June 6th Newsletter

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Chicago, IL 60647
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  • Sleepovers – Secret
    Sleepovers – Secret
    $4.00 | ,

    Debut 3-track power-pop EP

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Bare Mutants – Without You
    Bare Mutants – Without You
    $4.00 | ,

    “Jered Gummere, most notably of Chicago’s PONYS, leads this new combo, which coalesces all of the most pivotal nuances of his repertoire into a perfectly minimal, mid-tempo snapshot [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Woven Bones – In And Out And Back Again
    Woven Bones – In And Out And Back Again
    $12.00 | ,

    Droney & spacey indie rock.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Gerycz* / Powers* / Rolin* – Activator
    Gerycz* / Powers* / Rolin* – Activator
    $22.00 | ,

    “Activator” is the third installment from the trio of Jayson Gerycz, Jen Powers and Matthew Rolin, who respectively need no introduction writ-large. For anyone observing the American [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Dommer – Cemetary Bread
    Dommer – Cemetary Bread
    $14.00 | ,

    DIY self released 7″ single of indie rock perfection. Jam the track here.

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending, Revised and Expanded Edition: An Incredible String Band Compendium
    Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending, Revised and Expanded Edition: An I…
    $35.00 | ,

    A wide-ranging collection of interviews, anecdotes, essays, and ephemera concerning one of the most enigmatic bands to emerge from the 1960s hippy scene. “Encyclopaedic in scope, passionate [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • The Chills – Scatterbrain LP
    The Chills – Scatterbrain LP
    $28.00 | ,

    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
  • A place To Bury Strangers – Synthesizer CD
    A place To Bury Strangers – Synthesizer CD
    $17.00 |

    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
  • Candy Apple – Stargazer / Instinction [Deadstock w/ new covers – 1980 Power Pop]
    Candy Apple – Stargazer / Instinction [Deadstock w/ new covers &…
    $20.00 | ,

    Deadstock copy with new covers. Glam punk rocker from Cincinnati Ohio circa 1980. Originally released on Shake It!. Rare one to find at all… These were a bit dusty but […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative, Punk / Hardcore
  • Gastr Del Sol ‎– We Have Dozens Of Titles 3LP boxset
    Gastr Del Sol ‎– We Have Dozens Of Titles 3LP boxset
    $66.00 | ,

    Nearly twenty-five years after disbanding, Gastr del Sol have unpacked their archive, stringing together an alternative view to their genre-melting 1993-1998 run. This assembly of previously [...]

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

    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
  • Joni Île – Semaphore CS
    Joni Île – Semaphore CS
    $10.00 |

    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
  • Hard Travelin’: The Life And Legacy Of Woody Guthrie
    Hard Travelin’: The Life And Legacy Of Woody Guthrie
    $10.00 | , ,

    For the first ever American Music Masters event sponsored by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, musicians and folkies came together to salute the life and legacy […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Non-Fiction
  • Richard Thompson – Beeswing
    Richard Thompson – Beeswing
    $8.00 | , ,

    In this moving and immersive memoir, Richard Thompson, international and longtime beloved music legend, recreates the spirit of the 1960s, where he found, and then lost, and then found his way [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country, Memoir
  • Home Blitz ? All Through The Year
    Home Blitz ? All Through The Year
    $16.00 | ,

    “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
  • Ned Collette – Our Other History
    Ned Collette – Our Other History
    $22.00 | ,

    “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
  • Chime School – The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel (blue vinyl)
    Chime School – The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel (blue vinyl)
    $21.00 |

    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
  • Sleaford Mods – Divide And Exit
    Sleaford Mods – Divide And Exit
    $15.00 |

    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
  • Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (clear green vinyl)
    Buck Meek – Haunted Mountain (clear green vinyl)
    $22.00 | , ,

    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 | ,

    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
  • Will Veeder – The Lost And Found
    Will Veeder – The Lost And Found
    $22.00 |

    A combination of finger-picking acoustic and electric guitar with percussion. American-primitive psych. Will Veeder is a master at conjuring up vivid images and emotions, using a combination of [...]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Grant / McGuire / Flaherty – 10″
    Grant / McGuire / Flaherty – 10″
    $20.00 |

    “It’s like a fever dream at a fiddlers convention when you wake up sweating in your tent at 4 in the morning. And the music outside, you can’t tell if […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • Conduit Gold – s/t
    Conduit Gold – s/t
    $8.00 |

    Electric guitar duo musings from Kelly MacDonald & Alex York. Released in tape edition of 30 copies & given away for free at our first gig opening for Ned Collette […]

    GENRE: Folk / Country
  • SUSS – Birds & Beasts
    SUSS – Birds & Beasts
    $16.00 |

    SUSS’ fifth release, Birds & Beasts, on Northern Spy Records, finds the New York-based ambient trio digging deeper, populating its stark, ethereal soundscapes with primal currents of sound [...]

    GENRE: Experimental / Noise, Folk / Country
  • Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
    Factultad de Medicina – de vez en cuando
    $10.00 |

    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
  • Nightshift _? Homosapien
    Nightshift _? Homosapien
    $20.00 |

    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
  • Nick Maurer – Come On In!
    Nick Maurer – Come On In!
    $25.00 |

    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
  • Plight – Plastic Sun
    Plight – Plastic Sun
    $23.00 | ,

    Brooklyn-based four piece Plight has spent the last five years making a name for themselves in New York City. Releasing their Catharsis demo in 2017, the group has been cultivating their own […]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Daniel Johnston – Alive in New York City (Clear Vinyl)
    Daniel Johnston – Alive in New York City (Clear Vinyl)
    $25.00 | ,

    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
  • Running – Wake Up Applauding
    Running – Wake Up Applauding
    $12.00 | ,

    2016 release from the alt-punks. Running elbows in quick from the City of the Big Shoulders with Wake Up Applauding. Delivered loudly, dripping in unintelligible menace with the occasional flash [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Running – Wake Up Applauding
    Running – Wake Up Applauding
    $5.00 |

    2016 release from the alt-punks. Running elbows in quick from the City of the Big Shoulders with Wake Up Applauding. Delivered loudly, dripping in unintelligible menace with the occasional flash [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Running – Vaguely Ethnic
    Running – Vaguely Ethnic
    $5.00 |

    The screech. The wall. The slanted-floor nausea. There’s not a word for the signature cyclical howling that Chicago’s RUNNING harnesses and tortures into submission. They play with their food [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Running & Ryley Walker – s/t
    Running & Ryley Walker – s/t
    $7.00 |

    Ryley Walker, guitar Jeffrey Tucholski, guitar Matthew Hord, bass Alejandro Morales, drums

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • Running ? Vaguely Ethnic
    Running ? Vaguely Ethnic
    $16.00 | ,

    The screech. The wall. The slanted-floor nausea. There’s not a word for the signature cyclical howling that Chicago’s RUNNING harnesses and tortures into submission. They play with their food [...]

    GENRE: Indie / Alternative
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 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