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  • Edsel Axle – Variable Happiness
    Edsel Axle – Variable Happiness
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    North Carolina based singer/songwriter Rosali Middleman has spent the last decade using her voice and guitar to construct tunes built upon the spectrum between joy and pain – deeply [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Bob Walker – Dirt Bike Vacation
    Bob Walker – Dirt Bike Vacation
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    “Friends, they are my ticket out of this place I am in… feels like nothing more than a dirt bike vacation stop between Phoenix and San Diego.” Dirt Bike Vacation—for […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Brendan Eder Ensemble – Therapy
    Brendan Eder Ensemble – Therapy
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    Following 2021’s Cape Cod Cottage — Eder’s concept album under the guise of Edward Blankman, a retired dentist who wrote elegant jazz in the1970s — on Therapy, Eder drops the […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Prairiewolf – Deep Time
    Prairiewolf – Deep Time
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    Prairiewolf make easy listening music for an age of fracture. They almost do it in spite of themselves. No one can seriously question the head music bona fides of the […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Bob Martin – Seabrook
    Bob Martin – Seabrook
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    Bob Martin began what would become his final studio album in a beach front condominium in Seabrook, New Hampshire in May 2008. The recordings sat dormant for the next 13 […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Old Saw – Dissection Maps
    Old Saw – Dissection Maps
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    Old Saw, the enigmatic New England collective led by Henry Birdsey (Tongue Depressor), return with their third long-playing record, Dissection Maps. _____________________________________ It is [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Cara Beth Satalino – Little Green
    Cara Beth Satalino – Little Green
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    Cara Beth Satalino built her adulthood in feral, eccentric Baltimore, Maryland, waiting tables and playing in a band, keeping her schedule flexible just in case an opportunity arose. Though [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Ralph E. White – It’s More In My Body Than In My Mind
    Ralph E. White – It’s More In My Body Than In My Mind
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    Recorded in Austin, Texas in March of 2020, just days before the city and the rest of the world shut down, Ralph White spent two days with producer, Jerry David […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The Happy Thoughts – The Happy Thoughts
    The Happy Thoughts – The Happy Thoughts
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    “We’ll admit, this finished album landed at our headquarters late last summer, but it just seemed unfair to release it in the Fall or Winter months, since this debut LP […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Mickey – Rock ‘N Roll Dreamer
    Mickey – Rock ‘N Roll Dreamer
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    Garage-punk led by Mac Blackout

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Medication – This Town
    Medication – This Town
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    “The debut album from New Milford, Connecticut’s melodic saving grace, MEDICATION. The one-man home-recording project has built itself up into a fully-automated live band over the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Wizzard Sleeve – Make The World Go Away
    Wizzard Sleeve – Make The World Go Away
    $16.00 | , Add to cart

    Heavy, psych-influenced garage rock.

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Terminals – Uncoffined
    The Terminals – Uncoffined
    $19.00 | , Add to cart

    “25th Anniversary remastered edition, the Kiwi Pop classic origininally on Flying Nun Records, now available on HoZac Archival, 500 copies pressed.”

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Screaming Urge – BUY LP + 7″
    Screaming Urge – BUY LP + 7″
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    “Screaming Urge. Archetypal American Punk Rock. Emerge now as the best underground music you never heard created in their own NOWHERE, their own nu-topic derangement fantasized and realized [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Baby Grande – Baby Grande
    Baby Grande – Baby Grande
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    “Unreleased proto-punk / glam rock album, recorded 1975-77 in Canberra, Australia, featuring Steve Kilbey and Peter Koppes, who would later found THE CHURCH. Available for the first time [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Nice Face – Horizon Fires
    Nice Face – Horizon Fires
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    Synth-driven post-punk.

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • The Dents – 1979/80
    The Dents – 1979/80
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    “If Cincinnati quintet the Dents had done what so many other early U.S. punk/new wave bands were able to do in their day, wax just one limited-press seven-inch single before […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Puffy Areolas – 1982: Dishonorable Discharge
    Puffy Areolas – 1982: Dishonorable Discharge
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    “One of the most pivotal bands currently infecting the Midwest universe, Puffy Areolas are a pummeling ensemble of free jazz skronk, laid mercilessly on top of a proto-punk nuclear waste [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Woven Bones – In And Out And Back Again
    Woven Bones – In And Out And Back Again
    $12.00 | , Add to cart

    Droney & spacey indie rock.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Revelons – 1977-82
    Revelons – 1977-82
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    “Available on vinyl for the first time anywhere, The Revelons are known to punk prevaricators one of best “lost bands” of the CBGB era who simply released one earth-moving 7” […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • The Brides – Suburban Vermin
    The Brides – Suburban Vermin
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    “We’re finally here! The long-awaited LP comp from “Chicago’s Best Band of the 1990s” is in the pipe and on the way. Featuring the legendary previously unreleased 8-song 1997 demo […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Lewsberg – Out And About
    Lewsberg – Out And About
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    Dutch four-piece Lewsberg are set to release their fourth studio album, ‘Out And About’ in September 2023. Since forming in 2016, Lewsberg have gone from strength to strength. Despite [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lewsberg – Lewsberg
    Lewsberg – Lewsberg
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    First US pressing of Lewsberg’s 2018 debut album.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gerycz* / Powers* / Rolin* – Activator
    Gerycz* / Powers* / Rolin* – Activator
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    “Activator” is the third installment from the trio of Jayson Gerycz, Jen Powers and Matthew Rolin, who respectively need no introduction writ-large. For anyone observing the American [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Weak Signal – Fine
    Weak Signal – Fine
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    Apocryphally, saxophonist John Coltrane realized at a certain point that his hour-long live solos could be cut down significantly, and if what he had to say and do over the course […]

    GENRE:
  • Voice Imitator – Of How Hits
    Voice Imitator – Of How Hits
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    In attempting to write this dispatch on the second Voice Imitator album my instinct is to pitch them as somewhat of an antidote to the current ills of what could […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • BADBADNOTGOOD – Mid Spiral
    BADBADNOTGOOD – Mid Spiral
    $29.00 | , Add to cart

    At the start of 2024 BADBADNOTGOOD were brimming with new creative energy. Having just come off a run of one-off international tour dates and a series of sessions for projects […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Bardo Pond – Set And Setting (25th Anniversary Edition)
    Bardo Pond – Set And Setting (25th Anniversary Edition)
    $34.00 | , Add to cart

    Following not-so-hot on the heels of a long-since sold out 2021 repress of Bardo Pond’s monolithic Matador label debut, ‘Amanita,’ we are pleased to announce a much overdue reissue of […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Yuma Abe – Hotel New Yuma
    Yuma Abe – Hotel New Yuma
    $35.00 | , Ships on/around Dec 27, 2024 Add to cart

    I have recently been watching a lot of Japanese popular movies from the 50s and 60s. I loved the vibrant Japan of this era. After the war, Japan was rapidly changing […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Kafka’s Ibiki – Shiminkai
    Kafka’s Ibiki – Shiminkai
    $35.00 | , Ships on/around Dec 27, 2024 Add to cart

    New album “Shiminkai” by Kafka’s Ibiki, a three-piece band comprised of Jim O’Rourke, Eiko Ishibashi, and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto. Recorded live performance in Tokyo in 2023 by [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Deef – Nou
    Deef – Nou
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    Deef, forming in 1979 in Sapporo City, Japan evolved from a school-age free jazz group into a raw hardcore band influenced by the global explosion of political punk and hardcore, […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Deef – Real Control
    Deef – Real Control
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    Documenting the band’s final era, when hardcore gigs in Sapporo were banned, and still had to be organized in private recording studios with seating. Before bands like Gai and Confuse […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Die Öwan – Mikawa Ken​-​Ichi
    Die Öwan – Mikawa Ken​-​Ichi
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    Die Öwan’s final cassette release, 1983’s Mikawa Ken-Ichi, shows the band at their most focused, crafting a full on album’s worth of music in their trademark style of DIY experimental […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Die Öwan – Öwannibalism
    Die Öwan – Öwannibalism
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    A cult teenage Japanese punk group which existed from 1979-1983, and during that time managed to release the rarest punk record in Japan, operate their own cassette label, organize house […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Legion Of Parasites* – Undesirable Guests
    The Legion Of Parasites* – Undesirable Guests
    $17.00 | , Add to cart

    Long overdue official reissue of one of the most absolutely raging UK hardcore punk records. The first 12″ from 1984 by this cult band took the ferocity, and raw sound […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Swanky’s* – The Very Best Of Hero
    The Swanky’s* – The Very Best Of Hero
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    The first ever official vinyl reissue of this 80s Japanese punk masterpiece. This record defined the “Kyushu Punk” sound, and spawned countless fans and imitators in Japan, and across the […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – The Key To Our Love Vol. 2
    V/A – The Key To Our Love Vol. 2
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    The follow up to last years initial release, The Key To Our Love Vol.2 continues to highlight the rarer side of Sweet Soul by recording artists from the late 60s […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • White Poppy – Ataraxia
    White Poppy – Ataraxia
    $19.00 | , Add to cart

    The concept for and palette of Crystal Dorval aka White Poppy’s ‘Paradise Gardens’ trilogy first germinated in 2016 as a notion of “paradise music” combining new age, bedroom shoegaze, and […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Chills – Scatterbrain LP
    The Chills – Scatterbrain LP
    $28.00 | , Add to cart

    New studio album from the Dunedin (NZ) songsmiths helmed by the enigmatic Martin Phillipps with artwork by Trees’ David Costa. Dunedin’s finest, The Chills release their seventh studio album [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bratmobile – Ladies, Women and Girls LP (Red vinyl)
    Bratmobile – Ladies, Women and Girls LP (Red vinyl)
    $25.00 | Add to cart

    Bratmobile’s sophomore LP finds Allison Wolfe’s singsong delivery of her trademark barbed-wire lyrics center stage – each line catching the ear and cutting with truth. Backed by Molly [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Bratmobile – Girls Get Busy LP (Evergreen vinyl)
    Bratmobile – Girls Get Busy LP (Evergreen vinyl)
    $25.00 | Add to cart

    Equal parts sass, snark and surf-punk infused guitar, Bratmobile’s third album bursts with catchy hooks and thought-provoking critiques of their scene, consumerism and the patriarchy. It’s [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Bratmobile – Pottymouth LP (Lemon vinyl)
    Bratmobile – Pottymouth LP (Lemon vinyl)
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    Along with Bikini Kill, Bratmobile spearheaded the riot grrrl revolution of the early 1990s, battling the long-standing dominance of men within the punk rock community to help empower a new […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • A Place To Bury Strangers – Synthesizer LP (Functional circuit board cover)
    A Place To Bury Strangers – Synthesizer LP (Functional circuit board cover)
    $38.00 | Add to cart

    Synthesizer is the title of A Place to Bury Strangers’ seventh album. It is also a physical entity, a synthesizer made specifically for A Place to Bury Strangers’ seventh album. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Suzanne Doucet – Reflecting Light Vol. II
    Suzanne Doucet – Reflecting Light Vol. II
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    Suzanne Doucet was born in Tuebingen, Germany where as a three year old, Doucet discovered her innate artistic gifts. Instinctively, she was always drawing, playing music, singing, and writing. [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • William Wichman – Suzanne Doucet – Brilliance
    William Wichman – Suzanne Doucet – Brilliance
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    Suzanne Doucet was born in Tuebingen, Germany where as a three year old, Doucet discovered her innate artistic gifts. Instinctively, she was always drawing, playing music, singing, and writing. [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Ike Yard – 1982
    Ike Yard – 1982
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    Dark Entries flashes back to the grimy streets of New York City circa 1982 to bring us an unreleased album from cult outfit Ike Yard. Comprised of Stuart Argabright, Michael […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • V/A – Rock Rendez Vous: M​ú​sica Moderna Portuguesa 1985​-​1986
    V/A – Rock Rendez Vous: M​ú​sica Moderna Portuguesa 1985​-​1986
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    The seductive sounds of Portugal swing to Dark Entries on Rock Rendez Vous: Música Moderna Portuguesa 1985-1986, a compilation of vintage Iberian synth, wave, and postpunk gems. The legendary [...]

    GENRE: International, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Eleven Pond – Bas Relief
    Eleven Pond – Bas Relief
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    Dark Entries celebrates its 15th anniversary by returning to where it all started, our initial darkest entry: Eleven Pond’s masterpiece Bas Relief, an ultra-obscure album from 1986 that would [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Ghostwriters – Objects In Mirrors Are Closer Than They Appear
    Ghostwriters – Objects In Mirrors Are Closer Than They Appear
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    Dark Entries calls on Philadelphia experimental duo The Ghostwriters to resurrect their 1981 LP of minimalist mayhem, Objects In Mirrors Are Closer Than They Appear. The late Buchla maestro [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • V/A – Backup Expediente Tecno Pop
    V/A – Backup Expediente Tecno Pop
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    On Back Up: Mexican Tecno Pop, Dark Entries brings us 10 divergent tracks of Mexican electronics from 1980-1989, full of skittering analog drum boxes and saucy synthesizer hooks. 8 of […]

    GENRE: International, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Jessica Pratt – On Your Own Love Again
    Jessica Pratt – On Your Own Love Again
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Seeing the world through a Pratt’s eyes is a surpassingly beautiful thing. But subtly, oh so subtly, and with such sweet flakes of humor falling. Tunes and vibe to the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Aerial M ‎– Aerial M
    Aerial M ‎– Aerial M
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    M as in mysterious. A group of sounds recorded in Louisville KY. Smooth blue instrumental guitar music. In the musical alphabet, what comes after rock?

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • King Crimson ? Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (1977 UK)
    King Crimson ? Larks’ Tongues In Aspic (1977 UK)
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    The best prog record of all time. Label: Polydor – 2302 061 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue Country:UK Released:1977 VG+/VG+. Label has some tearing. Edgewear & general light sleevewear

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Whitney Johnson – Hav
    Whitney Johnson – Hav
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    Whitney Johnson, alter-ego of psychoacoustic voyager Matchess, debuts with a new composition that meditates on the duality of the human body. An instrument that collates awesome sensory [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dirty Three ? Toward The Low Sun
    Dirty Three ? Toward The Low Sun
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    Sticking us with something that won’t go away, the Dirty Three are back. It’s been awhile, but that just means that the music here is heavy with seven years in […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Laetitia Sadier _? Silencio
    Laetitia Sadier _? Silencio
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    It’s 2012 — do you know where your government is tonight? Occupy yourselves — and let’s get busy with the music in our minds.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Six Organs Of Admittance _? Companion Rises (Twig Harper Remix)
    Six Organs Of Admittance _? Companion Rises (Twig Harper Remix)
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    6OOA’s 2020 opus is reunmanaged by sound composer Twig Harper, whose REMIX goes places no other remix record could dare under his unlimited brief. In the process, it affords the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • L?titia Sadier _? Something Shines
    L?titia Sadier _? Something Shines
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    The Earth, the sky and the earth again — plus another trip through “La Soci é t é du Spectacle.” Something between a riveting caress and an invigorating shake. Elevated […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dean Spunt – Basic Editions
    Dean Spunt – Basic Editions
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    An excursion in electronic sound instrumentally unpacking Dean Spunt’s fascination with language – in this instance, the syntax of the systems and processes of various 64-voice E-mu modules [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Streets (Select Highlights From Independent British Labels)
    Streets (Select Highlights From Independent British Labels)
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    Killer compilation documenting the British punk scene of 1977, featuring tracks from John Cooper Clarke, The Lurkers & more. Label: Beggars Banquet – BEGA 1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore