It appears that your cart is currently empty
73 Via Pico Plaza, San Clemente CA
New Arrivals
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Pennywise – P...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Pennywise – PennywiseYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1991, Rock, Hardcore Punk, Hermosa Beach, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: A South Bay surf/skate band that came up on all-ages bills where hardcore and punk crowds overlapped. Band Drama: Documents the original era with bassist Jason Thirsk, before later lineup shifts and the band’s bigger touring years. Notable Myths: The “Fletcher got in a...
$27.98
Paramore - Re: This Is Why 2LP RARE (Remix + St...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Paramore - Re:...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Paramore - Re: This Is WhyYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2023, Alternative, Post-Punk Revival, Franklin, Tennessee 5/26Condition: New (BC) | Members: Hayley W (88' - Alive), Taylor Y (89' - Alive), Zac F (90' - Alive)Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: This era followed years of public band fractures, Hayley Williams’ depression, and the emotional fallout that reshaped Paramore into a smaller core. Band Drama: Z...
$34.98
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Blood Orange ...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Blood Orange – Negro SwanYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2018, R&B, Alternative R&B, New York City, New YorkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Largely self-produced by Dev Hynes, built from a tight inner-circle of collaborators instead of a writer-camp machine. Media Narrative: Positioned as a statement on Black vulnerability and masculinity, landing during a heated 2018 moment of U.S. race and...
$32.98
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Bauhaus – In ...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Bauhaus – In the Flat FieldYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Rock, Gothic Rock, Northampton, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded quickly at Wellingborough’s Beck Studios on a tight budget, with the band pushing for stark control rather than a polished “major” sound. Band Drama: Power tensions were baked in early: Peter Murphy’s frontman dominance vs. the rest of the band’s musical au...
$29.98
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: U2 –...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: U2 – OctoberYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1981, Rock, Post-Punk, Dublin, IrelandMatrix #: ILPS 9680Condition: EX Cultural Facts: Band Drama: A stolen briefcase containing Bono’s lyrics and notes forced him to rewrite much of the album under pressure during sessions. Personal Struggle: Bono, The Edge, and Larry wrestled with strict Christian beliefs, nearly quitting music over whether rock conflicted w...
$20.00
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Tyler, The Cr...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Tyler, The Creator – GoblinYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2011, Hip Hop, Alternative Hip Hop, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Dropped as Odd Future’s breakout-era artifact—DIY merch, chaos shows, and internet virality turning a crew into a movement. Media Narrative: Built around the Dr. TC “therapy session” framing, using skits to turn the album into one long character document. ...
$37.98
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Bon Jovi – Sl...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Bon Jovi – Slippery When WetYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1986, Rock, Glam Metal, Sayreville, New JerseyCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Producer Bruce Fairbairn forced vocal discipline and rewrites, treating hooks like engineering problems, not jam outcomes. Media Narrative: The original planned cover art was pulled after pushback, a small censorship moment that became part of the album’s lore. ...
$36.98
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Twenty One Pi...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Twenty One Pilots – VesselYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2013, Rock, Alternative Pop, Columbus, OhioCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: A reworked major-label debut built from earlier self-released material, tightening arrangements while keeping Tyler Joseph’s songwriting as the center. Media Narrative: Their rise ran through alt-radio plus a rabid online fanbase, a hybrid path that skipped the usual p...
$32.98
Nitro 90's Comp: Go Ahead Punk… Make My Day
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Various Artis...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Various Artists – Nitro Comp: Go Ahead Punk… Make My DayYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1996, Rock, Punk Rock, VariousCondition: New Cultural Facts: Business Moves: A label-sampler as strategy—Nitro used comps to “audition” bands in your ears before you ever saw them on a shelf. Scene Ecology: Captures the mid-’90s SoCal DIY-to-label pipeline: small-room bands getting bundled together and exported as a scene sn...
$24.98
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: P!nk – Missun...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: P!nk – MissundaztoodYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2001, Pop, Pop Rock, Philadelphia, PACondition: New Cultural Facts: Band Drama: She fought her label’s early “R&B-pop” image and pushed for more rock-leaning collaborators, turning the album into a public pivot. Studio Lore: Built with Linda Perry, whose hands-on writing/producing style shaped the project like a co-authored reset rather than a label packag...
$32.98
Drab Majesty – Modern Mirror (Staff Pick!)
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Drab Majesty ...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Drab Majesty – Modern MirrorYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2019, Rock, Post-Punk, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Notable Myths: Deb Demure is a constructed persona—Drab Majesty treats the project like a “character” with its own mythology, not a typical frontman story. Scene Ecology: Came up through L.A.’s modern goth/post-punk circuit—small clubs, darkwave bills, and label nights acting as the s...
$27.98
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Cure – Se...
@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Cure – Seventeen SecondsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1980, Rock, Post-Punk, Crawley, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded at Morgan Studios with Mike Hedges; budget limits pushed restraint, and Robert Smith kept the arrangements deliberately sparse. Band Drama: The lineup was shifting and tense; key members were already drifting out, and Smith started consolidating control as the b...
$34.98
Thrice – Identity Crisis (Marble Blue!, CLASSIC...
Title: Thrice – Identity CrisisYear/Genre: 2000, Post-HardcoreCondition: New Cultural Facts: Re...
Title: Thrice – Identity CrisisYear/Genre: 2000, Post-HardcoreCondition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded quickly on a minimal budget, the album documents the band before their later stylistic shifts, locking in lyrics and arrangements they’d soon outgrow. Early pressings circulated heavily through DIY hardcore networks and church-adjacent punk scenes, creating tension over how the band was perceived culturally. Thrice later distanced themselves from parts of the record, making it a snapsho...
$32.98
Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!
Title: Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!Year/Genre: 1978, New Wave/Post-PunkCondition: Ne...
Title: Devo – Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!Year/Genre: 1978, New Wave/Post-PunkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Produced by Brian Eno in Cologne, Germany, linking Devo to the experimental krautrock scene.2. The title references a line from the 1932 film Island of Lost Souls, reflecting the band’s mix of satire and pop culture critique.3. Initially polarizing, the album later became a touchstone for both punk minimalism and the emerging new wave aesthetic.
$27.98
SufJan Stevens -Blue Bucket of Gold / Hotline B...
Title: Sufjan Stevens – Blue Bucket of Gold / Hotline BlingYear/Genre: 2016, Indie PopCondition: ...
Title: Sufjan Stevens – Blue Bucket of Gold / Hotline BlingYear/Genre: 2016, Indie PopCondition: New Cultural Facts: Pressing grew out of Sufjan’s 2015–16 shows, where he turned the Carrie & Lowell finale into an extended encore capped with a left-field Drake cover. Captures the era when his live sets shifted from quiet folk presentation into full-costume, light-show spectacle. Issued as a limited 12", it became a tour-era cult piece traded among hardcore fans and indie-shop collect...
$19.98