March 22nd Newsletter
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  • Boris ‎– LΦVE & EVΦL
    Boris ‎– LΦVE & EVΦL
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    “Formed in 1992, Boris boldly explores their own vision of heavy music, where words like “explosive” and “thunderous” barely do justice. Using overpowering [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Motörhead – No Remorse (1984 UK Pressing)
    Motörhead – No Remorse (1984 UK Pressing)
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    “There have been dozens and dozens of Motörhead compilations released over the decades, but the first one remains definitive, even if it’s not perfect. Released in 1984 as a [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • V/A – Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (Neon Green Vinyl)
    V/A – Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (Neon Green Vinyl)
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    “As the hippie movement hurdled towards its emanate demise, bad vibes infiltrated the rock world. Tainted LSD, loud motorcycles, and a series of brutal deaths spawned inspiration for [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Human Hands ‎– Human Hands
    Human Hands ‎– Human Hands
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    Pre-LAFMS art-damaged new-wave weirdness Label: Independent Project Records – IP005 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1982 VG+/VG+. Corner crease and sleevewear. No 7″

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dead Meadow – Old Growth
    Dead Meadow – Old Growth
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    Dead Meadow embrace lighter elements on their fifth studio album Label: Matador – OLE 750-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, White Vinyl Country: US Released: 2008 VG+/VG. Some sleevewear/edgewear

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Pagan Altar – Mythical & Magical
    Pagan Altar – Mythical & Magical
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    “Featuring songs written mostly between 1976 and 1983, Mythical & Magical is Pagan Altar’s third album and is, without a doubt, the pinnacle of their career. This grandiose, [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • P.G. Six – Parlor Tricks And Porch Favorites (Expanded)
    P.G. Six – Parlor Tricks And Porch Favorites (Expanded)
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    Amish Records is pleased to finally announce an expanded and remastered edition of P.G. Six’s 2001 debut album, ‘Parlor Tricks and Porch Favorites’, to be released as a gatefold [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Primitive Art Group – 1981-1986
    Primitive Art Group – 1981-1986
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    Primitive Art Group 1981-1986 will be released on October 25, 2024. This gatefold, 2XLP combines the group’s only two albums, consisting of one LP of ‘Five Tread Drop Down’ cuts […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Zorn ‎– Pool
    John Zorn ‎– Pool
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    John Zorn’s first “Gamepiece” album, in which his free improv ensemble plays to a tight constraint of rules. Label: Parachute – POO 11/12 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album Country: US [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Swans – Feel Good Now
    Swans – Feel Good Now
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    Infamous “bootleg” double live album from the Swans 1987 Children of God tour of primarily former “Iron Curtain” countries. Personnel during this period was Jarboe, Gira, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gidia – Struga
    Gidia – Struga
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    Ritualistic, tribal industrial from the mountains of Greece. GIDIA is a Greek duo of george kondaktor and giorgos lemos, part of Athens fruitful electronic music scene for a long time […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Ron Morelli – Extinctionist
    Ron Morelli – Extinctionist
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    In your face new 8 track LP of vicious beat driven warehouse electronics from the L.I.E.S. boss. Straight and to the point, “Extinctionist” stands very much in line and continues […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri (Clear Vinyl, Bonus 12″) (RSD)
    Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri (Clear Vinyl, Bonus 12″) (RSD)
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    Limited edtion clear vinyl pressing. Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of an exclusive Record Store Day 2022 limited gatefold clear vinyl edition of Tangerine Dream’s [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Tangerine Dream ‎– Encore 2LP
    Tangerine Dream ‎– Encore 2LP
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    “Encore — Tangerine Dream Live, 1977 is one of the better concert albums from Tangerine Dream. As with most of their live releases, this disc features all new material. Each […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Alan Vega – Insurrection
    Alan Vega – Insurrection
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    “In The Red are proud to announce the release of Insurrection – a previously unreleased album by the Brooklyn born master of minimalism Alan Vega. The 11 songs on [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Paul Bley – Copenhagen And Haarlem
    Paul Bley – Copenhagen And Haarlem
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    “This double LP from Arista’s Freedom series features Paul Bley with his trios (either Kent Carter or Mark Levenson on bass along with drummer Barry Altschul) at two different [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – A² (An A-Square Compilation)
    V/A – A² (An A-Square Compilation)
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    “A-Square (Of Course) is an essential compilation of the Michigan garage revolution in the late ’60s, all revolving around the catalyst for the revolution, Hugh “Jeep” [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc* – Live At The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival
    Charles Tolliver’s Music Inc* – Live At The Loosdrecht Jazz Festival
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    Recorded at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival, Holland (The Netherlands), 9th August 1972 by courtesy of Joop de Roo, N.O.S. Radio, Hilversum. Label: Black Lion Records – PA-3001/2 Format: 2xVinyl, [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – New Music: Second Wave
    V/A – New Music: Second Wave
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    “Although Savoy was not known as an avant-garde jazz label (by the 1960s it was mostly focusing on gospel music), a few advanced sessions were made for the label during […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Vinny Golia Trio – … In The Right Order …
    The Vinny Golia Trio – … In The Right Order …
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    “On this fine all-around showcase, a two-LP set from his Nine Winds label, Vinny Golia gets a chance to really stretch out in a trio with bassist Roberto Miranda and […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Andrew Liles – Miscellany Deluxe (Souvenirs Perdus D’antan)
    Andrew Liles – Miscellany Deluxe (Souvenirs Perdus D’antan)
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    “Miscellany Deluxe was originally released as a 13 CDR box set in 2003. Eleven of the albums included in the box were later made available as individual downloads in 2011. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Malcolm Neon – 1980 – 1985
    Malcolm Neon – 1980 – 1985
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    “Nowadays a member of Datblygu, who are still active and apparently played ATP Prestatyn in 2016, Malcolm’s early work fizzes with a raw outsider quality that’s hard to ignore, and […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Galen Herod – Word & Musics
    Galen Herod – Word & Musics
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    “Galen Herod has always considered himself a “recording artist”. Not in the traditional sense, as in, “recording artist Frank Sinatra!” But as an actual description of what he does. [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Eugene Chadbourne / John Zorn – School
    Eugene Chadbourne / John Zorn – School
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    “School is a double album released on Eugene Chadbourne’s Parachute Records label in 1978. Each of the two LPs was organized by Chadbourne and reedist John Zorn, respectively. This [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kinski / Acid Mothers Temple* – Kinski / Acid Mothers Temple
    Kinski / Acid Mothers Temple* – Kinski / Acid Mothers Temple
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    “A four-song split release from Kinski and their friends Acid Mothers Temple, limited to 5000 copies on CD and 1000 on double-LP. After a December 2001 Japanese tour together, the […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Hatch Expansion – Texas Edition
    The Hatch Expansion – Texas Edition
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    This release is an orchestral expansion of the vocabulary of The Hatch. The duo work of Desprez and Rasmussen extrapolating into two local scenes in Texas. Label: Sonic Transmissions Records […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Controlled Death ‎– Ritualistic Mutilation In The Bloody Darkness
    Controlled Death ‎– Ritualistic Mutilation In The Bloody Darkness
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    “Controlled Death is the dark side project by the Japanese noise legend Maso Yamazaki a.k.a. Masonna. In April 2018 he decided to make a shudder debut with 1st album Symphony […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • William Basinski – Lamentations
    William Basinski – Lamentations
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    “William Basinski’s reputation as the foremost producer of profound meditations on death and decay has long been established, but on his new album, Lamentations, he transforms operatic [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • John Cage – Variations VII
    John Cage – Variations VII
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    Performed at 9 Evenings: Theatre & Engineering, 69th Regiment Armory, New York City, October 15 and 16, 1966 Sound sources: AM-FM Short Wave Radio, Geiger counter, sine wave generators, horn [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Shadow Ring – Remains Unchanged
    The Shadow Ring – Remains Unchanged
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    The Shadow Ring was founded by guitar player Graham Lambkin and percussionist Darren Harris in Cheriton, Kent, England in 1993. Tim Goss joined the Shadow Ring in 1996 performing on […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lou Reed – Words & Music May 1965
    Lou Reed – Words & Music May 1965
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    “Light in the Attic Records, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson, proudly announces the inaugural title in their ongoing Lou Reed Archive Series: Words & Music, May 1965. Released in [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Steve Lacy Five – The Way
    Steve Lacy Five – The Way
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    Recorded live on 23 January 1979 at Stadttheater, Basel, Switzerland. Label: hat ART – hat ART 2029 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Box Set. Country: Switzerland Released: 1986 VG+/VG+. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Spacious Mind – Sleepy Eyes And Butterflies
    The Spacious Mind – Sleepy Eyes And Butterflies
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    90’s Swedish Prog ripper. Label: Gates Of Dawn – GOD 001 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1995 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Tongue Depressor – Bones For Time
    Tongue Depressor – Bones For Time
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    “Zach Rowden and Henry Birdsey’s generous latest offering is a tape-mangled, xenharmonic trip into the dissociated outerzone. Properly next level spirit-calling drone musick that [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Oister – Pre-Dwight Twilley Band 1973-1974 Teac Tapes
    Oister – Pre-Dwight Twilley Band 1973-1974 Teac Tapes
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    “The legendary 1973-74 ‘Teac Tapes’ from deep inside the Dwight Twilley Band vault have been unleashed, never before available in any format, OISTER was the primary name of the Dwight […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Love Child – Never Meant To Be 1988-1993
    Love Child – Never Meant To Be 1988-1993
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    At the very dawn of the 90s, Love Child’s debut 7” made a splash on the burgeoning scene of shambolic bands and lo-fi recordings. Back then, they were mentioned in […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Nervous Gender – Music From Hell
    Nervous Gender – Music From Hell
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    Nervous Gender’s legendary synthpunk LP Music From Hell burbles up from infernal depths to resurface on Dark Entries! Confrontational, unhinged, and unabashedly queer, Music from Hell is an [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Ghostwriters – Remote Dreaming
    The Ghostwriters – Remote Dreaming
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    Dark Entries summons Philadelphia synthesizer scribes The Ghostwriters to rouse their ambient masterwork Remote Dreaming. The late Buchla maestro Charles Cohen and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Cain [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Jill Fraser – Earthly Pleasures
    Jill Fraser – Earthly Pleasures
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    Veteran electronic music composer Jill Fraser’s new work takes stock of generations and lifetimes of memory, speculating on how the spirit of our songs might be interpreted after we’re gone. […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Max Richter – In A Landscape 2LP
    Max Richter – In A Landscape 2LP
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    Max Richter’s ninth solo album – the first to be written and recorded at his serene new studio in rural Oxfordshire – is a fleeting self-portrait of a musician in […]

    GENRE: Classical
  • Oneohtrix Point Never – Good Time (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Oneohtrix Point Never – Good Time (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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    Oneohtrix Point Never returns with his new album Good Time Original Motion Picture Soundtrack out August 11 on Warp Records. Rapturously received by Cannes’ film critics, Good Time is directed [...]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Violent Femmes – Add It Up (1981-1993) 2LP
    Violent Femmes – Add It Up (1981-1993) 2LP
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    As Violent Femmes celebrate their 40th year together, Craft Recordings honors the band’s enduring catalog of cult classics with the long out-of-print vinyl reissue of the popular 1993 [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Kleenex/Liliput – First Songs (DEEP PURPLE VINYL)
    Kleenex/Liliput – First Songs (DEEP PURPLE VINYL)
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    Legendary Swiss punk band from the late 70s. “You can’t dispute Liliput’s status as pioneers of feminist art-punk. Along with fellow travelers like the Slits and the Raincoats, this [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Mountain Movers ? Walking After Dark 2LP
    Mountain Movers ? Walking After Dark 2LP
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    The current lineup of New Haven’s long running Mountain Movers (guitarist/vocalist Dan Greene, bassist Rick Omonte, guitarist Kryssi Battalene, & drummer Ross Menze) have been playing [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
    V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
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    A sonic snapshot of America’s steel capital, developed in the prosperous cavern between the departure of the Jackson 5 to Motown and the collapse of U.S. Steel, Skyway Soul is […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Weeds – Just Colour
    The Weeds – Just Colour
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    “Fred Cole’s legendary 1961-1966 band. The 12” is a straight reissue of the 1968 LP (unfortunately originally released as “The Lollipop Shoppe” but now returned to the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • A Certain Ratio ? Loco Remezclada
    A Certain Ratio ? Loco Remezclada
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    This ACR release compiles remixes of tracks from the band’s highly acclaimed 2020 studio album ACR Loco. Featuring all new remixes from Lonelady, Skream, Maps, Number, Lounge Society and more. [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • V/A – Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993
    V/A – Soul Love Now: The Black Fire Records Story 1975-1993
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    Strut present the rst ever compilation bringing together classics and rarities from the seminal spiritual jazz and conscious soul label Black Fire, covering 1975 to 1993.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – Echo Neuklang (Neo-Kraut-Sounds 1981-2023)
    V/A – Echo Neuklang (Neo-Kraut-Sounds 1981-2023)
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    Double LP version. Christoph Dallach, Andreas Dorau, and Daniel Jahn present Echo Neuklang, a compilation which explores the question of how krautrock has influenced generation after generation [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Sonic Youth – Walls Have Ears
    Sonic Youth – Walls Have Ears
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    Release date: 2/9/24 Will ship around this date   “Culled from three 1985 gigs in the UK during a transitional and transcendent time in the band’s story, Sonic Youth’s The […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative