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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
Nurse with Wound: Thunder Perfect Mind LP
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Numero Tsunami: Loud Is As (5LP-grey vinyl) LP
Sprung from the DC punk and politics that inspired Dischord, TeenBeat and the Riot Grrrl revolution, Washington, DC’s Tsunami crashed into the 90s with wit, distortion and a sharp-tongued feminist spirit. This five LP box set collects eleven 7"s, 4-track
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Tsunami: Loud Is As (5LP-grey vinyl) LP
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Lingua Ignota: Caligula (2LP-transparent) LP
“CALIGULA”, takes the vision of Kristin Hayter’s vessel to a new level of grandeur, her purging and vengeful audial vision going beyond anything preceding it and reaching a new unparalleled sonic plane within her oeuvre.

Succeeding her self-released 20
Lingua Ignota: Caligula (2LP-transparent) LP
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International Anthem Chiu, Jeremiah: In Electric Time LP
On June 29th, 2023, Jeremiah Chiu walked into the Vintage Synthesizer Museum (VSM) in Highland Park, Los Angeles, with no plan more specific than “let’s fire this stuff up and see what happens.” Exploring the VSM’s vast collection of classic, rare and sta
Chiu, Jeremiah: In Electric Time LP
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Relapse Poison Ruin: Harvest LP
Philadelphia Punks POISON RUIN make their Relapse Records debut with their new album, Harvest!

Evoking a rich tapestry of ice-caked forests, peasant revolts, and silent knights, POISON RUIN stab at the pulsing heart of what it means to live under the p
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Poison Ruin: Harvest LP
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Feel It Drin, The: Today My Friend You Drunk LP
Way out there. From up in the attic, in the village of Cincinnati - the third album from the Drin has arrived to commence 2023. Cold rhythms reverberate through the layers of tape spliced together by Dylan McCartney and his impressive cadre of musical com
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Drin, The: Today My Friend You Drunk LP
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Partisan Cymande: Cymande (TRANSLUCENT ORANGE CRUSH) LP
In 1972, with the release of their self-titled debut album, Cymande emerged as innovators of the black British music scene. Taking influences from their Guyanese and Jamaican roots, the band fused reggae bass lines, Afro-tinged Nyabinghi percussion, psych
Cymande: Cymande (TRANSLUCENT ORANGE CRUSH) LP
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Numero Hated: Best Piece Of Shit Vol. 4 (white) LP
This one’s been teased for awhile, decades even. The Hated box set was an idea before Numero was an idea. Today we’re pleased to announce the first of five planned Hated collections that we’ll be rolling out over the next several years. Up first is Best P
Hated: Best Piece Of Shit Vol. 4 (white) LP
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Guruguru Brain Kikagaku Moyo: Kumoyo Island LP
“The fifth studio album & last euphoric mind-trip to Kikagaku Moyo's imagined island.
Best-suited for counting stars, looking at the ocean, and dancing in one’s daydream.”

In many ways ‘Kumoyo Island’ represents the culmination of a journey for Kikaga
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Kikagaku Moyo: Kumoyo Island LP
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Sub Pop Radio Birdman: The Essential Radio Birdman 1974-1978 LP
Founded in Australia by Michigan native, guitarist Deniz Tek and vocalist Rob Younger, Radio Birdman was one of the crucial forebears of underground, high-energy punk. Blending the Motor City sound of bands like The Stooges and MC5 that permeated Tek’s yo
Radio Birdman: The Essential Radio Birdman 1974-1978 LP
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Superior Viaduct Contortions: Buy LP
Box delayed, in early next week!
Soon after their 1978 debut on the Brian Eno-produced No New York, a compilation that defined the No Wave scene, James Chance’s group Contortions had already evolved—getting sharper, tighter and just plain faster. Despite
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Cleopatra Chrome: Half Machine Lip Moves LP
Chrome were an experimental rock band formed in San Francisco in 1975. After their first album, the group’s mastermind, Damon Edge, met guitar player Helios Creed and the pair began developing the group’s signature sound collage / acid punk sound. On Half
Chrome: Half Machine Lip Moves LP
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Daptone Frightnrs, The: Always (INDIE EXCLUSIVE, BLUE SPLATTER VINYL) LP
Before Dan Klein's unfortunate passing, The Frightnrs agreed to keep a promise he asked of them - continue making music together. Part of that promise has been made manifest here...Daptone Records is proud to present ALWAYS! - the raw, soulful new long pl
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Frightnrs, The: Always (INDIE EXCLUSIVE, BLUE SPLATTER VINYL) LP
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Century Media Blood Incantation: Timewave Zero LP
Spawned in the Fall of 2011, Cosmic Death Metal initiates BLOOD INCANTATION, spent the past decade establishing a reputation for creating powerful Athmospheric Death Metal with progressive elements, while gradually incorporating more Psychedelic & Ambient
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Blood Incantation: Timewave Zero LP
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Palto Flats Shimizu, Yasuaki: Kiren LP
Acclaimed saxophonist, producer and composer Yasuaki Shimizu will release Kiren, his unreleased album from 1984, on the Palto Flats record label on February 25, 2022. Liner notes by music historian Chee Shimizu, and credits in both Japanese and English.
Shimizu, Yasuaki: Kiren LP
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Light in the Attic Various: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America 1950-1990 BOX
Back in stock on yellow vinyl! “Sound created the universe. It wasn’t a word. Sound created atoms; sound and light are the original manifesting principles for worlds… A musician sources that primeval, eternal sound, and it comes out as music.” – Constance
Various: I Am The Center: Private Issue New Age Music in America 1950-1990 BOX
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Impulse Coltrane, Alice: Kirtan: Turiya Sings LP
Alice Coltrane is the undeniable godmother of spiritual jazz and an acknowledged influence on everyone from Flying Lotus and Kamasi Washington to Solange and Radiohead. Turyia Sings was originally released in 1982 on cassette as a collection of devotional
Coltrane, Alice: Kirtan: Turiya Sings LP
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Constellation Godspeed You! Black Emperor: f#a# LP
F# A# ∞ was recorded at the original Hotel2Tango in spring 1997 on a rented 16-track tape deck and supplemented with various field recordings. In the preceding year, the band had taken shape as a quasi-orchestral outfit involving most of the players that
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor: f#a# LP
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Audika Russell, Arthur: World Of Echo LP
BACK IN PRINT!!! A remastered and revised artwork edition of the extraordinary World Of Echo album from New York avant-garde cellist, songwriter, composer, and disco visionary ARTHUR RUSSELL. Originally released in 1986, the album is a deeply meditative a
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Russell, Arthur: World Of Echo LP
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Domino Wyatt, Robert: Shleep LP
Shleep, originally released in 1997, features long-term collaborators and friends such as Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, Annie Whitehead, Evan Parker and newer accomplices such as Paul Weller. It is as exuberating and immediate a record as Wyatt has ever reco
Wyatt, Robert: Shleep LP
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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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Panegyric King Crimson: Red LP
King Crimson was conceived in November of 1968 and born on January 13th 1969 in the Fulham Palace Cafe, London (Robert Fripp/Ian McDonald/Greg Lake/Michael Giles/Pete Sinfield), coming to prominence after supporting The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park. Their
King Crimson: Red LP
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Matador Mission Of Burma: Vs. LP
Originally released in 1981 ‘Signals, Calls and Marches’ is an explosive and hard hitting EP with post-punk, hard core and leftfield sensibilities. The accomplished debut offers up instant classics, ‘That’s When I Reach For My Revolver’ and ‘Academy Fight
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Mission Of Burma: Vs. LP
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Audika Russell, Arthur: Calling Out Of Context LP
"The compilation that started the renaissance. In 2002 Audika Records entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with the estate of Arthur Russell to compile and issue previously unreleased and out of print material from Arthur's vast archive. This fir
Russell, Arthur: Calling Out Of Context LP
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