Soundwaves
Houston, TX 77006
Phone: (713) 520-9283
- Cross Street:
- Harold Street
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 10am-10pm, , Fri-Sat 10am-12am, , Sun 12pm-8pm
Editorial Review for Soundwaves – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
Specializing in rap, rock, surf, skate, jazz and dance, Soundwaves caters to just about every musical taste of the late 20th century. Not only that, there's a Soundwaves Surf inside the Montrose location, where you can buy just about any sort of surf/skate gear you might need, as well as the appropriate clothing and accessories.
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Insider Tips
Save MoneyGot too many crappy old CDs you don't listen to anymore, just gathering dust? Take those to Soundwaves and sell them for cash or store credit. It's that easy.
The ExtrasWant vinyl? Soundwaves has it in spades.
User Reviews for Soundwaves
04/14/2008 Posted by OakForestMom
So, I'm on the search for some cool vans - the only place I can think to shop is Soundwaves. I reach the store and see a sign that says "Buy $100 worth of clothing or swim wear and get a $15 gift card." Pretty neat offer, but I just want to buy shoes. Then, I find this groovy dress - my total adds up to $107. At the register, I get zilch, so I ask the clerk, "what about the gift card?" He says, "Oh, shoes don't count." Since when are shoes NOT clothing??? I then turn to the giant sign behind me which DOESN'T say "excluding shoes" and point it out. He takes an annoying sigh and yells out "ok, JANINE!" to call the manager over to the counter. How freaking embarrassing. He didn't need to act like such a tool. How about, "Can you hang on one second while I get my manager?" I know you're working in a groovy Montrose music store, but get some manners and don't make you're customers feel like idiots! AND, put the dang exceptions to the offers on your signs.
Pros: Groovy clothes.
Cons: Lame service.
04/12/2008 Posted by Andrewhouston
I'm extremely surprised to see the scores this record store was getting and I felt obligated to write a review. I will limit the scope of my review to one thing: selection of music I was looking to purchase (indie rock). I have no knowledge of their selection of any other genres. I love local record stores and I haven't found one I liked yet in Houston. Based on the comments here, I thought Soundwave might be what I was looking for. My girlfriend and I are going to lollapalooza later this year and were going to grab albums from a few artists on the billing. Soundwaves had 0 albums from any of 5 bands we were looking for including EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, which is one of the biggest and most popular bands in independent rock AND they're from Austin (there wasn't even a divider for them). Needless to say, the selection is VASTLY overrated. If you buy your indie rock here there must be something wrong with you. I went down 59 to Best Buy and found 2 explosions cds and at least one album for 2 out of the 4 other bands (Best Buy had Rogue Wave and the Weakerthans, but we struck out on Battles and Yeasayer). To be fair my girlfriend did buy a pair of shoes that she really likes. Overall - There are two places I would buy CDs. One is a place where I could buy more popular CDs for cheap (Best Buy). The other is a place with a deep catalogue of diverse music (your typical record store). This is neither, don't waste a trip, at least as far as rock music is concerned.
Pros: Parking, ambience
Cons: None of that matters if a record shop doesn't have what you want
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