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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Olivia Rodrigo – SourYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2021, Pop, Pop Rock, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: The “driver’s license” moment turned her into a full-on internet storyline—fans treated the album like a season of TV, not just songs. Legal Trouble: Credit controversies (Paramore/Taylor Swift writers) made her early career a case study in modern “influence policing” an...
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Agent Orange – Living In Darkness (Staff Pick)
Title: Agent Orange – Living in DarknessYear/Genre: 1981, Punk RockMatrix #: RRS121Condition: New...
Title: Agent Orange – Living in DarknessYear/Genre: 1981, Punk RockMatrix #: RRS121Condition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded in Hollywood between 1979–81, it captured the early aggression of the Orange County skate-punk movement. Fused surf-rock guitar tones with hardcore tempos, setting Agent Orange apart from their contemporaries. Released through Posh Boy Records, which also launched acts like T.S.O.L. and The Adolescents. Recommended for fans of Dead Kennedys, The Vandals, and The S...
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Angelo Badalamenti – Music From Twin Peaks
Year/Genre: 2020 SoundtrackMatrix #: 603497848904Condition: NEW, Limited Edition Green Vinyl, rep...
Year/Genre: 2020 SoundtrackMatrix #: 603497848904Condition: NEW, Limited Edition Green Vinyl, repackaged at Power Plant Description: This limited edition 2020 reissue of the Twin Peaks soundtrack preserves Angelo Badalamenti’s haunting blend of jazz, ambient, and dreamlike motifs that became inseparable from David Lynch’s surreal television world. Originally released in 1990, the music’s slow, moody atmospheres and recurring melodic themes helped redefine how a score could shape a show’s iden...
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Bikini Kill- The Singles (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Bikini Kill – The SinglesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1992, Rock, Riot Grrrl, Olympia, WACondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Built inside the Olympia/DC zine + all-ages circuit—shows doubled as organizing meetings, with flyers, pen-pal networks, and photocopied manifestos. Media Narrative: Kathleen Hanna’s “girls to the front” wasn’t branding—it was crowd-control tactics to reduce violence and crea...
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Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The City
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires Of The CityYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2013, Rock, Indie Rock, New York City, NYCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Marked their shift into a more meticulous, edit-heavy process—Ezra Koenig treated arrangements like drafts, revising constantly rather than “capturing a band.” Media Narrative: The “privileged prep-school band” discourse followed them for years; this a...
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The Cramps - Tales From The Cramps
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: The Cramps | Tales From The Cramps Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1990, Rock, Psychobilly, New York City Matrix #: CAVE 001 Condition: M/NM/SEALED (VZ) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle Lux Interior and Poison Ivy built the band around total outsider identity, turning obsession, sleaze, and social alienation into a full artistic world rather than just a look. Band Drama The Cramps stayed unusually cente...
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Black Flag - My War (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Black Flag – My WarYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1984, Rock, Hardcore Punk, Hermosa Beach, CaliforniaCondition: New Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: SST and the band got stuck in a release freeze from legal conflict, so they lived on the road, turning touring into the real distribution system. Scene Ecology: Rollins came out of the DC hardcore world, a scene shaped by a government town vibe where military and ag...
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Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Jack Johnson - In Between DreamsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2005, Rock, Acoustic Folk, North Shore, Oahu, HawaiiCondition: New 5/26 | Members: Jack J (75' - Alive) Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Built at his home base studio with a tight local circle, closer to a filmed journal than a label-camp record. Scene Ecology: Surf-film and island networks mattered as much as radio, with Brushfire operating like its o...
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Elliott Smith - Either Or (Staff Pick!)
Title: Elliott Smith – Either/OrYear/Genre: 1997, Indie FolkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Reco...
Title: Elliott Smith – Either/OrYear/Genre: 1997, Indie FolkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded between Portland home setups and local studios, it documents Smith’s transition from band member in Heatmiser to solo focus. Released on Kill Rock Stars, it was his last fully indie-label album before signing to a major for the follow-up. Several songs were later used by Gus Van Sant in Good Will Hunting, bringing a deeply underground songwriter sudden mainstream attention.
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Grateful Dead- Workingman's Dead
Title: Grateful Dead – Workingman’s DeadYear/Genre: 1970, Country RockCondition: New Cultural Fac...
Title: Grateful Dead – Workingman’s DeadYear/Genre: 1970, Country RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: Recorded quickly at Pacific High Recording in San Francisco after years of debt, busted sound systems, and LSD-era excess caught up with the band. Marked a turn toward harmony-heavy, song-focused writing influenced by The Band and Bakersfield country, with Robert Hunter’s storytelling at the center. The cover photo was shot in San Francisco’s Mission District, underscoring the album’s bl...
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Deftones – Diamond Eyes (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Deftones – Diamond EyesYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2010, Metal, Alternative Metal, Sacramento, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Written after the Eros sessions were shelved following Chi Cheng’s 2008 accident—this became the band’s “keep moving” survival pivot. Studio Lore: Produced by Nick Raskulinecz with a tighter, song-first discipline—partly a reaction to the abandoned, more experimental Er...
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Title: 311 – Greatest Hits ’93–’03Year/Genre: 2004, Alternative RockCondition: New (2LP gatefold)...
Title: 311 – Greatest Hits ’93–’03Year/Genre: 2004, Alternative RockCondition: New (2LP gatefold) Cultural Facts: 311 formed in Omaha, Nebraska in the late ’80s, coming up through a Midwestern DIY circuit far from the usual coastal alt-rock hubs. The band’s name comes from a local police code, tied to early run-ins and their reputation as neighborhood troublemakers. By the early 2000s they’d built a dedicated road following, highlighted by “311 Day” marathon shows that drew fans from ac...
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T.S.O.L. – Who's Screwin' Who? COLOR VINYL (Sta...
Title: T.S.O.L. – (Compilation)Year/Genre: 2018, Punk RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: T.S.O....
Title: T.S.O.L. – (Compilation)Year/Genre: 2018, Punk RockCondition: New Cultural Facts: T.S.O.L. formed in Long Beach, California in the late 1970s and quickly earned a reputation for volatile live shows. Early gigs were notorious for riots, police intervention, and venue bans, making them one of SoCal punk’s most feared and talked-about bands. Across decades they cycled through political hardcore, goth-leaning material, lineup changes, and even lawsuits over who legally owned the band...
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Sam Cooke – The Best Of Sam Cooke (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Sam Cooke – The Best Of Sam CookeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1962, R&B, Soul, Chicago, IllinoisCondition: New Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: Oct 1963, Shreveport: a pre-booked room was refused under segregation; Cooke was arrested for “disturbing the peace” and jailed overnight. Public Scandal: Dec 11, 1964: shot at LA’s Hacienda Motel by manager Bertha Franklin; ruled justifiable homicide, but friends ...
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