Music
Charley's 33's & CDs
Pretty good CD selection and great vinyl selection, as well as strangely high quality vintage clothing. Epic LPs and 45s, mostly used, and a decent funk catalog.
Masks y Más
Just saying the name gets us giddy. Bursting with forget-ordinary desirables, Kiko and his skeleton (get it?) crew stock gorgeous Mexican folk art, genuinely clever t-shirts, luchador masks, hand-carved crosses, stickers, and commissions by local artists.
Mecca Music & Books
Just west of Downtown, Mecca is one of Albuquerque’s funkiest shops, boasting a small but highly eclectic collection of cool used books and old records. Push past Rocky’s elitist staff to score some terrific finds.
Natural Sound
Brimming with music and DVDs, they even pack a staff of surly hipsters guaranteed to satisfy your masochistic High Fidelity abuse quota. If you can think of a genre, chances are this place carries it, has an employee well-versed in it, or both.
Page One & Page One, Too
A warehouse of used books. Albuquerque’s offering to the gods who overlook Powell’s. The only place in town to get a Sunday paper on Monday, One, Too mixes used and new, so get ready to dig.