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  • Expanded Cinema: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
    Expanded Cinema: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition
    $34.00 | ,

    Fiftieth anniversary reissue of the founding media studies book that helped establish media art as a cultural category. First published in 1970, Gene Youngblood’s influential Expanded Cinema was [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Jimmy Desana: Salvation
    Jimmy Desana: Salvation
    $20.00 | ,

    Salvation is a previously-unpublished artist book by Jimmy DeSana that he conceptualized shortly before his death in 1990. The publication contains 44 of the artist’s late photographic [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
    Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization
    $19.00 | ,

    A landmark work that demystifies the rich tradition of Indian art, Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilization analyzes key motifs found in legend, myth, and folklore taken directly […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Carmelo Bene – Our Lady of the Turks
    Carmelo Bene – Our Lady of the Turks
    $20.00 | ,

    Carmelo Bene (1937–2002) was a notorious Italian actor, writer, and director who inaugurated his theater in 1959 with Camus’ Caligula then exploded onto the artistic scene with his outré Christ [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • John Cage/Aaron Dilloway – Rozart Mix
    John Cage/Aaron Dilloway – Rozart Mix
    $22.00 | ,

    “So excited and honored to finally release the vinyl document of my realization of JOHN CAGE’s ROZART MIX.  Back in the extremely strange year of 2020, I was approached by […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Indigo Ranch – Hard Gloss
    Indigo Ranch – Hard Gloss
    $22.00 |

    Recorded by the band in their studio in 2022, Indigo Ranch’s Hard Gloss scratches an itch for DIY sound & aesthetics. Mixed with Jeff Zeigler and mastered by Mikey Young, […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Bermuda Squares – Outsider
    Bermuda Squares – Outsider
    $20.00 | ,

    As corny as it sounds, you can’t help but describe Bermuda Squares as a Minneapolis supergroup. Ringleaded by singer/guitarist Tony Milek, the band comprises members of Sinks, Neo Neos, Citric [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Why Bother? ? Serenading Unwanted Ballads
    Why Bother? ? Serenading Unwanted Ballads
    $20.00 | ,

    Serenading Unwanted Ballads is the fifth album from Iowa’s WHY BOTHER? and a testament to the fact that they will never make the same record twice. Full of twists, their […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Ar-Kaics ? See The World On Fire
    The Ar-Kaics ? See The World On Fire
    $20.00 | ,

    The Ar-Kaics are back with See the World on Fire, their first new album in six years. It’s also the first release from this newly-minted partnership between Feel It Records […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Choncy ? 20X Multiplier
    Choncy ? 20X Multiplier
    $20.00 | ,

    From the foxhole of the Rust Belt, Choncy fleshes out a frenzied, multifaceted approach to punk with their sophomore album, 20X MULTIPLIER. The Cincinnati four-piece delivers an intoxicating [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Vacation – Rare Earth
    Vacation – Rare Earth
    $20.00 | ,

    “Vacation’s new album Rare Earth comes at a time when the powder keg of civilization as we know it is particularly vulnerable to the spark that swallows our very existence. […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Vacation ? Rare Earth
    Vacation ? Rare Earth
    $12.00 |

    “Vacation’s new album Rare Earth comes at a time when the powder keg of civilization as we know it is particularly vulnerable to the spark that swallows our very existence. […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Thistle Group, P Wits ? Fog On My Brain/Figure It Out
    Thistle Group, P Wits ? Fog On My Brain/Figure It Out
    $15.00 | ,

    Match made in heaven collaborative hit single from New Zealand-based artists Claire Mahoney (Thistle Group) and Benedict Quilter (P Wits). Recorded and mixed by Stefan Neville, mastered for vinyl [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dancing Plague* – Elogium
    Dancing Plague* – Elogium
    $24.00 | ,

    Portland based act Dancing Plague has been a steady presence in the dark/cold electronic music scene for quite a few years now. Since 2016 Conor Knowles’ solo project has been […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Poison Point – Wandering Echoes
    Poison Point – Wandering Echoes
    $27.00 | ,

    Since a while now, the uncanniness from dreams and the unconscious amazes me. These things are quite deep rooted in my way of writing lyrics like in many previous tracks […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Blind Seagull ? Decade Of Effort
    Blind Seagull ? Decade Of Effort
    $27.00 | ,

    10 Years Anniversary compilation LP. Ten years ago, on 21 April 2014, Russian enclave of the Baltic Kaliningrad-based trio Blind Seagull started off its adventure in the soon to be […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Profit Prison – Gilt
    Profit Prison – Gilt
    $27.00 | ,

    Four years and one pandemic after his latest Dreams Of A Dark Building EP, the herald of dungeon synth pop is finally back from his shallow grave. Life has not […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Alex York – Electro Paralysis
    Alex York – Electro Paralysis
    $7.00 |

    Frequent patrons of the Prime Ruin catalog should already recognize Alex York as a household name but for those that don’t, here is a brief introduction: Hailing from the Cincinnati, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Stinkmeat – Stinkmeat
    Stinkmeat – Stinkmeat
    $7.00 |

    “Who is he?!” While the subgenre of gorenoise may be a hair outside of this label’s wheelhouse, Gracious Host is no less proud to present the debut of Ithaca’s STINKMEAT. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Pixies – Pixies at the BBC, 1988-91
    Pixies – Pixies at the BBC, 1988-91
    $51.00 | ,

    Release date: 3/8/24.  Will ship on or around release date. Between 1988 and 1991 – during the band’s 4AD years – Pixies recorded six sessions for the BBC, five for […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Daniel Johnston – Alive in New York City (Clear Vinyl)
    Daniel Johnston – Alive in New York City (Clear Vinyl)
    $25.00 | ,

    Daniel played several shows in New York City in April of the year 2000, but there is no way to know for certain the exact date this recording was made, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • New Monuments – Language Is The Skin CD
    New Monuments – Language Is The Skin CD
    $13.00 |

    What our staff has to say: “The birth of NEW FREE JAZZ. A completely unhinged document of New Monuments. Fresh new quartet line-up. This is the next level, and the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Point Of Memory – Void Pusher
    Point Of Memory – Void Pusher
    $40.00 | ,

    Void Pusher is acoustic computer music; combining digital cut ups and live ambient noise with raw organic qualities. Inaudible super-bass frequencies pumping through a room filled with acoustic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Point Of Memory – Void Pusher
    Point Of Memory – Void Pusher
    $10.00 |

    Void Pusher is acoustic computer music; combining digital cut ups and live ambient noise with raw organic qualities. Inaudible super-bass frequencies pumping through a room filled with acoustic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Running – Wake Up Applauding
    Running – Wake Up Applauding
    $12.00 | ,

    2016 release from the alt-punks. Running elbows in quick from the City of the Big Shoulders with Wake Up Applauding. Delivered loudly, dripping in unintelligible menace with the occasional flash [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Running – Vaguely Ethnic
    Running – Vaguely Ethnic
    $5.00 |

    The screech. The wall. The slanted-floor nausea. There’s not a word for the signature cyclical howling that Chicago’s RUNNING harnesses and tortures into submission. They play with their food [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Running & Ryley Walker – s/t
    Running & Ryley Walker – s/t
    $7.00 |

    Ryley Walker, guitar Jeffrey Tucholski, guitar Matthew Hord, bass Alejandro Morales, drums

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Mike Collino – Come The Maker Carcass
    Mike Collino – Come The Maker Carcass
    $10.00 | ,

    January 6, 2024 Edition of 100 Alien Passengers #97

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Running ? Vaguely Ethnic
    Running ? Vaguely Ethnic
    $16.00 | ,

    The screech. The wall. The slanted-floor nausea. There’s not a word for the signature cyclical howling that Chicago’s RUNNING harnesses and tortures into submission. They play with their food [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • DJ DQ – Where The Sidewalk Begins
    DJ DQ – Where The Sidewalk Begins
    $15.00 | ,

    Recited by DQ as told to by Scott Hayden. Cut-Ups/Instrumental Hip-Hop

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • Dave Grundy – The Problem, The Questions, The Poem
    Dave Grundy – The Problem, The Questions, The Poem
    $11.00 |

    The deeper goal of poetry has always been ritual. In Fred Moten’s early PennSound recordings, unbelievable, I listened in headphones for the year of 2010, the words, crawling and dripping, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cartas Da Catalunya – When Damian Meets Suitcase Bob
    Cartas Da Catalunya – When Damian Meets Suitcase Bob
    $11.00 |

    Bruno Abdala, or Abdala, or Ab as he’s known in Brazil is an enthusiastic supporter. Unlike folks of a certain age who center themselves in every story as hero or […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Shadowklan – Einstein’s Rainbow
    Shadowklan – Einstein’s Rainbow
    $11.00 |

    Shadow Klan is a ghost. Like Sun Ra he is utterly aware that it’s after the end of the world. And if that is the case, then he’s already gone, […]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • Simon Fisher Turner, Edmund de Waal ? A Quiet Corner In Time
    Simon Fisher Turner, Edmund de Waal ? A Quiet Corner In Time
    $15.00 | ,

    A Quiet Corner In Time began life as a sound work created by the composer Fisher Turner for renowned ceramicist and author Edmund de Waal’s architectural installation, – one way […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 781484078418
    781484078418
    $20.00 | ,

    Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles’ debut is well titled: keys are what they play and keys unlock things too. Their trad bonafides are balanced with inquisitive playing that adds surprise […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Masaki Batoh ? Smile Jesus Loves YOU!
    Masaki Batoh ? Smile Jesus Loves YOU!
    $16.00 | ,

    Batoh is back! Solo again after last fall’s new Silence album, the Japanese psychedelic guru makes some solo cuts, with others featuring Ghost and Silence family members, including free drumming [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Roger Eno – The Turning Year
    Roger Eno – The Turning Year
    $15.00 | ,

    Roger Eno is a British composer and musician whose distinctive style as a recording artist has attracted a cult following. Last year he made his debut on Deutsche Grammophon with […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Lee Ranaldo & Ra?l Refree ? Names Of North End Women
    Lee Ranaldo & Ra?l Refree ? Names Of North End Women
    $17.00 | ,

    Ranaldo and Refree worked together Ranaldo’s last solo album, Electric Trim (Mute, 2017), and soon after the pair returned to the studio to record the follow up they realised that […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sven Torstenson – Drugs
    Sven Torstenson – Drugs
    $28.00 | ,

    Sven Torstenson‘s notorious Drugs is a loopdigga’s fever dream, bursting with breaks for days and featuring possibly the most iconic cover of all library music’s cult classics. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Philippe Doray & Les Asociaux Associes – Le Composant Compositeur
    Philippe Doray & Les Asociaux Associes – Le Composant Compo…
    $27.00 | ,

    Having dynamited the end of the ’70s with two radical albums — Ramasse-Miettes Nucléaires (FFL 058LP) in 1976 and Nouveaux Modes Industriels (FFL 059LP) in 1978, both reissued by [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Chai – S/T (Loser Edition – Colored Vinyl)
    Chai – S/T (Loser Edition – Colored Vinyl)
    $23.00 | ,

    The Japanese band CHAI cast a spell on the world in 2017, when they released their debut album, PINK, a collection of songs that introduced us to their singular brand […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Helm – Axis (Clear Purple Vinyl)
    Helm – Axis (Clear Purple Vinyl)
    $9.00 | ,

    London exploratory industrialist Luke Younger characterizes the creation of his latest collection, Axis, as a liberating return to roots: “It felt like going back to the beginning, it felt [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Ty Segall ? Whirlybird (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Ty Segall ? Whirlybird (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    $15.00 | ,

    Ty Segall meets a new non-rock challenge head-on; soundtrack music for the documentary film Whirlybird. A variety of synth sounds, electric keyboards, drums, percussion and saxophone (and yeah, a [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Small Sur – Attic Room
    Small Sur – Attic Room
    $26.00 | ,

    Attic Room is Bob Keal’s fifth full-length album as Small Sur and first since his daughter’s birth in 2014. In this collection of songs, Keal meditates on the rhythms of […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Ralph E. White – Something About Dreaming
    Ralph E. White – Something About Dreaming
    $26.00 | ,

    Recorded in Austin, Texas in March of 2020, just days before the city and the rest of the world shut down, Ralph White spent two days with producer, Jerry David […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Fucked Up – Rivoli (Transparent Magenta & Opaque Black Vinyl)
    Fucked Up – Rivoli (Transparent Magenta & Opaque Black Viny…
    $30.00 | ,

    2xLP LP recorded live at the Rivoli Club in June 2014, 6 days after the release of “Glass Boys”. This release gives you Fucked Up at their peak, bringing you […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – Mehme Aslan presents Senza Decoro
    V/A – Mehme Aslan presents Senza Decoro
    $30.00 | ,

    A new compilation explores the far reaches of the post-punk, experimental and electronic landscape in Switzerland on Senza Decoro: Liebe & Anarchia in Switzerland 1980-1990 curated by [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Bar Italia – The Twits
    Bar Italia – The Twits
    $24.00 | ,

    ‘The Twits’ was recorded by the trio over eight weeks from February 2023 in a makeshift home studio in Mallorca, and was mixed by Marta Salogni. It finds bar italia’s […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • GUB – GUB
    GUB – GUB
    $18.00 | ,

    “GUB” — debut full-length from the two-headed beast of Beau Wanzer / Champagne Mirrors — is a low-boiling cauldron aswirl with glurpy synthscapes, hypnotized rhythms and eerily dubbed-out [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Emily Robb – If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection
    Emily Robb – If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection
    $27.00 | ,

    The fantastic new album from tireless seeker Emily Robb. It’s a no-frills, high-minded celebration of guitar and sound and tone and string and amp and adventure committed to tape at […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative