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  • Kurt Vile / Steve Gunn – Gunn Vile (Purple Vinyl)
    Kurt Vile / Steve Gunn – Gunn Vile (Purple Vinyl)
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    Kurt Vile and Steve Gunn, two artists originally connected by mutual friends and geographic proximity, have long pushed the other’s continued artistic development. Despite sharing many live [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The VSS – Nervous Circuits + 25:37
    The VSS – Nervous Circuits + 25:37
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    Nineties post-punks the VSS may have only issued one full-length in their brief two-year existence, 1997’s Nervous Circuits, but what a record it was. Synthesizing elements of hardcore, new [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stenhjarta – 2
    Stenhjarta – 2
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    The second album from Stenhjärta follows up Gryning Kommer Röd (Grapefruit Records, 2024) and very much continues in the same vein while approaching a rather damn catchy pop song format […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • P.G. Six – The Well of Memory (2025)
    P.G. Six – The Well of Memory (2025)
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    Amish Records is happy to announce an expanded, gatefold 2XLP version of P.G. Six’s second album, ‘The Well of Memory, originally released in 2004. This 2025 expanded edition has [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Vacant Gardens – Under The Bloom
    Vacant Gardens – Under The Bloom
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    RELEASED ON VINYL BY TALL TEXAN, NOW OUT-OF-PRINT released February 14, 2020 MUSIC BY JEM FANVU & GLENN DONALDSON COVER ART BY NOH YUNG HOON MASTERED BY SEAN MCCANN   […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • V/A – Off Our Shoulders Volume 2
    V/A – Off Our Shoulders Volume 2
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    New Zealand indie rock/DIY compilation featuring Kinisis, Psychic Daisies & Nichola Donovan Label: Unwucht – PRA 2430 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation Country: Germany Released: 2014 VG+/VG+

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Lightheaded – Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!
    Lightheaded – Thinking, Dreaming, Scheming!
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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ray Barker – Ville Revenge / Louisville Rap
    Ray Barker – Ville Revenge / Louisville Rap
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    Label: Bridges – NR 16136 Format: Vinyl, 7″, 33 ⅓ RPM Country: US Released: 1985 Genre: Hip Hop Style: Electro VG+ in a generic sleeve, light marks that DNAP.

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Pulp – More.
    Pulp – More.
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    WORDS FROM JARVIS ON “MORE”: “This is the first Pulp album since “We Love Life” in 2001. Yes: the first Pulp album for almost 24 years. How did that happen? […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Pale Saints – Slow Buildings 30th Anniversary Re:Masters (2xCD)
    Pale Saints – Slow Buildings 30th Anniversary Re:Masters (2xCD)
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    The Pale Saints complete their series of 30th anniversary reissues with the release of an expanded edition of their third and final album, Slow Buildings.By 1994 they were the quartet […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Lifeguard – Ripped And Torn
    Lifeguard – Ripped And Torn
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    Ripped and Torn on June 6. The youthful trio of Asher Case, Isaac Lowenstein, and Kai Slater have been making music together since they were in high school, nearly a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film
    Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film
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    Are you having Aerial Troubles with your Colour TV? We can’t help with the technical issues, but we are able to take your minds off the problem with news of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sarah Mary Chadwick – Take Me Out To A Bar / What Am I, Gatsby? (Violet Vinyl)
    Sarah Mary Chadwick – Take Me Out To A Bar / What Am I, Gatsby? (Viole…
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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
  • V/A – Secret Superstar Sounds: Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80
    V/A – Secret Superstar Sounds: Scraping Bubblegum Off My Soul 1977-80
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    Soul Jazz Records’ new Secret Superstar Sounds brings together a wealth of incredibly catchy tunes from late-70s/early-80s British groups that you have probably never heard of! Powerpop mixed [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Punk / Hardcore
  • Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
    Stereolab – Emperor Tomato Ketchup
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    On February 28, 2025, Stereolab are making seven of their studio albums available again as 2LP editions. These utilise the same remasters as the 2019 expanded album editions, cut from […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Stereolab – Mars Audiac Quintet
    Stereolab – Mars Audiac Quintet
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    On February 28, 2025, Stereolab are making seven of their studio albums available again as 2LP editions. These utilise the same remasters as the 2019 expanded album editions, cut from […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk
    Magdalena Bay – Imaginal Disk
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    Magdalena Bay, the Los Angeles-based duo of Mica Tenenbaum and Matthew Lewin, create magical pop music that floats in the ether of our collective social cosmos. While they call California […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Elliott Smith – New Moon (Metallic Silver Vinyl)
    Elliott Smith – New Moon (Metallic Silver Vinyl)
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    “I kept recording more songs with no regard whether or not they were gonna be on anything. That’s what I’m used to doing, recording all the time and not going, […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Cowboy Junkies – Lay It Down
    Cowboy Junkies – Lay It Down
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    Every Cowboy Junkies album is a sonic treat, full of gorgeous guitar tones from Michael Timmins, haunting vocals from Margo Timmins, and beautiful arrangements, and 1996’s Lay it Down is […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • The Donnas – American Teenage Rock ‘N’ Roll Machine
    The Donnas – American Teenage Rock ‘N’ Roll Machine
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    Better production? Check. Better musicianship? Check. A more mature attitude? $#@! no! Released just a year after The Donnas’ first, self-titled record, American Teenage Rock ‘N’ Roll Machine [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Lemonheads – Come On Feel The Lemonheads
    The Lemonheads – Come On Feel The Lemonheads
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    Expanded 30th anniversary re-issue of The Lemonheads’ classic 1993 album. The breakthrough record that took American alt rock global and catapulted Evan Dando into the hearts of a generation. [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Habibi – Anywhere But Here (Clear Vinyl)
    Habibi – Anywhere But Here (Clear Vinyl)
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    Brooklyn’s Habibi brought an explosive and celebratory fun to their self-titled 2014 debut. That brief collection was overflowing with bubblegum melodies, upbeat pop, and the kind of giddy [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Crownovhornz – Unholy Trinity
    Crownovhornz – Unholy Trinity
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    No Retreat and Unholy Trinity produced by Tr4ffick and recorded by Crownovhornz Instrumentals produced and recorded by Crownovhornz Recorded in 2021-2022

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves
    Blood Orange – Coastal Grooves
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    Devonté Hynes’ first official album under the Blood Orange moniker, Coastal Grooves is the music of a seedy yet inspirational New York night time.

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • Slow Reader – Soft Eviction
    Slow Reader – Soft Eviction
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    The debut slab from Slow Reader is an enthusiastic offering of melodic fuzz-pop that draws equal influence from the 90’s American underground and the lo-fi UK jangle of the 80’s […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Mekons – Freak And Whisky
    Mekons – Freak And Whisky
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    Long hailed as a precursor to alt-country and roots-rock, Fear & Whiskey has been remastered and is reissued now for the first time on LP in its original form, on […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sundays & Cybele – Tsubouchi
    Sundays & Cybele – Tsubouchi
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    Psychedelia-tinged and shimmering dream pop from the long-running Tokyo group.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Plum – Can’t Hold On To It
    Plum – Can’t Hold On To It
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    Jagged post-punk from Chicago’s Plum.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Ed Kuepper & Jim White – After The Flood
    Ed Kuepper & Jim White – After The Flood
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    In the final days of February 2022, Brisbane received approximately 80 per cent ofmthe city’s average annual rainfall in a mere 72 hours. Upstream, Wivenhoe Dam, the city’s main flood mitigation [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Gastr Del Sol – Upgrade & Afterlife
    Gastr Del Sol – Upgrade & Afterlife
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    When placed next to each other, dueling concerns enrich each other and push the envelope into new, newer, and newest envelopes of a different color. Step inside this magnetic garden […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Early Times
    Silver Jews – Early Times
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    Well, “Salad Days” was taken and “Wild Turkey” sounds like an insult. These field recordings capture the birth of the Jews, from way back in the days of the Silver […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
    Silver Jews – Tanglewood Numbers
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    David Berman and Co. tear through 10 more numbers, loving you to the max the whole time. Jews fans rejoice, your master is back. released October 18, 2005

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains
    Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains
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    David Berman comes in from the cold after ten long years. His new musical expression is a meltdown unparalleled in modern memory. He warns us that his findings might be […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Blushing ‎– Possessions
    Blushing ‎– Possessions
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    “The Austin-based four-piece Blushing return with their second album, Possessions, following their well-received 2019-released eponymous debut. It’s an album that deftly crystallizes the [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Discus – To Relate To
    Discus – To Relate To
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    Recorded and Mixed by Michael Macdonald at bim bom studios Mastered by Alan Douches Art & Design by Clare Byrne Rewind as you might, but your ears didn’t deceive you: […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Central Heat Exhange – Central Heat Exchange
    Central Heat Exhange – Central Heat Exchange
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    Central Heat Exchange is the sound of four co-writers and a deep list of special features (Sun June, Lala Lala, Fran, + more) scattered by distance, time, and circumstance. Their […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Arthur Russell – Picture Of Bunny Rabbit
    Arthur Russell – Picture Of Bunny Rabbit
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    In 1986 Arthur Russell was diagnosed with HIV, that same year he released his career-defining masterpiece ‘World of Echo’, the first and only solo album issued during his lifetime. Arthur […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Perfect Angels – Exit from the Ultra-World
    Perfect Angels – Exit from the Ultra-World
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    “For those a bit more familiar with songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Zach Phillips, you’re sure to know that he belongs in that exciting and always refreshing field you can loosely call [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Dancer – Dancer
    Dancer – Dancer
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    “A new Glasgow band with members of Current Affairs (Tough Love), Nightshift (Trouble in Mind), Order of the Toad (Gringo records) and Robert Sotelo (Upset the Rhythm).” Label: Gold [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery
    Endless Endless: A Lo-Fi History of the Elephant 6 Mystery
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    Years after its release, Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea remains one of the most beloved and best-selling albums in all of indie music, hailed as a […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Non-Fiction
  • Kristín Anna* – I Must Be The Devil
    Kristín Anna* – I Must Be The Devil
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    Kristin Anna (Múm) and Kjartan Sveinsson (Sigur Ros) have created one of the most painfully beautiful albums I’ve heard in years. Kristin’s voice is as gorgeous as it is unique […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Alex Sopp – The Hem And The Haw
    Alex Sopp – The Hem And The Haw
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    On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, Alex Sopp, the flutist, composer, vocalist, and visual artist releases the title track ‘The Hem & The Haw’ from her upcoming debut album The Hem […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative