Hoodlums is lucky enough to be involved with a group of indie stores across the country that work hard to score exclusive releases on CD, DVD, and Vinyl.  We do this to battle the corporate giants that use our passion and love (meaning the stuff we sell) as a loss-leader to sell microwaves.

Pearl Jam, The Bens, and three surfers have provided three of our coolest exclusives.

Because there are lots of artists that understand the importance of the indie record store, there have been a ton of artists that have gotten involved.  We thank each and every artist and stubborn independent store owner that helped. So many that we can’t possibly list ‘em all here – or my head would explode from inputting links, etc.

Luckily, we’ve got the Think Indie website to help us.  If you see something on there that you like, visit Hoodlums – and we will gladly sell it to you.  To help you decide what to buy when you get to the store, we will list some of the newest, coolest, and best-selling ones. If you want more info on the specific titles we are championing, click on the picture and details will come up.

New Arrivals on CD

New ones come out all the time, and the Think Indie site lists all of them, but we like to focus on the ones that are right for our customers (translation: we think they will sell).

Jose Gonzalez, Matt Nathanson, and Ben Kweller have all delivered indie exclusives.

More recent releases:

If you want to see the exclusive DVDs, look on Think Indie, or our DVD exclusives page.

Exclusive Vinyl

In 1995, who would have thought we’d be peddling vinyl in 2008?  Pretty amazing.

Indie record stores are a huge part of vinyl’s resurgence. That’s no surprise, since the indies are actually with the customers, listening to their needs and reacting accordingly. So I’m sure there’s no surprise that we have started securing vinyl exclusives as well.  Here’s a few of the key records – there’s more on Think Indie.

Recorded In-store Performances

The artists below were cool enough to an in-store at a local indie record store… and then let the indie stores release the CD (or DVD).  Is that cool, or what?  Being a “select” indie store, we just happen to have those CDs.

All time favorites and best sellers.

Keep your eye on the stuff that has been out for a while.  Exclusives go out of print.

These are some of the indie exclusives that have been the biggest hits.  You have to admit, there are some really cool albums and EP in this list.  For the complete list, check the Think Indie website.