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  • Gastr Del Sol _? We Have Dozens Of Titles 3LP boxset
    Gastr Del Sol _? We Have Dozens Of Titles 3LP boxset
    $66.00 | , Add to cart

    Nearly twenty-five years after disbanding, Gastr del Sol have unpacked their archive, stringing together an alternative view to their genre-melting 1993-1998 run. This assembly of previously [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Alien Stadium – Livin’ in Elizabethan Times
    Alien Stadium – Livin’ in Elizabethan Times
    $12.00 | Add to cart

    Livin’ In Elizabethan Times is a 2017 mini-album by Alien Stadium – a collaboration between Steve Mason and Primal Scream’s Martin Duffy.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up to a Rope to the Sky
    Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up to a Rope to the Sky
    $15.00 | Add to cart

    After years of pursuing Angels of Light and recording and producing a diverse roster of artists for his Young God label, Michael Gira has decided to reconvene his legendary group […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bj?rk – Vulnicura Strings
    Bj?rk – Vulnicura Strings
    $10.00 | Add to cart

    Vulnicura Strings is the acoustic version of Björk’s Vulnicura, featuring strings, voice and viola organista only – out on CD and vinyl. The original version of Vulnicura layered the boom […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Joni Île – Semaphore CS
    Joni Île – Semaphore CS
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    In the age of boredom-less nights I sometimes yearn for times I sat on my bedroom floor listening to the same albums over and over. The first time I heard […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Home Blitz ? All Through The Year
    Home Blitz ? All Through The Year
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    “Mercer County is in central New Jersey, main city is Trenton (they make pork roll) but the more known town is Princeton (they have the college where Einstein spent time […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bilders* ? Dustbin Of Empathy
    Bilders* ? Dustbin Of Empathy
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Co-Released by Sophomore Lounge and Grapefruit Records. The NZ-American *Bilders* brings *Matt Swanson (Lambchop,* *My Dad Is Dead*) and *Alex McManus (Vic Chesnutt, Lambchop)* into the fold, all [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ned Collette – Our Other History
    Ned Collette – Our Other History
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    “Our Other History is a wonderful new LP by this wandering Berlin-based Melbourne expat. Ned’s last album, Afternoon Dusk was an avant instrumental trio outing with James Rushford and Joe [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Styrofoam Winos – Real Time
    Styrofoam Winos – Real Time
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    “The Styrofoam Winos are that band that we love to have in our lives because they transcend the language of music, not by their individual parts, but by their oneness. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Chime School – The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel (blue vinyl)
    Chime School – The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel (blue vinyl)
    $21.00 | Add to cart

    With his 2021 self-titled debut, Andy Pastalaniec’s Chime School became one of the defining acts of the seemingly never-ending, prolific and multifaceted Bay Area pop scene. Slumberland Records [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Clear Cut 5
    Clear Cut 5
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    The fifth and final volume in Rough Trade’s Clear Cut series Label: Rough Trade – RTL 35 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Japan Released: 1983 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • The Smile – Wall of Eyes
    The Smile – Wall of Eyes
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    The Smile’s new album Wall Of Eyes, will be released on 26th January on XL Recordings. The new album, was recorded between Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, and is produced […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sleaford Mods – Divide And Exit
    Sleaford Mods – Divide And Exit
    $15.00 | Add to cart

    Allying strong words and minimal electronics, Sleaford Mods’ second ‘proper’ album the self-released Divide And Exit was not only Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson’s most effective artistic [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pale Saints – In Ribbons (30th anniversary)
    Pale Saints – In Ribbons (30th anniversary)
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    Pale Saints second album In Ribbons is finally getting the 30th Anniversary celebration it deserves after covid and production delays, with a special double LP / CD release – the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Helado Negro – Phasor
    Helado Negro – Phasor
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    While Phasor feels loose and expansive, it’s Lange’s tightest collection—deep, atmospheric, meticulously executed. It’s aligned with 2019’s This Is How You Smile, which found him incorporating [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Future Islands – People Who Aren’t There Anymore
    Future Islands – People Who Aren’t There Anymore
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    There are bands that come and go, and then there are those that carve their own unique path, leaving an indelible mark on the heart of listeners. Future Islands are […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
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    Less than eighteen months after the release of their debut album New Long Leg, Dry Cleaning return with their sophomore album entitled Stumpwork. With 25M+ streams behind them and over […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (clear green vinyl)
    Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (clear green vinyl)
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    For his latest solo album, Buck Meek, lead guitarist of Big Thief, went back to Texas with his band – Adam Brisbin (guitar), Austin Vaughn (drums), Ken Woodward (bass), Mat […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (black vinyl)
    Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (black vinyl)
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    For his latest solo album, Buck Meek, lead guitarist of Big Thief, went back to Texas with his band – Adam Brisbin (guitar), Austin Vaughn (drums), Ken Woodward (bass), Mat […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
    $16.00 | Add to cart

    U.F.O.F., F standing for ‘Friend’, is the name of the highly anticipated third record by Big Thief, set to be released by 4AD on May 3rd. The New York-based band, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Violent Femmes – Add It Up (1981-1993) 2LP
    Violent Femmes – Add It Up (1981-1993) 2LP
    $42.00 | , Add to cart

    As Violent Femmes celebrate their 40th year together, Craft Recordings honors the band’s enduring catalog of cult classics with the long out-of-print vinyl reissue of the popular 1993 [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Birdie – Some Dusty
    Birdie – Some Dusty
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    Birdie’s debut album, 1999’s “Some Dusty,” is the culmination of a series of fortuitous events, set in motion in 1992 when members Debsey Wykes (Dolly Mixture) and Paul [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
    Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
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    New Argentinean tape in from Happy Families: “Originally released in 2019 by Facultad de Medicina in Buenos Aires, Argentina – Slacker core genius. Sleepy indie pop from underground [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
    Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
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    Beth Gibbons releases her debut solo album Lives Outgrown on Friday the 17th of May 2024, following her work as a member of Portishead & her collaborative album with Rustin […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sun Araw ? Beach Head
    Sun Araw ? Beach Head
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    “The four tracks of Beach Head, like much of Sun Araw’s work, capture Cameron Stallones at a certain place and time; its re-release some years after its first limited run […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Nightshift _? Homosapien
    Nightshift _? Homosapien
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    It’s been three years since Glasgow musical collective NIGHTSHIFT’s last album (“Zöe”, 2021) & aside form an odds & sods tape compilation “Made Of The Earth”, the group has remained […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Marcel Wave – Something Looming
    Marcel Wave – Something Looming
    $19.00 | Add to cart

    Marcel Wave write eulogies for tragic actresses, ancient riverbeds and concrete obscenity. Their inaugural sonic instalment ‘Something Looming’ is part trades club symphony, part itchy serenade, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Nick Maurer – Come On In!
    Nick Maurer – Come On In!
    $25.00 | Ships on/around Aug 16, 2024 Add to cart

    Nick Maurer’s Come On In! is the stuff of a modern American fable. The 20 year-old Cincinnatian’s first release on Happy Families feels wise beyond years but is equally moving […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Bugs And Rats ? Adidas
    Bugs And Rats ? Adidas
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      “Vinylization of a 2010 CD-R by this Quincy, MA trio who have been around since 2003. Their longevity makes it damn odd that this is their first LP. But […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Timeout Room – Tight Ass Goku Pictures
    Timeout Room – Tight Ass Goku Pictures
    $10.00 | Add to cart

    First solo project from S.T. McCrary who longtime wrote and played for Baton Rouge punk band the Melters. A true lo-fi masterwork, Tight Ass Goku Pictures is a compilation of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Plight – Plastic Sun
    Plight – Plastic Sun
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    Brooklyn-based four piece Plight has spent the last five years making a name for themselves in New York City. Releasing their Catharsis demo in 2017, the group has been cultivating their own […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab –  Switched On Volumes 1-5 (8xCD Boxset)
    Stereolab – Switched On Volumes 1-5 (8xCD Boxset)
    $60.00 | Add to cart

    An anthology boxset that compiles all five volumes of the Stereolab Switched On series: 94 non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the groop. Includes the original Switched On […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Daniel Johnston – Alive in New York City (Clear Vinyl)
    Daniel Johnston – Alive in New York City (Clear Vinyl)
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Daniel played several shows in New York City in April of the year 2000, but there is no way to know for certain the exact date this recording was made, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sonic Youth – Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
    Sonic Youth – Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
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    Unfettered by studio time limitations with their own home base of Echo Canyon, SYR 2 shows Sonic Youth chasing the shadows of predecessor SYR 1 and the series’ distinct aesthetic: […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Running – Wake Up Applauding
    Running – Wake Up Applauding
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    2016 release from the alt-punks. Running elbows in quick from the City of the Big Shoulders with Wake Up Applauding. Delivered loudly, dripping in unintelligible menace with the occasional flash [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Running – Wake Up Applauding
    Running – Wake Up Applauding
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    2016 release from the alt-punks. Running elbows in quick from the City of the Big Shoulders with Wake Up Applauding. Delivered loudly, dripping in unintelligible menace with the occasional flash [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Running – Vaguely Ethnic
    Running – Vaguely Ethnic
    $5.00 | Add to cart

    The screech. The wall. The slanted-floor nausea. There’s not a word for the signature cyclical howling that Chicago’s RUNNING harnesses and tortures into submission. They play with their food [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Running & Ryley Walker – s/t
    Running & Ryley Walker – s/t
    $7.00 | Add to cart

    Ryley Walker, guitar Jeffrey Tucholski, guitar Matthew Hord, bass Alejandro Morales, drums

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Running ? Vaguely Ethnic
    Running ? Vaguely Ethnic
    $16.00 | , Add to cart

    The screech. The wall. The slanted-floor nausea. There’s not a word for the signature cyclical howling that Chicago’s RUNNING harnesses and tortures into submission. They play with their food [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Reds, Pinks & Purples ? You Might Be Happy Someday (Blue Pastel Vinyl)
    The Reds, Pinks & Purples ? You Might Be Happy Someday (Blue Pastel Vinyl)
    $17.00 | , Add to cart

    Deep amidst San Francisco’s Richmond neighborhood misty air and washed-out pastel blocks, Glenn Donaldson has been diligently creating minor masterpieces with rudimentary home technology for some [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 781484078418
    781484078418
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    Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles’ debut is well titled: keys are what they play and keys unlock things too. Their trad bonafides are balanced with inquisitive playing that adds surprise […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Liars ? S/T (Colored Vinyl)
    Liars ? S/T (Colored Vinyl)
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    Liars was recorded on the heels of 2006’s Drum’s not Dead somewhere between LA and Berlin. Liars’ fourth album marks another bold transition for Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Masaki Batoh ? Smile Jesus Loves YOU!
    Masaki Batoh ? Smile Jesus Loves YOU!
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    Batoh is back! Solo again after last fall’s new Silence album, the Japanese psychedelic guru makes some solo cuts, with others featuring Ghost and Silence family members, including free drumming [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Eli Winter ? S/T
    Eli Winter ? S/T
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    Chicago-based guitarist / composer Eli Winter’s new self-titled album finds him building on the promise of his recent records—like 2020’s Unbecoming and his 2021 collaboration with Cameron [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Lee Ranaldo & Ra?l Refree ? Names Of North End Women
    Lee Ranaldo & Ra?l Refree ? Names Of North End Women
    $17.00 | , Add to cart

    Ranaldo and Refree worked together Ranaldo’s last solo album, Electric Trim (Mute, 2017), and soon after the pair returned to the studio to record the follow up they realised that […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Mekons ? Deserted
    Mekons ? Deserted
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    This legendary group from Leeds, have written contemporary music history for the last 40 years as radical innovators of both first generation punk and insurgent roots music. Their new album […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • My Bloody Valentine – M B V
    My Bloody Valentine – M B V
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    m b v is the highly anticipated and long awaited 2013 album from the British Alt-Rock icons led by the esteemed Kevin Shields. MBV is the follow-up to their genre-defining […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
    Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    Merriweather Post Pavilion, Animal Collective’s ninth studio album, sees the American art-rock collective in heartwarmingly baffling form, combining upbeat indietronica with mind-warping [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 75 Dollar Bill – Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
    75 Dollar Bill – Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock
    $21.00 | , Add to cart

    2023 repress! 75 Dollar Bill, a project by Che Chen and Rick Brown present Wood/Metal/Plastic/Pattern/Rhythm/Rock. “Che’s interest in the Arabic modes of Mauritanian music has marked [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sonic Youth – Walls Have Ears
    Sonic Youth – Walls Have Ears
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    Release date: 2/9/24 Will ship around this date   “Culled from three 1985 gigs in the UK during a transitional and transcendent time in the band’s story, Sonic Youth’s The […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Chai – S/T (Loser Edition – Colored Vinyl)
    Chai – S/T (Loser Edition – Colored Vinyl)
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    The Japanese band CHAI cast a spell on the world in 2017, when they released their debut album, PINK, a collection of songs that introduced us to their singular brand […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Marnie Stern – The Comeback Kid
    Marnie Stern – The Comeback Kid
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    It’s been a decade since we last heard from Marnie Stern, but when her guitar bursts in like a shower of stardust on The Comeback Kid, the follow-up to 2013’s […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Kevin Morby ? More Photographs (A Continuum)
    Kevin Morby ? More Photographs (A Continuum)
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Kevin Morby writes (and records, and imagines) at an almost incomparable clip, and his most recent album, This Is A Photograph, studies life, time and mortality through myriad lenses. It’s [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Loop – Sonancy
    Loop – Sonancy
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    Formed in South London in the mid-1980s, Loop blazed a trail with their potent mix of motorik beats and heavy guitar riffs, recording a trio of brilliant albums that set […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Tiny Vipers ? Hands Across The Void
    Tiny Vipers ? Hands Across The Void
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    What our staff has to say: “Achingly beautiful, sparse, acoustic singer-songwriter tracks with occasional noise moments, situated somewhere in the Cat Power, Adrianne Lenker, and even [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Efterklang ? Windflowers
    Efterklang ? Windflowers
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    Every year as spring arrives, a sea of tiny flowers blossom across the Danish forest floor. They’re an explosion of color, a symbol of hope and change, disappearing as quickly […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ty Segall ? Whirlybird (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Ty Segall ? Whirlybird (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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    Ty Segall meets a new non-rock challenge head-on; soundtrack music for the documentary film Whirlybird. A variety of synth sounds, electric keyboards, drums, percussion and saxophone (and yeah, a [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • No Age – People Helping People
    No Age – People Helping People
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    No Age’s ethos sings to us from beyond the clouds, with words and without, a conceptual boost to everyone helping everyone. Ensconced in Randy’s Garage without a clock to spit […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dirty Projectors ? Sing The Melody
    Dirty Projectors ? Sing The Melody
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    Sing The Melody, the third installment in the Domino Documents series, captures Dirty Projectors at a peak in their touring powers. It sees the band head into New York City’s […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bar Italia – The Twits
    Bar Italia – The Twits
    $24.00 | , Add to cart

    ‘The Twits’ was recorded by the trio over eight weeks from February 2023 in a makeshift home studio in Mallorca, and was mixed by Marta Salogni. It finds bar italia’s […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative