Amoeba Music

As streaming services have nearly erased CDs from our collective memory, the L.A. branch of San Francisco’s Amoeba Music could easily be seen as a mausoleum to actually leaving the house to buy music. But this, one of the largest independent record stores in the country, is very much alive, especially with the resurgence of vinyl. The variety of stock (CDs, LPs and DVDs, new and used) is awesome, the prices are fair and the staff know their onions. In 2021, after leaving its Sunset Boulevard home of two decades behind, Amoeba moved up the block onto Hollywood Boulevard and increased its music gift offerings, with more band T-shirts, toys, books and collectibles.