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  • Patrice Rushen – Prelusion LP
    Patrice Rushen – Prelusion LP
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    Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series Reissue of Patrice Rushen’s 1974 Debut Album Prelusion on 180g LP. Available on Vinyl for the First Time Since Its Original Release 50 Years Ago. Mastered [...]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz, Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Various Artists – C87
    Various Artists – C87
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    To celebrate the 30th anniversary of C86, we’re now proud to announce a sequel, in the shape of C87! Imagine if the NME had reconvened a year on from their […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Felt – Poem of the River
    Felt – Poem of the River
    $16.00 | Add to cart

    Felt’s seventh album, remastered and reissued.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Alien Stadium – Livin’ in Elizabethan Times
    Alien Stadium – Livin’ in Elizabethan Times
    $12.00 | Add to cart

    Livin’ In Elizabethan Times is a 2017 mini-album by Alien Stadium – a collaboration between Steve Mason and Primal Scream’s Martin Duffy.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Thank God for Mental Illness
    The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Thank God for Mental Illness
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    “At the risk of belaboring a rather obvious point, with Thank God for Mental Illness, their third collection of absolutely stunning music to be released in 1996, The Brian Jonestown […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up to a Rope to the Sky
    Swans – My Father Will Guide Me Up to a Rope to the Sky
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    After years of pursuing Angels of Light and recording and producing a diverse roster of artists for his Young God label, Michael Gira has decided to reconvene his legendary group […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Björk – Vulnicura Strings
    Björk – Vulnicura Strings
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    Vulnicura Strings is the acoustic version of Björk’s Vulnicura, featuring strings, voice and viola organista only – out on CD and vinyl. The original version of Vulnicura layered the boom […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Joni Île – Semaphore CS
    Joni Île – Semaphore CS
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    In the age of boredom-less nights I sometimes yearn for times I sat on my bedroom floor listening to the same albums over and over. The first time I heard […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Home Blitz – All Through The Year
    Home Blitz – All Through The Year
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    “Mercer County is in central New Jersey, main city is Trenton (they make pork roll) but the more known town is Princeton (they have the college where Einstein spent time […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bilders* – Dustbin Of Empathy
    Bilders* – Dustbin Of Empathy
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    Co-Released by Sophomore Lounge and Grapefruit Records. The NZ-American *Bilders* brings *Matt Swanson (Lambchop,* *My Dad Is Dead*) and *Alex McManus (Vic Chesnutt, Lambchop)* into the fold, all [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ned Collette – Our Other History
    Ned Collette – Our Other History
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    “Our Other History is a wonderful new LP by this wandering Berlin-based Melbourne expat. Ned’s last album, Afternoon Dusk was an avant instrumental trio outing with James Rushford and Joe [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Styrofoam Winos – Real Time
    Styrofoam Winos – Real Time
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    “The Styrofoam Winos are that band that we love to have in our lives because they transcend the language of music, not by their individual parts, but by their oneness. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band – Dancing On The Edge (2nd Pressing)
    Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band – Dancing On The Edge (2nd Pressing)
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    “At the frayed bottom-edge of Indiana – just a moderate bike ride north of LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – multi-instrumentalist, artist and songwriter RYAN DAVIS’ Americana-noir soundwaves have [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Chime School – The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel (blue vinyl)
    Chime School – The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel (blue vinyl)
    $21.00 | Add to cart

    With his 2021 self-titled debut, Andy Pastalaniec’s Chime School became one of the defining acts of the seemingly never-ending, prolific and multifaceted Bay Area pop scene. Slumberland Records [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician (1987 Pressing)
    Butthole Surfers – Locust Abortion Technician (1987 Pressing)
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    The Surfers really hit their fried out stride with their third album. Label: Touch And Go – T&GLP#19 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1987 VG+/VG+ with light marks […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Clear Cut 5
    Clear Cut 5
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    The fifth and final volume in Rough Trade’s Clear Cut series Label: Rough Trade – RTL 35 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Japan Released: 1983 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Radio Twelve
    Radio Twelve
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    Peak 80’s Rough Trade comp that shows them embrace their new-wave leanings as a label. Label: Rough Trade – 25RTL-3 Format: Vinyl,LP, Compilation Country: Japan Released: 1983 VG+/VG+  

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth
  • Bobby Womack – Fly Me To The Moon
    Bobby Womack – Fly Me To The Moon
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    “Debut album from the self-proclaimed “Last Soul Man,” who earned his credentials as writer and composer of the Rolling Stones’ first U.K. number one. He was also one of [...]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Smile – Wall of Eyes
    The Smile – Wall of Eyes
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    The Smile’s new album Wall Of Eyes, will be released on 26th January on XL Recordings. The new album, was recorded between Oxford and Abbey Road Studios, and is produced […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sleaford Mods – Divide And Exit
    Sleaford Mods – Divide And Exit
    $15.00 | Add to cart

    Allying strong words and minimal electronics, Sleaford Mods’ second ‘proper’ album the self-released Divide And Exit was not only Andrew Fearn and Jason Williamson’s most effective artistic [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pale Saints – In Ribbons (30th anniversary)
    Pale Saints – In Ribbons (30th anniversary)
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    Pale Saints second album In Ribbons is finally getting the 30th Anniversary celebration it deserves after covid and production delays, with a special double LP / CD release – the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Adrienne Lenker – Bright Future
    Adrienne Lenker – Bright Future
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    on bright future, adrianne lenker, a songwriter known for turns of phrase and currents of rhyme, says it plainly, “you have my heart // i want it back.” documented with […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Helado Negro – Phasor
    Helado Negro – Phasor
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    While Phasor feels loose and expansive, it’s Lange’s tightest collection—deep, atmospheric, meticulously executed. It’s aligned with 2019’s This Is How You Smile, which found him incorporating [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Future Islands – People Who Aren’t There Anymore
    Future Islands – People Who Aren’t There Anymore
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    There are bands that come and go, and then there are those that carve their own unique path, leaving an indelible mark on the heart of listeners. Future Islands are […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Future Islands – People Who Aren’t There Anymore
    Future Islands – People Who Aren’t There Anymore
    $15.00 | Add to cart

    There are bands that come and go, and then there are those that carve their own unique path, leaving an indelible mark on the heart of listeners. Future Islands are […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
    $13.00 | Add to cart

    Less than eighteen months after the release of their debut album New Long Leg, Dry Cleaning return with their sophomore album entitled Stumpwork. With 25M+ streams behind them and over […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
    Dry Cleaning – Stumpwork
    $15.00 | Add to cart

    Less than eighteen months after the release of their debut album New Long Leg, Dry Cleaning return with their sophomore album entitled Stumpwork. With 25M+ streams behind them and over […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dry Cleaning – Boundary Road Snacks
    Dry Cleaning – Boundary Road Snacks
    $15.00 | Add to cart

    Following two critically acclaimed John Parish-produced studio albums – New Long Leg (2021) and Stumpwork (2022) – South London’s Dry Cleaning take a moment to reflect on their journey and […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (clear green vinyl)
    Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (clear green vinyl)
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    For his latest solo album, Buck Meek, lead guitarist of Big Thief, went back to Texas with his band – Adam Brisbin (guitar), Austin Vaughn (drums), Ken Woodward (bass), Mat […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (black vinyl)
    Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (black vinyl)
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    For his latest solo album, Buck Meek, lead guitarist of Big Thief, went back to Texas with his band – Adam Brisbin (guitar), Austin Vaughn (drums), Ken Woodward (bass), Mat […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief – U.F.O.F.
    $16.00 | Add to cart

    U.F.O.F., F standing for ‘Friend’, is the name of the highly anticipated third record by Big Thief, set to be released by 4AD on May 3rd. The New York-based band, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Big Thief – Two Hands
    Big Thief – Two Hands
    $15.00 | Add to cart

    Two Hands, a completely new, fully-realized, 10-song album by Big Thief, will arrive just five months after their breakthrough U.F.O.F., one of the most acclaimed albums of 2019. In sharp […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
    Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
    $15.00 | Add to cart

    Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You is a sprawling double-LP exploring the deepest elements and possibilities of Big Thief. To truly dig into all that the music of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab ‎– Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
    Stereolab ‎– Transient Random-Noise Bursts With Announcements
    $16.00 | Add to cart

    Remastered from original tapes. 6 panel digipak w/ 8 panel booklet of lyrics and sleevenotes. Bonus disk of unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes. Co-released by band’s own label [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab – Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage…
    Stereolab – Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage…
    $17.00 | Add to cart

    Remastered from original tapes. 6 panel digipak w/ 8 panel booklet of lyrics and sleevenotes. Bonus disk of unreleased demos, outtakes and alternate mixes. Co-released by band’s own label [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Violent Femmes – Add It Up (1981-1993) 2LP
    Violent Femmes – Add It Up (1981-1993) 2LP
    $42.00 | , Add to cart

    As Violent Femmes celebrate their 40th year together, Craft Recordings honors the band’s enduring catalog of cult classics with the long out-of-print vinyl reissue of the popular 1993 [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Birdie – Some Dusty
    Birdie – Some Dusty
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    Birdie’s debut album, 1999’s “Some Dusty,” is the culmination of a series of fortuitous events, set in motion in 1992 when members Debsey Wykes (Dolly Mixture) and Paul [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
    Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
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    New Argentinean tape in from Happy Families: “Originally released in 2019 by Facultad de Medicina in Buenos Aires, Argentina – Slacker core genius. Sleepy indie pop from underground [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
    Sleaford Mods – Divide and Exit
    $27.00 | , Add to cart

    May 19 marks 10 years of Sleaford Mods seminal album, Divide And Exit. Allying strong words and minimal electronics, Sleaford Mods’ second ‘proper’ album the self-released Divide And Exit was [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lunchbox – Pop and Circumstance (BUBBLEGUM PINK VINYL)
    Lunchbox – Pop and Circumstance (BUBBLEGUM PINK VINYL)
    $23.00 | , Add to cart

    Oakland, CA mainstays Lunchbox are back with “Pop and Circumstance,” an explosive new album draws on influences from both sides of the Atlantic. Besides its obvious debt to the hard [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
    Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
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    Beth Gibbons releases her debut solo album Lives Outgrown on Friday the 17th of May 2024, following her work as a member of Portishead & her collaborative album with Rustin […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
    Beth Gibbons – Lives Outgrown
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    Beth Gibbons releases her debut solo album Lives Outgrown on Friday the 17th of May 2024, following her work as a member of Portishead & her collaborative album with Rustin […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • A place To Bury Strangers – Synthesizer CD
    A place To Bury Strangers – Synthesizer CD
    $17.00 | Ships on/around Oct 04, 2024 Add to cart

    Synthesizer is the title of A Place to Bury Strangers’ seventh album. It is also a physical entity, a synthesizer made specifically for A Place to Bury Strangers’ seventh album. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • A Place To Bury Strangers – Synthesizer LP (Functional circuit board cover)
    A Place To Bury Strangers – Synthesizer LP (Functional circuit board cover)
    $38.00 | Ships on/around Oct 04, 2024 Add to cart

    Synthesizer is the title of A Place to Bury Strangers’ seventh album. It is also a physical entity, a synthesizer made specifically for A Place to Bury Strangers’ seventh album. […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Broadcast – Distant Call – Collected Demos CD
    Broadcast – Distant Call – Collected Demos CD
    $15.00 | Ships on/around Oct 04, 2024 Add to cart

    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
  • Candido – Dancin and Prancin LP
    Candido – Dancin and Prancin LP
    $25.00 | Ships on/around Sep 06, 2024 Add to cart

    As the man who basically brought the conga into the modern age with his innovative multi-percussion set-ups and tunable congas, and as a former member of Dizzy Gillespie and Stan […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • The Chills – Scatterbrain LP
    The Chills – Scatterbrain LP
    $28.00 | Ships on/around Aug 30, 2024 Add to cart

    New studio album from the Dunedin (NZ) songsmiths helmed by the enigmatic Martin Phillipps with artwork by Trees’ David Costa. Dunedin’s finest, The Chills release their seventh studio album [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sun Araw – Beach Head
    Sun Araw – Beach Head
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    “The four tracks of Beach Head, like much of Sun Araw’s work, capture Cameron Stallones at a certain place and time; its re-release some years after its first limited run […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Nightshift ‎– Homosapien
    Nightshift ‎– Homosapien
    $20.00 | Add to cart

    It’s been three years since Glasgow musical collective NIGHTSHIFT’s last album (“Zöe”, 2021) & aside form an odds & sods tape compilation “Made Of The Earth”, the group has remained […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Marcel Wave – Something Looming
    Marcel Wave – Something Looming
    $19.00 | Add to cart

    Marcel Wave write eulogies for tragic actresses, ancient riverbeds and concrete obscenity. Their inaugural sonic instalment ‘Something Looming’ is part trades club symphony, part itchy serenade, [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Nick Maurer – Come On In!
    Nick Maurer – Come On In!
    $25.00 | Ships on/around Aug 16, 2024 Add to cart

    Nick Maurer’s Come On In! is the stuff of a modern American fable. The 20 year-old Cincinnatian’s first release on Happy Families feels wise beyond years but is equally moving […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Bugs And Rats – Adidas
    Bugs And Rats – Adidas
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      “Vinylization of a 2010 CD-R by this Quincy, MA trio who have been around since 2003. Their longevity makes it damn odd that this is their first LP. But […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • Broadcast – Microtronics – Volumes 1 & 2
    Broadcast – Microtronics – Volumes 1 & 2
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    “Microtronics Volumes 1 & 2’s initial availability alone makes it some of the group’s most curious releases, released first as tour-only 3” CDs in 2003 and 2005 before being offered [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Timeout Room – Tight Ass Goku Pictures
    Timeout Room – Tight Ass Goku Pictures
    $10.00 | Add to cart

    First solo project from S.T. McCrary who longtime wrote and played for Baton Rouge punk band the Melters. A true lo-fi masterwork, Tight Ass Goku Pictures is a compilation of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab –  Switched On Volumes 1-5 (8xCD Boxset)
    Stereolab – Switched On Volumes 1-5 (8xCD Boxset)
    $60.00 | Add to cart

    An anthology boxset that compiles all five volumes of the Stereolab Switched On series: 94 non-album tracks and sought after deep cuts by the groop. Includes the original Switched On […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dry Cleaning – Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks Sweet Princess EP
    Dry Cleaning – Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks Sweet Princess EP
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Release date: 3/8/24.  Will ship on or around release date. Dry Cleaning’s first two EPs now remastered on one LP with original artwork and lyric sheet. Following two critically acclaimed […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
    V/A – Skyway Soul: Gary, Indiana
    $29.00 | , Add to cart

    A sonic snapshot of America’s steel capital, developed in the prosperous cavern between the departure of the Jackson 5 to Motown and the collapse of U.S. Steel, Skyway Soul is […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Saadia Label
    V/A – Eccentric Soul: The Saadia Label
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    After the fall of the Deep City label, Rocketeers bandleader Frank Williams set up shop under the name of his twin daughters Saadia and Giwada and got to work reinventing […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Daniel Johnston – Alive in New York City (Clear Vinyl)
    Daniel Johnston – Alive in New York City (Clear Vinyl)
    $25.00 | , Add to cart

    Daniel played several shows in New York City in April of the year 2000, but there is no way to know for certain the exact date this recording was made, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sonic Youth – Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
    Sonic Youth – Slaapkamers Met Slagroom
    $22.00 | , Add to cart

    Unfettered by studio time limitations with their own home base of Echo Canyon, SYR 2 shows Sonic Youth chasing the shadows of predecessor SYR 1 and the series’ distinct aesthetic: […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative