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  • Sun City Girls – Famous Asthma / Tibetan Jazz 666
    Sun City Girls – Famous Asthma / Tibetan Jazz 666
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    Throughout the 1980s the inimitable Sun City Girls self-released over twenty full-length cassettes . Each of these cassettes were universes unto themselves, each a slice of the one of a […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sun City Girls – Extra-Sensory Defection / Graverobbing In The Future
    Sun City Girls – Extra-Sensory Defection / Graverobbing In The Future
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    Throughout the 1980s the inimitable Sun City Girls self-released over twenty full-length cassettes . Each of these cassettes were universes unto themselves, each a slice of the one of a […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Oval ‎– Systemisch (SEALED / Clear Vinyl)
    Oval ‎– Systemisch (SEALED / Clear Vinyl)
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    “The best of Systemische is truly remarkable in its unlikely musicality. The group is at its best when the clickety-clackety rhythms are backgrounded to concentrate on melodic and thematic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Ghost ‎– Lama Rabi Rabi
    Ghost ‎– Lama Rabi Rabi
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    “The incipient fascination with and appreciation of Tibetan culture by Batoh started to fully emerge with this album, in both title, design (the title is shown on the cover art […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Urinals – Negative Capability…Check It Out!
    Urinals – Negative Capability…Check It Out!
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    “The ultimate early-Urinals anthology is now available! Includes the complete “Urinals,” “Another EP,” and “Sex/Go Away Girl” 7-inch material, 3 tunes [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Butthole Surfers – Live At The Leather Fly
    Butthole Surfers – Live At The Leather Fly
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    “There is kind of a before and after when you wander into a Butthole Surfers show. That is a changing point in your life” – Richard Linklater “Butthole Surfers are […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Frank Black – Teenager Of The Year (30th Anniversary Tour Edition)
    Frank Black – Teenager Of The Year (30th Anniversary Tour Edition)
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    To celebrate Frank Black’s landmark solo album, Teenager Of The Year turning 30, 4AD release a one-time vinyl pressing, to accompany a tour of North America plus Paris and London, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bardo Pond – Volumes 4 & 5
    Bardo Pond – Volumes 4 & 5
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    A double LP package from Bardo Pond, combining two of their super rare jam volumes on vinyl for the first time. A further edition in this celebrated series, ‘Volume 4’ […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab – Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night
    Stereolab – Cobra And Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night
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    On February 28, 2025, Stereolab are making seven of their studio albums available again as 2LP editions. These utilise the same remasters as the 2019 expanded album editions, cut from […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
    Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
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    On February 28, 2025, Stereolab are making seven of their studio albums available again as 2LP editions. These utilise the same remasters as the 2019 expanded album editions, cut from […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – Hosono House Revisited
    V/A – Hosono House Revisited
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    Haruomi Hosono is the legendary artist best known for his tenure in the seminal band Yellow Magic Orchestra. Hosono House Revisited is compilation of reworks of Haruomi Hosono’s iconic solo […]

    GENRE: International
  • John Cale – Paris 1919
    John Cale – Paris 1919
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    John Cale was never very kind to his solo debut, Vintage Violence. When it was released in early 1970, Cale had been out of The Velvet Underground for less than […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Lemonheads – Come On Feel The Lemonheads
    The Lemonheads – Come On Feel The Lemonheads
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    Expanded 30th anniversary re-issue of The Lemonheads’ classic 1993 album. The breakthrough record that took American alt rock global and catapulted Evan Dando into the hearts of a generation. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A  – Punk 45: I’m A Mess! D-I-Y Or Die! Art, Trash & Neon – Punk 45s In The UK 1977-78
    V/A – Punk 45: I’m A Mess! D-I-Y Or Die! Art, Trash & Neon – Punk 45s In The UK 1977-78
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    Initially released in a deluxe vinyl-only edition (totally sold out), Soul Jazz Records’ ‘PUNK 45: I’m A Mess’ is now being released in standard double album vinyl. Soul Jazz [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – Cold Wave #1 (Orange Vinyl)
    V/A – Cold Wave #1 (Orange Vinyl)
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    Soul Jazz Records ‘Cold Wave’ is a new collection of current electronic artists who have been shaped by the early European cold wave artists of the late 70s and early […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Robert Wyatt – Shleep
    Robert Wyatt – Shleep
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    Shleep, originally released in 1997, features long-term collaborators and friends such as Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, Annie Whitehead, Evan Parker and newer accomplices such as Paul Weller. It is [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Moby Grape – The Place And The Time
    Moby Grape – The Place And The Time
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    Despite a myriad of obstacles, Moby Grape managed to persevere and create a potent and enduring body of recorded work, recording four albums during its original 1967–1969 lifespan. While 1967’s [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • Soul Jazz Records Presents: – Studio One Dub Fire Special (Chapter Three: 18 Heavyweight Dub Cuts From Brentford Road)
    Soul Jazz Records Presents: – Studio One Dub Fire Special (Chapter Three: 18 Heavyweight Dub Cuts From Brentford Road)
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    Soul Jazz Records’ new ‘Studio One Dub Fire Special’ brings together 18 heavy weight dub cuts, all recorded at 13 Brentford Road in the 1970s. Featuring a stellar selection of […]

    GENRE: Reggae / Dub
  • Tuning Circuits – No Compassion (2016 Reissue)
    Tuning Circuits – No Compassion (2016 Reissue)
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    “Recorded live at home April/May 1990. No mixing or editing afterwards, no samples, no stereo, no dolby. Play this analog dancecore very loud!!!!” Label: Totally Freaked Out Power [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Blank Hellscape – Hell 2
    Blank Hellscape – Hell 2
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    ‘Hell 2’ is not the first album from Austin’s Blank Hellscape, but it’s certainly the most fully-realized. OK, at least it’s the LONGEST. The self-professed three-piece nightmare band knocked [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A –  International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation
    V/A – International P.E.A.C.E. Benefit Compilation
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    “In 1982, a time when hardcore punk was still an underground phenomenon and the mainstream music media treated punk as a dead issue, Dave Dictor, the leader of anarchist hardcore […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Einstürzende Neubauten – Silence Is Sexy
    Einstürzende Neubauten – Silence Is Sexy
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    Gatefold vinyl reissue of Einstürzende Neubauten‘s Silence Is Sexy, originally released in 2000. This vinyl double album contains the track “Pelikanol,” first available as a [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Current 93 – Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain
    Current 93 – Aleph At Hallucinatory Mountain
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    Double vinyl LP pressing. 2009 album from the Experimental/Industrial outfit, their most unique, unpredictable, and powerful release yet. Mainstay David Tibet has brought together an amazing and [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • John Cage Meets Sun Ra – The Complete Concert • June 8, 1986 • Coney Island, NY  (Clear Vinyl)
    John Cage Meets Sun Ra – The Complete Concert • June 8, 1986 • Coney Island, NY (Clear Vinyl)
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    “If you were going to envision the ultimate avant-garde meeting-of-the-minds jam session, who would you pick? Even the most hopeful fan of strange and innovative music couldn’t have [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Sam Prekop and John McEntire ‎– Sons Of (White Vinyl)
    Sam Prekop and John McEntire ‎– Sons Of (White Vinyl)
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    “Sam Prekop and John McEntire are two artists, who together and as individuals, have expanded the definition of rock. Each is acclaimed for their singular musical voice and for their sonic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • James Elkington – Pastel De Nada
    James Elkington – Pastel De Nada
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    “In 2023 James Elkington released Me Neither, a double album of solo guitar improvisations and experiments. He ended up thinking of it as a wordless collection of library music. [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Motörhead – No Remorse (1984 UK Pressing)
    Motörhead – No Remorse (1984 UK Pressing)
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    “There have been dozens and dozens of Motörhead compilations released over the decades, but the first one remains definitive, even if it’s not perfect. Released in 1984 as a [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • V/A – Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (Neon Green Vinyl)
    V/A – Warfaring Strangers: Acid Nightmares (Neon Green Vinyl)
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    “As the hippie movement hurdled towards its emanate demise, bad vibes infiltrated the rock world. Tainted LSD, loud motorcycles, and a series of brutal deaths spawned inspiration for [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Human Hands ‎– Human Hands
    Human Hands ‎– Human Hands
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    Pre-LAFMS art-damaged new-wave weirdness Label: Independent Project Records – IP005 Format: 2xVinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1982 VG+/VG+. Corner crease and sleevewear. No 7″

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pagan Altar – Mythical & Magical
    Pagan Altar – Mythical & Magical
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    “Featuring songs written mostly between 1976 and 1983, Mythical & Magical is Pagan Altar’s third album and is, without a doubt, the pinnacle of their career. This grandiose, [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Gidia – Struga
    Gidia – Struga
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    Ritualistic, tribal industrial from the mountains of Greece. GIDIA is a Greek duo of george kondaktor and giorgos lemos, part of Athens fruitful electronic music scene for a long time […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Ron Morelli – Extinctionist
    Ron Morelli – Extinctionist
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    In your face new 8 track LP of vicious beat driven warehouse electronics from the L.I.E.S. boss. Straight and to the point, “Extinctionist” stands very much in line and continues […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Andrew Liles – Miscellany Deluxe (Souvenirs Perdus D’antan)
    Andrew Liles – Miscellany Deluxe (Souvenirs Perdus D’antan)
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    “Miscellany Deluxe was originally released as a 13 CDR box set in 2003. Eleven of the albums included in the box were later made available as individual downloads in 2011. […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Malcolm Neon – 1980 – 1985
    Malcolm Neon – 1980 – 1985
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    “Nowadays a member of Datblygu, who are still active and apparently played ATP Prestatyn in 2016, Malcolm’s early work fizzes with a raw outsider quality that’s hard to ignore, and […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Hatch Expansion – Texas Edition
    The Hatch Expansion – Texas Edition
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    This release is an orchestral expansion of the vocabulary of The Hatch. The duo work of Desprez and Rasmussen extrapolating into two local scenes in Texas. Label: Sonic Transmissions Records […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • William Basinski – Lamentations
    William Basinski – Lamentations
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    “William Basinski’s reputation as the foremost producer of profound meditations on death and decay has long been established, but on his new album, Lamentations, he transforms operatic [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Tongue Depressor – Bones For Time
    Tongue Depressor – Bones For Time
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    “Zach Rowden and Henry Birdsey’s generous latest offering is a tape-mangled, xenharmonic trip into the dissociated outerzone. Properly next level spirit-calling drone musick that [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Oister – Pre-Dwight Twilley Band 1973-1974 Teac Tapes
    Oister – Pre-Dwight Twilley Band 1973-1974 Teac Tapes
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    “The legendary 1973-74 ‘Teac Tapes’ from deep inside the Dwight Twilley Band vault have been unleashed, never before available in any format, OISTER was the primary name of the Dwight […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Love Child – Never Meant To Be 1988-1993
    Love Child – Never Meant To Be 1988-1993
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    At the very dawn of the 90s, Love Child’s debut 7” made a splash on the burgeoning scene of shambolic bands and lo-fi recordings. Back then, they were mentioned in […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Ghostwriters – Remote Dreaming
    The Ghostwriters – Remote Dreaming
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    Dark Entries summons Philadelphia synthesizer scribes The Ghostwriters to rouse their ambient masterwork Remote Dreaming. The late Buchla maestro Charles Cohen and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Cain [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Jill Fraser – Earthly Pleasures
    Jill Fraser – Earthly Pleasures
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    Veteran electronic music composer Jill Fraser’s new work takes stock of generations and lifetimes of memory, speculating on how the spirit of our songs might be interpreted after we’re gone. […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Kleenex/Liliput – First Songs (DEEP PURPLE VINYL)
    Kleenex/Liliput – First Songs (DEEP PURPLE VINYL)
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    Legendary Swiss punk band from the late 70s. “You can’t dispute Liliput’s status as pioneers of feminist art-punk. Along with fellow travelers like the Slits and the Raincoats, this [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Mountain Movers ? Walking After Dark 2LP
    Mountain Movers ? Walking After Dark 2LP
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    The current lineup of New Haven’s long running Mountain Movers (guitarist/vocalist Dan Greene, bassist Rick Omonte, guitarist Kryssi Battalene, & drummer Ross Menze) have been playing [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
    V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
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    A sonic snapshot of America’s steel capital, developed in the prosperous cavern between the departure of the Jackson 5 to Motown and the collapse of U.S. Steel, Skyway Soul is […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Weeds – Just Colour
    The Weeds – Just Colour
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    “Fred Cole’s legendary 1961-1966 band. The 12” is a straight reissue of the 1968 LP (unfortunately originally released as “The Lollipop Shoppe” but now returned to the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
    Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works 85-92
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    Classic album, limited repress.

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • V/A – Echo Neuklang (Neo-Kraut-Sounds 1981-2023)
    V/A – Echo Neuklang (Neo-Kraut-Sounds 1981-2023)
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    Double LP version. Christoph Dallach, Andreas Dorau, and Daniel Jahn present Echo Neuklang, a compilation which explores the question of how krautrock has influenced generation after generation [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Sonic Youth – Walls Have Ears
    Sonic Youth – Walls Have Ears
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    Release date: 2/9/24 Will ship around this date   “Culled from three 1985 gigs in the UK during a transitional and transcendent time in the band’s story, Sonic Youth’s The […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Fucked Up – Rivoli (Transparent Magenta & Opaque Black Vinyl)
    Fucked Up – Rivoli (Transparent Magenta & Opaque Black Vinyl)
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    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
  • Scritti Politti – Early
    Scritti Politti – Early
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    What our staff has to say: “Been jamming a lot of the early Rough Trade singles lately, so gotta throw on these early Scritti Politti one’s included on this comp.” […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk