April 26th Newsletter
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  • EMA – The Future’s Void
    EMA – The Future’s Void
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    EMA recently told NME that the album was influenced by, among other things, NiN demos, the heavier side of early K Records, and William Gibson’s Neuromancer, and that the album […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Wire – #460 June 2022
    The Wire – #460 June 2022
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    “On the cover: Phew. The Japanese punk survivor and intrepid vocalist/composer continues to build an impressive catalogue of collaborations, solo projects and band work in a career now [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Artbreakhotel – Karas LP
    Artbreakhotel – Karas LP
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    Nobuo Yamada returns with his first LP under the moniker ARTBREAKHOTEL (Saitama, Japan). KARAS swivels two unyielding junk-metal-compositions of wheezing steel, fluid screeching, and a horde of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Various Artists – Slowscan 52 – Drag Marks (10 CS boxset)
    Various Artists – Slowscan 52 – Drag Marks (10 CS boxset)
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    In (heavy and over-sized) wooden box of 40 handnumbered copies. Includes one handnumbered insert. 10 audiotqps with interviews/statements, experimental and electronic music by William Burroughs, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sam Weinberg, Henry Fraser, Tyler Damon – Foment
    Sam Weinberg, Henry Fraser, Tyler Damon – Foment
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    “Foment” represents a first-meeting of New Yorkers saxophonist Sam Weinberg & bassist Henry Fraser with Chicago drummer Tyler Damon. Although the three musicians had not played in [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Chalk – Neophobia
    Chalk – Neophobia
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    How can music be violent when it’s not loud? When is malice beautiful? Neophobia is a meditative saga which, despite the name, radically embraces the aesthetics and methods of post-modernity. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gabbard Brothers – S/T
    Gabbard Brothers – S/T
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    From the ashes of the acclaimed Ohio rock band Buffalo Killers, singers/ songwriters/siblings Zachary and Andrew Gabbard have re-emerged as The Gabbard Brothers. And while there are still [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Rock / Pop
  • Alex Cunningham – Armor
    Alex Cunningham – Armor
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    Six tracks of solo acoustic violin improvisation, recorded at home in October 2020. Alex Cunningham – violin, objects, artwork

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Archie James Cavanaugh – Black And White Raven (White Raven Vinyl)
    Archie James Cavanaugh – Black And White Raven (White Raven Vinyl)
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    A masterpiece of the schooner rock variety, Black and White Raven is an album that emerged from Archie James Cavanaugh’s youthful dream of recording his own music while stuck in […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Maggot Brain – Issue #9
    Maggot Brain – Issue #9
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    WELCOME TO MAGGOT BRAIN #9 – RAYMOND PETTIBON ON THE COVER! RAYMOND PETTIBON: IN CONVERSATION WITH ADAM WOODHEAD JOHN BRANNON: NEGATIVE APPROACH HONCHO UNLOADS JOHN WATERS: THE RETURN OF THE […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Indie / Alternative
  • Harry Sword – Monolithic Undertow
    Harry Sword – Monolithic Undertow
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    Monolithic Undertow alights a crooked path across musical, religious and subcultural frontiers. It traces the line from ancient traditions to the modern underground, navigating archaeoacoustics, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive, Metal
  • Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation
    Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation
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    This is the first cultural history of the world’s most common sexual practice: masturbation. At a time when almost any victimless practice has its public advocates and almost every sexual […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Wicked Queen: The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette
    The Wicked Queen: The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette
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    The Wicked Queen is not a biography of one of the most infamous queens in history. Rather, Chantal Thomas presents the history of the verbal and visual representations of Marie-Antoinette, […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Kelly Finnigan – The Tales People Tell (instrumentals)
    Kelly Finnigan – The Tales People Tell (instrumentals)
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    Kelly Finnigan’s debut solo album for Colemine Records represents the culmination of his 15 years of experience – in the studio as a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, engineer, producer [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Baad John Cross – New Revolution Chapter 1
    Baad John Cross – New Revolution Chapter 1
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    Baad John Cross’s New Revolution is a Afro-electro-funk-boogie-disco banger that could only come from 1980s Nigeria. Bright, optimistic, with an unrelenting eye on the dance floor, it is regarded [...]

    GENRE: International
  • R Giradin – Emotional Music
    R Giradin – Emotional Music
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    R. Girardin – Emotional Music is a collaborative release from Palto Flats and Zero Grow, a contemporary rendering of synthetic midi-fusion and DAW experimentalism. Drawing links between Rashad [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Flanger Magazine
    Flanger Magazine
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    “A set of spry, pastoral Aecoustic Guitar and errant Electronic pieces that harken back to libraries by Teisco, Vittorio Marino, and the like, yet mapped in an alien manner unlike […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Mikey Young – You Feelin Me?
    Mikey Young – You Feelin Me?
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    What our staff has to say: “The solo endeavor of Mikey Young, who’s resume of bands include Total Control and Eddy Current Suppression Ring just to name a few. You […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Wax Chattels – s/t
    Wax Chattels – s/t
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    The inception of Wax Chattels occurred rather rapidly. Several years after completing jazz school together, Peter Ruddell and Amanda Cheng reconnected at a Preoccupations show in 2016 at [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • LP Sleeve 3 mil. 100 ct.
    LP Sleeve 3 mil. 100 ct.
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    Bags Unlimited Brand. Fits over the LP Jacket. Will hold Double LP Jackets. 100 count Clear 12-3/4 x 12-3/4″ 3 mil POLYETHYLENE Sound Sleeves Record Album Sleeves with no flap. […]

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  • Paper Sleeves – 100 count bag
    Paper Sleeves – 100 count bag
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    Bag Unlimited brand. Die cut center hole 12″ paper inner sleeves.

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  • Joni Void – Mise En Abyme
    Joni Void – Mise En Abyme
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    Mise En Abyme is the second full-length by Joni Void, the plunderphonic electronica project of France/Canada producer Jean Cousin, following his acutely accomplished and acclaimed 2017 debut [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Varsity – Fine Forever
    Varsity – Fine Forever
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    From the very start of “Runaway,” the opening track on Varsity’s third album Fine Forever, it’s clear that the Chicago quintet has morphed into something new. While still working in […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sunwatchers – Brave Rats
    Sunwatchers – Brave Rats
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    SUNWATCHERS’ Brave Rats EP (AMI 051) is the band’s third Amish-related release (also see: 3 Characters with Eugene Chadbourne and Arthur Doyle’s First House).  Quick on the heels of [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Zola Jesus – Arkhon
    Zola Jesus – Arkhon
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    There is a way a voice can cut through the fascia of reality, cleaving through habit into the raw nerve of experience. Nika Roza Danilova, the singer, songwriter, and producer […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Kanye West – Donda
    Kanye West – Donda
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    What our staff has to say: “Donda is the nexus of Kanye’s genius and mania. Praising god, remembering his mother and grieving the breakup of his family. It is easy […]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • Joan Shelley – The Spur
    Joan Shelley – The Spur
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    I want to explain these songs / I want to leave them unexplained. We’ve all been working with a lot of silence. I was tired from touring, remembering the long […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Iggy & The Stooges – Metallic K.O.
    Iggy & The Stooges – Metallic K.O.
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    What our staff has to say: “Absolutely beyond Raw, Stooges at their best.” – Cleo IGGY and the STOOGES ‘METALLIC K.O.’ The Original 1976 Album – the notorious [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore, Rock / Pop
  • Reigning Sound – Abdication
    Reigning Sound – Abdication
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    Produced by Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys and Reigning Sound frontman Greg Cartwright, Abdication… For Your Love was originally available solely as a promotional giveaway. This 2019 reissue [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Palberta – Palberta5000
    Palberta – Palberta5000
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    “While punk music was our first love, pop music has become our fixation. Throughout the making of ‘Palberta5000,’ we were focused on making music that people could not only sing […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • No Joy – Motherhood LP
    No Joy – Motherhood LP
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    No Joy’s relentless sonic permutations are evidence of frontperson and principal songwriter Jasamine White-Gluz’s insatiable desire to grow. The Montréal-based project began a decade ago as [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Boys Next Door – Lost And Brave Exhibition (Rarities / Demos)
    Boys Next Door – Lost And Brave Exhibition (Rarities / Demos)
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    Fan Club Edition

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Malcria – El Reino De Lo Falso
    Malcria – El Reino De Lo Falso
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    Pointed, chaotic and forceful hardcore from Mexico City. MALCRÍA underlines their odd brand of precise punk with dark urgency and pained screams without a drop of reference or a borrowed […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Bill MacKay & Katinka Kleijn – STIR
    Bill MacKay & Katinka Kleijn – STIR
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    The combustive guitar/cello chemistry of MacKay and Kleijn is drawn from avant-rock, classical and experimental inspirations, forged through years of live performance. The freedom-cum-new [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Christiane F. – Gesundheit! (RSD)
    Christiane F. – Gesundheit! (RSD)
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  • Otto Kentrol – No Mistakes (RSD)
    Otto Kentrol – No Mistakes (RSD)
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    What our staff has to say: “Not often mentioned when people discuss New York’s no wave scene, Otto Kentrol aka Bill Yitalo, finally gets his dues with a 2xLP archival […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • V/A – The Soul Sides (RSD)
    V/A – The Soul Sides (RSD)
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    First ever compilation of the deep ’60s soul from Jetstar, including Alder Ray Mathis’ Northern Soul stepper ‘Take Me Baby’! Featuring previously unissued tracks from [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Peter Hook & The Light – Closer Live 2011
    Peter Hook & The Light – Closer Live 2011
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    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Itasca – Spring
    Itasca – Spring
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    What our staff has to say: “One of my favorite folk albums of the past 10 years. Laurel Canyon styled folk. Joni Mitchell – breezy afternoon. Heavy southwest vibe. Bitchin […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Half Japanese – Crazy Hearts
    Half Japanese – Crazy Hearts
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    Half Japanese return with another thrilling ride into unknown charters encountering beasts, celebrities, and menaces. Purveyors of noise and indie rock for over four decades, Half Japanese have [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Half-Handed Cloud – Gathered Out Of Thin Air
    Half-Handed Cloud – Gathered Out Of Thin Air
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    “Gathered Out Of Thin Air” is a new Half-handed Cloud (John Ringhofer) double LP compilation of sixty freshly mastered, non-LP singles, EPs, and rarities, recorded throughout the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Hatred Surge – Human Overdose LP (Yellow Vinyl 2022 Repress)
    Hatred Surge – Human Overdose LP (Yellow Vinyl 2022 Repress)
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    What our staff has to say: “Top tier death metal. Absolutely crushing, FFO being absolutely destroyed. Favorite track ‘Skinjob’” – Dan HATRED SURGE – Human Overdose LP [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Essaie Pas – Earth
    Essaie Pas – Earth
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    Montreal duo Essaie pas return to DFA with a 12-inch that picks up where their 2018 album New Path left off. “Earth” is a blistering ride through the rave, an […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • EMA – Exile In The Outer Ring
    EMA – Exile In The Outer Ring
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    EMA – the project of South Dakota native and Portland, OR-based artist Erika M. Anderson – has announced her third album Exile In The Outer Ring for release on August 25, 2017 via City Slang. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dominant Force – Cosmic Denial
    Dominant Force – Cosmic Denial
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    Debut 12″ from Aloma Hardcore’s own DOMINANT FORCE

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Martin Newell – The Off White Album
    Martin Newell – The Off White Album
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    The title of Martin Newell’s second solo album comes from a cheeky riff on the Beatles’ White Album: if 1993’s critically-acclaimed The Greatest Living Englishman was Newell’s Sgt. Pepper’s, then [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sculpture Club – Worth LP (Milky Clear Exclusive Color Vinyl)
    Sculpture Club – Worth LP (Milky Clear Exclusive Color Vinyl)
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    Label Description: Pressed on 180 gram vinyl & housed an embossed jacket. Existing in a place not normally associated with the darker currents of culture, the pristine valley backdrop of […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Building – Reconciliation
    The Building – Reconciliation
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    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Building – Just For Once
    The Building – Just For Once
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    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • PJ Bond – Brother Bones
    PJ Bond – Brother Bones
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    This is an 8 song split record with brothers PJ and Brian Bond, who each wrote the songs on their respective sides.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative