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  • 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
  • Sprung aus den Wolken – S/T
    Sprung aus den Wolken – S/T
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    The Berlin project Sprung Aus Den Wolken was part of the “Geniale Dilletanten” movement in the early 1980s, along with Einstürzende Neubauten and Mechanik Destrüktiw Komandöh. The [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • People – Ceremony-Buddha Meet Rock
    People – Ceremony-Buddha Meet Rock
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    Reissue, originally released in 1971. A monster on its own Ceremony-Buddha Meet Rock still is one of the most enigmatic records to have come out of the early seventies Japanese […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Masonna / Prurient – Annihilationism
    Masonna / Prurient – Annihilationism
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    Includes two-sided poster and download code. Years in the making, Annihilationism is a split full-length of brand new material of “harshtronics and exclamation” from Japan’s [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Unica Zurn – The Man of Jasmine & Other Texts
    Unica Zurn – The Man of Jasmine & Other Texts
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    What our staff has to say: “A unique and disturbing memoir from an underread surrealist master” – Cleo Anagram play meets psychic crisis in Unica Zürn’s acclaimed [...]

    GENRE: Memoir, Weird Fiction/Sci-Fi/Unexplained Phenomena
  • Joseph Kessel – Army Of Shadows
    Joseph Kessel – Army Of Shadows
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    Originally published in Algiers in 1943, Joseph Kessel’s Army of Shadows is one of the first books to have been written about the French Resistance. Now available in paperback, Contra […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Andrew Hill – Point Of Departure
    Andrew Hill – Point Of Departure
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    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany Blue Note Records has […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Wasteland Jazz Ensemble – S/T 2xLP
    Wasteland Jazz Ensemble – S/T 2xLP
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    Out December 16th, 2022 – Pre-Orders ship immediately! “Wasteland Jazz Unit is a staple in the world of destroyed music. With countless releases cataloged by a literal who’s who [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Mattxibarra – Absolute Misery
    Mattxibarra – Absolute Misery
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    It should come as no surprise that ‘deep listening,’ a practice attributed to the late Pauline Oliveros, gestated into a form of ‘music,’ often labelled ‘as ambient, ethereal, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Iggy Pop – Apres (Pink Vinyl, RSD)
    Iggy Pop – Apres (Pink Vinyl, RSD)
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    Après has NEVER been released in the US before (there was a limited run in 2012 only released in Europe). It is Iggy Pop’s 16th studio release that includes crooner […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore, Rock / Pop
  • Demonologists/Dodssang Tempel
    Demonologists/Dodssang Tempel
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    cover art by Stomp The Holy Bones layout by Displaced/Replaced mastered by Grant Richardson split release with Liquid Death Records

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Demonologists/Bastard Noise
    Demonologists/Bastard Noise
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    One thunderous and meticulously crafted track from the mighty BASTARD NOISE. Three blackened, scathing tracks from DEMONOLOGISTS featuring vocals by MOUTH WOUND. NOISE IS MUSIC. NOISE IS LIFE.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Harko City – Harko City
    Harko City – Harko City
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    Harko City is a cult industrial/ horror electronics project of Evan Price and Cory Rowell (Demonologists). The debut album for Harko City contains 15 tracks, 4 of which have the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Harko City – Harko City
    Harko City – Harko City
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    Harko City is a cult industrial/ horror electronics project of Evan Price and Cory Rowell (Demonologists). The debut album for Harko City contains 15 tracks, 4 of which have the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Demonologists – Dissociative Themes
    Demonologists – Dissociative Themes
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    Released October, 2020

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Demonologists/Utarm
    Demonologists/Utarm
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    Released December, 2020

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Equipment Pointed Ankh – Changing Legs
    Equipment Pointed Ankh – Changing Legs
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    What our staff has to say: “EPA return with a disc of duos. I would say this is a good disc for all Improv Heads, Kraut Rock Dropouts, & Kentucky […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Smut – How The Light Felt
    Smut – How The Light Felt
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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
  • 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
  • Paul Flaherty & Zach Rowden – As Far As Death
    Paul Flaherty & Zach Rowden – As Far As Death
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    As Far As Death is the cross-generational debut of fire music evangelist and saxophonist Paul Flaherty with double bassist and composer Zach Rowden. The Connecticut natives forge an album of […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Takehisa Kosugi & Akio Suzuki – New Sense of Hearing
    Takehisa Kosugi & Akio Suzuki – New Sense of Hearing
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    On April 2, 1979, Japanese musicians and Fluxus practitioners Takehiosa Kosugi and Akio Suzuki recorded New Sense of Hearing at Tokyo’s Aeolian Hall. Described by Suzuki as the “culmination” of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dickie Landry – Solos
    Dickie Landry – Solos
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    On February 19, 1972, a crew of mostly Louisiana-raised musicians came together at the Leo Castelli Gallery on West Broadway in Soho to perform a wholly improvised concert. This ensemble’s […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Holy Ghost: The Life and Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler
    Holy Ghost: The Life and Death of Free Jazz Pioneer Albert Ayler
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    Holy Ghost is the first extended study of free jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, who is seen today as one of the most important innovators in the history of jazz. Ayler […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Non-Fiction
  • Fuxter Schittly – “1998 – 1999 God Particles”
    Fuxter Schittly – “1998 – 1999 God Particles”
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    What our staff has to say: “An excellent example that we have no real grasp on what is going on around us. In a world of fake news and discordianism, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Private Lives – S/T CS
    Private Lives – S/T CS
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    Five tracks of incredibly vital and hard hitting punk from Montréal! Private Lives morphed from the pandemic bedroom project of husband and wife Chance (guitar) and Jackie (vocals) into a […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Why Bother? – There Are Such Things CS
    Why Bother? – There Are Such Things CS
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    Undeniably one of the most prolific punk bands of the moment, Iowa’s WHY BOTHER? are back mere weeks after their debut LP with an eleven song cassette! Just in time […]

    GENRE:
  • Sun Ra – Ra To The Rescue (Translucent Green Vinyl)
    Sun Ra – Ra To The Rescue (Translucent Green Vinyl)
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    One of the rarer albums in the Sun Ra canon, RTTR originally entered our orbit in 1983, mystifying listeners and confounding Ra fanatics with the minimal info on the Saturn […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Iceage – Shake The Feeling: Outtakes & Rarities 2015?2021
    Iceage – Shake The Feeling: Outtakes & Rarities 2015?2021
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    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
  • Devin DiSanto – Waiting and Counting: Domestic Ritual for the Stereo Field
    Devin DiSanto – Waiting and Counting: Domestic Ritual for the Stereo Field
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    Waiting and Counting : Domestic Ritual for the Stereo Field Material for this release is based around a performance determined by a partial system of cues (max patch) that occur […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ryu Hankil – 3
    Ryu Hankil – 3
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    Released by Incheon Art Platform in Korea. “This is also connected with exorcism. In the ruling system of medieval religion and politics, demons, devils, etc. were treated as viruses that [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Various Artists – Ny Dansk Romantik LP
    Various Artists – Ny Dansk Romantik LP
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    Iindisputably, one of the most critically acclaimed compilations in 2014. Originally released on cassette by Janushoved on a much sought-after limited edition of 61 copies, now outstandingly [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Sorry Eric – The Problem With Fun LP
    Sorry Eric – The Problem With Fun LP
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    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
  • Sluggo – Sluggo LP
    Sluggo – Sluggo LP
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    What our staff has to say: “Sluggo was that band, and The Contradiction E.P. that gave me pride of being from the midwest. Amazing reissue with the first EP and […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Diamond Soul – Maya’mi
    Diamond Soul – Maya’mi
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    Maya’mi is the third release and first LP on Orange Milk from Alex Colombo’s Diamond Soul project. The album continues to experiment with hyper-abstracted electronics and collage aesthetics, [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Nick Storring – Music From Wei
    Nick Storring – Music From Wei
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    Nick Storring’s eighth album (and third release for Orange Milk Records) takes the one-person-orchestra approach for which he is acclaimed and translates it to a single instrument: the [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Co La – Sensory Dub Example
    Co La – Sensory Dub Example
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    ‘Sensory Dub Example’ is the newest Co La music since ‘No No’ in 2015, and his first long-form 20 minute piece, presented in digital formats and on a single-sided 12” […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • W00dy – Headhanging…
    W00dy – Headhanging…
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    Headbanging In The Club is an ode to the Pittsburgh underground electronic music community. In a small city with very few recognized club spaces, we make our own clubs in […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Claire Rousay + More Eaze – Never Stop Texting Me
    Claire Rousay + More Eaze – Never Stop Texting Me
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    Never Stop Texting Me by More Eaze and Claire Rousay is a pop record. Melodies and chorus in every track about crushes, collaborating with friends, and the mundane of everyday […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Ntski – Orca
    Ntski – Orca
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    NTsKi is a Kyoto-based artist and musician. She began making music while living in the UK and began working in earnest in 2017 after returning to Japan. She works seamlessly […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Man Made Hill – Mirage Repair
    Man Made Hill – Mirage Repair
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    Man Made Hill has been festering in the greasy underground of Planet Ontario since the Northeastern blackout of 2003, and currently keeps in the blue-collar stronghold of the Hammer-zone. This [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Seth Graham – Gasp
    Seth Graham – Gasp
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    Gasp is constructed to sound like a digital blob of classical music with no obligation, testing the limits of both classical structure, modern technology, and unconscious obligation to the [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Noah Crehevsky – Reanimator
    Noah Crehevsky – Reanimator
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    Noah Creshevsky is an early pioneer of electronic and collage music who has been composing since 1971. He was trained by Luciano Berio at Juilliard and Nadia Boulanger in Paris, […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Eyeliner – Dropshadow
    Eyeliner – Dropshadow
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    Drop Shadow is the new album from New Zealand native Luke Rowell, and his first release under the Eyeliner name since 2015’s Buy Now (Beer on the Rug). The album […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • 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
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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
  • Soakie – S/T
    Soakie – S/T
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    Debut seven-track album from half-Melbourne, half-NYC Soakie. It’s total no nonsense blistering, fast, and energetic hardcore with a vocalist that sounds like she has been chewing on glass [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Kuni Kawachi & Flower Travelling Band – Kirikyogen
    Kuni Kawachi & Flower Travelling Band – Kirikyogen
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    Reissue, originally released in 1970. The Japanese keyboard player, vocalist, songwriter, and arranger joined forces with members of the Flower Travelling Band on this amazing release. Published [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Love, Icebox: Letters from John Cage to Merce Cunningham
    Love, Icebox: Letters from John Cage to Merce Cunningham
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    Cage’s passionate, distraught and affectionate letters to Cunningham provide a vivid portrait of the start of their life together These early letters from John Cage to Merce Cunningham will [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic, Non-Fiction
  • Avant-Garde Film: Forms, Themes and Passions
    Avant-Garde Film: Forms, Themes and Passions
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    Avant-Garde Film: Forms, Themes and Passions examines the variety of concerns and practices that have comprised the long history of avant-garde film at a level appropriate for undergraduate [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Drama/Arthouse
  • Herta Muller – Nadirs
    Herta Muller – Nadirs
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    Juxtaposing reality and fantasy, nightmares and dark laughter, Nadirs is a collection of largely autobiographical stories based on Herta Müller’s childhood in the Romanian countryside. The [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Karger Traum ? III LP
    Karger Traum ? III LP
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    What our staff has to say: “Great LP from a cool label Fixed Rhythms. Joocha and Das Ende are the standout tracks for me, a great record to grab if […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • 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)
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    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
  • Lea Bertucci – Metal Aether / Resonant Field
    Lea Bertucci – Metal Aether / Resonant Field
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    What our staff has to say: “I’ve been following Lea Bertucci since we stocked her 7″ on IDDB. This LP is very melancholic and a lesson in tonal energy. I […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise