December 6th Newsletter

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NEW ARRIVALS

  • Faith No More – The Real Thing
    Faith No More – The Real Thing
    $120.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Starting with the careening “From Out of Nowhere” driven by Roddy Bottum’s doomy, energetic keyboards, Faith No More rebounded excellently on The Real Thing after Chuck [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Eugene Thacker – Horror of Philosophy: Vols. 1-3
    Eugene Thacker – Horror of Philosophy: Vols. 1-3
    $35.00 | , Add to cart

    Zer0 Books presents a new, omnibus edition of a cult classic: all three volumes of Eugene Thacker’s Horror of Philosophy trilogy, revised and expanded by the author. Across the three […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Pierre Guyotat – Idiocy
    Pierre Guyotat – Idiocy
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    Pierre Guyotat was one of the most radical and uncompromising writers of the twentieth century, a literary successor to Sade, Bataille, and Genet whose visceral fictions and bold experiments with [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Coil ‎– Scatology (1985 UK pressing, includes affixed postcard and OG inner)
    Coil ‎– Scatology (1985 UK pressing, includes affixed postcard and OG inner)
    $200.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Coil’s first official full-length album, Scatology, is one of the essential landmarks in the group’s discography and, moreover, one of the ’80s industrial scene’s [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • The Cult – Live At The Lyceum – London – 20th May 1984
    The Cult – Live At The Lyceum – London – 20th May 1984
    $24.00 | , , Add to cart

    This album is from the soundtrack to the Cult’s video album Dreamtime Live At The Lyceum. Label: Beggars Banquet – LIVE 1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Canada Released: 1986 […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Aesop’s Fables ‎– In Due Time
    Aesop’s Fables ‎– In Due Time
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    Psyched out soul-jazz from New York Label: Cadet Concept – LPS-323 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1969 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some noticeable discoloration, edgewear and drillhole [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Depeche Mode ‎– Speak & Spell
    Depeche Mode ‎– Speak & Spell
    $28.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Though probably nobody fully appreciated it at the time — perhaps least of all the band! — Depeche Mode’s debut is at once both a conservative, functional pop record and [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • The Henry Kaiser Band ‎– Heart’s Desire
    The Henry Kaiser Band ‎– Heart’s Desire
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A recording of Kaiser’s working California band of the late ’80s and early ’90s, Heart’s Desire splits its time about evenly between originals and the cover [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come
    The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Recorded as the relationship between Morrissey and Johnny Marr was beginning to splinter, Strangeways, Here We Come is the most carefully considered and elaborately produced album in the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • XTC ‎– Drums And Wires
    XTC ‎– Drums And Wires
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Following Go 2, keyboardist Barry Andrews left XTC and, rather than finding a replacement keyboard player, the band opted to recruit another guitarist (who could also play keyboards), Dave [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Various – Gone 2 “Basement Walls” (14 U.S. Oilslickers And Garage Mechanics From The Mid Sixties)
    Various – Gone 2 “Basement Walls” (14 U.S. Oilslickers And Garage Mechanics From The Mid Sixties)
    $25.00 | , , Add to cart

    Compilation of hard to find Garage nuggets, curated by Julian Cope. Label: Antar – GONE 2 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Unofficial Release Country: UK Released: 1986 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • V/A – Rat Music For Rat People
    V/A – Rat Music For Rat People
    $32.00 | , , Add to cart

    Compilation of live performances from key 80’s hardcore bands such as Dead Kennedys, Flipper & Bad Brains. Label: Go! Records – GO 003 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore

VINYL

  • Faith No More – The Real Thing
    Faith No More – The Real Thing
    $120.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Starting with the careening “From Out of Nowhere” driven by Roddy Bottum’s doomy, energetic keyboards, Faith No More rebounded excellently on The Real Thing after Chuck [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Coil ‎– Scatology (1985 UK pressing, includes affixed postcard and OG inner)
    Coil ‎– Scatology (1985 UK pressing, includes affixed postcard and OG inner)
    $200.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Coil’s first official full-length album, Scatology, is one of the essential landmarks in the group’s discography and, moreover, one of the ’80s industrial scene’s [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • The Cult – Live At The Lyceum – London – 20th May 1984
    The Cult – Live At The Lyceum – London – 20th May 1984
    $24.00 | , , Add to cart

    This album is from the soundtrack to the Cult’s video album Dreamtime Live At The Lyceum. Label: Beggars Banquet – LIVE 1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Canada Released: 1986 […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Aesop’s Fables ‎– In Due Time
    Aesop’s Fables ‎– In Due Time
    $15.00 | , , Add to cart

    Psyched out soul-jazz from New York Label: Cadet Concept – LPS-323 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1969 VG+/VG. Sleeve has some noticeable discoloration, edgewear and drillhole [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Depeche Mode ‎– Speak & Spell
    Depeche Mode ‎– Speak & Spell
    $28.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Though probably nobody fully appreciated it at the time — perhaps least of all the band! — Depeche Mode’s debut is at once both a conservative, functional pop record and [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • The Henry Kaiser Band ‎– Heart’s Desire
    The Henry Kaiser Band ‎– Heart’s Desire
    $10.00 | , , Add to cart

    “A recording of Kaiser’s working California band of the late ’80s and early ’90s, Heart’s Desire splits its time about evenly between originals and the cover [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come
    The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come
    $30.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Recorded as the relationship between Morrissey and Johnny Marr was beginning to splinter, Strangeways, Here We Come is the most carefully considered and elaborately produced album in the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • XTC ‎– Drums And Wires
    XTC ‎– Drums And Wires
    $20.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Following Go 2, keyboardist Barry Andrews left XTC and, rather than finding a replacement keyboard player, the band opted to recruit another guitarist (who could also play keyboards), Dave [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Various – Gone 2 “Basement Walls” (14 U.S. Oilslickers And Garage Mechanics From The Mid Sixties)
    Various – Gone 2 “Basement Walls” (14 U.S. Oilslickers And Garage Mechanics From The Mid Sixties)
    $25.00 | , , Add to cart

    Compilation of hard to find Garage nuggets, curated by Julian Cope. Label: Antar – GONE 2 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Unofficial Release Country: UK Released: 1986 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • V/A – Rat Music For Rat People
    V/A – Rat Music For Rat People
    $32.00 | , , Add to cart

    Compilation of live performances from key 80’s hardcore bands such as Dead Kennedys, Flipper & Bad Brains. Label: Go! Records – GO 003 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Sisters Of Mercy ‎– Body And Soul
    The Sisters Of Mercy ‎– Body And Soul
    $16.00 | , , Add to cart

    One of the best Sisters Of Mercy EPs, adorned by beautiful Dore woodcut on the sleeve. Label: Merciful Release – MR029T Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM Country: UK Released: 1984 […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Grodeck Whipperjenny ‎– The Grodeck Whipperjenny [sealed]
    The Grodeck Whipperjenny ‎– The Grodeck Whipperjenny [sealed]
    $450.00 | , , Add to cart

    “”Sho is Funky Down Here and The Grodeck Whipperjenny are a pair of albums that are the result of an unlikely but highly productive musical relationship between James Brown, a […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Soul / Funk / Disco

CDs

  • Natural Information Society – Perseverance Flow
    Natural Information Society – Perseverance Flow
    $20.00 | , Add to cart

    “Announcing Perseverance Flow, the latest album from acclaimed Chicago-based ensemble Natural Information Society (NIS). After a trilogy of double LPs by expanded manifestations of the band [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Jung An Tagen – Revenge Of The Speaker People
    Jung An Tagen – Revenge Of The Speaker People
    $24.00 | , Add to cart

    “In 1978, at the University of London, the physicist David T. Kemp made an unusual discovery. Kemp noticed that faint sounds, known as Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), revealed the existence [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Extraordinary Popular Delusions – The Last Quintet
    Extraordinary Popular Delusions – The Last Quintet
    $19.00 | , Add to cart

    “Two decades ago, an all-star assembly of Chicago improvisers started a new band, drawing its name from an 1841 book by Charles Mackay: Extraordinary Popular Delusions. With weekly gigs at [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Ken Vandermark – October Flowers for Joe McPhee
    Ken Vandermark – October Flowers for Joe McPhee
    $14.00 | , Add to cart

    “It’s not a stretch to say that saxophonist and clarinetist Ken Vandermark’s path into creative music was paved by Joe McPhee. In particular, McPhee’s landmark 1976 LP [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Erez Dessel – Pro Fake No Reject
    Erez Dessel – Pro Fake No Reject
    $14.00 | , Add to cart

    “Corbett vs. Dempsey presents the release of PRO FAKE NO REJECT by pianist Erez Dessel. This is Dessel’s first solo CD. One of the most astonishing young musicians to emerge […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Alice – Châteaux Faibles
    Alice – Châteaux Faibles
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    “Alice is a vocal harmony trio made up of three persons, joined by a cheap synth and limited virtuosity. Together, they craft a kind of future folklore that’s part funny, […]

    GENRE: International
  • Smog – Rain On Lens
    Smog – Rain On Lens
    $13.00 | , Add to cart

    “The uninitiated listeners will hear this LP as a greatest hits package, sending one scurrying to find the record each song is from. NOTE: They’re all from Rain on Lens […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Smog – Strayed
    Smog – Strayed
    $11.00 | , Add to cart

    “The hit just keeps on coming. The shameless repackage CDEP includes one smash from Dongs of Sevotion with a closet classic from the earliest days of the teenaged Smog – […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Smog – ‘Neath The Puke Tree
    Smog – ‘Neath The Puke Tree
    $11.00 | , Add to cart

    “‘Neath the tree this year — a lonely, beautiful EP.”

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Bright Flight
    Silver Jews – Bright Flight
    $13.00 | , Add to cart

    “The first thing I remember about the recording of Bright Flight is that when we opened the door to Hum Depot’s roller rink of a basement studio, the console was […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
    Silver Jews – Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea
    $13.00 | , Add to cart

    “The valleys and lakes had better watch out, too. The Joos have returned with an unmistakable force that will shake the very foundations we all hold dear. David Berman’s wit […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
    Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
    $13.00 | , Add to cart

    “David Berman and Co. tear through 10 more numbers, loving you to the max the whole time. Jews fans rejoice, your master is back.”

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative

BOOKS

  • Eugene Thacker – Horror of Philosophy: Vols. 1-3
    Eugene Thacker – Horror of Philosophy: Vols. 1-3
    $35.00 | , Add to cart

    Zer0 Books presents a new, omnibus edition of a cult classic: all three volumes of Eugene Thacker’s Horror of Philosophy trilogy, revised and expanded by the author. Across the three […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Pierre Guyotat – Idiocy
    Pierre Guyotat – Idiocy
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    Pierre Guyotat was one of the most radical and uncompromising writers of the twentieth century, a literary successor to Sade, Bataille, and Genet whose visceral fictions and bold experiments with [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Panzram: A Journal of Murder
    Panzram: A Journal of Murder
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    A detailed memoir and self-analysis by a mass murderer. Panzram was born in 1891 on a Minnesota farm and died in 1930 on the gallows at the U.S.Penitentiary, Fort Leavenworth, […]

    GENRE: Memoir
  • Mark Fisher – Flatline Constructs: Gothic Materialism and Cybernetic Theory-Fiction
    Mark Fisher – Flatline Constructs: Gothic Materialism and Cybernetic Theory-Fiction
    $21.00 | , Add to cart

    Completed in 1999 during his time with the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, Mark Fisher’s PhD thesis, Flatline Constructs, invents a fusion of culture, critique, and radical philosophy that [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Synths, Sax and Situationists: The French Musical Underground 1968-1978
    Synths, Sax and Situationists: The French Musical Underground 1968-1978
    $31.00 | , Add to cart

    At the dawn of the ’70s, in a country still reeling from the aftershocks of World War 2, an underground movement of rock musicians resolved to tear it all up […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Non-Fiction
  • Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk
    Techno Rebels: The Renegades of Electronic Funk
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    When it was originally published in 1999, Techno Rebels became the definitive text on a hard-to-define but vital genre of music. Author Dan Sicko demystified techno’s characteristics, [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Catherine Breillat – I Only Believe in Myself: Conversation with Murielle Joudet
    Catherine Breillat – I Only Believe in Myself: Conversation with Murielle Joudet
    $18.00 | , Add to cart

    Catherine Breillat has always told just one story: her own, the story of a young girl whose existence was forbidden, who was, from childhood, cut in half, split between her […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Klaus Theweleit – Male Fantasies: Volume 1: Women Floods Bodies
    Klaus Theweleit – Male Fantasies: Volume 1: Women Floods Bodies
    $38.00 | , Add to cart

    First of this two-volume work providing an imaginative interpretation of the image of women in the collective unconscious of the fascist “warrior” through a study of the fantasies of [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mary Shelley – Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds
    Mary Shelley – Frankenstein: Annotated for Scientists, Engineers, and Creators of All Kinds
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    The original 1818 text of Mary Shelley’s classic novel, with annotations and essays highlighting its scientific, ethical, and cautionary aspects. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Nick Land – Fanged Noumena: Collected Writings 1987-2007
    Nick Land – Fanged Noumena: Collected Writings 1987-2007
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    A dizzying trip through the mind(s) of the provocative and influential thinker Nick Land. During the 1990s British philosopher Nick Land’s unique work, variously described as “rabid [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Barry N Malzberg – Revelations
    Barry N Malzberg – Revelations
    $19.00 | , Add to cart

    Marvin Martin is angry. Night after night, he strips the guests that appear on his talk show of their pitiful pretensions, their commonplace hypocrisies, but how long has it been […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Annie Jacobsen – Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
    Annie Jacobsen – Surprise, Kill, Vanish: The Secret History of CIA Paramilitary Armies, Operators, and Assassins
    $24.00 | , Add to cart

    “When diplomacy fails, and war is unwise, the president calls on the CIA’s Special Activities Division, a highly-classified branch of the CIA and the most effective, black operations [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction