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  • Broadcast – Distant Call – Collected Demos
    Broadcast – Distant Call – Collected Demos
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    Distant Call is a collection of early demos of songs that would subsequently appear as finished productions on the albums Haha Sound, Tender Buttons and The Future Crayon. The album […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Broadcast – Distant Call – Collected Demos LP
    Broadcast – Distant Call – Collected Demos LP
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    Distant Call is a collection of early demos of songs that would subsequently appear as finished productions on the albums Haha Sound, Tender Buttons and The Future Crayon. The album […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gelli Haha – Switcheroo
    Gelli Haha – Switcheroo
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    Gelli Haha exists somewhere between Studio 54 and Area 51, where dancefloors become playgrounds and cheeky aesthetics ignite imagination. A shapeshifter, a sonic acrobat, a performer with one [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Kyle M – The Real Me (Nature Brown Vinyl Edition)
    Kyle M – The Real Me (Nature Brown Vinyl Edition)
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    Kyle M – The Real Me is a singer-songwriter record by actor, comedian, and director Kyle Mooney. This will be his debut album on Stones Throw as a singer and […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lightheaded – Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming! (Minty Green Vinyl)
    Lightheaded – Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming! (Minty Green Vinyl)
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    Carrying on the long tradition of sentimental jangle pop songwriters, Lightheaded distill decades of lovelorn tunes into sounds for modern softies. They have the sunshine sparkle of The Left [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Ophelias – Spring Grove (Forest Green Vinyl)
    The Ophelias – Spring Grove (Forest Green Vinyl)
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    During the pandemic, The Ophelias transformed uncertainty into Spring Grove, their fourth album and most dynamic offering yet. Named after a Cincinnati cemetery, the album blends nostalgia with [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sumac & Moor Mother – The Film (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Pink Vinyl)
    Sumac & Moor Mother – The Film (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Pink Vinyl)
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    What happens when you combine SUMAC: a band that uses the volume, distortion, and guitar-centric approach of metal to make music that has the malleability of jazz and textural exploration […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Fuubutsushi – Columbia Deluxe
    Fuubutsushi – Columbia Deluxe
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    Columbia Deluxe imbues Fuubutsushi’s music with the electricity of playing for a crowd. Borne of the lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic, the group prepared countless releases remotely from around [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 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. credits released March 4, 2022 DOG featuring added […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Dorio – Super Love 3
    Dorio – Super Love 3
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    “Good morning. Welcome to Super Love 3. Thank you for being here.” A placeless pop concierge, like a VHS instructional training video, welcomes you to Dorio’s new album. Offering a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pure X – Pleasure (Hazy Green Vinyl)
    Pure X – Pleasure (Hazy Green Vinyl)
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    After a few scattered 7″s, Pure Ecstasy decided to up and change their name to Pure X for their debut full-length. But Pure X are hardly suffering from a personality […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Reds, Pinks & Purples* – The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed
    The Reds, Pinks & Purples* – The Past Is A Garden I Never Fed
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    Having penned over 200 songs in the last six years, The Reds, Pinks and Purples release a collection of tracks previously unreleased on physical format that continues to romanticise the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Broadcast – Spell Blanket (Collected Demos 2006-2009)
    Broadcast – Spell Blanket (Collected Demos 2006-2009)
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    Spell Blanket comprises songs and sketches drawn from Trish’s extensive archive of 4-track tapes and MiniDiscs. The recordings lay the groundwork for what would have been Broadcast’s fifth [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Broadcast – Work And Non Work
    Broadcast – Work And Non Work
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    Although the trick of repurposing 1960s counterculture was starting to grow thin by 1997, a tangent to all the Beatles, Stones and Kinks fetishism was just starting to bubble up […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Tropical Fuck Storm – Fairyland Codex
    Tropical Fuck Storm – Fairyland Codex
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    Genre-bending Tropical Fuck Storm present their highly anticipated fourth album, ‘Fairyland Codex,’ on their new label home Fire Records. Recorded with co-producer Michael Beach at the band’s [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gelli Haha – Switcheroo
    Gelli Haha – Switcheroo
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    Gelli Haha exists somewhere between Studio 54 and Area 51, where dancefloors become playgrounds and cheeky aesthetics ignite imagination. A shapeshifter, a sonic acrobat, a performer with one [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Beths – Jump Rope Gazers
    The Beths – Jump Rope Gazers
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    Everything changed for The Beths when they released their debut album, Future Me Hates Me, in 2018. The indie rock band had long been nurtured within Auckland, New Zealand’s tight-knit […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lightheaded – Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!
    Lightheaded – Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!
    $11.00 | , Add to cart

    Carrying on the long tradition of sentimental jangle pop songwriters, Lightheaded distill decades of lovelorn tunes into sounds for modern softies. They have the sunshine sparkle of The Left [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Broadcast – Spell Blanket (Collected Demos 2006-2009)
    Broadcast – Spell Blanket (Collected Demos 2006-2009)
    $16.00 | , Add to cart

    Spell Blanket comprises songs and sketches drawn from Trish’s extensive archive of 4-track tapes and MiniDiscs. The recordings lay the groundwork for what would have been Broadcast’s fifth [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
    Sonic Youth – Sonic Nurse
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    “Picking up where Murray Street’s languid experimentalism left off, Sonic Youth’s somewhat awkwardly named Sonic Nurse shows that the band still sounds revitalized, and may have [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Monde Bruits ‎– Tapes 1991-1994
    Monde Bruits ‎– Tapes 1991-1994
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    “Long time under work by Audio Dissection and Industrial Recollections. Classic early era of Monde Bruits in one 5xCD box with booklet. Includes: Irresponsibility, Portuguese Man-Of-War, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Magical Power Mako – Cozmo Grosso
    Magical Power Mako – Cozmo Grosso
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    Amazing long-form collage-esque work from Magical Power Mako Label: Novel Sounds – NSCD-0902 Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Japan Released: 2004 VG/VG+. Light marks

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Experimental / Noise
  • H.N.A.S. ‎– Im Schatten Der Möhre
    H.N.A.S. ‎– Im Schatten Der Möhre
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    “Psychedelic, like Nurse With Wound psyhedelic, from Germany’s most bizarre underground terrorists — featuring Christoph Heemann and Andreas Martin — even the artwork oozes freakish [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa* – Küttel Im Frost
    Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa* – Küttel Im Frost
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    “HNAS mid 80s, originally released on Dom. 2000s CD reissue. Recorded at Artlos Studio, Aachen, 1985/86. line up: Andreas Martin, Christoph Heemann, Achim Flamm, Nicole Schmidt, Martin [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Asmus Tietchens ‎– Formen Letzter Hausmusik
    Asmus Tietchens ‎– Formen Letzter Hausmusik
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    “Part six in the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums on CD. »Formen letzter Hausmusik« was originally released on UNITED DAIRIES (the label run by Steven Stapleton of [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sonic Youth ‎– A Thousand Leaves
    Sonic Youth ‎– A Thousand Leaves
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    “Truth be told, the grunge era never quite fit Sonic Youth. They may have been at the peak of their popularity, but they had traded their experimentalism for sheer, bracing […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sonic Youth ‎– NYC Ghosts & Flowers
    Sonic Youth ‎– NYC Ghosts & Flowers
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    “Continuing their high-brow path towards avant-garde guitar music and away from their late ’80s punk-influenced style of controlled cacophony, Sonic Youth have continued to make it [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dirty Three – Lowlands
    Dirty Three – Lowlands
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    “Lowlands is something of an anomalous treat from Dirty Three. The songs, which were recorded in three European capitols between 1998 and 1999, are a selection of outtakes from the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A  ‎– Americanoise
    V/A ‎– Americanoise
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    “2CD reissue of the classic american harsh noise compilation originally released by MSNP.” Label: Audio Dissection – AD05 Format: 2 x CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Limited [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 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
  • Verity Den – Verity Den
    Verity Den – Verity Den
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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
  • Sun City Girls – Famous Asthma / Tibetan Jazz 666
    Sun City Girls – Famous Asthma / Tibetan Jazz 666
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    Throughout the 1980s the inimitable Sun City Girls self-released over twenty full-length cassettes . Each of these cassettes were universes unto themselves, each a slice of the one of a […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sun City Girls – Extra-Sensory Defection / Graverobbing In The Future
    Sun City Girls – Extra-Sensory Defection / Graverobbing In The Future
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    Throughout the 1980s the inimitable Sun City Girls self-released over twenty full-length cassettes . Each of these cassettes were universes unto themselves, each a slice of the one of a […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Darksmith – Loose Ends
    Darksmith – Loose Ends
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    Philatelie is proud to announce the release of “Loose Ends“, the latest album by the enigmatic California-based artist Darksmith. Released on June 6, 2025, “Loose Ends” is [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Paranoid Time – Paranoid Time
    Paranoid Time – Paranoid Time
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    Patrick Yankee has been making noise as Paranoid Time for two decades now and although physical releases are somewhat few-and-far-between, as well as the projects nearly non-existent online [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Organ Of Corti – Insania
    Organ Of Corti – Insania
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    Philatélie is proud to announce the release of “Insania“, the latest album by the acclaimed experimental trio Organ of Corti. Released on June 6, 2025, “Insania” delivers [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Terravault Network – Shelf Intrusions
    Terravault Network – Shelf Intrusions
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    Terravault Network from Denver, Colorado here with a murky tape of what they describe at “submerged cybernetics” This brings to mind the most morbid moments of IOVAE, or the mixer [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Industrial / Power Electronics
  • 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
  • Saccharine Trust ‎– Surviving You, Always
    Saccharine Trust ‎– Surviving You, Always
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    “Saccharine Trust’s new album has an artistic approach that reminds many of the MINUTEMEN, although they seem even more demented and experimental.” – Maximum Rock N Roll Label: [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Punk / Hardcore
  • Oval ‎– Systemisch (SEALED / Clear Vinyl)
    Oval ‎– Systemisch (SEALED / Clear Vinyl)
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    “The best of Systemische is truly remarkable in its unlikely musicality. The group is at its best when the clickety-clackety rhythms are backgrounded to concentrate on melodic and thematic [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • V/A  ‎– A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse (Check Cover Condition)
    V/A ‎– A Diamond Hidden In The Mouth Of A Corpse (Check Cover Condition)
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    “Vinyl Record produced as part of the “Dial-A-Poem Poets” album series. Artists include William S. Burroughs, Hüsker Dü, Cabaret Voltaire, David Johansen, John Giorno Band, [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk, Spoken Word
  • 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
  • Butthole Surfers – Live At The Leather Fly
    Butthole Surfers – Live At The Leather Fly
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    “There is kind of a before and after when you wander into a Butthole Surfers show. That is a changing point in your life” – Richard Linklater “Butthole Surfers are […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • This Is Lorelei – Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Blue Vinyl)
    This Is Lorelei – Box for Buddy, Box for Star (Blue Vinyl)
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    Since 2012, New York City singer-songwriter Nate Amos (Water From Your Eyes, My Idea) has recorded and self-released hundreds of songs under the This Is Lorelei moniker, and perhaps surprisingly, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sarah Mary Chadwick – Take Me Out To A Bar / What Am I, Gatsby?
    Sarah Mary Chadwick – Take Me Out To A Bar / What Am I, Gatsby?
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    Take Me Out To a Bar / What Am I, Gatsby? marks a deliberate pivot. The album’s open, introductory chords evoke seem fit to score a scene in a Michael […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Noise Nomads – Obsidian Shards Pooled In Silver
    Noise Nomads – Obsidian Shards Pooled In Silver
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    Noise Nomads I’ve always been inspired by Jeff Harford, for his uncompromising approach to performance, turning it unto a situational moment that is the spirit of live performance , spontaneous [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Masonna – Shinsen Na Clitoris (Picture Disc)
    Masonna – Shinsen Na Clitoris (Picture Disc)
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    Reissue of a limited CD from 1990 on Vanilla Records Label: Hospital Productions – HOS-639 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Picture Disc, Reissue Country: US Released: 2019 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Elliott Smith – Figure 8 (1st Pressing Bong Load Records 180G)
    Elliott Smith – Figure 8 (1st Pressing Bong Load Records 180G)
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    The final album released before his suicide, Figure 8. This is an original pressing on Bong Load Records in 2000. Label: Bong Load Records – BL48, Bong Load Records – […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Rock / Pop
  • Primitive Motion – Lost Frequencies
    Primitive Motion – Lost Frequencies
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    Over the past fifteen years, Primitive Motion, the Meanjin / Brisbane duo of musicians and visual artists Sandra Selig and Leighton Craig, have quietly, consistently, insistently, released a [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise