May 10th Newsletter
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Chicago, IL 60647
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NEW ARRIVALS

  • Chris Brokaw – Ghost Ship
    Chris Brokaw – Ghost Ship
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    I set out to make an 8 song statement like ‘Desert Shore’ or ‘Raw Power’, but it became a 9 song…something else. I’ve described it to friends as ‘Twin [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Water Damage – Instruments
    Water Damage – Instruments
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    Water Damage is ten people from one town and one sound from twelve people. For Instruments, the plus two are guitarist David Grubbs and saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi, neither of whom […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Chimers – Through Today
    Chimers – Through Today
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Through Today is the new long player from Wollongong duo CHIMERS. Out now via Poison City/ 12XU. Choose from Black or Deep Blue colour vinyl. Recorded and mixed by Jonathan […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Shit And Shine – Mannheim HBF
    Shit And Shine – Mannheim HBF
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    so the bad news is,  in a fit of pique, I asked Chat GPT (nicely) to compose a one-sheet for the new Shit and Shine double album, ‘Mannheim HBF’.  The […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ed Kuepper & Jim White – After The Flood
    Ed Kuepper & Jim White – After The Flood
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    In the final days of February 2022, Brisbane received approximately 80 per cent ofmthe city’s average annual rainfall in a mere 72 hours. Upstream, Wivenhoe Dam, the city’s main flood mitigation [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Blank Hellscape – Hell 2
    Blank Hellscape – Hell 2
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    ‘Hell 2’ is not the first album from Austin’s Blank Hellscape, but it’s certainly the most fully-realized. OK, at least it’s the LONGEST. The self-professed three-piece nightmare band knocked [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nape Neck – Nape Neck
    Nape Neck – Nape Neck
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    “In the very first year of the doomed 2020s, the Leeds, UK-based art-punk trio Nape Neck made their debut with a self-titled/self-released cassette, featuring eight absolutely visceral [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Leopardo – Side A / Side B
    Leopardo – Side A / Side B
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    “Leopardo, the well-mannered and quirky Swiss group from Fribourg, are back once again with SIDE A / SIDE B, an album that invites the world into their jagged and naïve […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • C.A.D. & The Peacetime Consumers – Play Atlantis
    C.A.D. & The Peacetime Consumers – Play Atlantis
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    “With a pre-Asylum Laurel Canyon vibe by way of those busted Wayne County roads, Play Atlantis deftly splits the difference between the Straight and the Bizarre. Though the committed [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Tarotplane – Between Soil And Sky
    Tarotplane – Between Soil And Sky
    $14.00 | Add to cart

    Between Soil and Sky is the 2024 CD release by devoted experimentalist, PJ Dorsey (Tarotplane), and his second release with Noir Age. A curated embodiment of an amphibious reality — […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Little Annie Meets Night Foundation – Inertia
    Little Annie Meets Night Foundation – Inertia
    $14.00 | , Add to cart

    A multidisciplinary artist, and avant-garde icon in her own right, Little Annie leaves little room for an introduction that is worthy of her prolific career. She has remained relevant for […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bob Dylan – Stealin’ (1969 Bootleg)
    Bob Dylan – Stealin’ (1969 Bootleg)
    $80.00 | , , Add to cart

    1969 Dylan boot. A1 Can I Crawl Out Your Window A2 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry A3 Killing Me Alive A4 If You […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country

VINYL

  • Chris Brokaw – Ghost Ship
    Chris Brokaw – Ghost Ship
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    I set out to make an 8 song statement like ‘Desert Shore’ or ‘Raw Power’, but it became a 9 song…something else. I’ve described it to friends as ‘Twin [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Water Damage – Instruments
    Water Damage – Instruments
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    Water Damage is ten people from one town and one sound from twelve people. For Instruments, the plus two are guitarist David Grubbs and saxophonist Patrick Shiroishi, neither of whom […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Chimers – Through Today
    Chimers – Through Today
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Through Today is the new long player from Wollongong duo CHIMERS. Out now via Poison City/ 12XU. Choose from Black or Deep Blue colour vinyl. Recorded and mixed by Jonathan […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Shit And Shine – Mannheim HBF
    Shit And Shine – Mannheim HBF
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    so the bad news is,  in a fit of pique, I asked Chat GPT (nicely) to compose a one-sheet for the new Shit and Shine double album, ‘Mannheim HBF’.  The […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ed Kuepper & Jim White – After The Flood
    Ed Kuepper & Jim White – After The Flood
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    In the final days of February 2022, Brisbane received approximately 80 per cent ofmthe city’s average annual rainfall in a mere 72 hours. Upstream, Wivenhoe Dam, the city’s main flood mitigation [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Blank Hellscape – Hell 2
    Blank Hellscape – Hell 2
    $33.00 | , Add to cart

    ‘Hell 2’ is not the first album from Austin’s Blank Hellscape, but it’s certainly the most fully-realized. OK, at least it’s the LONGEST. The self-professed three-piece nightmare band knocked [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nape Neck – Nape Neck
    Nape Neck – Nape Neck
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    “In the very first year of the doomed 2020s, the Leeds, UK-based art-punk trio Nape Neck made their debut with a self-titled/self-released cassette, featuring eight absolutely visceral [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Leopardo – Side A / Side B
    Leopardo – Side A / Side B
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    “Leopardo, the well-mannered and quirky Swiss group from Fribourg, are back once again with SIDE A / SIDE B, an album that invites the world into their jagged and naïve […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • C.A.D. & The Peacetime Consumers – Play Atlantis
    C.A.D. & The Peacetime Consumers – Play Atlantis
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    “With a pre-Asylum Laurel Canyon vibe by way of those busted Wayne County roads, Play Atlantis deftly splits the difference between the Straight and the Bizarre. Though the committed [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Little Annie Meets Night Foundation – Inertia
    Little Annie Meets Night Foundation – Inertia
    $14.00 | , Add to cart

    A multidisciplinary artist, and avant-garde icon in her own right, Little Annie leaves little room for an introduction that is worthy of her prolific career. She has remained relevant for […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bob Dylan – Stealin’ (1969 Bootleg)
    Bob Dylan – Stealin’ (1969 Bootleg)
    $80.00 | , , Add to cart

    1969 Dylan boot. A1 Can I Crawl Out Your Window A2 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry A3 Killing Me Alive A4 If You […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Vijay Raghav Rao – Flute (Promo)
    Vijay Raghav Rao – Flute (Promo)
    $45.00 | , , Add to cart

    Three ragas by the renowned bansuri master Label: Tower – ST5155 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: undated, promo pressing presumed 1967-1969 VG+/VG. [...]

    GENRE: Hindustani

CDs

BOOKS

  • Avant-Garde In The Eighties
    Avant-Garde In The Eighties
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    Exhibition catalog exploring avant-garde and multimedia art of the 1980s. Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, 1987 Softcover edition. Cracking and general wear to spine. Chipping to bottom edge of [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
    The Graham Nash Collection (as-is, signed!)
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    An exhibition catalogue of photos from the collection of Graham Nash The Nash Press, 1978 Softcover edition. Book is signed by Graham Nash. Noticeable amount of moisture damage and staining […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce)
    The Official Preppy Handbook (Scarce)
    $45.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A facetious guide to emulating the look, speech patterns, thinking, and lifestyle of those who attend prep schools and are a part of high society” Workman Publishing, 1980 Softcover [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Olympia Reader: Selections From The Traveller’s Companion Series
    The Olympia Reader: Selections From The Traveller’s Companion Series
    $5.00 | , , Add to cart

    “An anthology of erotic literature contains selections from leading writers of the genre including Henry Miller, Jean Genet, the Marquis de Sade, and Pauline Reage” Ballantine Books, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Vocabula Amatoria: French-English Dictionary Of Erotica
    Vocabula Amatoria: French-English Dictionary Of Erotica
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    A usable and convenient French-English dictionary of terms commonly used in erotica. University Books Inc, 1966 Hardcover edition. Some discoloration/wear to dustjacket apparent under mylar  

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • William T. Vollmann – Rising Up And Rising Down
    William T. Vollmann – Rising Up And Rising Down
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Twenty-three years in the making, Rising Up and Rising Down (the original, published by McSweeney’s in October 2003, spans seven volumes) is a rich amalgam of historical analysis, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Women See Men
    Women See Men
    $8.00 | , , Add to cart

    A collection of photographs of men, as taken by leading women photographers McGraw Hill, 1977 Softcover edition. Some discoloration and wear to wraps, edges of pages.

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Wood Works: Sustainability, Versatility, Stability
    Wood Works: Sustainability, Versatility, Stability
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Wood is nature’s greatest resource, embedded in the history, culture and life of humans worldwide. And it is ingenious as building material: remarkably malleable and at the same time [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Yukio Mishima – Sea Of Fertility Tetralogy (1st American Edition, Complete Set)
    Yukio Mishima – Sea Of Fertility Tetralogy (1st American Edition, Complete Set)
    $225.00 | , , Add to cart

    “The Sea of Fertility (豊饒の海 Hōjō no Umi) is a tetralogy written by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. The series, which Mishima began writing in 1964 and which was his […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Princeton Field Guides: Caterpillars Of Eastern North America
    Princeton Field Guides: Caterpillars Of Eastern North America
    $12.00 | , , Add to cart

    “This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi. The more than 1,200 color photographs and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Racial Hygiene: Medicine Under The Nazis
    Racial Hygiene: Medicine Under The Nazis
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Scholars exploring the history of science under the Nazis have generally concentrated on the Nazi destruction of science or the corruption of intellectual and liberal values. Racial [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Raymond Thorp – Viper: Confessions Of A Drug Addict
    Raymond Thorp – Viper: Confessions Of A Drug Addict
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    An early memoir of the London underground and drug market, circa 1940s-1950s. Robert Hale Limited, 1956 Hardcover edition. Crack in spine at page 83, causing a light sag to textblock. […]

    GENRE: Memoir