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  • 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
  • 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
  • Mary Lattimore & Growing – Gainer
    Mary Lattimore & Growing – Gainer
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    Critically acclaimed harpist and experimental composer Mary Lattimore and big amp ambient pioneers Growing have united for their first collaboration: Gainer. Remastered here from its original [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Kamikaze Palm Tree – Mint Chip
    Kamikaze Palm Tree – Mint Chip
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    For their sophomore effort/Drag City debut, the enigmatic duo expand into eight-armed wonder; all the better to reach ever-deeper into their bag o’ tricks. Slinky and sliding elegantly, the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dean Spunt, John Wiese ? The Echoing Shell
    Dean Spunt, John Wiese ? The Echoing Shell
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    Veteran noisemakers Spunt & Wiese debut as collaborators by drawing from the rumble and crash of Dean’s drumkit, finding dimensions of hiss and crunch on beyond his No Age style. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Don Cherry – The Summer House Sessions
    Don Cherry – The Summer House Sessions
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    In 1968, Don Cherry had already established himself as one of the leading voices of the avant-garde. Having pioneered free jazz as a member of Ornette Coleman’s classic quartet, and […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Death Bells – Between Here And Everywhere
    Death Bells – Between Here And Everywhere
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    Adopting a collaborative approach for the recording of their third album, Death Bells have returned Between Here & Everywhere, an effort that captures the cross-section of Southern [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Intersystems – IV LP
    Intersystems – IV LP
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    Label Description: Toronto’s infamous psychedelic multimedia collective, Intersystems, make a surprise return with a new full-length LP, #IV, their first new material since 1968! Intersystems’ [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Glitterhouse ? Color Blind
    The Glitterhouse ? Color Blind
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    Sole album by the acid/psych-rock group. Dynovoice – DY 31905 Media Condition – VG+, few light marks on each side Sleeve Condition – VG, hole punch on sleeve, as well […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Nordvest – Grøndal LP (Sleeparchive)
    Nordvest – Grøndal LP (Sleeparchive)
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    What our staff has to say: “Absolute stunner of a minimalist synth LP from techno legend, SLEEPARCHIVE (Tresor etc.) Apparently these recordings were ‘rejected’ under that [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Interpol – The Other Side Of Make Believe
    Interpol – The Other Side Of Make Believe
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    If fate didn’t quite ordain the circumstances for Interpol’s seventh album, it was at least fortunate that the band had happily concluded their Marauder cycle on stage in front of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Helado Negro – Far In
    Helado Negro – Far In
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    When Roberto Carlos Lange, the musician known as Helado Negro, began writing Far In immediately following the release of his acclaimed 2019 This is How You Smile, he could not […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • EMA – The Future’s Void
    EMA – The Future’s Void
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    EMA recently told NME that the album was influenced by, among other things, NiN demos, the heavier side of early K Records, and William Gibson’s Neuromancer, and that the album […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Artbreakhotel – Karas LP
    Artbreakhotel – Karas LP
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    Nobuo Yamada returns with his first LP under the moniker ARTBREAKHOTEL (Saitama, Japan). KARAS swivels two unyielding junk-metal-compositions of wheezing steel, fluid screeching, and a horde of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Chalk – Neophobia
    Chalk – Neophobia
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    How can music be violent when it’s not loud? When is malice beautiful? Neophobia is a meditative saga which, despite the name, radically embraces the aesthetics and methods of post-modernity. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gabbard Brothers – S/T
    Gabbard Brothers – S/T
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    From the ashes of the acclaimed Ohio rock band Buffalo Killers, singers/ songwriters/siblings Zachary and Andrew Gabbard have re-emerged as The Gabbard Brothers. And while there are still [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Rock / Pop
  • Bitter Blood Street Theatre ? Vol. I
    Bitter Blood Street Theatre ? Vol. I
    $36.00 | , Add to cart

    Super regional psych/weirdo rock from Ohio. Later became Blacklight Braille. Vetco Records – Vetco 701 Media Condition – VG, has some bigger marks in a few spots Sleeve Condition [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Bitter Blood Street Theatre ? Vol. 2
    Bitter Blood Street Theatre ? Vol. 2
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    Super regional psych/weirdo rock from Ohio. Later became Blacklight Braille. Vetco Records – Vetco 703 Media Condition – VG+, few marks on each side Sleeve Condition – VG, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Archie James  Cavanaugh – Black And White Raven (White Raven Vinyl)
    Archie James Cavanaugh – Black And White Raven (White Raven Vinyl)
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    A masterpiece of the schooner rock variety, Black and White Raven is an album that emerged from Archie James Cavanaugh’s youthful dream of recording his own music while stuck in […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Jack White – Fear Of The Dawn
    Jack White – Fear Of The Dawn
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    Fear of the Dawn is the fourth studio album from Jack White, founding member of The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather. True to his DIY roots, this […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Rock / Pop
  • Kelly Finnigan – The Tales People Tell (instrumentals)
    Kelly Finnigan – The Tales People Tell (instrumentals)
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    Kelly Finnigan’s debut solo album for Colemine Records represents the culmination of his 15 years of experience – in the studio as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Baad John Cross – New Revolution Chapter 1
    Baad John Cross – New Revolution Chapter 1
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    Baad John Cross’s New Revolution is a Afro-electro-funk-boogie-disco banger that could only come from 1980s Nigeria. Bright, optimistic, with an unrelenting eye on the dance floor, it is regarded [...]

    GENRE: International
  • R Giradin – Emotional Music
    R Giradin – Emotional Music
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    R. Girardin – Emotional Music is a collaborative release from Palto Flats and Zero Grow, a contemporary rendering of synthetic midi-fusion and DAW experimentalism. Drawing links between Rashad [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Flanger Magazine
    Flanger Magazine
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    “A set of spry, pastoral Aecoustic Guitar and errant Electronic pieces that harken back to libraries by Teisco, Vittorio Marino, and the like, yet mapped in an alien manner unlike […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Mikey Young – You Feelin Me?
    Mikey Young – You Feelin Me?
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    What our staff has to say: “The solo endeavor of Mikey Young, who’s resume of bands include Total Control and Eddy Current Suppression Ring just to name a few. You […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Wax Chattels – s/t
    Wax Chattels – s/t
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    The inception of Wax Chattels occurred rather rapidly. Several years after completing jazz school together, Peter Ruddell and Amanda Cheng reconnected at a Preoccupations show in 2016 at [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Joni Void – Mise En Abyme
    Joni Void – Mise En Abyme
    $6.00 | , Add to cart

    Mise En Abyme is the second full-length by Joni Void, the plunderphonic electronica project of France/Canada producer Jean Cousin, following his acutely accomplished and acclaimed 2017 debut [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Varsity – Fine Forever
    Varsity – Fine Forever
    $11.00 | , Add to cart

    From the very start of “Runaway,” the opening track on Varsity’s third album Fine Forever, it’s clear that the Chicago quintet has morphed into something new. While still working in […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Zola Jesus – Arkhon
    Zola Jesus – Arkhon
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    There is a way a voice can cut through the fascia of reality, cleaving through habit into the raw nerve of experience. Nika Roza Danilova, the singer, songwriter, and producer […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Joan Shelley – The Spur
    Joan Shelley – The Spur
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    I want to explain these songs / I want to leave them unexplained. We’ve all been working with a lot of silence. I was tired from touring, remembering the long […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Iggy & The Stooges – Metallic K.O.
    Iggy & The Stooges – Metallic K.O.
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    What our staff has to say: “Absolutely beyond Raw, Stooges at their best.” – Cleo IGGY and the STOOGES ‘METALLIC K.O.’ The Original 1976 Album – the notorious [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore, Rock / Pop
  • Rostam ? Changephobia
    Rostam ? Changephobia
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    Changephobia is the 2nd full-length solo record from Grammy Award-winning songwriter, producer, and composer Rostam Batmanglij. An adventurous new direction for Rostam, the songs collected on [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Reigning Sound – Abdication
    Reigning Sound – Abdication
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    Produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and Reigning Sound frontman Greg Cartwright, Abdication… For Your Love was originally available solely as a promotional giveaway. This 2019 reissue [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Palberta – Palberta5000
    Palberta – Palberta5000
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    “While punk music was our first love, pop music has become our fixation. Throughout the making of ‘Palberta5000,’ we were focused on making music that people could not only sing […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • No Joy – Motherhood LP
    No Joy – Motherhood LP
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    No Joy’s relentless sonic permutations are evidence of frontperson and principal songwriter Jasamine White-Gluz’s insatiable desire to grow. The Montréal-based project began a decade ago as [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Boys Next Door – Lost And Brave Exhibition (Rarities / Demos)
    Boys Next Door – Lost And Brave Exhibition (Rarities / Demos)
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    Fan Club Edition

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Malcria – El Reino De Lo Falso
    Malcria – El Reino De Lo Falso
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    Pointed, chaotic and forceful hardcore from Mexico City. MALCRÍA underlines their odd brand of precise punk with dark urgency and pained screams without a drop of reference or a borrowed […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Bill MacKay & Katinka Kleijn – STIR
    Bill MacKay & Katinka Kleijn – STIR
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    The combustive guitar/cello chemistry of MacKay and Kleijn is drawn from avant-rock, classical and experimental inspirations, forged through years of live performance. The freedom-cum-new [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lower Dens – Competition
    Lower Dens – Competition
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    The fourth album from Lower Dens, The Competition is a pop album with a concept both emotionally and politically urgent, dealing with modern capitalism and its psychotic effects. Its 11 […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – Go Ahead Punk: Make My Day (Orange Splatter VInyl) (RSD)
    V/A – Go Ahead Punk: Make My Day (Orange Splatter VInyl) (RSD)
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    Any ’90s punk fan will surely remember coveting a copy of Go Ahead Punk… Make My Day – a classic CD sampler from Nitro Records. Originally released in 1996, the […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – The Soul Sides (RSD)
    V/A – The Soul Sides (RSD)
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    First ever compilation of the deep ’60s soul from Jetstar, including Alder Ray Mathis’ Northern Soul stepper ‘Take Me Baby’! Featuring previously unissued tracks from [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Peter Hook & The Light – Closer Live 2011
    Peter Hook & The Light – Closer Live 2011
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    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Itasca – Spring
    Itasca – Spring
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    What our staff has to say: “One of my favorite folk albums of the past 10 years. Laurel Canyon styled folk. Joni Mitchell – breezy afternoon. Heavy southwest vibe. Bitchin […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Half Japanese – Crazy Hearts
    Half Japanese – Crazy Hearts
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    Half Japanese return with another thrilling ride into unknown charters encountering beasts, celebrities, and menaces. Purveyors of noise and indie rock for over four decades, Half Japanese have [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Foxygen – Seeing Other People
    Foxygen – Seeing Other People
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    Seeing Other People is curiously positioned as Foxygen’s most recent last-ever album. With every album the band dies; with every album the band is reborn. But unlike the last-ever Foxygen […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Essaie Pas – Earth
    Essaie Pas – Earth
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    Montreal duo Essaie pas return to DFA with a 12-inch that picks up where their 2018 album New Path left off. “Earth” is a blistering ride through the rave, an […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • EMA – Exile In The Outer Ring
    EMA – Exile In The Outer Ring
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    EMA – the project of South Dakota native and Portland, OR-based artist Erika M. Anderson – has announced her third album Exile In The Outer Ring for release on August 25, 2017 via City Slang. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cold Sweat – Blinded
    Cold Sweat – Blinded
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    Hugely influential and genre defining trashy hardcore punk from these Washington weirdos. With influences like Gauze, No Comment, Coltrane, Sabbath and Siege as a starting point, Cold Sweat set [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Martin Newell – The Off White Album
    Martin Newell – The Off White Album
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    The title of Martin Newell’s second solo album comes from a cheeky riff on the Beatles’ White Album: if 1993’s critically-acclaimed The Greatest Living Englishman was Newell’s Sgt. Pepper’s, then [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Building – Reconciliation
    The Building – Reconciliation
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    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • PJ Bond – Brother Bones
    PJ Bond – Brother Bones
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    This is an 8 song split record with brothers PJ and Brian Bond, who each wrote the songs on their respective sides.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Animal Collective – Crestone LP
    Animal Collective – Crestone LP
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    The debut feature written, produced and directed by Marnie Ellen Hertzler. Set in the desert of Crestone, Colorado over the course of eight days and set to an original score […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain
    Courtney Marie Andrews – May Your Kindness Remain
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    After breaking through with a batch of restless, itinerant songs on Honest Life in 2016, Courtney Marie Andrews longs for something more permanent on the follow-up. The Seattle singer spends […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Blanck Mass – Ted K Original Score (Opaque Red Vinyl)
    Blanck Mass – Ted K Original Score (Opaque Red Vinyl)
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    This February the story of the infamous Unabomber Ted Kaczynski will receive its theatrical debut in a new Tony Stone directed film, Ted K. Kaczynski is notorious for both tragically […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Soundtracks / Library Music, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Ndikho Xaba and the Natives – S/T
    Ndikho Xaba and the Natives – S/T
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    What our staff has to say: “South African pianist / percussionist with a crew of San Francisco & Chicago players, including Plunky Nkabinde and Lon Moshe from Oneness Of Juju. […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – New Tape
    V/A – New Tape
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    Founded in early ’70s by historical RAI TV trumpeter and composer Cicci Santucci (Looking Around (1971), On The Underground Road (1971)), New Tape grew up during the golden period of […]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms
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    While initial ideas for Endless Rooms were traded online during long spells spent separated by Australia’s strict lockdowns, the album was truly born during small windows of freedom in which […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cecil Taylor ? What’s New
    Cecil Taylor ? What’s New
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    Originally issued as Nefertiti, The Beautiful One Has Come. Recorded live at the Montmartre Jazzhus, Copenhagen, 23rd November 1962. Freedom – FLP 40124 Media Condition – VG+, nice [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Mangelsdorff, Pierre Favre, Joachim K?hn, Gunter Hampel _? Solo Now
    Albert Mangelsdorff, Pierre Favre, Joachim K?hn, Gunter Hampel _? Solo Now
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    Solo tracks showcasing the abilities of these frequent collaborators MPS Records – 5D 064-60205 Media Condition – VG+, light wear on both sides Sleeve Condition – VG, has some [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz