April 12th Newsletter
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  • Epicycle – You’re Not Gonna Get It: 1978-81
    Epicycle – You’re Not Gonna Get It: 1978-81
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    “Like a snotty bottle rocket shot out of The Damned’s dressing room and straight into the gut of Cheap Trick, suburban Chicago’s sorely under appreciated teen punk pioneers, EPICYCLE, were [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore, Rock / Pop
  • Puffy Areolas ‎– 1982: Dishonorable Discharge
    Puffy Areolas ‎– 1982: Dishonorable Discharge
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    “One of the most pivotal bands currently infecting the Midwest universe, Puffy Areolas are a pummeling ensemble of free jazz skronk, laid mercilessly on top of a proto-punk nuclear waste [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Winter Bear – Jump In The Fire / Should I Leave?
    Winter Bear – Jump In The Fire / Should I Leave?
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    Delightful & catchy power-pop

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Population – White Crosses
    Population – White Crosses
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    Hard-hitting and heavy post-punk

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Far-Out Fangtooth – The Thorns
    Far-Out Fangtooth – The Thorns
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    “Philadelphia’s FAR OUT FANGTOOTH have been meddling within their own poisonous cloud of murky, atmospheric noise for a while now, and after a stellar debut LP on Siltbreeze last year, […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Man – Carousel Of Sound
    The Man – Carousel Of Sound
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    “ARE YOU WIRED TO GET HIRED? Let’s get this straight, nobody likes to be pushed around by THE MAN. With all of the corporate involvement in the music industry these […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Connections – 5 Imaginary Boys
    Connections – 5 Imaginary Boys
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    “This modern Columbus, Ohio pop band flashed before us via KEVIN ELLIOT, previously of 84 NASH and one of the guys with great musical taste at the Agit Reader that […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Repairs – Decay / Cycle
    Repairs – Decay / Cycle
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    “That’s right, yet another crucial Australian single, from the blackend depths of minimal synth hysteria, and offering up the perfect chaser to the debut Nun LP. Rooted in an electronic [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Gross Pointe – Bad Seed
    Gross Pointe – Bad Seed
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    “What’s this, yet another ravaging Chicago punk band bursting out onto a 7” EP for the first time? Gross Pointe are another perfect example of how good this town has […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Brown Spiders – It’s Something To Do
    Brown Spiders – It’s Something To Do
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    “Brown Spiders sound like a band that’s about to vibrate apart. The bass is distorted as hell, and the drums are forever pounding and pushing everyone else forward. The title […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Heavy Times – Black Sunglasses
    Heavy Times – Black Sunglasses
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    ” It’s been too long since you’ve felt the damp, leathery slap of Heavy Times across the small of your back, and it’s about time, isn’t it? We’re proud to […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Velveteen Rabbit – Mind-Numbing Entertainment
    Velveteen Rabbit – Mind-Numbing Entertainment
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    “As sad it was to hear about the demise of The Jeanies, by far NYC’s most addictive power pop band of the last half decade, we’re happy to announce their […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Puffy Areolas – Gentlemen’s Grip
    Puffy Areolas – Gentlemen’s Grip
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    “One of the most pivotal bands currently infecting the Midwest universe, PUFFY AREOLAS are a pummeling ensemble of free jazz skronk, laid mercilessly on top of a proto-punk nuclear waste [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Shrapnelles – Asscalibur
    The Shrapnelles – Asscalibur
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    “This gang of women raised by wolves from the great northern province of Alberta, Canada have effortlessly pulled themselves up through the cracks of the “girlbandghetto” trappings and [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Medication – Don’t Die
    Medication – Don’t Die
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    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sharp Ends – Northern Front
    Sharp Ends – Northern Front
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    “Calgary, Alberta has been unearthing gem after gem of exciting new post-punk outfits recently, and SHARP ENDS are the “gateway drug” into that inner circle people been waiting [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Fey Gods – Untied
    Fey Gods – Untied
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    “The oddness and ambiguity of Columbus, OH’s own FEY GODS may seem like a handicap in some outsider perspectives, but following the rich musical tradition of Columbus’ seemingly [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The People’s Temple – Make You Understand
    The People’s Temple – Make You Understand
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    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Tortured Tongues – Let Me Down
    Tortured Tongues – Let Me Down
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    “It’s bad times all year ’round in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where the castrated legions that makeup the by-product known as TORTURED TONGUES reside. The tar-like muck that [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Outer Minds – Bloodshot Eyes
    Outer Minds – Bloodshot Eyes
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    “Chicago’s explosive and underrated OUTER MINDS have finally come to the surface after simmering in the underworld in several different incarnations over the past few years, and with [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sleepovers – Secret
    Sleepovers – Secret
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    Debut 3-track power-pop EP

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Myelin Sheaths – Do The Mental Twist
    Myelin Sheaths – Do The Mental Twist
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    “Yet another Canadian entry in HoZac’s new batch, Lethbridge (about 100 miles south of Calgary), Alberta’s MYELIN SHEATHS have boldly thrust themselves forward and erupt here with an [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Plastic Crimewave Sound – Shockwave Rider
    Plastic Crimewave Sound – Shockwave Rider
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    “For years, this Chicago scuzz-punk psychedelic prog machine has been turning heads as the Midwest’s answer to Hawkwind, Can and other mind-expanding primordial brain-fryers. At long [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 14th Wish – 14th Wish / I Gotta Get Rid Of You
    14th Wish – 14th Wish / I Gotta Get Rid Of You
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    ““I’m not living my life so good, tell me, how about you?” What can we really say about 14th Wish, how did this band even exist? This record and band […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • True Believers – Accept It!
    True Believers – Accept It!
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    “MIKE REP and TOMMY JAY are two of the Midwest’s most unheralded 70s songwriters who are only just beginning to get their due in the underground circles thanks to reissues […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Cozy – Cola Shock Kids
    Cozy – Cola Shock Kids
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    “COZY are four young men who have captured the hearts of fans across the globe with their movie star looks, boyish charm, dapper denim outfits, and a stage show that […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bare Mutants – Without You
    Bare Mutants – Without You
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    “Jered Gummere, most notably of Chicago’s PONYS, leads this new combo, which coalesces all of the most pivotal nuances of his repertoire into a perfectly minimal, mid-tempo snapshot [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Happy Thoughts – The Happy Thoughts
    The Happy Thoughts – The Happy Thoughts
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    “We’ll admit, this finished album landed at our headquarters late last summer, but it just seemed unfair to release it in the Fall or Winter months, since this debut LP […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Medication – This Town
    Medication – This Town
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    “The debut album from New Milford, Connecticut’s melodic saving grace, MEDICATION. The one-man home-recording project has built itself up into a fully-automated live band over the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Wizzard Sleeve – Make The World Go Away
    Wizzard Sleeve – Make The World Go Away
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    Heavy, psych-influenced garage rock.

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Terminals – Uncoffined
    The Terminals – Uncoffined
    $19.00 | , Add to cart

    “25th Anniversary remastered edition, the Kiwi Pop classic origininally on Flying Nun Records, now available on HoZac Archival, 500 copies pressed.”

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Screaming Urge – BUY LP + 7″
    Screaming Urge – BUY LP + 7″
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    “Screaming Urge. Archetypal American Punk Rock. Emerge now as the best underground music you never heard created in their own NOWHERE, their own nu-topic derangement fantasized and realized [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Nice Face – Horizon Fires
    Nice Face – Horizon Fires
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    Synth-driven post-punk.

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Dents – 1979/80
    The Dents – 1979/80
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    “If Cincinnati quintet the Dents had done what so many other early U.S. punk/new wave bands were able to do in their day, wax just one limited-press seven-inch single before […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Puffy Areolas – 1982: Dishonorable Discharge
    Puffy Areolas – 1982: Dishonorable Discharge
    $16.00 | , Add to cart

    “One of the most pivotal bands currently infecting the Midwest universe, Puffy Areolas are a pummeling ensemble of free jazz skronk, laid mercilessly on top of a proto-punk nuclear waste [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Woven Bones – In And Out And Back Again
    Woven Bones – In And Out And Back Again
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    Droney & spacey indie rock.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Oister – Pre-Dwight Twilley Band 1973-1974 Teac Tapes
    Oister – Pre-Dwight Twilley Band 1973-1974 Teac Tapes
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    “The legendary 1973-74 ‘Teac Tapes’ from deep inside the Dwight Twilley Band vault have been unleashed, never before available in any format, OISTER was the primary name of the Dwight […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Revelons – 1977-82
    Revelons – 1977-82
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    “Available on vinyl for the first time anywhere, The Revelons are known to punk prevaricators one of best “lost bands” of the CBGB era who simply released one earth-moving 7” […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Brides – Suburban Vermin
    The Brides – Suburban Vermin
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    “We’re finally here! The long-awaited LP comp from “Chicago’s Best Band of the 1990s” is in the pipe and on the way. Featuring the legendary previously unreleased 8-song 1997 demo […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Lewsberg – Out And About
    Lewsberg – Out And About
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    Dutch four-piece Lewsberg are set to release their fourth studio album, ‘Out And About’ in September 2023. Since forming in 2016, Lewsberg have gone from strength to strength. Despite [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lewsberg – Lewsberg
    Lewsberg – Lewsberg
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    First US pressing of Lewsberg’s 2018 debut album.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gerycz* / Powers* / Rolin* – Activator
    Gerycz* / Powers* / Rolin* – Activator
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    “Activator” is the third installment from the trio of Jayson Gerycz, Jen Powers and Matthew Rolin, who respectively need no introduction writ-large. For anyone observing the American [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Love Child – Never Meant To Be 1988-1993
    Love Child – Never Meant To Be 1988-1993
    $35.00 | , Add to cart

    At the very dawn of the 90s, Love Child’s debut 7” made a splash on the burgeoning scene of shambolic bands and lo-fi recordings. Back then, they were mentioned in […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Voice Imitator – Of How Hits
    Voice Imitator – Of How Hits
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    In attempting to write this dispatch on the second Voice Imitator album my instinct is to pitch them as somewhat of an antidote to the current ills of what could […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Dommer – Cemetary Bread
    Dommer – Cemetary Bread
    $14.00 | , Add to cart

    DIY self released 7″ single of indie rock perfection. Jam the track here.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • United Forces: An Archive Of Brazil’s Raw Metal Attack 1986-1991
    United Forces: An Archive Of Brazil’s Raw Metal Attack 1986-1991
    $48.00 | , Add to cart

    In 1986, São Paulo teenager Marcelo R. Batista channeled his love of pure, wild heavy metal into the self-produced fanzine United Forces. Over the next five years, his homemade publication […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Metal, Non-Fiction
  • Texas Is The Reason: The Mavericks Of Lone Star Punk
    Texas Is The Reason: The Mavericks Of Lone Star Punk
    $35.00 | , Add to cart

    Arriving in 1978, hitched to the back of the Sex Pistols tour bus, punk soon became as mythic in Texas as the state’s devotion to football, cattle, and prayer. Confrontational […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Punk / Hardcore
  • Zero Magazine – Volume One (Japanese HC Photo book)
    Zero Magazine – Volume One (Japanese HC Photo book)
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “Insane document of Japanese 80s punk & hardcore. Unreal spreads of punks & skins and grind freaks. Flyers & photos that will make you […]

    GENRE:
  • Deef – Nou
    Deef – Nou
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    Deef, forming in 1979 in Sapporo City, Japan evolved from a school-age free jazz group into a raw hardcore band influenced by the global explosion of political punk and hardcore, […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Deef – Real Control
    Deef – Real Control
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    Documenting the band’s final era, when hardcore gigs in Sapporo were banned, and still had to be organized in private recording studios with seating. Before bands like Gai and Confuse […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore