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Pink Flag Wire: Pink Flag LP
Wire’s first three albums need no introduction. They are the three classic albums on which Wire’s reputation is based. Moreover, they are the recordings that minted the post-punk form. This was adopted by other bands, but Wire were there first. It has bee
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Wire: Pink Flag LP
C$37.99
Infinite Fog Nurse with Wound: Thunder Perfect Mind LP
The original release of Nurse with Wound's gargantuan "Thunder Perfect Mind" in 1992 coincided with that of Current 93's homonymous genre-defining album. Legend has it that the gnostic name initially appeared to Steven Stapleton in a dream as the title of
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Nurse with Wound: Thunder Perfect Mind LP
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Soundways Dar Disku: Dar Disku LP
The Bahraini-born, British-based musical duo Dar Disku release their debut self-titled album, weaving their way into both the dancefloor and home environments with irresistibly broad appeal.
A celebration of their Arabic heritage and multicultural influe
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Dar Disku: Dar Disku LP
C$44.99
Chemikal Underground Mogwai: Come On Die Young (WHITE) LP
Arriving in March 1999 with an album cover that referenced The Exorcist and a title scalped from a well-known Glasgow gang slogan, you'd have expected Mogwai's "Come On Die Young" to be an apocalypse-harbouring, pre-millennial assault on the senses. Inste
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Mogwai: Come On Die Young (WHITE) LP
C$44.99
Numero Unwound: Fake Train (silver) LP
After the Pacific Northwest grunge raids of the early ’90s that saw Nirvana, Mudhoney, and even the Melvins hoisted up the major label flagpole, Unwound’s 1993 debut came as a welcomed reprieve for underground noise-niks everywhere. A pulsing cluster of w
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Unwound: Fake Train (silver) LP
C$29.99
4AD Breeders: Last Splash LP
In October 2017, The Breeders announced their return to 4AD, along with a new album, All Nerve, released in March 2018. The label is also reissuing their previous four albums on vinyl including Pod (1990), Last Splash (1993), Title TK (2002) and Mountain
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Breeders: Last Splash LP
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Black Editions Takayanagi New Direction Unit, Masayuki: Eclipse LP
Masayuki Takayanagi was one of the truly iconoclastic musicians to emerge from Japan, or anywhere else, in the 20th Century. Though he won acclaim in the 1950s and '60s as a master of the electric guitar and jazz improvisation, Takayanagi was a restless s
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Takayanagi New Direction Unit, Masayuki: Eclipse LP
C$39.99
Hedhunter Drive Like Jehu: Drive Like Jehu (coloured vinyl) LP
Repressed again with liner notes. The San Diego post-hardcore band’s debut album from 1991, containing the legendary Rick Froberg & John Reis guitar team dipped in battery acid, wired to a power station, wailing and screaming, with nervous riffs piled on
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Drive Like Jehu: Drive Like Jehu (coloured vinyl) LP
C$36.99
Now Again Witch: Lazy Bones!! (opaque orange) LP
"Pressed on opaque orange vinyl. This landmark recording from Now-Again's comprehensive overview of Zambia's premier garage-, psych-, prog-, funk-, Afro-rock ensemble WITCH, We Intend To Cause Havoc! is now available in a never before seen color variant.
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Witch: Lazy Bones!! (opaque orange) LP
C$39.99
Eremite Natural Information Society with Evan Parker: Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) LP
Rich in musical associations yet utterly singular in its voice, joyous with an inner tranquility, the music of Natural Information Society is unlike any other being made today. Their sixth album in eleven years for eremite records, descension (Out of Our
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Natural Information Society with Evan Parker: Descension (Out of Our Constrictions) LP
C$64.99
Light in the Attic Various: Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988 (Purple) LP
Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980–1988 hovers vibe–wise between two distinct poles within Light In The Attic’s acclaimed Japan Archival Series—Kankyō Ongaku: Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music
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Various: Somewhere Between: Mutant Pop, Electronic Minimalism & Shadow Sounds of Japan 1980-1988 (Purple) LP
C$49.99
Jagjaguwar Dinosaur Jr.: You're Living All Over Me LP
By now, you know the story: J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Patrick “Murph” Murphy, meet in Amherst, MA. J, Lou and Murph start a band. Said band goes on to rip through the musical landscape and prove to be the genesis of the “alternative rock” archetype.

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Dinosaur Jr.: You're Living All Over Me LP
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Blackened Metallica: Master Of Puppets LP
Following remastered reissues and special deluxe editions of their first two albums on their own Blackened Recordings in 2016, Metallica honors their promise to give that same love to their entire catalog starting with their landmark third album Master of
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Metallica: Master Of Puppets LP
C$34.99
Island Drake, Nick: Bryter Later LP
After crafting a debut album full of beauteous, somber chamber-folk, Nick Drake proved his low-key singing, gentle folk, and supreme mood-setting were no fluke on Bryter Layter. With a bright, sparkling production and mellow orchestrations, the framework
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Drake, Nick: Bryter Later LP
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Bureau B Cluster: Sowiesoso LP
The fourth full-length album by legendary German electronic music duo Cluster, originally released on Sky Records in 1976. Sowiesoso follows on from their most highly-acclaimed album, Zuckerzeit (1974). Michael Rother's influence was clearly audible on th
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Cluster: Sowiesoso LP
C$44.99
Fat Possum X: Los Angeles LP
A reissue of X's essential debut album originally released by Slash in 1980, and the first in a series of X reissues on Fat Possum. Ranked # 286 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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X: Los Angeles LP
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Luaka Bop Onyeabor, William: World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor (3LP) LP
Little is known about William Onyeabor, and that’s the way he likes it.

Sure, you might hear something about him if you go to Enugu, a rural and isolated town in Eastern Nigeria, where he lives in a hidden palace in the woods. As a crowned High Chief o
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Onyeabor, William: World Psychedelic Classics 5: Who Is William Onyeabor (3LP) LP
C$46.99
Goofin' Sonic Youth: Sister LP
“Let’s get something straight. There is no album in the entire corpus of indie rock—not Loveless, not Surfer Rosa, not Psychocandy—that reaches the heights of invention, joy, and magic of Sonic Youth’s sublime fifth album.... The haunted reveries of Siste
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Sonic Youth: Sister LP
C$34.99
Touch & Go Big Black: Songs About Fucking LP
Songs About Fucking, the last Big Black studio album, ups the aggression ante on almost every front. The music is more bombastic, the production is harsher, and the lyrics are even more confrontational, delivered even more stridently than before. Rather t
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Big Black: Songs About Fucking LP
C$26.99
Self Release Brick Road: Second Chronicle 2xCS
All four 2023 CDr's by Brick Road remixed into one epic opus. Drop out of life this winter with slow devotionals and working man's drone. Are things gonna get easier? You can atleast take it easier. Listen to Second Chronicles by Brick Road. Dubbed onto
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Brick Road: Second Chronicle 2xCS
C$24.99
Rhino Sound, The: Jeopardy (White) LP
The Sound burst onto the scene with their thrilling, adrenaline-fuelled 1980 debut, Jeopardy, now reissued on colored vinyl. The music press was universally ecstatic heralding a powerful new force, but maybe Brendan Perry of the legendary Dead Can Dance s
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Sound, The: Jeopardy (White) LP
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International Anthem SML: Small Medium Large LP
SML is the quintet of bassist Anna Butterss, synthesist Jeremiah Chiu, saxophonist Josh Johnson, percussionist Booker Stardrum, and guitarist Gregory Uhlmann. Their debut album Small Medium Large began as a collection of long form improvisations recorded
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SML: Small Medium Large LP
C$34.99
Milan Geinoh Yamashirojumi: Akira (Red Swirl) LP
Set in the year 2019 in Neo-Tokyo, the world is still recovering from the ravages of World War III. One night, teen delinquent Kaneda has his biker gang hurtle through the busy city. Kaneda’s friend, Tetsuo, is seriously injured during an accident and is
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Geinoh Yamashirojumi: Akira (Red Swirl) LP
C$49.99
Wichita Ride: Nowhere LP
"Shoegaze legends Ride have announced the details of the reissues of their early classic albums via Wichita Recordings. These will be released on the 4th November and will include the first four EPs ('Ride, 'Play', 'Fall', and 'Today Forever'), plus their
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Ride: Nowhere LP
C$49.99