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  • Ryley Walker ‎– Course In Fable
    Ryley Walker ‎– Course In Fable
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    released April 2, 2021 Ryley Walker- Guitar/Vocals Andrew Scott Young – Bass/Piano Bill MacKay – Guitar/Piano Ryan Jewell – Drums/Percussion John McEntire – [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding (Mono)
    Bob Dylan – John Wesley Harding (Mono)
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    In the year of psychedelia, Dylan bucked the trend with this rootsy classic. All Along the Watchtower is the highlight on an album packed with amazing tracks like I Dreamed […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Barn
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Barn
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    10 new songs that capture the raw, idiosyncratic rock and roll spirit and lyrical beauty that epitomizes a classic NYCH collaboration. Recorded this summer under a full moon, in a […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Tor Lundvall – Beautiful Illusions
    Tor Lundvall – Beautiful Illusions
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    New York painter and musician Tor Lundvall initially envisioned his 14th album, Beautiful Illusions, as an entirely instrumental affair, “inspired by memories of sitting in a church or cathedral [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Tempers – Services
    Tempers – Services
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    Tempers, comprised of Jasmine Golestaneh and Eddie Cooper, have carved out their own niche within dark indie, electronica and synth-pop circles. Their sound is about exploring tonal and emotional [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Constant Smiles – Paragons
    Constant Smiles – Paragons
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    Typically, a band’s big indie label debut doesn’t come 15 albums into its career, but with Constant Smiles’ Paragons, here we are. Primary songwriter and sole “constant” member Ben [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bunkur Vs. Mordor ‎–S/T
    Bunkur Vs. Mordor ‎–S/T
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    After several years in the making, it is Nuclear War Now’s honor to finally present this split album from Bunkur and Mordor, two of the most extreme and unorthodox bands […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Mysticum – Planet Satan
    Mysticum – Planet Satan
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    MYSTICUM’S SECOND ALBUM, ’PLANET SATAN’. THE LATEST MILESTONE IN BLACK METAL SUPREMACY FROM THE NORWEGIAN PIONEERS. Having achieved almost mythical status in black metal lore, ‘Planet Satan’ had [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Glenn Danzig – Who Killed Marilyn? (1989 boot)
    Glenn Danzig – Who Killed Marilyn? (1989 boot)
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    1989 boot Media Condition – VG+ Sleeve Condition – VG+, a little creasing

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Royal Trux “Live” ‎– Platinum Tips + Ice Cream
    Royal Trux “Live” ‎– Platinum Tips + Ice Cream
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    Platinum Tips + Ice Cream is the first release from Royal Trux in 17 years, culled from two live sets recently recorded in New York and Los Angeles. It is […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Royal Trux ‎– Hand Of Glory
    Royal Trux ‎– Hand Of Glory
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    Royal Trux’s 1990 four-song album Twin Infinitives holds an odd position in the canon of drug music. Neil “Michael” Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema have said that although the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Royal Trux ‎– Pound For Pound
    Royal Trux ‎– Pound For Pound
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    On Pound for Pound, Royal Trux’s second album within a year, the increasingly prolific group revisits the laid-back, scuzzy sound of albums like Thank You and Sweet Sixteen — albeit [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bill MacKay – Fountain Fire
    Bill MacKay – Fountain Fire
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    In and out of focus in a hallucinogenic haze, Bill’s conversations with himself follow a travel-worn map copied over and over again. The picker journeys sonically from familiar to unknown [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ben Chasny – The Intimate Landscape
    Ben Chasny – The Intimate Landscape
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    At the invitation of KPM Music, the wizard of Six Organs of Admittance steps behind his acoustic to produce a new instrumental guitar set. Library music, or deeply personal essays […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • No Age – Goons Be Gone
    No Age – Goons Be Gone
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    Summer 2020, and No Age are back out on the street! Effortlessly raw and extravagantly indulgent in one practiced swoop, they set their live/bedroom internal clock and get out early […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gary Higgins ‎– Seconds
    Gary Higgins ‎– Seconds
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    “The music business is full of funny stories — and some of them aren’t that funny at all. Take Gary Higgins. In the early 70s, he made a great record, […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Father Yod And The Spirit Of ’76 ‎– Kohoutek
    Father Yod And The Spirit Of ’76 ‎– Kohoutek
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      “….the second coming of Kohoutek. This was the first spontaneous release that was made into a record, credited to Father Yod and The Spirit of ’76. It came out […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy ‎– I Made A Place
    Bonnie “Prince” Billy ‎– I Made A Place
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    GQ clothes-horse and man who saw a darkness Bonnie Prince Billy has his first album of new songs since 2011. This time, he brings the lightness, with help from a Louisville band including picker [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cat Power – Wanderer
    Cat Power – Wanderer
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    Produced in its entirety by Chan Marshall herself, Wanderer represents a remarkable return from an iconic American voice. 24” x 24” poster foldout with embossed outer sleeve

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Deerhoof – Holdypaws
    Deerhoof – Holdypaws
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    During the recording of Holdypaws, Saunier thought he’d discovered a foolproof formula for high-fidelity pop perfection, but things didn’t turn out as planned. “Our friend Bob got a computer,” [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Oneohtrix Point Never – Renditions I
    Oneohtrix Point Never – Renditions I
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    Limited edition 10″ release by Oneohtrix Point Never. The release contains special versions of songs originally taken from his landmark eponymous album, Magic Oneohtrix Point Never and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Red Death – Permanent Exile
    Red Death – Permanent Exile
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    “In 2014, DC’s RED DEATH came out of the gate and obliterated everyone with one of the best hardcore demos of the year. Their first recorded output channeled the sheer […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Nightmare – Thirsty And Wander
    Nightmare – Thirsty And Wander
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    Latest album by japanese hardcore band Nightmare, the same guys who made the excellent “Give Notice Of Nightmare” back in ’88. The 10 new songs are great and the old […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Criminal Code – No Device
    Criminal Code – No Device
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    First LP PNW punk outfit Criminal Code on Deranged Records

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Sunday Morning Einsteins – Kangnave
    Sunday Morning Einsteins – Kangnave
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    Charging Swedish punk attack, burning guitars and sore throats, cracked cymbals and worn out DISCHARGE records, KSngNSve ( pronounced SCHANG-NAA-VEH, meaning “Crust Fist”) is the [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Steve Gunn – Eyes On The Lines
    Steve Gunn – Eyes On The Lines
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    eople have written about roads for as long as they’ve been around. And before there were roads, people still wrote about travel and about landscape. Roads are the stages upon […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lie In Ruins – Floating In Timeless Streams
    Lie In Ruins – Floating In Timeless Streams
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    Six years since Finland’s Lie in Ruin’s last full-length (2014’s Towards Divine Death), “Floating in Timeless Streams” sees a more streamlined approach from the [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Razor – Armed & Dangerous (Black Vinyl)
    Razor – Armed & Dangerous (Black Vinyl)
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    RAZOR, Canada’s legendary Thrash Metal icons return with the reissue of their classic 1984 debut EP, Armed & Dangerous, and the highly sought-after 2011 live album, Live! Osaka Saikou [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Razor – Live! Osaka Saikou 大阪最高 Reissue (black vinyl)
    Razor – Live! Osaka Saikou 大阪最高 Reissue (black vinyl)
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    RAZOR, Canada’s legendary Thrash Metal icons return with the reissue of their classic 1984 debut EP, Armed & Dangerous, and the highly sought-after 2011 live album, Live! Osaka Saikou [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • TV Priest – Uppers
    TV Priest – Uppers
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    It’s tempting to think that you have all the answers, screaming your gospel every day with certainty and anger. Life isn’t quite like that though, and the debut album from […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways To New Italy
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Sideways To New Italy
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    After enough time away from home, even the familiar starts to feel foreign. For guitar-pop five-piece Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, returning to Melbourne after long stretches looking out at [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Luke Stewart & Jarvis Earnshaw Quartet – S/T
    Luke Stewart & Jarvis Earnshaw Quartet – S/T
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    Luke Stewart – bass Jarvis Earnshaw – sitar, loops Ryan Sawyer – drums Devan Waldman – alto sax

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Freedom Affair – Freedom Is Love
    The Freedom Affair – Freedom Is Love
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    “Freedom Is Love” is the debut album from Kansas City’s newest soul juggernaut, The Freedom Affair. The album explores themes of love, heartache, empowerment, and togetherness through a varying [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Goon Sax – Mirror II
    The Goon Sax – Mirror II
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    Since forming in high school, Brisbane band The Goon Sax—the trio of Riley Jones, Louis Forster, and James Harrison, best friends who take turns writing, singing, and playing each instrument— [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stephen Malkmus – Groove Denied
    Stephen Malkmus – Groove Denied
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    Following hot on the heels of 2018’s Sparkle Hard comes Groove Denied, the rejected album Stephen has been telling everyone about. Groove Denied was written in Berlin and Oregon between […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Algiers ‎– There Is No Year
    Algiers ‎– There Is No Year
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    In the FBI file on the American rock ‘n’ roll band Algiers—which given their prior penchant for repping the Black Panthers, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, and Afeni Shakur, among others, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Efterklang ‎– Altid Sammen
    Efterklang ‎– Altid Sammen
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    Seven years after their last album release, Efterklang make a welcome return with a fifth studio record Altid Sammen on 20th September. Altid Sammen (meaning “always together”) is deep and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Fucked Up – Glass Boys
    Fucked Up – Glass Boys
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    Fucked Up are a punk band. They were a punk band when they started in Toronto more than a decade ago, and they’ve remained a punk band even as they’ve […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Steve Gunn – Other You
    Steve Gunn – Other You
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    Other You is the sixth studio album by American singer Steve Gunn. Recorded during two visits to Los Angeles in late 2020 and early 2021, the album was made with […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Circuit Des Yeux _? -io
    Circuit Des Yeux _? -io
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    Haley Fohr (b. Dec 16 1988) is a vocalist, composer and singer-songwriter based in Chicago, Illinois. Her musical endeavors focus around our human condition, and her 10-year career as Circuit des [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Doug Carn – Adam’s Apple
    Doug Carn – Adam’s Apple
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    Doug Carn made four records for the Black Jazz label, more than any other artist, and each one topped the previous release’s lofty standard. Adam’s Apple was his last (1974) […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • V/A – Rip It Up: The Best Of Specialty Records
    V/A – Rip It Up: The Best Of Specialty Records
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    Craft Recordings is pleased to launch its 75th-anniversary celebrations of Specialty Records with a brand-new compilation, Rip It Up: The Best of Specialty Records. Available for pre-order now, [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Leo Nocentelli – Another Side
    Leo Nocentelli – Another Side
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    “Things happen for a reason, man.” – Leo Nocentelli At just sixteen, Leo Nocentelli was backing up Otis Redding. Soon after, he was playing on hits for Lee Dorsey, The […]

    GENRE:
  • D.O.A. – War On 45
    D.O.A. – War On 45
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    Reissue of this 1982 D.O.A. classic album in its original form. This was D.O.A’s third album, coming on the heels of Something Better Change and Hardcore 81. It made a […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – Dangerhouse Volume 1
    V/A – Dangerhouse Volume 1
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    Either the A-side or B-side from each of the bands appearing on the long-defunct and most collectable LA punk indie label. With the Bags, X, Black Randy, Deadbeats, Weirdos, Avengers, […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Static – Toothpaste And Pills (Demos And Live 1978-1981)
    Static – Toothpaste And Pills (Demos And Live 1978-1981)
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    Long before John Brannon of Negative Approach cemented himself as a USHC icon, you would hear rumblings about his pre-NA glam group, STATIC. Only a handful of people were lucky/brave […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • King Hannibal (featuring Lee Moses)  – Truth
    King Hannibal (featuring Lee Moses) – Truth
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    James Shaw (aka The Mighty Hannibal aka King Hannibal) was an American R&B, soul and funk singer, songwriter and record producer known for his showmanship and outlandish costumes. Several of [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Snoopy Dean ‎– Wiggle That Thing
    Snoopy Dean ‎– Wiggle That Thing
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    The late Nathaniel ‘Snoopy’ Dean is one of those many underrated southern soul and blues men who never reached great fame outside their home ground. His legacy is deeply treasured […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Bobby Story – The Storyteller
    Bobby Story – The Storyteller
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    Bobby Patterson’s (born 1944) life in music has had many facets. Whether as a DJ in Texas (he had a popular show at the Dallas-based radio station KKDA until 2012), a producer […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Blues Magoos – Electric Comic Book
    Blues Magoos – Electric Comic Book
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    Garage/punk/psychedelia pioneers! The Blues Magoos launched their recording career with the LP Psychedelic Lollipop. The equally impressive Electric Comic Book refines the band’s mix of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Shadows Of Knight – Back Door Men (Colored Vinyl)
    The Shadows Of Knight – Back Door Men (Colored Vinyl)
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    1966 was a busy year for the Shadows of Knight! Hot on heels of their hit ’66 debut album and monster single “Gloria,” they released their second long player, Back […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Litter ‎– $100 Fine
    The Litter ‎– $100 Fine
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    How do you top The Litter’s godlike ’67 longplayer, Distortions? Well, you don’t. But leave it to The Litter to deliver the equally essential (not to mention hopelessly rare) [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • McCoy Tyner – Expansions
    McCoy Tyner – Expansions
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    Pianist McCoy Tyner was an acknowledged force of nature. On the aptly-named Expansions, Tyner fronts a remarkable band consisting of Woody Shaw on trumpet, Wayne Shorter on tenor saxophone, Gary [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • U Roy – The Originator
    U Roy – The Originator
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    Radiation Roots present a reissue of U Roy‘s The Originator, originally released in 1990. Ewart Beckford, aka Daddy U Roy, changed the focus of Jamaican popular music by turning the […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Chubby And The Gang – The Mutt’s Nuts [orange vinyl]
    Chubby And The Gang – The Mutt’s Nuts [orange vinyl]
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    Limited Edition Orange Vinyl   West London five-piece Chubby and the Gang are balanced by two energies – a casual “fuck it” on one side, an active “fuck off” on […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Bernard Szajner – Some Deaths Take Forever
    Bernard Szajner – Some Deaths Take Forever
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    Recording an album about the feelings of two prisoners waiting on death row. As a statement against capital punishment. It was (and even still is nowadays) a delicate and ambitious […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Siren – S/T
    Siren – S/T
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    Bonfire Records present a reissue of Siren’s self-titled album, originally released on John Peel’s Dandelion label in 1969. Siren was the debut album by Kevin Coyne with Siren, the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Richard Pinhas – Rhizosphere
    Richard Pinhas – Rhizosphere
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    What our staff has to say: “I’m a big fan of Richard Pinhas’ solo material, especially this one and ‘Chronolyse.’ A few months ago, I chose Heldon’s ‘Stand By’ as […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Peter Baumann – Romance 76
    Peter Baumann – Romance 76
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    Bureau B present a reissue of Peter Baumann’s solo debut album Romance 76, originally released in 1976. From 1971 to 1977, Peter Baumann was a member of the legendary Berlin […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Rudolph Johnson – The Second Coming
    Rudolph Johnson – The Second Coming
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    The album title is apt, as this was saxman Rudolph Johnson’s second album for the Black Jazz label (and this reissue marks only the second time this 1973 album has […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz