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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2





                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
Hastings Entertainment, Inc.

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos.
333-60997 and 333-61007) on Form S-8 of Hastings Entertainment, Inc. of our
report dated June 13, 2000, relating to the consolidated balance sheet of
Hastings Entertainment, Inc. and subsidiaries as of January 31, 2000 and the
related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, and cash
flows for the years ended January 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related financial
statement schedule for the years ended January 31, 2000 and 1999, which report
appears in the January 31, 2001, annual report on Form 10-K of Hastings
Entertainment, Inc.

Our report dated June 13, 2000 contains an explanatory paragraph that states
that the Company changed its method of amortization for rental videos in 1998.


                                             /s/ KPMG LLP



Dallas, Texas
April 27, 2001