April 26th Newsletter

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NEW ARRIVALS

  • Diana Rogerson – Blue Bottle In A Jam Jar
    Diana Rogerson – Blue Bottle In A Jam Jar
    $15.00 | , Add to cart

    “Heavily obscured sounds, along with her voice, gives the music a rather radiophonic and sound poetry-like nature. Sometimes quiet and intimate, something loud and jubilant; in that sense, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The New Blockaders – Live At Morden Tower Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
    The New Blockaders – Live At Morden Tower Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
    $15.00 | , Add to cart

    “Armed with hammers and some carefully chosen materials, TNB perform a ‘conceptual destruction’ of pure sonic violence. By deliberate saturation of the environment by way of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nurse With Wound With Bladderflask – Backside
    Nurse With Wound With Bladderflask – Backside
    $15.00 | , Add to cart

    2024 – New studio album featuring Bladderflask. Originally issued as a limited edition Lp lathe cut. STEVE STAPLETON, ANDREW LILES AND RICHARD RUPENUS Contains 20 minutes extra material. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sunburnt Mind – Radio Topo #22
    Sunburnt Mind – Radio Topo #22
    $8.00 | , Add to cart

    Radio Topo #22 “Mix tape of fuzzy UK DIY, american 4-track warriors, major label coke heads and some of my heroes (William Friedkin, Chet Baker & Charles Grodin) speaking spliced […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Punk / Hardcore
  • Demi – Demi
    Demi – Demi
    $10.00 | , Add to cart

    Mix from Softer Recordings. ~~~~ intimacy; a single saline drop, smearing the ink; the sound of 1,000 bedroom sessions; reading silently with a friend, bathed in sunlight; a damp umbrella […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Social Distortion – Social Distortion (1990 US Pressing)
    Social Distortion – Social Distortion (1990 US Pressing)
    $125.00 | , , Add to cart

    “With Prison Bound, Social Distortion began to metamorphasize from a rather ordinary L.A. hardcore band into a roots rock band willing to make with more than their share of the […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Misfits – Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood (1983 US Pressing)
    Misfits – Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood (1983 US Pressing)
    $185.00 | , , Add to cart

    “With their second album, the incredibly short Earth A.D., Misfits speed up the tempo even more, which combined with their amateur musicianship to produce a wall of thrashy sonic murk. […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • N.O.T.A. – N.O.T.A.
    N.O.T.A. – N.O.T.A.
    $100.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Hot shit! You thought their past records were great, well here’s 19 tracks that are rockin’, thrashin’, imaginative, and catchy. The slower songs have a catchy early ’77 pop-punk sound, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry (1980 US Pressing)
    The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry (1980 US Pressing)
    $85.00 | , , Add to cart

    In the spectrum of self-conscious postpunk British bands, the Cure fall squarely between Wire’s sophisticated, jagged architectonics and the Undertones’ concise, wide-eyed pop music. They [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Misfits – Walk Among Us (Looks G+, plays VG)
    Misfits – Walk Among Us (Looks G+, plays VG)
    $375.00 | , , Add to cart

    “The Misfits’ 1982 debut full-length, Walk Among Us, rapidly became a legendary effort of U.S. punk, the more so because it so willfully violated many rules which were already [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Samhain – Unholy Passion
    Samhain – Unholy Passion
    $400.00 | , , Add to cart

    “This one’s kinda frustrating. Danzig and crew still manage to put that wonderful frantic MISFIT yelp on “All Hell” and “Hungry End.” But it seems like they’re too comfortable. I’d […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Sun City Girls “You’re Never Alone…” T-shirt
    Sun City Girls “You’re Never Alone…” T-shirt
    $25.00 | , Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page

    Printed On Comfort Colors Mustard Shirts 1 Color Print using Soft Vintage Feel Inks

    GENRE:

VINYL

  • Misfits – Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood (1983 US Pressing)
    Misfits – Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood (1983 US Pressing)
    $185.00 | , , Add to cart

    “With their second album, the incredibly short Earth A.D., Misfits speed up the tempo even more, which combined with their amateur musicianship to produce a wall of thrashy sonic murk. […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • N.O.T.A. – N.O.T.A.
    N.O.T.A. – N.O.T.A.
    $100.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Hot shit! You thought their past records were great, well here’s 19 tracks that are rockin’, thrashin’, imaginative, and catchy. The slower songs have a catchy early ’77 pop-punk sound, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Social Distortion – Social Distortion (1990 US Pressing)
    Social Distortion – Social Distortion (1990 US Pressing)
    $125.00 | , , Add to cart

    “With Prison Bound, Social Distortion began to metamorphasize from a rather ordinary L.A. hardcore band into a roots rock band willing to make with more than their share of the […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Misfits – Walk Among Us (Looks G+, plays VG)
    Misfits – Walk Among Us (Looks G+, plays VG)
    $375.00 | , , Add to cart

    “The Misfits’ 1982 debut full-length, Walk Among Us, rapidly became a legendary effort of U.S. punk, the more so because it so willfully violated many rules which were already [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry (1980 US Pressing)
    The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry (1980 US Pressing)
    $85.00 | , , Add to cart

    In the spectrum of self-conscious postpunk British bands, the Cure fall squarely between Wire’s sophisticated, jagged architectonics and the Undertones’ concise, wide-eyed pop music. They [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Samhain – Unholy Passion
    Samhain – Unholy Passion
    $400.00 | , , Add to cart

    “This one’s kinda frustrating. Danzig and crew still manage to put that wonderful frantic MISFIT yelp on “All Hell” and “Hungry End.” But it seems like they’re too comfortable. I’d […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’ Hopkins
    Lightnin’ Hopkins – Lightnin’ Hopkins
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Texas bluesman Samuel “Lightnin’” Hopkins’ musical career was reignited by this 1959 release. With the aid of a little gin and a borrowed acoustic guitar, musicologist Sam Charters recorded [...]

    GENRE: Blues
  • John Prine – The Tree Of Forgiveness
    John Prine – The Tree Of Forgiveness
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    The man looking out from the cover of The Tree of Forgiveness is 71 years old and just a bit worse for wear. He clearly has his wits about him, […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The Bill Evans Trio – Bill Evans Trio At Shelly’s Manne-Hole
    The Bill Evans Trio – Bill Evans Trio At Shelly’s Manne-Hole
    $32.00 | , Add to cart

    Although the Scott LaFaro-Paul Motian lineup of the Bill Evans Trio is generally considered to be the strongest, Chuck Israels and Larry Bunker make a strong case of their own […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dave Van Ronk – Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues & A Spiritual
    Dave Van Ronk – Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues & A Spiritual
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Dubbed “The Mayor of MacDougal Street,” Dave Van Ronk (1936–2002) was an iconoclastic folksinger and an influential figure in the American folk music revival of the 1960s. Because of his […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Lucinda Williams – Ramblin’ On My Mind
    Lucinda Williams – Ramblin’ On My Mind
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    American singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams’ Southern blues roots are unmistakable on her debut record Ramblin’ on My Mind, showcasing the artistry that would make her an icon. Recorded in [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Charles M. Bogert – Sounds Of North American Frogs
    Charles M. Bogert – Sounds Of North American Frogs
    $32.00 | , Add to cart

    The amphibian song revival begins here! This classic of both biological fieldwork and natural sound recordings, originally released by Folkways in 1958, presents 57 species of frogs and toads on [...]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music

CDs

  • Diana Rogerson – Blue Bottle In A Jam Jar
    Diana Rogerson – Blue Bottle In A Jam Jar
    $15.00 | , Add to cart

    “Heavily obscured sounds, along with her voice, gives the music a rather radiophonic and sound poetry-like nature. Sometimes quiet and intimate, something loud and jubilant; in that sense, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The New Blockaders – Live At Morden Tower Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
    The New Blockaders – Live At Morden Tower Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
    $15.00 | , Add to cart

    “Armed with hammers and some carefully chosen materials, TNB perform a ‘conceptual destruction’ of pure sonic violence. By deliberate saturation of the environment by way of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nurse With Wound With Bladderflask – Backside
    Nurse With Wound With Bladderflask – Backside
    $15.00 | , Add to cart

    2024 – New studio album featuring Bladderflask. Originally issued as a limited edition Lp lathe cut. STEVE STAPLETON, ANDREW LILES AND RICHARD RUPENUS Contains 20 minutes extra material. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Don Cherry – “Mu” First Part / “Mu” Second Part
    Don Cherry – “Mu” First Part / “Mu” Second Part
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    – Two historic 1969 Paris recording sessions now gathered on one deluxe 2-CD set – Restored & remastered from the original tapes – New & insightful essay by author & [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Clifford Thornton – Ketchaoua
    Clifford Thornton – Ketchaoua
    $17.00 | , Add to cart

    Official BYG Records release: one of the defining labels of the Free Jazz era – Follow-up release of Live at the Panafrican Festival by Archie Shepp. After appearing with Archie […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Paul Bley – Ramblin’
    Paul Bley – Ramblin’
    $17.00 | , Add to cart

    CD edition presented in a deluxe digi-sleeve that echoes the original LP’s aesthetics, complete with a 16-page booklet and an inner printed wallet. Includes exclusive notes by author and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Mother Gong – Fairy Tales
    Mother Gong – Fairy Tales
    $17.00 | , Add to cart

    Enhanced CD Edition remastered from the original master tapes. CD digi-sleeve mimics the vibe of the original LP and comes with a 12-page booklet that includes lyrics for an immersive […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • 13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere
    13th Floor Elevators – Easter Everywhere
    $17.00 | , Add to cart

    New 96KHZ-24bit transfer from an original mixed master – Facsimile stereo edition . 1967 second studio album by the Texan pioneers of psychedelia. This ground-breaking album not only [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Priest In Shit – Virgin Martyr
    Priest In Shit – Virgin Martyr
    $10.00 | , Add to cart

    Four tracks of harsh noise with a junk noise vortex that leans into all manner of collapsed constraint. Richard Ramirez, Sean Matzus, and guests Anjilla Ulfhednar, Scott Kindberg, Thomas Puopolo [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Death Dedication – Dopamine Abjection Sabotage
    Death Dedication – Dopamine Abjection Sabotage
    $10.00 | , Add to cart

    Tracks complied from previously released cassettes released on Property Solution as “Dopamine Scythe”, “Imprudent Abjection”, “Pure Slaughter Value” and “Sabotage Momentum” All sounds and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Amplexus – Necessary Intercourses
    Amplexus – Necessary Intercourses
    $8.00 | , Add to cart

    Amplexus is a raw unforgiving barrage of harsh noise as one might expect from two well-known figures in the noise world. There is definitely some shared territory with the newer […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Macronympha ‎– The Disintegration Of History
    Macronympha ‎– The Disintegration Of History
    $10.00 | , Add to cart

    Reissue of cassette on Bizarre Audio Arts from 2018

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise

BOOKS

  • D. N. Rodowick – Gilles Deleuze’s Time Machine
    D. N. Rodowick – Gilles Deleuze’s Time Machine
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Although Gilles Deleuze is one of France’s most celebrated twentieth-century philosophers, his theories of cinema have largely been ignored by American scholars. Film theorist D. N. Rodowick [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking & Legacy of L.A. Punk
    More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking & Legacy of L.A. Punk
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Picking up where Under the Big Black Sun left off, More Fun in the New World explores the years 1982 to 1987, covering the dizzying pinnacle of L.A.’s punk rock […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction, Punk / Hardcore
  • Big Goodbye: Chinatown & the Last Years of Hollywood
    Big Goodbye: Chinatown & the Last Years of Hollywood
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelatory account of the making of a modern American masterpiece Chinatown is the Holy […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema
    Masculine Singular: French New Wave Cinema
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Masculine Singular is an original interpretation of French New Wave cinema by one of France’s leading feminist film scholars. While most criticism of the New Wave has concentrated on the […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • After Fellini: National Cinema in the Postmodern Age
    After Fellini: National Cinema in the Postmodern Age
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Over the past twenty-five years, Italy’s film industry has produced a remarkable number of award-winning international art-house hits, among them Cinema Paradiso and Life Is Beautiful. [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mel Bochner – Solar System & Rest Rooms: Writings & Interviews.
    Mel Bochner – Solar System & Rest Rooms: Writings & Interviews.
    $12.00 | , Add to cart

    Reviews, art criticism, theoretical texts, interviews, catalog statements, notecards, magazine interventions, and other writings on art and art in the form of writing by a leading conceptual [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Rauschenberg: Art & Life (New Edition)
    Rauschenberg: Art & Life (New Edition)
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    A revised edition of a retrospective on the Venice Biennale grand prize-winning artist incorporates the last ten years of his career including his retrospective exhibition at the Guggenheim in [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Dieter Roth: Souvenirs. (Text in English & German)
    Dieter Roth: Souvenirs. (Text in English & German)
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    Art polymath extraordinaire, Dieter Roth (1930-1998) maintained throughout his career an output so prodigious and various that art historians and fans are still struggling to keep up. Bringing [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Altered States: The Library of Julio Santo Domingo.
    Altered States: The Library of Julio Santo Domingo.
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    Julio Mario Santo Domingo (1957-2009) was a collector and visionary who filled his homes and warehouses with the world’s greatest private collection related to the subjects of drugs, sex, magic, [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Arthur Machen – Ornaments In Jade
    Arthur Machen – Ornaments In Jade
    $12.00 | , Add to cart

    Long out of print and presented here for the first time in paperback, is Arthur Machen’s classic collection of prose poems. The ten exquisite pieces included in this volume are: […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Althea Gyles – A Woman Without A Soul And Other Writings
    Althea Gyles – A Woman Without A Soul And Other Writings
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    Althea Gyles (1867-1949), Irish artist and mystic, though primarily remembered today for the book covers she did for the poet William Butler Yeats and her association with the author and […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Delphi Fabrice – The Red Sorcerer
    Delphi Fabrice – The Red Sorcerer
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    The Red Sorcerer, originally published as a 64-part feuilleton serial in Le Journal  between 31 July 1910 and 3 October 1910, and here appearing in English for the first time […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive