Listening Bars / Austin

Listening Bars & Vinyl Cafes in Austin, Texas

11 spots where buying and listening happen in the same room.

• Big Henry's Vinyl & Gifts

  Open Hours not listed

  Retail space and box office inside Antone's Nightclub downtown, selling Antone's merchandise plus a curated blues, funk, and soul vinyl selection.

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• Breakaway Records

  Open 11am–7pm today

  North Loop used-vinyl shop launched June 2008, expanded next door in 2017; also sells turntables, receivers, and speakers.

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• Drinks Records

  Open 4pm–12am today

  Record shop built into the Drinks Lounge bar on East Cesar Chavez, stocking new and used indie, punk, hip-hop, and rap vinyl that customers browse while getting a drink.

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• Equipment Room

  Open Hours not listed

  A Japanese kissa-inspired listening bar in the basement of Hotel Magdalena, built with Breakaway Records around roughly 1,200 vinyl LPs played on a Klipsch hi-fi system, full albums only, no requests.

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• Exploded Records at JuiceLand

  Open Hours not listed

  Record counter tucked inside a JuiceLand smoothie shop near UT Austin, curated by DJ Andrew Brown with a focus on electronic, hip-hop, and beat-music labels.

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• Living in Stereo

  Open Hours not listed

  Brothers-run South Austin shop pairing new and used vinyl with vintage stereo equipment, mid-century furniture, guitars, and to-go coffee.

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• Long Play Lounge East

  Open Hours not listed

  An East Austin neighborhood bar built around a collection of more than 400 vinyl records, with weekend vinyl DJ sets, live performances, and an outdoor patio.

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• Love Wheel Records

  Open 11am–8pm today

  North Austin shop opened April 2021 by former sound engineer Mike Nicolai and wife Nancy, selling new and used vinyl, 45s, cassettes, CDs, and books.

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• Only the Wild Ones

  Open 4pm–10pm today

  An outdoor natural-wine garden and listening bar on South Congress with a custom hi-fi sound system and local vinyl selectors curating the music alongside small-production wines and agave cocktails.

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• Sunshine Vinyl

  Open Hours not listed

  A queer- and trans-owned record shop inside Pershing East Coffee & Lounge in East Austin, focused on contemporary music by queer artists and artists of color, plus custom turntables and local art.

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• Waterloo Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Austin's largest and most established record store, in business since 1982; relocated a few blocks north on N Lamar in August 2025.

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