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  • Chlorine – Wait For The Light To Shine
    Chlorine – Wait For The Light To Shine
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    What our staff has to say: “The instrumentals on this record are fantastic – super hazy synths, steady drum machine, all creating this surreal wash of sound. Perfect for lonely […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • T.V. Star – Hallucinate Me
    T.V. Star – Hallucinate Me
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    What our staff has to say: “Seattle’s TV Star Hallucinate Me is a short but sweet 12″ EP. 6 songs of killer Alt Country Twangy Psych Rock.” – Dan The […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Kelly Lee Owens – LP.8 (White Vinyl)
    Kelly Lee Owens – LP.8 (White Vinyl)
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    Born out of a series of studio sessions, LP.8 was created with no preconceptions or expectations: an unbridled exploration into the creative subconscious. After releasing her sophomore album [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Woods – Perennial
    Woods – Perennial
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    Woods are in bloom again, inviting you to disappear into a new spectrum of colors and sounds and dreams on Perennial. “Formed in Brooklyn in 2004, Woods have matured into […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dead C – Operation Of The Sonne
    Dead C – Operation Of The Sonne
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    What our staff has to say: “The weird, undersung cousin of Tusk & The White House. Operation Of The Sonne is the closest Dead C’s gotten to touching on the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Protomaryr – Ultimate Success Today
    Protomaryr – Ultimate Success Today
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    There is a sting in the summer blossom of Ultimate Success Today, Protomartyr’ new album. Arriving after Relatives In Descent, Protomartyr’s headlong dive into the morass of American life in […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
    Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
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    Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You is a tale as old as time. It’s an album. Its songs and music are by and for people together. For listening together. Before it […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bill Callahn – Shephard In Sheepskin Vest
    Bill Callahn – Shephard In Sheepskin Vest
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    The voice murmuring in our ear, with shaggy-dog and other kinds of stories, is an old friend so fine to hear from again. Bill’s gentle, spacey take on folk and […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bill Callahan – YTilaeR
    Bill Callahan – YTilaeR
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    From the beautiful to the jarring, intrepid explorer Callahan charts a passage through all kinds of territory, pitting dreams of dreams against dreams of reality. When he makes it back […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ty Segall – Hello, Hi
    Ty Segall – Hello, Hi
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    Tossing down straight acoustic shots with electric guitar back, Hello, Hi rides through the valley of yer ol’ Canyon legends, finding an isolated place to unspool Ty’s copious [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Circuits Des Yeux – Reaching For Indigo
    Circuits Des Yeux – Reaching For Indigo
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    A moment that fell down in the life of Haley Fohr on January 22, 2016 – now in album form! Redefining and realizing the goals that were set to allow […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jim O’Rourke _? Simple Songs
    Jim O’Rourke _? Simple Songs
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    There ARE no simple songs — only simple people. And since guns don’t kill people, “Simple Songs” will have to do. Super-sweet terrorism from our very own latter-day Spector!

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Protomartyr – Formal Growth In The Desert (Blue Vinyl)
    Protomartyr – Formal Growth In The Desert (Blue Vinyl)
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    Since their 2012 debut, Protomartyr have mastered the art of evoking place: the grinding Midwest humility of their hometown, as well as the x-rayed elucidation of America that comes with […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • C.I.A. Debutante – Down, Willow
    C.I.A. Debutante – Down, Willow
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    With their 3rd vinyl long player for Siltbreeze, CIA Debutante have successfully out-flanked those critics who have been forever chattering, “will they ever be as big as Artery?” To [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Son of Dribble – Son of Dribble Against The Wind
    Son of Dribble – Son of Dribble Against The Wind
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    2nd LP from the Columbus, OH trio (now expanded to a quartet)! 12 songs of scuzzed out garage pop that take you from Beat Happening to the Warsaw demos to […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jana Horn – The Window Is The Dream
    Jana Horn – The Window Is The Dream
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    A Rothko-esque color field set to music, The Window Is The Dream ventures even deeper into Horn’s inner space than her stark, acclaimed debut Optimism, which earned her an ‘artist [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Calvin Johnson – Gallows Wine
    Calvin Johnson – Gallows Wine
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    Rock’n’roll is dead. Gallows Wine [KLP287] is a wake for it’s charred remains. Calvin Johnson traveled to Columbus, Mississippi to record Gallows Wine with the combo Hartle Road at their [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bilderine – Split Seconds
    Bilderine – Split Seconds
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    Bill Direen is a legend of the New Zealand underground. He has given us poetry, novels and a catalog of important and challenging underground music. Weaned on a garage band […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • DIIV – Live At The Murmrr Theatre (RSD)
    DIIV – Live At The Murmrr Theatre (RSD)
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    In 2017, DIIV took the stage at Brooklyn’s Murmrr Theatre for a special, on-off, “unplugged” performance. Now, the band shares a compilation of those live recordings. Includes unique arrangements [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Verlaines – Bird Dog (RSD, Opaque Purple Vinyl)
    The Verlaines – Bird Dog (RSD, Opaque Purple Vinyl)
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    Bird Dog is an album by The Verlaines, originally released in 1987. It’s often considered to be their best, most introspective piece of work, and its songs “Slow Sad Love […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Frank Black – Live 2006 (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
    Frank Black – Live 2006 (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
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    Live tracks previously included on the ’93 – ’03 Best Of CD, which have never before been released on vinyl. This stand-alone release for Record Store Day 2023 has newly […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • A Place To Bury Strangers – See Through You: Rerealized (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
    A Place To Bury Strangers – See Through You: Rerealized (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
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    UNOFFICIAL RSD 2023 This Record Store Day, the Dedstrange Rogues’ Gallery of Remix Producers joins forces with renowned Danish Electronic Composer Trentmøller, Andy Bell of legendary [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Foals – Life Is Dub (RSD, Gold Vinyl)
    Foals – Life Is Dub (RSD, Gold Vinyl)
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    Dub version of Foals 2022 album Life Is Yours Side A. (Dan Carey dub) 1. 2am 2. Under The Radar 3. 2001 4. Life Is Yours 5. The Sound Side […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Rock / Pop
  • XV – On The Creekbeds On The Thrones
    XV – On The Creekbeds On The Thrones
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    What our staff has to say: “Psycho garage jammers XV with an incredible LP of mangled rock. 10/10 Beyond measure, it’s a perfect album. Disjointed jangle garage stoner thrift midnight […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Deerhoof – Apple O (20th Anniversary Edition, Cotton Candy Vinyl + 7″)
    Deerhoof – Apple O (20th Anniversary Edition, Cotton Candy Vinyl + 7″)
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    Deerhoof’s fan-favorite breakthrough album, Apple O’, gets a 20th-anniversary edition after years of being out of print in the physical realm. They say the fruit from the Tree of [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • shame – Food For Worms
    shame – Food For Worms
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    If Songs of Praise was fuelled by pint-sloshing teenage vitriol, then Drunk Tank Pink delved into a different kind of intensity. Wading into uncharted musical waters, emboldened by their wit […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sleaford Mods – UK Grim (Silver Vinyl)
    Sleaford Mods – UK Grim (Silver Vinyl)
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    Sleaford Mods will return in 2023 with new album UK GRIM. Throughout their music the duo’s poetic protest and electronic resistance has seen them consistency chart and call out their […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Algiers – Shook
    Algiers – Shook
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    “The world got shook” So Algiers formed a crew. The band—who have built one of the most exciting catalogs and cult followings of recent years, with 2020’s There Is No […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Avey Tare – 7s
    Avey Tare – 7s
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    During the first week of January 2021, Avey Tare (Animal Collective) began making regular drives to his friend Adam McDaniel’s Drop of Sun Studios in Asheville, NC to give guts […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Live In Melbourne ’21  (Blue, Pink, & Orange Vinyl)
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Live In Melbourne ’21 (Blue, Pink, & Orange Vinyl)
    $56.00 | , Add to cart

    Next up on Fuzz Club’s series of official King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard bootlegs is ‘Live In Melbourne ‘21’. This 18-track live album was recorded when the prolific Australian […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Live In Brussels ?19  (White, Orange, Blue Vinyl)
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Live In Brussels ?19 (White, Orange, Blue Vinyl)
    $56.00 | , Add to cart

    This is the Fuzz Club Records official bootleg of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s ‘Live In Brussels ‘19’ LP. The live album was recorded when the prolific Australian psych-rock […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Demos & Rarities  (One Blue / One Violet LP)
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Demos & Rarities (One Blue / One Violet LP)
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    Spanning the best part of a decade, in 2020 King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard released a two-volume demo collection recorded between 2011 and 2020. This Fuzz Club Bootleg brings […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Beat Happening – Dreamy
    Beat Happening – Dreamy
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    Produced by Steve Fisk. Released in tandem with the International Pop Underground festival, 1991 was a very good year on the S.S. Beat Happening. Songs from Dreamy crowd many fan […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Beat Happening – Black Candy
    Beat Happening – Black Candy
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    What our staff has to say: “Some records should never go out of print, Beat Happening’s output is a staple of indie rock. Glad these are available again, for now.” […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • SOHN – Trust
    SOHN – Trust
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    Trust marks a seismic shift in perception and direction for the solo artist, echoing SOHN’s new responsibility as the father of three children. Moving from Los Angeles to the serenity […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World
    Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World
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    What our staff has to say: “Absolutely floored by this, feels like it’s already 20 years old. Everything from the recording to the writing feels genuine for YLT and the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Kim Gordon – No Home Record
    Kim Gordon – No Home Record
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    With a career spanning nearly four decades, Kim Gordon is one of the most prolific and visionary artists working today. A co-founder of the legendary Sonic Youth, Gordon has performed […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Yo La Tengo – Painful
    Yo La Tengo – Painful
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    Back in print on vinyl for the first time in years.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Spoon Vs On-U Sound ? Lucifer On The Moon
    Spoon Vs On-U Sound ? Lucifer On The Moon
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    Lucifer on the Moon is the anti-gravity companion to Spoon’s Lucifer on the Sofa. A top-to-bottom rework of the Austin band’s tenth album, it was created by On-U Sound founder […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Smut – How The Light Felt (Transparent Orange Vinyl)
    Smut – How The Light Felt (Transparent Orange Vinyl)
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    Smut shines a spotlight on the sounds of the 90s across genres – a record scratch, a spacey synth line, a breakcore beat – all while maintaining freshness and originality. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bright Eyes – Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
    Bright Eyes – Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
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    A lone pair of footsteps meanders down a street in Omaha, into the neighborhood bar and then into a near-imperceptible tangle of conversations – about wars, sleepless nights –  a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Tempers – New Meaning
    Tempers – New Meaning
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    The New York City duo of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper aka Tempers specialize in a sleek strain of low-lit poetic synth-pop, the latest statement of which feels like the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Damien Jurado – Waters Ave S.
    Damien Jurado – Waters Ave S.
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    2022 promises to be a banner year for Damien Jurado. Not only does the year mark the songwriter’s 50th birthday, but it also sees the summer release of his 18th […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Smut – How The Light Felt
    Smut – How The Light Felt
    $12.00 | , Add to cart

    Smut shines a spotlight on the sounds of the 90s across genres – a record scratch, a spacey synth line, a breakcore beat – all while maintaining freshness and originality. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Chronophage – S/T
    Chronophage – S/T
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    What our staff has to say: “Chronophage is one of those bands that I will forever be interested in their output. This most recent record feels like a small departure […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Iceage – Shake The Feeling: Outtakes & Rarities 2015?2021
    Iceage – Shake The Feeling: Outtakes & Rarities 2015?2021
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    Shake the Feeling: B-Sides & Rarities 2015–2021 surveys the sound surrounding Iceage’s last three albums, Plowing Into the Field of Love, Beyondless and Seek Shelter. A study in the powerful [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Sorry Eric – The Problem With Fun LP
    Sorry Eric – The Problem With Fun LP
    $14.00 | Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “Honestly how does a record this good get made??? Sorry Eric – The Problem with fun is the perfect driving the car record, it’s […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V-3 – Hit Dead Center With My Disease LP
    V-3 – Hit Dead Center With My Disease LP
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    As I was reviewing V3’s cycle of works from early 1986 to the end of Roxanne Newman’s’ tenure in late 1991, I became increasingly flabbergasted at the band. At the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V-3 – The Enemy Within LP
    V-3 – The Enemy Within LP
    $21.00 | , Add to cart

    As I was reviewing V3’s cycle of works from early 1986 to the end of Roxanne Newman’s’ tenure in late 1991, I became increasingly flabbergasted at the band. At the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Courtney Marie Andrews – Honest Life
    Courtney Marie Andrews – Honest Life
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    After a decade spent at the height of the music industry, touring solo and with large pop bands, Courtney Marie Andrews realized her desire for a place to come home […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Sea and Cake – Runner (Robin’s Egg Blue Vinyl)
    The Sea and Cake – Runner (Robin’s Egg Blue Vinyl)
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    The Sea and Cake deliver an album with the freshness and energy of a new band, and the ease and musicianship that can only come with experience. Runner began as […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Black Pus – All My Relations
    Black Pus – All My Relations
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    Black Pus is Brian Chippendale, who rose to prominence as the drummer of noise rock titans Lightning Bolt and Mindflayer. The first Black Pus CD-R was self released in early […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Circuit Des Yeux – In Plain Speech
    Circuit Des Yeux – In Plain Speech
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    Haley Fohr’s music strikes a unique balance between the personal and universal. As Circuit des Yeux she creates music that embodies the complexity of human emotions, juxtaposing tenderness and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Charles Rumback and Ryley Walker – Little Common Twist
    Charles Rumback and Ryley Walker – Little Common Twist
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    Charles Rumback and Ryley Walker are both known for their creativity and curious spirits. Rumback is a drummer in high demand in Chicago’s free-jazz circles, and a pillar of the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Of Montreal ? Freewave Lucifer Fck (Cyan Vinyl)
    Of Montreal ? Freewave Lucifer Fck (Cyan Vinyl)
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    When creators f<ck with how we experience time and space, great fictions emerge: Clive Barker’s Imajica, Andrei Tarkovsky’s sci-fi classic Solaris, and Godard’s Alphaville. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Chris Forsyth – Evolution Here We Come
    Chris Forsyth – Evolution Here We Come
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    To wit, if you think you know already what you’ll be getting into here—heady, Television-esque multi-guitar jams played with motorik precision and a fiercely American intensity: you know, a [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stella Donnelly – Flood
    Stella Donnelly – Flood
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    Like the many Banded Stilts that spread across the cover of her newest album Flood, Stella Donnelly is wading into uncharted territory. Here, she finds herself discovering who she is […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Mary Lattimore & Growing – Gainer
    Mary Lattimore & Growing – Gainer
    $9.00 | , Add to cart

    Critically acclaimed harpist and experimental composer Mary Lattimore and big amp ambient pioneers Growing have united for their first collaboration: Gainer. Remastered here from its original [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Kamikaze Palm Tree – Mint Chip
    Kamikaze Palm Tree – Mint Chip
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    For their sophomore effort/Drag City debut, the enigmatic duo expand into eight-armed wonder; all the better to reach ever-deeper into their bag o’ tricks. Slinky and sliding elegantly, the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Spoils – Find Later CS
    Spoils – Find Later CS
    $8.00 | Add to cart

    What our staff has to say: “Spoils are my favorite band in Ohio. Rock for life.” – Kobe “Ohio style baby you know what we mean haha” Upon first listen […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative