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Blackest Ever Black Dal Forno, Carla: You Know What It LP

Carla dal Forno presents her debut solo album You Know What It's Like, following time in cult Melbourne group Mole House and an earlier association with Blackest Ever Black as a member of F ingers and Tarcar. Her voice is an extraordinary instrument: both

Dal Forno, Carla: You Know What It LP

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Kallista Dal Forno, Carla: Look Up Sharp LP

Carla dal Forno announces her second full-length album, Look Up Sharp, on her own Kallista records. Dal Forno beckons a bold new era in her peerless output pushing her dub-damaged DIY dispatches to the limits of flawless dream-pop. In a transformative mov

Dal Forno, Carla: Look Up Sharp LP

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Finders Keepers Various: Strain Crack Break LP

After years of mythology, misinterpretation, and procrastination Nurse With Wound's Steven Stapleton finally chooses Finders Keepers as the ideal collaborators to release "the right tracks" from his über-legendary psych/prog/punk peculiarity shopping list

Various: Strain Crack Break LP

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Finders Keepers Vannier, Jean-Claude: L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches (FKR 10th Anniversary Edition) LP

To mark the ten years of Finders Keepers we present a lovingly remastered and repackaged release of the album where it all began. Within the last ten years the resurgence of sixties Gallic pop, once known as Ye-Ye music, has escalated beyond an inter-stel

Vannier, Jean-Claude: L'Enfant Assassin des Mouches (FKR 10th Anniversary Edition) LP

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Palto Flats Shimizu, Yasuaki: Kakashi LP

"Originally released in 1982, Kakashi is another high water mark in the 80s Japanese underground. This album, which has gathered cult status in recent years, is the project of musical visionary Yasuaki Shimizu, and considered to be a highlight of his solo

Shimizu, Yasuaki: Kakashi LP

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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

Big Black: Songs About Fucking LP

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Proper Fay, Bill: Bill Fay LP

Originally issued on Decca’s Deram imprint in 1970, Bill Fay’s debut album is a soulful and introspective folk-rock masterpiece – With its warm, lush arrangements and heartfelt lyrics, it showcases Fay’s poetic storytelling and enduring from-the-heart emo

Fay, Bill: Bill Fay LP

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Numero 90 Day Men: (It (Is) It) Critical Band (2LP-25th anniversary/coke bottle wave vinyl) LP

90 Day Men's (It (Is) It) Critical Band + Reissued for Its Y2K 25th Anniversary Edition on Colored 2LP: Expanded With Unreleased Album Tracked at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio. Atmospheric post-rock from turn of the century Chicago. 90 Day Men's debut f

90 Day Men: (It (Is) It) Critical Band (2LP-25th anniversary/coke bottle wave vinyl) LP

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Universal Cramps, The: Songs The Lord Taught Us (Black and Purple Marbled Vinyl) LP

Classic debut album from The Cramps released in 1980. New pressing on black and purple marbled vinyl. Still sounds absolutely incredible, savage rock and roll sturm und drang from a one-of-a-kind band. Side 1 TV Set Rock On The Moon Garbageman (3:34) I Wa

Cramps, The: Songs The Lord Taught Us (Black and Purple Marbled Vinyl) LP

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Cherry Red Fall: Hex Induction Hour (2LP-transparent green vinyl) LP

1982 was a decisive year for The Fall. Their critically acclaimed album ‘Hex Enduction Hour’ was released in March on Kamera Records, closely followed by ‘Room To Live’ in September of that year. ‘Hex Enduction Hour’ was their fourth studio album, buildi

Fall: Hex Induction Hour (2LP-transparent green vinyl) LP

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Invitation Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Ecophony Gaia 2LP

Deep, deep, earth music from Tsutomu Ōhashi and the Geinoh Yamashirogumi crew. A macrosymphony composed for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition in Osaka, Japan, 1990, Ecophony Gaia, was supposed to be the stunning, aural centerpiece for a li

Geinoh Yamashirogumi: Ecophony Gaia 2LP

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Universal Cale, John: Fear LP

Fear is the first of John Cale's three studio albums for Island Records, all of which were released in a period of just over a year. During this time Cale was also producing records for other artists, working on albums such as Horses (1975) by Patti Smith

Cale, John: Fear LP

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Dark Entries Cowley, Patrick: From Behind LP

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Cybernetic disco maestro Patrick Cowley returns to Dark Entries with From Behind, a collection of grooving and ecstatic covers of 60s garage and soul cuts. Best known for his chart-topping disco anthems, Cowley left us with an incredible body

Cowley, Patrick: From Behind LP

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Third Man Boris: Amplifier Worship (25th Anniversary - Lime Swirl) LP

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Boris’ sonic marvel Amplifier Worship, Third Man Records is thrilled to present a one time pressing of this classic double LP on colored vinyl. Manufactured at Third Man Pressing in Detroit and housed inside a wonderfu

Boris: Amplifier Worship (25th Anniversary - Lime Swirl) LP

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Temporal Drift Les Rallizes Denudes: YaneUra Oct. '80 LP

In 1980, Les Rallizes Dénudés welcomed guitarist Fujio Yamaguchi (The Dynamites, Murahachibu, Teardrops) to its fold. The unconventional pairing of inimitable Rallizes frontman Mizutani with Fujio’s unrestrained, bluesier styles ushered in a new era for t

Les Rallizes Denudes: YaneUra Oct. '80 LP

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Mute Throbbing Gristle: TGCD1 LP

Throbbing Gristle revisits TGCD1, long out of print, now available on vinyl for the first time ever via Mute. This release includes the original sleeve notes by all the members of the band, uncovering the story and ethos behind TG's independent record lab

Throbbing Gristle: TGCD1 LP

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ECM Part, Arvo: Tabula Rasa LP

In 1984, ECM brought a new sound into the musical world with the release of Arvo Pärt’s, Tabula Rasa, the first album on the label’s New Series imprint. The record also marked the intersection of some of the most longstanding, significant musical collabor

Part, Arvo: Tabula Rasa LP

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Warp Broadcast: Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000 - 2006 LP

Distant Call is a collection of early demos of songs that would subsequently appear as finished productions on the albums Haha Sound, Tender Buttons and The Future Crayon. The album also includes two songs discovered by James after Trish’s passing: “Come

Broadcast: Distant Call - Collected Demos 2000 - 2006 LP

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Mute Frost, Ben: A U R O R A (10th Anniversary Red) LP

--- Out Oct 11, 2024 ---

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, renowned Iceland-based Australian composer Ben Frost releases a limited edition red vinyl of his studio album, A U R O R A, on Mute.

Limited to just 400 copies in North America, this v

Frost, Ben: A U R O R A (10th Anniversary Red) LP

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Relapse Poison Ruin: Confrere LP

"The Philadelphia punk band couches its revolutionary anthems in winking medieval imagery, flirting with camp as they sharpen the guillotine’s blade." - Pitchfork. POISON RUIN reach through the dark once again with the new EP, Confrere! “Confrere”- an ode

Poison Ruin: Confrere 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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Dialogo Various: Complete Obscure Records Collection 1975-1978 BOX

Includes hand-numbered certificate, 10 LPs in faithful replicas of the original covers and polylined inner sleeves, an 80-page LP-sized book in English, all housed in a custom lavish linen box; edition of 1000. Over the last few years, the Italian imprint

Various: Complete Obscure Records Collection 1975-1978 BOX

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Parallel Series Sunroof: Electronic Music Improvisations Vol. 2 LP

Mute founder Daniel Miller and legendary engineer Gareth Jones (Einstürzende Neubauten, Erasure, Yann Tiersen) vibe out in enviably well-stocked studios on a 2nd batch of improvisations. The illustrious duo have used the Sunroof moniker for remixes dating

Sunroof: Electronic Music Improvisations Vol. 2 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

Poison Ruin: Harvest LP

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