April 26th Newsletter
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  • Raw Power – After Your Brain
    Raw Power – After Your Brain
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    “Italy’s answer to Black Flag. Many would classify Raw Power as “crossover” Hardcore because they employ heavy riffing and wanky solos in many of the songs, but their [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Final Conflict – Ashes To Ashes
    Final Conflict – Ashes To Ashes
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    “Southern California’s Final Conflict was highly influenced by British punk bands like Discharge and were one of the first bands to blend hardcore’s simplistic and manic sound [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Oi Polloi ‎– Unite And Win!
    Oi Polloi ‎– Unite And Win!
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    “Some serious Oi! produced by this dedicated Scottish band. Twelve great hard-edged melodic anthems backed by strong sing-a-longs and power production. The lyrics stick to an [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Luggage – Hand Is Bad
    Luggage – Hand Is Bad
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    There’s a moment in a 1980’s BBC documentary on The Velvet Underground when John Cale invokes Dylan as “having all questions and no answers,” illustrating his point with a dismissive […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera – Early New York Silver
    Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera – Early New York Silver
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    Amish Records is excited to announce a new recording from guitarists Lee Ranaldo and Michael Vallera, ‘Early New York Silver’, coming out on March 21, 2025. Ranaldo has long been […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Verity Den – Interrupted Journey
    Verity Den – Interrupted Journey
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    Verity Den was born of chance meetings and life-long dedications. The band is comprised of Casey Proctor, Trevor Reece and Mike Wallace, all of whom spent considerable time in their […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‎– Wild God (Clear Vinyl)
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ‎– Wild God (Clear Vinyl)
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    “Nick Cave: “I hope the album has the effect on listeners that it’s had on me. It bursts out of the speaker, and I get swept up with it. It’s […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • João Gilberto ‎– The Warm World Of João Gilberto
    João Gilberto ‎– The Warm World Of João Gilberto
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    “Brazilian singer, poet, guitarist Joao Gilberto made his 1959 debut with the now legendary LP, Chega de Saudade, a new sound and acknowledge as the first bossa nova album, a […]

    GENRE: Latin
  • Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette ‎– To Be Continued
    Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette ‎– To Be Continued
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    “Essentially a continuation of Rypdal Vitous DeJohnette, this album somewhat lacks the atmospheric keyboards of its predecessor. It is nonetheless quite compelling, particularly in [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Herbie Hancock – Crossings
    Herbie Hancock – Crossings
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    “Crossings was the second release by the Herbie Hancock Sextet lineup known as the Mwandishi Band, following 1971’s Mwandishi which stretched Hancock’s already-adventurous [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Terje Rypdal – Odyssey
    Terje Rypdal – Odyssey
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    “A magnificant effort that combines crushingly powerful rock/jazz (“Over Bierkerot” is a killer) with long, brooding electric ruminations.” – allmusic.com Label: ECM [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Sonic Youth – Sister
    Sonic Youth – Sister
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    One of Sonic Youth’s most beloved albums, 1987’s Sister incorporated the dissonance of their earlier releases into more traditional song structures. It’s an innovative and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising
    Sonic Youth – Bad Moon Rising
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    Reissue of Sonic Youth’s second full-length album, originally released in 1985. The album is a fascinating examination of “the junction where hippie idealism [meets] the cold hard [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ryo Fukui – Mellow Dream
    Ryo Fukui – Mellow Dream
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    We Release Jazz (WRWTFWW Records’ new sister-label) is thrilled to present the official reissue of criminally overlooked Japanese jazz gem Mellow Dream (1977) by Hokkaido pianist wunderkind Ryo [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Rashied Ali Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe – Sidewalks In Motion
    Rashied Ali Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe – Sidewalks In Motion
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    Rashied Ali stood as a magnetic force for the musical environment around him. In his last decades he sponsored rehearsal opportunities for young musicians, tightened up neighborhood street-corner [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Dorothy Carter – Waillee Waillee
    Dorothy Carter – Waillee Waillee
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    Palto Flats / Putojefe Records present the first ever reissue of the work of American composer Dorothy Carter, master of the hammered dulcimer, zither, and other instruments of the hammer […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • JJulius* – Vol III
    JJulius* – Vol III
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    In the discourse around new albums from singular, world-building artists, the phrase “a big step forward” can often be a blinking red warning sign. You know you’re about to be […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Soul Side ‎– Less Deep Inside Keeps
    Soul Side ‎– Less Deep Inside Keeps
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    “From the ashes of LUNCHMEAT, this band kicks out a strong melodic hardcore sound much like that of early SCREAM. Catchy riffs, clear vocals, pounding bass and personally political lyrics [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Government Issue ‎– Crash
    Government Issue ‎– Crash
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    “The apex of GI’s studio career, Crash is something of a musical summary of the band’s eight-year history. Each track sounds as if it had been assembled on a loom, […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • English Dogs ‎– Metalmorphosis
    English Dogs ‎– Metalmorphosis
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    “Adie’s vox have a character that brings the great speedcore compositions of the ENGLISH DOGS to a thundering proportion, raw, uncompromising, and shouting. They blurt well with this crazed [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Psycho ‎– Hosebags From Hell
    Psycho ‎– Hosebags From Hell
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    “PSYCHO has released a full album’s worth of blazing thrash which is undeniably powerful, but some tempo variations would have helped. Lyrics cover conformity, society, Ed Gein, and more. A [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Sons Of Ishmael ‎– Pariah Martyr Demands A Sacrifice
    Sons Of Ishmael ‎– Pariah Martyr Demands A Sacrifice
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    “Two years after the Hayseed Hardcore EP and some lineup changes, the Canadian SONS return. This is a great album of sociopolitical thrash and the lyrics are right on target. […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Broken Bones ‎– Bonecrusher
    Broken Bones ‎– Bonecrusher
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    “Side one is the better recorded of the sides, with a mighty driving bass clearing all obstacles, leading the way for non-stop metalish thrash. Lyrics remain in the doom-and-gloom mold, [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Detox ‎– Detox
    Detox ‎– Detox
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    “Sounds like a less thrashy and slightly more serious VANDALS. There’s lots of catchy punk songs with lots of humor or satire, plenty of melody, tight playing, and even tinges […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Vinny & Charlie – The Repo Code
    Vinny & Charlie – The Repo Code
    $26.00 | , Add to cart

    Following in the steps of last year’s mysterious “Beyond the Garage” 12 inch, L.I.E.S. throws another curve ball with a 30 track continuous LP from veteran West Coast producers, [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Tommy Jay & Mike Rep ‎– The Grim-O Comix Sequence
    Tommy Jay & Mike Rep ‎– The Grim-O Comix Sequence
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    “It’s not essential, but this collection of early, (mostly) acoustic recordings from Ohio oddballs Tommy Jay and Mike Rep is there for you when you want to wade deep into […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Technicolor Band – Walks The Blue Circle
    Technicolor Band – Walks The Blue Circle
    $25.00 | , Ships on/around May 19, 2025 Add to cart

    Technicolor Band is a revolving-cast, cross-genre improv unit based in Bloomington, IN. The group, initially instigated by multi-instrumentalists David Brown and Caleb Hickman as a regular [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Church Shuttle – ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle
    Church Shuttle – ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Pre-order ships on or around April 1st, 2025. Church Shuttle “ESP Grifter / Junk Oracle” is an 8 track LP of alien abducted industrial music. Specifically Pure Michigan soundscapes Chris […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Richard Band ‎– H.P. Lovecradt’s Classic Tale of Horror Re-Animator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Richard Band ‎– H.P. Lovecradt’s Classic Tale of Horror Re-Animator (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    $70.00 | , , Add to cart

    OG Copy! “Stuart Gordon’s 1985 movie based on the H.P. Lovecraft story “Herbery West – Re-Animator” was an instantly made its mark on the science fiction horror genre. [...]

    GENRE: Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians ‎– Fegmania!
    Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians ‎– Fegmania!
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    “Robyn manages to combine his Syd Barrett/John Lennon-esque oh-so-British vocals, Byrds-y guitar jangle, and lyrics which run the gamut from Monty Python-like absurdity to late [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Van Der Graaf Generator ‎– Pawn Hearts
    Van Der Graaf Generator ‎– Pawn Hearts
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    Van der Graaf Generator’s fourth album, Pawn Hearts was also their second most popular; at one time this record was a major King Crimson cult item due to the presence […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Dexys Midnight Runners ‎– Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
    Dexys Midnight Runners ‎– Searching For The Young Soul Rebels
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    The crackling stations being switched on the radio and the gang shout followed by the spoken injunction to “burn it down” sound like they should be starting off a Sham […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – Gespenterland
    V/A – Gespenterland
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    Over the last ten years a strange mycelium was sprouting from the ground of Germany’s sound topography, going widely unnoticed while creeping its way up through the copse of the […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Faust – Blickwinkel
    Faust – Blickwinkel
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    “After dipping into the archive to deliver a series of essential reissues, Bureau B continues to encourage the chaotic brilliance of Faust with an LP of brand new music curated […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Conrad Schnitzler – Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal
    Conrad Schnitzler – Auf Dem Schwarzen Kanal
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    “Auf dem schwarzen Kanal” is one of the most outstanding and sought-after releases in Conrad Schnitzler’s extensive catalog. Released in 1980 as the only one of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Supersempfft – Roboterwerke
    Supersempfft – Roboterwerke
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    LP version. After introducing listeners to the techno-tropical pop of Supersempfft via an essential reissue of their stargazing sophomore LP Metaluna, those surefooted folks at Bureau B beam back [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Toluse Low Trax – Kiosique Versions
    Toluse Low Trax – Kiosique Versions
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    Parisian-by-choice Detlef Weinrich aka Tolouse Low Trax turns the page again. Always willing for a new episode, notion, impulse, idea, ideal. Searching for some light out there. Now Kiosque [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Brighter Death Now – No Decency
    Brighter Death Now – No Decency
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    This is the raw rehearsal recordings of Brighter Death Now for the American tour in 2019. Recorded early february 2019. Originally released as a tape, we now bring you a […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Rot
    Conrad Schnitzler ‎– Rot
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    “There was a particular type of artist who could only have emerged in the legendary early 1970s. Few musicians fit the bill better than Conrad Schnitzler. Revolution, pop art and […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • The Varukers ‎– Bloodsuckers
    The Varukers ‎– Bloodsuckers
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    “A true building block of UK hardcore/punk. This record is a steamroller of slightly metallic d-beat punk. As mandatory a piece of history as any Discharge record. The Varukers were […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Howlin Rain – The Alligator Bride [colored vinyl]
    Howlin Rain – The Alligator Bride [colored vinyl]
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    “On June 8, Oakland, California’s Howlin Rain return with The Alligator Bride, their fifth LP of swampy, ragged, unapologetic rock ’n roll. Led by Ethan Miller (co-founder of psych rockers [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • John Cage & Lejaren Hiller / Ben Johnston – HPSCHD / String Quartet No. 2
    John Cage & Lejaren Hiller / Ben Johnston – HPSCHD / String Quartet No. 2
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    “This work comprises 20-minute solos for 1 – 7 amplified harpsichords and tapes for 1-51 monaural machines to be used in whole or in part in any combination with or […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Lightning Hopkins – Houston’s King Of The Blues (Historic Recordings 1952-1953)
    Lightning Hopkins – Houston’s King Of The Blues (Historic Recordings 1952-1953)
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    Collects some of Hopkins’ best tracks from 1952-1953 Label: Blues Classics – BC 30 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: US Released: 1984 VG+/VG. spine cracked open 3″ with some [...]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Link Wray – Missing Links Vol. 2 – Big City After Dark
    Link Wray – Missing Links Vol. 2 – Big City After Dark
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    “A mix of super-rare cuts, a couple of unissued outtakes, and live material, all from the 1960s. It’s rawer than Link Wray’s norm (which is durned raw indeed), but not […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Link Wray – Missing Links Vol.3 – Some Kinda Nut
    Link Wray – Missing Links Vol.3 – Some Kinda Nut
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    “Another great grab bag of hideously rare Link, all from the ’60s on this volume, including tracks that Wray issued under his own name, and side projects that he lent […]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Lightnin’ Hopkins – 1948-1961
    Lightnin’ Hopkins – 1948-1961
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    “Original recordings from the collections of Joe Bussard, Dani Gugolz, Hans Maitner, Johnny Path and Victor Pearlin A1 to A4 recorded in Houston, Texas in 1948 A5 to A8 recorded […]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Blind Lemon Jefferson – How Long, How Long Lasting Loving
    Blind Lemon Jefferson – How Long, How Long Lasting Loving
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    Side A and “Long Lastin’ Lovin'” recorded in Chicago between February and March 1928 other songs recorded in Chicago between June and August 1928  Label: Monk – mk340 Format: [...]

    GENRE: Blues
  • Sean McCann, Matthew Sullivan, Alex Twomey – Saturday Night
    Sean McCann, Matthew Sullivan, Alex Twomey – Saturday Night
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    “Saturday Night is the debut LP by old friends and collaborators Alex Twomey, Matthew Sullivan, and Sean McCann. Recorded over numerous evenings at the artists’ homes, and completed just [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Burning Witch – Crippled Lucifer (4LP+DVD)
    Burning Witch – Crippled Lucifer (4LP+DVD)
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    Includes: Towers, Rift Canyon Dreams, The Bleeder/Rift Canyon Dreams 12″, Live At The China Club 1996 and a DVD of two live sets from 1997. . Label: Southern Lord – […]

    GENRE: Metal
  • Various ‎– Hipsville 29 B.C.
    Various ‎– Hipsville 29 B.C.
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    Compilation of rare Garage 45s, featuring The Vagrants & The Fantastic Dee-Jays. Label: Kramden Records – KR 101 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Repress Country: US Released: 1996 VG/VG. [...]

    GENRE: Garage / Proto Punk