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  • Gangstalker – Gangstalker
    Gangstalker – Gangstalker
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    PE/Industrial – really cool phasing & stereo play in the recording.

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Townes Van Zandt – Live Europe
    Townes Van Zandt – Live Europe
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    Live european recordings of TVZ! Fantastic release. Fan club tape – ships April 25th

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • The Ramones – Live on WIIR 1982
    The Ramones – Live on WIIR 1982
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    Incredible 1982 live WIIR NEW YORK set. Fan club tape – ships April 25th

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • J.R. Bohannon* – Compulsions
    J.R. Bohannon* – Compulsions
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    ‘The isolation of lockdown was challenging for guitarist J.R. Bohannon. In refreshingly vulnerable linear notes, he describes how his struggles with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) were [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Holt* – Build Yourself A Space
    Holt* – Build Yourself A Space
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    “Holt Bodish is best known as one third of Montana’s finest treble strummers, Mordecai. But with that operation now spread all over this repulsive and insane nation he’s gotta [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Wehrmacht – Shark Attack
    Wehrmacht – Shark Attack
    $15.00 | , ,

    “A question popular among followers of Thrash Metal is undeniably this, “Which is considered the fastest Thrash Metal album of all time?”. There would be a high percentage of answers […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Ryan Garbes – Tabbed View
    Ryan Garbes – Tabbed View
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    “Ryan Garbes is an experimental musician currently rooted in Minneapolis. He’s been shaping and influencing the sound of the weirdo Midwest experimental scene since the mid-00s with his [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Hum Of The Druid – A Strange Export
    Hum Of The Druid – A Strange Export
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    “The first new recordings released since “Predatory Outlook,” marking the 15th anniversary of the project, this has glimpses of similarly chilling melodic ambient music but runs [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Pestilence – Malleus Maleficarum
    Pestilence – Malleus Maleficarum
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    ““Malleus Maleficarum” is the debut album of PESTILENCE; a band’s whose input – that stretches across nearly 40 years – blazed the trail for generations of progressive death metal artists. [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Arp – Inversions
    Arp – Inversions
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    “It’s been described as an Eno-like transformation more than once before, but the comparison seems more fitting than ever in light of this magnificent tape of long form, no pussyfooting, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Diatom Deli – TQM
    Diatom Deli – TQM
    $20.00 | , ,

    “Serene ambient music that evokes guided meditation through the use of phase-shifting melodies, droning bass, and gauzy synth textures. Her live performance utilizes classical guitar, [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Moor Jewelry – True Opera
    Moor Jewelry – True Opera
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    “On True Opera, Moor Jewelry took a different approach — exploring the visceral, physical punk music that the duo grew up listening to.The tracks were improvised in the recording [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Famous Mammals – Famous Mammals
    Famous Mammals – Famous Mammals
    $35.00 | , ,

    “Famous Mammals were already going to be fantastic the moment they decided to form as a pandemic avocation in 2020, considering they’d been birthed from the flames of recent Oakland, […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Dancer – Dancer
    Dancer – Dancer
    $25.00 | , ,

    “A new Glasgow band with members of Current Affairs (Tough Love), Nightshift (Trouble in Mind), Order of the Toad (Gringo records) and Robert Sotelo (Upset the Rhythm).” Label: Gold [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Nate Powell – Aggregates of Subjective Desire
    Nate Powell – Aggregates of Subjective Desire
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    After 13 years doing HN under various monikers, Nate Powell gives us his nominative debut. Layers stack seamlessly while never operating from a blur. Each sound is deliberate, laid out […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Midnight Minds – Echo Poems
    Midnight Minds – Echo Poems
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    Fantastic duo of new age / ambient tunes from Midnight Minds. Room recording for extra haze. 10/10 highest recommendation.

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Various Artists – Percussive Resistance
    Various Artists – Percussive Resistance
    $10.00 | ,

    A compilation of 29 percussionists making rhythm, texture & noise to raise funds for the National Network of Abortion Funds. Percussive Resistance is our heeding a call to action. Each […]

    GENRE: Percussion, Beats, Rhythm
  • Rottweiler – Haight
    Rottweiler – Haight
    $8.00 | ,

    Hard-hitting acid house from Ariel Motto Label: Chicago Research – CR038 Format: CS, Album Country: US Released: 2020 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Fried ESK – Fried Eco System Kontact
    Fried ESK – Fried Eco System Kontact
    $4.00 | ,

    “Eco System Kontact Live hardware set” Label: Yard Sale For World Peace – YSFWP09 Format: CS, Album Country: US Released: 2021 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Todd Tamanend Clark – The Deathguard Remnants
    Todd Tamanend Clark – The Deathguard Remnants
    $35.00 | ,

    “The Deathguard Remnants contains rare lo-fi recordings that were left off of legendary underground poet and composer Todd Tamanend Clark’s best-known album Nova Psychedelia 1975-1985 due [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Thom Nguyen – Imago Ossuary
    Thom Nguyen – Imago Ossuary
    $10.00 |

    Known to many as the percussive presence in groups like Nest Egg, MANAS, Wasting and We Bow to No Masters, Asheville’s Thom Nguyen moves in to dronier, driftier worlds with […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Eternal Husk – Commune III
    Eternal Husk – Commune III
    $10.00 |

    Further tonal ruminations and aural questions asked from deep within. An outsider music grab bag jam selection, nay, transmission from deep within the Circle City. Another sonic commune (the [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dior – Angels Kiss At The Edge Of Cacatopia
    Dior – Angels Kiss At The Edge Of Cacatopia
    $9.00 |

    DIOR is Sarah Moore and Stasia Kowaleski, (of Vats, Porcelain Gods, Trixie Linoleum, Babyface Evil) Sarah from Snoqualmie, WA and Phoenix and Stasia (Ghost Bitch, Desire Complex, kzv, Babyface [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Altamira – Altamira
    Altamira – Altamira
    $9.00 |

    Jackie Beckey’s Altamira is a cave song, a meditative howl, like Joanna Brouk in a snowstorm, ripping up your down jacket and wool socks, find her in the cold turning […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Chevrolet Pile – The Crunchy Western Commotion Of
    Chevrolet Pile – The Crunchy Western Commotion Of
    $9.00 |

    It’s as if the all star cast of a specific midwestern underground scene conspired to turn to their roots, an expansive flat land, rows of corn and a god damn […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Kudler* / Gerycz* – Kapteyn B
    Kudler* / Gerycz* – Kapteyn B
    $9.00 |

    my squashed ideas of person foil cooking oil padding your mouse feet across the kitchen I’m used to this sound and actually its lullaby doubled over the infestation is endearing […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • American Friend – Sound Under Rock
    American Friend – Sound Under Rock
    $9.00 |

    Adam’s drums keep the blood flowing and Sarah’s bass holds the body upright, Jana’s guitar reacts to the confines of rhythm and their lyrics pinch. They pull open the curtains […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Skeme Richards – Jazz All Days
    Skeme Richards – Jazz All Days
    $35.00 | ,

    Limited release directly sourced from the Nostalgia King Himself A true Jazz Funk Mixtape The Jazz All Days cassette released in conjunction with fRUITY Shop in Shanhai. The cassette is […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Nico & Cale – En Concert À L’Enfer
    Nico & Cale – En Concert À L’Enfer
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    “Tracks taken from Nico’s 1965 45 single, an outake from The Academy In Peril & the Reed/Cale/Nico “Le Bataclan 72″ concert. Wonderful cover art worth price of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Miles Davis – Belgrade 1973
    Miles Davis – Belgrade 1973
    $10.00 | ,

    “At his most adventurous 70s zone. The band was Dave Liebeman, Al Foster, Michael Henderson, Reginald Lucas, Pete Cosey & Mtume.” Unofficial European import. 12/3/2024 *Currently [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Miles Davis – Belgrade 1971
    Miles Davis – Belgrade 1971
    $10.00 | ,

    “At his most adventurous 70s zone. The band was Gary Bartz, Leon Ndugu Chancler, Michael Henderson, Keith Jarrett, Don Alies & Mtume.” Unofficial European import. 12/3/2024 [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Mac Blackout, Landon Caldwell & Nicholas Yeck-Stauffer – Between Infinities
    Mac Blackout, Landon Caldwell & Nicholas Yeck-Stauffer – B…
    $10.00 | ,

    “Somewhere there is the unhappened. Somewhere, if there is a somewhere. Unhappened – as in – on the way. There was a path to get there. We don’t magically emerge […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Corey Madden – Taste The Hour
    Corey Madden – Taste The Hour
    $10.00 |

    AI this is not. 2024 finds guitar journeyman Corey Madden stepping out and into his own zone. An NYC expat, and a founding member of the Los Angeles based Color […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Brendan Eder Ensemble – Therapy
    Brendan Eder Ensemble – Therapy
    $10.00 |

    Following 2021’s Cape Cod Cottage — Eder’s concept album under the guise of Edward Blankman, a retired dentist who wrote elegant jazz in the1970s — on Therapy, Eder drops the […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Blaine Todd – Goodbye ‘Til I Do Good By You
    Blaine Todd – Goodbye ‘Til I Do Good By You
    $10.00 |

    All songs written by Blaine Todd except Just As You Are written by Robert Wyatt Blaine Todd: guitar, bass, voice Henry Birdsey: pedal steel Liam Herb: synth on Wild Desperation […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Severed + Said – End Time Loop
    Severed + Said – End Time Loop
    $9.00 | ,

    Floridian synthesist John Touchton aka Severed+Said returns with his most cinematic suite yet of witching hour electronics, spidery rhythm, and macabre clockwork: End Time Loop. A 10-track [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Polygondwanaland
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Teenage Gizzard
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Teenage Gizzard
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo Vol. 6 Music To Burn Money To
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo Vol. 6 Music To Burn…
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo’s 5 Music To Think Existentially To
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo’s 5 Music To T…
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demos Vol. 4 Music To Die To
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demos Vol. 4 Music To Die…
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo Vol. 3 Music To Eat Pong Scum To
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demo Vol. 3 Music To Eat …
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demos Vol. 1 Music To Kill Bad People To
    King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Demos Vol. 1 Music To Kil…
    $10.00 | ,

    *Part of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s Bootlegger series* Limited cassette release – pro-dubbed tapes with full color j-cards & printed labels. Low editions under 30 of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Joni Île – Semaphore CS
    Joni Île – Semaphore CS
    $10.00 |

    In the age of boredom-less nights I sometimes yearn for times I sat on my bedroom floor listening to the same albums over and over. The first time I heard […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Finished Basements – Varnish
    Finished Basements – Varnish
    $10.00 |

    *ships mid Sept at latest* Finished Basements “Varnish” full length cassette is up now for pre-order. 50+ minutes, 22 tracks of basement electronics. Beats, kraut zones & 99 WARP RECORDS […]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Baphomet Sex – All Ancestors Standing Beside Your Bed
    Baphomet Sex – All Ancestors Standing Beside Your Bed
    $10.00 |

    Baphomet Sex is V. Jasper Fairbanks 4 track cassette player with looping cassette 10 channel mixer Genthalz C.U.N.T Earthquaker Organizer, Arpanoid, Astral Destiny Donner loop pedal Edition of 50

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Guru Guru / Uli Trepte – Live 1972/1974
    Guru Guru / Uli Trepte – Live 1972/1974
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Bassist Uli Trepte was one of the founders of the seminal space rock Krautrock group Guru Guru, and this CD, a reissue of a […]

  • The Pink Fairies – Live 1971 / 1973
    The Pink Fairies – Live 1971 / 1973
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    In from Nagrania Cukiernicze, Polish label. Pink Fairies at their absolute best. Remarkable psych freaks make loud noise.

  • Conduit Gold – s/t
    Conduit Gold – s/t
    $8.00 |

    Electric guitar duo musings from Kelly MacDonald & Alex York. Released in tape edition of 30 copies & given away for free at our first gig opening for Ned Collette […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Diptych / Ohnive Plamene – split cassette
    Diptych / Ohnive Plamene – split cassette
    $10.00 |

    Czech split cassette from Happy Families. “When I heard the Diptych / Ohnive plamene split tape I felt alive for the first time in a long while. What is going […]

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