Indie : Alt

Halsey - Hopeless Fountain Kingdom

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Halsey - Hopeless Fountain Kingdom Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2017 / Alt Pop / Electro Pop / Edison, New Jersey Matrix #: 2557499223 Condition: NM (LM) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle Halsey built the album while dealing with intense public scrutiny, fame whiplash, and the pressure of turning a chaotic personal life into something narrative and marketable. Media Narrative The record was framed around a Ro...

Grouper – Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (Staff...

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Grouper – Dragging a Dead Deer Up a HillYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2008, Electronic, Ambient Folk, Portland, OregonCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Made in a home-recording world where tape hiss, room tone, and imperfect takes are part of the final composition, not a demo stage. Scene Ecology: Came out of the Pacific Northwest overlap of ambient, folk, and experimental DIY scenes, shared bills a...

The Cure – Some Like It Hot (Color)

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Cure – Some Like It HotYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City:  Rock, Alternative Rock, Crawley, West Sussex, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Unofficial soundboard set from Sony Music Studios, New York (May 22, 1996), captured during the Wild Mood Swings cycle. Scene Ecology: Formed in Crawley; early shows at The Rocket anchored the band’s DIY start before they became a touring institution. Med...

Butthole Surfers 1981 – The First Practice Tape

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Butthole Surfers 1981 – The First Practice TapeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981, Rock, Experimental Punk, San Antonio, TXCondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Captures the band before a stable name—early flyers and tapes floated multiple identities as they tried to outrun being “a normal punk band.” Studio Lore: Practice-tape era: one room, one take, cheap gear—documents made to trade and book shows...

Car Seat Headrest – Twin Fantasy

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Car Seat Headrest – Twin FantasyYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2011, Rock, Indie Rock, Leesburg, VACondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Named for Toledo recording vocals in a parked car for privacy—his workaround became the band’s identity.Media Narrative: Originally a pay-what-you-want Bandcamp release, later reintroduced as “Mirror to Mirror” vs the 2018 “Face to Face” redo.Scene Ecology: A key artifact o...

Chelsea Wolfe – Hiss Spun (2xLP Gate Color) (St...

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Chelsea Wolfe – Hiss SpunYear/Genre: 2017, Alternative / Doom FolkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Written while wrestling with chronic pain and fatigue; the record is tied to her public shift toward openly discussing illness and limits. Marked her move into heavier festival circuits while still being rooted in DIY dark-folk scenes—two audiences colliding in one era. The visual world around this album (pho...

Melody's Echo Chamber – Melody's Echo Chamber

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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Melody’s Echo Chamber – Melody’s Echo ChamberYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2012, Rock, Psychedelic Pop, Paris, FranceCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Produced with Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) during the period when their personal relationship and creative partnership overlapped. Studio Lore: Recorded largely at Parker’s home setup in Western Australia, giving a Paris musician a “Perth studio” imprin...

Grimes & d’Eon – Darkbloom

Title: Grimes & d’Eon – DarkbloomYear/Genre: 2011, ElectropopCondition: New Cultural Facts: ...

Title: Grimes & d’Eon – DarkbloomYear/Genre: 2011, ElectropopCondition: New Cultural Facts: Darkbloom is a split EP by Montreal-based artists Grimes and d’Eon, jointly released by Arbutus Records and Hippos in Tanks at the start of the 2010s underground pop wave. Wikipedia+1 Conceived together but recorded separately, it highlights a moment when producer-vocalists on Montreal’s DIY circuit were blurring lines between electronic music, R&B, and art-school experimentation. Wikipedia...

Bush – Man On The Run

2014 Alt 88875016561, 2014 2 x LP, Limited Edition, 180g 7/22/23, CK

2014 Alt 88875016561, 2014 2 x LP, Limited Edition, 180g 7/22/23, CK

Weyes Blood – Front Row Seat To Earth

2016 Indie MEX 228, 2016 LP  

2016 Indie MEX 228, 2016 LP