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Radiohead - OK Computer (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Radiohead – OK ComputerYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1997, Rock, Alternative Rock, Oxford, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: They relocated to St Catherine’s Court to escape “proper studio” habits—running long cables through rooms and using the mansion’s natural bleed so the building’s acoustics became a band member. Studio Lore: Thom Yorke’s notebook fragments were treated like found text; “...
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Arctic Monkeys - Favorite Worst Nightmare
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Arctic Monkeys – Favourite Worst NightmareYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2007, Rock, Indie Rock, Sheffield, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded with James Ford soon after a brutal touring run; they kept the takes lean and quick to match how the songs were already living on stage. Personal Struggle: Turner has described tour-life anxiety and paranoia, feeling trapped in his own head in c...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Nirvana – NevermindYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1991, Rock, Grunge, Seattle, WACondition: New Cultural Facts: Album Art: The baby-cover model grew up and later sued, arguing exploitation; the case kept resurfacing decades after the image became pop culture wallpaper. Studio Lore: The band initially resisted the “cleaner” direction, but Butch Vig’s sessions and hard editing choices ended up reshaping how ’90s...
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Cigarettes After Sex ‎– Cigarettes After Sex
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Cigarettes After Sex – Cigarettes After SexYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2017, Rock, Dream Pop, El Paso, TexasCondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Started in El Paso, far from a major indie hub, then relocated and built momentum through online circulation more than local-scene gatekeepers. Media Narrative: The band’s breakout happened through streaming/viral playlists—years of slow-burn disco...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Mac DeMarco - 2Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2012, Rock, Indie Rock, Montreal, QuebecCondition: New 5/26 | Members: Mac D (90' - Alive) Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded at his DIY Jizz Jazz studio, built like a one-man workflow with friends dropping in, not a label-camp process. Scene Ecology: Came up in Montreal’s scrappy house-show circuit, where touring bands traded floors and tapes more than industry...
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The Cure – MTV Unplugged (Color)
Title: The Cure – MTV UnpluggedYear/Genre: 1991, Alternative Rock / Goth RockCondition: New Cultu...
Title: The Cure – MTV UnpluggedYear/Genre: 1991, Alternative Rock / Goth RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded for MTV in 1991, the set included rare acoustic versions of songs like “Just Like Heaven” and “A Letter to Elise.” Robert Smith joked between songs that the band had “no idea how to play quietly,” breaking the show’s usual somber tone. The broadcast became a sought-after bootleg after MTV declined to release it commercially despite fan demand. +1 3/29/25 - EK
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Radiohead – In Rainbows (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Radiohead - In RainbowsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2007, Rock, Alternative Rock Art Rock, Abingdon, England 8/26Condition: New (BC) | Members: Thom Y (68' - ), Jonny G (71' - ), Colin G (69' - ), Ed O (68' - ), Phil S (67' - )Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Thom Yorke was born with a paralyzed left eye and underwent multiple operations before he was six. One surgery left the eyelid permanently drooping, and...
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Jeff Buckley – Grace (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Jeff Buckley – GraceYear/Genre: 1994, Alternative RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: Family Ties His father was folk singer Tim Buckley; Jeff barely knew him (they met once), then spent years dodging that legacy in interviews. Scene Ecology NYC’s Sin-é residency was the incubator—industry people and musicians treated it like a weekly secret, with word-of-mouth doing the marketing. Public Scandal He...
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My Bloody Valentine - Loveless (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: My Bloody Valentine - LovelessYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1991, Alternative, Shoegaze Dream Pop, Dublin, Ireland 8/26Condition: New (BC) | Members: Kevin S (63' - ), Bilinda B (61' - ), Debbie G (62' - ), Colm Ă“ C (64' - ) | Producer: Kevin ShieldsCultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Drummer Colm Ă“ CĂosĂłig was dealing with serious personal and health difficulties during the long Loveless sessions and could not p...
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Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman w/ 4 panel Insert...
Title: Tracy Chapman – Tracy ChapmanYear/Genre: 1988, FolkMatrix #: 60774-1Condition: Mint Cultur...
Title: Tracy Chapman – Tracy ChapmanYear/Genre: 1988, FolkMatrix #: 60774-1Condition: Mint Cultural Facts: Chapman performed “Fast Car” live at the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute—hours after an equipment failure forced her to play solo, launching her into the spotlight. The album’s sessions were recorded in just eight weeks with minimal overdubs, keeping the performances close to their demo roots. College radio DJs were the first to circulate early test pressings, helping the reco...
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American Football- American Football (Blue Smok...
Year/Genre: 1999, Midwest Emo / Indie RockMatrix #: PRC-025LPCondition: NEWCultural Facts: ...
Year/Genre: 1999, Midwest Emo / Indie RockMatrix #: PRC-025LPCondition: NEWCultural Facts: Recorded in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, amid the late-’90s Midwest emo surge centered around Polyvinyl Records. Known for its intricate dual-guitar interplay that influenced math rock and the 2010s emo revival scene. Members later collaborated with artists linked to American Football and Owen, solidifying its legacy in the Midwest indie circuit. 10/25/23 AH | 2/22/24 ob 1 8/21/25 ob ...
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The Marias – Submarine (Rare COLOR Staff Pick)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The MarĂas – SubmarineYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2024, Pop, Indie Pop, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Family Ties: Frontwoman MarĂa Zardoya grew up between Puerto Rico and Atlanta; bilingual identity became a core part of the band’s public story. Scene Ecology: Built in L.A.’s modern indie circuit where playlists, small-room residencies, and festival slots function like the new “tour ladder....
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: MGMT – Oracular SpectacularYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2007, Pop, Neo-Psychedelia, Brooklyn, NYCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Cut with producer Dave Fridmann, who pushed maximal sessions and weird textures—an outside hand shaping how their college-project songs scaled up.Media Narrative: The band later distanced themselves from being defined by the big hits, creating a long-running “audience vs int...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Stone Temple Pilots – CoreYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1992, Rock, Grunge, San Diego, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Weiland’s addiction and rehab cycles became a constant internal pressure point that reshaped tours, recording schedules, and band trust. Media Narrative: Early press painted them as “grunge opportunists,” and the backlash stuck even as the band built a separate audience outside S...
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Lana Del Rey – Lana Del Rey A.K.A. Lizzy Grant ...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Lana Del Rey - Lana Del Rey A.K.A. Lizzy GrantYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2010, Alternative, Baroque Pop, Lake Placid, New York / New York City, New York 6/26Condition: New (BC) | Members: Lana D (85' - )Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Lana Del Rey has spoken about being sent to boarding school at 15 because of drinking, a real early-life struggle that gives the lost-girl glamour of the Lizzy Grant era a da...
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Slint – Spiderland (180 G Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Slint – SpiderlandYear/Genre: 1991, Post-RockCondition: New (180g) Cultural Facts: Recorded over four days at River North Studios in Chicago while the band was on the verge of breaking up. The cover photo by Will Oldham shows the band in a flooded quarry and became a stark visual marker of early ’90s indie minimalism. Initially modest in impact, it later became a key reference point for post-rock, math ...
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The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (Rare Studio Cut...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead Sessions Year/Genre: 1985, Post-PunkCondition: New, repackaged at Power Plant Cultural Facts: Mid-era “studio leak” culture: rough takes circulated through cassette trading and grey-market pressings, long before official archive releases. The band’s internal stress was already public—press feuds, touring strain, and money-control arguments feeding a collapse narrative in real...
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Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream (COLOR)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese DreamYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1993, Rock, Alternative Rock, Chicago, ILCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Corgan re-tracked many guitar and bass parts himself during tense sessions; producer Butch Vig ran a strict, perfectionist workflow. Band Drama: Drummer Jimmy Chamberlin’s substance issues were already a pressure point, foreshadowing later implosions in the band’s...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Prince – 1999Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Pop, Synth-Funk, Minneapolis, MNCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Prince played most instruments himself and treated the studio like a lab—stacking takes fast, then obsessing over tiny edits. Scene Ecology: The record sits inside the early “Minneapolis sound” ecosystem—Prince’s circle (The Time, Vanity 6, etc.) helped define a whole local network. P...
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Oasis – MTV Unplugged COLOR (Staff Pick!)
Title: Oasis – MTV UnpluggedYear/Genre: 1996, Britpop / AcousticCondition: New Cultural Facts: ...
Title: Oasis – MTV UnpluggedYear/Genre: 1996, Britpop / AcousticCondition: New Cultural Facts: Filmed at London’s Royal Festival Hall (Aug ’96): Liam pulled out last-minute, watched from the balcony heckling while Noel sang lead. It aired at peak tabloid feud, becoming public “Noel can front the band” proof just weeks before the Knebworth moment. The performance circulated for years as broadcast rips/bootlegs, turning a one-night TV booking into a long-running fan artifact.
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Mazzy Star- She Hangs Brightly (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Mazzy Star – She Hangs BrightlyYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1990, Rock, Alternative Rock, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Band Drama: David Roback came from the Paisley Underground (Rain Parade, Opal); Opal’s collapse and lineup shifts directly birthed Mazzy Star. Media Narrative: Hope Sandoval kept a famously low-profile stance—minimal interviews and limited press, which became part of the ban...
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