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  • Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts
    Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts
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    In the age of global capitalism, vaporwave celebrates and undermines the electronic ghosts haunting the nostalgia industry. Ours is a time of ghosts in machines, killing meaning and exposing the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Anselm Hollo – The Tortoise of History
    Anselm Hollo – The Tortoise of History
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    Anselm Hollo (1934–2013) authored more than forty books and was an award-winning translator. Born in Helsinki, Finland, he was fluent in German, Swedish, Finnish, and English by age ten. Hollo [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Alan Licht and John Krausbauer – Self Titled 7″
    Alan Licht and John Krausbauer – Self Titled 7″
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    What our staff has to say: “Insane amplified violin shredding on top of electric guitar on A side – I’ve never heard a violin sounding like that, blending completely with […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • John Krausbauer + Patrick Shiroishi – High Life 7″
    John Krausbauer + Patrick Shiroishi – High Life 7″
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    High Life is like a mini-album, a short journey or guide. The perfect use of the 7″ format, showcasing the range of this inventive duo with each playing their core […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Komet – Rausch LP
    Komet – Rausch LP
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      Komet // Frank Bretschneider is one of the founders of the esteemed raster-media label. This album – originally a CD released on 12k in 2000, features clean sine-tones and […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Tom Zé – The Hips Of Tradition – Brazil 5: The Return Of Tom Zé
    Tom Zé – The Hips Of Tradition – Brazil 5: The Return Of Tom Zé
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    “Tom Zé continues to feed off of these conflicts in Brazilian life. His music reflects an acute awareness of what is going on. You can hear it without understanding the […]

    GENRE: International
  • Howard “Youngblood” Bomar – I Who Have Nothing
    Howard “Youngblood” Bomar – I Who Have Nothing
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    Howard “Youngblood” Bomar’s long overdue debut album finally makes landfall! Howard Bomar was a man who slipped through everybody’s fingers. But his artistry escapes that fate thanks to I, Who [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Grupo Um – Starting Point
    Grupo Um – Starting Point
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    Includes insert. The previously unreleased debut album from 1975. In 1975, under the oppressive military dictatorship in Brazil, brothers Lelo and Zé Eduardo Nazario invited bassist Zeca [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Try to Tell a Fish about Water: The Art, Music, and Third Life of Norma Tenega
    Try to Tell a Fish about Water: The Art, Music, and Third Life of Norma Tenega
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    In addition to her accomplishments as a gifted musician and songwriter, Norma Tanega was a noted gallerist, teacher, and a central figure in the vibrant and homegrown creative scene of […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • Gabrielle Wittkop – Murder Most Serene
    Gabrielle Wittkop – Murder Most Serene
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    In the last days of the Venetian Republic, the successive wives of Count Alvise Lanzi suffer mysterious, agonizing deaths. Murder Most Serene offers a cruel portrait of a beautiful but […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Weird Fiction/Sci-Fi/Unexplained Phenomena
  • Benjamin Myers – The Gallows Pole
    Benjamin Myers – The Gallows Pole
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    Set in the moorland hills of 18th century Yorkshire, The Gallows Pole is the true story of an organized crime of forgers known as the Cragg Vale Coiners. Lead by […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • George Melly – Don’t Tell Sybil: A Libidinous Memoir of the Unusual Impresario of English Surrealism
    George Melly – Don’t Tell Sybil: A Libidinous Memoir of the Unusual Impresario of English Surrealism
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    Don’t Tell Sybil is a libidinous memoir by a master raconteur. George Melly (1926-2007) was impossible to ignore in London cultural circles between the 1950s and 90s. He first came […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Three New York Dadas and the Blind Man: Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roch?, Beatrice Wood
    Three New York Dadas and the Blind Man: Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roch?, Beatrice Wood
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    Three New York Dadas and The Blind Man relates the story of the triangular relationship between Marcel Duchamp, Henri-Pierre Roché and Beatrice Wood, told in the words of two of […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Non-Fiction
  • Ibn Khald?n – The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
    Ibn Khald?n – The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
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    The Muqaddimah, often translated as “Introduction” or “Prolegomenon,” is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Martin Bax – The Hospital Ship
    Martin Bax – The Hospital Ship
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    Originally published in 1976, Martin Bax’s seminal cult novel is back in print after three decades. From harbours around the world, the hospital ship picks up casualties, emergency cases of [...]

    GENRE: Weird Fiction/Sci-Fi/Unexplained Phenomena
  • Fred Davis – Cleveland Blues (RSD)
    Fred Davis – Cleveland Blues (RSD)
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    “Fred Davis was a legend, but only in my living room. There was always music around my house, but as a teenager, I started digging deeper and deeper in to […]

    GENRE: Blues
  • The Verlaines – Bird Dog (RSD, Opaque Purple Vinyl)
    The Verlaines – Bird Dog (RSD, Opaque Purple Vinyl)
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    Bird Dog is an album by The Verlaines, originally released in 1987. It’s often considered to be their best, most introspective piece of work, and its songs “Slow Sad Love […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • William Hooker – Shamballa – Duets With Thurston Moore And Elliott Sharp (RSD)
    William Hooker – Shamballa – Duets With Thurston Moore And Elliott Sharp (RSD)
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    Shamballa is the 1993 collaboration from jazz drummer William Hooker, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), and composer Elliott Sharp. The release features Hooker performing duets with each musician. [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Albert Ayler – Europe 1966 (RSD)
    Albert Ayler – Europe 1966 (RSD)
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    What our staff has to say: “Lovely boxset of select dates from Ayler’s 1966 Euro tour. Live material from this tour has been dug up over the years, most notably […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Frank Black – Live 2006 (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
    Frank Black – Live 2006 (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
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    Live tracks previously included on the ’93 – ’03 Best Of CD, which have never before been released on vinyl. This stand-alone release for Record Store Day 2023 has newly […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • A Place To Bury Strangers – See Through You: Rerealized (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
    A Place To Bury Strangers – See Through You: Rerealized (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
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    UNOFFICIAL RSD 2023 This Record Store Day, the Dedstrange Rogues’ Gallery of Remix Producers joins forces with renowned Danish Electronic Composer Trentmøller, Andy Bell of legendary [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Residents – Our Finest Flowers (RSD)
    The Residents – Our Finest Flowers (RSD)
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    In 1992, The Residents pondered their 20th Anniversary. A best-of collection had been proposed, and the group gathered together to draw up a potential tracklist. All was well until one […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Phil Ochs – Best Of The Rest: Rare And Unreleased Recordings (RSD)
    Phil Ochs – Best Of The Rest: Rare And Unreleased Recordings (RSD)
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    Phil Ochs is known primarily as a songwriter, but his talents extend far beyond that to short stories, poetry and satire. More than a torrent, less than a flood, the […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Max Roach & Archie Shepp – Force – Sweet Mao – Suid Afrika 76 (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
    Max Roach & Archie Shepp – Force – Sweet Mao – Suid Afrika 76 (RSD, Colored Vinyl)
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    FRENCH IMPORT (One Time Pressing, Jazz avant-garde Collector’s item) – 1976 Iconic Pioneer of Bebop Jazz. Considered one of the most important drummers in the history of Jazz. He was [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • ‘-  – Jazz Artist Guild – Newport Rebels () (NM or M-)
    ‘- – Jazz Artist Guild – Newport Rebels () (NM or M-)
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    Mingus and Roach’s protest to the pop leaning Newport Jazz Festival / Remastered by Bernie Grundman / Exclusive Color / 180 gm / 24pt Matte Jacket

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Archie Shepp – Archie Shepp – À Massy – U-Jaama “Unité” (LP, RSD) (NM or M-)
    Archie Shepp – Archie Shepp – À Massy – U-Jaama “Unité” (LP, RSD) (NM or M-)
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    FRENCH IMPORT (One Time Pressing, Jazz avant-garde Collector’s item) – 1975 Iconic, Very Rare Live Recording from The Massy in France. Archie “Vernon” Shepp American is a [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jason Doell –  Becoming In The Shadows ~ Of Being Touched LP
    Jason Doell – Becoming In The Shadows ~ Of Being Touched LP
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    It’s hard to parse exactly what you’re listening to when you immerse yourself in Jason Doell’s new recording, Becoming In Shadows ~ Of Being Touched. The old adage about never [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • XV – On The Creekbeds On The Thrones
    XV – On The Creekbeds On The Thrones
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    What our staff has to say: “Psycho garage jammers XV with an incredible LP of mangled rock. 10/10 Beyond measure, it’s a perfect album. Disjointed jangle garage stoner thrift midnight […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Boy Harsher – Burn It Down
    Boy Harsher – Burn It Down
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    Fan favorite dark dance outfit Boy Harsher have contributed a sumptuously eerie track for the David Gordon Green directed finale to the iconic Halloween franchise. Sacred Bones and Nude Club […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Sistrenatus ? Sensitive Disturbance
    Sistrenatus ? Sensitive Disturbance
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    Blurring the lines between Dark Ambient, Industrial and Noise, Sistrenatus storms forth, shifting between oppressive aggression and unsettling atmospheres. “Sensitive Disturbance” is [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Kollaps ? Until The Day I Die
    Kollaps ? Until The Day I Die
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    “Until The Day I Die” is the third album from Australian post-industrial outfit KOLLAPS. “Until The Day I Die” is a merciless and visceral assault on the senses and [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • NDE – Krieg Blut Ehre Asche
    NDE – Krieg Blut Ehre Asche
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    Debut from this Belgian duo. Like the dark solitary figure which adorns the cover, NDE are shrouded in mystery and desolation. No website. No social media. No contact details. The […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Metal
  • Splinterskin ? Wayward Souls
    Splinterskin ? Wayward Souls
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    Splinterskin unveils his spell after years of solitude and hermetic isolation, in the form of a harsh, dark folk music. His tales are told using an old classical guitar accompanied […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Trepaneringsritualen – Veil The World
    Trepaneringsritualen – Veil The World
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    »All seals have been broken« proclaims a demonic voice on the titular track of Veil The World, and that is something terrifyingly evident in the music contained therein. On Veil […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • South Saturn Delta ? Experience The Concreteness
    South Saturn Delta ? Experience The Concreteness
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    This is South Saturn Delta’s debut album, featuring their finest live recordings from between 2003-2005, in Osaka and Tokyo. SSD is a kind of Japanoise supergroup, formed in 2003, with […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Spiteful Womb – Interior Castle
    Spiteful Womb – Interior Castle
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    the debut LP of Nora Zimmerman’s project Spiteful Womb. ‘Interior Castle’ coalesces so many of the elements which have coursed through Nora’s near-decade of cassette and CDR releases, combining [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Shirese – Rose Of Smiling Faces LP
    Shirese – Rose Of Smiling Faces LP
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    What our staff has to say: “If the almighty Grapefruit Records has a hand in it, you know it’s going to be good. Killer psyched out rock very reminiscent of […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Sleaford Mods – UK Grim (Silver Vinyl)
    Sleaford Mods – UK Grim (Silver Vinyl)
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    Sleaford Mods will return in 2023 with new album UK GRIM. Throughout their music the duo’s poetic protest and electronic resistance has seen them consistency chart and call out their […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Algiers – Shook
    Algiers – Shook
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    “The world got shook” So Algiers formed a crew. The band—who have built one of the most exciting catalogs and cult followings of recent years, with 2020’s There Is No […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Flag Decal Bumper Sticker
    Flag Decal Bumper Sticker
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    Homage to the imortal John Prine. “But your flag decal won’t get youInto Heaven any more.They’re already overcrowdedFrom your dirty little war.Now Jesus don’t like [...]

    GENRE:
  • Limbs Bin – A Glass Of Sour Quince
    Limbs Bin – A Glass Of Sour Quince
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    18 new tracks of heartstopping blast chaotics from Western Mass noisecore legend Limbs Bin. 17 originals and a Bob Dylan cover in less than three minutes. When they said you’d […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Sound
    V/A – Sound
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    What our staff has to say: “Etats-Unis (Superior Viaduct’s more experimental reissue label) had a recent LAFMS drop (Smegma, ID Art #2, Blorp Esette Volume One, and the La Forte […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • V/A – I.d. Art #2
    V/A – I.d. Art #2
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    “Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) formed in the mid-1970s as a loose-knit experimental music collective and multimedia publishing vehicle. Founded by teenage Le Forte Four members [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Phil Ranelin – The Time Is Now!
    Phil Ranelin – The Time Is Now!
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    2023 repress. “The Tribe co-founder’s debut, lacquered directly from his master tapes in an all-analog transfer by Bernie Grundman. The definitive reissue of this spiritual jazz album [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Avey Tare – 7s
    Avey Tare – 7s
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    During the first week of January 2021, Avey Tare (Animal Collective) began making regular drives to his friend Adam McDaniel’s Drop of Sun Studios in Asheville, NC to give guts […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
    Melvin Van Peebles – Watermelon Man (Green Watermelon Skin Vinyl
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    In an extraordinary career spanning seven decades, director and “godfather of black cinema” Melvin Van Peebles only made one studio film. 1970’s Watermelon Man shattered [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)
    East Coast – S/T (Fire Orange With Black Streaks Vinyl)
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    The only conceivable reason this 1973 album isn’t generally recognized as a soul-funk classic is because it came out on Bernard Purdie’s Encounter label, which mustered only five LP [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Green Vinyl)
    George Scott – Find Someone to Love (Green Vinyl)
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    This soul-funk nugget, released in the early ’70s on the uber-collectible Maple label, qualifies as a major find based on George Scott’s Wilson Pickett-meets-James-Brown vocal [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Live In Melbourne ’21  (Blue, Pink, & Orange Vinyl)
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard / Live In Melbourne ’21 (Blue, Pink, & Orange Vinyl)
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    Next up on Fuzz Club’s series of official King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard bootlegs is ‘Live In Melbourne ‘21’. This 18-track live album was recorded when the prolific Australian […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Live In Brussels ?19  (White, Orange, Blue Vinyl)
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Live In Brussels ?19 (White, Orange, Blue Vinyl)
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    This is the Fuzz Club Records official bootleg of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s ‘Live In Brussels ‘19’ LP. The live album was recorded when the prolific Australian psych-rock […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative