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  • Sun Araw – Beach Head
    Sun Araw – Beach Head
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    “The four tracks of Beach Head, like much of Sun Araw’s work, capture Cameron Stallones at a certain place and time; its re-release some years after its first limited run […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Nightshift _? Homosapien
    Nightshift _? Homosapien
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    It’s been three years since Glasgow musical collective NIGHTSHIFT’s last album (“Zöe”, 2021) & aside form an odds & sods tape compilation “Made Of The Earth”, the group has remained […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 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
  • Marcel Wave – Something Looming
    Marcel Wave – Something Looming
    $19.00 | Add to cart

    Marcel Wave write eulogies for tragic actresses, ancient riverbeds and concrete obscenity. Their inaugural sonic instalment ‘Something Looming’ is part trades club symphony, part itchy serenade, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Nick Maurer – Come On In!
    Nick Maurer – Come On In!
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    Nick Maurer’s Come On In! is the stuff of a modern American fable. The 20 year-old Cincinnatian’s first release on Happy Families feels wise beyond years but is equally moving […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Aster ? Things That Just Happen
    Aster ? Things That Just Happen
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    [duo of Ashley Paul & Eli Keszler] Label: R.E.L. Records REL21 Format: LP Country: US Released: 2013  

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Grand Scheme – Numbers Game
    Grand Scheme – Numbers Game
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    Generations in hardcore move quickly. The scene changes constantly, and yet there is always a group of bands uninterested in the current trends. Some people just want to write aggressive […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Shitty Life – Limits To Growth
    Shitty Life – Limits To Growth
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    Blazing fast, Chitarrino-Punk from Parma, Italy. If you enjoy Shitty Limits, Youth Avoiders, or Social Cirkle, you will love this new record. You might have seen them on tour recently […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Subliminal Excess – Witness
    Subliminal Excess – Witness
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    From the depths of lower wacker…its the return of Subliminal Excess. With a demo that ushered in the cold reality of 2020, they are keeping that same energy with witness. […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Arundhati Bhaumik, Hemant Kumar – Devotion and Love
    Arundhati Bhaumik, Hemant Kumar – Devotion and Love
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    Stellar and obscure Indian classical album. Label: Oriental Records – BGRP 1047 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 1984 VG+/VG+, sleeve still in shrink with light marks & wear

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – Max’s Kansas City – New York New Wave
    V/A – Max’s Kansas City – New York New Wave
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    Great compilation of punk & proto-punk’s first wave. Label: CBS – S CBS 82670 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: UK Released: 1978 VG+/VG+ with light marks/wear

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Bugs And Rats ? Adidas
    Bugs And Rats ? Adidas
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      “Vinylization of a 2010 CD-R by this Quincy, MA trio who have been around since 2003. Their longevity makes it damn odd that this is their first LP. But […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Laboratorio Della Quercia – Laboratorio Della Quercia
    Laboratorio Della Quercia – Laboratorio Della Quercia
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    “In the summer of 1978, an ambitious twelve-day experimental jazz project was undertaken at the ancient amphitheater, Tasso della Quercia, on the slopes of Rome’s Gianicolo Hill. The [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Benjamin Lew / Steven Brown – A Propos D’Un Paysage
    Benjamin Lew / Steven Brown – A Propos D’Un Paysage
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    “A couple of years after the release of the magical “Douzième Journée” album, Benjamin Lew and Steven Brown meet again in the studio. With a little help from Vini Reilly […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Tetsu Arrey ‎– II (includes OBI/Poster)
    Tetsu Arrey ‎– II (includes OBI/Poster)
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    90’s Japanese Hardcore at its best Label: HG Fact – HG-100 Format: Vinyl Country: Japan Released: 1998 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Albert Ammons And Meade Lux Lewis
    The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Albert Ammons And Meade Lux Lewis
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    “This magnificent three-LP box set was issued as part of the first release by the Mosaic label. The out of print collection has all of the music recorded during Blue […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Aki Onda – Transmissions From The Radio Midnight
    Aki Onda – Transmissions From The Radio Midnight
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    This project, entitled Transmissions From The Radio Midnight, started around 2006, when I acquired a Sony TCM F59 — an AM/FM radio and cassette recorder combined in a slim, handheld […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Heiki – Valley Beyond
    Heiki – Valley Beyond
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    “Valley Beyond” is the Suction Records label debut by Heiki, aka Toronto-based, Canadian electronic music veteran, Heiki Sillaste. Heiki first made his mark with Digital Poodle, a cult EBM [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • John McCowen ? Models of Duration
    John McCowen ? Models of Duration
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    The latest from the uncompromising John McCowen is a split release between Dinzu Artefacts and Astral Spirits. Models of Duration follows the same trajectory as McCowen’s other amazing solo [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Gnawed ? Torchsmoke & Rope
    Gnawed ? Torchsmoke & Rope
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    Following the path forged on 2020’s landmark album Subterranean Rites (Malignant/Cloister), Grant Richardson returns from the depths of his literal and conceptual explorations of civilization’s [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • The Trendees _? Barmaid
    The Trendees _? Barmaid
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    The Trendees uberoscure 2017 cassette for Albert’s Basement has somehow found its way to a 7″ release some seven years later, replete with an extra third track in tow. If […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Lord Spikeheart – The Adept
    Lord Spikeheart – The Adept
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    The Adept is Lord Spikeheart’s first full-length album. A ferocious debut that ups the intensity and physicality of his previous releases and promises to bring a telluric big bang in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Matsumoto / Shiroishi / Watanabe – Yellow
    Matsumoto / Shiroishi / Watanabe – Yellow
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    Yellow brings together acclaimed LA-based musicians Kozue Matsumoto, Patrick Shiroishi, and Shoshi Watanabe. With total expressive command of their instruments, the trio unfurls a brilliant and [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Group Material – Intimations
    Group Material – Intimations
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    Intimations marks the first official release of Group Material, the sound work of Eric Sanchez and Avalon Kalin. Released as a limited edition cassette on Slug Spitter. Dreamlike, “Intimations” [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Plight – Plastic Sun
    Plight – Plastic Sun
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    Brooklyn-based four piece Plight has spent the last five years making a name for themselves in New York City. Releasing their Catharsis demo in 2017, the group has been cultivating their own […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Max Nordile ? Hanging By A Fan Over Wet Cement
    Max Nordile ? Hanging By A Fan Over Wet Cement
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    Hanging by a Fan Over Wet Cement is the music of listening after listening, when water runs relative to the sound of your own footsteps, and you lean over the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cartoon ? Nyuck Nyuck Boing!
    Cartoon ? Nyuck Nyuck Boing!
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    Human Headstone Presents… “Nyuck Nyuck Boing!”, the debut full-length from Philadelphia’s CARTOON. Listener discretion advised : Weight-defying escapades, technicolor transmutations, a swirling [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Joy Guidry ? Amen
    Joy Guidry ? Amen
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    AMEN is the 3rd release by bassoonist / composer / producer Joy Guidry. Representing a major step up in her ability to fully realize and embody a sound and concept, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • John Cage/Aaron Dilloway – Rozart Mix
    John Cage/Aaron Dilloway – Rozart Mix
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    “So excited and honored to finally release the vinyl document of my realization of JOHN CAGE’s ROZART MIX.  Back in the extremely strange year of 2020, I was approached by […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Indigo Ranch – Hard Gloss
    Indigo Ranch – Hard Gloss
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    Recorded by the band in their studio in 2022, Indigo Ranch’s Hard Gloss scratches an itch for DIY sound & aesthetics. Mixed with Jeff Zeigler and mastered by Mikey Young, […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Bermuda Squares – Outsider
    Bermuda Squares – Outsider
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    As corny as it sounds, you can’t help but describe Bermuda Squares as a Minneapolis supergroup. Ringleaded by singer/guitarist Tony Milek, the band comprises members of Sinks, Neo Neos, Citric [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Why Bother? ? Serenading Unwanted Ballads
    Why Bother? ? Serenading Unwanted Ballads
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    Serenading Unwanted Ballads is the fifth album from Iowa’s WHY BOTHER? and a testament to the fact that they will never make the same record twice. Full of twists, their […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Ar-Kaics ? See The World On Fire
    The Ar-Kaics ? See The World On Fire
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    The Ar-Kaics are back with See the World on Fire, their first new album in six years. It’s also the first release from this newly-minted partnership between Feel It Records […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Choncy ? 20X Multiplier
    Choncy ? 20X Multiplier
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    From the foxhole of the Rust Belt, Choncy fleshes out a frenzied, multifaceted approach to punk with their sophomore album, 20X MULTIPLIER. The Cincinnati four-piece delivers an intoxicating [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Vacation – Rare Earth
    Vacation – Rare Earth
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    “Vacation’s new album Rare Earth comes at a time when the powder keg of civilization as we know it is particularly vulnerable to the spark that swallows our very existence. […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Thistle Group, P Wits ? Fog On My Brain/Figure It Out
    Thistle Group, P Wits ? Fog On My Brain/Figure It Out
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    Match made in heaven collaborative hit single from New Zealand-based artists Claire Mahoney (Thistle Group) and Benedict Quilter (P Wits). Recorded and mixed by Stefan Neville, mastered for vinyl [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dancing Plague* – Elogium
    Dancing Plague* – Elogium
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    Portland based act Dancing Plague has been a steady presence in the dark/cold electronic music scene for quite a few years now. Since 2016 Conor Knowles’ solo project has been […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Poison Point – Wandering Echoes
    Poison Point – Wandering Echoes
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    Since a while now, the uncanniness from dreams and the unconscious amazes me. These things are quite deep rooted in my way of writing lyrics like in many previous tracks […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Blind Seagull ? Decade Of Effort
    Blind Seagull ? Decade Of Effort
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    10 Years Anniversary compilation LP. Ten years ago, on 21 April 2014, Russian enclave of the Baltic Kaliningrad-based trio Blind Seagull started off its adventure in the soon to be […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Profit Prison ? Gilt
    Profit Prison ? Gilt
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    Four years and one pandemic after his latest Dreams Of A Dark Building EP, the herald of dungeon synth pop is finally back from his shallow grave. Life has not […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Container – Yacker
    Container – Yacker
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    Ren Schofield’s long running electronic project Container returns with his first release since the Creamer EP in 2021. Rolling straight out of the pandemic Schofield has since played a large […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • V/A – Five Spanish Pioneers of Electronic and Experimental Music: 1953-1969
    V/A – Five Spanish Pioneers of Electronic and Experimental Music: 1953-1969
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    This LP reveals the extraordinary diversity of research — almost all hidden — by Spanish musicians in the ’50s and ’60s. Those pieces were composed while the country was [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Misha Mengelberg & ICP Orchestra – Japan Japon
    Misha Mengelberg & ICP Orchestra – Japan Japon
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    Recorded on 11 May 1982 at Osaka and 17 May 1982 in Tokyo. Label: Instant Composer’s Pool – ICP 024 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Japan Released:1982 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Auntie Pus – Halfway to Venezuela b/w Marmalade Freak (Black Vinyl)
    Auntie Pus – Halfway to Venezuela b/w Marmalade Freak (Black Vinyl)
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    Julian Isaacs aka Auntie Pus, made a bet with his childhood friend Chris Millar (Rat Scabies of The Damned) that one of them would have a top ten record within […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Pixies – Pixies at the BBC, 1988-91
    Pixies – Pixies at the BBC, 1988-91
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    Release date: 3/8/24.  Will ship on or around release date. Between 1988 and 1991 – during the band’s 4AD years – Pixies recorded six sessions for the BBC, five for […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Masayuki ‘Jojo’ Takayanagi & New Direction For The Arts – Free Form Suite
    Masayuki ‘Jojo’ Takayanagi & New Direction For The Arts – Free Form Suite
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    Release date: 3/1/24.  Will ship on or around release date. Masayuki “Jojo” Takayanagi (1932 – 1991) was a Japanese jazz/free improvisational musician. He was active in the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • L’Infonie – S/T
    L’Infonie – S/T
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    Release date: 3/1/24.  Will ship on or around release date. Beat poetry influence free form jazz collective, formed in Montreal in 1967, L’Infonie existed officially until 1974. Lead by [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • 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
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Saadia Label
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Saadia Label
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    After the fall of the Deep City label, Rocketeers bandleader Frank Williams set up shop under the name of his twin daughters Saadia and Giwada and got to work reinventing […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Daniel Johnston – Alive in New York City (Clear Vinyl)
    Daniel Johnston – Alive in New York City (Clear Vinyl)
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    Daniel played several shows in New York City in April of the year 2000, but there is no way to know for certain the exact date this recording was made, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 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
  • Sonic Youth – Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
    Sonic Youth – Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
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    Unfettered by studio time limitations with their own home base of Echo Canyon, SYR 2 shows Sonic Youth chasing the shadows of predecessor SYR 1 and the series’ distinct aesthetic: […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Point Of Memory – Void Pusher
    Point Of Memory – Void Pusher
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    Void Pusher is acoustic computer music; combining digital cut ups and live ambient noise with raw organic qualities. Inaudible super-bass frequencies pumping through a room filled with acoustic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Running – Wake Up Applauding
    Running – Wake Up Applauding
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    2016 release from the alt-punks. Running elbows in quick from the City of the Big Shoulders with Wake Up Applauding. Delivered loudly, dripping in unintelligible menace with the occasional flash [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Running ? Vaguely Ethnic
    Running ? Vaguely Ethnic
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    The screech. The wall. The slanted-floor nausea. There’s not a word for the signature cyclical howling that Chicago’s RUNNING harnesses and tortures into submission. They play with their food [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • DJ DQ – Where The Sidewalk Begins
    DJ DQ – Where The Sidewalk Begins
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    Recited by DQ as told to by Scott Hayden. Cut-Ups/Instrumental Hip-Hop

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Vol. 2 (Breaking Through) (Velvet Purple Vinyl)
    West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Vol. 2 (Breaking Through) (Velvet Purple Vinyl)
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    Released in 1967 on Reprise Records as a follow up to Part One, Vol. 2 takes the band into more ambitious territory. Reaching out to more psychedelic territory than the […]

    GENRE:
  • Simon Fisher Turner, Edmund de Waal ? A Quiet Corner In Time
    Simon Fisher Turner, Edmund de Waal ? A Quiet Corner In Time
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    A Quiet Corner In Time began life as a sound work created by the composer Fisher Turner for renowned ceramicist and author Edmund de Waal’s architectural installation, – one way […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Reds, Pinks & Purples – You Might Be Happy Someday (Blue Pastel Vinyl)
    The Reds, Pinks & Purples – You Might Be Happy Someday (Blue Pastel Vinyl)
    $17.00 | , Add to cart

    Deep amidst San Francisco’s Richmond neighborhood misty air and washed-out pastel blocks, Glenn Donaldson has been diligently creating minor masterpieces with rudimentary home technology for some [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 781484078418
    781484078418
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    Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles’ debut is well titled: keys are what they play and keys unlock things too. Their trad bonafides are balanced with inquisitive playing that adds surprise […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative