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  • Equipment Pointed Ankh – Eggs A Little Late
    Equipment Pointed Ankh – Eggs A Little Late
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    In a time when cleverness is prized over belly-busting fun, in a musical landscape that worships genre over invention, and in a world increasingly begging computers to think on our […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John And Yoko ‎– Wedding Album (with all inserts/posters!)
    John And Yoko ‎– Wedding Album (with all inserts/posters!)
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    A document and labor of love. Label: Apple Records – SMAX-3361 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Box Set Country: US Released: 1969 VG+/VG+. Includes all inserts! Disc in great shape. Outer […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • William Hooker ‎– Big Moon
    William Hooker ‎– Big Moon
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    “Over 70 releases and 44 years into his career as a jazz drummer and composer, William Hooker has made (arguably) his best album yet during the pandemic in 2020, a […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • William Onyeabor ‎– Good Name
    William Onyeabor ‎– Good Name
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    “Side ‘A’- “Let’s Fall In Love” preaches LOVE which is the surest way to Peace, Harmony, and Happiness. After all, it is said that “where there is love [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • V/A – C86
    V/A – C86
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    “This compilation was originally released, during the summer of ’86, as both an NME mail order-only cassette (NME.022) and a series of five concerts at London’s Institute Of [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Unwound – Rat Conspiracy
    Unwound – Rat Conspiracy
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    “Rat Conspiracy, its name a one-time working title for Unwound’s 1993 debut—the earliest Kill Rock Stars LP—brings the roiling, watershed Fake Train into natural integration with its [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Unwound ‎– No Energy
    Unwound ‎– No Energy
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    “As a robust rock underground got swallowed alive by the Major Label Industrial Complex, the very autonomous Unwound—Olympia, Washington’s Great Noise Hope—toed the troublesome line between [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – C’est Chic! French Girl Singers Of The 1960s (Blonde Vinyl)
    V/A – C’est Chic! French Girl Singers Of The 1960s (Blonde Vinyl…
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    Wonderful comp featuring France Gall, Brigitte Bardot, Françoise Hardy and many other ye-ye favorites Label: Ace – HIQLP 005 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, 180g, Blonde Vinyl Country: UK [...]

    GENRE: International, Rock / Pop
  • The Smiths ‎– How Soon Is Now? (1985 UK Pressing)
    The Smiths ‎– How Soon Is Now? (1985 UK Pressing)
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    I am human and I need to be loved, just like everyone else does. Label: Rough Trade – RTT 176 Format: Vinyl, 12″ Country: UK Released: 1985 VG+/VG. Sleeve has […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Unwound ‎– Kid Is Gone
    Unwound ‎– Kid Is Gone
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    “Kid Is Gone is the unquiet portrait of primal Unwound. Before 1993’s Fake Train ripped through, they’d been Giant Henry, Supertanker, and Cygnus X-1, short-lived black holes gathering dark [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Seeds ‎– Future (1967 Stereo)
    The Seeds ‎– Future (1967 Stereo)
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    “Though the Seeds’ third album, 1967’s Future, was pegged by critics as the band’s attempt to ride the wave of baroque/psychedelic/orchestral magic the Beatles defined [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Seeds ‎– A Web Of Sound (Mono Pressing)
    The Seeds ‎– A Web Of Sound (Mono Pressing)
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    “Recorded in the midst of 1966, naturally after the spring release of their debut but before “Pushin’ Too Hard” climbed into the national charts in the spring of 1967, A [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Love ‎– Love (1966 Mono)
    Love ‎– Love (1966 Mono)
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    “Love’s debut is both their hardest-rocking early album and their most Byrds-influenced. Arthur Lee’s songwriting muse hadn’t fully developed at this stage, and in [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Love ‎– Da Capo (1966 Mono)
    Love ‎– Da Capo (1966 Mono)
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    “Love broadened their scope into psychedelia on their sophomore effort, Arthur Lee’s achingly melodic songwriting gifts reaching full flower. The six songs that comprised the first [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • The Cure ‎– Boys Don’t Cry (1980 US Pressing)
    The Cure ‎– Boys Don’t Cry (1980 US Pressing)
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    “Falling somewhere between official release and compilation, Boys Don’t Cry was released in February 1980 in hopes of increasing the band’s exposure outside of the U.K. It [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Squirrel Bait ‎– Squirrel Bait
    Squirrel Bait ‎– Squirrel Bait
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    “During the mid-’80s, Louisville, Kentucky’s Squirrel Bait were recording the kind of bottom heavy, metal inspired punk that later became a hallmark of grunge. Their self-titled [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Hiroshi Yoshimura ‎– A・I・R (Air In Resort)
    Hiroshi Yoshimura ‎– A・I・R (Air In Resort)
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    “Hiroshi Yoshimura was commissioned in 1984 by Japanese multi-national personal care company Shiseido to create something that might be entirely out of his own wheelhouse: music that could [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Hole ‎– Pretty On The Inside (180g Reissue)
    Hole ‎– Pretty On The Inside (180g Reissue)
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    “With the assistance of producers Kim Gordon and Don Fleming, Hole recorded a brutally uncompromising debut with Pretty on the Inside. The jagged white noise and buzzing guitars articulate [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gillian Welch & David Rawlings ‎– All The Good Times (Are Past & Gone)
    Gillian Welch & David Rawlings ‎– All The Good Times (Are Past &#…
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    Gillian Welch & David Rawlings’ sixth studio album, consisting of covers and new arrangements of traditional folk songs Label: Acony Records – ACNY-2015 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Drab Majesty ‎– Careless (Pink Vinyl)
    Drab Majesty ‎– Careless (Pink Vinyl)
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    “In the smoggy orange light of a new millennium, the young Deb Demure would take the bus, once a week, from his home in crumbling Hollywood to his grandmother’s apartment, […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Grateful Dead ‎– Saint Of Circumstance – Giants Stadium East Rutherford NJ 6/17/91
    Grateful Dead ‎– Saint Of Circumstance – Giants Stadium East Rut…
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    “Widely considered one of the most exciting, inspired, and greatest shows of the Dead’s final decade of performing, the magnificent 6/17/91 show features relentlessly excellent [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Doug Snyder & Bob Thompson – Daily Dance
    Doug Snyder & Bob Thompson – Daily Dance
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    “Less often than not, a sound recording will reach your ears that turns speculation into confirmation and leaves you wondering if it all really happened. TWS is usually the case […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Devo ‎– Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978 US Pressing)
    Devo ‎– Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978 US Pressing)
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    “Produced by Brian Eno, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! was a seminal touchstone in the development of American new wave. It was one of the first […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Dave Burrell ‎– Windward Passages
    Dave Burrell ‎– Windward Passages
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    “There is only one other pianist in Dave Burrell’s class, and that is Misha Mengelberg. Burrell is so thoroughly a pianist, composer, and improviser that the three are inseparable in [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Daniel Lentz ‎– Missa Umbrarum
    Daniel Lentz ‎– Missa Umbrarum
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    “‘Missa’ is the third release by experimental American composer Daniel Lentz, a true unsung genius of the 80s modern classical age. According to the album’s performance notes, the highly [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Chin Chin ‎– Sound Of The Westway
    Chin Chin ‎– Sound Of The Westway
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    “Chin-Chin, an all-female group consisting of Karin (guitar/vocals), Esther (bass/vocals) and Marie-Anne (drums/vocals), was formed in 1982 in Biel, Switzerland. At the time experience [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cock Sparrer – Shock Troops (Maroon / Blue Vinyl)
    Cock Sparrer – Shock Troops (Maroon / Blue Vinyl)
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    “Cock Sparrer’s second album, but their first to actually see the light of day, was released in 1983, following their revitalization as progenitors of the Oi! movement. It’s a [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Devo ‎– Freedom Of Choice (1981 Mexican Pressing)
    Devo ‎– Freedom Of Choice (1981 Mexican Pressing)
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    “With Freedom of Choice, Devo completed their transition into a full-fledged synth-pop group, producing arguably their most musically cohesive effort in the process. Synthesizers are now [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Born Against – Nine Patriotic Hymns For Children (1995 Reissue)
    Born Against – Nine Patriotic Hymns For Children (1995 Reissue)
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    “Born Against was THE early-’90s hardcore punk band, coming in microseconds ahead of Econochrist, and Nine Patriotic Hymns for Children was THE hardcore punk album. The band relied on [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Bang* / Duch* / Honoré* / Toop* / Wastell* ‎– Wunderkammer
    Bang* / Duch* / Honoré* / Toop* / Wastell* ‎– Wunderkammer
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    Jan Bang live sampling, samples & programming, synthesizer Michael Francis Duch double bass Erik Honoré live sampling, synthesizer David Toop paper, cardboard, leaves, friction, activated [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Alva Noto Feat. Martin L. Gore & William Basinski ‎– Subterraneans
    Alva Noto Feat. Martin L. Gore & William Basinski ‎– Subterranean…
    $19.00 | , , Add to cart

    “NOTON is pleased to announce the release of Subterraneans, a collaborative EP featuring Alva Noto, Depeche Mode’s Martin L. Gore and William Basinski’s cover of David Bowie’s homonymous [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Black Dice ‎– Natty Light
    Black Dice ‎– Natty Light
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    “Natty Light” comprises all of Black Dice’s recorded output from 1998 – 2000, when the band was best known as ferocious bad vibe merchants. The legend of this antagonistic, dizzying […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sleep ‎– Live At Third Man Records (with poster/patch!)
    Sleep ‎– Live At Third Man Records (with poster/patch!)
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    “One of the biggest stories in rock music this past year was the unexpected return of Sleep with the surprise April 20th release of their new record The Sciences on […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • The Flaming Lips ‎– At War With The Mystics (Blue Marbled Vinyl)
    The Flaming Lips ‎– At War With The Mystics (Blue Marbled Vinyl)
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    “Since 1999’s The Soft Bulletin, the Flaming Lips have issued an album once every three or four years — roughly once per presidential term, making At War with the Mystics […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Andre Gibson’s Universal Togetherness Band* ‎– Apart: Demos 1980-1984 (White / Pink Splatter Vinyl)
    Andre Gibson’s Universal Togetherness Band* ‎– Apart: Demos 1980…
    $18.00 | , , Add to cart

    “Recorded in various basements and professional studios around Chicago between 1980 and 1984, the Apart Demos documents 12 intimate and stripped-down sketches, demos and unreleased tracks [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Bob Dylan & The Band ‎– The Basement Tapes (Mobile Fidelity Pressing)
    Bob Dylan & The Band ‎– The Basement Tapes (Mobile Fidelity Pressi…
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    “The official release of The Basement Tapes — which were first heard on a 1968 bootleg called The Great White Wonder — plays with history somewhat, as Robbie Robertson [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Joanna Sternberg – I’ve Got Me
    Joanna Sternberg – I’ve Got Me
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    “There’s not a lot of pretense to the songs of Joanna Sternberg. The New Yorker is about as open and vulnerable as a singer/songwriter gets, relating their fears, anxieties, and […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Smegma ‎– Folklore & Concepts
    Smegma ‎– Folklore & Concepts
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    Folklore & Concepts, the latest release by Smegma—now five decades into their outsider avant-garde career—extends the band’s legacy of ritualistic collage, spontaneous improvisation, and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Timeout Room – Celebration Station
    Timeout Room – Celebration Station
    $21.00 | , Add to cart

    Here we are again inside Timeout Room. Inside the lo-fi tape hiss, and lyrical odes to fallen bodies & future Fun Fridays, where dead flies in the ointment hang. Where […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bilders – Neverlasting
    Bilders – Neverlasting
    $21.00 | , Add to cart

    Bilders new album is a mix of psychic adventures, hard psychedelia and commentary with a bite. Bilders have always sung outliers with a heap of empathy—exploitation of migrants, unmitigated [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille – Crucible
    Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille – Crucible
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    Continuing much of the instrumental, musically dense partnership of Loren Connors and Suzanne Langille in the 80s and 90s, Crucible stands out as a clear highlight in the pair’s musical [...]

    GENRE: Blues, Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • TASTE – I dipped my comb…
    TASTE – I dipped my comb…
    $24.00 | Add to cart

    I dipped my comb in shochu and ran it through the hair of the night is the brand new release from the intriguing trio 番長 Taste, consisting of Mark Anderson […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Zach Hill & Lucas Abela – Bag Of Max Bag Of Cass
    Zach Hill & Lucas Abela – Bag Of Max Bag Of Cass
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    Bag of Max Bag of Cass is a joint work from Zach Hill and Lucas Abela. Hill, while primarily known as a founding member of Death Grips, is a titan […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Autechre – Untilted
    Autechre – Untilted
    $35.00 | , Add to cart

    Autechre continue their chronological series of LP reissues with the albums Untilted (2005) and Quaristice (2008). Neither of these albums have been repressed since their original release and [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Cootie Catcher – Something We All Got (Clear Vinyl)
    Cootie Catcher – Something We All Got (Clear Vinyl)
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    There’s an alternate reality where everyone makes a living wage and the cleanest buses you’ve ever seen arrive every other minute. Where the most intense songs are about confessing your […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Albert Nadeau / Brother Mudada – I Am Black / Forward Ever
    Albert Nadeau / Brother Mudada – I Am Black / Forward Ever
    $12.00 | , Add to cart

    Albert Nadeau – I am Black Born in 1952, Albert Nadeau was a French-Caribbean singer, organist and songwriter from Martinique, known for blending local Caribbean rhythms with funk, soul and [...]

    GENRE: African, International
  • The Emotions – Untouched
    The Emotions – Untouched
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    Girl group greatness, courtesy of the Chicago-based Hutchinson Sisters (with Theresa Davis on this record) and co-producers Isaac Hayes, David Porter and Ronnie Williams! Recording at Muscle [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
    V/A – Solomon King (The Original Soundtrack From The Motion Picture)
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    The success of Shaft and Superfly ignited an explosion of films, many produced by small independent studios and filmmakers, whose soundtracks continue to provide rich fodder for turntablists, [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Morton Feldman – Rothko Chapel / For Frank O’Hara
    Morton Feldman – Rothko Chapel / For Frank O’Hara
    $30.00 | , Add to cart

    If you could actually hear an abstract expressionist painting, it would probably sound a lot like the work of Morton Feldman. And that’s no accident: Feldman hung out in ‘50s […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Heath Brothers – Marchin’ On!
    The Heath Brothers – Marchin’ On!
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    Released in 1976 on the pioneering Strata-East Records label, Marchin’ On! feat. Stanley Cowell by The Heath Brothers is a masterful blend of tradition and innovation that captured the [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz