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  • The Fall – The Unutterable
    The Fall – The Unutterable
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    “For The Unutterable, Mark E. Smith settled in with the (mostly) new lineup that debuted on 1999’s The Marshall Suite and recorded yet another gorgeous, rambunctious, only [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • The Move ‎– Movements • 30th Anniversary Anthology
    The Move ‎– Movements • 30th Anniversary Anthology
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    “This may be more Move than the casual fan wants, but it’s not just another rehashed collection. From the remastered sound to the presence of various outtakes (including lost live [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Klaus Schulze – “X”. Vol.2
    Klaus Schulze – “X”. Vol.2
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    “Each track on X or “Ten” (since it’s Schulze’s tenth release ) is titled after famous German personalities, but it’s the provocative electronic music within [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Flesh Eaters – A Hard Road To Follow
    The Flesh Eaters – A Hard Road To Follow
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    “Although it was not the last album to be issued under the name of The Flesh Eaters, Hard Road to Follow occupies a unique and special place in the band’s […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • John Cale – Vintage Violence
    John Cale – Vintage Violence
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    “John Cale had the strongest avant-garde credentials of anyone in the Velvet Underground, but he was also the Velvet whose solo career was the least strongly defined by his work […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Goatsnake – I + Dog Days
    Goatsnake – I + Dog Days
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    “Late 90s stoner/doom from Label: Southern Lord – sunn³⁴ Format: CD, Album, Compilation Country: US Released: 2004 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Metal
  • The Fall – The Less You Look, The More You Find
    The Fall – The Less You Look, The More You Find
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    “This is a 2-disc distillation of tracks from the Receiver Records compilations: The Fall – Sinister Waltz The Fall – Fiend With A Violin The Fall – Oswald Defence Lawyer [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Lee Hazlewood ‎– Cowboy In Sweden
    Lee Hazlewood ‎– Cowboy In Sweden
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    “At the turn of the ’60s, Lee Hazlewood decided to leave America for Sweden. He had already spent time in the country, appearing as an actor in two television productions, […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Rock / Pop
  • Hawkwind – Acid Daze Volume 1
    Hawkwind – Acid Daze Volume 1
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    “A compilation of tracks recorded by Hawkwind between 1977-1982, Acid Daze, Vol. 1 does a solid, if unexceptional, job of summarizing a difficult period for the band. In marked contrast [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • X – More Fun In The New World
    X – More Fun In The New World
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    “Coming off their 1982 masterpiece Under the Big Black Sun, X offered their follow-up More Fun in the New World one year later. While its predecessor won the band a […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • The Fall – The Real New Fall LP (Formerly ‘Country On The Click’)
    The Fall – The Real New Fall LP (Formerly ‘Country On The Click’)
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    “Two years and 32 compilations, box sets, books, DVDs, and so on, since their last studio album (the lukewarm Are You Are Missing Winner), the Fall returned as a hungry, […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Various – Animals Of Africa: Sounds Of The Jungle, Plain & Bush
    Various – Animals Of Africa: Sounds Of The Jungle, Plain & Bush
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    “Current research among naturalists tends to break down any remaining class-distinction between animals and man; the more we know about the other creatures on our common planet, the sillier [...]

    GENRE: International
  • V/A – Mystic Sampler 1 & 2
    V/A – Mystic Sampler 1 & 2
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    “Collecting both classic punk/hxc comp LPs into one disc” Label: Mystic Records – MCD 126, Format: CD, Compilation Country: US Released: 2006 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Royal Trux – 3-Song EP
    Royal Trux – 3-Song EP
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    “This EP might have a title that borders on generic, but that’s the only simple or straightforward thing about it. After spending a few ill-advised years with Virgin Records, Royal [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Shona – Africa: Zimbabwe – Shona Mbira Music
    Shona – Africa: Zimbabwe – Shona Mbira Music
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    “Mbira music is one of the most popular traditional arts of black Africa, and the Shona musicians of Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) are among the instrument’s most distinguished players. This [...]

    GENRE: International
  • Emmett Williams – My Life in Flux & Vice Versa
    Emmett Williams – My Life in Flux & Vice Versa
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    This is an endlessly stimulating memoir, by a figure who was involved in some of the most astounding art of the post-war era, and a fresh, spontaneous account of the […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Memoir
  • Evidence for Contact: Ken Grimes, 1993-2021
    Evidence for Contact: Ken Grimes, 1993-2021
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    A singularly interstellar journey into the work of a visionary figure in outsider art, featuring an introduction by Seth Shostak, Senior Astronomer at the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker
    The Ecstasy of St. Kara: Kara Walker
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    Kara Walker’s work astutely examines race, gender, and identity. Walker’s newest series of large-scale drawings stem from her consideration of monuments and notions of permanence and impermanence [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Barry Flanagan: Early Works, 1965-1982
    Barry Flanagan: Early Works, 1965-1982
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    Barry Flanagan (1941–2009) is best known for his bronze hare sculptures that sit, walk, or leap in museums and public spaces around the world. The success of these and other […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Robert Desjarlais – Sensory Biographies: Lives & Deaths among Nepal’s Yolmo Buddhists
    Robert Desjarlais – Sensory Biographies: Lives & Deaths among Nepal’s Yolmo Buddhists
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    Robert Desjarlais’s graceful ethnography explores the life histories of two Yolmo elders, focusing on how particular sensory orientations and modalities have contributed to the making and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Barbie Latza Nadeau – Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs, & Guns on the Mafia Coast
    Barbie Latza Nadeau – Roadmap to Hell: Sex, Drugs, & Guns on the Mafia Coast
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    Chasing the money from kidnapped Nigerian hair braiders to ISIS gunrunners, this is the story of modern slavery in Europe and how the plight of those most in need is […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Allen F Roberts – Dance of Assassins: Performing Early Colonial Hegemony in the Congo
    Allen F Roberts – Dance of Assassins: Performing Early Colonial Hegemony in the Congo
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    A Dance of Assassins presents the competing histories of how Congolese Chief Lusinga and Belgian Lieutenant Storms engaged in a deadly clash while striving to establish hegemony along the [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • The Healing Flower Color Cards
    The Healing Flower Color Cards
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    77 card deck that combines Dr. E. Bachs Flower medicine and color therapy meditation with outstanding plant and flower drawings to make anyone a flower botanist. AGM Aktiengesellschaft [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Non-Fiction
  • Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade
    Young British Art: The Saatchi Decade
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    800 works, chosen by Charles Saatchi from his collection, are juxtaposed with media coverage and texts by Richard Cork, Sarah Kent and Dick Price. Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1999 Hardcover Edition. [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • The Basilicas Of Ethiopia: An Architectural History
    The Basilicas Of Ethiopia: An Architectural History
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    The basilica is symbolic of the history of Christianity in Ethiopia. Aizan, the first Christian king of the Aksumite empire was responsible for the creation of the large, five-aisled church […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Renegade Sisters: Girl Gangs On Film
    Renegade Sisters: Girl Gangs On Film
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    From boarding school to women’s prison, biker packs to urban vigilantes, rampaging girl gangs have long been a staple feature of exploitation/independent cinema. Renegade Sisters examines [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • George Hayduke – Revenge
    George Hayduke – Revenge
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    Depicts pranks that can be used to humiliate, defame, insult, or trick individuals or organizations on whom one seeks revenge Lyle Stuart, 1982 Softcover Edition. Some discoloration to wraps and [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Ernst Junger – Storm Of Steel
    Ernst Junger – Storm Of Steel
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    A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, Storm of Steel illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, seen through the eyes of an […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Haruki Murakami – Kafka On The Shore
    Haruki Murakami – Kafka On The Shore
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    Here we meet fifteen-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Lewis Spence – An Encyclopedia Of Occultism
    Lewis Spence – An Encyclopedia Of Occultism
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    Since its intitial publication in 1920, this book has remained the supreme arbiter in all matters of dispute concerning the occult. Contains 2,500 entries and articles summarizing the entire [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (as-is, scarce edition)
    Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology (as-is, scarce edition)
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    With their hard-edged, street-wise prose, they created frighteningly probable futures of high-tech societies and low-life hustlers. Fans and critics call their world cyberpunk. Here is the [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Charles Freger – Cimarron: Freedom And Masquerade
    Charles Freger – Cimarron: Freedom And Masquerade
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    All across the Americas, from the sixteenth century onwards, enslaved Africans escaped their captors and struck out on their own. These runaways established their own communities or joined with [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography
  • Lily & Maria – Lily & Maria (2003 Reissue)
    Lily & Maria – Lily & Maria (2003 Reissue)
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    Lily & Maria’s sole, mighty rare album is a strange oddity, all the more so for its appearance on a major label. As singers, Lily & Maria sound very much […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Folk / Country
  • The Ambivalent Crowd ‎– Bagong Umaga
    The Ambivalent Crowd ‎– Bagong Umaga
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    Ambivalent Crowd is a defunct Pinoy band that gained popularity during the 1970s. The members of the group were Pol Enriquez, Celeste Legaspi, Cynthia Patag, Gigi Escalante, Mae Cendana, Pinky [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, International
  • Captain Beyond ‎– Captain Beyond
    Captain Beyond ‎– Captain Beyond
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    Captain Beyond is a one-of-a-kind progressive album with rock, heavy metal, and jazz influences with a “space rock” lyrical bend. Formed by former members of Deep Purple (Rod Evans, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Mekons & Kathy Acker ‎– Pussy, King Of The Pirates (Sealed!)
    The Mekons & Kathy Acker ‎– Pussy, King Of The Pirates (Sealed!)
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    Pussy, King of the Pirates is a one-off collaboration between the Mekons and the novelist Kathy Acker. Both the band and the author released product under this same title in […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Royal Trux ‎– Dogs Of Love (UK) EP
    Royal Trux ‎– Dogs Of Love (UK) EP
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    Dogs Of Love is a four-track EP comprised of the classic leftfield garage-rock, around which Royal Trux have built themselves such a cult status. Label: Domino – RUG 8T Format: […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dzyan ‎– Electric Silence
    Dzyan ‎– Electric Silence
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    On their third and final album, Dzyan refined their sound even further into improvisation and exotic sounds. Electric Silence offers other-worldly music of incredible beauty and strangeness, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Pere Ubu – New Picnic Time (1983 Italian Pressing)
    Pere Ubu – New Picnic Time (1983 Italian Pressing)
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    “It was not surprising that after Dub Housing, Pere Ubu couldn’t get a record released in the U.S. New Picnic Time originally surfaced on Chrysalis as a British import, but […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Trans Am ‎– The Surveillance
    Trans Am ‎– The Surveillance
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    “Paranoid. America has surrendered to its insecurity. We have surrounded ourselves with a million cameras, alarms, and home security systems promising an armed response to all intruders. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Mu ‎– End Of An Era….
    Mu ‎– End Of An Era….
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    “Seventeen songs recorded after their relocation to Maui in 1974. More subdued and acoustic than the Mu LP, but still worthwhile, with Crosby, Stills, & Nash-like harmonies, melancholy [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Madrigal – Madrigal
    Madrigal – Madrigal
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    Baroque-tinged psych-folk from Canada Label: SSS International – SSS-18 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo Country: US Released: 1970 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Various Artists – Jodie Drake / Christopher Jane / Edwards & Deviliers / Claude Blouin
    Various Artists – Jodie Drake / Christopher Jane / Edwards & Deviliers / Claude Blouin
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    Killer library music record from the always dependable CBC Radio Canada Label: CBC Radio Canada – LM-405 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: Canada Released: 1974 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Gloria Barnes – Uptown
    Gloria Barnes – Uptown
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    “Insanely raw soul from 1971! Extremely rare and being reissued for the first time here. Gloria Barnes teams up with The Ohio Players and Lee Moses to create her only […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Janina Wellmann – Biological Motion: A History Of Life
    Janina Wellmann – Biological Motion: A History Of Life
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    “Biological Motion studies the foundational relationship between motion and life. To answer the question, “What is Life?,” prize-winning historian of science Janina Wellmann engages in a [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Florian Fuchs – Civic Storytelling
    Florian Fuchs – Civic Storytelling
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    “Why did short narrative forms like the novella, fable, and fairy tale suddenly emerge around 1800 as genres symptomatic of literature’s role in life and society? In order to explain […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Colin McGinn – The Power Of Movies: How Screen And Mind Interact
    Colin McGinn – The Power Of Movies: How Screen And Mind Interact
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    “How is watching a movie similar to dreaming? What goes on in our minds when we become absorbed in a movie? How does looking “into” a movie screen allow us […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Caroline Arni – Of Human Born: Fetal Lives 1800-1950
    Caroline Arni – Of Human Born: Fetal Lives 1800-1950
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    At a time when the becoming of a human being in a woman’s body has, once again, become a fraught issue—from abortion debates and surrogacy controversies to prenatal diagnoses and […]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Barth David Schwartz – Pasolini Requiem: Second Edition
    Barth David Schwartz – Pasolini Requiem: Second Edition
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    “Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–75) was one of the most important Italian intellectuals of the post–World War II era. An astonishing polymath—poet, novelist, literary critic, political [...]

    GENRE: Non-Fiction
  • Anne Carson – The Beauty Of The Husband
    Anne Carson – The Beauty Of The Husband
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    “The Beauty Of The Husband is an essay on Keats’s idea that beauty is truth, and is also the story of a marriage. It is told in 29 tangos. A […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive