Waterloo Records & Video

Carrying a huge selection of sounds, Waterloo is always the first in town to get the new releases. If they don't have something on hand, they'll order it for you promptly. They love looking for arcane stuff. The store has a popular preview listening section, offers compilation tapes of Austin groups, and sells tickets to all major-label shows around town. It also hosts frequent in-store...

Posted on May 25, 2007. Brought to you by frommers.

One of the country's most revered music stores, and one of the best place to check out local performers.

In Short
Owner John Kunz opened the store in 1982 and the local music scene hasn't been the same since. The crowded, narrow aisles include the largest local music sections in town, along...

Posted by by Contributor at Citysearch on August 28, 2006. Brought to you by Citysearch.

Best Music Store I have experienced since the sixties!!!!!

Average Rating

100

Greetings,
To anyone who doubts that time machines and record stores are mutually exclusive, or in fact may not exist, just, for your own clarification, travel to downtown Austin and go to Waterloo Music. In a nanosecond you can travel seamlessly from 1958 to 2008 (and actually have kind, informed, pleasant travel attendants to guide you on your journey....I've even gotten great suggestions from fellow searchers. Last night I found, on one my numerous trips to this mecca, a MINT copy of Uncle Tupeloe's double album on 180 gm English vinyl...what a treat as I put it all on my Revox...

Posted by by oilman1 at Citysearch on May 10, 2008. Brought to you by Citysearch.

Best Music Store I have experienced since the sixties!!!!!

Average Rating

100

Greetings,\r
To anyone who doubts that time machines and record stores are mutually exclusive, or in fact may not exist, just, for your own clarification, travel to downtown Austin and go to Waterloo Music. In a nanosecond you can travel…

Posted by oilman1 on May 10, 2008. Brought to you by Citysearch.

Best record store in town. Period.

Average Rating

100

As a music junkie I can tell you that if you can't find it anywhere else, you're ALMOST always assured to find it at Waterloo. They have a great selection of a ton of different kinds of music and I LOVE that they don't sort by genre, just alphabetically. In these days of blurred lines between genres it's sometimes hard to tell what section to look in. When it's all listed alphabetically it makes it a lot easier to find what you need. Yay Waterloo!

Posted by by austinriverrunner at Citysearch on November 28, 2007. Brought to you by Citysearch.

Great place to find favorites and discover new artists

Average Rating

100

I can't pass through Austin without stopping at Waterloo to get all the albums I can't find at other places.

Posted by amandagraceh on December 03, 2006. Brought to you by Citysearch.

Great place to find favorites and discover new artists

Average Rating

100

I can't pass through Austin without stopping at Waterloo to get all the albums I can't find at other places.

Pros

+ great atmosphere, staff, and shows

Cons

- usually very crowded

Posted by by amandagraceh at Citysearch on December 03, 2006. Brought to you by Citysearch.