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  • Nowhere Flower – Ruts The Place
    Nowhere Flower – Ruts The Place
    $25.00 | , ,

    The tracks on Ruts the Place are home recordings from spring and summer of 2023. Many tracks were improvised and collaged together with older recorded pieces taken from cassettes, iphone, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lawwss – Studio
    Lawwss – Studio
    $20.00 | , ,

    Los Angeles Woodwind Skill Share: Flute, Alto Flute, Hulusi Flute, Clarinet, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Venova, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax and Baritone Sax Played by: Alex Sloate, Andrew Moses, Andy [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Swans – Soundtracks For The Blind
    Swans – Soundtracks For The Blind
    $100.00 | , , ,

    “Choosing to extinguish the band name under which Gira and Jarboe had worked together for so long must not have been an easy step, but when they decided to end […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Xiu Xiu ‎– Plays The Music Of Twin Peaks (Red/Blue Vinyl)
    Xiu Xiu ‎– Plays The Music Of Twin Peaks (Red/Blue Vinyl)
    $40.00 | , , ,

    “Australia’s Gallery of Modern Art commissioned Xiu Xiu to reinterpret the music from Twin Peaks for their David Lynch: Between Two Worlds exhibition. Since then, the band has performed [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Claire Rousay ‎– Everything Perfect Is Already Here (Silver Vinyl)
    Claire Rousay ‎– Everything Perfect Is Already Here (Silver Vinyl)
    $30.00 | , , ,

    “When words trail off at the beginning of claire rousay’s “everything perfect is already here,” ornate instrumentation is waiting to fill a void left by the breakdown of language. Yet […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Inmates – Dirty Water
    The Inmates – Dirty Water
    $5.00 | , , ,

    Cover of The Standells track by the British pub-rock group, The Inmates. Label: Radar Records – ADA 44 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1979 VG+/VG+. Light […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Punk / Hardcore
  • The Books – Broadcast
    The Books – Broadcast
    $5.00 | , , ,

    Electro/synth-pop track that bears some similarities to B-52s & Devo. Label: Logo – BOOK 1 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Light sleevewear/discoloration

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Any Trouble – Yesterday’s Love
    Any Trouble – Yesterday’s Love
    $7.00 | , , ,

    Wonderful power-pop track on Stiff Records. Label: Stiff Records – BUY 74 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Light wear. Old store sticker

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • The Teardrop Explodes ‎– Treason
    The Teardrop Explodes ‎– Treason
    $6.00 | , , ,

    One of the best tracks from their debut album, Kilimanjaro. Label: Zoo Records – CAGE 008 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Some edgewear

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Spizzoil ‎– Cold City : 4
    Spizzoil ‎– Cold City : 4
    $8.00 | , , ,

    An almost industrial post-punk track from Spizzoil. Label: Rough Trade – RTSO-2 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, EP Country: UK Released: 1979 VG+/VG+. Light marks/sleeve discoloration

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Spaces – I’ve Had A Nice Peaceful Day
    Spaces – I’ve Had A Nice Peaceful Day
    $12.00 | , , ,

    New Zealand power-pop/new wave that still sounds zippy today. Label: Epic – ES 715 Format: Vinyl, 7″ Country: New Zealand Released: 1982 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Punts ‎– Shelly’s Boyfriend / Rochambeau
    Punts ‎– Shelly’s Boyfriend / Rochambeau
    $9.00 | , , ,

    Sole power-pop 7″ from the Punts. RIYL: Pretenders, Go-Go’s. Label: Bondage Records – 0001 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1981 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Samuel R. Delany – Big Joe
    Samuel R. Delany – Big Joe
    $20.00 | , ,

    An uproarious and scandalous Southern picaresque by the master Samuel R. Delany. A chance encounter with two older fellows at the movie theater has the young vagabond Ligie on his […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • The Undertones ‎– The Sin Of Pride
    The Undertones ‎– The Sin Of Pride
    $15.00 | , , ,

    “The Sin of Pride was by far the most exploratory album the Undertones ever issued and, other than their debut, fares the best. Whereas Hypnotised had been another punk rave-up […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • King Crimson ‎– Larks’ Tongues In Aspic [UK 1977 pressing]
    King Crimson ‎– Larks’ Tongues In Aspic [UK 1977 pressing]
    $40.00 | , , ,

    “King Crimson reborn yet again — the then-newly configured band makes its debut with a violin (courtesy of David Cross) sharing center stage with Robert Fripp’s guitars and his [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Easybeats ‎– Easy
    The Easybeats ‎– Easy
    $40.00 | , , ,

    Great Australian garage/beat record that matches the Kinks in terms of poppy fun. Label: Albert Productions – APLP.057 Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue Country: Australia Released: 1982 VG+/VG. Upper [...]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Tertium Quid – Days Of Trinity / Megalomania
    Tertium Quid – Days Of Trinity / Megalomania
    $45.00 | , , ,

    Sole single from these avant-pop weirdos. Sounds like the catchier bits from Ralph Records, fed through a uranium tube. Label: Cheap Records – 110032X Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Jayhawks ‎– Blue Earth (1989 TwinTone Pressing)
    The Jayhawks ‎– Blue Earth (1989 TwinTone Pressing)
    $100.00 | , , ,

    “The songs which make up Blue Earth originated as demos, and save for some minor studio tinkering, are presented here in their original embryonic state. As a consequence, the record […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Guided By Voices – Propeller
    Guided By Voices – Propeller
    $18.00 | , , ,

    “”Propeller was the fifth album by Guided By Voices, and was intended to be the group’s last. Released as a limited edition of 500 LPs in 1992, the album featured […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Fruit LoOops – Everything Is Clear To Me Now
    Fruit LoOops – Everything Is Clear To Me Now
    $12.00 | , ,

    Torn Light Records recording artists Fruit Looops lastest EP released via Orange Milk Records. Mental & fried 4 track CD of their stripped down vocal/synth/drum line up of art punk/electronic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Punk / Hardcore, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Rob Mohan – A Sign of Things to Come
    Rob Mohan – A Sign of Things to Come
    $25.00 | , ,

    Excellent American primitive guitar from Cincinnati Ohio’s Rob Mohan. Recorded on both 6 & 12 string guitar, crispy clear recording of beautiful original compositions by Rob.

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Ténèbres / Mound Of Glass – Split
    Ténèbres / Mound Of Glass – Split
    $7.00 | , ,

    Gracious Host is proud to present a split offering of prime material from two projects sharing a singular cinematic obsession. Ténèbres and Mound of Glass provide their audience with one […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lace – Reclamation
    Lace – Reclamation
    $7.00 | , ,

    Limited to 60 “RECORDED 2017. ALL SOUND MADE BY lace USING TAPE, MICROPHONES, COPICAT & MS-20. lace : WC & VS

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter – Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter
    Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter – Shredded Nerve / Form Hunter
    $12.00 | , ,

    In the summer of 2023 Shredded Nerve and Form Hunter embarked on an east coast tour that culminated at the Initial Shock festival in Montreal. This CD is a reissue […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Concept Horse – Tod Durch Museen
    The Concept Horse – Tod Durch Museen
    $7.00 | , ,

    Recorded 2021 – 2022 with Trevor’s broken Uher 4000, a small silver bell, high walled white pots, soft-boiled eggs, unused birds & hand-slowed piano.

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • High Grove – A Year Of Winter
    High Grove – A Year Of Winter
    $7.00 | , ,

    High Grove is the experimental tape duo of Montreal’s Heather Ross and Sara Delecorte. Originally recorded and released on Sloane Distro in 2019, Gracious Host is proud to re-issue this [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Jad Fair – Beautiful Songs: The Best Of The Best Of Jad Fair
    Jad Fair – Beautiful Songs: The Best Of The Best Of Jad Fair
    $15.00 | , , ,

    “Fire Fidelity brings you an LP featuring 24 of the best songs spanning the career of the legendary Jad Fair and his band Half Japanese plus a free download card […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Big Boys ‎– Fun, Fun, Fun… (2013 Reissue)
    Big Boys ‎– Fun, Fun, Fun… (2013 Reissue)
    $85.00 | , , ,

    “Big Boys music, artwork, and defying attitude have resonated for decades from their inception in 1979 until their demise in 1984. To be able to blend punk, hardcore punk, post-punk, […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Kathryn Harrison – Poison
    Kathryn Harrison – Poison
    $12.00 | , , ,

    Francisca de Luarca, the daughter of a silk grower, is a dreamer of fabulous dreams – dreams in which the work of her father’s silkworms is woven into robes for […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • A Most Dangerous Method: The Story Of Jung, Freud And Sabina Spielrein
    A Most Dangerous Method: The Story Of Jung, Freud And Sabina Spielrein
    $10.00 | , , ,

    In 1907, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung began what promised to be both a momentous collaboration and the deepest friendship of each man’s life. Six years later they were bitter […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Franciska – Afvikling
    Franciska – Afvikling
    $7.00 | ,

    The latest in the prolific output of Copenhagen’s talented Jonas Torstensen, better known as Franciska. Those already familiar with Franciska’s output from the past couple years on [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Form Hunter – Dread Harvest
    Form Hunter – Dread Harvest
    $10.00 | ,

    Form Hunter returns with their first full-length album since 2021’s “Violent Adaptation” (Troniks / Helicopter). Dread Harvest refines their signature blend of in-the-red tape [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Glochids – REmi-X
    Glochids – REmi-X
    $5.00 | , , ,

    “A collection of remixes from the 2014 Glochids album »BE I-X«” Label: Ascetic House –no cat number Format: Cassette Country: US Released: 2014 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Residents, Uninc. ‎– Santa Dog
    Residents, Uninc. ‎– Santa Dog
    $40.00 | , , ,

    “Welcome to the wild, bizarro world of the experimental artists called The Residents. Little is known about the group’s origins or its members’ identities, although it is widely [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Chesterfield Kings – Baby Doll
    The Chesterfield Kings – Baby Doll
    $6.00 | , , ,

    5th single from the late 70’s Garage revival band. Label: Mirror Records Inc. – 45-1200 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: 1987 VG+/VG+. Light sleeve discoloration/wear

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Little Johnny And The Silvertones – Rock ‘Til The End Of Time / I’ve Got A Woman [Yellow]
    Little Johnny And The Silvertones – Rock ‘Til The End Of Time / …
    $10.00 | , , ,

    “Blood curdling unissued 1963 R&B booze savagery! The Figures of Light It’s Lame was the Monster Of The Year for 2006, CJ and the Casuals’ Study Hall was the Monster […]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Sun Ra And His Arkestra – Children Of The Sun
    Sun Ra And His Arkestra – Children Of The Sun
    $15.00 | , , ,

    “Two classic SUN RA songs now available for the first time as a 7″ single !!! The infinitely wise drum-driven solar chant of CHILDREN OF THE SUN, with the profoundly […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Ready Men Meet Yetti-Men, The ‎– The Ready Men Meet The Yetti-Men
    The Ready Men Meet Yetti-Men, The ‎– The Ready Men Meet The Yetti-Men
    $6.00 | , , ,

    “4 skullbustin’ 1964 Minnesota surf rippers! Readymen serve up bird dance classic Shortnin’ Bread and the deadly unissued whomp of Disintegration while the Yetti-Men barrel thru [...]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Roxy Music ‎– Angel Eyes [UK 79 pressing]
    Roxy Music ‎– Angel Eyes [UK 79 pressing]
    $7.00 | , , ,

    Roxy Music’s third single from their 1979 album Manifesto Label: Polydor – POSP 67 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: UK Released: 1979 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • The Spokane Mystics – I’m In Love / Check Point
    The Spokane Mystics – I’m In Love / Check Point
    $6.00 | , , ,

    Maniac garage rock from the Pacific Northwest scene Label: Hillsdale Records – HR-20 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: 1997 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Dale Hawkins – Number Nine Train
    Dale Hawkins – Number Nine Train
    $5.00 | , , ,

    Classic track from the swamp-rock pioneer Label: Norton Records – 45-055 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: 1997 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll
  • The Del-Tino’s – Go! Go! Go!
    The Del-Tino’s – Go! Go! Go!
    $10.00 | , , ,

    “Wild n’frantic Southern Michigan teenage instro raunch & stormin’vocal shakedowns ’63-66!! Includes four rare 45’s plus scads of outtakes, lost demos and home [...]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk
  • Jim Colegrove & The Juke Jumpers ‎– Ubangi Stomp
    Jim Colegrove & The Juke Jumpers ‎– Ubangi Stomp
    $5.00 | , , ,

    Jump & stomp music from FT Worth, Texas. Label: Greco Records Inc. – G 608 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1980 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll
  • The Rooks – A Girl Like You
    The Rooks – A Girl Like You
    $10.00 | , , ,

    “Anytime we can offer up a mid-sixties garage band from our favorite hotbed, the Windy City (particularly a combo citing Them and the Pretty Things as faves!!), good things can […]

    GENRE: Rockabilly / Early Rock N Roll
  • Wreckless Eric – A Popsong
    Wreckless Eric – A Popsong
    $6.00 | , , ,

    Classic power-pop from the “Whole Wide World” hitmaker. Label: Stiff Records – BUY 64 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: Netherlands Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Light wear to sleeve

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Guided By Voices – Universal Truths And Cycles
    Guided By Voices – Universal Truths And Cycles
    $7.00 | , , ,

    Title track from GBV’s 2002 album Label: Fading Captain Series – #23 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: US Released: 2002 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sex Pistols – Power Of The Pistols
    Sex Pistols – Power Of The Pistols
    $25.00 | , , ,

    A1-B1 live in Halmstad, Sweden (Diskotek Stranden, 15 July 1977) (Uncredited) B2-6 live in Atlanta, USA (Great South East Music Hall, 5 Jan 1978) (Uncredited) Label: 77 Records – 772 […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Russell Haswell ‎– Respondent
    Russell Haswell ‎– Respondent
    $15.00 | , , ,

    “Russell Haswell returns to Diagonal with a new five-track mini-album called Respondent. Not quite an EP nor long enough for a full album, this record marks a significant shift in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Not Waving ‎– Good Luck
    Not Waving ‎– Good Luck
    $15.00 | , , ,

    “Alessio Natalizia aka Not Waving rides the wave of a lifetime on his magnum opus, Good Luck. The London-based Italian artist’s second album for Diagonal is an emotional but fiercely […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Acid Mothers Temple / Circle – S/T
    Acid Mothers Temple / Circle – S/T
    $35.00 | , , ,

    Split 7″ inspired by Acid Mothers Temple tour with Circle in 2002 Label: Verdura – verdu-9 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 33 ⅓ RPM, 45 RPM, Limited Edition Country: Finland Released: 2002 […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych