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  • Jim Shepard ‎– Heavy Action
    Jim Shepard ‎– Heavy Action
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    “When Charles and Josh tapped me to spill some ink for this project, I couldn’t say yes fast enough. Culled from Charles’s vast personal collection, the contents herein abide no […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – A Lowtides Rising… (Explorations Around The Theme Of NZ Acoustic Music)
    V/A – A Lowtides Rising… (Explorations Around The Theme Of NZ Acoustic Music)
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    Featuring: Peter Wright, CJA and Annamarie, Sleep. Pumice, Kieran Monaghan (mr sterile), Swagger Jack, Birchville Cat Motel, Richard Francis, 1/3 Octave Band, Tim Cornelius (Sandoz Lab Techs), [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Brigid Dawson And The Mothers Network – Ballet Of Apes [Electric Blue Vinyl]
    Brigid Dawson And The Mothers Network – Ballet Of Apes [Electric Blue Vinyl]
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    “Brigid Dawson was sometimes referred to as the “secret weapon” of Thee Oh Sees, her vocal harmonies offsetting John Dwyer’s husky yelps. When the two reactivated the OCS [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • The Coolies – Kaka
    The Coolies – Kaka
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    “The Coolies have been blurting out random batches of high order avant garage spew since 1997. Sjionel Timu and Tina Pihema are the core of the band. Formed in the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Delaney Davidson / Bruce Russell – One Hand Loose
    Delaney Davidson / Bruce Russell – One Hand Loose
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    “This is an improbable record made by two guys who have on the face of it little business together except that they live in the same small town. Lyttelton is […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Features ‎– X Features
    Features ‎– X Features
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    “The Features, perhaps more than anybody, were the band that provided the stylistic delineation between punk and post-punk in the Auckland, New Zealand scene. The band formed in late 1979, [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Birdie – Some Dusty (Green Vinyl)
    Birdie – Some Dusty (Green Vinyl)
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    Birdie’s debut album, 1999’s “Some Dusty,” is the culmination of a series of fortuitous events, set in motion in 1992 when members Debsey Wykes (Dolly Mixture) and Paul [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Macula Kuru ‎– Macula Kuru
    Macula Kuru ‎– Macula Kuru
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    “Amazingly psychedelic quartet session by two Japanese players (Junzo Suzuki and Mitsuru Tabata) and two Belgians (Bart De Paepe and Jan D’Hooghe.) Originally this was recorded as a trio, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Cole Pulice ‎– Gloam
    Cole Pulice ‎– Gloam
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    Cole Pulice is a saxophone player from Minneapolis. An improviser of ambient jazz who earned their merits touring with Bon Iver, working with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and releasing wonderful [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cuticles – Major Works
    Cuticles – Major Works
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    Oamaru, located about 80 miles north of Dunedin on New Zealand’s south island, might seem like the last place you expect to find a prodigious racket like Cuticles, but ain’t […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Marion Cousin et Kaumwald – Tu Rabo Par’Abanico
    Marion Cousin et Kaumwald – Tu Rabo Par’Abanico
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    There are commitments whose delineations are only defined by a territory. The series initiated in 2016 by Marion Cousin prompts an exploration of the Iberian Peninsula through its enchanted [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dr. John, The Night Tripper ‎– The Sun, Moon & Herbs
    Dr. John, The Night Tripper ‎– The Sun, Moon & Herbs
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    “Originally intended as a triple album, The Sun, Moon & Herbs was chopped up, whittled down and re-assembled into this single-disc release, and while Dr. John never liked this version [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Blues
  • Eric Demarsan ‎– Le Cercle Rouge
    Eric Demarsan ‎– Le Cercle Rouge
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    “Starting as a collaborator of François de Roubaix and Michel Magne in the 60s, Eric Demarsan went on to become a mainstay of French cinema soundtracks, composing for directors such […]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • LEYA – Eyeline
    LEYA – Eyeline
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    “Eyeline is a mixtape we started in mid-November while on tour. We recorded it mostly at home and asked friends to contribute.” Label: NNA Tapes – NNA 45 Format: Vinyl, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Country Teasers – The Empire Strikes Back
    Country Teasers – The Empire Strikes Back
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    “In the industry, I am the only complete man…” sang Country Teaser’s B.R. Wallers, quoting Naked Lunch, back in 1995. If modesty didn’t forbid, he might’ve been speaking of his […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Automelodi ‎– Automelodi
    Automelodi ‎– Automelodi
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    A new approach to classic minimal-synth/minimalwave sounds. Label: Wierd Records – VR011 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country:US Released: 2010 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Ian Tescee ‎– Io
    Ian Tescee ‎– Io
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    Kosmiche-musik edged New Age. Vaguely dissonant in sections, tranquil in others. Label: E-N Records – ITC2010 Format: Vinyl, LP, Transparent Red Country: US Released: 1984 VG+/VG+. Old store tag [...]

    GENRE: Synthwave / Electronic
  • Etta James ‎– Etta James Sings Funk
    Etta James ‎– Etta James Sings Funk
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    Etta James covers a lot of ground in these interpretations of tracks by songwriters as diverse as the Louvins & the Gershwins Label: Cadet – LPS-832 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Chris & Cosey ‎– Songs Of Love & Lust
    Chris & Cosey ‎– Songs Of Love & Lust
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    Absolutely essential love songs for the emotionally desolate. Label: Rough Trade – ROUGH 64 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1984 VG+/VG. Sleeve high end VG, small tear on […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Arlean Brown ‎– Sings The Blues In The Loop
    Arlean Brown ‎– Sings The Blues In The Loop
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    “If you wandered into a smoky South Side club in Chicago during the early ’70s, there’s a good chance you’d have been met by the raw, unvarnished truth of Arelean […]

    GENRE: Rhythm & Blues
  • Dark Day ‎– Window
    Dark Day ‎– Window
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    Dark Day was the brainchild of Robin Crutchfield formed after leaving New York’s seminal No Wave band, DNA. Following the first few incarnations and various lineups, 1981 saw the direction […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts (blue vinyl)
    Thurston Moore – Demolished Thoughts (blue vinyl)
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    “Though it’s somewhat surprising Thurston Moore and Beck didn’t work together prior to Demolished Thoughts, their collaboration lives up to its promise, delivering an album of psychedelic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Six Organs Of Admittance – Sleep Tones
    Six Organs Of Admittance – Sleep Tones
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    Six Organs of Admittance takes listeners through an extended narcoleptic journey on Sleep Tones, an all-electronic double album of new ambient work. Mastered by VDSQ labelmate Chuck Johnson, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Days Of A Quiet Sun
    V/A – Days Of A Quiet Sun
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    Mid-1960’s Richmond, Virginia had little to offer aspiring local artists. Enter Martin Gary, a local kid who grew up working at Gary’s, the primary record shop in town that his […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Garage / Proto Punk
  • Flanger Magazine – Breslin
    Flanger Magazine – Breslin
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    “A set of spry, pastoral Aecoustic Guitar and errant Electronic pieces that harken back to libraries by Teisco, Vittorio Marino, and the like, yet mapped in an alien manner unlike […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Willie Lane ‎– Guitar Army Of One
    Willie Lane ‎– Guitar Army Of One
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    “Remastered reissue of the second brilliant Willie Lane LP released by Cord-Art, originally available (for a few moments, anyway) in 2012. Guitar Army of One is a bit less folk […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Der Plan ‎– Geri Reig
    Der Plan ‎– Geri Reig
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    “Pop music has never sounded stranger than on Der Plan’s debut full-length, Geri Reig, a unique blend of Residents-inspired experimental pop and innovative electronics. A cohesive and [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Pedestrian Deposit – Kithless
    Pedestrian Deposit – Kithless
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    Pedestrian Deposit (J. Borges and Shannon A. Kennedy) possesses a certain, restrained relationship to texture. Sources both electric and acoustic operate on a logic of hybridity becoming [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • JJulius ‎– Vol I
    JJulius ‎– Vol I
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    Debut solo-album by JJULIUS. Recorded and mixed by JJULIUS in Gothenburg from autumn 2020 to winter 2021 Label: Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox – MMJ004 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Sweden [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Manikins – From Broadway To Blazes
    Manikins – From Broadway To Blazes
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    From the same scene that begat the Scientists and the Victims came Perth, Australia’s The Manikins. Founded by Neil Fernandes — a former member of the legendary Cheap Nasties with [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore, Rock / Pop
  • Forward Music Quintet – Glory & Betrayal
    Forward Music Quintet – Glory & Betrayal
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    Private Darkwave/Coldwave from Greece. Label: Forward Music Organisation – FMO 002 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Greece Released: 1985 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • V/A – Wound
    V/A – Wound
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    Continuing the tradition of its milestone-marking compilations, Carbon is using the occasion of its 25th year to bring together an impressive roster of guitar-based artists. Showcasing the use of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Cardopusher – New Cult Fear
    Cardopusher – New Cult Fear
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    Venezuela born, Barcelona based Cardopusher’s career goes back over 12 years- the proverbial 10,000 hours to master a skill long fulfilled. His forthcoming LP “New Cult Fear” on Boysnoize Records [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Sarah Davachi ‎– Gave In Rest
    Sarah Davachi ‎– Gave In Rest
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    “Sarah Davachi has quickly risen in prominence since her first release five years ago, and Gave In Rest represents her highest artistic achievement. By infusing her compositional style [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Perth County Conspiracy ‎– The Perth County Conspiracy
    Perth County Conspiracy ‎– The Perth County Conspiracy
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    “Despite having completed their debut for Columbia just weeks earlier, in August 1970 Cedric Smith, Richard Keelan, Michael Butler, and other Conspirators recorded another album, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Divine Horsemen – Middle Of The Night
    Divine Horsemen – Middle Of The Night
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    A selection of alternate takes and unreleased recordings. Label: SST Records – SST 090 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1987 VG+/VG. Sleeve low end VG with some noticeable […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Heavenly ‎– Heavenly Vs Satan
    Heavenly ‎– Heavenly Vs Satan
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    Heavenly’s first LP for Sarah Records was, like the two that followed, an eight-song affair – though both sides of early 7” singles I Fell In Love Last Night are […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf
    Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf
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    In a period of governmental and cultural transition, former Pipettes front-woman, Gwenno Saunders, releases a political concept album inspired by an obscure 1970s Welsh language sci-fi novel, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Anika ‎– Change (Yellow Vinyl)
    Anika ‎– Change (Yellow Vinyl)
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    “When asked to describe the circumstances that influenced her beautifully fraught new work, Berlin-based musician Annika Henderson—better known simply as Anika—quickly articulates a set of [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Heavenly ‎– A Bout De Heavenly: The Singles
    Heavenly ‎– A Bout De Heavenly: The Singles
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    “Heavenly debuted with the 7″ single ‘I Fell in Love Last Night’, followed by another 7″, ‘Our Love Is Heavenly’, both released in 1990 on Sarah Records. Heavenly vs. Satan, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Goose – Som Folk Är Mest
    Goose – Som Folk Är Mest
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    An organism of shredded memories, connections and relations. Existing because of mixtures, collages, escapism and rescues. Behind Goose there are two of the currently most forward thinking and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Ditterich Von Euler-Donnersperg – Weisheit Aus Des Kindes Mund Tut Uns Stets Die Wahrheit Kund
    Ditterich Von Euler-Donnersperg – Weisheit Aus Des Kindes Mund Tut Uns Stets Die Wahrheit Kund
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    It’s hard to overstate the influence of Ditterich von Euler-Donnersperg on A Colourful Storm; indeed, it’s almost impossible to imagine the label’s existence without it. A figure whose movements [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • People Skills ‎– Former January Ending Through 52 Weeks
    People Skills ‎– Former January Ending Through 52 Weeks
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    “Sophomore Lounge gifts us a vinyl reissue of People Skills, Former January Ending Through 52 Weeks, which was quietly released by Saga House in 2016. Inzane Johnny called it “the […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Filmmaker – Hollywood Cult
    Filmmaker – Hollywood Cult
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    “Veyl is proud to welcome back to the label one of the most essential and multi-dimensional producers today, Filmmaker. To date, the Colombian artist has delivered a plethora of revered [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Andrew Thomas Wilson – Carnarvon
    Andrew Thomas Wilson – Carnarvon
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    Synthy & mellow New Age explorations Label: EMI – EMX 430016 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Australia Released: 1984 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Rock / Pop, Synthwave / Electronic
  • Arawak – Background Music N. 4
    Arawak – Background Music N. 4
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    Arawak is one of the many pseudonyms that Luciano Simoncini used for his soundtrack and library music works. “Background Music N. 4” is a multi-faceted release that includes at least […]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • AIR French Band – Moon Safari
    AIR French Band – Moon Safari
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    “Although electronica had its fair share of chillout classics prior to the debut of Air, the lion’s share were either stark techno (Warp) or sample-laden trip-hop (Mo’ Wax). But [...]

    GENRE: Synthwave / Electronic
  • Bobby Would – Baby
    Bobby Would – Baby
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    “IT’S HAPPENING TO YOU, AGAIN…” Lovelorn, tranq’d-out, majestically understated rok y roll lullabies and dub-pocked, acid-damaged, pain’-it-dark drone-punk from Robert P. of Heavy [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Flesh Eaters ‎– No Questions Asked
    Flesh Eaters ‎– No Questions Asked
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    “The Flesh Eaters have been the outlet for vocalist, filmmaker, poet, and lyricist Chris D. (Desjardins) for over 20 years. The band’s official releases have been sporadic at best, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Willie Lane – Known Quantity
    Willie Lane – Known Quantity
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    “Newly remastered reissue of Willie Lane’s 2009 solo guitar LP, Known Quantity, originally released on his own Cord Art label. Over the last few years, this album has been requested [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country