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By crikey did the fine stuff arrive this week. You might notice I've highlighted most of the new arrivals as recommended - that's cos they truly are special! That Les Crotales 10" is somethin' else, as is the new Pierre & Bastien and basically every Episode Sounds release I had a chance to listen to.

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NEW ARRIVALS

[AUST / NZ] BITS OF SHIT “Make Room” 7”
Highly recommended, natch.
Released to coincide with Japanese Tour, June 2016.
Numbered out of 500.

FRANTIC STUFFS “Last Wave” LP
Highly recommended.
From Osaka, Japan. Last Wave is a collection of 10 songs that condense all of those punk rock influences from the 70s to today with all of its blood, sweat and other bodily fluids.
This ain’t no fake KBD shit, it’s the real deal!

[AUST / NZ] GENTLEMEN “Good Omen / Bad Husband” 7”
Brand new 7" from this Australian band on the great Japanese label Episode Sounds. “Gentlemen are a bit heavier than the stuff that Episode Sounds typically puts out, but this 7" is a total rager. It has the simple, creepy synth lines that reminds of bands like The Intelligence or Lost Sounds, but rather than being laid over garage rock, the rhythm section is pounding out something that's more like a combination of dense noise rock and hardcore.”

LES CROTALES “s/t” 10”
Highly recommended.
Limited to 307 copies only. Silkscreen cover. French import.
Excellent , fucked-up punk noise with English lyrics, includes a cover of “Hard Candy Cock” (GG Allin). Extremely limited copies (and I’m grabbing one for myself!)

LOUDER “Get Out” 7”
Highly recommended.
2nd 7" from this Japanese '77-style punk band, released on Episode Sounds.
“They remind quite a bit of Rough Kids... they have a similar '77-influenced punk sound with melodic yet aggressive vocals (and great backing vocals). If you're a fan of the early Jam stuff, the Lurkers, the Users and similarly awesome '70s UK punk you will dig this.”

LUMPY AND THE DUMPERS “Collection” LP
Highly recommended.
Japanese press of this collection LP featuring all of Lumpy's early material.
Includes 12 page colour booklet with flyers, lyrics and photos.
Extremely limited stock. Covers slightly dinged.

PIERRE & BASTIEN “Musique Grecque” LP
Highly recommended.
Great follow up to their 2015 album. Musically, the band is more powerful and intense as ever: guitarist Baptiste Nollet is particularly dazzling and Frédéric Trux pounds an almost industrial rhythm to the songs. One could see in their sound, derivations from bands like Wire, Wipers, Dogs, Metal Urbain or Reich Orgasm. The sheer brutality or depraved psychedelics of some tracks is offset with pop-like vocal harmonies of others.

SICK THOUGHTS “Stabbed In My Back” 7”
On the great Episode Sounds label outta Japan.
Sick Thoughts are from Baltimore, featuring the eternally young Drew Owen. Since the debut on Goodbye Boozy, Sick Thoughts have released 8 7"s, 3 cassettes and 2 LPs, sounding like early Reatards, Persuaders and early Oblivians.

TVTV “I’m Trouble” 7”
Highly recommended.
“Really good garage song that fits well in the vein of Episode Sounds' roster, reminding somewhat of the Reatards. That guitar makes this a whole different thing though and I'm into it.  Imagine doing a ton of poppers and then cranking the treble on your stereo all the way up.” – SS Records

v-a – "Tendres Ténèbres" LP
Highly recommended.
The following blurb doesn’t totally do justice to how good this French comp is. Suggest you head to sdzrecords.bandcamp.com for a full listen. Extremely limited quantity available.
“Once again, at the crossroads of our wanderings there is a dark, bottomless well. From this the true horrors of the world arises over and over. It is also the source of our fantasies, either dreams or nightmares, and the world of imagination in which we all grew up. That darkness reveals our common humanity, that speaks of our very creation and finitude. Today, tenderness is our only guide through the unfamiliar night now thick with multiple states of unconsciousness that extend beyond our vital need and into the unknown. Thus we are all insiders and investigators to understand what is reality and what is beyond us.
The Crudités label, affiliated with SDZ Records, presents "Tendres Ténèbres", fifteen variations on the themes of lullabies and sleep. Within a song, complex landscapes are built in the shadows of our waking life. The songs are sometimes delicate (Gabrielle Maes of Shake Shake Bolino, Charlene Repetition of Rose Mercie, Renka of Kartei or Space Blue and Mulan Serrico), sometimes cosmic explosions (Jolie Boue, a new band formed by Èlg & Catherine Hershey, Hess of Feeling of Love), sometimes intense nocturnal insights (Ray Yours & The F, new project of 11ieme étage; Kaput) sometimes displays of furious insomnia (Nicolalala, ex Bobpopkillers, Maria Violenza ex Capputtini I Lignu) or deep tranced melancholic meditations (Elatu Nessa, Discombobulatrix). The listener enters a world inspired by lullabies and formulates the visual dreams that would usually follow. In doing so, they gain a new perspective and experience carrying them back into the real world.”

XL-FITS “Hakata Slasher” 7”
Highly recommended.
Sold out at the source.
“FLAT TIRE PUNK RELEASE OF THE YEAR: XL-FITS "Hakata Slasher" 7" - FTP deserved it's own category this year, as there seems to be a new wave of bands obsessed with raw KBD sounds, of which this XL-Fits platter was the perfect example of.” – Terminal Boredom, Best of 2016.


RESTOCKS / OLDER TITLES JUST IN

13th FLOOR ELEVATORS "Easter Everywhere" LP
CHARLIE FEATHERS "Jungle Fever" LP
CHEATER SLICKS "Skidmarks" LP
CRAMPS "Ohio Demos" LP
GORIES "I Know You Fine But How You Doin" LP
GORIES "Outta Here" LP
HEADCOATS "Beach Bums Must Die" LP
IGGY AND THE STOOGES "Raw Power" LP
[AUST / NZ] OLD MATE “It Is What It Is” LP
NEW BOMB TURKS "Destroy-Oh-Boy" LP
NEW BOMB TURKS "Information Highway Revisited" LP / CD
NEW BOMB TURKS "Pissing Out The Poison" 2LP / CD
OBLIVIANS "Play 9 Songs With Mr.Quintron" LP
PAGANS "Shit Street" LP
QUESTION MARK & MYSTERIANS "96 Tears" LP
REVELATORS "Let A Poor Boy Ride" CD
RIOT ON SUNSET STRIP (O.S.T.) LP
SHANGRI-LAS "Volume 2 - Remember (Walking InThe Sand)" LP
SHANGRI-LAS "Leader Of The Pack" LP
STANDELLS "Dirty Water" LP
STANDELLS "Try It" LP
[AUST / NZ] TERRY “HQ” LP
[AUST / NZ] TERRY “8 Girls” 7”
v-a - BACK FROM THE GRAVE Volume 1 LP
v-a - BACK FROM THE GRAVE Volume 3 LP
v-a - GO DEVIL GO! LP
v-a - JUNGLE EXOTICA Volume One 2LP
v-a - JUNGLE EXOTICA Volume Two lp
v-a - LAS VEGAS GRIND Volume 2 LP
v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 1 LP
v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 2 LP
v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 3 LP
v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 4 LP
v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 5 LP
[sold] v-a - SLOW GRIND FEVER Vol. 6 LP
[sold] v-a - SONGS THE NEW YORK DOLLS TAUGHT US LP
[sold] v-a - TREMBLIN’: Steamy and Atmospheric Female R&B LP
WIRE "Pink Flag" LP
X-RAY SPEX "Germ Free Adolescents" LP


AUST / NZ

BITS OF SHIT “Make Room” 7”
OLD MATE “It Is What It Is” LP
TERRY “HQ” LP
TERRY “8 Girls” 7”

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So much good stuff below that I'm still yet to hear, including all three Richie Records releases (Mark Feehan, Sparrow Steeple and the new Mordecai - very exciting!)

NEW ARRIVALS
(all LP unless otherwise noted)

AUROCH - Mute Books
Vancouver, BC-based Auroch have gained recognition as one of Canada’s most active death metal bands since the release of Taman Shud in 2014. Comprised of vocalist/guitarist Sebastian Montesi (bassist/vocalist of Mitochondrion), vocalist/bassist Shawn Haché (vocalist/guitarist of Mitochondrion) and drummer Zack Chandler, Auroch have been on the live circuit consistently through various shows, tours and festivals in the US, Canada, and Europe, including Maryland Deathfest.
BBQ - MARK SULTAN - s/t
This is the first album by BBQ since 2005’s Tie Your Noose on the historic Bomp! label. BBQ is MARK SULTAN, who also has recorded many other albums and 45s, as well as playing in bands like THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW, ALMIGHTY DEFENDERS, DING-DONGS and LES SEXAREENOS etc., etc. BBQ is his preferred monicker for playing as a very strict live-recorded one-man band. This album serves as a little wink goodbye to any complexities past and a strong “welcome back” to the primitive, brusque and airy rock’n’roll which has made Sultan beloved since 2003. Forgoing lo-fi, BBQ is reinventing the one-man band, taking it back, for a loud, clear and raw sound; helmed by great songs, sung truly and passionately. Self-recorded at home, live in one to two takes—twelve brand new killers.
BEAUSOLEIL, BOBBY - Lucifer Rising OST
Original Soundtrack for the Kenneth Anger Film "Lucifer Rising". Composed by Bobby BeauSoleil who is joined in the performances by his prison band, The Freedom Orchestra, recorded 1975 - 1979 at Tracy Prison.
BOIVIN, JAY & GERMAIN GAUTHIER - Pinball Summer (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
A cynical studio synthesis of the best pop of the late last decade—Sparks, Nick Lowe, Dwight Twilley, Todd Rundgren—updated with all the right New Wave and Palovian power pop flourishes—20/20, Shoes, Cars, Cheap Trick—guaranteed to bring all the boys to the yard. The work of studio musician and composer tandem JAY BOIVIN and GERMAIN GAUTHIER who have really done their homework with dumber-than-dumb lyrics and hooks bigger than some of the holes in this movie’s almost perfunctory plot. You’d be forgiven for mistaking the title track for a lost Speedies cut or ‘Summer Girls’ for the ultimate, sell-out 10cc soft-rocker. There’s rockers as well, like the Raspberries-styled ode to the blonde, high-waisted-jean-and-no-bra-wearing female character ‘Sally Joy,’ which wonderfully and mindlessly rhymes the words ‘chance,’ ‘dance’ and ‘pants’ in a verse that rivals the early Beach Boys. I’d also like to imagine some prospective, post-prom stud putting on ‘Voyeur’s Motel’ as he starts up his father’s car and his date melting in the passenger seat.
BYRNE, JULIE - Not Even Happiness
Highly recommended.
Sometimes it can take years to find your calling. Not so for Julie Byrne, whose power of lyrical expression and musical nous seems inborn. Her second album, Not Even Happiness, has evolved at its own pace. It spans recollections of bustling roadside diners, the stars over the high desert, the aching weariness of change, the wildflowers of the California coast, and the irresolvable mysteries of love.
Not Even Happiness is Byrne’s beguiling ode to the fringes of life. Two songs named “Best New Track” by Pitchfork. Among many accolades are album of the week from Stereogum and 8/10 from Loud And Quiet.
CFM - Homegrown Paranoia 7"
Charles Francis Moothart is back with three new tracks guaranteed to melt faces and ear drums. Following the one-man recorded debut album, Still Life In Citrus And Slime, these new songs were recorded with his touring band. Heavier, gnarlier and more rad! Comes housed in a beautiful Pettibon-esque picture sleeve.
COUGH SYRUP KIDS - s/t
Highly recommended.
COUGH SYRUP KIDS are from Oakland, CA and feature BEEKEEPERS members DANNY KENDRICK and KYLE DAY (Beekeepers just released their debut LP on Vacant Stare). Kyle Day plays drums, vocals, synth, and effects router; Danny Kendrick plays guitar with his own invented tuning, vocals, and synth; and BRENDAN CASEY plays bass, drums, and background vocals. Danny and Kyle took a sheet of CCC and some cough syrup and wrote and recorded the first two songs in an hour. Then Brendan came in and wondered what the hell was going on, and was forced him take it as well and play bass. Each song took around 30 minutes to write and 30 minutes to record. All the collages on the record are exactly how they are on the tape. It was just a weird but golden night, exploring adolescent depression and drugs. Kyle and Danny engineered / recorded this live to a 4-track cassette, then manipulated to an 8-track reel to reel, at The Grassy Null Studio 2015. Each LP comes in grocery bags stained with cough syrup and screen-printed. Same with the stamp and insert. Each one is different, but all smell the same. Limited edition of 350 copies.
DOA - Murder
Murder is a classic D.O.A. release that has not seen the light of day since 1990, so Rip Snortin’ Records is giddy about unearthing this great punk rock album. It came out at the height of the band’s fame and mixes in all the right ingredients: ear-splitting guitar riffs, bombastic drumming, humor and lots of “right to the chin” politics. The album features one of the band’s best lineups: JOEY SHITHEAD KEITHLEY, WIMPY ROY, JON CARD and CHRIS PROHOM. Together they blast the listener with non-stop rockers, while also not mincing words with their politics. D.O.A. does not let up on the evils of the world, and thankfully, this is a time-honored stance the band has had from day one to the present. This album also features sterling cover versions of “No Productivity” (Subhumans) and “The Midnight Special” (Leadbelly).
EAST WALL - Silence 2LP
East Wall was an Italian electronic dark wave band started by Fabrizio Chiari (ex keyboardist of Kirlian Camera) and Wilma Notari in 1982. After a series of demos and live performances, the duo recruited Angelo Bergamini of Kirlian Camera to help with arrangement and synthesizers. They released their debut single “Eyes Of Glass” in 1985 which had huge success in Germany, leading to a deal with ZYX.  Silence was self released by the band in 1991. The lead track “Silence” was a left-over song by Kirlian Camera recorded in 1985 with vocals by SIMONA BUJA under the alias LORENZA LARINI.  It was recorded largely using a variety of now-classic Roland, Yamaha, and Oberheim synthesizers. The album displays East Wall’s maturity and unique aesthetics, with instrumental pieces reminiscent of Angelo Badalamenti’ Twin Peaks score. Tiziana Wells sings with pure emotion, hypnotic at times, upbeat and carefree at others. Frankie Teardrop (of the Wierd party and the Systems of Romance blog) describes this album as "possibly the closest thing to darkwave freestyle that exists.” Expanded to a double LP cut at 45 RPM, with an unreleased extended version of “Ice Of Fire” and the bonus track “Intro.” Each copy includes an 11x11 double-sided insert.
EVAPORATORS - Ogopogo Punk
Cover art by Peter Bagge.
From the depths of the uncharted wilderness (or is it “wildness”?) Nardwuar the Human Serviette, John Collins, Stephen Hamm, Nick Thomas and Shawn Mrazek, known hereafter as The Evaporators, have released eight new songs on colour vinyl, titled Ogopogo Punk! The Evaporators sing about a lot of things on this latest album including: shaving, mohawks and dreadlocks, eating to win, the mythical landlocked BC monster the Ogopogo, Skagit Valley’s Chuckanut Drive and a whole lot more! Over the past decade The Evaporators have graced stages / halls / living rooms with everyone from Anal Mucus to Sleater-Kinney to the Whack Attack Puppet Show.
FEEHAN, MARK - MF II
Mark Feehan is a guitarist. In the 80s he bummed Floridian punks in Broken Talent. In the 90s he strangled strings and blew minds in Harry Pussy. Currently he is in post-no wave noiseniks Taiwan Housing Project. But these are mentioned merely as bio, as these things- hell, even Mark's lone solo lp (2012's MF on Siltbreeze)- will give you ZERO preparation for the sounds lurking inside MF 2. Moments of surprising acoustic beauty bookend perplexing electronic sound pools, buzzing almost-punk, Germanic vocal narration... It is safe to say this is the weirdest thing ever to appear on this label, and while we don't pretend to understand it half of it, we do know that we enjoy it. For those who welcome befuddlement and bemusement, we salute you!
GALAVIS, QUIN - My Life In Steel and Concrete 2LP
Highly recommended.
On his ambitious, wide-release sophomore solo album, Quin Galavis lays bare his insecurities, fears, and existential ponderings through 20 thematic shards of literature. While varied in plot, the emotionally raw vignettes stack into a spirit quest about understanding the golden moments of life and death, dream and reality, and boldly facing it all without excuse. The double LP, packaged with the look of a Victorian novel, subdivides into four sections. The Tragedy of Miss Foster unfolds with the crushing gothic post-punk of "Hand of Light," Galavis' Nick Cave baritone booming adversarial to divine forces. Side B, the Long Walk of Mr. Morrow, peaks with the Bowie-esque "Terrific Failure," riding the bow of Graham Low's haunting cello. Settling into a reflective singer-songwriter mode that summons angels with the gorgeous "Evermore" on the Tears of Lady Guadalupe, Galavis spews aggro-punk with "Hate." The album's piano-heavy denouement, the Ancient Fire of Northway, winds down on "Those Little Dreams," the young father singing: "If we focus on this endless race, there's so much we will forget to embrace. And son, as you grow on this spinning rock, I hope you know the power you've got." Equal parts Bob Mould and Edgar Allan Poe, Quin Galavis emerges as an artist approaching greatness, contrasting pitch black with blinding enlightenment to articulate life in a way that's complex, yet universal. While modern music overuses dreaminess, he accomplishes higher-plane context while remaining real and grounded. Like steel and concrete.
GREYLOCK MANSION - s/t
Highly recommended.
Lysergic Sound Distributors has unearthed another buried treasure of pure underground psychedelia: GREYLOCK MANSION, who emerged loudly from Tucson, Arizona in 1968. The band's sound is powerful, deep underground psych with thick, dominant funereal organ and distorted fuzz guitar and effects, backed by heavy precise drumming. The Doors and Iron Butterfly influences are evident, and a touch of early Black Sabbath’s slow grinding sludge rears its head at times. For all the desired heaviness, which is plentiful, the lyrics might be even more impressive—dark, meaningful, thoughtful, masterfully constructed and thought provoking, with mystical, sci-fi and otherworldly themes like time travel, death, and other wicked inventiveness. It would be difficult to believe that Greylock Mansion's lyrics and music were written by a 19-year old, until you realize that the teen in question was MERL REAGLE, soon to be a master wordsmith, raconteur—oh, and the most famous crossword puzzle author in the U.S. Nine original songs, all of restored and remastered from the original 1969 studio reels. Three of the tracks were released on private label 45 micro-pressings in 1970 and 1971; the other six cuts are released for the first time! Included are three inserts—a 4 page folder with pictures and text; a psychedelic poster w/lyrics; and a color reproduction of a poster from Unifest 1970 in New Mexico.
[AUST / NZ] HAPPY LONESOME, THE – s/t
Melbourne outfits debut album, a rocking affair with a dash of country. "These Days is the best song Bruce Springsteen never recorded in 1975, Have Mercy is where My Pal could've gone if it was conceived in a Texas bar."
HEAVY LIDS – We Believe In The Night
The most highly recommended of the recommended.
300 copies only. Silkscreen cover. Sold out at the source.
The arrival of Heavy Lids’ debut is legitimately exciting. The New Orleans band’s sole prior release, a Quintron-recorded 2013 single, was a thing of beauty - feedback-addled punk with organ and huge guitar solos. We Believe in the Night is just as beefy and aggressive, with the guitar heroics intact. They’re surly on “Stab Your Face,” but there’s also speed (“Fight It”) and shout-along choruses (“Night & Day”).
[sold] KANAAN, FATEN - The Botanist and The Archaeologist
Beautiful debut full length from Brooklyn-based FATEN KANAAN, Following a hugely acclaimed cassette release (“EP”), Faten’s music was pointed the direction of PY by Listening Center’s David Mason (a PY label mate, who also mixed this record) and like many people, we loved it instantly. Faten uses vintage synthesizers to slowly build songs inspired by cinematic forms: from sweeping landscapes and quiet love stories, to the patterned tension of 1970s horror film soundtracks. Focusing on bringing a human touch to electronic music that highlights the relationship between man, nature, and machine: the drifting of time, the dystopic grittiness,and the bittersweet (but hopeful) sense of nostalgia. Edition of 300 copies each with a unique, handmade cyanotype print.
KIVEL, MATT - Fires on the Plain 2LP
Fires on the Plain is the second album that Matt Kivel will release in 2016. It is an 82-minute record featuring performances by Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes), Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Sophia Knapp, and about 20 other people who you may not know as well. Fires on the Plain is Kivel's best record to date. It’s a stone-cold classic of an album that is expansive and rich with detail. Horns blend with raindrops. Vocal howls give way to field recordings of rivers and backyards. The songs are sweet, dark, and always, brave. Matt will shower you mercilessly with distortion, soothe you with a quiet folk hymn, and launch into a motorik drum beat all within 5 minutes of music. It sounds wild, but it works beautifully. You will find that this music grows, evolves, and transfigures itself every time you return to it. It is a living, breathing thing, and I really hope that you take some time to enjoy it. These types of records aren't born every day.
L.I. - Wired 7"
L.I. are the exact kind of muck that the cleaning product was invented to wipe out. They probably weren’t even aware that they shared the name because they’ve most likely never touched the stuff. Hailing from Seattle and featuring 3/4 of FREAK VIBE, we’ve been after the band since their inception and they delivered in fold. Two anxiety ridden punk blasts with vocals just vicious enough to cut through all feedback and scuzz. Raging, banging, and 100% TOTAL PUNK! Edition of 500 copies.
LAVENDER FLU, THE - Heavy Air 2LP (2017 repress)
One of THE best releases of 2016 - needless to say, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
A home-recording project completely open to experimentation but in love with songs, The Lavender Flu is masterminded by Chris Gunn (The Hunches, Hospitals). Their massive 30-song debut double-album Heavy Air was conceived over a period of years and outside of the genre concentration camps. Like Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life remade by the ghost of Phillip K. Dick, it’s psychedelic and dense, projecting sounds as images inside your head, layers and layers yielding new secrets with each listen.  Heavy Air winds a circuitous path through pop songs (“My Time,” “Those That Bend”—with a “Waterloo Sunset” vibe), blasted rockers (“Fingers Like Wounds”), beautiful instrumentals (“Feel the Ground,” “Telepathic Axe”), fractured folk (“Between The Trees”), weirder experimental pieces (“Vacuum Creature,” “La-Bas”), straight-up fried epics (“Transcendental Hangover”) plus a few covers in the mix, including a maximal / minimal take on The Godz’ mantra-like ode to sun worship and a Townes Van Zandt tune that is derailed by a massive panic attack. Lyrics and melodies appear and reappear as half-remembered dreams or reconstructed memories. Traces of Big Star, Royal Trux, Brian Eno, Meat Puppets II and American Beauty are in the DNA but The Lavender Flu is its own beast.
“Stitched together with a ragged twine of thought, the album could prove exhausting to the uninitiated, but those who’ve found room for Gunn’s brand of veiled pop bombast will find Easter Eggs aplenty throughout this release. Out of the clamor and clash rise some beautiful moments of folk pop like ‘Those That Bend’ or ‘My Time,’ both cuts that wouldn’t seem out of place cozying up to some Elephant 6 disciples. Hell, the whole record would fit in with the Collective’s vibe of sun-streaked psych mixed with ‘Green Typewriters’-style experimentation and for the cadre of listeners out there looking for that heady stew, look no further, Lavender Flu’s world is a dense rabbit hole worth exploring and re-exploring. Plenty of psychic fallout to tide you ’til Springtime.” - Raven Sings the Blues
“[A] stubbornly unpolished, unhurried, often phantasmagoric 30-track double-album of songs, instrumentals and studio fragments. There are a few relatively straightforward (but distortion-buzzed) songs and many others that are mixed inside-out or come unglued and mutate as they go. ‘Between you and the abyss is what you want to know,’ Mr. Gunn sings amid the fuzztone and tinkly percussion of ‘Transcendental Hangover’; that’s where the Lavender Flu situates itself.” - Jon Parles, The New York Times
MANATEEES – Superman Dam Fool
Highly recommended.
From 2012 through 2014, THE MANATEEES (with an extra “e” to avoid confusion with some forgettable English DJ group) released single after single on Pelican Pow Wow, Goner, Tic Tac Totally, Jackshack, Ken Rock, and Total Punk. Not a one couldn’t wipe the floor with you; nothing personal, you’re just weak and can’t keep up with inspired raw lunacy. Accept it and move on. The repertoire vocalist-guitarist and Memphis lifer ABE WHITE had built-up over the years—in THE OSCARS, THE GUACOS, EVERYDAY FACES, LOVER! and TRUE SONS OF THUNDER—was recorded with KEITH on bass and CHARMS on drums (same Charms of NOTS fame). Blak Skul’s compilation collects almost all these Memphis-as-fuck singles, and substitutes an alternate version here and there. Edition of 550.
MARTIAL CANTEREL - Navigations Vol. I - III 3LP
Medical Records proudly presents a special limited edition of all 3 “Forgotten Tracks, Sketches and Unfinished Work 2002-2004” by Martial Canterel as a triple gatefold set. Volume I was released previously in 2013, and Volume II and III are simultaneously being released by Medical Records as standalones. SEAN MCBRIDE has been producing work under the Martial Canterel moniker dating back to 2002 as well as working as half of XENO AND OAKLANDER. These tracks capture the allure and depth of Sean’s early work exploring rhythms and perfectly crafted pop songs using a very early incarnation of limited instrumentation. Fans of Martial Canterel’s early work (think “Austerton” and “Sister Age”) will be instantly elated. This is the first time these tracks have been released on vinyl and have been remastered for this release by MARTIN BOWES at the Cage, UK. Contains special bonus insert with lyrics. Fans of early Martial Canterel as well as other cold wave icons such as A Blaze Color, Snowy Red, and the like will need this collection. Presented on high-quality 180-gram classic vinyl in a triple gatefold pack.
MARTIAL CANTEREL - Navigations Vol. II
MARTIAL CANTEREL - Navigations Vol. III
Medical Records proudly presents Volume II of a collection of “Forgotten Tracks, Sketches and Unfinished Work 2002-2004” by MARTIAL CANTERELl. This release coincides as a standalone with Medical’s other releases of Volume III as well as a special 3xLP compiling Volumes I-III. SEAN MCBRIDE has been producing work under the Martial Canterel moniker dating back to 2002 as well as working as half of XENO AND OAKLANDER. These tracks capture the allure and depth of Sean’s early work exploring rhythms and perfectly crafted pop songs using a very early incarnation of limited instrumentation. Fans of Martial Canterel’s early work (think “Austerton” and “Sister Age”) will be instantly elated. This is the first time these tracks have been released on vinyl and have been remastered for this release by MARTIN BOWES at the Cage, UK. Contains special bonus insert with lyrics.Presented on high-quality 180-gram classic vinyl.
MIDNITE SNAXXX – Chew On This
Sophomore album from Midnite Snaxxx - straight outta Oakland and play some rock n’ roll, punk music that gets under your skin and comes alive. These girls have been rocking that pure and simple punk lifestyle for over 5 years now and they are still loving every minute. Influenced and inspired by those hardcore punk-rock stars of the 70’s and today, these girls can shred some mean guitars and spit out lyrics you’ll want to scream at the top of your lungs. Midnite Snaxxx love a good mix of stripped-down, leather tough stuff with hooks
à la Ramones, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, The Zeros mixed with some angsty English / Aussie / NZ punk and catchy rock n’ roll like the Flamin Groovies and Real Kids.
MONOPOL - Weltweit
Medical Records collaborates with their good friends Anna Logue across the pond in Germany to present the long out of print Neu Deutsche Welle cult classic album Weltweit by MONOPOL. Released in 1982, Weltweit was the sole output of the band. It has appropriately become quite rare and difficult to find with the resulting high prices to obtain an original copy. Inspired by the greats such as Kraftwerk, YMO and Klaus Schulze, the three members crafted an exquisite collection of pop songs played on a very impressive collection of analog synthesizers, self-builds and drum machines that were considered cutting edge at the time. The band would have recorded a second album but split up before that was possible. Members of the band continued to be involved in the music industry at least peripherally but didn’t participate in further collaborations or bands. Also interestingly, Monopol was basically a studio-only project and actually never played live (despite some TV appearances). The album has been remastered by MARTIN BOWES at the Cage, UK. Contains a special bonus insert with lyrics and photos. Definitely a must-have for fans of NDW such as Grauzone, Reingold and the like. Presented on high quality 180-gram classic black vinyl. Limited edition.
MOONDOGS - When Sixteen Wasn't So Sweet 12"
Highly recommended. Can't stop playing this actually...
Limited to 300 copies only.
Incredible archival material circa Jan '80 from San Fernando Valley.
Highly recommended! Perfect power pop tunes that recall the finer moments of the Real Kids.
MOON DUO - Occult Architecture Vol.1 (colour vinyl)
Meaning all things magick and supernatural, the root of the word occult is that which is hidden, concealed, beyond the limits of our minds. If this is occult, then the Occult Architecture of Moon Duo’s fourth album - a psychedelic opus in two separate volumes released in 2017 - is an intricately woven hymn to the invisible structures found in the cycle of seasons and the journey of day into night, dark into light.   Offering a cosmic glimpse into the hidden patterning embedded in everything, Occult Architecture reflects the harmonious duality of these light and dark energies through the Chinese theory of Yin and Yang. In Chinese, Yin means “the shady side of the hill” and is associated with the feminine, darkness, night, earth. Following this logic, Vol. 1 embraces and embodies Moon Duo’s darker qualities — released appropriately on February 3, in the heart of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
MORDECAI - Abstract Recipe
Abstract Recipe is the fourth full-length (the third issued by Richie Records / TestosterTunes) from MORDECAI of the great Upper Plains. Is it punk? Or garage? Post-punk? Indie rock? Blech—it’s a no-frills rock album that oughta perk up the ears of those interested in things like thwarted freedom, advanced mathematics, The Blue Mask, bum notes, and staring at the wall. The band has grown increasingly competent and confident with each release and these precocious mofos possess a flippant world-weariness typically reserved for no-accounts and has-beens at the beginning of their third marriage. Call to mind the moment when one recognizes life for what it is: a low-key drag, but one interesting enough to wake up for each morning.
NEW BERLIN - Basic Function
Highly recommended.
McAllen, Texas trio New Berlin make punchy and surprisingly brainy rock ‘n’ roll inspired by the dirty, low budget sound of The Spits.  New Berlin’s music is full of wiry riffs and sharp, spry leads, accented by rhythmic bass lines, fiery drumming, and Flanagan’s cool distorted monotone.
ONCE AND FUTURE BAND - s/t (colour vinyl)
In the vapor trail of “How Does It Make You Feel,” the first track on this self-titled full length, one can smell the burnt ozone of a seventies-full-orchestra-nebula-pop-odyssey, the flakes floating down and landing like snow, giving grave-chills … the ash of a masterpiece pop song. ONCE AND FUTURE BAND: this incredibly accomplished cabal of total prog wizards has circled the earth, but then, these are the accomplished gentlemen of many former pursuits (the formidable DRUNK HORSE among them) and all of them comets themselves. The very mid-’70s vibe at work here surpasses pastiche, and crests that lovely anachronistic conceptual peak: a fully realized and meticulously arranged psych record, meant to be listened to from top to bottom, with the lights down low and in a comfy chair perhaps, or while gazing out the window of your life pod. The Dark Side of the Moon feel, with shades of early Yes’s technicality, a dash of Steely Dan’s vocal prowess and effortless sheen, and some seriously outsized hooks that call to mind the mighty ELO, Le Orme and, yes, even the unsinkable Queen powered on Brian May’s tape echo jet fuel and sequined power cells. This is a head record in the classic sense but utter fealty to The Dark One insures both being trapped and infected by the pop-parasite. That it is largely self-produced (with tracking / engineering on three of the songs by PHIL MANLEY at El Studio) makes it all the more jaw dropping. Making prog cool again, again, and then slightly more complicatedly, again.
PERSONAL & THE PIZZAS – s/t
They've spent most of their lives living on a steady diet of pizza (not deep dish) and the RAMONES. You could make worse life decisions. Another very solid release.
RIK & THE PIGS - Don't Tell On Me 7"
Total Punk faves RIK & THE PIGS are back with a brand new single and here to prove their grime comes in more than one flavor."Don't Tell On Me" is greasier than crisco and harder to get out of your fur. Sleazy glam snot of the highest order. Flip this baby over and you get a cover of Candy Slice’s “Gimmie Mick” sour enough to make you pucker them lips. Sleazy, greasy and 100% TOTAL PUNK! Edition of 500 copies.
SHARK TOYS / UV TV - UV TV / Shark Toys 7"
Los Angeles post-punkers SHARK TOYS delight with off-kilter clatter of the highest caliber, possessing a jagged beauty that defies the songs shamble-pop brevity. Swell Maps and Television Personalities flavor the proceedings without dominating, with Shark Toys retaining their own American-DIY-art-punk identity through their wonderfully constructed and sonically thrilling songs. From Gainesville Florida, UV-TV’s debut vinyl offering is a unique hybrid of infectious psyche-punk and dynamic indiepop. C86/Shop Assistants-esque melodies coupled with pounding toms and soaring dark angular post-punk guitar. This is stripped down 3-piece brutal-pop, with smatterings of feedback, counter balanced perfectly by the sweet melodic vocal delivery of ROSE VASTOLA. Pressed on colored vinyl with download featuring two bonus tracks.
SHEER MAG - Compilation LP
New debut 12" from the Philadelphia garage punk band collects their hard-rocking and catchy triptych of 7" EPs, with new mastering on the first two.
SO WHAT - Hard Gum
So What are the Yanks’ answer to the upcoming trend of revitalized glam or bovver rock - or, as they call it, hard gum. If one is familiar with this revival of working-class glam, then the contemporary Italian bands Giuda or Faz Waltz should ring a bell. They have been leading the march all across Europe for a sound that reminds of the Hammersmith Gorillas or Slade. So What, who are Oakland–based, come across as an offshoot of The Equals meets something in the middle of junkshop glam (The Jook) and bubblegum ( 1910 Fruitgum Company). So What’s sound is what, historically, a few might find familiar, as glam never really made it big in the States, with the exception of a few cities like New York or Los Angeles.
SOFT KILL - Choke
Portland’s Soft Kill began in 2010 by releasing An Open Door, one of the most highly regarded post-punk albums of the last ten years. Founding member Tobias Sinclair (ex-Blessure Grave) joins Conrad Vollmer (Warm Hands) on guitar, drummer Maximillion Avalon (Chromatics, Antioch Arrow, Get Hustle, Atriarch) and Owen Glendower on synths for their fourth album Choke, an eight song suite. This follows on the heels of 2015’s Heresy, which was much more claustrophobic and oppressive than their debut. Rooted in influences such as the Chameleons, Wire and The Sound, this latest album pulls delicately from foundational elements of the Cocteau Twins and Spaceman 3. It places the listener deeply under water, gasping for breath and beyond hope with tracks like “On The Inside,” featuring the vocals of legendary Mark Burgess of the Chameleons. Drawing from the first wave of post punk, the songs slip seamlessly into the cascading and ethereal elements of early shoegaze.
SPARROW STEEPLE - Steeple Two
Lightly swirling wah. Is-it-wrong-or-is-it-right leads. Intermittent odd percussion flourishes. Songs about shrimp rolls to go. Loosey-goosey warbling atmosphere turned to 10: this is the world of SPARROW STEEPLE and their album Steeple Two. Comprised of almost all of Philly’s legendary STRAPPING FIELDHANDS, and fronted by noted visual artist BARRY GOLDBERG, the band originated secretly in the last decade, with the Fieldhands’ main man BOB MALLOY and drummer JEFF WERNER recording Goldberg’s inscrutable songs. Now the band has become a legit proposition, minus Malloy but with the Fieldhands’ guitar and bass players JACY WEBSTER and BOB DICKIE, keyboardist DUSTIN BURROWS and record maniac HARMONICA DAN. Just as the old proverb postulates, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, and Strapping Fieldhands fans will find familiar footing here. As for strangers to this weird realm, how about a Tommy Jay more enamored with Incredible String Band than with Lou Reed? Confused? Richie Records is too.
STACHES, THE – Placid Faces
Highly recommended.
The Staches are two dudes and two dudettes from Geneva, Switzerland, who blend garage-rock, girly punk, lo-fi pop and psychedelia. The Staches' brew is made up of solid punk, post-punk and garage influences, not afraid to pour in some prog rock or psych either. 'Placid Faces' was recorded in San Francisco by Kelley Stoltz.
STRAND, THE - Seconds Waiting
Highly recommended.
Based in Arlington, VA, The Strand were a local favorite during the early '80s, but when they released their debut album, Seconds Waiting on the Wasp Records imprint, listeners from points beyond the metro D.C. era took note. The LP is considered a lost American power pop classic among the few who were fortunate enough to make its acquaintance. Terry Banks of Big Takeover magazine had the following to say about Seconds Waiting:
"Melding then-current influences of The Jam and D.C. local hero Tommy Keene with mid-60s pop of an early Beatles/Who stripe, it's a lost classic and like all lost classics part of its identity and charm is that it was made a long time ago by a young band that faded into obscurity."
THOMAS, FRED - Changer
Like many artists, Fred Thomas’s career has been one of synthesis. With his seminal group Saturday Looks Good To Me, he synthesized the summery feel of ‘60s pop with the wallflower charm of groups like Beat Happening. His solo career has found him dabbling in just about every form of indie rock imaginable, including fervent Neil Young worship on 2012’s Kuma. He even recently put out an album of ambient music — 2016’s Minim.
But it was on 2015’s All Are Saved that Thomas changed the game. The usual influences are all still in place, but his essential, unique essence finally solidified into a rambling, train-of-thought take on lo-fi rock which tackles love, aging and sorrow with pure poetry. On Changer, Thomas perfects the template he laid out on his previous album, navigating the strange world of growing up within an artistic community that still often takes the “Don’t Trust Anyone Over 30” slogan to heart.
While manic, driving singles like “Misremembered,” “Voiceover” and “Brickwall” serve as tent poles, the narrative at the center of Changer comes on “Open Letter To Forever,” when Thomas describes being harassed by a bunch of punks at a show for dressing like a hipster. Thomas remarks, “Man, I’m probably a couple years younger than your father. I’ve traded in any chance at stability for this community of people who, like, know what Black Flag is, or whatever,” before describing how he became entranced by the intricacies of the punks’ outfits. That sense of displacement, which Thomas combats by looking past the surface bullshit to notice the beauty of life, is core to Changer’s overall tone. The “immaculate core contained in the center of all these regular feelings,” even, to quote “Voiceover.” While he is out making sacrifices for his art, his friends with normal lives treat him like “a postcard that they can hang,” as he puts it on “Brickwall.”
UROCHROMES - Night Bully 7"EP
Received a 7.8 rating from Pitchfork. "What started as a couple guys, a drum machine and a copy of Alien Soundtracks quickly escalated into full-on hardcore violence. And while that was cool and all, Urochromes had much more grandiose plans. Teaming up in western Massachusetts, Jackieboy and Dick Riddick have dazzled punk fans with their blown-out cassette and 7" releases, playing to rabid audiences across the country with their venomous and noisy nihilism. Their latest EP is self-described as their most 'fully realized,' the culmination of their original vision. Spanning four tracks plus a remix, Night Bully is the band sponging up every last drop of the blotter to create an anxiety-ridden psychedelic punk nightmare. It's fucked, but it rips, and it's due in January via Wharf Cat." - CLRVYNT
Y PANTS - Beat It Down
Along with the 12" EP, Water Wing brings us a reissue of Y-Pants' 1982 full length. Toy instrumentation, group vocals and discord abound. First Vinyl reissue
Y PANTS - s/t
First reissue of the original 1980 7" 'Off the Hook' from the New York no wave trio led by Barbara Ess of Theoretical Girls, now expanded with two additional tracks as a 12". Featuring the track "My Favorite Sweater" from the Soul Jazz New York Noise #2 compilation.

RESTOCKS / OLDER TITLES JUST IN

13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS - “THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUNDS OF” LP
Original mono edition. Sundazed high quality reissue.
Did the 13th Floor Elevators invent psychedelic rock? Aficionados will be debating that point for decades, but if Roky Erickson and his fellow travelers into inner space weren't there first, they were certainly close to the front of the line, and there are few albums from the early stages of the psych movement that sound as distinctively trippy -- and remain as pleasing -- as the group's groundbreaking debut, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators. In 1966, psychedelia hadn't been around long enough for its clichés to be set in stone, and Psychedelic Sounds thankfully avoids most of them; while the sensuous twists of the melodies and the charming psychobabble of the lyrics make it sound like these folks were indulging in something stronger than Pearl Beer, at this point the Elevators sounded like a smarter-than-average folk-rock band with a truly uncommon level of intensity. Roky Erickson's vocals are strong and compelling throughout, whether he's wailing like some lysergic James Brown or murmuring quietly, and Stacy Sutherland's guitar leads -- long on melodic invention without a lot of pointless heroics -- are a real treat to hear.
 
GG ALLIN - “NO RULES” 7”
Released shortly after their great debut LP in ’82, this incredibly early single from GG & Jabbers is an absolute classic. The first side of this EP features two superb hardcore punk tracks (“No Rules” & “A Fuck Up”) that are uncompromising and aggressive. The second side features two infectiously catchy punk rock anthems (“Up Against The Wall” & “NYC Tonight”) that sound as if they could have been on GG’s classic first LP. Long before he became known for every form of debauchery imaginable, GG Allin released some stunningly great records, this being one of them. Originally released over 30 years ago, the original pressing of this record now easily demands upwards of $100, here is the first-ever reissue of this EP. Features the original cover and label artwork. High quality picture sleeve and excellent sound quality. Limited edition pressing of only 375 copies. 
 
GG ALLIN - “LIVE FAST DIE FAST” 7” EP
Released during the incredible early part of GG’s career, this ’84 EP is a straight up ripper. The title track is anthemic rocker celebrating GG’s increasingly reckless lifestyle. The three remaining tracks (“Livin' Like An Animal”, “Loudenboomer” & “I Need Adventure”) are straightforward, punchy punk rock tunes that are packed with power and solid melodies. Before GG became known for his raunchy antics, he was master of writing crisp, uptempo punk rock songs like the ones on this EP. Originally released 30 years ago, the original pressing of this record now easily demands $100-125. This reissue is an exact reproduction of the original EP, down to the custom printed labels and original cover art. Features remastered sound quality and excellent packaging. Limited edition pressing of only 500 copies on black vinyl, with a very small amount on colored vinyl. 
 
GG ALLIN & THE JABBERS - “OUT FOR BLOOD” 7”
Features 5 previously long-lost tracks written and recorded around the time that GG & the Jabbers cut their debut LP in 1980. Includes these tracks: “Out For Blood”, “Sixty Nine”, “Nuke Attack”, “I’m Right”, & “Fags In The Living Room”. Released by TPOS Records. Limited.

ALL THE MADMEN – “EARLY TAPE RECORDINGS” LP
All The Madmen comprised Neale James Potts, Michael William Richardson, Christopher Paul Bailey and Richard Roger Weston-Smith from Stoke-on-Trent, UK. They called themselves minimal synthesizer-punks. All The Madmen started in 1980 as an "Anti Rock group", believing that the way music was played and produced should change forever. One of their tracks, 'Superior Life', made it onto the LP 'Cry Havoc'.
Highly recommended post-punk offering. One of the finest reissue/archival releases of 2016.
Limited to 444 copies. Doubt we will see this again.

THE APE – “GIVE IN” LP
The second full-length from the project featuring Tex Perkins (The Beasts Of Bourbon, The Butcher Shop, Cruel Sea, Dark Horses, etc.), here joined by members of Magic Dirt. For this occasion The Ape delivered six long tracks with dark sounds and anxious atmospheres.
 
AUTHORITIES - “SOUNDTRACK FOR TROUBLE” 7”
Snarling straight out of Stockton, California and back on vinyl for the first time in over 25 years, the Authorities have re-released their classic and much coveted Soundtrack for Trouble EP 7”.
Originally released on Selecta in 1982, it features the Killed by Death classics Radiationmasturbation, I Hate Cops, Achtung! and Shot in the Head. The reissued EP also includes 2 never before released recordings of, Between the Thighs and LSD. Find out why record collecting scum have scoured the earth trying to get their filthy little mitts on this rare 7” gem, and watch for Authorities tour dates in your area.
“Nearly three decades later, “Soundtrack For Trouble” remains Stockton, CA’s finest punk rock hour.  Look no further than the billy clubbing anthem “I Hate Cops” to know that the Authorities are gonna give you a ride in the back of the car that you’ll never forget.  Spread ‘em, son.” –Ryan Richardson, EV Records
 
AUTHORITIES - “PUPPY LOVE” LP
The first time I heard the Authorities was on “Killed By Death Volume 1”. I was completely blown away by both of their tracks on the record ("Radiation Masturbation" and "I Hate Cops”), which are from their incredible debut EP “Soundtrack For Trouble”. “Puppy Love” was originally released in 1993 on Get Hip. This LP collects the aforementioned “Soundtrack for Trouble” 7" and some excellent previously unreleased earlier demos. Some of the songs from the demo completely smoke the versions used on the “Soundtrack” EP.
The Authorities explode with 14 fast, short ones on this album. Recorded in 1982 –1983 and sounding a bit like early Descendents without the juvenile or pop sensibilities, this Stockton, CA band falls into the punk rock vein as opposed to hardcore. Fully remastered reissue of the Get Hip release with a high-quality lyric booklet!

[sold] THE AVALANCHES – “SINCE I LEFT YOU” 2LP
Limited edition blue vinyl – a couple of this seminal Australian debut album remaining!
 
THE AVENGERS - "WE ARE THE ONE" 7"
Fanclub repress of this classic DANGERHOUSE single ... this version features a repro of the "crucifix" sleeve for the cover. "We Are the One is the first EP from the Avengers. It was released on Dangerhouse Records in 1977. It is the only recordings released while the band was still together. It is sometimes referred to as the Dangerhouse EP, referencing the label it was released on. It was recorded in October 1977 at Kitchen Sink Studio[1]. The release had two different covers, with the first pressing including the 'crucifixion' cover, while later pressings included the 'target' cover."
 
BANANA SPLITS - “DOIN THE BANANA SPLIT” 7”
Great 4 song 7" EP of classic bubblegum pop TV themes. Comes in a great full color picture sleeve. Limited edition repro single.
 
BANANA SPLITS - “TRA LA LA SONG” B/W “TOY PIANO MELODY” 7”
Fantastic repro single of the theme originally released in 1968 featuring the theme to the Banana Splits Adventure Hour TV show. Comes in a great fill color picture sleeve.
 
SYD BARRETT - "SCARECROW" LP
Syd did not have too many unreleased songs in his short professional career, and this LP compiles most of them, along with a handful of radically different versions of some more well known songs. Full studio recordings with and without the member of Pink Floyd playing his tunes. Truly some of his greatest material was left to circulate among hungry fans, and this lp will surely appease even the most voracious appetite. Truly amazing and essential for fans of Syd, early Floyd, or psych rock in general. Packaged in a 3 color silkscreened lp jacket, pressing limited to 500 copies. Tracks:Terrapin/Gigolo Aunt/Baby Lemonade/Effervescing Elephant/Two of a Kind/Lucy Leave/I'm A King Bee/Scarecrow/Astronomy Domine/Silas Lane/Scream Thy Last Scream
 
THE BEAT - "THE BEAT" LP
The Beat was one of the first records from the emerging new breed of rock & rollers to be released on a major label. Concentrating on jangling, Byrds-like guitars, terse, catch-and-hold choruses and lyrics which addressed everyday concerns, the record defined the kind of skinny-tie power-pop essayed by colleagues like the Knack. Unfortunately, coming on the heels of the backlash accorded that group, and with radio still mostly resistant to this new wave of bands, The Beat never gained the big success they deserved…
Formed by Paul Collins, former member of the legendary NERVES with Jack Lee and Peter Case. He moved to San Francisco after the Nerves split where he met restof the Beat members (Steven Huff, Larry Whitman and Michael Ruiz). Turned onto legendary promoter Bill Graham for management they went on to tour with the likes of the Police, the Jam or Joe Jackson before getting signed to Columbia for whom they recorded this album in 1980.
 
[sold] BELFAST GYPSIES - “THEM” LP
The Belfast Gypsies were a direct spin-off of Them (a group that featured a young Van Morrison), with two members who had been in Them for differing spells in the mid-'60s: singer/organist/multi-instrumentalist Jackie McAuley and his brother, drummer Pat McAuley (sometimes also known as John McAuley). With a style very similar to early Them, the Gypsies hooked up with Kim Fowley on one of his London visits in mid-'66. Fowley produced most of the material that ended up on their sole LP (preceded by a couple of unsuccessful singles), which was issued in Scandinavia in August, 1967. A bit of an anachronistic throwback to the R&B/beat-boom sound of a couple years earlier, the LP is a successful approximation of Them's sound. 
 
[sold] THE BIRDS - “NO GOOD WITHOUT YOU” 7”
Super repro of the super rare French '66 EP of this freakbeat mod classic. Excellent 4 song single featuring Ron Wood before he joined the Rolling Stones. Limited edition.
 
BIRTHDAY PARTY - "WELCOME TO THE CAR SMASH" LP
Recorded live for radio broadcast in Bremen in 1982, this ferocious, fine quality set features "Big Jesus Trash Can," Dead Joe," "The Friend Catcher," "A Dead Song," "6 Inch Gold Blade," "Junkyard," "Hamlet (Pow Pow Pow)," "Pleasure Heads," and "Funhouse," that last song with Lydia Lunch helping out on vocals.  Limited pressing of 500 copies in a 2-color silkscreen sleeve.
 
BLACK FLAG - “1983 DEMOS: THE UNHEARD BLACK FLAG" 7"
The Flag at their with legendary 5 piece lineup. This is by far the most interesting and awe inspiring unreleased document from one of the best hardcore punk bands to ever exist. 
 
BLACK FLAG - "LICORICE PIZZA" 7"
A high-quality and limited edition version of the original and now rare, scorching single original released briefly in 1981. Features an awe-inspiring Henry-fronted Black Flag absolutely destroying everything in their path. This is a must. 
 
BLACK FLAG - “SPRAY PAINT” 7”
Spectacular live EP recorded circa ’82 and features Henry Rollins on vocals. The band absolutely tears through 5 classic songs and the results are awe-inspiring. Features a great picture sleeve with awesome artwork. Limited edition pressing. 
 
BLACK FLAG - “POLICE STORY” 7”
Limited white vinyl. Excellent sound quality. Absolutely crushing live recording from ’82 featuring Henry on vocals. The band sounds like they were kept inside of a cage for the 23 hours since their last live show. This is Black Flag at their peak. Features cool cover artwork. Tracks: “Police Story”, “Nervous Breakdown”, “Depression”, “I’ve Heard It Before”, & “You Bet We’ve Got Something Personal Against You”.

BLOWN OUT – “NEW CRUISER” LP
Newcastle-based trio Blown Out continues its voyage through deep space, powerdriven by uncut psychedelic rock. 'New Cruiser' contains two huge tracks of blistering leads, mind melting brain changes and maximum fuzz. If you like mind expanding acts s.a. Acid Mothers Temple, Bong, The Cosmic Dead, Les Rallizes Denudes, or Earthless, don't miss out on this LP! Blown Out's line-up features members of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, Khünnt, Bong and HaiKai No Ku.

BORED! – “PIGGYBACK” 2LP
A DOUBLE-LP release featuring long lost early '80s recordings from this awesome Aussie band. The material includes originals as well as covers of songs by The Velvet Underground, Hüsker Dü and The Wipers. Presented in a gatefold cover, this release includes liner notes and rare pix.

[sold] BUCK BILOXI & THE FUCKS – “BUCK BILOXI & THE FUCKS” LP
2035. The hippies finally managed to make machines that look like PUNK ROCKERS, act Like MC5ers but sound like RETRO NEO PSYCHEDELIC HIPPIE SHIT!!! They send em back to 2013 and they start taking over the vinyl world. Instead of resistance the kids jump on the bandwagon and the world is lost!!!!! No resistance? A small band of drunks thats would not even be able to make a psychedelic record if you payed 'em refuses to learn more then two chords. By sending former S.P.I.T.S. Agent Joe Pestilence from 2035 back to 1994 the resistance of the future is trying to save the past. Joe manages to knock up a Mrs Craig and Robert Watson Craig III is born. In 2013 they form one band to bind them all. "White Boy". Finding that name is already taken they form Buck Biloxi and the Fucks! Musically they destroy all shit records. lasersword like anthems like 'Shut The Hell Up', 'Shut The Fuck Up', 'The Walls Have Aids', 'I'm A Disaster', 'I'm A Genius' or 'Who Gives A fuck' get them a nomination for Nobel peace price! They are the James T. Kirks of stupid, they are the Rockwells of smart, they are the Mil Mascaras of fuckin' you UP!

BUZZCOCKS – “SPIRAL SCRATCH” 7” EP
As the record that effectively showed that you could do it all yourself, Spiral Scratch is one of the most important records ever made.
Certainly Howard Devoto sounds at times like he's just about on the right side of being held together by safety-pins, but then I suppose that goes for the rest of the band too. And no doubt it's precisely that which gives all of the songs here their extraordinary power; well that and the fact that the band doesn't bollocks about. Spiral Scratch still has the power to rush you off your feet.

CAKEFIGHT – “CAKEFIGHT” 7” EP
Highly recommended by Strangeworld!
Melbourne duo Andy and Vanessa bash out five trashy blasts of garage power pop. Primitive and lo-fi with the right amount of hooks and scuzz. See ‘em launch the single at the Old Bar next weekend!
Limited to 200 copies only.
 
CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - "BAT CHAIN PULLER" LP (COLOR VINYL - LIMITED TO 100)
The legendary album recorded in 1976 that was canned due to issues with Frank Zappa and Don's management. Simply incredible. Up until this year the songs had never been fully mixed or mastered and only poor quality bootlegs were in circulation. This lp finds the completed, mixed and mastered tracks on vinyl for the very first time, over 3 decades after they were recorded! An absolute must have. Packaged in a 1 color stamped jacket and limited to 500 copies. 
Track Listing: Bat Chain Puller/Sam Crooked Sam/Harry Irene/Poop Hatch/Flavor Bud Living/Brickbats/Floppy Boot Stomp/A Carrot Is As Close As A Rabbit Gets To A Diamond/Owed T'Alex/Odd Jobs/The 1010th Day Of The Human Totem Pole/Apes-Ma.

CAROLINE K – “NOW WAIT FOR LAST YEAR” LP
The first ever vinyl reissue of Caroline K's outstanding 1985 album. This haunting, wistful work of post-industrial synthesizer music, the late Nocturnal Emissions co-founders only solo record, has accrued a fervent cult following over the past 30 years, and copies of the original pressing are extremely sought-after. Tags like industrial, minimal synth or proto-techno can't really do justice to this richly cinematic sound-world.

COMACOZER – “ASTRA PLANETA” LP
Sydney-based trio COMACOZER follows-up its Headspin debut (which combined two remastered EP's) with its REAL debut full-length! 'Astra Planeta' offers five excellent instrumental tracks of heavy psychedelic space rock with a doom flavour. The album is produced by Frank Attard, mastered by Philip Dust and comes in a gatefold sleeve with amazing artwork by Danny Graham.
Edition on CLEAR-PURPLE MIXED VINYL!
 
CONFUSE - ”NUCLEAR ADDICTS" 7”
Known as one of the essential groups of Japanese hardcore throughout the 1980s, Confuse has long been a favorite for those who desire their hardcore overloaded with sheer intensity. Light years ahead of their contemporaries when it came to chaotic, raw, distorted, and blindingly noisy sounds, ranking right them beside fellow heavyweights GISM and GAUZE. Originally recorded in 1984 and issued as a Japanese-only flexi, this EP documents the first studio recordings of Confuse. This EP is an absolute classic noisecore record; abrasive rough buzzsaw thrash that took UK hardcore groups like DISORDER & CHAOS UK as a starting point, but then brought it to a whole new extreme level. This 7 song 7” EP is pressed on red vinyl with custom printed labels to resemble the original flexi. Comes packaged in a high quality glued sleeve that faithfully reproduces the original stark black & white artwork. Limited edition of 500 copies worldwide.

CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - ‘EYE FOR AN EYE” LP
An absolute hardcore punk classic. Originally released in 1984 – seven long years before a Southern metal makeover – COC's debut forged a minor classic of crossover hardcore. Embracing breakneck tempos, the North Carolina ass-kickers demonstrate maximum efficiency on thrifty thrashers "Rabid Dogs" and "Poison Planet." The quartet peaks when it's stretching out, if 2½ minutes can be considered that, so relative epics "Coexist," "Not Safe," and "L.S." boast meatier melodies and well-developed song structures, along with a head banging bash through Fleetwood Mac's "Green Manalishi." This is a high quality limited edition fan club reissue. 
 
[sold] THE CRAMPS - "MEMPHIS POSEURS" LP (HAND NUMBERED COLOR VINYL - 100 PRESSED)
Colored swirl vinyl and hand-numbered out of 100. These won’t last long! 
Superb unreleased demos that were recorded in 1977. These have never been officially and it’s very hard to believe that they have not because they’re excellent versions of these classics. This is the primitive Cramps that you must hear to believe! Features an incredible jacket with excellent artwork. Limited edition import fanclub pressing. 
 
[sold] THE CRAMPS - “THE BAND THAT TIME FORGOT” 7” EP (RED VINYL LIMITED TO 200 IN NEW PIC SLEEVE)
This is truly a special release. Seemingly every rare Cramps moment has been documented by now but this release boasts a “holy grail” type recording. This EP features a bonafide lost Cramps track (“The Band That Time Forgot”) that was written during their height of absolute excellence during the summer of 1979. Originally considered for their debut album “Songs the Lord Taught Us”, this track was shelved for an unknown reason and was never used. The only known live recording of this track comes from a red hot live set captured at CBGB during August ’79 and is included on this 7” EP along with these Cramps classics: “Twist and Shout”, “The Way I Walk”, “Domino”, & “Human Fly”. Features superb sound quality taken straight from the CBGB soundboard, an excellent looking picture sleeve with awesome artwork, and custom printed labels. Available on both limited color vinyl and black vinyl. This is an absolute must for any Cramps fan! 
 
THE CREATION - “HOW DOES IT FEEL TO FEEL” B/W “IF I STAY TOO LONG” 7”
They could've been contenders -- hell, they should've been contenders! That's the first thought that passes through one's head as one hears the early singles by the Creation -- and, indeed, how they weren't contenders is astonishing. They had it all, the in-house songwriting, the production, the voices, and the sound that should've put them right up there with the Who and ahead of the Move and Jimmy Page, among others. Their lead guitarist, Eddie Phillips, was even asked by Pete Townshend to join the Who as their second guitarist.
Exact repro of the super rare German picture sleeve single. Limited edition of only 500 copies.
 
THE CREATION - “WE ARE PAINTERMEN” LP
Reissue of this classic album that was was only released in Germany in 1967. This has what may be the best tracks that the Creation ever produced, from the wild mod sounds of "Making Time", and the more psychedelic "Painter Man" to one of the best blue eyed soul songs ever written, "If I Stay Too Long”. One could make the argument that the Creation were a prototypical punk band. Absolutely essentially stuff right here. Limited reissue. 
 
[sold] THE CURE - "PILLBOX TALES" LP
This album features a stellar collection of early Cure demos from when they began as a band. This album showcases their more punk-edged genesis. A must for the Cure fan! his comes housed in a hand silk-screened jacket. Limited edition import fanclub pressing. 
 
[sold] GLENN DANZIG - "WHO KILLED MARILYN?" 7"
Limited edition fanclub repro of the insanely classic (and insanely rare and thus super expensive) single by Mr Danzig. It hardly gets better than this! Features the great title track and a different version of “Where Eagles Dare”. Absolutely essential stuff. Limited white colored vinyl. 
 
DEAD BOYS - “3RD GENERATION NATION” LP
This is the long lost pre-mix of the Dead Boys infamously under-appreciated second album, “We Have Come For Your Children”.  This version is far superior to the album that was originally released back in 1978. “3rd Generation Nation” really brings out the energy and spirit that was masked on “We Have Come For Your Children”. Features liner notes by Cheetah Chrome. Limited edition 180 gram pink vinyl. 
 
DICKS - “HATE THE POLICE” 7”
“Mommy, mommy, mommy look at your son” – that’s how one of the very best American punk rock songs ever starts off – and right from the first beats on, you’ll find yourself drawn into a claustrophobic atmosphere of both bitterness and melancholy. The songs on the flip side of the record (“Lifetime Problems” & “All Night Fever”) are also winners. The original pressing of this is nearly impossible to find and goes for $600 these days. Here’s an affordable alternative to shelling out a ton of loot to have this on vinyl. Limited edition pressing. UK import. 
 
DICKS - “PEACE?” 7”
One of the few hardcore bands from the early '80s to feature an outspoken and openly gay frontman -- in Texas, no less -- the Dicks, alongside the Big Boys, were the national scene's voice from the Lone Star state. Formed in Austin in 1980, the Dicks released their first and most famous single; Hate the Police, shortly thereafter. This is their second (and arguably) better single from 1984. Limited edition fanclub reissue.

DREAM SYNDICATE – “THE DAY BEFORE WINE AND ROSES” 2LP
Finally released on vinyl, here's the recording The Dream Syndicate did at a radio session in Los Angeles in 1982, right before getting in the studio to record their legendary debut album 'The Days Of Wine And Roses'. And what you get is The Dream Syndicate at their purest essence! Edition of 500 double-LP's on 150-gram vinyl, with gatefold sleeve.

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - "OVER THE WALL: THE BBC SESSIONS: ’79-80" LP
A collection of BBC radio sessions from 1979 and 1980, including the first ever Bunnymen recordings with drum machine programming by David Balfe of the Teardrop Explodes. Raw, powerful versions of songs that were eventually released on the Crocodiles and Heaven Up Here albums.Tracks: A Show of Strength, Pictures On My Wall, All That Jazz, Heaven Up Here, All My Colours, Over The Wall, Villiers Terrace, I Bagsy Yours, Read It In Books, Ashes To Ashes. Packaged in a silkscreened LP Jacket, pressing limited to 500 copies. 
 
ED NASTY & THE DOPEDS  - "I'M GONNA BE EVERYTHING" 7"
Jackson, Mississippi's ED NASTY & THE DOPEDS! Legendary KILLED BY DEATH rocker "You Sucker" is an obscure classic! Fake punk? Who cares? Sounds good and nasty and silly like all great punk! Reissue on Last Laugh.

EMBARRASSMENT - “SEX DRIVE” B/W “PATIO SET” 7″
Although some people considered the band punk rock, the band itself liked to describe themselves as "Blister Pop." The Village Voice's long-time chief music critic, Robert Christgau, called them a "great lost American band." Along with bands like Get Smart! and the Mortal Micronotz, the Embarrassment were prominent in the Lawrence punk scene of the early '80s and they would regularly play at venues like the Lawrence Opera House (now called "Libery Hall") and the Off The Wall Hall (later called "Cogburn's", now called "The Bottleneck.) (Last Laugh)
 
BRIAN ENO - "BBC SESSIONS" LP
A collection of 8 songs recorded between 1974 and 1976, including four songs recorded at BBC one studios and co produced by John Peel, featuring the power pop group the Winkies as the backing band, two live tracks recorded at the Reading Festival in 1976, and two outtakes from the "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" LP. This comes housed in a hand silk-screened jacket. Limited edition import fanclub pressing. 
 
GANG OF FOUR - “SOLID GOLD” LP
30th anniversary edition. Complete remaster from the original tapes! 
Gang of Four are one of the most radical, and radically important, rock groups of the last 30 years. Four young men in their early twenties who convened in the late ‘70s in Leeds, they were the first rock group to come up with the idea that using funk rhythms would be a way forward for rock ’n’ roll, a way out of punk’s cul-de-sac. Gang of Four were like Dr. Feelgood jamming with Parliament Funkadelic produced by Lee Perry as a Radio 4 newsreader intoned balefully in the background. More than anything, Gang of Four are about visceral, high energy, maximum impact rock ’n’ roll. They make you dance and they make you sweat, just as they make you think.
“Solid Gold” is a canonical record, and for anyone with even a passing interest in the post-punk era, it's a must-own.

GERMS - "LION'S SHARE" LP
The Germs- Lions Share LP.  The infamous GERMS bootleg LP, rumored to have  been released by some ex-member of the group. Whether or not this is true, what’s most remarkable about this LP is that it was not only the first time for the complete “Cruisin’”-sessions  appears on vinyl – it also has a much better sounding version of the band’s final gig on the flip, compared to the rather crappy sounding one on the Germs Anthology CD.  All five studio tracks captured on “Lion’s Share” are exceptional, but most exceptional is “Not all right”, which is both disturbing and extravagant.  A must for the Germs fan!!

GOOD MORNING TV – “GOOD MORNING TV” 12”
Good Morning TV is an exciting band hailing from Paris. This EP contains four ambitious pop songs with a very unique eerie vibe, a stunning production and great melodies. Limited to 300 copies, this release will please fans of Melody's Echo Chamber, Broadcast, Tame Impala, Connan Mockasin, Pond, Beach House, Deerhunter, Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Ariel Pink.

KEVIN HARRISON – “TAPE RECORDINGS 1975-1985” LP
Kevin Harrison's music is guitar orientated, but treated and mutated. Harrison is no ordinary guitar hero: his playing shimmers like light reflected on water. His work sounds like a
cross between Eno, Michael Rother and Eric Random (when things heat up). In the ambient field, however, it balances a lot more in the direction of contemporary electronics with a heavier sound.
Limited to 444 numbered copies only.

HIDEOUS TOWNS – “DISQUIET LIVING” LP
Following a string of EPs and singles, Melbourne quartet Hideous Towns finally polish up the good silver for the release of their debut album Disquiet Living. With their winning combination of chiming gazed-out guitars, dynamic female vocals and buoyant, no-frills drum propulsion, Hideous Towns have nonchalantly secured a stronghold on the world's tuned-in dream-pop fans. First taste of the album came earlier this year in the form of double-single 'Don't Forget / Wake Us' which picked up some solid community radio support and even had Dom Alessio saying "It feels like music from the shadowy corner of a forest" - Cure pun duly noted. On Disquiet Living, with producer Matthew Hosking at the helm, Hideous Towns succeed in taking their enviable pop smarts to places hitherto explored by the band, from the spirited new-wave of 'Jacques-Louis David' and the motorik kraut-pop of 'Lion' to the expansive, wistful album closer 'Natural Expression'. On latest single 'Value', Alana West's urgent, powerful vocal bursts forth beyond the entangled post-punk rhythm section and further into the listener's personal space than usual, her direct delivery contrasted by some of her most abstract lyrics to date. West explores the idea of balance in her life as she attempts to achieve a state of grace, within her own inner world and in the world around her, sagely examining the innate equality of those she encounters in all walks of life.

HITS – “LIVING WITH YOU IS KILLING ME” LP
On Beast and co-released with Mere Noise Records. Features the indie hit “Sometimes You Just Don’t Know Who Your Friends Are”.

JERKS - "GET YOUR WOOFING DOG OFF OF ME" 7"
A classic debut from the Jerks who made their Leeds stage debut under the name Simon Snake & The Amputed Leg Band. On this 7″, (that also was used for the cover of “Killed By Death #4”) they show that you don’t need more than 41 different words to fill up 2 great punk songs. I needed more words just to write the first two sentences for this description!  A superb reproduction of the classic UK 1978 punk single! Limited edition.

SPENCER P. JONES – “SOBERING THOUGHTS” LP
On Bang! Records. Gatefold sleeve.
 
JOY DIVISION - “IDEAL FOR LIVING” 7” (COLORED VINYL)
In 1978, right after Joy Division dropped its original name, Warsaw, they released an EP called An Ideal for Living. This 4 track EP is an absolute post punk classic. This comes in a poster sleeve and is a high quality repro of the original EP that sells for hundreds of dollars. UK import. 
 
THE KIDS - "NAUGHTY KIDS" LP
The incredible follow up to their classic debut LP. Originally released in 1978, this is a Belgian punk rock monster! This is one of the best European punk albums to ever be released. This is a high-quality reproduction of the rare original and features full color artwork and excellent sound. This is limited and won't be around long. European import.

KING PARROT – “DEAD SET” LP (THRASH GREEN VINYL)
Melbourne thrash-punk-metal heads.

KRAFTWERK - “COMPUTER WORLD” LP (LIMITED COLORED VINYL)
The last great Kraftwerk album, Computer World captured the band right at the moment when its pioneering approach fully broke through in popular music, thanks to the rise of synth pop, hip-hop, and electro. As Arthur Baker sampled "Trans-Europe Express" for "Planet Rock" and disciples like Depeche Mode, OMD, and Gary Numan scored major hits, Computer World demonstrated that the old masters still had some last tricks up their collective sleeves. Compared to earlier albums, it fell readily in line with The Man-Machine, eschewing side-long efforts but with even more of an emphasis on shorter tracks mixed with longer but not epic compositions. While the well-established tropes of the band were used again -- electronically treated vocals, some provided by Speak and Spell toys; crisp rhythm blips; basslines and beats; haunting, & quirky melodies. 

KREATOR – “GODS OF VIOLENCE” 2LP
Kreator, Overkill, Sodom, MetallicA, have all put out some of their best releases each in 2016-2017. This new Kreator album is massive.
 
LITTER - “DISTORTIONS” LP
Minneapolis was their home turf. But in the decades that followed, appreciation for Distortions swelled to tidal wave proportions among fans of amped-up, ramped-up, balls-to-the-wall rock’n’roll. Headlined by two red-hot, stone-cold killers, “Action Woman” and “Soul Searchin’”—both penned by producer Warren Kendrick—Distortions is arguably the greatest private-press garage band album of the era.
The Litter formed in 1966 as a merger between two popular Twin Cities combos, the Victors and the Tabs. They quickly established a reputation as the wildest, loudest band on the scene. Bill Strandlof was responsible for the incendiary, feedback-laced guitar work on “Action Woman”—a local hit for the band when released as a single in January 1967—but by the summer he’d been replaced by another fast-fingered guitar slinger, Zippy Caplan. Caplan’s fiery leads helped ignite the remainder of Distortions, including smoking interpretations of the Who’s “Substitute,” the Small Faces’ “Whatcha Gonna Do About It,” an intense reading of “Codine,” and a comprehensive reconstruction-destruction of “I’m A Man.”
 
LITTER - “$100 FINE” LP
From Minneapolis, the Litter were one of the finest bands to emerge from the Midwest garage scene. Their debut lp, "Distortions," is considered a classic of the garage/psychedelic movement, with their gloriously fuzzed drenched takes of classics by the Who, Spencer Davis, the Small Faces, and Yardbirds, to name a few. The results gained the Litter exposure, and gave them the confidence to go back to the studio to work on their sophomore effort.
The results of their work is the amazing "$100 Fine," released in 1968. The first major difference between this and the debut lp is that the band wrote most of their own material for this lp, (save covers of the Yardbirds' "Tallyman," Small Faces "Here I Go Again," Procol Harum's "Kaleidoscope," and the Zombies "She's Not There") showcasing their talents as writers as well as musicians. The music on the album is top rate, an essential 60’s garage LP.

THE LOWEST FORM – “PERSONAL SPACE” LP
The second album from UK hc engine The Lowest Form, 'Personal Space', sees the band cutting through a comedown fug of feedback, sharp butterflyknife guitars flashing deadly over a waste-ground rubble of noise.

[sold] LYDIA LUNCH – “HONEYMOON IN RED” LP
At last, here's a vinyl reissue of this masterpiece by LYDIA LUNCH, recorded in 1982 and originally released in 1987. TRACKS: 01. COME FALL  02. SO YOUR HEART  03. DEAD RIVER  04. THREE KINGS  05. DON DUN  06. STILL BURNING  07. FIELDS OF FIRE  08. DEAD IN THE HEAD  09. SOME VELVET MORNING
 
MC5 - “I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU EVERYTHING” B/W “I JUST DON’T KNOW” 7”
The Motor City Five started in Detroit in 1966 and were responsible for some of the loudest, most energetic rock music to be created in the late sixties and early seventies. They were a huge influence on punk not only by their sound, but by their sheer attitude: they ran a newspaper advertisement saying "Fuck Hudson's" after Hudson's (a department store) refused to carry their record (Kick Out the Jams (1969)) due to the explicit lyrics.
This is a limited edition reissue of their first MC5 single featuring the A-side “I Can Only Give You Everything” with a different (and much less heard) B-side track “I Just Don't Know”. Comes in an excellent black and white picture sleeve with cool artwork. Original copies of the debut MC5 45 go for $600-800 so this is a great opportunity to own it at an affordable price.

MINOR THREAT - “BLACK SHEEP IN GOTHAM” LP (RED VINYL / LIMITED TO 100)
After temporarily breaking up in late ’81, Minor Threat reformed in April of ’82 and began writing what would eventually become the all-time classic “Out Of Step” 12”. Wanting to test out this new material, they traveled north to perform at Irving Plaza in New York on May 15th. This 15-track album captures this incendiary performance that serves as a debut for the new songs. It’s obvious that the band has been rehearsing relentlessly because their set is tighter and more focused than before.
The stage is crowded with rowdy New York punks from the second the music begins resulting in total chaos. Harley Flannagan of the Cro Mags and Springa from SSD are amongst many that are singing along. Ian MacKaye delivers pure comedic gold between songs as he mercilessly berates the wild audience with a unique sense of humor.
This features incredible sound quality as this album was sourced from a first-generation soundboard cassette and was carefully mastered via Direct Metal Mastering. Comes in a color UV-gloss laminated jacket that features superb artwork and custom labels. UK IMPORT.

MONKEYWRENCH – “GABRIEL’S HORN” LP
Reissue of their third album, originally released in 2000. Featuring Mark Arm (MUDHONEY, BLOODLOSS), Steve Turner (MUDHONEY), Tim Kerr (BIG BOYS), Martin Bland (BLOODLOSS), and Tom Price (U-MEN), Seattle's Monkeywrench delivers a collection of powerful tunes sounding somewhere between Mudhoney and the psychedelic sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators.

MONO – “UNDER THE PIPAL TREE” 2LP
A vinyl reissue of the debut-album by the legendary Japanese experimental rock band MONO, originally released in 2001. 'Under The Pipal Tree' highlights the band's psychedelic roots. Long stretches of hypnotic, melodic washes give way to scorching guitar freakouts that evaporate into haunting silence.

THE MUMMIES - "TALES FROM THE CRYPT" LP
This was originally recorded in 1994 and was supposed to be an LP on Crypt Records for one reason or another, it never came out. Features a smattering of some of the best Mummies tunes recorded in actual proper studio! Unbelievable upon first listen. Limited edition pressing of 500 copies. European import. 
 
MY BLOODY VALENTINE - “THINGS LEFT BEHIND” LP
Unofficial compilation of early singles from the jangly, melodic fuzz period of the band. This LP contains tracks from the “No Place To Go” 7”, “Geek” 12”, “The New Record By My Bloody Valentine” 12”, & the “Sunny Sundae Smile” 12”. Since these early singles and EPs are very tough to find these days, this LP is great to own if you’re eager to hear what the band was doing in their early days. Limited edition pressing.  
 
[sold] MY BLOODY VALENTINE - "LOST TRACKS AND RARE CUTS" LP
During their heyday MBV tracked a good amount of excellent material that, for some reason, was essentially forgotten about. A few tracks were issued on very limited fan club 7"s, the remainder were just lost. This album compiles the best of these tracks, the majority of which have never seen the light of day, and the others fetching a ton in the collectors market. Essential for any fan of the band or the Shoegaze genre they spearheaded. Songs: Sugar/Cowboy Song/Good For You/Glider (long)/Time of Day/Just Like Us/Instrumental No.1/Instrumental No.2/We Have All the Time in the World.
 
NECROS - “IQ 32 PLUS LIVE ’81” LP
The Necros were one of the greatest bands to emerge from the golden age of American hardcore. Their shining moment was undoubtedly their “IQ 32” 7” EP, originally released in 1981. Along with their Midwest contemporaries NEGATIVE APPROACH, THE FIX, & THE MEATMEN, the Necros perfected the teenage hardcore sound with their short blasts of outcast aggression. Also included on this release is a fierce performance recorded live in Chicago during the summer of ’81 right after “IQ 32” was released. This scarcely seen live document was recorded directly off the mixing board so the sound quality is quite good. Packaged in a handmade, hand-painted jacket that depicts the EPs original front cover artwork in a larger format. Features a repro of the original EP lyric insert as well as custom printed labels. Limited edition cover of only 30 copies. White vinyl. Dutch import. 
 
NEW YORK DOLLS - “ENDLESS VACATION” LP
180-gram vinyl release featuring original artwork!  Pre-Mercury demos licensed from Red Star music. New York City’s legendary Dolls recorded the tracks contained on this album prior to their debut album on Mercury Records, and it captures these punk rock pioneers at their finest. The Dolls are raw and alive; it even includes some studio chat among members between songs. The brand new sleeve artwork includes rare color photos by renowned photographer Bob Gruen. A must have for the serious Dolls fan!

OM – “PILGRIMAGE” LP
Three songs featuring OM's (AL CISNEROS and CHRIS HAKIUS of the legendary SLEEP) unique use of riff, cadence and chant comprise the duo's new album Pilgrimage. Lyrical themes address the processes of mind, psychic reality, astral and casual planes of being, and the nature of the soul. Engineered by STEVE ALBINI and produced by the band, the motifs that were initiated on their previous two album are continued here unabated. Deluxe gatefold sleeve.

ORION – “ORION” LP
New on Cool Death Records is the long-awaited LP from Sydney's Orion.
Featuring silver foil logo print on the jacket and an A3 Riso print poster.
"Orion take feelings that have been long left to gestate, and let them escape with torque.
Vocalist Yuta Matsumura, guitarist Chris Colla, bassist Kerem Daldal, and synth player Sarah Davis have previously explored misanthropy and thuggery with Oily Boys, Whores, Low Life and M.O.B., but Orion has the Sydney four-piece take on pop music, albeit with the subtly aggressive air you’d expect of their lineage.
Through a programmed drum machine, flange-laden guitars and bass hooks as infectious as their vocal melodies, Orion pair restless anxieties with surges of emotion. Songs of insecurity and desperation swing from the celebratory to the tragic with one shift in intonation, and the band connect to those sentiments with vigor.
Known for their zealous local following in Sydney, Orion lead their audiences to physical reactions on par with the hardcore acts they grew up with in Sydney’s underground, and this record captures that: regret you can relate to, and bitterness you’d rather not be reminded of." – Max Easton

PINK FLOYD - “ANIMALS” LP (LIMITED BLUE VINYL)
High quality Japanese gatefold reissue limited pressing.
Although not in the same vein as the deliciously hallucinogenic earlier Floyd works such as Ummagumma and Dark Side of the Moon, Animals is innovative and musically diverse in its own right. Inspired in part by George Orwell's political fable Animal Farm, Roger Waters condemns the avarice and inequalities of capitalism, metaphorically and musically grouping humans as pigs, dogs, and sheep. The pigs are self-righteous hypocrites inflicting their beliefs on everyone else, the dogs greedy money-grabbers, and the sheep witless followers. Dark, cynical, and brilliantly composed, Animals is an ingenious album. 

PONTIAK – “SUN ON SUN” LP
Pontiak is made up of three brothers from the Blue Ridge farm country of Virginia, Van (guitar, lead vocals), Lain (drums, vocals) and Jennings Carney (bass, organ, vocals). Their music is swaggering guitar rock that straddles the line between a power trio and something far more expansive in sound and scope. Their broad song structures allow ample room for three-part vocals, drums, organ and stellar slide and lead guitar to stretch and captivate. Songs roll along with an effortless synchronicity despite their extremely varied textures. Julian Cope described them as, “straddling a wide sonic rift valley, with references that stretch from the southern latitudes of Spain’s Viaje A800 to the northern majesty of Black Sabbath and Harvey Milk via the Doors.”
 
POP GROUP - “FOR HOW MUCH LONGER DO WE TOLERATE MASS MURDER?” LP
Rivaled only by the Birthday Party, the Pop Group were one of the most extreme bands from the post-punk explosion. That being said, the majority of their material is literally an assault of one's ears, as their sound was abrasive, noisy, aggressive, and funky as hell! Most of these tracks are excellent pieces of experimental "rock" (this term is used loosely here) that contain the raw energy of punk as well as a funky groove with some noise thrown in for fun. Dark melodies, angry political lyrics, and harsh noises walk hand in hand with dancey rhythms and reggae-influenced production and guitar. Whether it was their extreme sound, their angry slogan-like lyrics which demanded social justice, or their willingness to experiment, the Pop Group was not a band to be taken lightly. 
 
PRETTY THINGS - SF SORROW LP (GATEFOLD 180 GRAM PRESSING)
Sometimes one gets an echo of Pink Floyd's Piper at the Gates of Dawn or A Saucerful of Secrets, and it all straddles the worlds of British blues and British psychedelia better than almost any record you can name. The album, for those unfamiliar, tells the story of "S.F. Sorrow," a sort of British Everyman -- think of a working-class, luckless equivalent to the Kinks' Arthur, from cradle to grave. An all-time UK psych classic! 
 
PRETTY THINGS - “SINGLES ’64-68” 2LP
The Pretty Things never made it to America in the 1960s. While their contemporaries were touring the States, building brand recognition and laying the foundation for longterm careers in the business, the Pretty Things were toiling in clubs and concert halls across Europe, or -- more bizarrely -- attempting to conquer New Zealand (they succeeded only in outraging it). Whether through bad judgment, bad timing or simple bad luck that vital mid-60s U.S. tour never happened.
The blinding, sometimes visceral power of the Pretty Things can be heard on their early singles, an incredible four-year run that saw them evolving from raw-edged R&B rave-ups ("Rosalyn," "Don't Bring Me Down"), through hard riffing Mod-flavored rock ("Midnight to Six Man," "Come See Me"), melodic pop experiments ("Children," "My Time"), sometimes bending against their will to commercial pressures: ("Progress"), to daring psychedelic pioneers ("Defecting Grey," "Talkin' About the Good Times"). Few groups mastered so many genres so convincingly, nor with as much passion, conviction and bold creativity. They were, are, and continue to be the best.
This combines their first ultra-classic singles in original mono. Out of print. On Sundazed Records. 
 
PUSSY GALORE "EXILE ON MAIN STREET" LP
Originally issued on cassette (in an edition of 550 copies), this fanclub LP was taken directly from one of those original cassettes. The band, whose best known members, Jon Spencer and Neil Hagerty, went on to form, respectively, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Royal Trux, rose out of the New York 1980s noise and trash rock scene that spawned Sonic Youth and Live Skull. Named after a sexpot in the James Bond film 'Goldfinger,' Pussy Galore deconstructed the muscle car that is rock & roll until all that remained was a pile of spare parts on a mechanic's floor. The tape begins with a benediction from P.G. member Julia Cafritz, which sets the tone: "Hello I hate your ... guts, ... you I hate your ... guts. I hate your ... guts. I hate your ... guts. I hate this ... machine, I don't know how the ... to use it. I hate your ... guts. I'm going to make my ... music." What follows is a complete cover of the ROLLING STONES "EXILE ON MAIN STREET." Pussy Galore ruin the album, and in doing so, create something nearly ... perfect. 
If you are a fan of the Stones' original version of "Exile," you will either hate Pussy Galore's chaotic attempt with a burning passion, or you will see that buried within this wobbled, sloppy, barely legible song cycle is the kernel of truth that Pussy Galore totally nailed it 100%. 
 
Q65 - “REVIVAL” LP
One of Holland’s top groups. They predated the MC5 and Stooges by a few years, their sound was powerful blues derived garage rock with a nasty edge. Willem Bieler’s vocals were spit out with venom and in Frank Nuyens they possessed one of rock’s great underrated guitarists.
Revival was their second LP released in 1968/1969. Prior to that Q65 had released a superb 1966 debut, plenty of great non-LP singles and an outstanding blues rock ep titled Kjoe Blues. It was a time of transition for the group, Bieler was tired of the club circuit and opted out for military service. Other members were making new music under the name Circus. These new tracks reflected the psychedelic era but it wasn’t long before Circus folded and Hans Van Hemert released a new Q65 album titled Revival. Revival was made up of earlier singles, stray album tracks and Circus material.
 
RADIO CITY "CLASS OF '77" LP (OUT OF PRINT)
If you're anything like us at Radio Heartbeat, you can't get enough of 70s power pop bands that were writing songs under the influence of the Beatles, Big Star and Blue Ash and you lament the fact that there's just not as many of these records as there should have been. Enter Radio City. Recorded in NY between 1977 and 1980 these 'lost' Radio City recordings have been carried along until not merely in the rumours of power pop enthusiasts and collectors. The wait is over as, fortunately, there remains an LPs worth of songs such as Don't Mistake Love and Little Runaway that should move even the most jaded of hearts with their blend of pop melancholy lyrics and Rickenbacker jangle.

SACCHARINE TRUST - “PAGANICONS” LP
This 12” was Saccharine Trust's first release, and indeed one of the first and best releases on the legendary SST label. Like their contemporaries the Minutemen, Saccharine Trust were a punk band that tried not to be a punk band - they followed the example of early Wire and subverted the form and changed it into something that was theirs. An absolute classic. This is a true to form, limited edition fanclub repro of the SST original complete with a lyric insert. UK import. Limited edition.

KIM SALMON – “MY SCRIPT” 2LP
The 2016 full-length on DOUBLE-LP format by Australian living legend Kim Salmon. Catchy minimalist garage-tinged songs, reminding of Kim Salmon & The Surrealists, with traces of UK '70s glam rockers à la Slade and T.Rex.

SAMHAIN - “INITIUM” LP
Instead of falling into the pit of obscruity after the disbanding of the Misfits, Glenn Danzig put together a new band with a new vision of evil. While much of the Misfits songs were inspired by B-rated horror and sci-fi, Samhain brought graphic realism to violence. "Initium" takes all the great charecteristics of the Misfits and fuses them with a darker and more melodic vision of evil. While a couple of songs are more Misfit influenced "All Murder, All Guts, All Fun" and "Horror Biz"(which is a more slowed down and harmonized version of "Horror Business"), the other songs bring a feeling of impending doom. All the songs on "Initium" are Samhain classics.

THE SCREAMERS - "STRENGTH THROUGH INTIMIDATION: THE 1978 GEZA X DEMOS" LP (LIMITED HANDMADE COVER)
Without question, The Screamers are the greatest band in the history of punk to never issue an official release. They were decades ahead of their time and were admired heavily by Iggy Pop (who wanted to produce them) and Devo (who wanted to tour with them nationally). The Screamers practically pioneered the genre known as "synth punk" single-handedly, as they featured two synthesizes in favor of using guitars. This demo was recorded live by Geza X during the summer of '78 in one session and is by far their absolute defining recorded moment. This definitive version features much improved artwork over previous issues of this material. Limited edition of 500 copies. Track listing: 122 Hours of Fear I/ 122 Hours of Fear II/ Thru The Flames/ Sex Boy/ If I Can't Have/ She's The Girl/ Magazine Love/ Punish Or Be Damned/ The Beat Goes On/ Peer Pressure/ I Wanna Hurt/ Vertigo/ It's a Violent World/ In a Better World/ Government Love Affair. 
 
SCREAMERS - “DEMOS 1977-78” LP
Recorded live in one session during the Summer of 1978 on a 4-track. Produced By Geza X. The ideal introduction to the Screamers. Arguably the best synth punk band to ever exist. Limited edition blue vinyl copies. 

TY SEGALL – “TY SEGALL” LP
“Segall’s new album feels like a sampler of what he’s been up to in the last half-decade. It's an easy entry point into his imposing catalog, and a complete portrait of his many capabilities.” - Pitchfork

JASON SIMON – “FAMILIAR HAUNTS” LP
Highly recommended by Strangeworld.
Jason Simon is best known as the guitarist and singer for the seminal heavy psych band Dead Meadow. On 'Familiar Haunts' Jason takes his love for the haunting Appalachian banjo playing of Dock Boggs and old time Americana folk music to create a heady mix in which wheezing organs come up against Maestro like drum machines and delivers on the weirdness inherent in old folk/country and blues tunes. All the various strains of cosmic psychedelia run through the grooves here, as you'll find when you dip into the opening cut 'The People Dance, The People Sing' with its twanging droning raga-like banjo gliding into wild tangles of heavy swirling clouds of psych bliss.
 
SLOWDIVE - "HIDE YOUR EYES" LP
All fine, first class material, here's ten never-before-released-on-vinyl tracks from this ghostly atmospheric, guitar-oriented '90s Brit-pop band that came out of the same small scene that also produced LUSH and BLUR.  Recorded around the same time as their debut album "Souvlaki," the song include "Summer Day," "Bleed," "Sleep," "Silver Screen," "Dagger," "Joy," "Hide Yer Eyes," "Ending," "Richard," and "I Saw the Sun."  Packaged in a 2-color silkscreened chipboard sleeve, in a pressing limited to 500 copies.
 
THE SORROWS - “TAKE A HEART” LP
The Sorrows were the raunchiest, hard-edged, most aggressive band in England in 1965. Their brand of thumping R & B/Blues/Garage Rock at the time was groundbreaking and way ahead of it's time. Their music made The Stones sound like easy listening, which was no mean feat!
Superb stereo repressing of this classic mod/freakbeat collector's item that was originally released in ’65. The Sorrows were born in the original mod era and mixed the danceable fury of the early Kinks with the R&B muscle of The Pretty Things and the Who. This includes 'Take A Heart', 'She's Got The Action' and the pounding 'You've Got What I Want’. One of the most underrated freakbeat albums ever released! Originals of this album sell for a few hundred dollars! Limited edition Spanish reissue. 
 
[sold] TALKING HEADS - "1975 CBS DEMO SESSION" LP
"Recorded right about the time the Village Voice referred to David Byrne as a "skinny, neurasthenic Roy Orbison with the voice of a psychotic fifteen-year-old and he isn't even fifteen", these CBS demos (Heads would sign to Sire soon after) actually do sound like they could have been recorded at a parallel-universe Sun Studios, without the dripping echo, of course. It's the Heads as early as the Heads get, and they start off as tight and quiet as one would expect, with the most reserved version of "Psycho Killer" in existence. The rest is still as taut as a sailor's knot (especially the wonderful "Warning Sign"), but, just like Stop Making Sense, we can hear Byrne gradually loosening his cheeks and learning to rock as the songs progress. And...