NEW ARRIVALS
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Bug Bus Piano – Our Broken Time Machine
$25.00 | LP, VinylStern Records is proud to present Our Broken Time Machine, welcoming back Bug Bus Piano with their second full-length release on the label. As a freshly assembled puzzle swells, countless […]
GENRE: Experimental / Noise -
Oraculu – Watch The Change
$28.00 | LP, Vinyl“This record is about change. I’ve started to be less interested in the fire of the sun, the explosion, the heat. The consistency, the orbit, the return got my full […]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
The Way Of Cartouche Set (as-is, no box, wear/discoloration)
$40.00 | Print, Used ItemsA manual and card set by English occultist Murry Hope on a method of divination based on the ancient Egyptian religion and using hieroglyphic images known as cartouches. Hope explains […]
GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction -
Nick Drake – Pink Moon
$8.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“After two albums of tastefully orchestrated folk-pop, albeit some of the least demonstrative and most affecting around, Drake chose a radical change for what turned out to be his final [...]
GENRE: Folk / Country -
Sonar – Overdose Simulation
$12.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“Overdose Simulation is an arresting release of minimalist power noise. Concocted by the minds behind such projects as Dive, Klinik (Dirk Ivens), and Hypnoskull (Patrick Stevens), Overdose [...]
GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics -
Charles Mingus – Cumbia & Jazz Fusion
$8.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“As Charles Mingus’ career (and life) moved into its final phase, his recordings exclusively featured large (and often potentially unruly) ensembles. This CD, which contains two [...]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
Sonic Youth – NYC Ghosts & Flowers
$7.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“Continuing their high-brow path towards avant-garde guitar music and away from their late ’80s punk-influenced style of controlled cacophony, Sonic Youth have continued to make it [...]
GENRE: Indie / Alternative -
Rempis* / Adasiewicz* / Corsano* – Dial Up
$15.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“There are super groups, and then there are SUPERGROUPS. This trio, comprised of three prolific journeymen improvisers whose work has been recognized across the globe, is neither. This is a [...]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
Sonic Youth – Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star
$6.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“Whereas Dirty and its predecessors were loud, distorted, and bordering on the fine line between pop and noise, Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star did away with the ear-bleeding […]
GENRE: Indie / Alternative -
Skinny Puppy – Bites And Remission
$20.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“Bites, Skinny Puppy’s first album, recalls the gloomy throb of Cabaret Voltaire, but with a more pronounced beat.” – allmsic.com Label: Nettwerk – 88561-5008-2 Format: [...]
GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics -
V/A – Hood Dreams Vol. 2 Girl Of The Night
$15.00 | CD, CD, Used ItemsKiller low-rider soul comp, in the vein of the East Side Story comps. Label: F.T.R. Records – FTR 0015 Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 2004 VG+/VG+ *Image in the […]
GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco -
V/A – Hood Dreams Vol. 1 What Chance Does A Man Have
$15.00 | CD, CD, Used ItemsKiller low-rider soul comp, in the vein of the East Side Story comps. Label: F.T.R. Records – FTR 0014 Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 2004 VG+/VG+ *Image in the […]
GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
VINYL
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Bug Bus Piano – Our Broken Time Machine
$25.00 | LP, VinylStern Records is proud to present Our Broken Time Machine, welcoming back Bug Bus Piano with their second full-length release on the label. As a freshly assembled puzzle swells, countless […]
GENRE: Experimental / Noise -
Oraculu – Watch The Change
$28.00 | LP, Vinyl“This record is about change. I’ve started to be less interested in the fire of the sun, the explosion, the heat. The consistency, the orbit, the return got my full […]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
Bad Brains – Rock For Light
$32.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl“After the tinny sound quality of the band’s debut, the second Bad Brains album came as a real blast of sonic fresh air. Producer Ric Ocasek is largely responsible, but […]
GENRE: Punk / Hardcore -
Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
$22.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl“Along with Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, the Wu-Tang Clan’s debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), was one of the most influential rap albums of the ’90s. Its spare yet [...]
GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul -
Quasi – R&B Transmogrification (Light Green Vinyl)
$20.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl“R&B Transmogrification was Sam Coomes’ and Janet Weiss’ first real statement as a band. Exuding glorious pop hooks over Weiss’ measured drumming, R&B [...]
GENRE: Indie / Alternative -
Yes – Yes
$15.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl“Yes’ debut album is surprisingly strong, given the inexperience of all those involved at the time. In an era when psychedelic meanderings were the order of the day, Yes delivered [...]
GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Rock / Pop -
Red Garland With Paul Chambers And Art Taylor – Red Garland’s P…
$110.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl“Red Garland’s third session as a leader finds the distinctive pianist investigating eight standards (including “Please Send Me Someone to Love,” “Stompin’ at [...]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
Stevie Wonder – Innervisions
$20.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl“When Stevie Wonder applied his tremendous songwriting talents to the unsettled social morass that was the early ’70s, he produced one of his greatest, most important works, a rich [...]
GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco -
The John Coltrane Quartet – Coltrane (check condition, plays w/noise)
$16.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl“Considered by many to be his finest single album, Coltrane finds John Coltrane displaying all of the exciting elements that sparked brilliance and allowed his fully formed instrumental [...]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
V/A – Free For All
$18.00 | LP, Used Items, VinylLive recordings of Token Entry, Wrecking Crew, Rest In Pieces and No For An Answer Label: Hawker Records – HR 9458 1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1989 […]
GENRE: Punk / Hardcore -
Joshua Abrams – Natural Information (2010 Eremite Pressing)
$75.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl“natural information, joshua abrams 1st record for eremite, is another fascinating entry in a solo discography of recordings that gather aesthetic input from all over the map into vivid [...]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
King Tuff – The Other (Rainbow Marble Vinyl)
$12.00 | LP, Used Items, Vinyl“In the lead-up to Kyle Thomas’ fourth King Tuff LP, the songwriter/multi-instrumentalist found himself at home in L.A., run down from years of touring, and feeling more and more [...]
GENRE: Indie / Alternative
CDs
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Nick Drake – Pink Moon
$8.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“After two albums of tastefully orchestrated folk-pop, albeit some of the least demonstrative and most affecting around, Drake chose a radical change for what turned out to be his final [...]
GENRE: Folk / Country -
Sonar – Overdose Simulation
$12.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“Overdose Simulation is an arresting release of minimalist power noise. Concocted by the minds behind such projects as Dive, Klinik (Dirk Ivens), and Hypnoskull (Patrick Stevens), Overdose [...]
GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics -
Charles Mingus – Cumbia & Jazz Fusion
$8.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“As Charles Mingus’ career (and life) moved into its final phase, his recordings exclusively featured large (and often potentially unruly) ensembles. This CD, which contains two [...]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
Sonic Youth – NYC Ghosts & Flowers
$7.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“Continuing their high-brow path towards avant-garde guitar music and away from their late ’80s punk-influenced style of controlled cacophony, Sonic Youth have continued to make it [...]
GENRE: Indie / Alternative -
Rempis* / Adasiewicz* / Corsano* – Dial Up
$15.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“There are super groups, and then there are SUPERGROUPS. This trio, comprised of three prolific journeymen improvisers whose work has been recognized across the globe, is neither. This is a [...]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz -
Sonic Youth – Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star
$6.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“Whereas Dirty and its predecessors were loud, distorted, and bordering on the fine line between pop and noise, Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star did away with the ear-bleeding […]
GENRE: Indie / Alternative -
Skinny Puppy – Bites And Remission
$20.00 | CD, CD, Used Items“Bites, Skinny Puppy’s first album, recalls the gloomy throb of Cabaret Voltaire, but with a more pronounced beat.” – allmsic.com Label: Nettwerk – 88561-5008-2 Format: [...]
GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics -
V/A – Hood Dreams Vol. 2 Girl Of The Night
$15.00 | CD, CD, Used ItemsKiller low-rider soul comp, in the vein of the East Side Story comps. Label: F.T.R. Records – FTR 0015 Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 2004 VG+/VG+ *Image in the […]
GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco -
V/A – Hood Dreams Vol. 1 What Chance Does A Man Have
$15.00 | CD, CD, Used ItemsKiller low-rider soul comp, in the vein of the East Side Story comps. Label: F.T.R. Records – FTR 0014 Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 2004 VG+/VG+ *Image in the […]
GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco -
Infectants – Intrusions And Disturbances: Vol. 1
$5.00 | CD, CD-R, Used ItemsCondition: VG+/VG+ *Image in the listing is stock. There may be variation in the actual product.
GENRE: Experimental / Noise -
Hood Dreams Vol. 3 Only When You’re Lonely
$15.00 | CD, CD, Used ItemsKiller low-rider soul comp, in the vein of the East Side Story comps. Label: F.T.R. Records – 0016 Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 2004 VG+/VG+ *Image in the listing […]
GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco -
Paul Flaherty – Chris Corsano* – The Beloved Music
$8.00 | CD, CD, Used ItemsThe Beloved Music is the most thoroughly realized blueprint for a post-hardcore take on improvised jazz to date from the duo of legendarily long-serving New England saxophonist Paul Flaherty and [...]
GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
BOOKS
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Everything Keeps Dissolving: Conversations With Coil
$30.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsBetween 1983 and 2004 the legendary British experimental band Coil established themselves as shape-shifting doyens of esoteric music whose influence has grown spectacularly in the years since [...]
GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics, Non-Fiction -
John Neumeier – Traum Wege
$60.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsPhotobook of the work of the choreographer John Neumeier Book is in Very Good condition and shows light general wear. There may be slight shelfwear to edges and wraps, however […]
GENRE: Art/Photography -
Maurice Merleau-Ponty – The Structure Of Behavior
$30.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsAt the time of his death in May 1961, Maurice Merleau-Ponty held the chair of Philosophy at the College de France. Together with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, he […]
GENRE: Non-Fiction -
Hans Haacke and Pierre Bourdieu – Free Exchange
$15.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsPierre Bourdieu and Hans Haacke’s frank and open dialogue on contemporary art and culture ranges widely, from censorship and obscenity to the social conditions of artistic creativity. Among [...]
GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction -
Martha Graham in Love and War: The Life in the Work
$15.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsOften called the Picasso, Stravinsky, or Frank Lloyd Wright of the dance world, Martha Graham revolutionized ballet stages across the globe. Using newly discovered archival sources, award-winning [...]
GENRE: Non-Fiction -
Feminism and Tradition in Aesthetics
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThis anthology connects recent debates in feminist theory to debates in traditional philosophical aesthetics. Among the topics covered are: gender totemism; the oppositional gaze in terms of the [...]
GENRE: Non-Fiction -
Barbara Catoir – Conversations with Antoni Tapies
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThe author has condensed hundreds of hours of her conversations with Spain’s leading contemporary artist, and neatly assembled them in thematic chapters. Book is in Very Good condition and [...]
GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction -
An Anthropologist at Work: Writings of Ruth Benedict
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsAn Anthropologist at Work is the product of a long collaboration between Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead. Mead, who was Benedict’s student, colleague, and eventually her biographer, here [...]
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Martha Graham – Blood Memory: An Autobiography
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThe innovative choreographer describes her childhood, her days with the Denishawn Dance Company, her tragic marriage, her own company, and her work with such artists as Chaplin, Louise Brooks, [...]
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Christine Lindey – Art in the Cold War : From Vladivostok to Kal…
$9.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsThis book, which covers new ground, is a study of high and low art, official and unofficial, in the Soviet Union and the West in the Cold War years, 1945–62. […]
GENRE: Non-Fiction -
Steve Diet Goedde: The Beauty of Fetish (Signed/inscribed!)
$60.00 | Book, Print, Used Items“Fashion magazines are a deliberate reference point for Steve Diet Goedde in his gorgeous “The Beauty of Fetish,” a collection of shots of women in bondage and fetish gear that [...]
GENRE: Art/Photography -
The Polaroid Book: Selections From The Polaroid Collections Of Photogr…
$10.00 | Book, Print, Used ItemsIn existence for over 50 years, the Polaroid Corporation’s photography collection is the greatest portfolio of Polaroid images in the world. Begun by Polaroid founder Edwin Land and photographer [...]
GENRE: Art/Photography
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