August 9th Newsletter

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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gargoyles and Grotesques: Paganism in the Medieval Church
    Gargoyles and Grotesques: Paganism in the Medieval Church
    $18.00 | , ,

    All over Europe uncounted numbers of gargoyles and grotesques leer down from the columns and towers of medieval churches and cathedrals. Since these carvings are virtually antipathetic to the [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural
    A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural
    $35.00 | , ,

    A heavily illustrated overview of the history of the occult and occult studies. Book is in Very Good condition and shows light general wear. There may be slight shelfwear to […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Inquisition: A Bilingual Guide To The Exhibition Of Torture Instruments
    Inquisition: A Bilingual Guide To The Exhibition Of Torture Instrument…
    $12.00 | , ,

    A guide to devices built for every type of pain you can imagine. Book is in Very Good condition and shows light general wear. There may be slight shelfwear to […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Signal: Communication Tools for the Information Age (A Whole Earth Catalog)
    Signal: Communication Tools for the Information Age (A Whole Earth Cat…
    $25.00 | , ,

    The world’s economy has shifted from one built on materials to one governed by information. In the past, those who controlled materials like gold and oil governed all. In the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Camille Paglia – Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education
    Camille Paglia – Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism…
    $10.00 | , ,

    A timely and lavishly comprehensive collection from the inimitable critical firebrand—hailed as “a fearless public intellectual and more necessary than ever” (The New York Times)—tackling [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Oswald Spengler – The Decline Of The West
    Oswald Spengler – The Decline Of The West
    $30.00 | , ,

    Since its first publication in two volumes between 1918-1923, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and most talked about books of our […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction

VINYL

  • Timo van Luijk And Mark Harwood ‎– Vang Circular
    Timo van Luijk And Mark Harwood ‎– Vang Circular
    $15.00 | , ,

    Vang Circular is the first outing from Timo van Luijk (La Scie Dorée / Af Ursin, Elodie) and Mark Harwood (Penultimate Press / Astor). Employing vibes, mellotron, natural reader, an […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Percy Sledge ‎– When A Man Loves A Woman
    Percy Sledge ‎– When A Man Loves A Woman
    $18.00 | , ,

    “A country-soul masterpiece. The title track remains among the most beloved, anthemic explanations of love’s impact and travails ever written or performed. Had Sledge never made [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Tortoise ‎– Touch
    Tortoise ‎– Touch
    $21.00 | , ,

    “The songs on Touch, the first new Tortoise music in nine years, are dramas without words. They’re elaborately appointed and carefully mixed to enhance a familiar feeling — a distinctly [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Betsy Jolas / Iannis Xenakis / André Boucourechliev ‎– New Sounds From Paris
    Betsy Jolas / Iannis Xenakis / André Boucourechliev ‎– New Sounds From…
    $9.00 | , ,

    Quatuor II composed in 1964. Herma composed between 1960 and 1961. Archipel I composed in January and February, 1967. Label: Angel Records – S-36655 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Jesus Lizard ‎– Liar
    The Jesus Lizard ‎– Liar
    $22.00 | , ,

    “From the first few seconds, in which “Boilermaker” leaps out of the speakers like a crank-addled mugger armed with a tire iron, Liar captures the Jesus Lizard in gloriously [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Leather Hearse – Burn In Heaven | Decalogue
    Leather Hearse – Burn In Heaven | Decalogue
    $12.00 | , ,

    “LEATHER HEARSE is a project brought to life by Tannon Penland, the guitarist known for his contributions to the instrumental band LOINCLOTH and the ambient enigma GAUCHISTE. The concept of [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Gastr Del Sol – Mirror Repair (2013 Reissue)
    Gastr Del Sol – Mirror Repair (2013 Reissue)
    $17.00 | , ,

    “Like its predecessor, Crookt, Crackt or Fly, the Mirror Repair EP finds Gastr del Sol spinning a series of elliptical, unpredictable compositions, some with cryptic lyrics. The centerpiece [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Godspeed You! Black Emperor ‎– G_d’s Pee At State’s End!
    Godspeed You! Black Emperor ‎– G_d’s Pee At State’s End!
    $18.00 | , , ,

    “Godspeed You! Black Emperor wrote the majority of their seventh studio full-length while touring, then recorded it in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, masked and socially distanced. Like [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge ‎– Jazz Maturity… Where It’s Coming From
    Dizzy Gillespie & Roy Eldridge ‎– Jazz Maturity… Where It&#…
    $10.00 | , ,

    Late period Dizzy and Roy still cooking Label: Pablo Records – 2310 816 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1978 VG+/VG. bent upper right & lower left corners

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Nomind ‎– Tales Of Ordinary Madness
    Nomind ‎– Tales Of Ordinary Madness
    $10.00 | , ,

    Canadian thrash/punk crossover. Label: Lone Wolf Records – LWR-003 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Canada Released: 1988 NM/VG+. Sealed, light wear

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – The Harder They Come (Original Soundtrack Recording)
    V/A – The Harder They Come (Original Soundtrack Recording)
    $20.00 | , ,

    “In 1973, when the movie The Harder They Come was released, reggae was not on the radar screen of American pop culture. The soundtrack went a ways toward changing that […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Heavy Color – Music For The Film Invisible Hand
    Heavy Color – Music For The Film Invisible Hand
    $10.00 | , ,

    Curious Music is pleased to announce the release of Music for the film Invisible Hand by Heavy Color. A vinyl release will follow in early 2021. Executive produced by actor […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Soundtracks / Library Music

CDs

  • 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
  • Miles Davis – Panthalassa: The Music Of Miles Davis 1969-1974
    Miles Davis – Panthalassa: The Music Of Miles Davis 1969-1974
    $6.00 | , ,

    “Panthalassa” marks a return to some of the most important recordings of Miles Davis’ passionate and controversial “electric” period of the early 1970s. Conceived by [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz

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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gargoyles and Grotesques: Paganism in the Medieval Church
    Gargoyles and Grotesques: Paganism in the Medieval Church
    $18.00 | , ,

    All over Europe uncounted numbers of gargoyles and grotesques leer down from the columns and towers of medieval churches and cathedrals. Since these carvings are virtually antipathetic to the [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural
    A Pictorial History of Magic and the Supernatural
    $35.00 | , ,

    A heavily illustrated overview of the history of the occult and occult studies. Book is in Very Good condition and shows light general wear. There may be slight shelfwear to […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Inquisition: A Bilingual Guide To The Exhibition Of Torture Instruments
    Inquisition: A Bilingual Guide To The Exhibition Of Torture Instrument…
    $12.00 | , ,

    A guide to devices built for every type of pain you can imagine. Book is in Very Good condition and shows light general wear. There may be slight shelfwear to […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Signal: Communication Tools for the Information Age (A Whole Earth Catalog)
    Signal: Communication Tools for the Information Age (A Whole Earth Cat…
    $25.00 | , ,

    The world’s economy has shifted from one built on materials to one governed by information. In the past, those who controlled materials like gold and oil governed all. In the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Camille Paglia – Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism, Politics, Sex, and Education
    Camille Paglia – Provocations: Collected Essays on Art, Feminism…
    $10.00 | , ,

    A timely and lavishly comprehensive collection from the inimitable critical firebrand—hailed as “a fearless public intellectual and more necessary than ever” (The New York Times)—tackling [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Oswald Spengler – The Decline Of The West
    Oswald Spengler – The Decline Of The West
    $30.00 | , ,

    Since its first publication in two volumes between 1918-1923, The Decline of the West has ranked as one of the most widely read and most talked about books of our […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction