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Consisting of a single massive song in 12 individual parts, plus pulse quickening overture and truly grand finale, La Luna is an unprecedented artistic achievement by one of contemporary music’s most ambitious and consistently surprising practitioners Daniel Romano sets his visionary poetry to exuberant tune - It is epic,... -
The Afghan Whigs release their first studio album in five years, How Do You Burn How Do You Burn, the ninth studio album from The Afghan Whigs, finds the band in peak form, making the most vaulting and thrilling music of their lives The album is virile, ready-for-action, and finds frontman Greg Dulli as swaggering, enigmatic and... -
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Their third and final album, 1998’s Transaction De Novo finds Bedhead destroying the sound it helped forge No longer concerned with loud and quiet, the quintet uses distortion at its leisure Tempos increase at will, chasing wave after wave with no break in sight Desert-dry guitars jangle along, nearly jaunty at times,... -
Sub Pop is excitedly, finally repressing vinyl versions of three scorching 90s psychobilly classics by Reverend Horton Heat All three have been out of print on vinyl since the mid-90s, with original pressings going for considerable amounts at the ol' junk shop The band's 1990 debut, "Smoke 'em If You Got 'em", made quite the first... -
Sub Pop is excitedly, finally repressing vinyl versions of three scorching '90s psychobilly classics by Reverend Horton Heat All three have been out of print on vinyl since the mid-'90s, with original pressings going for considerable amounts at the ol' junk shop 1993's The Full Custom Gospel Sounds of stepped things up a bit, with... -
Sub Pop is excitedly, finally repressing vinyl versions of three scorching 90s psychobilly classics by Reverend Horton Heat All three have been out of print on vinyl since the mid-90s, with original pressings going for considerable amounts at the ol' junk shop 1994's "Liquor In The Front" gets even more aggressive - heavy, even -... -
GA-20 clearly is on to something big It’s a movement, a new traditional blues revival The dynamic, throwback blues trio are disciples of the place where traditional blues, country and rock ‘n’ roll intersect “We make records that we would want to listen to,” says guitarist Matt Stubbs “It’s our take on the song-based... -
Cast your mind (if you dare) back to last summer – when the world went into lockdown and there was a new world order for us all to adjust to While a great percentage of us went about mastering sourdough or gingerly attempting a new language on Duolingo, Tom Misch – fresh off the release of the Ivor Novello nominated... -
When creators f<ck with how we experience time and space, great fictions emerge: Clive Barker's Imajica, Andrei Tarkovsky's sci-fi classic Solaris, and Godard's Alphaville But what happens to artists when the flow of time gets f^cked up IRL When an hour stretches into eternity, and the voices in your head begin to echo through... -
As part of Matador’s Revisionist History series, “Kill The Moonlight” will be released on white vinyl, the first ever coloured vinyl pressing for the albums 20th... -
Recorded back in 1992 and originally released in 1996, the first album by Experimental Audio Research (aka EAR) gets reissued on 180-GRAM TRANSPARENT VINYL This experimental music collective was formed around Spacemen 3's Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) who, on this project, worked closely with Eddie Prevost (AMM), Kevin Shields (My... -
Option Explore, Dylan Moon’s second full-length album, is a glassy-eyed survey of pop’s playing field both past and present, and a collection of clever, colorful songs filtered through frequencies, timbres, and dreams discovered and discarded while its maker shifts from one sub-genre to the... -
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Reissue, originally released in 1987 One of the most respected British bands in the mid-80s post punk era Sad Lovers and Giants played highly atmospheric music made of melancholic melodies and epic guitar riffs An overtly romantic attitude that slowly developed towards an even more open (pop) sound approach Originally released on... -
Unravelled: 1981–2002 shines a loving light on lo-fi pioneers Tall Dwarfs, the prized New Zealand duo of Chris Knox and Alec Bathgate The collection compiles songs from two decades of recordings The vinyl edition includes a 20-page collector’s booklet of photos, comics, posters, and other ephemera Tall Dwarfs formed in 1981,... -
After the success of Codeine’s Frigid Stars LP, the trio of Stephen Immerwahr, John Engle, and Chris Brokaw booked time at Harold Dessau Recording in June 1992 to track an eight-song sophomore album A few days and a couple of unexplainable high-pitched frequencies later, the record was scrapped, shelved, and forgotten about... -
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In many ways Kumoyo Island represents the culmination of a journey for Kikagaku Moyo While their decade-long career can be summarized as a series of kaleidoscopic explorations through lands and dimensions far and near, there’s a strong intention in each of their works to take the listener to a particular place, however real or... -
Remastered from the original tapes, an additional 21 tracks will be released on 2CD and 3LP, starting in 1992 in Stereolab's early days through 2008, including recordings from super-limited 7inch and EP mini-editions, rare bonus material, exclusive compilation and art exhibition entries, collaborations with Nurse With Wound and a... -
The art rock pioneers and founders of the Athens, Georgia alternative music scene's Remastered Edition of their 1988’s Mitch Easter-produced 'Themes From Venus' on your choice of limited edition yellow vinyl or Black Vinyl - housed in a gate-fold jacket with a full-color... -
Lantern Rec presents a reissue of Kevin Hewick and the Sound's This Cover Keeps Reality Unreal, originally released in 1983 Kevin Hewick -- a Leicester born -- is still considered a truly representative force of the post-punk counterculture His first "proper" gig was on a bill with Joy Division, A Certain Ratio, and Section 25 He... -
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2022 repress October Language is the debut album by New Orleans based duo Belong, comprised of Turk Dietrich and Mike Jones Since its release in early 2006, Belongs debut masterpiece has accumulated a dedicated cult following, with comparisons to the work of Christian Fennesz and Gas, with some claims that it plays like My Bloody... -
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Carambolage never set out to be a "girl band" but they were one of the first German new wave bands whose members were all female The punk alliance comprising Britta Neander, Elfie-Esther Steitz and Angie Olbrich emerged organically from the environs of Ton Steine Scherben, friends united by a common interest in musical... -
Russian Circles latest album, Gnosis, eschews the varied terrain of their past work and bulldoze a path through the most tumultuous and harrowing territory of their sound As was the case for so many artists in the age of COVID, the obstacles of geography and isolation forced Russian Circles to reevaluate their writing process... -
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"Few artists can do as much with one chord as Hampson, and in typical fashion he turns a pebble into a massive sonic snowball barreling down a mountain, though in this case the pebble was a boulder "Halo" is big, heavy and bright, and sounds better the louder you play it In other words, it's Loop" - Brooklyn Vegan “Style... -
Brand new pressing of The Lemonheads' 2006 self-titled album, released as part of our ongoing collaboration with Vagrant Records, in celebration of their 25th anniversary This new pressing is on yellow / green / black colour-in-colour vinyl, housed in hand-numbered outer sleeve, and with lyrics provided on printed inner... -
Since 2015, KAMIKAZE PALM TREE have been a relative mystery Now, in times no less mysterious, Drag City welcomes them to our tropical island destination, celebrating the energy of their second LP, Mint Chip, where KPT play their offbeat strain of 21st century rock Making Mint Chip, DYLAN HADLEY and COLE BERLINER reach deeper into... -
Growing up in the Bay Area, we were exposed to a lot of electro and Miami bass We decided that it would be fun to make tracks like that but with our own spin We also asked ourselves, "What if Mouse on Mars did a booty bass track" Alura was the result of that, and it's really, and probably, the only album in our catalog that we... -
The Hole Truth and Nothing Butt is the first compilation album by American punk band Butthole Surfers, officially released in March 1995 All songs were written by Butthole Surfers, except for "Come Together" and "Hurdy Gurdy... -
Reissue Originally recorded for a radio broadcast in Holland in 1983 in front of a very selected audience (ten in all), Total Sound represents a great snapshot of Sad Lovers and Giants live on stage Here the band, caught just before the split, delivers an outstanding performance based on a fine selection of songs from their first... -
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Limited edition Seven Psalms record featuring seven spoken word pieces by Nick Cave set to music in collaboration with Warren Ellis Exclusive version including a Seven Psalms Prayer Card, only available on Cave Things 10" black vinyl Dark petrol blue sleeve with grain embossed finish Title and crucifix rendered in gold... -
Gold vinyl! The legendary Boris celebrate a 30 year career as one of experimental music's most forward-thinking, heavy, and innovative bands with the new album Heavy Rocks (2022) Continuing their series of Heavy Rocks records, Boris once again channels the classic proto-metal sounds of the 70s into something all new The album, 10... -
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San Jose’s sonic cure-all for the Y2K hangover that never materialized, Duster emerged from a cloud of lonely bong rips to take indie rock to the moon, and beyond Scotch-taped guitars toggle between a chorus of brittle winter trees and a blanket of distorted fuzz The low rumble of a cardboard box being kicked in a dead mall... -
"Freakout/Release is another dizzying high in a multi-decade career that’s seen Hot Chip continuing to innovate and develop a rich, resonant songcraft And while they continue to operate at peak form, the album also feels like a new chapter for the group—a collection of flesh-and-blood songs that finds the band reaching into... -
I didn’t sit down with any particular theme in mind, rather I wrote the songs intuitively based on what I was feeling and experiencing over several years But after putting the album together I saw big themes of love, loss, and fear, all with this underlying anxiety that I feel all the time I guess I’m trying to tell the story... -
“After 11 pm, you stop hearing regular rock on the classic hits radio station and start hearing more strange stuff, one-hit wonders from 1976, or really minor singles from artists I thought I didn’t like because I just hadn’t heard this one weird song before,” says Bloomington, Indiana-based singer-songwriter Damion Rather... -
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Deluxe reissue of Oblivion Hunter issued on 4 different colors, EACH with a unique cover/version of the “Oblivion Hunter” This is the art as initially conceived by Brian Chippendale in 2012 but never before issued Fully artworked inner sleeves and download included First up by the band’s choice is Kelly Green with Blue... -
The Armed are set to release ULTRAPOP: Live at the Masonic Temple, an incredible live soundtrack from the band’s narrative-driven concert film of the same name The album and film were captured in the opulent chapels, imposing asylum rooms, full-size indoor handball courts, halls (and more) of the mysterious Masonic Temple of... -
‘It’s the one album we made where I think we got it just about right we had made electric records up until this one when we lost the drums and got the acoustics out it seemed to be more focused on what we were which was the songs’ - Alan McGee August 2021 Classic Creation 1990 LP from Biff Bang Pow! Featuring Alan McGee... -
Maybe you are just like John Darnielle: In the depths of the pandemic winter at the end of 2020, the Mountain Goats frontman passed the time trapped at home in North Carolina watching pulpy action movies, finding comfort in familiar tropes and sofabound escapism But you are not really like John Darnielle, unless the action movies... -
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 wiry feedback, lurching bass, and single stroke rolls, Fake Train entangles... -
An album Maximum Rock 'N' Roll deemed not punk enough to review, Unwound’s 1994 sophomore effort was a lethal depth charge aimed at major label grunge and independent hardcore alike From the off-kilter, vertiginous rhythm of “Entirely Different Matters” to the neck-snapping velocity of “What Was Wound” to the relentless... -
Ten pieces of audio light-extraction schematics for films that exist only in Kramer's mind the first release in his long awaited "Cinema Series", ambient film music has never been so subversive music to burn... -
"HHBTM Records will release Locked Down And Stripped Back Volume Two by The Wedding Present on 1 July 2022 Locked Down And Stripped Back Volume Two features home recordings of Wedding Present and Cinerama classics, along with a previously unreleased song: 'That Would Only Happen In A Movie' There is a bevy of guest stars on the... -
Adopting a collaborative approach for the recording of their third album, Death Bells have return with Between Here & Everywhere, an effort that captures the cross-section of Southern California's shadowy hidden interzones, outside of the lights and luxury The record features nine new songs that represent Will Canning and... -
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San Jose’s sonic cure-all for the Y2K hangover that never materialized, Duster emerged from a cloud of lonely bong rips to take indie rock to the moon, and beyond Scotch-taped guitars toggle between a chorus of brittle winter trees and a blanket of distorted fuzz The low rumble of a cardboard box being kicked in a dead mall...
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Murk and mystery are the keys to MOSQUITOES’ unique ability to suck the listener into a wormhole that pulses with menace Little is known about this new-ish UK unit, but all signs point to an intriguing future The proof resides within the grooves of Drip Water Hollow Out Stone, Mosquitoes’ 5-song 12” EP on New York City’s... -
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“Brain stem cracking scum-punk recorded tersely in the basement of my home After a notoriously frustrating eon, the knee-jerk song path was aggressive and hooky This is an homage to the punk bands we grew up on—the weirdos and art freaks that piqued our interests and pointed us on the trail head to here / now Bad times make... -
Puppet Wipes is the latest source of audio levitation for Arielle McCuaig (Hairnet, Janitor Scum, Vacuum Rebuilders) & Kayla MacNeill (Singing Lawn Chair, Vacuum Rebuilders) who conjure up their extraordinary odds bodkins out of Calgary, Alberta Label fact checkers will note that Puppet Wipes are the 1st Canadian band ever...
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