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  • Cuticles – Major Works
    Cuticles – Major Works
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    Oamaru, located about 80 miles north of Dunedin on New Zealand’s south island, might seem like the last place you expect to find a prodigious racket like Cuticles, but ain’t […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Emily Robb – If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection
    Emily Robb – If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection
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    The fantastic new album from tireless seeker Emily Robb. It’s a no-frills, high-minded celebration of guitar and sound and tone and string and amp and adventure committed to tape at […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Dead C – Tusk
    Dead C – Tusk
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    What our staff has to say: “Ba Da Bing! dropping the heat with three Dead C reissues from their mid 90’s period, The Operation of the Sonne, White House, and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Felt – Gold Mine Trash
    Felt – Gold Mine Trash
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    Lawrence Hayward knew that he wanted to be a pop star as a teen, and he devised a plan to release ten albums and ten singles over ten years to […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Low – Trust
    Low – Trust
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    BACK IN PRINT!!! The ninth full-length album from slo-mo beauty dealers LOW, and the band’s most assertive and expansive release to date. Thirteen tracks recorded in Minneapolis with TOM [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Philipp Otterbach ? The Dahlem Diaries
    Philipp Otterbach ? The Dahlem Diaries
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    The new LP by Krefeld-born, Berlin-based artist Philipp Otterbach entitled ‘The Dahlem Diaries’. Recorded in a little-visited corner of the German capital, ‘The Dahlem [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Shadow Ring – City Lights
    Shadow Ring – City Lights
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    Recorded and self-released by The Shadow Ring’s own Dry Leaf Discs in 1993, City Lights is the debut record of the then duo Graham Lambkin and Darren Harris—an assured arrival […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Codeine – What About The Lonely?
    Codeine – What About The Lonely?
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    Following on the somnambulant heels of When I See The Sun, our massive, near-complete Codeine overview, comes What About The Lonely?, an eight-track LP recorded at the group’s live zenith. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Martin Frawley – The Wannabe (Colored Vinyl)
    Martin Frawley – The Wannabe (Colored Vinyl)
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    “Workin’ all day, trying to forget about the old me.” Like most of us, Martin Frawley is busy trying to work himself out. He lives alongside the long shadow of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Melenas – Ahora LP (Red Vinyl)
    Melenas – Ahora LP (Red Vinyl)
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    ‘Ahora’, the new record by Melenas is the exact opposite of “that difficult third album”. While other bands might be suffering from a lack of inspiration typical of that [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Allison Lorenzen – Tender (Baby Blue Vinyl Repress)
    Allison Lorenzen – Tender (Baby Blue Vinyl Repress)
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    Still reeling from the gut-punch of the distortion filled lead single “Vale” released earlier this year, many of us wondered what a full-length LP by the Denver based artist would […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 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
  • 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
  • Brainiac – Attic Tapes
    Brainiac – Attic Tapes
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    The music of Brainiac ended with the death of frontman Tim Taylor in 1997. Offered here is a glimpse into the working mind of Taylor as he susses out tunes […]

    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
  • Dan Deacon – Mystic Familiar
    Dan Deacon – Mystic Familiar
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    Dan Deacon’s most emotionally open record and his most transcendent, Mystic Familiar is the result of obsessive work, play, and self-discovery. The album’s 11 kaleidoscopic tracks of majestic [...]

    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
  • 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
  • OSEES – Levitation Sessions I
    OSEES – Levitation Sessions I
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    OSEES recorded live outdoors at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown, CA, September, 2020. “Lots of old favorites and 7 never before performed live hits from the crypt recorded dusk till [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • C.I.A. Debutante – Down, Willow
    C.I.A. Debutante – Down, Willow
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    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
  • The Toms – S/T 2xLP
    The Toms – S/T 2xLP
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    THE TOMS was originally released in 1979. The project of Tom Marolda, a New Jersey musician, he recorded the album in his home studio, playing all the instruments himself. In […]

    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)
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    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)
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    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
  • Animal Collective –  Strawberry Jam
    Animal Collective – Strawberry Jam
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    Strawberry Jam is a passionate and emotional attempt to preserve the energy that permeates Animal Collective’s live shows. These songs see the group at their most raw, and are all […]

    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
  • Beat Happening – Jamboree
    Beat Happening – Jamboree
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    What our staff has to say: “Indian Summer is one of the best songs to ever come from the PNW. Thank you Calvin Johnson.” – Dan Produced by Steve Fisk, […]

    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
  • Stereolab – Margerine Eclipse (Expanded Edition)
    Stereolab – Margerine Eclipse (Expanded Edition)
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    • Remastered from original tapes. • Bonus disk of unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes. • Co-released by band’s own label Duophonic UHF Disks and Warp Records. • Fold-out poster […]

    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
  • Yo La Tengo – Electr-o-pura
    Yo La Tengo – Electr-o-pura
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    Continuing with their ever-expanding Revisionist History series, Matador Records announce a 25th anniversary reissue of Yo La Tengo’s 1995 album Electr-o-pura. Now in a gatefold sleeve and cut [...]

    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