Record Stores / Texas

Record Stores in Houston, Texas

11 record stores — last verified July 2026.

• 93' Til

  Open Hours not listed

  Montrose record bar and restaurant modeled on Tokyo's record-bar culture, spinning hip-hop, jazz, rap and funk vinyl on an Audio-Technica turntable alongside chef-driven small plates and craft cocktails.

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• Augustine Lounge & Listening Room

  Open Hours not listed

  Lobby lounge and dedicated Listening Room at Hotel Saint Augustine in Montrose, built around a refurbished Otari MX5050 reel-to-reel and a record player. Weekly "Drop the Needle" vinyl nights curated by local tastemakers, open to non-guests.

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• Cactus Music

  Open 10am–7pm today

  Houston's oldest independent record store, founded in 1975 by the Daily family (of Starday/D Records fame); the Upper Kirby/Montrose-area shop includes the vinyl-only Record Ranch and hosts weekly in-store performances.

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• Deep End Records

  Open Hours not listed

  Independent vinyl, cassette, and zine shop specializing in local Houston punk, indie, and rare pressings; started as a 2015 pop-up inside Walter's Downtown and reopened inside Insomnia Gallery's Studio 20 in the East End in August 2025.

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• Heights Vinyl

  Open Hours not listed

  Near Northside used-vinyl destination since late 2011, run by Craig Brown with a community-minded, frequently rotating selection.

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• HiFi at The Finn

  Open Hours not listed

  Craft-cocktail vinyl listening lounge on the mezzanine of downtown food hall The Finn, inspired by Tokyo's jazz-kissa culture. Turntables and angled speakers built for warmth, rotating record selectors and DJ sets.

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• Off the Record

  Open Hours not listed

  Downtown listening bar lounge behind a record-store facade: 3,600 sq ft of vinyl racks, vintage speakers and gold records, with song- and album-inspired cocktails and rotating resident DJs.

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• Screwed Up Records & Tapes

  Open Hours not listed

  South Houston shop founded in 1998 by DJ Screw, dedicated to his catalog of chopped-and-screwed 'Screw tapes' and still run by his family, which organizes the city's annual DJ Screw Day celebrations.

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• Sig's Lagoon

  Open 10am–9pm today

  Midtown vinyl shop established in 2004 and named after journalist Sig Byrd; two floors of new and used LPs alongside Houston-centric art, toys, and collectibles.

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• Sound Exchange

  Open 11am–7pm today

  East End record and CD shop with in-house turntable repair, buying and selling vinyl since 1979; relocated to Milby Street in January 2019 after 38 years based in Montrose.

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• Vinal Edge

  Open 10am–6pm today

  Heights record and CD shop open since 1985 (moved from a North Houston strip mall to 19th St in 2012), known for a deep avant-garde/krautrock/prog section under owner Chuck Roast.

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