August 9th Newsletter

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Chicago, IL 60647
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NEW ARRIVALS

  • Roberto Bolano – The Savage Detectives: A Novel
    Roberto Bolano – The Savage Detectives: A Novel
    $8.00 | , ,

    New Year’s Eve, 1975: Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima, founders of the visceral realist movement in poetry, leave Mexico City in a borrowed white Impala. Their quest: to track down […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Stanley Turrentine ‎– Sugar
    Stanley Turrentine ‎– Sugar
    $12.00 | , ,

    “If ever there were a record that both fit perfectly and stood outside the CTI Records’ stable sound, it is Sugar by Stanley Turrentine. Recorded in 1970, only three tracks […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Monolake ‎– Hongkong
    Monolake ‎– Hongkong
    $45.00 | , ,

    “Field Records proudly presents the first complete vinyl edition of Monolake’s seminal excursion into experimental dub techno, Hongkong. Originally released on the now-classic Chain [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Kid Lib ‎– Jugglin Set Speed
    Kid Lib ‎– Jugglin Set Speed
    $50.00 | , ,

    Hard jungle mixed with dub & dancehall flourishes. Label: Dublinquents – DUBLINQUENTS2013EP1 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Green Vinyl Country: US Released: 2013 VG+/VG+. Sleeve wrinkled from shrinkwrap

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Kenny Burrell ‎– Guitar Forms
    Kenny Burrell ‎– Guitar Forms
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Though the jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell is associated mostly with Blue Note-based hard bop and soul-jazz (he had a hit with the funky “Chile con Carne”), he is also a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • die ANGEL – Utopien I
    die ANGEL – Utopien I
    $18.00 | , ,

    die ANGEL (or just ANGEL in the early days) was born in 1999 during a joint European tour of PAN SONIC and SCHNEIDER TM with the aim to use electronics, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Renee Gladman – Event Factory
    Renee Gladman – Event Factory
    $8.00 | , ,

    A “linguist-traveler” arrives by plane to Ravicka, a city of yellow air in which an undefined crisis is causing the inhabitants to flee. Although fluent in the native language, she […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Mystic 100s ‎– Double Live!
    Mystic 100s ‎– Double Live!
    $25.00 | , ,

    “It was captured in 2024 by two mysterious audience members at two separate shows (Oakland & Philadelphia), unaware to the band at the time. Inspired and heartfelt songs, playfully [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Voice Actor ‎– Fake Sleep
    Voice Actor ‎– Fake Sleep
    $32.00 | , ,

    “Words as mirrors in a framework of clatter shape the arches to VOICE ACTOR’s pavilion. Surrounded by offerings of flowers, a construction is shown. The unusual compact scale conforms to [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Julio Cortazar – Hopscotch
    Julio Cortazar – Hopscotch
    $10.00 | , ,

    Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves “the Club.” A [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • James Baldwin – No Name In The Street
    James Baldwin – No Name In The Street
    $8.00 | , ,

    In this stunningly personal document, James Baldwin remembers in vivid details the Harlem childhood that shaped his early conciousness and the later events that scored his heart with pain—the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ian McEwan – The Cement Garden
    Ian McEwan – The Cement Garden
    $8.00 | , ,

    In the arid summer heat, four children—Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom—find themselves abruptly orphaned. All the routines of childhood are cast aside as the children adapt to a now parentless […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive

VINYL

  • Stanley Turrentine ‎– Sugar
    Stanley Turrentine ‎– Sugar
    $12.00 | , ,

    “If ever there were a record that both fit perfectly and stood outside the CTI Records’ stable sound, it is Sugar by Stanley Turrentine. Recorded in 1970, only three tracks […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Monolake ‎– Hongkong
    Monolake ‎– Hongkong
    $45.00 | , ,

    “Field Records proudly presents the first complete vinyl edition of Monolake’s seminal excursion into experimental dub techno, Hongkong. Originally released on the now-classic Chain [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Kid Lib ‎– Jugglin Set Speed
    Kid Lib ‎– Jugglin Set Speed
    $50.00 | , ,

    Hard jungle mixed with dub & dancehall flourishes. Label: Dublinquents – DUBLINQUENTS2013EP1 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Green Vinyl Country: US Released: 2013 VG+/VG+. Sleeve wrinkled from shrinkwrap

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Kenny Burrell ‎– Guitar Forms
    Kenny Burrell ‎– Guitar Forms
    $12.00 | , ,

    “Though the jazz guitarist Kenny Burrell is associated mostly with Blue Note-based hard bop and soul-jazz (he had a hit with the funky “Chile con Carne”), he is also a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • die ANGEL – Utopien I
    die ANGEL – Utopien I
    $18.00 | , ,

    die ANGEL (or just ANGEL in the early days) was born in 1999 during a joint European tour of PAN SONIC and SCHNEIDER TM with the aim to use electronics, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Voice Actor ‎– Fake Sleep
    Voice Actor ‎– Fake Sleep
    $32.00 | , ,

    “Words as mirrors in a framework of clatter shape the arches to VOICE ACTOR’s pavilion. Surrounded by offerings of flowers, a construction is shown. The unusual compact scale conforms to [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Mystic 100s ‎– Double Live!
    Mystic 100s ‎– Double Live!
    $25.00 | , ,

    “It was captured in 2024 by two mysterious audience members at two separate shows (Oakland & Philadelphia), unaware to the band at the time. Inspired and heartfelt songs, playfully [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Willem de Ridder & The Radio Art Foundation* ‎– Radiola
    Willem de Ridder & The Radio Art Foundation* ‎– Radiola
    $25.00 | , ,

    Between 1978 and 1984, Fluxus artist Willem de Ridder did a weekly radio show called De Radiola Improvisatie Salon. Listeners were invited to send in cassettes recorded at home and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Yellowman ‎– Blueberry Hill
    Yellowman ‎– Blueberry Hill
    $12.00 | , ,

    Yellowman brings his dancehall heroics to eight tracks. Highlight is his cover of Fats Domino’s Blueberry Hill. Label: Rohit Records ‎– RRTG-77000 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, White Label [...]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Hunting Scene – Spayard
    Hunting Scene – Spayard
    $18.00 | , ,

    Hunting Scene is a Chicago trio that combines traditions of neo-folk and post-punk idioms with a morose pop sensibility. After establishing themselves as a Grouse Editions mainstay from the [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Emily Remler ‎– Transitions
    Emily Remler ‎– Transitions
    $28.00 | , ,

    “Guitarist Emily Remler’s third Concord recording was a strong step forward, as she started to really get away from her early Wes Montgomery/Herb Ellis influence and find a voice of [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Emily Remler ‎– Catwalk
    Emily Remler ‎– Catwalk
    $40.00 | , ,

    “Guitarist Emily Remler’s fourth and Concord recording makes one regret even more her premature death at age 32. While her earlier dates were very much in the bop mainstream, this [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz

CDs

  • The Raga Guide: A Survey Of 74 Hindustani Ragas
    The Raga Guide: A Survey Of 74 Hindustani Ragas
    $45.00 | , , , ,

    “In music-speak, ragas are essentially scalar melody forms — something like scales or melodic modes in Western music. However, North Indian ragas do differ from Western modes and [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani, International, Non-Fiction
  • Sutekh Hexen ‎– Primeval
    Sutekh Hexen ‎– Primeval
    $13.00 | , ,

    “SUTEKH HEXEN at the core has conducted experimental black metal deconstructionism from the blight of the Bay Area, and depending on conceptual framework, with a global cast of high-calibre [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Sylvain Chauveau – S.
    Sylvain Chauveau – S.
    $7.00 | , ,

    All pieces composed for the dance show “Au nombre des choses” (A thing among things) by Compagnie Mi-Octobre / Serge Ricci. Label: Type – TYPE030 Format: CD, Mini-Album, Digipak [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Goat – Commune
    Goat – Commune
    $7.00 | , ,

    “With a sound that seems to exist outside of any particular place and time, Goat materialize once again to bestow upon us their second musical offering, Commune. A simmering head […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Alchimia – Aurora
    Alchimia – Aurora
    $8.00 | , ,

    “On June 15 Instant Classic will release “Aurora” – a second album from free jazz-ambient trio Alchimia. The album comes out in a limited run of only 100 copies in […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Faro – Roma
    Faro – Roma
    $14.00 | , ,

    Multi-instrumentalist Robert Iwanik collaborating with players such as Eugene Robinson and Doug Scharin Label: Not On Label – 001 Format: 2 x CD, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo Country: US [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jonathan Coleclough & Colin Potter – Low Ground
    Jonathan Coleclough & Colin Potter – Low Ground
    $10.00 | , ,

    Track 1 recorded at Parkwood, Bottom Wood and the Water Tower. Tracks 2 and 3 recorded at the Water Tower. Track 4 recorded along the Kennet & Avon canal, at […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Final – One
    Final – One
    $6.00 | , ,

    Solo dark ambient music by Justin Broadrick of Godflesh. Label: Subharmonic – SD 7014-2 Format: CD, Album, Digipak Country: US Released: 1994 VG+/VG+. marker through barcode on back of digipack. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Guided By Voices – The Best Of Guided By Voices – Human Amusements At Hourly Rates
    Guided By Voices – The Best Of Guided By Voices – Human Amusemen…
    $6.00 | , ,

    Out of hundreds, here are 32 of the best. Label: Matador – OLE 565-2 Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 2003 VG+/VG+ *Image in the listing is stock. There may […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jan Jelinek Avec The Exposures – La Nouvelle Pauvreté
    Jan Jelinek Avec The Exposures – La Nouvelle Pauvreté
    $7.00 | , ,

    “Every musician wants his own sound. I would imagine that in electronic music, the desire to carve a unique sonic identity into the endless wall of digital possibilities is even […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Pole – R
    Pole – R
    $6.00 | , ,

    R = Room R is the new album by Berlin-based producer and ~scape founder Stefan Betke aka Pole. And, at the same time, it isn’t. Central to the album are […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Voïvod – Symphonique
    Voïvod – Symphonique
    $13.00 | , ,

    After more than 40 eventful years of existence, Canada’s progressive sci-fi metal innovators Voïvod return with “Symphonique”, a special live release together with the Quebec Symphony [...]

    GENRE: Metal

BOOKS

  • Roberto Bolano – The Savage Detectives: A Novel
    Roberto Bolano – The Savage Detectives: A Novel
    $8.00 | , ,

    New Year’s Eve, 1975: Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima, founders of the visceral realist movement in poetry, leave Mexico City in a borrowed white Impala. Their quest: to track down […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Renee Gladman – Event Factory
    Renee Gladman – Event Factory
    $8.00 | , ,

    A “linguist-traveler” arrives by plane to Ravicka, a city of yellow air in which an undefined crisis is causing the inhabitants to flee. Although fluent in the native language, she […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Julio Cortazar – Hopscotch
    Julio Cortazar – Hopscotch
    $10.00 | , ,

    Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded by a loose-knit circle of bohemian friends who call themselves “the Club.” A [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • James Baldwin – No Name In The Street
    James Baldwin – No Name In The Street
    $8.00 | , ,

    In this stunningly personal document, James Baldwin remembers in vivid details the Harlem childhood that shaped his early conciousness and the later events that scored his heart with pain—the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ian McEwan – The Cement Garden
    Ian McEwan – The Cement Garden
    $8.00 | , ,

    In the arid summer heat, four children—Jack, Julie, Sue and Tom—find themselves abruptly orphaned. All the routines of childhood are cast aside as the children adapt to a now parentless […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Talcott Parsons – The System of Modern Societies
    Talcott Parsons – The System of Modern Societies
    $8.00 | , ,

    Cybernetics informed work on sociology This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some age & wear to the wraps/boards, or light creasing/wear to […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Selected Poems from Les Fleurs du mal: A Bilingual Edition
    Selected Poems from Les Fleurs du mal: A Bilingual Edition
    $8.00 | , ,

    In a masterly translation by Norman Shapiro, this selection of poems from Les Fleurs du mal demonstrates the magnificent range of Baudelaire’s gift, from the exquisite quatrains to the [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Eric Rhode – Tower of Babel: Speculations on the Cinema (as-is, no dustjacket)
    Eric Rhode – Tower of Babel: Speculations on the Cinema (as-is, …
    $7.00 | , ,

    Eric Rhode’s examination of film and its’ cultural place, through the work 0f eleven directors. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and may show some […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Arthur Marwick – The Sixties: Cultural Revolution in Britain, France, Italy, and the United States
    Arthur Marwick – The Sixties: Cultural Revolution in Britain, Fr…
    $10.00 | , ,

    If the World Wars defined the first half of the twentieth century, the sixties defined the second half, providing the pivot on which modern times have turned. From popular music […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Aihwa Ong – Neoliberalism as Exception: Mutations in Citizenship and Sovereignty
    Aihwa Ong – Neoliberalism as Exception: Mutations in Citizenship…
    $8.00 | , ,

    Neoliberalism is commonly viewed as an economic doctrine that seeks to limit the scope of government. Some consider it a form of predatory capitalism with adverse effects on the Global […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
    Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, an…
    $10.00 | , ,

    Award-winning poet and critic Kevin Young tours us through a rogue’s gallery of hoaxers, plagiarists, forgers, and fakers―from the humbug of P. T. Barnum and Edgar Allan Poe to the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Fyodor Dostoevsky – The Brothers Karamazov
    Fyodor Dostoevsky – The Brothers Karamazov
    $7.00 | , ,

    In 1880 Dostoevsky completed The Brothers Karamazov, the literary effort for which he had been preparing all his life. Compelling, profound, complex, it is the story of a patricide and […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive