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  • Nihilistics ‎– Nihilistics
    Nihilistics ‎– Nihilistics
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    The NYC hardcore band’s hard-hitting debut album Label: Brain Eater – EATER 1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released:1983 VG+/VG. Sleeve shows some noticeable edgwear and corner [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Louse – Passions Like Tar
    Louse – Passions Like Tar
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    “Like some mutated phantom lurking in the shadows, Cincinnati based new-wave punks Louse emerge into light with their debut LP Passions Like Tar- a heady and sullen collection of post-punk [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Disintegration – Shiver In A Weak Light
    Disintegration – Shiver In A Weak Light
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    The first full-length release from Cleveland’s Disintegration brings their intricate circuitry of nocturnal synthwave and noise-saturated post-punk to a new plateau. Sharper, leaner, and more [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Class – A Healthy Alternative
    Class – A Healthy Alternative
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    “My mates went on holiday to the Isles for this one. Galactic romantic entropy three sheets to the ‘Wind. Saxy glimmers, broken sunbeams, oil dancing in a puddle of water […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Corker – Hallways Of Grey (Clear / Smoke Vinyl)
    Corker – Hallways Of Grey (Clear / Smoke Vinyl)
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    CLEAR VINYL “Fragments of the past intersect with a dynamic sonic vision on Hallways of Grey, the second full length from Corker. Expanding upon the dense, rhythmic post-punk of their […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Artificial Go! – Hopscotch Fever
    Artificial Go! – Hopscotch Fever
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    Artificial Go is a new four piece hailing from the DIY post-punk scene of Cincinnati, Ohio. Local labels Feel It and Future Shock have teamed up to co-release Artificial Go’s […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • The Drin – Elude The Torch
    The Drin – Elude The Torch
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    The Drin forge further into their own captivating world of sound on their fourth album, ‘Elude the Torch’. Since 2021, the Cincinnati group has released one strikingly original album [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • The Drin – Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom
    The Drin – Today My Friend You Drunk the Venom
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    Way out there. From up in the attic, in the village of Cincinnati – the third album from the Drin has arrived to commence 2023. Cold rhythms reverberate through the […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Dave Vettraino – A Bird Shaped Shadow
    Dave Vettraino – A Bird Shaped Shadow
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    Regardless of whether Dave Vettraino’s name rings a bell, there’s a solid chance he’s pulled strings behind a record you love. The Chicago-based audio engineer and multi-instrumentalist has spent [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra – Live At The Adler Planetarium
    Rob Mazurek, Exploding Star Orchestra – Live At The Adler Planetarium
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    Black Vinyl The Exploding Star Orchestra is Rob Mazurek’s vehicle for blowing minds and reshaping worlds. For more than a decade and a half, the multi-instrumentalist has guided the variably […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Tomin – Flores Para Verene / Cantos Para Caramina
    Tomin – Flores Para Verene / Cantos Para Caramina
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    Black Vinyl 27-year-old Tomin Perea-Chamblee is a brass- and reed-centered multi-instrumentalist, the composer and arranger of pieces with excellently thorny harmonies, an at-times reluctant [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Coltrane – Om
    John Coltrane – Om
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    “Condemned by many critics as John Coltrane’s worst album, Om suffers only in comparison to the great works that preceded it. Also issued in 1965, Ascension had stunned the jazz […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Anthony Braxton – Saxophone Improvisations / Series F.
    Anthony Braxton – Saxophone Improvisations / Series F.
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    “The Inner City label reissued this album not out of some great commitment to avant-garde solo saxophone, but because there was a licensing deal with the shady French label called […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Crude – Attitude
    Crude – Attitude
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    Reissue of their 4th album from 2000 Label: Feral Ward – YAN-0012-056-2009 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 2009 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Morbid Opera – Collection
    Morbid Opera – Collection
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    “Finally, after years of work, the Morbid Opera discography LP!! Painstakingly compiled by Jeff Hodapp (ex-Roach Motel & spouse of Morbid Opera vocalist) and Vinyl Rites, here is all [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Steve Lacy – Only Monk
    Steve Lacy – Only Monk
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    “Steve Lacy has long been one of the foremost interpreters of pianist Thelonious Monk’s music. This set is a solo soprano saxophone recital in which Lacy digs into nine of […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • COUM Transmissions ‎– Home Aged And The 18 Month Hope
    COUM Transmissions ‎– Home Aged And The 18 Month Hope
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    The most recent installment of the rare & unheard archival recordings from the transgressive 70’s performance art group COUM Transmissions. Founded in late 1969 by Genesis P-Orridge [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Various – The Chicago Boogie Volume 3: Set It Out
    Various – The Chicago Boogie Volume 3: Set It Out
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    “Chicago’s Boogie Munster Crew teams up with Star Creature for it’s third reissue compilation and it’s another major piece of work. Compiled by Tim Zawada and Kool Hersh, [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Syd Barrett ‎– The Madcap Laughs (80’s UK Pressing)
    Syd Barrett ‎– The Madcap Laughs (80’s UK Pressing)
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    “Having left Pink Floyd in 1968 after a daily LSD habit had taken its toll, Syd Barrett’s first solo album finally appeared two years later with ex-Floyd sidekicks David Gilmour […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • SS-20 – Merry Christmas 1986: Is Santa Listening
    SS-20 – Merry Christmas 1986: Is Santa Listening
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    Cincinnati punk in its holiday best. Label: No Pretense Records – JRC 86043A Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 1986 VG+/VG+. Paste on santa has fallen off but is still […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Charged G.B.H* ‎– Leather, Bristles, No Survivors And Sick Boys…
    Charged G.B.H* ‎– Leather, Bristles, No Survivors And Sick Boys…
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    Compiles the Leather, Bristles, Studs & Acne 12″, the No Survivors 7″ and the Sick Boy 7″ Label: Roadrunner Records – RR 9935 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Lip Cream – Early Years Gig
    Lip Cream – Early Years Gig
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    Live recording of Lip Cream from 1984. Label: Dynamite Records – DON DON SU・89 LP Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Japan Released: 2013 VG+/VG+ with light wear.

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Zander Raymond – Secrets From A Squirrel
    Zander Raymond – Secrets From A Squirrel
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    After a series of impressive collaborations and increasingly assured solo releases, multimedia artist Zander Raymond now shares his first LP, Secrets From A Squirrel. Inherent in these pieces is [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bark Culture – Warm Wisdom (gold vinyl)
    Bark Culture – Warm Wisdom (gold vinyl)
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    Victor Vieira-Branco – vibraphone John Moran – bass Joey Sullivan – drums

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bark Culture – Warm Wisdom
    Bark Culture – Warm Wisdom
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    Victor Vieira-Branco – vibraphone John Moran – bass Joey Sullivan – drums

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sarah Mary Chadwick ‎– Me And Ennui Are Friends, Baby (pink vinyl)
    Sarah Mary Chadwick ‎– Me And Ennui Are Friends, Baby (pink vinyl)
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    Me And Ennui Are Friends, Baby is the latest full-length from New Zealand-born, Melbourne-based singer-songwriter, Sarah Mary Chadwick, whose brutally honest songwriting has cast her contrary to [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Xiu Xiu – Knife Play
    Xiu Xiu – Knife Play
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    Xiu Xiu’s daring first album Label: Absolutely Kosher – AK018 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country: US Released: 2003 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Rodger Stella / Kites – Interior Moon
    Rodger Stella / Kites – Interior Moon
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    Grim and zoned out noise Label: Mutter Wild – no cat number Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released:2011 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sarah Mary Chadwick – 9 Classic Tracks
    Sarah Mary Chadwick – 9 Classic Tracks
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    Sarah Mary Chadwick is back with her second official full-length release since her debut solo LP Eating for Two (Bedroom Suck Records, 2012). While preserving her distinctive traits of [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Raspberry Bulbs – Finally Burst / Lone Gunman
    Raspberry Bulbs – Finally Burst / Lone Gunman
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    Compilation of two early Raspberry Bulbs cassettes Label: Personnel Records – PER-002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 2012 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The New Blockaders – Changez Les Blockeurs
    The New Blockaders – Changez Les Blockeurs
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    “Within the history of noise music, there are few artefacts, as seminal as The New Blockaders’ Changez Les Blockeurs. Anyone who has even a casual interest in noise music should […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Timara: Electroacoustic Music At Oberlin Vol. 2
    V/A – Timara: Electroacoustic Music At Oberlin Vol. 2
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    “The TIMARA Department at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music traces its roots to the first electronic and computer music courses taught on campus in 1969. Today we celebrate TIMARA’s [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Bill Fay – Life Is People
    Bill Fay – Life Is People
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    “Bill Fay is one of English music’s best kept secrets. At the dawn of the 1970s, he was a one-man song factory, with a piano that spilled liquid gold and […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • David Bedford, Ursula Le Guin – Rigel 9
    David Bedford, Ursula Le Guin – Rigel 9
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    Rigel 9 is a space opera with music by composer David Bedford and libretto written by Ursula K. Le Guin. Label: Charisma – RIGEL 9 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Joe Colley – Pleasure Pressure
    Joe Colley – Pleasure Pressure
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    New Forces presents “Pleasure Pressure,” Joe Colley’s latest LP of expert sound composition. Damaged wires, crackling speakers, and the existential dread of droning electronics [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples / The New Backwards
    Coil ‎– The Ape Of Naples / The New Backwards
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    Compilation boxset containing Coil’s swansongs, Ape Of Naples & The New Backwards, two absolute masterpieces of electronic music. Label: Important Records – imprec174 Format: 4xVinyl, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Arab Strap – The Shy Retirer E.P.
    Arab Strap – The Shy Retirer E.P.
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    Features AC/DC and Van Halen covers. Mope-rock. Label: Chemikal Underground – CHEM067 Format: Vinyl, 12″, EP Country: UK Released: 2003 VG+/VG+. Old store sticker

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Six Organs Of Admittance – Shelter From The Ash
    Six Organs Of Admittance – Shelter From The Ash
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    “Music for those post-apocalyptic dreams we’re all having. The ones where you’re stumbling through the desert with one leg bandaged from the last coyote attack. These songs are [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Francisco Meirino – A New Instability
    Francisco Meirino – A New Instability
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    “in 2019, the swiss power-acoustic musician francisco meirino presented ‘a new instability’ a commission for the venerable ina-grm in paris. of course, this institution is the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Enklav – 2.
    Enklav – 2.
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    “On their second Lp Enklav presents two longer tracks of raw tape manipulations of concrete sounds. With an uncompromising attitude and a sound that seems to be carved out of […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Jackie Edwards – Puts It All Together
    Jackie Edwards – Puts It All Together
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    Soul-tinged Reggae from a master songwriter. Label: Total Sounds – TSL 108 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Jamaica Released: VG+/VG. WOS. Some wear along upper seam

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Bobby Callender – Rainbow (promo)
    Bobby Callender – Rainbow (promo)
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    “This bizarre, Alan Lorber-produced psychedelic album appeared originally in 1969 on Boston Sound. Bobby Callendar was an incredibly gifted poet and lyricist whose complex texts could only [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Mohamed Abdel Wahab – The White Rose
    Mohamed Abdel Wahab – The White Rose
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    Mohamed Abdel Wahab’s soundtrack to the film The White Rose. Label: El Ahram – SLPN 185 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Stereo Country: US Released: VG+/VG+, with light marks & wear.

    GENRE: International
  • Steve Lacy – Reflections: Steve Lacy plays Thelonious Monk
    Steve Lacy – Reflections: Steve Lacy plays Thelonious Monk
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    “All of soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy’s early recordings are quite fascinating, for during 1957-1964, aspects of his style at times hinted at Dixieland, swing, Monk, and Cecil [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Altar Of Flies / Sewer Election – Altar Of Flies / Sewer Election
    Altar Of Flies / Sewer Election – Altar Of Flies / Sewer Election
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    A split between two Swedish noise greats. Label: Release The Bats Records – RTB#31 Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition Country: Sweden Released: 2008 VG/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • FPBJPC ‎– Jubilee
    FPBJPC ‎– Jubilee
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    “Jubilee is an album of selections from the last five years of multifarious output by the art collective FPBJPC, including Jonathan Gean, Michael Pollard, Ben Schumacher, and Peter Friel. [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Joe McPhee / Lasse Marhaug – Harmonia Macrocosmica
    Joe McPhee / Lasse Marhaug – Harmonia Macrocosmica
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    “On Harmonia Macrocosmica, McPhee and Marhaug wrap their phrases tightly, pitting swirling saxophone licks and distorted screams against wheezing, bubbling and raspy electronic [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp ‎– Things Have Got To Change
    Archie Shepp ‎– Things Have Got To Change
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    Essential mid-period Shepp. Label: Impulse! – AS 9212 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1971 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some moisture damage along spine and inside gatefold

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Human Arts Ensemble* With Oliver Lake & Lester Bowie – Under The Sun
    Human Arts Ensemble* With Oliver Lake & Lester Bowie – Under The Sun
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    Recorded on July 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri under the sun. Label: Arista – AL 1022 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue, Promo Country: US Released: 1975 VG+/VG.

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kalyanji Anandji – Don (Bollywood)
    Kalyanji Anandji – Don (Bollywood)
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    Funky & sample-ready Bollywood music. Label: His Master’s Voice – 45 NLP 1011 Format: Vinyl, LP, 45RPM Country: India Released: VG+/VG. Thin Indian import jacket, has spine split [...]

    GENRE: International, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Bhimsen Joshi – Abhangwani
    Bhimsen Joshi – Abhangwani
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    Marathi devotional songs by various saint, played by Bhimsen Joshi Label: His Master’s Voice – ECSD 2793 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: India Released: 1977 VG+/VG with some light marks & [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Ron Carter – Blues Farm
    Ron Carter – Blues Farm
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    Recorded January 1973. Label: CTI Records – CTI 6027 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1973 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Love Of Life Orchestra ‎– Extended Niceties
    Love Of Life Orchestra ‎– Extended Niceties
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    First EP by Peter Gordon’s Love Of Life Orchestra Label: Infidelity – JMB-227 Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45RPM Country: US Released:1980 VG+/VG. Sleevewear, old store sticker, light marks

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Live Skull ‎– Dangerous Visions
    Live Skull ‎– Dangerous Visions
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    “Emerging in the early 80s at the end of New York’s legendary No Wave scene alongside Manhattan comrades Sonic Youth and Swans, Live Skull reshaped the aggression of burned-out post-punk [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Petr Kotik – Many Many Women
    Petr Kotik – Many Many Women
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    “Reader, you and I are about to share a delicious secret. The disc you’re holding (or perhaps listening to by now) contains a classic of 1970s underground music – a […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sonic Youth – Master=Dik / Beat On The Brat
    Sonic Youth – Master=Dik / Beat On The Brat
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    “A slight hiccup in our production? This is the infamous EP that Blast First label head Paul Smith begged us not to release. It has long been reviled or misunderstood […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Tashi Dorji – We Will Be Wherever The Fires Are Lit
    Tashi Dorji – We Will Be Wherever The Fires Are Lit
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    begin form here… begin from here…our world lives when their world ceases to exist begin from here…with hopes, between silent skies, while world breathes again and the fever [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Bill Callahan – The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” Dec. 10 2001 Peel Session
    Bill Callahan – The Holy Grail: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” Dec. 10 2001 Peel Session
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    “December 2001, Maida Vale: Bill Callahan’s “Smog” perform with demonstrative zeal for their British witness at the BBC, shimmering and hissing with a Lynchian vibe of U.S. darkness in the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Papa M – Ballads Of Harry Houdini
    Papa M – Ballads Of Harry Houdini
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    “The “Great Escape Artist” is back! No, not THAT one – dude’s dead! We’re talking about Papa M. And HE’s talking ‘bout Harry Houdini – in the album title, anyway, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Band – The Best Of The Band
    The Band – The Best Of The Band
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    Career spanning compilation of The Band’s best tracks. Label: Capitol Records – ST 511553 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Club Edition, Reissue Country: US Released: 1988 VG+/VG+ with some [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop