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  • Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen: An Authorized Biography
    Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen: An Authorized Biog…
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    “People tell me it’s country music,” Terry Allen has joked, “and I ask, ‘Which country?’” For nearly sixty years, Allen’s inimitable art has explored the borderlands of memory, crossing [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Converse
    To Anyone Who Ever Asks: The Life, Music, and Mystery of Connie Conver…
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    This is the mesmerizing story of an enigmatic life. When musician and New Yorker contributor Howard Fishman first heard Connie Converse’s voice on a recording, he was convinced she could […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality
    The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature…
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    Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges was madly in love when his life was shattered by painful heartbreak. But the breakdown that followed illuminated an incontrovertible truth—that love is [...]

  • Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
    Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s …
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    Miss May Does Not Exist, by Carrie Courogen is the riveting biography of comedian, director, actor and writer Elaine May, one of America’s greatest comic geniuses. May began her career […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Lucy R. Lippard on Pop Art
    Lucy R. Lippard on Pop Art
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    Explore the dynamic world of 1960s pop art through Lucy Lippard’s insightful analysis of this groundbreaking international art movement. Pop Art epitomized the free spirit of the 1960s, [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
    Inventor of the Future: The Visionary Life of Buckminster Fuller
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    During his lifetime, Buckminster Fuller was hailed as one of the greatest geniuses of the twentieth century. As the architectural designer and futurist best known for the geodesic dome, he […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker
    Eat Your Mind: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker
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    Kathy Acker (1947–1997) was a rare and almost inconceivable thing: a celebrity experimental writer. Twenty-five years after her death, she remains one of the most original, shocking, and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century
    Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of th…
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    In this genre-defying work of cultural history, the chief film critic of Slate places comedy legend and acclaimed filmmaker Buster Keaton’s unique creative genius in the context of his time. […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Joyce Carol Oates – Blonde
    Joyce Carol Oates – Blonde
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    One of America’s most acclaimed novelists boldly re-imagines one of America’s most enduring icons in Blonde—the National Book Award-nominated bestseller by Joyce Carol Oates. The legend of [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Lauren Elkin – Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art
    Lauren Elkin – Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art
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    In this dazzlingly original reassessment of women’s stories, bodies, and art, Lauren Elkin―the celebrated author of Flâneuse―explores the ways in which feminist artists have taken up the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers* – Ozobia Special
    Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Brothers* – Ozobia Special
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    Nkem Njoku & Ozzobia Sound’s one and only album, Ozobia Special, is an early 80s Igbo Highlife masterpiece, drawing on Ghana Highlife as well as traditional Ogene 6/8 bell tempos. […]

    GENRE: African, International
  • V/A – Highlife On The Move (Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordings From London & Lagos – 1954-66)
    V/A – Highlife On The Move (Selected Nigerian & Ghanaian Recordin…
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    In conjunction with compiler and highlife researcher Dr. Markus Coester, Soundway Records present a very special release. Highlife On The Move includes the two first ever recordings by a certain [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Renaissance
    Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes – Renaissance
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    Digitally remastered edition of this 1977 album. After the success of Expansions, Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes were riding high, with Lonnie at the height of his creative […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Autechre – Untilted
    Autechre – Untilted
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    Autechre continue their chronological series of LP reissues with the albums Untilted (2005) and Quaristice (2008). Neither of these albums have been repressed since their original release and [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Cootie Catcher – Something We All Got
    Cootie Catcher – Something We All Got
    $16.00 | ,

    There’s an alternate reality where everyone makes a living wage and the cleanest buses you’ve ever seen arrive every other minute. Where the most intense songs are about confessing your […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cootie Catcher – Something We All Got (Clear Vinyl)
    Cootie Catcher – Something We All Got (Clear Vinyl)
    $26.00 | ,

    There’s an alternate reality where everyone makes a living wage and the cleanest buses you’ve ever seen arrive every other minute. Where the most intense songs are about confessing your […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Temprees – Lovemen
    The Temprees – Lovemen
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    Produced by Josephine “Jo” Bridges and signed to her We Produce imprint, The Temprees were a Memphis soul vocal trio powered by one of the great falsettos in pop music, […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
    V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
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    The success of Shaft and Superfly ignited an explosion of films, many produced by small independent studios and filmmakers, whose soundtracks continue to provide rich fodder for turntablists, [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
    V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
    $30.00 | ,

    The success of Shaft and Superfly ignited an explosion of films, many produced by small independent studios and filmmakers, whose soundtracks continue to provide rich fodder for turntablists, [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • The Heath Brothers – Marchin’ On!
    The Heath Brothers – Marchin’ On!
    $35.00 | ,

    Released in 1976 on the pioneering Strata-East Records label, Marchin’ On! feat. Stanley Cowell by The Heath Brothers is a masterful blend of tradition and innovation that captured the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cecil McBee – Mutima
    Cecil McBee – Mutima
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    Cecil McBee’s debut album, Mutima, stands as a landmark achievement in 1970s jazz, blending the deeply introspective qualities of spiritual jazz with adventurous post-bop and avant-garde [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Let The Spirit Out, Live at “mu” London
    Kahil El’Zabar’s Ethnic Heritage Ensemble – Let The Spirit Out, Live a…
    $39.00 | ,

    Spiritmuse Records and Kahil El’Zabar present Let The Spirit Out, Live at “mu” London, a unique concept of recording new material purposefully in a live audience environment, to capture the […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Kelly Moran – Don’t Trust Mirrors
    Kelly Moran – Don’t Trust Mirrors
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    Don’t Trust Mirrors marks one of the most transformative chapters in New York-based composer and producer, Kelly Moran’s career. In 2019, fresh from touring her Warp debut Ultraviolet, she began [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Nightmares On Wax – Echo 45 Soundsystem (Gold Vinyl)
    Nightmares On Wax – Echo 45 Soundsystem (Gold Vinyl)
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    Growing up in the sound system culture of Leeds in England, George spent a fiver, courtesy of his mum, on a battered old speaker box he named “Echo45”. That box […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Tony Molina – On This Day L.P.
    Tony Molina – On This Day L.P.
    $22.00 | ,

    Tony Molina has been putting out records with marked consistency for well over twenty years. Underpinned by an unwavering ethos of independence and an unrelenting devotion to songcraft, his music [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Telephone Numbers – Scarecrow II
    The Telephone Numbers – Scarecrow II
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    The Telephone Numbers have established themselves as a crucial part of San Francisco’s fertile indie music scene, sharing members with The Reds, Pinks & Purples and The Umbrellas and a [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jeanines – How Long Can It Last
    Jeanines – How Long Can It Last
    $11.00 | ,

    Over the course of a decade playing together and making records as Jeanines, the duo of Alicia Jeanine and Jed Smith have charted a distinctive course through the history of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jeanines – How Long Can It Last (White Vinyl)
    Jeanines – How Long Can It Last (White Vinyl)
    $22.00 | ,

    Over the course of a decade playing together and making records as Jeanines, the duo of Alicia Jeanine and Jed Smith have charted a distinctive course through the history of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Emmylou Harris – Spyboy
    Emmylou Harris – Spyboy
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    “A good song can survive and shine in different ways in the hands of different musicians,” says Emmylou Harris. “It can have different meanings at different times in your life. […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Danny Brown – Stardust (White Vinyl)
    Danny Brown – Stardust (White Vinyl)
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    Danny Brown’s last albums Quaranta and Scaring The Hoes bookended the end of the XXX era. Enter Stardust – Danny’s first album since entering sobriety sees him rediscover his [...]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • The Laughing Chimes – Whispers In The Speech Machine
    The Laughing Chimes – Whispers In The Speech Machine
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    On their spellbinding sophomore album, “Whispers in the Speech Machine,” the young Ohio siblings from The Laughing Chimes fully embrace their Southern Gothic influences, cannily [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Laughing Chimes – Whispers In The Speech Machine (Purple / White Splatter Vinyl)
    The Laughing Chimes – Whispers In The Speech Machine (Purple / White S…
    $22.00 | ,

    On their spellbinding sophomore album, “Whispers in the Speech Machine,” the young Ohio siblings from The Laughing Chimes fully embrace their Southern Gothic influences, cannily [...]

  • Neutrals – New Town Dream
    Neutrals – New Town Dream
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    Neutrals are a punk band from the San Francisco Bay Area, channeling a wide range of ’70s and ’80s punk, post-punk, and DIY indiepop influences. Their spare, angular songs don’t [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend
    The Umbrellas – Fairweather Friend
    $12.00 | ,

    Channeling sold gold influences like The Pastels, Comet Gain, Orange Juice and The Aislers Set, The Umbrellas represent the fertile San Francisco Bay Area scene at its most pop-tastic. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Frankie Rose – Love As Projection
    Frankie Rose – Love As Projection
    $11.00 | ,

    After spending nearly two decades establishing herself across New York and Los Angeles independent music circles, Frankie Rose returns with a fresh form, aesthetic, and purpose embodied in her [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Frankie Rose – Love As Projection
    Frankie Rose – Love As Projection
    $20.00 | ,

    After spending nearly two decades establishing herself across New York and Los Angeles independent music circles, Frankie Rose returns with a fresh form, aesthetic, and purpose embodied in her [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Chime School – Chime School (Magenta Vinyl)
    Chime School – Chime School (Magenta Vinyl)
    $20.00 | ,

    Chime School is the project of San Francisco musician Andy Pastalaniec. Endlessly charmed by 80s indie and its 60s forbearers (and any record with a 12-string guitar), Andy cut his […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Umbrellas – The Umbrellas
    The Umbrellas – The Umbrellas
    $19.00 | ,

    The San Francisco bay area has long been an important outpost of the International Pop Underground, from the 90s heyday of The Aislers Set, #Poundsign# and The Fairways to the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Chime School – Chime School
    Chime School – Chime School
    $10.00 | ,

    Chime School is the project of San Francisco musician Andy Pastalaniec. Endlessly charmed by 80s indie and its 60s forbearers (and any record with a 12-string guitar), Andy cut his […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Umbrellas – The Umbrellas
    The Umbrellas – The Umbrellas
    $11.00 | ,

    The San Francisco bay area has long been an important outpost of the International Pop Underground, from the 90s heyday of The Aislers Set, #Poundsign# and The Fairways to the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Peel Dream Magazine – Moral Panics (Yellow Vinyl)
    Peel Dream Magazine – Moral Panics (Yellow Vinyl)
    $15.00 | ,

    NYC’s Peel Dream Magazine dazzled listeners with their recent release “Agitprop Alterna,” a smart album that draws from a wide set of post-punk, shoegaze and indiepop influences [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Jeanines – Jeanines
    Jeanines – Jeanines
    $11.00 | ,

    Brooklyn’s Jeanines specialize in short bursts of energetic but melancholy minor-key pop. With influences that run deep into the most crucial tributaries of DIY pop — Television [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Peel Dream Magazine – Modern Meta Physic
    Peel Dream Magazine – Modern Meta Physic
    $11.00 | ,

    Joe Stevens’ Peel Dream Magazine project has been turning heads and catching ears since late 2017. Stevens is a brilliant writer and arranger and something of a pop scholar; steeped […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Aphex Twin – Syro
    Aphex Twin – Syro
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    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Karl Ove Knausgaard – The Wolves of Eternity
    Karl Ove Knausgaard – The Wolves of Eternity
    $12.00 | ,

    From the internationally bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard, a sprawling and deeply human novel that questions the responsibilities we have toward one another and ourselves—and the limits of [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Vu: The Story of a Magazine
    Vu: The Story of a Magazine
    $30.00 | ,

    The best pages from the sensational photo magazine published in France in the 1920s and 1930s. Established in Paris in 1928, VU combined stunning photography with dynamic layouts and first-rate [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Story of the Tekkieh Moaven: Kermanshah, Iran
    The Story of the Tekkieh Moaven: Kermanshah, Iran
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    The Tekkieh Moaven is a significant religious monument in Kermanshah and one of the most important national memorials in Iran. Following the building’s destruction in the early 20th [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Rock Against Racism: 1976–1981
    Rock Against Racism: 1976–1981
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    An outstanding photography book documenting a movement that rocked the world. Syd Shelton: Rock Against Racism is a body of photographs that Syd Shelton produced for and about the British […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Lesley Chamberlain – Rilke: The Last Inward Man
    Lesley Chamberlain – Rilke: The Last Inward Man
    $8.00 | , ,

    An incisive and intimate account of the life and work of the great poet Rilke, exploring the rich interior world he created in his poetry When Rilke died in 1926, […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Tracy K. Smith – Ordinary Light
    Tracy K. Smith – Ordinary Light
    $8.00 | , ,

    In Ordinary Light, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Tracy K. Smith tells her remarkable story, giving us a quietly potent memoir that explores her coming-of-age and the meaning of home against a […]

    GENRE: Memoir