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  • Peter Hook & The Light – Closer Live 2011
    Peter Hook & The Light – Closer Live 2011
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    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Hatred Surge – Human Overdose LP (Yellow Vinyl 2022 Repress)
    Hatred Surge – Human Overdose LP (Yellow Vinyl 2022 Repress)
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    What our staff has to say: “Top tier death metal. Absolutely crushing, FFO being absolutely destroyed. Favorite track ‘Skinjob’” – Dan HATRED SURGE – Human Overdose LP [...]

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • Essaie Pas – Earth
    Essaie Pas – Earth
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    Montreal duo Essaie pas return to DFA with a 12-inch that picks up where their 2018 album New Path left off. “Earth” is a blistering ride through the rave, an […]

    GENRE: Techno / House / Electronic
  • Dominant Force – Cosmic Denial
    Dominant Force – Cosmic Denial
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    Debut 12″ from Aloma Hardcore’s own DOMINANT FORCE

    GENRE: Punk / Hardcore
  • PJ Bond – Brother Bones
    PJ Bond – Brother Bones
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    This is an 8 song split record with brothers PJ and Brian Bond, who each wrote the songs on their respective sides.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • The Wire – #459 May 2022
    The Wire – #459 May 2022
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    “On the cover: Reynols. As one of the most singular groups in all of rock release their first western album in two decades, following drummer Miguel Tomasin’s Henry Viscardi Award [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms
    Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Endless Rooms
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    While initial ideas for Endless Rooms were traded online during long spells spent separated by Australia’s strict lockdowns, the album was truly born during small windows of freedom in which […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • László Krasznahorkai – Satantango
    László Krasznahorkai – Satantango
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    Now in paperback, Satantango, the novel that inspired Béla Tarr’s classic film, is proof that the devil has all the good times. Set in an isolated hamlet, the novel unfolds […]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • William T Vollmann – Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means
    William T Vollmann – Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on…
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    Twenty-three years in the making, Rising Up and Rising Down (the original, published by McSweeney’s in October 2003, spans seven volumes) is a rich amalgam of historical analysis, [...]

    GENRE: Fiction/Poetry/Essays/Criticism/Transgressive
  • Birth! – I Will
    Birth! – I Will
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    What our staff has to say: “Revisited this Midwest classic after hearing of Doug’s passing. An album ahead of its time – and even though it has been years since […]

    GENRE: Industrial / Power Electronics
  • Alie – Whole
    Alie – Whole
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    𝐼𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 For 𝑊ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑒, Berlin-based Alie illustrates a selection from the Ashtavakra Gita with a sprawling excursion of […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Techno / House / Electronic
  • Geklaper – Penitent Judge
    Geklaper – Penitent Judge
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    A rich, introspective journey towards the deep zone of repentance. The newest effort by Russian artist Geklaper is a broken, tape flutter-stained affair, retaining some moments of hopefulness but [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Tarkamt – 1100dB
    Tarkamt – 1100dB
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    Tarkamt, the solo project of Egyptian artist Cherif El-Masri (The Invisible Hands), unfolds its second release 1100 dB. A deluge of mass psychotropic soundscapes, churning crude spurts of coarse [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • SOAK – If I Never Know You Like This Again
    SOAK – If I Never Know You Like This Again
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    With their new album, ‘If I Never Know You Like This Again’, SOAK has finally shaken the hangover of their starry debut ‘Before We Forgot How To Dream’, and the […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Melody’s Echo Chamber –  Emotional Eternal
    Melody’s Echo Chamber – Emotional Eternal
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    Emotional Eternal, the third studio album from Melody’s Echo Chamber, is a deeply human collection of songs full of prolonged moments of sonic transcendency – a record that clearly exhibits […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gene Russell – Talk To My Lady
    Gene Russell – Talk To My Lady
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    In between acting as Producer on all of the Black Jazz label releases, keyboardist Gene Russell also cut two fine albums for the imprint, of which this is the second, […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Cleveland Eaton – Plenty Good Eaton
    Cleveland Eaton – Plenty Good Eaton
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    The jazz world lost a true legend when bassist Cleveland Eaton passed away in the Summer of 2020. This 1975 album, one of the real gems in the hallowed Black […]

    GENRE: Jazz / Fusion / Free Jazz
  • Diatom Deli – Time~Lapse Nature
    Diatom Deli – Time~Lapse Nature
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    Diatom Deli’s Time~Lapse Nature is a channel between cerebral ascension and somatic memory, tethered to the micro-present though humbled by a beyond. Dilated by celestial fluctuations and dynamic [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • David Tholfsen – Walk With Me
    David Tholfsen – Walk With Me
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    What our staff has to say: “Layered vocal melodies that guide you through a natural world. FFO Avant yodeling.” – Dan David Tholfsen is an American musician and artist living [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Loopsel – The Spiral
    Loopsel – The Spiral
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    2022 U.S. Reissue Fans of the Swedish underground should be familiar with Elin Engström from her time playing in Monokultur, Skiftande Enheter, and excellent solo recording project Loopsel. Her [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
    Sharon Van Etten – We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong
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    Sharon Van Etten has always been the kind of artist who helps people make sense of the world around them, and her sixth album, We’ve Been Going About This All […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Sylk – S/T
    Sylk – S/T
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    Sylk was a short-lived soul & funk band from the Aiken, South Carolina – Augusta, Georgia border area (better known as the CSRA) who released just one album in 1983. […]

    GENRE: Soul / Funk / Disco
  • Sudden Infant – Lunatic Asylum
    Sudden Infant – Lunatic Asylum
    $14.00 |

    Joke Lanz and Sudden Infant once again return in their razor-sharp trio setting whereby the absurdist nature that Joke’s work is already cut with is reconfigured in a gnarled and […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Connan Mockasin & Ade – It’s Just Wind (RSD)
    Connan Mockasin & Ade – It’s Just Wind (RSD)
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  • V/A – Wild Paarty Sounds Volume One (RSD Italy)
    V/A – Wild Paarty Sounds Volume One (RSD Italy)
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    INDIE EXCLUSIVE, RSD ITALY APRIL RELEASE. First volume — though the second never happened — of this ongoing collaboration between post-punk stalwarts Cherry Red and home of the [...]

  • Ian A. Anderson – Royal York Crescent (RSD Italy)
    Ian A. Anderson – Royal York Crescent (RSD Italy)
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    INDIE EXCLUSIVE, RSD ITALY APRIL RELEASE. When we talk about British folk revival, we should not forget a key figure as Ian A. Anderson, a songwriter on its own and […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Roky Erickson & The Explosives – Halloween Ii: Live 2007 (RSD)
    Roky Erickson & The Explosives – Halloween Ii: Live 2007 (R…
    $25.00 |

    WHITE 2xLP + DVD. Best live recording from Roky’s “comeback” era of 2005-2008 with The Explosives. Recorded at the Bowery Ballroom, New York City, NY on April 15, 2007. This [...]

  • Ceyleib People – Tanyet (RSD)
    Ceyleib People – Tanyet (RSD)
    $15.00 |

    Originally released in 1968 as an LA studio concept album, this instrumental album is a remarkable fusion of the psychedelic sounds of sitar and mellotron with angular guitar riffs and […]

  • 50 Foot Wave – Bath White (RSD)
    50 Foot Wave – Bath White (RSD)
    $15.00 |

    Back on vinyl for this Kristin Hersh fronted project, a super rare 2016 EP of enchanting and exhilarating sounds that shift from dreamy and emotional melancholy to jagged and almost […]

  • 50 Foot Wave – Power + Light (RSD)
    50 Foot Wave – Power + Light (RSD)
    $15.00 |

    Back on vinyl for this bracing, ever twitching opus made of seven fluid pieces that fold into one continuous mantra. An essential release from the Throwing Muses’ offshoot helmed by […]

  • Ultravox – Live At The Rainbow 1977 (RSD)
    Ultravox – Live At The Rainbow 1977 (RSD)
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    Ultravox! Live at the Rainbow 1977 is available for the first time on vinyl with this special 45th Anniversary Edition. Recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London, in February 1977, […]

  • Cold War Kids – Zowie Selects (RSD)
    Cold War Kids – Zowie Selects (RSD)
    $12.00 |

    This 10 song compilation features a track list of favorites from Cold War Kids’ New Age Norms selected by super-fan and friend, Zowie. This limited edition Record Store Day vinyl […]

  • David Bowie – Brilliant Adventure E.P. (RSD)
    David Bowie – Brilliant Adventure E.P. (RSD)
    $11.00 |

    1LP 12″ EP Single (black). Includes 75 sticker. Additional info strictly confidential until announcecd via Bowie.

  • V/A – Salutations
    V/A – Salutations
    $7.00 |

    An inaugural compilation of new music from RVNG Intl., Salutations observes and elevates the nature of meetings, greetings, group assemblies and exercises along the invisible plane created [...]

  • Fourth Wife – Head Fell Between Two Horses CS
    Fourth Wife – Head Fell Between Two Horses CS
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    Fourth Wife is the long-running project of Cincinnati’s Michael Latella. His latest full-length is Head Fell Between Two Horses, and as in his previous work, Latella stretches, splits, and [...]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • M Ross Perkins – E Pluribus M Ross
    M Ross Perkins – E Pluribus M Ross
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    Like some kind of time-hopping wizard with preternatural melodic sensibilities, M Ross Perkins is back with his sophomore full-length, E Pluribus M Ross. The album, his first for Colemine/Karma [...]

    GENRE: Rock / Pop
  • Drekka – Examinations – 2016 – 2018 CD
    Drekka – Examinations – 2016 – 2018 CD
    $8.00 |

    For over twenty years, Mkl Anderson has curated a vast archive of recorded material for his cinematic ambient industrial soundscapes. Working for as many years under the name Drekka, he […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – Sleeping Patterns Of The Discontent
    Drekka – Sleeping Patterns Of The Discontent
    $7.00 |

    «One can be a discontent – that is, an insurgent or a revolutionary – but there is also that more literal, personal meaning of the word which may be in […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – Beings Of ImberIndus
    Drekka – Beings Of ImberIndus
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    “Beings of ImberIndus” was commissioned as a hexaphonic sound installation to accompany the “Beings of ImberIndus” solo soft sculpture show by Carrie Weaver; presented at [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – There Is No Silence Left (Drekka Remix)
    Drekka – There Is No Silence Left (Drekka Remix)
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    “There is no silence left” is a collection of remixes and reworkings by Mkl Anderson of Drekka, released under various monikers between 1996 and 2012. Contains 13 previously [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Drekka – Examinations: 2016 -2018
    Drekka – Examinations: 2016 -2018
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    For over twenty years, Mkl Anderson has curated a vast archive of recorded material for his cinematic ambient industrial soundscapes. Working for as many years under the name Drekka, he […]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • The Fall – Slates
    The Fall – Slates
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    If The Fall truly is a cult band, then Slates both benefits from and reinforces such shrouded obsessions. In presenting these six particular songs as a 10-inch EP, the inherent […]

    GENRE: Post-Punk / Goth / Darkwave / Minimal Synth / Neofolk
  • Francesco Messina – Reflex
    Francesco Messina – Reflex
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    Francesco Messina is perhaps best known for his collaboration with fellow composer Raul Lovisoni on the album Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo, originally released on seminal Italian label Cramps [...]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Broadcast – Microtronics – Volumes 1 & 2
    Broadcast – Microtronics – Volumes 1 & 2
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    Originally released as 3” tour only CDs in 2003 and 2005, the albums have been compiled and remastered. 21 instrumental tracks available on a single LP, CD and digitally.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Broadcast – Mother Is The Milky Way
    Broadcast – Mother Is The Milky Way
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    Mother Is The Milky Way – Originally released as a tour only CD in 2009, the album has been remastered. 11 tracks available on LP, CD and digitally.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gentle Leader XIV ? Channels
    Gentle Leader XIV ? Channels
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    Gentle Leader XIV conjures the unholy ghost of modern life while warming around the fire of a domesticated mythology. A friend long gone, a beloved object stolen, a bird on […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Indiegubben – Morka Moln
    Indiegubben – Morka Moln
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    He doesn’t tell me too much about how he makes the music, it just happens. Wise decision making from a seasoned listener and (only recent) sound creator. Magnus Jensen is […]

    GENRE: Modern Composition / Musique Concrete / Electronic
  • Halalchemists – Total Nihilistic Butchery
    Halalchemists – Total Nihilistic Butchery
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    Halalchemists Total Nihilistic Butchery Implements : A1 Total Nothing Blank Iii A2 Cry Me A River [Tnb-Halalchemy Live Newcastle 1983-2006] B1 Untitled [Total Nothing Blank Ii] B2 Senzuri Nothing [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise
  • Flower Travellin’ Band – Anywhere (Picture Disc)
    Flower Travellin’ Band – Anywhere (Picture Disc)
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    A picture disc reissue of the first album from the legendary Japanese rockers, Flower Travellin’ Band, fronted by Yuya Uchida. Although an album consisting mainly of cover versions, [...]

    GENRE: Art Rock / Krautrock / Prog / Psych
  • Fangoria Vol 2 #14 (January 2022)
    Fangoria Vol 2 #14 (January 2022)
    $19.00 | ,

    2022 is upon us! FANGORIA #14 rings in the new year with the one you’ve been waiting for… and one you’ll have to wait a little longer for. Here’s what […]

    GENRE: Art/Photography, Horror Fiction