May 9th Newsletter

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  • Cartas Da Catalunya – When Damian Meets Suitcase Bob
    Cartas Da Catalunya – When Damian Meets Suitcase Bob
    $11.00 |

    Bruno Abdala, or Abdala, or Ab as he’s known in Brazil is an enthusiastic supporter. Unlike folks of a certain age who center themselves in every story as hero or […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Shadowklan – Einstein’s Rainbow
    Shadowklan – Einstein’s Rainbow
    $11.00 |

    Shadow Klan is a ghost. Like Sun Ra he is utterly aware that it’s after the end of the world. And if that is the case, then he’s already gone, […]

    GENRE: Hip Hop / Rap / Neo Soul
  • Simon Fisher Turner, Edmund de Waal ? A Quiet Corner In Time
    Simon Fisher Turner, Edmund de Waal ? A Quiet Corner In Time
    $15.00 | ,

    A Quiet Corner In Time began life as a sound work created by the composer Fisher Turner for renowned ceramicist and author Edmund de Waal’s architectural installation, – one way […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • 781484078418
    781484078418
    $20.00 | ,

    Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles’ debut is well titled: keys are what they play and keys unlock things too. Their trad bonafides are balanced with inquisitive playing that adds surprise […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Indie / Alternative
  • Liars ? S/T (Colored Vinyl)
    Liars ? S/T (Colored Vinyl)
    $20.00 | ,

    Liars was recorded on the heels of 2006’s Drum’s not Dead somewhere between LA and Berlin. Liars’ fourth album marks another bold transition for Angus Andrew, Aaron Hemphill and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Masaki Batoh ? Smile Jesus Loves YOU!
    Masaki Batoh ? Smile Jesus Loves YOU!
    $16.00 | ,

    Batoh is back! Solo again after last fall’s new Silence album, the Japanese psychedelic guru makes some solo cuts, with others featuring Ghost and Silence family members, including free drumming [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Roger Eno – The Turning Year
    Roger Eno – The Turning Year
    $15.00 | ,

    Roger Eno is a British composer and musician whose distinctive style as a recording artist has attracted a cult following. Last year he made his debut on Deutsche Grammophon with […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Love – Revisited
    Love – Revisited
    $25.00 | ,

    In four short years from 1966-1970, Love released four albums of increasingly adventurous rock and, mainly due to their hesitance to tour, remained an enigma to most music listeners beyond […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Lee Ranaldo & Ra?l Refree ? Names Of North End Women
    Lee Ranaldo & Ra?l Refree ? Names Of North End Women
    $17.00 | ,

    Ranaldo and Refree worked together Ranaldo’s last solo album, Electric Trim (Mute, 2017), and soon after the pair returned to the studio to record the follow up they realised that […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sonic Youth – In/Out/In
    Sonic Youth – In/Out/In
    $21.00 | ,

    What our staff has to say: “Unsurfaced guitar scrapes, mellow jams and the familiar vibe of 2000s Sonic Youth. This rules.” – Alex Album formatted collection of underheard Sonic [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sven Torstenson – Drugs
    Sven Torstenson – Drugs
    $28.00 | ,

    Sven Torstenson‘s notorious Drugs is a loopdigga’s fever dream, bursting with breaks for days and featuring possibly the most iconic cover of all library music’s cult classics. [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Philippe Doray & Les Asociaux Associes – Le Composant Compositeur
    Philippe Doray & Les Asociaux Associes – Le Composant Compo…
    $27.00 | ,

    Having dynamited the end of the ’70s with two radical albums — Ramasse-Miettes Nucléaires (FFL 058LP) in 1976 and Nouveaux Modes Industriels (FFL 059LP) in 1978, both reissued by [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Chai – S/T (Loser Edition – Colored Vinyl)
    Chai – S/T (Loser Edition – Colored Vinyl)
    $23.00 | ,

    The Japanese band CHAI cast a spell on the world in 2017, when they released their debut album, PINK, a collection of songs that introduced us to their singular brand […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Helm – Axis (Clear Purple Vinyl)
    Helm – Axis (Clear Purple Vinyl)
    $9.00 | ,

    London exploratory industrialist Luke Younger characterizes the creation of his latest collection, Axis, as a liberating return to roots: “It felt like going back to the beginning, it felt [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Ty Segall ? Whirlybird (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    Ty Segall ? Whirlybird (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
    $15.00 | ,

    Ty Segall meets a new non-rock challenge head-on; soundtrack music for the documentary film Whirlybird. A variety of synth sounds, electric keyboards, drums, percussion and saxophone (and yeah, a [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Soundtracks / Library Music
  • Small Sur – Attic Room
    Small Sur – Attic Room
    $26.00 | ,

    Attic Room is Bob Keal’s fifth full-length album as Small Sur and first since his daughter’s birth in 2014. In this collection of songs, Keal meditates on the rhythms of […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Ralph E. White – Something About Dreaming
    Ralph E. White – Something About Dreaming
    $26.00 | ,

    Recorded in Austin, Texas in March of 2020, just days before the city and the rest of the world shut down, Ralph White spent two days with producer, Jerry David […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Fucked Up – Rivoli (Transparent Magenta & Opaque Black Vinyl)
    Fucked Up – Rivoli (Transparent Magenta & Opaque Black Viny…
    $30.00 | ,

    2xLP LP recorded live at the Rivoli Club in June 2014, 6 days after the release of “Glass Boys”. This release gives you Fucked Up at their peak, bringing you […]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • V/A – Mehme Aslan presents Senza Decoro
    V/A – Mehme Aslan presents Senza Decoro
    $30.00 | ,

    A new compilation explores the far reaches of the post-punk, experimental and electronic landscape in Switzerland on Senza Decoro: Liebe & Anarchia in Switzerland 1980-1990 curated by [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Bar Italia – The Twits
    Bar Italia – The Twits
    $24.00 | ,

    ‘The Twits’ was recorded by the trio over eight weeks from February 2023 in a makeshift home studio in Mallorca, and was mixed by Marta Salogni. It finds bar italia’s […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • GUB – GUB
    GUB – GUB
    $18.00 | ,

    “GUB” — debut full-length from the two-headed beast of Beau Wanzer / Champagne Mirrors — is a low-boiling cauldron aswirl with glurpy synthscapes, hypnotized rhythms and eerily dubbed-out [...]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Emily Robb – If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection
    Emily Robb – If I Am Misery Then Give Me Affection
    $27.00 | ,

    The fantastic new album from tireless seeker Emily Robb. It’s a no-frills, high-minded celebration of guitar and sound and tone and string and amp and adventure committed to tape at […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Indie / Alternative
  • MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
    MC5 – Kick Out The Jams
    $26.00 | ,

    Kick Out The Jams still sounds astonishingly powerful after almost 30 years. Recorded live at Detroit’s Grande Ballroom in 1968, this relentless, aggressive set offers the frenzy of [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych, Rock / Pop
  • V/A – Radio Familia Volume 1 (Compiled By Arp Frique)
    V/A – Radio Familia Volume 1 (Compiled By Arp Frique)
    $22.00 | ,

    Four essential cuts from Ghana & Cape Verde, compiled by Arp Frique… Music is a great connector, bringing people together in many ways. On his journey in music so far, […]

    GENRE: International
  • Nigel Rolfe – Island Stories
    Nigel Rolfe – Island Stories
    $15.00 | ,

    Nigel Rolfe’s “Island Stories” is a unique record for 80’s Ireland. An unusually experimental electronic and abstract record for the time, it was originally released to little fanfare on Reekus [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Stano – Anthology
    Stano – Anthology
    $21.00 | ,

    Following on from our 2018 repress of his debut album “Content to Write in I Dine Weathercraft “ we’re delighted to present an Anthology of Stano’s productions spanning the start […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Harald Voetmann – Sublunar
    Harald Voetmann – Sublunar
    $16.00 | ,

    A great mind and a formidable personality, Brahe is also the world’s most illustrious noseless man of his time. Told by Brahe and his assistants–a filthy cast of characters– [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Denis Johnson – Angels
    Denis Johnson – Angels
    $17.00 | ,

    The most critically acclaimed, and first, of Denis Johnson’s novels, Angels puts Jamie Mays–a runaway wife toting along two kids–and Bill Houston–ex-Navy man, ex-husband, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
    Cosmic Scholar: The Life and Times of Harry Smith
    $31.00 | ,

    What our staff has to say: “The Harry Smith resurgence is upon us.” – Jack He was an anthropologist, filmmaker, painter, folklorist, mystic, and walking encyclopedia. He taught [...]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • Martin Frawley – The Wannabe (Colored Vinyl)
    Martin Frawley – The Wannabe (Colored Vinyl)
    $18.00 |

    “Workin’ all day, trying to forget about the old me.” Like most of us, Martin Frawley is busy trying to work himself out. He lives alongside the long shadow of […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Tent Music – Tent Music
    Tent Music – Tent Music
    $25.00 | ,

    It’s difficult not to feel like everything’s already been discovered and documented, posted, scrolling under our compulsive thumbs; that what we have to look forward to is, at best, only […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Magn?s P?lsson ? Enginn Gleypir S_?_lina CD + Book
    Magn?s P?lsson ? Enginn Gleypir S_?_lina CD + Book
    $21.00 | ,

    What our staff has to say: “Audio from a Magnus Palsson exhibit. Very Runzelstirn Gurgelstock or Hermann Nitsch energy here. Lots of of grunting, moaning and intimate human sounds. Includes [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Engürdetz – Sillmjölke
    Engürdetz – Sillmjölke
    $24.00 | ,

    Engürdetz perhaps weren’t a known name to the vast music devouring public – but for a brief period in time & to a scene of chosen few, they were a […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • John Wiese – Magnetic Stencil/ 2
    John Wiese – Magnetic Stencil/ 2
    $16.00 | ,

    This is the second installment in a series of albums produced by John Wiese using an expanded ensemble of recorded sound contributions. Composed and mixed by John Wiese Cleveland, Ohio—19 […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • John Wiese – Magnetic Stencil/ 1 LP
    John Wiese – Magnetic Stencil/ 1 LP
    $15.00 | ,

    This is the first installment in a series of albums produced by John Wiese using an expanded ensemble of recorded sound contributions. Composed and mixed by John Wiese Cleveland, Ohio—19 […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Desperate Nights 7″ (H2L)
    Desperate Nights 7″ (H2L)
    $7.00 |

    H2L007 – Desperate Nights High Tolerance B/w Unclean Machine 7” Lathe Cut/mastered at Str Mastering Center Label Design Luke Yamasaki Cover Design Erektor Korp Layout Assembled Packaged and [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Adios Mundo Cruel 7″ (H2L)
    Adios Mundo Cruel 7″ (H2L)
    $7.00 |

    H2L008 – Adiós Mundo Cruel En Silencio B/w Estrella De La Mañana 7” Lathe Cut / Mastered at Str Mastering Center Label Design Luke Yamasaki Design Layout Assembled Packaged and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • The Beths – Future Me Hates Me (Deep Blue Vinyl)
    The Beths – Future Me Hates Me (Deep Blue Vinyl)
    $27.00 | ,

    The Beths occupy a warm, energetic sonic space between joyful hooks, sun-soaked harmonies, and acerbic lyrics. Their debut album Future Me Hates Me, produced by guitarist Jonathan Pearce and [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Nico Niquo ? Esperanto
    Nico Niquo ? Esperanto
    $20.00 | ,

    Nico Niquo’s ‘Esperanto’ sees the Australian artist return to Orange Milk Records six years since his album ‘In A Silent Way’, and on this new release, Nico builds upon the […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Enemy – Maladjusted
    Enemy – Maladjusted
    $19.00 | ,

    Like a rocket from LA to the moon, enemy takes off with their new record Maladjusted. Returning from a split from LA’s Downsided last year, Enemy brings their brand of […]

  • Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – black vinyl
    Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – bl…
    $22.00 |

    “What the heck? You’re Somebody’s World, the new album from Fruit LoOops, is both a jagged sonic question mark and a fruitful return to the avant grit. Their second release […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – green vinyl
    Fruit LoOops – You’re Somebody’s World LP – gr…
    $25.00 |

    “What the heck? You’re Somebody’s World, the new album from Fruit LoOops, is both a jagged sonic question mark and a fruitful return to the avant grit. Their second release […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Noel Meek & Mattin – Homage to Annea Lockwood Book + CD
    Noel Meek & Mattin – Homage to Annea Lockwood Book + CD
    $21.00 | ,

    Recital presents a book and CD homage to the New Zealand-born American composer Annea Lockwood (b. 1939). The unique concept for this album was conceived by artists Noel Meek (New […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Christopher Alan Durham & The Peacetime Consumers – Kicks or Macabre
    Christopher Alan Durham & The Peacetime Consumers – Kicks o…
    $20.00 |

    “Hark! DIY sleaze-rock henchpersons, ascend from your cellars and rejoice… Midwestern anti-folk hero Christopher Alan Durham (The Bibs, All Gone Recs) arrives on high horse in [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Woods – Perennial
    Woods – Perennial
    $19.00 | ,

    Woods are in bloom again, inviting you to disappear into a new spectrum of colors and sounds and dreams on Perennial. “Formed in Brooklyn in 2004, Woods have matured into […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Holger Czukay – Der Osten Ist Rot
    Holger Czukay – Der Osten Ist Rot
    $20.00 | ,

    Upon examining the eventful life of Can bassist Holger Czukay, one might come to the conclusion that this intrepid musician was a loner. His turbulent career exuded an enduring eccentricity […]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You
    Bonnie “Prince” Billy – Keeping Secrets Will Destroy…
    $28.00 | ,

    Keeping Secrets Will Destroy You is a tale as old as time. It’s an album. Its songs and music are by and for people together. For listening together. Before it […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bill Nace – Both
    Bill Nace – Both
    $22.00 | ,

    Free guitar for the new age: improv with intention, construction and destruction, all with the grain and air of performance captured and telescoped in a sonic particle collider. Makes sense, […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Bill Callahn – Shephard In Sheepskin Vest
    Bill Callahn – Shephard In Sheepskin Vest
    $31.00 |

    The voice murmuring in our ear, with shaggy-dog and other kinds of stories, is an old friend so fine to hear from again. Bill’s gentle, spacey take on folk and […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bill Callahan – YTilaeR
    Bill Callahan – YTilaeR
    $34.00 | ,

    From the beautiful to the jarring, intrepid explorer Callahan charts a passage through all kinds of territory, pitting dreams of dreams against dreams of reality. When he makes it back […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative