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Staff Picks
beabadoobee – Pylon (1st Press + Staff Pick!)
Title: beabadoobee - Pylon Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2026, Alternative Rock, Grunge Mid...
Title: beabadoobee - Pylon Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2026, Alternative Rock, Grunge Midwest Emo, London, England 10/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: beabadoobee (00' - ) | Producers: beabadoobee, Jason Vance Harris Cultural Facts: Life-Changing Guitar: Beatrice Laus was kicked out of school at 17 , and her father brought home a second-hand guitar because he thought she looked depressed and needed something to focus on. She taught herself through YouTube...
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beabadoobee – Pylon (Staff Pick!)
Title: beabadoobee - Pylon Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2026, Alternative Rock, Grunge Mid...
Title: beabadoobee - Pylon Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2026, Alternative Rock, Grunge Midwest Emo, London, England 10/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: beabadoobee (00' - ) | Producers: beabadoobee, Jason Vance Harris Cultural Facts: Life-Changing Guitar: Beatrice Laus was kicked out of school at 17 , and her father brought home a second-hand guitar because he thought she looked depressed and needed something to focus on. She taught herself through YouTube...
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Fu Manchu - Live at Roadburn 2003 (Staff Pick!)
Title: Fu Manchu - Live at Roadburn 2003 Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2003, Rock, Stoner Rock De...
Title: Fu Manchu - Live at Roadburn 2003 Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2003, Rock, Stoner Rock Desert Rock, San Clemente, California 8/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: Scott H (65' - ), Bob B (68' - ), Brad D (71' - ), Scott R (68' - ) Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Fu Manchu actually traces back to San Clemente, where members first played hardcore punk as Virulence before evolving into the fuzz-heavy Fu Manchu. Their obsession with skateboarding, surfing, old vans, muscle cars, ...
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Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 (Rare 1998!) Staff Pick!
Title: Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1998, Hip Hop, Alternative Undergrou...
Title: Jurassic 5 - Jurassic 5 Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1998, Hip Hop, Alternative Underground Hip Hop, Los Angeles, California 8/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: Jurassic 5 (N/A) Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Jurassic 5 grew out of friendship rather than a label assembling a group. Two Los Angeles crews, Unity Committee and Rebels of Rhythm, began performing together and discovered that their four MCs and two DJs had an unusually natural chemistry, eventually becoming one ...
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Pounded By The Surf - No Waves (staff pick!)
Title: Pounded By The Surf - No Waves Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2015, Surf Rock, Instrumental...
Title: Pounded By The Surf - No Waves Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2015, Surf Rock, Instrumental Surf/Western Surf, Jerkwater, USA / Inland Empire, California 6/26 Matrix #: N/A Condition: VG+++ LM | Members: Joby J F (N/A), Thaddeus R (N/A), Brad M (N/A), Vincent H (N/A) Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology Pounded By The Surf mixes instrumental surf with desert-western energy, landing somewhere between reverb-drenched beach guitar and spaghetti-western weirdness. Studio Lore N...
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Fela Kuti - Zombie (Staff Pick!)
Title: Fela Kuti - Zombie Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, Afrobeat, Political Afrobeat, Lagos...
Title: Fela Kuti - Zombie Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1976, Afrobeat, Political Afrobeat, Lagos, Nigeria 7/26 Condition: new (TC) | Members: Fela K (38' - 97') Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: After Zombie mocked the Nigerian military, soldiers raided Fela's Kalakuta Republic compound, beat him badly, destroyed the property, and fatally injured his mother. Political Science: The title track compares soldiers to mindless zombies obeying orders without thought, turning ...
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Title: STUFF. - STUFF. Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2015, Jazz, Experimental Electronic Jazz-Fun...
Title: STUFF. - STUFF. Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2015, Jazz, Experimental Electronic Jazz-Funk, Ghent, Belgium 7/26 Matrix #: BUTBUT30LP Condition: VG+ (LM) | Members: N/A Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Before the debut, STUFF. spent years building its sound through underground clubs and improvised live sets, betting on instrumental chemistry without a singer or easy radio lane. Scene Ecology: The album mixes jazz, hip hop, electronic music, funk, and beat culture,...
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Cate Le Bon - Crab Day (Staff Pick!)
Title: Cate Le Bon - Crab Day Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2016, Alternative, Art Pop, Cardiff, ...
Title: Cate Le Bon - Crab Day Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2016, Alternative, Art Pop, Cardiff, Wales / Los Angeles, California 7/26 Condition: New (JH) | Members: Cate L (83' - ) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Cate Le Bon discovered that her family had celebrated her birthday on the wrong date for nearly three decades, a bizarre identity-shaking revelation that fed the album’s feeling that reality is slightly broken. Notable Myths: The title came from her young niece...
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Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy (Staff Pick!)
Title: Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1997, Electronic, IDM, Limerick, ...
Title: Aphex Twin - Come To Daddy Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1997, Electronic, IDM, Limerick, Ireland / Cornwall, England 6/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: Richard D (71' - ) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Richard D. James was named after an older brother who died before he was born, giving the Aphex Twin myth a strangely personal ghost story behind all the machine chaos. Studio Lore: “Come To Daddy” started as a twisted joke on aggressive electronic rock, but the...
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Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters (Staff Pick!)
Title: Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2020, Alternative, Art ...
Title: Fiona Apple - Fetch The Bolt Cutters Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2020, Alternative, Art Pop, New York City, New York / Venice Beach, California 6/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: Fiona A (77' - ) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Fiona Apple has publicly spoken about being r*ped at 12, battling an eating disorder, panic attacks, and public backlash after her 1997 MTV speech, making this album feel like someone finally cutting herself out of shame that was forced onto he...
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Neutral Milk Hotel – In The Aeroplane Over The...
Title: Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Year/Genre/...
Title: Neutral Milk Hotel - In The Aeroplane Over The Sea Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1998, Alternative, Elephant 6 Indie Folk, Athens, Georgia 6/26 Matrix #: Merge MRG136LP (First Press!) Condition: EX (LM) | Members: N/A Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Jeff Mangum said Anne Frank’s diary left him crying for days and having vivid dreams, becoming one of the album’s strangest emotional engines. Studio Lore: Robert Schneider recorded the album a...
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Title: Yuck - Yuck Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2011, Alternative, Indie Rock, London, England 6...
Title: Yuck - Yuck Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2011, Alternative, Indie Rock, London, England 6/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: N/A Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Daniel Blumberg had already been through teenage hype with Cajun Dance Party, making Yuck feel like a second attempt at growing up inside indie-rock expectation. Band Drama: Blumberg left Yuck after the debut era, cutting off the original version of the band just as its 90s-guitar mythology was taking hol...
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Archers Of Loaf - Icky Mettle (Staff Pick!)
Title: Archers Of Loaf - Icky Mettle Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1993, Alternative, Indie Rock,...
Title: Archers Of Loaf - Icky Mettle Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1993, Alternative, Indie Rock, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: N/A Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Archers Of Loaf came out of low-money college-town life, where touring meant cramped vans, unstable work, and turning frustration into survival noise. Scene Ecology: Icky Mettle helped define Chapel Hill indie rock, linking Merge-era DIY culture, college radio, basement shows...
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Superchunk - Foolish (Staff Pick!)
Title: Superchunk - Foolish Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1994, Alternative, Indie Rock, Chapel H...
Title: Superchunk - Foolish Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1994, Alternative, Indie Rock, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 6/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: N/A Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Foolish was written after Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance’s breakup, making the record a document of two bandmates turning private damage into public songs. Band Drama: The breakup did not end the band, which gave the album its strange tension: wounded lyrics inside a group still try...
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Cate Le Bon - Pompeii (Staff Pick!)
Title: Cate Le Bon - Pompeii Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2022, Alternative, Art Pop, Cardiff, W...
Title: Cate Le Bon - Pompeii Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2022, Alternative, Art Pop, Cardiff, Wales 6/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: Cate L (83' - ) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Pompeii was shaped during pandemic isolation, with Cate Le Bon writing through stillness, separation, and the strange pressure of watching normal life disappear. Studio Lore: Le Bon played much of the record herself, building a controlled world of dry funk, synth unease, and art-pop deta...
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Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers - PeteStrumen...
Title: Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers - PeteStrumentals 3 Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2020, ...
Title: Pete Rock & The Soul Brothers - PeteStrumentals 3 Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2020, Hip Hop, Instrumental Hip Hop, Mount Vernon, New York 6/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: Pete R (70' - ) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Pete Rock’s most famous work was shaped by grief after the death of Troy “Trouble T Roy” Dixon, turning personal loss into hip hop memory. Studio Lore: PeteStrumentals 3 brought live Soul Brothers musicians into his beat world, letting fun...
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System Of A Down - 1995-1997 RARE Demo (Color S...
Title: System Of A Down - 1995-1997 Demo Tapes Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1995-1997, Metal, Al...
Title: System Of A Down - 1995-1997 Demo Tapes Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1995-1997, Metal, Alternative Metal, Los Angeles, California 5/26 Condition: New (VZ) | Members: Serj T (67' - ), Daron M (75' - ), Shavo O (74' - ), John D (73' - ) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: The band’s Armenian heritage carried family memory of genocide, displacement, and immigrant pressure into a Los Angeles metal scene built around outsiders. Political Science: These demos already show...
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System Of A Down - 1997 (Rare 1st Demo! Color!)...
Title: System Of A Down - 1997 Demo Tape Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1997, Metal, Alternative M...
Title: System Of A Down - 1997 Demo Tape Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1997, Metal, Alternative Metal, Los Angeles, California 5/26 Condition: New (VZ) | Members: Serj T (67' - ), Daron M (75' - ), Shavo O (74' - ), John D (73' - ) Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: The band’s Armenian heritage carried family memory of genocide and displacement into a Los Angeles metal scene built around immigrant identity. Political Science: Even in the demo era, System mixed absurd humor...
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Nico - Chelsea Girl (Staff Pick!)
Title: Nico - Chelsea Girl Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1967, Folk, Baroque Folk, Cologne, Germa...
Title: Nico - Chelsea Girl Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1967, Folk, Baroque Folk, Cologne, Germany 5/26 Condition: New (VZ) | Members: Nico P (38' - 88') Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Nico’s later heroin addiction and 1988 death after a bicycle fall cast a hard shadow over the icy image people projected onto her. Studio Lore: Nico reportedly disliked the added strings and flute on Chelsea Girl, feeling the arrangements were imposed without her control. Scene E...
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Algernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A Tho...
Title: Algernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A Thought Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2023, Pu...
Title: Algernon Cadwallader - Trying Not To Have A Thought Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2023, Punk, Midwest Emo, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 5/26 Condition: EX-MINT sounds and looks perfect! (VZ) | Members: N/A Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Algernon Cadwallader’s music came from anxious young-adult confusion, where friendship, self-doubt, and messy emotion mattered more than polished career planning. Scene Ecology: The band helped revive tangled, Kinsella-style emo for a ...
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The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules (Super Staff Pick!)
Title: The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2009, Electronic, Indie Dance,...
Title: The Whitest Boy Alive - Rules Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2009, Electronic, Indie Dance, Berlin, Germany 5/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: N/A Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Erlend Øye built much of his career around relocation, distance, and outsider life between Norway and Berlin, turning social awkwardness into quiet charisma. Studio Lore: The band’s identity came from strict limits: clean arrangements, live-band feel, and almost no decorative studio clut...
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Teo Wise - Fermo O Sparo STAFF PICK!!
Title: Teo Wise - Fermo O Sparo Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2024, Alternative, Alt Rock, Italy ...
Title: Teo Wise - Fermo O Sparo Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2024, Alternative, Alt Rock, Italy 5/26 Matrix #: N/A Condition: NM (LM) | Members: N/A Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Teo Wise is very underground, and public details are hard to find, so the record is better framed through mystery than forced biography. Scene Ecology: Small alternative releases like this often move through local networks, shops, friends, and collectors before any larger music press catches u...
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Don Caballero - Don Caballero 2 (Staff Pick! MA...
Title: Don Caballero - Don Caballero 2 Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1995, Experimental, Math Roc...
Title: Don Caballero - Don Caballero 2 Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1995, Experimental, Math Rock, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 5/26 Condition: New (BC) | Members: N/A Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Don Caballero built its identity through physical, punishing playing, where the music often sounded like a band arguing with gravity. Band Drama: The group’s history became known for lineup changes and tension, with Damon Che’s forceful personality central to the band’s mythol...
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Geese – Getting Killed (Staff Pick!)
Title: Geese - Getting Killed Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2025, Alternative, Art Punk, Brooklyn...
Title: Geese - Getting Killed Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2025, Alternative, Art Punk, Brooklyn, New York 5/26 Matrix #: N/A Condition: Clear Vinyl NM (LM) | Members: N/A Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: The band formed young in Brooklyn, carrying the pressure of being treated like rock’s next great hope before most members had much adult distance from the scene. Media Narrative: Getting Killed turned Geese into a lightning rod for “industry plant” debates, showing how i...
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Phantogram - Eyelid Movies (Staff Pick!)
Title: Phantogram - Eyelid Movies Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2010, Electronic, Indie Electroni...
Title: Phantogram - Eyelid Movies Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2010, Electronic, Indie Electronic, Saratoga Springs, New York Condition: New 5/26 | Members: Sarah B (N/A - Alive), Josh C (N/A - Alive) Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Built in a small upstate home-studio workflow, parts traded and layered like collage, not a big-room band session. Scene Ecology: Upstate NY outsiders who broke without a major local industry, leaning on touring and internet discovery over home...
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Dystopia- Aftermath 2LP (SUPER Staff Pick!) (LO...
Title: Dystopia - The Aftermath Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1999, Metal, Sludge Metal / Crust P...
Title: Dystopia - The Aftermath Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1999, Metal, Sludge Metal / Crust Punk, Orange County, California Condition: New 5/26 | Members: Dino S (71' - Alive), Todd K (N/A - Alive), Matt P (N/A - Alive) Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Cut across Santa Ana 95-96 and Bremen 97, then compiled into one release. Album Art: Original LP used a side etching and a hidden Rudimentary Peni cover near the end. Political Science: Lyrics frame capitalism as v...
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Viagra Boys - VIAGRA BOYS (Staff Pick)
Title: Viagra Boys – Viagr Aboys Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2025, Rock, Art Punk, Stockholm, S...
Title: Viagra Boys – Viagr Aboys Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2025, Rock, Art Punk, Stockholm, Sweden Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Sebastian Murphy has spoken openly about addiction, relapse, and rebuilding himself after years of self-destruction. Band Drama: Guitarist Benjamin Vallé died in 2021 at 47, a major loss for a band still climbing out of the underground. Media Narrative: Their satire of macho behavior and conspiracy culture made them unlikely post-p...
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Dead Moon - Unknown Passenger (Staff Pick!)
Title: Dead Moon - Unknown Passage Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1989, Punk, Garage Punk, Portlan...
Title: Dead Moon - Unknown Passage Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1989, Punk, Garage Punk, Portland, OR Condition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Dead Moon stayed outside the industry machine, building a lifer cult through basement shows, small clubs, and stubborn DIY touring. Family Ties: Fred and Toody Cole were a married rhythm section partnership, making the band feel more like a survival unit than a career move. Studio Lore: Fred Cole cut Dead Moon record...
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Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque (Staff Pick!)
Title: Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1991, Alternative, Power Po...
Title: Teenage Fanclub - Bandwagonesque Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1991, Alternative, Power Pop, Glasgow, Scotland Condition: New Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Spin named this album above Nirvana’s Nevermind in its 1991 year-end list, a choice that became part of its mythology. Scene Ecology: Teenage Fanclub came from Glasgow’s indie ecosystem, where noisy guitar bands shared space with record-shop culture and small-label networks. Band Drama: The band’s de...
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Brown Acid: The Third Trip (Staff Pick!)
Title: Various Artists – Brown Acid: The Third Trip Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2017, Rock, Hea...
Title: Various Artists – Brown Acid: The Third Trip Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2017, Rock, Heavy Psych Compilation, United States Condition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: A rescue mission for forgotten regional bands, pulling private-press singles and local 45s that never had a real distribution network. Media Narrative: The series reframed “failed” bands as cult artifacts, turning obscurity into value without rewriting history as success. Personal Struggl...
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Grouper – Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill (Staff...
Title: Grouper – Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2008, Electronic, A...
Title: Grouper – Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2008, Electronic, Ambient Folk, Portland, Oregon Condition: 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 and small-label circulation. Media Narrative: L...
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No Talents – No Talents (Staff Pick!) 90's FREN...
Title: No Talents – No Talents Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1997, Rock, Punk Rock, Paris, France...
Title: No Talents – No Talents Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1997, Rock, Punk Rock, Paris, France Condition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Came up in France’s ’90s squats/DIY venues scene—punk lived in informal spaces as much as clubs, with zines doing the PR. Media Narrative: French punk in this era often got flattened as “anti-American” in press, even when bands were mainly reacting to local unemployment and policing. Personal Struggle: The band’s early st...
$24.98
Title: BeBe K’Roche – BeBe K’Roche Matrix #: Olivia LF906 Condition: NM We couldn't find m...
Title: BeBe K’Roche – BeBe K’Roche Matrix #: Olivia LF906 Condition: NM We couldn't find much info on this record but its super funky. 2/25/26 LM
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Fear Factory – 1991 RARE Demos (Staff Pick)
Title: Fear Factory – 1991 Demos Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1991, Metal, Industrial Metal, Los...
Title: Fear Factory – 1991 Demos Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1991, Metal, Industrial Metal, Los Angeles, CA Condition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: Captures them in the LA crossover zone—death/grind bills colliding with industrial club culture before the “machine metal” lane had a name. Studio Lore: Demo-era recordings were functional weapons: fast tracking, minimal fixes, and arrangements designed to prove tightness to labels and promoters. Band Drama: E...
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Kenny Burrell – God Bless The Child
Year/Genre/City: 1971, Jazz, MI Matrix #: CTI 6011 Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great;...
Year/Genre/City: 1971, Jazz, MI Matrix #: CTI 6011 Condition: EX, sounds great, looks great; staff pick Cultural Facts: Family Ties: Burrell was mentored by Detroit elders and later taught at UCLA, bridging hard-bop lineage with formal jazz education. Studio Lore: CTI sessions favored spacious mic’ing and producer-led polish, reframing small-group jazz for hi-fi living rooms. Media Narrative: The album reflects early ’70s jazz navigating crossover expectations...
$28.00
Dean Blunt – Black Metal (Staff Pick!)
Title: Dean Blunt – Black Metal Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2014, Electronic, Art Pop, London, ...
Title: Dean Blunt – Black Metal Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2014, Electronic, Art Pop, London, England Condition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Built with close collaborator Joanne Robertson in a small-circle workflow—intimate credits, minimal public “making-of” narrative. Media Narrative: The title was deliberate misdirection—Blunt using genre language as provocation while staying allergic to clear explanations. Scene Ecology: A key document of the UK art-p...
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