed, or a great record store we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.

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 11 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.