March 8th Newsletter
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  • David Tholfsen – Walk With Me
    David Tholfsen – Walk With Me
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    What our staff has to say: “Layered vocal melodies that guide you through a natural world. FFO Avant yodeling.” – Dan David Tholfsen is an American musician and artist living [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Loopsel – The Spiral
    Loopsel – The Spiral
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    2022 U.S. Reissue Fans of the Swedish underground should be familiar with Elin Engström from her time playing in Monokultur, Skiftande Enheter, and excellent solo recording project Loopsel. Her [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bill Fay – Still Some Light: Part 2
    Bill Fay – Still Some Light: Part 2
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    Bill Fay has always sung about attempting to understand the most universal questions: those of nature, spirituality, humanity. His songs are “calming hymns for another chaotic time”, he says. His [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
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    Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them, and her sixth album, We’ve Been Going About This All […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sylk – S/T
    Sylk – S/T
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    Sylk was a short-lived soul & funk band from the Aiken, South Carolina – Augusta, Georgia border area (better known as the CSRA) who released just one album in 1983. […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Quinn  Harris – Statements
    Quinn Harris – Statements
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    Born in Texas but raised in Riverside, California, Quinn Harris first started playing music in 1954 when he saved up his paper route money for an alto sax. At a […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Bubbha Thomas – Life & Times…
    Bubbha Thomas – Life & Times…
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    Houston’s reputation for developing first-class jazz acts is well-established, as a stream of young players has been distinguishing themselves for decades…among those musicians and mentors who [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – INASOUND: retour aux sources de l’électro avec l’INA GRM
    V/A – INASOUND: retour aux sources de l’électro avec l’INA GRM
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    What our staff has to say: “Found this gem hidden inside the modern comp section. Ranging from sparse musique concrete to early synth compositions, this comp is a fascinating document […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sudden Infant – Lunatic Asylum
    Sudden Infant – Lunatic Asylum
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    Joke Lanz and Sudden Infant once again return in their razor-sharp trio setting whereby the absurdist nature that Joke’s work is already cut with is reconfigured in a gnarled and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Kenny Cox – Introducing Kenny Cox
    Kenny Cox – Introducing Kenny Cox
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    Blue Note Classic Vinyl Reissue Series All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP Mastered by Kevin Gray Directly from the Original Master Tapes and Manufactured at Optimal in Germany Blue Note Records has […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dr. Lonnie Smith – Breathe
    Dr. Lonnie Smith – Breathe
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    Recorded Live in 2017 at the Jazz Standard in NYC During 75th Birthday Run and Bookended with Two Unique Studio Collaborations with Iggy Pop! Breathe captures the Hammond B-3 organ […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonny Red – Out Of The Blue
    Sonny Red – Out Of The Blue
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Sonny Red’s Out of the Blue Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed by […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Stanley Turrentine – Rough ‘N Tumble
    Stanley Turrentine – Rough ‘N Tumble
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    All-Analog 180g Vinyl LP of Stanley Turrentine’s Rough ‘N Tumble Mastered from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Gray & Pressed at RTI: Reference-Caliber Blue Note Reissue Helmed [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Marv – Basse Danse CS
    Marv – Basse Danse CS
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    What our staff has to say: “Magical little tape here, hits on all cylinders. Label hails from Boone NC, artists from Durham NC. Places both family and friends are located […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Barry Gifford – Sailor & Lula: Expanded Edition
    Barry Gifford – Sailor & Lula: Expanded Edition
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    “The Romeo and Juliet of the South” are back in this new edition of the internationally best-selling Sailor and Lula novels, now including for the first time the culminating novel, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Larry Clark – Tulsa
    Larry Clark – Tulsa
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    What our staff has to say: “The only time glamorizing self annihilation as art has worked.” – Cleo When it first appeared in 1971, Larry Clark’s groundbreaking book Tulsa [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Claudio Lomnitz – Death And The Idea Of Mexico
    Claudio Lomnitz – Death And The Idea Of Mexico
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    Death and the Idea of Mexico is the first social, cultural, and political history of death in a nation that has made death its tutelary sign. Examining the history of […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Carol J. Clover – Men, Women & Chainsaws
    Carol J. Clover – Men, Women & Chainsaws
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    Do the pleasures of horror movies really begin and end in sadism? So the public discussion of film assumes, and so film theory claims. Carol Clover argues, however, that these […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Connan Mockasin & Ade – It’s Just Wind (RSD)
    Connan Mockasin & Ade – It’s Just Wind (RSD)
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  • V/A – Wild Paarty Sounds Volume One (RSD Italy)
    V/A – Wild Paarty Sounds Volume One (RSD Italy)
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    INDIE EXCLUSIVE, RSD ITALY APRIL RELEASE. First volume — though the second never happened — of this ongoing collaboration between post-punk stalwarts Cherry Red and home of the [...]

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  • Ian A. Anderson – Royal York Crescent (RSD Italy)
    Ian A. Anderson – Royal York Crescent (RSD Italy)
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    INDIE EXCLUSIVE, RSD ITALY APRIL RELEASE. When we talk about British folk revival, we should not forget a key figure as Ian A. Anderson, a songwriter on its own and […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Roky Erickson & The Explosives – Halloween Ii: Live 2007 (RSD)
    Roky Erickson & The Explosives – Halloween Ii: Live 2007 (RSD)
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    WHITE 2xLP + DVD. Best live recording from Roky’s “comeback” era of 2005-2008 with The Explosives. Recorded at the Bowery Ballroom, New York City, NY on April 15, 2007. This [...]

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  • Ceyleib People – Tanyet (RSD)
    Ceyleib People – Tanyet (RSD)
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    Originally released in 1968 as an LA studio concept album, this instrumental album is a remarkable fusion of the psychedelic sounds of sitar and mellotron with angular guitar riffs and […]

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  • V/A – The Rock Sides (RSD)
    V/A – The Rock Sides (RSD)
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    The first-ever compilation of the rare and unissued garage and rockabilly from Jetstar Records! Largely done under the watchful eye of Dale Hawkins (who penned “Suzie Q”) including an unearthed [...]

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  • 50 Foot Wave – Bath White (RSD)
    50 Foot Wave – Bath White (RSD)
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    Back on vinyl for this Kristin Hersh fronted project, a super rare 2016 EP of enchanting and exhilarating sounds that shift from dreamy and emotional melancholy to jagged and almost […]

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  • 50 Foot Wave – Power + Light (RSD)
    50 Foot Wave – Power + Light (RSD)
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    Back on vinyl for this bracing, ever twitching opus made of seven fluid pieces that fold into one continuous mantra. An essential release from the Throwing Muses’ offshoot helmed by […]

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  • Ultravox – Live At The Rainbow 1977 (RSD)
    Ultravox – Live At The Rainbow 1977 (RSD)
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    Ultravox! Live at the Rainbow 1977 is available for the first time on vinyl with this special 45th Anniversary Edition. Recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London, in February 1977, […]

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  • Cold War Kids – Zowie Selects (RSD)
    Cold War Kids – Zowie Selects (RSD)
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    This 10 song compilation features a track list of favorites from Cold War Kids’ New Age Norms selected by super-fan and friend, Zowie. This limited edition Record Store Day vinyl […]

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  • David Bowie – Brilliant Adventure E.P. (RSD)
    David Bowie – Brilliant Adventure E.P. (RSD)
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    1LP 12″ EP Single (black). Includes 75 sticker. Additional info strictly confidential until announcecd via Bowie.

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  • David Bowie – Toy E.P. (‘You’ve Got It Made With All The Toys’) (RSD)
    David Bowie – Toy E.P. (‘You’ve Got It Made With All The Toys’) (RSD)
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    1LP 10″ Single (black). Includes 75 sticker. Additional info strictly confidential until announcecd via Bowie.

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  • V/A – Salutations
    V/A – Salutations
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    An inaugural compilation of new music from RVNG Intl., Salutations observes and elevates the nature of meetings, greetings, group assemblies and exercises along the invisible plane created [...]

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  • Marv – Marv
    Marv – Marv
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    Marv is a keyboard duo based in Carrboro, NC. This effort is their debut, self-titled, LP, recorded in February and July 2019 in Campobello, SC and Carrboro respectively. Each track […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • S. Carey – Break Me Open
    S. Carey – Break Me Open
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    S. Carey is the moniker of Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Sean Carey, commonly recognized as the drummer, backing vocalist, and second-longest serving [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Fourth Wife – Head Fell Between Two Horses CS
    Fourth Wife – Head Fell Between Two Horses CS
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    Fourth Wife is the long-running project of Cincinnati’s Michael Latella. His latest full-length is Head Fell Between Two Horses, and as in his previous work, Latella stretches, splits, and [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Orquere – Foundations
    Orquere – Foundations
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    With an explorative approach Orquere organizes concrete sounds into experimental structures of cold and dry sonic landscapes where sounds appear as objects. Stripped down to their bare essence. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Riley – Drowned
    Riley – Drowned
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    “Drowned” is a collection of spectral, downtempo jungle reverberations from NYC-based artist Riley, who East Coast underground types may also know from the intense tape-machine and [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • M Ross Perkins – E Pluribus M Ross
    M Ross Perkins – E Pluribus M Ross
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    Like some kind of time-hopping wizard with preternatural melodic sensibilities, M Ross Perkins is back with his sophomore full-length, E Pluribus M Ross. The album, his first for Colemine/Karma [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • BUÑUEL – Killers Like Us
    BUÑUEL – Killers Like Us
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    Bunuel is the sound of a difficult situation made worse by an unwillingness and an inability to play nice. If slotting it in a genre makes it easier for one […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Timber Rattle – Phantoms Of Place
    Timber Rattle – Phantoms Of Place
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    2017 release on BLUESANCT, “Phantoms Of Place” is a psyche-pastoral hymnal which seems to be as informed by noise shows in West Coast Basements as it is by the Blue […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – Examinations – 2016 – 2018 CD
    Drekka – Examinations – 2016 – 2018 CD
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    For over twenty years, Mkl Anderson has curated a vast archive of recorded material for his cinematic ambient industrial soundscapes. Working for as many years under the name Drekka, he […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – Sleeping Patterns Of The Discontent
    Drekka – Sleeping Patterns Of The Discontent
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    «One can be a discontent – that is, an insurgent or a revolutionary – but there is also that more literal, personal meaning of the word which may be in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – Beings Of ImberIndus
    Drekka – Beings Of ImberIndus
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    “Beings of ImberIndus” was commissioned as a hexaphonic sound installation to accompany the “Beings of ImberIndus” solo soft sculpture show by Carrie Weaver; presented at [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – There Is No Silence Left (Drekka Remix)
    Drekka – There Is No Silence Left (Drekka Remix)
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    “There is no silence left” is a collection of remixes and reworkings by Mkl Anderson of Drekka, released under various monikers between 1996 and 2012. Contains 13 previously [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – Examinations: 2016 -2018
    Drekka – Examinations: 2016 -2018
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    For over twenty years, Mkl Anderson has curated a vast archive of recorded material for his cinematic ambient industrial soundscapes. Working for as many years under the name Drekka, he […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Fall – Slates
    The Fall – Slates
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    If The Fall truly is a cult band, then Slates both benefits from and reinforces such shrouded obsessions. In presenting these six particular songs as a 10-inch EP, the inherent […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Francesco Messina – Reflex
    Francesco Messina – Reflex
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    Francesco Messina is perhaps best known for his collaboration with fellow composer Raul Lovisoni on the album Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo, originally released on seminal Italian label Cramps [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Gentle Leader XIV ? Channels
    Gentle Leader XIV ? Channels
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    Gentle Leader XIV conjures the unholy ghost of modern life while warming around the fire of a domesticated mythology. A friend long gone, a beloved object stolen, a bird on […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Halalchemists – Total Nihilistic Butchery
    Halalchemists – Total Nihilistic Butchery
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    Halalchemists Total Nihilistic Butchery Implements : A1 Total Nothing Blank Iii A2 Cry Me A River [Tnb-Halalchemy Live Newcastle 1983-2006] B1 Untitled [Total Nothing Blank Ii] B2 Senzuri Nothing [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Flower Travellin’ Band – Anywhere (Picture Disc)
    Flower Travellin’ Band – Anywhere (Picture Disc)
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    A picture disc reissue of the first album from the legendary Japanese rockers, Flower Travellin’ Band, fronted by Yuya Uchida. Although an album consisting mainly of cover versions, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Fangoria Vol 2 #14 (January 2022)
    Fangoria Vol 2 #14 (January 2022)
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    2022 is upon us! FANGORIA #14 rings in the new year with the one you’ve been waiting for… and one you’ll have to wait a little longer for. Here’s what […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Horror Fiction