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  • SS-20 – More Government Now
    SS-20 – More Government Now
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    This debut LP comes across with a good measure of honesty and credibility — and that would be enough, but there are some catchy melodies mixed in with the fine […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Velvet Underground – Tune In / Drop Out
    Velvet Underground – Tune In / Drop Out
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    We opened the door to a 6 foot by 6 foot concrete room. There they were, all the dogs standing in puddles of blood. Who put them here? What’s on […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Sleater-Kinney ‎– The Hot Rock
    Sleater-Kinney ‎– The Hot Rock
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    “Expectations for Sleater-Kinney’s fourth album were stratospheric, with the raging, tuneful feminist catharsis of Call the Doctor and Dig Me Out having garnered near-universal [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • George Harrison ‎– Electronic Sound
    George Harrison ‎– Electronic Sound
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    “Hard as it is to believe, George Harrison, guitar picker, was also an electronic music pioneer, as these two lengthy, abstract tone poems for early-vintage Moog synthesizer reveal. A naif [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Badfinger ‎– No Dice
    Badfinger ‎– No Dice
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    “Badfinger’s second album No Dice kicks off with “I Can’t Take It,” a rocker that signaled even if Badfinger still played pop and sang ballads, they considered [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Tashi Dorji & Tyler Damon ‎– Leave No Trace: Live In St. Louis
    Tashi Dorji & Tyler Damon ‎– Leave No Trace: Live In St. Louis
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    “As live albums go, Tashi Dorji and Tyler Damon nail it down. No matter the crowd — head thrashers, Instagram zombies, shaken jazzniks — the shadow lines of feedback and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Tashi Dorji ‎– Tashi Dorji
    Tashi Dorji ‎– Tashi Dorji
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    An improviser on both the electric and acoustic guitar, Dorji has an envious amount of tools and touchstones at his disposal. During these 43 minutes, he moves between delicacy that […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Hijokaidan × Sissy Spacek ‎– Entropic
    Hijokaidan × Sissy Spacek ‎– Entropic
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    “On the verge of their 40th and in the midst of their 20th anniversaries, respectively, Hijokaidan and Sissy Spacek merge in Tokyo for their first collaboration, featuring Jojo Hiroshige, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Britta Phillips ‎– Luck Or Magic
    Britta Phillips ‎– Luck Or Magic
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    “The first solo LP by Britta Phillips (Luna, Dean & Britta) is bifurcated into half covers and half originals, and it’s hard to distinguish them, as she makes the covers […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – Bright Young Museum Workers
    V/A – Bright Young Museum Workers
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    The companion album to Bright Young Aquarium Workers, a lovely collection of Japanese synth-pop, minimal wave & other electronic oddities. Features Children, Quotations & Paris. Label: [...]

    GENRE: International, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Rock / Pop
  • Devo ‎– New Traditionalists (Clear Vinyl)
    Devo ‎– New Traditionalists (Clear Vinyl)
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    “Devo followed up their platinum-selling pop breakthrough in typically perverse fashion: New Traditionalists presents a band seemingly aghast at being pegged as a novelty act by some of [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen ‎– »Gruppen« Für 3 Orchester / »Carré« Für 4 Orchester Und 4 Chöre
    Karlheinz Stockhausen ‎– »Gruppen« Für 3 Orchester / »Carré« Für 4 Orc…
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    Gruppen for 3 orchestras (1955-57) recorded and produced by Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, May 9th 1965. Carré for 4 orchestras and 4 choirs (1958/59) recorded and produced by Norddeutscher [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Rdeča Raketa ‎– Wir Werden
    Rdeča Raketa ‎– Wir Werden
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    “Wir werden (We will) (godrec11) is the second release of the viennese duo Rdeča Raketa (Maja Osojnik & Matija Schellander). Following Old Girl, Old Boy, a 40-minute electroacoustic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • V/A – Testament (RRR Comp featuring Eric Lunde, Illusion Of Safety, etc)
    V/A – Testament (RRR Comp featuring Eric Lunde, Illusion Of Safety, et…
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    RRRecords comp featuring Eric Lunde, Illusion Of Safety, Arcane Device, Jack Wiggins & more Label: RRRecords – RRR-028 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1988 VG+/VG+. Light wear

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Shaggs ‎– “Shaggs’ Own Thing” (1982 Pressing)
    The Shaggs ‎– “Shaggs’ Own Thing” (1982 Pressing)
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    “When The Shaggs’ Philosophy Of The World came out in 1969, some people couldn’t or wouldn’t understand it. But many musicians, including Frank Zappa and Kurt Cobain, cited the Shaggs […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Albert Ayler ‎– In Greenwich Village
    Albert Ayler ‎– In Greenwich Village
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    “In the mid-’60s, Albert Ayler found himself at the center of major transformations within jazz. On his albums for ESP-Disk’, his delivery was radically aggressive and his tone [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Codeine ‎– What About The Lonely? (Red Vinyl)
    Codeine ‎– What About The Lonely? (Red Vinyl)
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    “Following on the somnambulant heels of When I See The Sun, our massive, near-complete Codeine overview, comes What About The Lonely?, an eight-track LP recorded at the group’s live zenith. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ‎– Architecture & Morality
    Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark ‎– Architecture & Morality
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    “If there was a clear high point for OMD in terms of balancing relentless experimentation and seemingly unstoppable mainstream success in the U.K., Architecture & Morality is it. Again [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • The Jesus Lizard ‎– Down
    The Jesus Lizard ‎– Down
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    “While it was regarded as something of a disappointment when it was first released in 1994, in retrospect, Down stands as the last really vital album from the Jesus Lizard. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pink Floyd ‎– The Dark Side Of The Moon (with posters & stickers!)
    Pink Floyd ‎– The Dark Side Of The Moon (with posters & stickers!…
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    “By condensing the sonic explorations of Meddle to actual songs and adding a lush, immaculate production to their trippiest instrumental sections, Pink Floyd inadvertently designed their [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Pink Floyd ‎– Obscured By Clouds
    Pink Floyd ‎– Obscured By Clouds
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    “Obscured by Clouds is the soundtrack to the Barbet Schroeder film La Vallée, and it plays that way. Of course, it’s possible to make the argument that Pink Floyd’s music […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Pink Floyd ‎– Atom Heart Mother
    Pink Floyd ‎– Atom Heart Mother
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    “Appearing after the sprawling, unfocused double-album set Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother may boast more focus, even a concept, yet that doesn’t mean it’s more accessible. If [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Pink Floyd ‎– Meddle
    Pink Floyd ‎– Meddle
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    “Atom Heart Mother, for all its glories, was an acquired taste, and Pink Floyd wisely decided to trim back its orchestral excesses for its follow-up, Meddle. Opening with a deliberately [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Damnation Of Adam Blessing ‎– The Second Damnation
    Damnation Of Adam Blessing ‎– The Second Damnation
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    “The Damnation of Adam Blessing’s second LP (sometimes attributed in discographies to Damnation) went in a harder rock direction than their 1969 self-titled debut. The result was a [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Pink Floyd ‎– Animals
    Pink Floyd ‎– Animals
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    “Of all of the classic-era Pink Floyd albums, Animals is the strangest and darkest, a record that’s hard to initially embrace yet winds up yielding as many rewards as its […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • John Lennon And Yoko Ono* ‎– Unfinished Music No. 1. Two Virgins
    John Lennon And Yoko Ono* ‎– Unfinished Music No. 1. Two Virgins
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    Conceptual/art-music melding of minds between two lynchpins of the 60’s. Label: Apple Records – T-5001 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo Country: US Released: 1969 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • V/A – Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange
    V/A – Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange
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    “Wendy Carlos’ soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick’s nightmarish adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ A Clockwork Orange captures the seedy, horrific images of the film perfectly. [...]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Black Sabbath ‎– Mob Rules
    Black Sabbath ‎– Mob Rules
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    “After a steady decline in both inspiration, mental stability, and commercial appeal throughout the second half of the ’70s, metal icons Black Sabbath were reborn with 1980’s [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Black Sabbath ‎– Heaven And Hell
    Black Sabbath ‎– Heaven And Hell
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    “By the end of the ’70s, drug abuse and interpersonal turmoil had completely unraveled Black Sabbath. After straying from the sludgy intensity of their early records for a string of [...]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Devadip Carlos Santana* & Turiya Alice Coltrane* ‎– Illuminations
    Devadip Carlos Santana* & Turiya Alice Coltrane* ‎– Illuminations
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    “For his third duet album, Carlos Santana performed the works of John Coltrane, paired with Coltrane’s widow, harpist/keyboardist Alice Coltrane, on this instrumental album. Side One [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Osibisa ‎– Heads
    Osibisa ‎– Heads
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    “Osibisa, the West African high-life band from Ghana, waxed their first LP in 1971 and continues to spit them out. Their longevity can be attributed to a vibrant sound and […]

    GENRE: African
  • Osibisa ‎– Osibisa
    Osibisa ‎– Osibisa
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    “Osibisa’s self-titled album opened up their unique blend of African and Western styled music to a wider audience, charting in both the U.S. and Europe. Produced by Tony Visconti, [...]

    GENRE: African
  • Lucifer’s Friend ‎– Lucifer’s Friend
    Lucifer’s Friend ‎– Lucifer’s Friend
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    “Although they would develop a more prog-influenced style, this debut album finds Lucifer’s Friend living up to their sinister name by performing heavy, keyboard-textured rock in the [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Mad River – Mad River (1968 US Pressing)
    Mad River – Mad River (1968 US Pressing)
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    “By far the most ominous-sounding of the Bay Area’s 1960s psychedelic bands, Berkeley’s Mad River comes across like a spiraling, acid-spiked descent into hell. With a raw, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Throbbing Gristle ‎– Heathen Earth (The Live Sound Of T.G.) (Blue Vinyl)
    Throbbing Gristle ‎– Heathen Earth (The Live Sound Of T.G.) (Blue Viny…
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    “Originally released in 1980, Heathen Earth is a crucial live document of industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle. In member Chris Carter’s own words: “You had to have been there. [...]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Shintaro Sakamoto ‎– How To Live With A Phantom
    Shintaro Sakamoto ‎– How To Live With A Phantom
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    “There’s nothing particularly wispy or ethereal about Shintaro Sakamoto’s How to Live with a Phantom, but the former Yura Yura Teikoku frontman does do a masterful job of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, International
  • Kath Bloom ‎– Pass Through Here
    Kath Bloom ‎– Pass Through Here
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    “LP version with download code. Pass Through Here is the first album from Connecticut folk icon Kath Bloom since 2010’s Thin Thin Line, which was released on Mark Kozelek’s [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Bill MacKay, Ryley Walker ‎– SpiderBeetleBee
    Bill MacKay, Ryley Walker ‎– SpiderBeetleBee
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    “Shared joy and acoustics in rambling conversation, as two friends travel the continents via high-road, short-cut and their own paths, yet untravelled. Picking in the tradition, Walker and [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Babe Ruth – First Base
    Babe Ruth – First Base
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    “First Base was British hard rock group Babe Ruth’s biggest success, both in terms of popular and critical acclaim. This LP defined an interesting junction between hard rock and [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Uriah Heep ‎– Uriah Heep
    Uriah Heep ‎– Uriah Heep
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    “This album was the debut of Uriah Heep, an English band that would become one of the Titans of the ’70s heavy metal sound. Despite their eventual hard-rocking reputation, Very […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • John Perreault ‎– S/T LP
    John Perreault ‎– S/T LP
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    “Ultra limited LP release, comes with 6 pages booklet, featuring two tape works pieces by conceptual artist John Perreault (b. 1937). The first work, “A Recorded Message,” features a tape [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
    Gee Gee Decorator – Gee Gee Decorator
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    “It’s been a hot minute since a true blue, bona fide WTF-is-this LP came down the pike, but the virtually unknown GEE GEE DECORATOR scores top marks in that particular […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • John Cage ▪ Witold Lutosławski ▪ LaSalle-Quartett ‎– Streichquartette ▪ String Quartets
    John Cage ▪ Witold Lutosławski ▪ LaSalle-Quartett ‎– Streichquartette …
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    Two string quartets by two masters. Label: Deutsche Grammophon – 2530 735 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Germany Released: 1976 VG+/VG. Upper seam coming unglued. Some staining to jacket

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Louis Andriessen ‎– De Tijd
    Louis Andriessen ‎– De Tijd
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    “Inspired by Augustine’s question about the nature of time, Andriessen composed a musical monument that explores the relationship between stasis and movement.” Label: [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Baptista Siqueira – Nordeste Jandaia
    Baptista Siqueira – Nordeste Jandaia
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    Works by the Brazilian composer, Baptista Siqueira Label: Uirapuru – c14 Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono Country: Brazil Released: VG+/VG. Creasing to sleeve

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • V/A – Flame Tree And Other N.Z. Music
    V/A – Flame Tree And Other N.Z. Music
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    Compilation of new music/modern comp from New Zealand. Label: Kiwi – SLD‒50 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: New Zealand Released: 1979 VG+/VG. Sleeve has tags on it, seams coming unglued

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Jason Lescalleet ‎– Much To My Demise
    Jason Lescalleet ‎– Much To My Demise
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    “Kye is proud to present Much To My Demise, the brand new solo LP by Jason Lescalleet. Since establishing himself as a preeminent voice in contemporary electro-acoustic study, Jason [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Stockhausen ‎– Song Of The Youths / Contact
    Stockhausen ‎– Song Of The Youths / Contact
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    “The work, normally described as “the first masterpiece of electronic music”[1][2] and “an opus, in the most emphatic sense of the term”,[3] is significant in that [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Edgar Froese ‎– Aqua
    Edgar Froese ‎– Aqua
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    “The solo debut from the leader of Tangerine Dream is a set of four synthesizer pieces, free-form and pastoral. The lengthy title track is quite naturalistic, organized around a series […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Synthwave / Electronic
  • Porn/ Merzbow ‎– …And The Devil Makes Three.
    Porn/ Merzbow ‎– …And The Devil Makes Three.
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    Collaboration between the Japanese Noise legend and the Melvins adjacent sludge band. Label: Truth Cult – TCX01V Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Green Vinyl Country: UK Released:2008 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise