You shouldn't be scared of the impending nerdgasms you think are about to explode all around you when walking around this Little Five Points spot.
Criminal Records
Criminal Records has walls of action figures, comics, films, and music for days. The vinyl collection is very on point, and for the most part, the staff doesn't give off the typical music snobbery you might be accustomed to at other independent record shops. You'll probably get lost in Criminal's sauce and walk out with Run the Jewels on wax, an Enya CD, Star Wars figurines, and handful of X-Men books. It's the kind of place where the same guy who checks you out at the counter is in the band you're watching up the street at Star Bar later that night. It's no wonder the place is ATL's hub for "Record Store Day." And their block parties are legendary.
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