“It was captured in 2024 by two mysterious audience members at two separate shows (Oakland & Philadelphia), unaware to the band at the time. Inspired and heartfelt songs, playfully [...]
“Hark! DIY sleaze-rock henchpersons, ascend from your cellars and rejoice… Midwestern anti-folk hero Christopher Alan Durham (The Bibs, All Gone Recs) arrives on high horse in [...]
“With a pre-Asylum Laurel Canyon vibe by way of those busted Wayne County roads, Play Atlantis deftly splits the difference between the Straight and the Bizarre. Though the committed [...]
“The Meat Puppets’ final release for SST, 1989’s Monsters is best described as a cross between their experimental Mirage and the more in-your-face Huevos (both released only a [...]
Pre-Mirage EP Label: SST Records – SSTC 049 Format: Cassette, EP, CrO2 Country: US Released: 1986 VG/VG+. CS shell has some scuffing/discoloration *Image in the listing is stock. There may […]
“With a sound that seems to exist outside of any particular place and time, Goat materialize once again to bestow upon us their second musical offering, Commune. A simmering head […]
“How ironic that after years fronting the hugely influential but desperately overlooked Hüsker Dü, Bob Mould’s first project with new band Sugar, 1992’s Copper Blue, would [...]
Be Mine Tonight is easily the most unusual recording New Zealand guitarist Dean Roberts has ever made, and his first since 2000. Admittedly, this is saying a lot, but given […]
“From the first few seconds, in which “Boilermaker” leaps out of the speakers like a crank-addled mugger armed with a tire iron, Liar captures the Jesus Lizard in gloriously [...]
“Like its predecessor, Crookt, Crackt or Fly, the Mirror Repair EP finds Gastr del Sol spinning a series of elliptical, unpredictable compositions, some with cryptic lyrics. The centerpiece [...]
“Godspeed You! Black Emperor wrote the majority of their seventh studio full-length while touring, then recorded it in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, masked and socially distanced. Like [...]
“Originally released on Flying Nun in the mid 80’s, this was the 3rd & final Axemen reissue in the Siltbreeze trilogy. Basically the one “everybody” wanted & its [...]
Originally released as a cassette in 1984; documents the band’s assault on a free concert sponsored by the Big M milk conglomerate. Limited to 500 Label: Siltbreeze – SB115 Format: […]
“Ever since he helped found Beat Happening in 1982, Calvin Johnson has been far more interested in music that feels right and honest than sounds that are technically precise, and […]
“Adlestrop is inspired by the remains of the rural railway stations, that were closed in the wake of the 1963 Beeching Report. “This record started with Edward Thomas’s poem Adlestrop […]
“In the city we’re all angling for Quittin’ Time, laboring along and among the hours, searching and scheming for the sweet sound of those two easy words: Time Off. It’s […]
“Oliver Cherer is back with a new Gilroy Mere record which follows on from his other much lauded Clay Pipe releases (The Green Line, Adlestrop and last year’s D Rothon […]
“steve gunn’s prodigous talent for fusing traditional american song structures with a raga influence is almost criminally unheralded. gunn’s songcraft is so strong and his playing style so [...]
“ON FIRE, Erica Dawn Lyle’s fourth full-length solo album, began with Lyle’s inside joke challenge to herself: could she remake the 1978 Van Halen classic live opener as a trans [...]
b/w Up From The Sea (4 Track Version) Label: Sessions Records – SESSIONS-06 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: 1997 VG+/VG. Sleeve looks like it has a […]
A stunning photographic presentation of the guitars that defined the distinctive sounds and style of Johnny Marr with personal reflections and insights from the legendary guitarist himself. The [...]
Compilation of various bands covering Alice Cooper songs. Includes an exclusive short audio interview with Alice Cooper. Label: time STEREO – none Format: Cassette, Compilation, C90, Yellow [...]
“When Grinderman released their debut in 2007, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Jim Sclavunos, and Martyn Casey created a reckless, drunken animal of an alter ego to the Bad Seeds. The […]
“It’s unfortunate that Seconds can so easily be summed up with a Lush-meets-Stereolab reference, because it does seem that the record adds something interesting to these conventions. [...]
Jeff, Unfortunately is the solo identity of Bridge of Flowers singer/guitarist Jeffrey Gallagher. If you thought his perspective in BoF was coming from a different angle, wait until you hear […]
An expanded double disc edition of the celebrated Christmas album from Les Disques du Crépuscule, first issued in December 1981 as TWI 058. Features Antena, Section 25, Tuxedomoon, Les Deux […]
“After the epic proportions of Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus double-disc in which Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds laid out two sides of the songwriter’s melodic and ambitious look [...]
“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 [...]
“After the smashing success of Oracular Spectacular, it was clear that MGMT were going to be at a bit of a crossroads when it came time to follow it up. […]
‘I Dreamed Once I Was May Queen’ is the sophomore album from Bloomington, IN songwriter Kay Krull. The bulk of the album was recorded by her trio live in a […]
Two records that came out in 2012, packaged here as a pair. Clear Moon is songs about a quiet life in and around a small northwest town, usually buried in […]
“SA the root note in Indian ragas was what Ramakrishna, the much beloved mystic, told his spiritual students to search for underneath all things of this world.” Label: Blue Arrow […]
“For the first Microphones album in 17 years, Phil Elverum chose a title that seems humble on the surface. The name The Microphones in 2020 promises just a moment in […]
Tracks 1-4 are from “The Uncensored,” first released as a 5-track cassette album in 1985. “Ugly Notes On Dirty Brown Paper” has been omitted here. Track 5 is from/the [...]
“Black Duck brings together three pillars of the Chicago music community: guitarist/bassist Douglas McCombs, guitarist Bill MacKay and drummer Charles Rumback. MacKay began releasing [...]
“New England has a long tradition of teenagers being raised in caves. Local histories are rife with descriptions of shaggy teenaged gangs appearing in towns and hamlets, usually in late [...]
The San Diego via Boston alt trio’s complete original studio recordings, remastered, restored, and compiled into one lavish box set. Wait A Lifetime gathers the band’s peerless albums Junk and [...]
BASIC – the trio of Chris Forysth (guitar), Mikel Patrick Avery (percussion, drum machine, electronics), and Douglas McCombs (Fender Bass VI) – produced their new 7-track album over [...]
BASIC – the trio of Chris Forysth (guitar), Mikel Patrick Avery (percussion, drum machine, electronics), and Douglas McCombs (Fender Bass VI) – produced their new 7-track album over [...]
A decade ago, three employees of J’s Market and Cafe became Styrofoam Winos. Lou Turner, Trevor Nikrant, and Joe Kenkel bonded over their mutual adoration for Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, […]
A decade ago, three employees of J’s Market and Cafe became Styrofoam Winos. Lou Turner, Trevor Nikrant, and Joe Kenkel bonded over their mutual adoration for Bob Dylan, Patti Smith, […]
NYC-based indie rockers Hiding Places release their debut LP, The Secret to Good Living, on April 3, 2026 with Keeled Scales. Refined through years of live performance and studio work, […]
The first thing you hear is a lone clean guitar and a sweet warble singing about “city scenes caught up in the moment” before the drums enter and we’re off! […]
Austin’s Touch Girl Apple Blossom are no strangers to wearing their hearts on their sleeve. And it may be something in the name we really feel they found their rightful […]
For Kevin Morby, the “little wide open” is the big sky, the small lives, it’s his origins in the Midwest, and every duty and modesty and familiarity and isolation: the […]