June 20th Newsletter

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NEW ARRIVALS

  • Horse Lords – Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive!
    Horse Lords – Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive!
    $16.00 | ,

    The music on Horse Lords’ Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! feels both impossibly detailed and eminently human. The twelve pieces assembled are layered, interwoven, tonally and rhythmically [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jejune – Wait A Lifetime
    Jejune – Wait A Lifetime
    $100.00 | ,

    The San Diego via Boston alt trio’s complete original studio recordings, remastered, restored, and compiled into one lavish box set. Wait A Lifetime gathers the band’s peerless albums Junk and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • BASIC – BASIC
    BASIC – BASIC
    $15.00 | ,

    BASIC – the trio of Chris Forysth (guitar), Mikel Patrick Avery (percussion, drum machine, electronics), and Douglas McCombs (Fender Bass VI) – produced their new 7-track album over [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Styrofoam Winos – Any River
    Styrofoam Winos – Any River
    $12.00 | ,

    A decade ago, three employees of J’s Market and Cafe became Styrofoam Winos. Lou Turner, Trevor Nikrant, and Joe Kenkel bonded over their mutual adoration for Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • BASIC – BASIC
    BASIC – BASIC
    $25.00 | ,

    BASIC – the trio of Chris Forysth (guitar), Mikel Patrick Avery (percussion, drum machine, electronics), and Douglas McCombs (Fender Bass VI) – produced their new 7-track album over [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Styrofoam Winos – Any River
    Styrofoam Winos – Any River
    $22.00 | ,

    A decade ago, three employees of J’s Market and Cafe became Styrofoam Winos. Lou Turner, Trevor Nikrant, and Joe Kenkel bonded over their mutual adoration for Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Doctor Bionic – Electric Pollen
    Doctor Bionic – Electric Pollen
    $25.00 | ,

    Somewhere in the hills of Cincinnati, there’s a transmitter sending radio waves in every direction. The electricity flows through the air and hits your receiver with a charge that, when […]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Les Imprimés – You & I b/w Miss The Days
    Les Imprimés – You & I b/w Miss The Days
    $10.00 | ,

    Following the massive success of their sophomore album Fading Forward, Les Imprimés, by popular demand, press two standout tracks from the album on the coveted 7” format. The A side, “You […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Hiding Places – The Secret To Good Living (Eco Lavender Vinyl)
    Hiding Places – The Secret To Good Living (Eco Lavender Vinyl)
    $25.00 | ,

    NYC-based indie rockers Hiding Places release their debut LP, The Secret to Good Living, on April 3, 2026 with Keeled Scales. Refined through years of live performance and studio work, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Hiding Places – The Secret To Good Living
    Hiding Places – The Secret To Good Living
    $16.00 | ,

    NYC-based indie rockers Hiding Places release their debut LP, The Secret to Good Living, on April 3, 2026 with Keeled Scales. Refined through years of live performance and studio work, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Eluvium – Virga III
    Eluvium – Virga III
    $26.00 | ,

    Virga III is the third installment in Eluvium’s inspired experimental series – and the first in nearly five years. In unmistakable contrast to the dense, ominous sprawl of Virga II, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Pratt & Moody and Cold Diamond & Mink – Hard Way To Live
    Pratt & Moody and Cold Diamond & Mink – Hard Way To Live
    $9.00 | ,

    Pratt & Moody return with a new 7” single on Timmion Records, pairing “Hard Way To Live” with “You Bring Me Joy” – two deep diving soul cuts that reaffirm […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco

VINYL

  • Jejune – Wait A Lifetime
    Jejune – Wait A Lifetime
    $100.00 | ,

    The San Diego via Boston alt trio’s complete original studio recordings, remastered, restored, and compiled into one lavish box set. Wait A Lifetime gathers the band’s peerless albums Junk and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • BASIC – BASIC
    BASIC – BASIC
    $25.00 | ,

    BASIC – the trio of Chris Forysth (guitar), Mikel Patrick Avery (percussion, drum machine, electronics), and Douglas McCombs (Fender Bass VI) – produced their new 7-track album over [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Styrofoam Winos – Any River
    Styrofoam Winos – Any River
    $22.00 | ,

    A decade ago, three employees of J’s Market and Cafe became Styrofoam Winos. Lou Turner, Trevor Nikrant, and Joe Kenkel bonded over their mutual adoration for Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Les Imprimés – You & I b/w Miss The Days
    Les Imprimés – You & I b/w Miss The Days
    $10.00 | ,

    Following the massive success of their sophomore album Fading Forward, Les Imprimés, by popular demand, press two standout tracks from the album on the coveted 7” format. The A side, “You […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Doctor Bionic – Electric Pollen
    Doctor Bionic – Electric Pollen
    $25.00 | ,

    Somewhere in the hills of Cincinnati, there’s a transmitter sending radio waves in every direction. The electricity flows through the air and hits your receiver with a charge that, when […]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Hiding Places – The Secret To Good Living (Eco Lavender Vinyl)
    Hiding Places – The Secret To Good Living (Eco Lavender Vinyl)
    $25.00 | ,

    NYC-based indie rockers Hiding Places release their debut LP, The Secret to Good Living, on April 3, 2026 with Keeled Scales. Refined through years of live performance and studio work, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Eluvium – Virga III
    Eluvium – Virga III
    $26.00 | ,

    Virga III is the third installment in Eluvium’s inspired experimental series – and the first in nearly five years. In unmistakable contrast to the dense, ominous sprawl of Virga II, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Pratt & Moody and Cold Diamond & Mink – Hard Way To Live
    Pratt & Moody and Cold Diamond & Mink – Hard Way To Live
    $9.00 | ,

    Pratt & Moody return with a new 7” single on Timmion Records, pairing “Hard Way To Live” with “You Bring Me Joy” – two deep diving soul cuts that reaffirm […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Discovery Zone – Library Copy Do Not Remove
    Discovery Zone – Library Copy Do Not Remove
    $25.00 | ,

    In Library Copy Do Not Remove, Discovery Zone’s JJ Weihl presents a digital enchantment of reality, braiding together the material and non-material to reveal that they are, in fact, two […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Spatulas – A Blue Dot
    The Spatulas – A Blue Dot
    $22.00 | ,

    The first thing you hear is a lone clean guitar and a sweet warble singing about “city scenes caught up in the moment” before the drums enter and we’re off! […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Touch Girl Apple Blossom – Graceful
    Touch Girl Apple Blossom – Graceful
    $23.00 | ,

    Austin’s Touch Girl Apple Blossom are no strangers to wearing their hearts on their sleeve. And it may be something in the name we really feel they found their rightful […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Kevin Morby – Little Wide Open (Eco-Mix Vinyl)
    Kevin Morby – Little Wide Open (Eco-Mix Vinyl)
    $29.00 | ,

    For Kevin Morby, the “little wide open” is the big sky, the small lives, it’s his origins in the Midwest, and every duty and modesty and familiarity and isolation: the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative

CDs

  • Horse Lords – Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive!
    Horse Lords – Demand To Be Taken To Heaven Alive!
    $16.00 | ,

    The music on Horse Lords’ Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive! feels both impossibly detailed and eminently human. The twelve pieces assembled are layered, interwoven, tonally and rhythmically [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • BASIC – BASIC
    BASIC – BASIC
    $15.00 | ,

    BASIC – the trio of Chris Forysth (guitar), Mikel Patrick Avery (percussion, drum machine, electronics), and Douglas McCombs (Fender Bass VI) – produced their new 7-track album over [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Styrofoam Winos – Any River
    Styrofoam Winos – Any River
    $12.00 | ,

    A decade ago, three employees of J’s Market and Cafe became Styrofoam Winos. Lou Turner, Trevor Nikrant, and Joe Kenkel bonded over their mutual adoration for Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Hiding Places – The Secret To Good Living
    Hiding Places – The Secret To Good Living
    $16.00 | ,

    NYC-based indie rockers Hiding Places release their debut LP, The Secret to Good Living, on April 3, 2026 with Keeled Scales. Refined through years of live performance and studio work, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ben Vida – Oblivion Seekers
    Ben Vida – Oblivion Seekers
    $16.00 | ,

    To be an attentive listener to the world as it stands is to be saturated with language. Speech resounds through nearly every space that features human beings, whether unwanted or […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Touch Girl Apple Blossom – Graceful
    Touch Girl Apple Blossom – Graceful
    $15.00 | ,

    Austin’s Touch Girl Apple Blossom are no strangers to wearing their hearts on their sleeve. And it may be something in the name we really feel they found their rightful […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Greg Mendez – Beauty Land
    Greg Mendez – Beauty Land
    $14.00 | ,

    Greg Mendez has always been an economical songwriter – he wields restraint and simplicity as tools, the core of his songs sharpened into simple, cutting truths. On Beauty Land, his […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation
    Joey Quiñones – Inna Soul Steady Situation
    $14.00 | ,

    If you were to ask Joey Quiñones where he found inspiration for his music, you wouldn’t have to look far from where the East LA son grew up. Listen to […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Hrishikesh Hirway – In The Last Hour Of Light
    Hrishikesh Hirway – In The Last Hour Of Light
    $15.00 | ,

    Hrishikesh Hirway, musician, composer and podcast creator, is set to release his newest LP In the Last Hour of Light on April 24, 2026 via Keeled Scales. Known for his […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Widowspeak – Roses
    Widowspeak – Roses
    $16.00 | ,

    An album called “Roses” would be concerned with romantic gestures. Across the ten tracks that make up the seventh and newest Widowspeak record, intimate spaces and stages of love are […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Vorhex Angel – Drain
    Vorhex Angel – Drain
    $11.00 | ,

    Sometime around 2024, Vorhex Angel emerged seemingly out of the ether: no social media presence, no identities, simply their name popping up in Nashville or New Orleans on a flyer […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Slippers – Slippers 08
    Slippers – Slippers 08
    $15.00 | ,

    Slippers mastermind Madeline BB’s new record is a masterpiece. Like if you painted the beatles with a rattle can and wax pencil. Slippers last record was entitled “Do You Like […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative

BOOKS

  • The Traveler’s Key to Northern India
    The Traveler’s Key to Northern India
    $10.00 | , ,

    Describes the historical background and religious significance of temples, shrines, palaces, and pilgrimage sites, and includes information on their art, architecture and legends This book is in [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Robert Somerlott – Here, Mr. Splitfoot: An Informal Education into Modern Occultism
    Robert Somerlott – Here, Mr. Splitfoot: An Informal Education in…
    $7.00 | , ,

    Chapters include occult stars, identifying spirits, poltergeists, crystal-gazers, host of prophets, occult kaleidoscope, bibliography, index. A witty and informal exploration into modern read [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • S. Giedion – The Eternal Present: Volume I: The Beginnings of Art
    S. Giedion – The Eternal Present: Volume I: The Beginnings of Ar…
    $32.00 | , ,

    “Professor Giedion, well known as an historian of architecture, is concerned in this latest work with a problem that in his view has come more and more into the the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • The Way of Cartouche: An Oracle of Ancient Egyptian Magic
    The Way of Cartouche: An Oracle of Ancient Egyptian Magic
    $8.00 | , ,

    Written by Murry Hope, the book delves into the mystical practices of ancient Egypt, offering insights into magick studies and divination. This book is in Good readable condition. It has […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taught Me About Ultimate Reality, the Meaning of Life, and How to Be Happy
    The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul: What Gnarly Computation Taugh…
    $8.00 | , ,

    A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step, goes the ancient saying. This concept is at the root of the computational worldview, which basically says that very complex […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works
    Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works
    $7.00 | , ,

    “Reading these books one is brought yet again to hope that our society as a whole will be seriously drawn to a more systematic study of the deeper aspects of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods: Images of the Commune
    Daily Life of the Egyptian Gods: Images of the Commune
    $7.00 | , ,

    This is the first English translation of a highly appealing volume originally published in French in 1993. Informed by a sense of wonderment at divine doings, it treats the ancient […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Louis Marin – To Destroy Painting
    Louis Marin – To Destroy Painting
    $8.00 | , ,

    The work of the eminent French cultural critic Louis Marin (1931-92) is becoming increasingly important to English-speaking scholars concerned with issues of representation. To Destroy Painting, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Hal Foster – The Return of the Real: Art and Theory at the End of the Century
    Hal Foster – The Return of the Real: Art and Theory at the End o…
    $7.00 | , ,

    In The Return of the Real Hal Foster discusses the development of art and theory since 1960, and reorders the relation between prewar and postwar avant-gardes. Opposed to the assumption […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Foundations of High Magick: The Magical Philosophy
    Foundations of High Magick: The Magical Philosophy
    $30.00 | , ,

    The definitive work on Western mystic traditions which traces the origins and re-interprets Occultism for modern day readers. This book is in Good readable condition. It has been read and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ioan Couliano – The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early Christianity to Modern Nihilism
    Ioan Couliano – The Tree of Gnosis: Gnostic Mythology from Early…
    $40.00 | , ,

    This pioneering study interprets the mythology of dualism from Gnosticism to the medieval Cathars to modern nihilism. Couliano shows that, far from being “historically” transmitted, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Egon Sendler – The Icon: Image of the Invisible
    Egon Sendler – The Icon: Image of the Invisible
    $30.00 | , ,

    A comprehensive study of the theology of the Icon and its history, the aesthetics of the Icon and its structures, and the techniques and steps to paint an Icon, this […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction