There are commitments whose delineations are only defined by a territory. The series initiated in 2016 by Marion Cousin prompts an exploration of the Iberian Peninsula through its enchanted [...]
“Starting as a collaborator of François de Roubaix and Michel Magne in the 60s, Eric Demarsan went on to become a mainstay of French cinema soundtracks, composing for directors such […]
“If you wandered into a smoky South Side club in Chicago during the early ’70s, there’s a good chance you’d have been met by the raw, unvarnished truth of Arelean […]
“Though it’s somewhat surprising Thurston Moore and Beck didn’t work together prior to Demolished Thoughts, their collaboration lives up to its promise, delivering an album of psychedelic [...]
“Remastered reissue of the second brilliant Willie Lane LP released by Cord-Art, originally available (for a few moments, anyway) in 2012. Guitar Army of One is a bit less folk […]
Debut solo-album by JJULIUS. Recorded and mixed by JJULIUS in Gothenburg from autumn 2020 to winter 2021 Label: Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox – MMJ004 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: Sweden [...]
Continuing the tradition of its milestone-marking compilations, Carbon is using the occasion of its 25th year to bring together an impressive roster of guitar-based artists. Showcasing the use of [...]
“Despite having completed their debut for Columbia just weeks earlier, in August 1970 Cedric Smith, Richard Keelan, Michael Butler, and other Conspirators recorded another album, [...]
An organism of shredded memories, connections and relations. Existing because of mixtures, collages, escapism and rescues. Behind Goose there are two of the currently most forward thinking and [...]
“Newly remastered reissue of Willie Lane’s 2009 solo guitar LP, Known Quantity, originally released on his own Cord Art label. Over the last few years, this album has been requested [...]
“In 1986, Tokyo’s PSF Records released the second album by High Rise, simply titled II, and it immediately became one of those legendary albums that hipsters worldwide whispered [...]
“Keeping a band together was difficult in the late 1960s. Tough too, because Michael Oosten was writing songs that veered away from pop-song structures. There was also the relative ease [...]
A dazzling display of 12-string melodicism, Arc Minutes is the second full-length LP from once New Englander, now Tokyo-based, instrumentalist Rob Noyes. If one had to pin an influence from […]
Literally taking off where the acclaimed Precious Waste in our Wake LP finished off, London based outfit Triple Negative return with another exemplary amplified jigsaw puzzle. The playback of [...]
Lunchbox’s legendary lost album “Evolver” is lost no more! Sparklingly remastered for the album’s twentieth (and a few!) anniversary and available on CD, cassette and (for the [...]
The Nashville Ambient Ensemble is based, as you may have guessed, in Nashville, Tennessee. Organized and led by electronic composer Michael Hix, the ensemble’s lineup is made up of some […]
Artist duo Amy Howden-Chapman and Steve Kado return with a follow up to their debut album on Radical Documents. The side long pieces on 2 are sprawling and intense. The […]
Noah Sterba is one of Omaha’s underground music heroes, literally performing most of his songs and poetry into dented Radio Shack microphones in the subterranean basements of tornado alley for [...]
”Listening to Thomas E. Frank’s debut solo album for the first time, I’m amazed at how recognizable and familiar it sounds. Not in the heard-it-a-thousand-times-before kind of way, but more […]
“Astrel K’s debut single ‘You Could If You Can’ was released via Duophonic Super 45s – a label which has a history of releasing limited edition abstract releases from Stereolab, [...]
“Jon Spencer’s first ever solo album!!! Despite the title, this is not a hits collection but is instead twelve brand new Spencer penned originals. Spencer Sings The Hits is a […]
“on november 19 we had the privilege of helping introduce you all to the self-titled debut album from body/dilloway/head. this album is a serious and apt soundtrack for our times […]
Open sky/scorched earth improvisations recorded to four track tape during the rare moments of solitude afforded by lockdown and early fatherhood. Bobby Lee’s “worn-denim psych-country” remains, [...]
The Hard Quartet is comprised of: Emmett Kelly, a songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist best known for his work in The Cairo Gang and The Double, as well as in the […]
“Choosing to extinguish the band name under which Gira and Jarboe had worked together for so long must not have been an easy step, but when they decided to end […]
“Australia’s Gallery of Modern Art commissioned Xiu Xiu to reinterpret the music from Twin Peaks for their David Lynch: Between Two Worlds exhibition. Since then, the band has performed [...]
“When words trail off at the beginning of claire rousay’s “everything perfect is already here,” ornate instrumentation is waiting to fill a void left by the breakdown of language. Yet […]
Cover of The Standells track by the British pub-rock group, The Inmates. Label: Radar Records – ADA 44 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1979 VG+/VG+. Light […]
Electro/synth-pop track that bears some similarities to B-52s & Devo. Label: Logo – BOOK 1 Format: Vinyl, 7″, Single Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Light sleevewear/discoloration
Wonderful power-pop track on Stiff Records. Label: Stiff Records – BUY 74 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Light wear. Old store sticker
One of the best tracks from their debut album, Kilimanjaro. Label: Zoo Records – CAGE 008 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single Country: UK Released: 1980 VG+/VG+. Some edgewear
Sole power-pop 7″ from the Punts. RIYL: Pretenders, Go-Go’s. Label: Bondage Records – 0001 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM Country: US Released: 1981 VG+/VG+
“The Sin of Pride was by far the most exploratory album the Undertones ever issued and, other than their debut, fares the best. Whereas Hypnotised had been another punk rave-up […]
“King Crimson reborn yet again — the then-newly configured band makes its debut with a violin (courtesy of David Cross) sharing center stage with Robert Fripp’s guitars and his [...]
Great Australian garage/beat record that matches the Kinks in terms of poppy fun. Label: Albert Productions – APLP.057 Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue Country: Australia Released: 1982 VG+/VG. Upper [...]
Sole single from these avant-pop weirdos. Sounds like the catchier bits from Ralph Records, fed through a uranium tube. Label: Cheap Records – 110032X Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM, Single […]
“The songs which make up Blue Earth originated as demos, and save for some minor studio tinkering, are presented here in their original embryonic state. As a consequence, the record […]
“”Propeller was the fifth album by Guided By Voices, and was intended to be the group’s last. Released as a limited edition of 500 LPs in 1992, the album featured […]
Torn Light Records recording artists Fruit Looops lastest EP released via Orange Milk Records. Mental & fried 4 track CD of their stripped down vocal/synth/drum line up of art punk/electronic [...]
Excellent American primitive guitar from Cincinnati Ohio’s Rob Mohan. Recorded on both 6 & 12 string guitar, crispy clear recording of beautiful original compositions by Rob.
Gracious Host is proud to present a split offering of prime material from two projects sharing a singular cinematic obsession. Ténèbres and Mound of Glass provide their audience with one […]
In the summer of 2023 Shredded Nerve and Form Hunter embarked on an east coast tour that culminated at the Initial Shock festival in Montreal. This CD is a reissue […]
High Grove is the experimental tape duo of Montreal’s Heather Ross and Sara Delecorte. Originally recorded and released on Sloane Distro in 2019, Gracious Host is proud to re-issue this [...]
“Fire Fidelity brings you an LP featuring 24 of the best songs spanning the career of the legendary Jad Fair and his band Half Japanese plus a free download card […]
“Big Boys music, artwork, and defying attitude have resonated for decades from their inception in 1979 until their demise in 1984. To be able to blend punk, hardcore punk, post-punk, […]
Francisca de Luarca, the daughter of a silk grower, is a dreamer of fabulous dreams – dreams in which the work of her father’s silkworms is woven into robes for […]