***The third in this new series of reissue insanity. Features sixteen cuts of soulstomp, twist-party lunacy, garage, and R&B circa 1960-1968. Check it—NICK & THE JAGUARS, LONNIE BROOKS, JOE WILLIAMS, BILLY EMERSON, SMOKEY JOHNSON, HOWIE CASEY, MICKEY BAKER, THE JAMS, POOR BOYS, BIG AL DOWNING, and others.
LP $18.95
01/07/2017
CD $15.00
01/07/2017
***The fourth in this new series of reissue insanity. Features sixteen cuts of soulstomp, twist-party lunacy, garage, and R&B circa 1960-1968. Dig it—ROUND ROBIN, PRESTON EPPS, ROYAL PREMIERS, LOS DINAMITAS DEL TWIST, GOLDEN CATALINAS, OSCAR & THE MAJESTICS, SHARDELLS, ARDELLS, DEBELAIRES, BIRDS OF PARADISE, and more.
LP $18.95
01/07/2017
CD $15.00
01/07/2017
***"One afternoon in October of 1979, smack in the middle of my dreams after a night on the graveyard shift, I was awakened by an insistent knocking on the door of my apartment. If it wasn't my old friend DANNY, along with two guys I had never laid eyes on. One was carrying various pieces of drum set. The other held a bass. Danny and I had been in a cover band together when I was in high school and he was just out. We had fallen out of touch for a few years. He had gotten married, tried to go straight and narrow, donated his guitar and amp to the church. As of late he'd been darkening my doorstep on a regular basis. I owned two guitars. I showed him some songs I'd written and we'd flail away at them for hours, Danny singing sweet harmony. Now what? I stepped aside and they piled through the doorway and began to set up their equipment. Turns out the other two were brothers, TIM on drums and GREG on bass. We blasted away the afternoon. When a hazy dusk was falling over Canoga Park, I opened the front door for a breath of fresh air and the neighbors gave us a standing ovation. I thought, 'This is it…We're bound for stardom.' Man, was I ever wrong. Things fall apart, as all things must. This record, if nothing else, says 'The Moondogs were here.'"
LP $17.75
01/06/2017
***Columbus nee Boston scorch-hammers bring a massive-nasty collection of tracks recorded between 1989 and 1994. Oddities, rarities and vintage spew from some of the meanest garage bombers to have ever broken a guitar. Includes a bunch of tracks from the Alpo sessions, a plodding rip through a 13th Floor Elevators standard, some pysch nonsense, A Mad Mike & the Mechanics cover, a lost Don't Like You demo, a live radio broadcast in Boston on WMBR, '92, and a beer-soaked, shit-load more. Eighteen tracks, all hail the wail.
LP $17.25
01/06/2017
CD $11.25
01/06/2017
***A vinyl reissue of the third and final album from legendary Detroit garage trio the GORIES. Originally released in May, 1982, the album is a scorcher of primitive, blues-drenched, rock-n-soul. Fourteen tracks including covers of John Lee Hooker's "I Got Eyes For You," Bo Diddley's "Crawdad" and "Hey Bo Diddley," the Jesters of Newport's "Stormy," Earl Palmer's "Trick Bag," and more. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl.
LP $18.95
01/06/2017
LP $18.95
01/06/2017
LP $17.25
01/06/2017
CD $14.75
01/06/2017
***THE NEW BOMB TURKS return with 20th anniversary deluxe vinyl-only edition of their legendary Destroy Oh-Boy! album. LP comes in gatefold jacket, crammed with pics & liner notes by JOHN PETKOVIC (Death of Samantha). If you'd given Jimmy Lee Swaggart some PCP, three nubile teenage girls and a swank-ass voice, sooner or later he'd have formed a band just like this.
LP $20.85
01/06/2017
CD $14.75
01/06/2017
***BACK IN PRINT ON 180-GRAM VINYL!!! The second album from Columbus, Ohio garage rock heroes the NEW BOMB TURKS. Originally released in September of 1994.
LP $17.25
01/06/2017
CD $11.25
01/06/2017
***26-song SINGLES COMPILATION. A swank package indeed! This beastie contains the following: their RARE as heck first 2 singles, a cut from "Bumped By Karaoke" CD, the 7"s on SYMPATHY, EMPTY, BAG OF HAMMERS, DEMO DERBY, GET HIP, DAMAGED GOODS, 1 cut from the VPRO 12", "Cowtown #2", the Xmas cut from "Happy Birthday" 10" on SFTRI, unissued NY Dolls cover, unissued Hawkwind cover, unissued BLUE cover & more!
CD $14.75
01/06/2017
2XLP $30.25
01/06/2017
***YASS! A GOSPEL inspired album recorded in January 97 with guest MR QUINTRON on Hammond church organ & piano! 5 originals plus 3 covers of OLD gospel traditionals AND a stormin' cover of YOUNG JESSE's "Mary Lou"!
LP $18.95
01/06/2017
CD $14.75
01/06/2017
LP $18.95
01/06/2017
After a well-received 7”, a lineup change, countless wasted nights, girl problems, spilled beers, cheap highs and the occasional tour, Guilty Faces return with their debut LP “Domestic Bliss”. A mix of early 80’s hardcore punk with the driving force of the Adolescents, Circle Jerks, Black Flag and Minor Threat, as well as the fervent melody of bands like The Replacements, Husker Du, and The Wipers, the band offer up ten songs about the joys of ruining yourself/life and the perils that follow. Snotty and poignant lyrics, hard and tuneful riffs and a great recording from Ryan Abbott (Social Circkle/Side Two Studios) make this LP a definite must for fans of hardcore punk and depraved personalities of all sorts.
LP $16.00
12/30/2016
***Hardcore punk band from Toronto, Canada founded in 2012. Featuring a very long ex-members list from bands you may know from the past—blah blah, won’t bore you with that. After releasing a 7” EP on Schizophrenic records and a follow up on Beach Impediment records, the band’s sound is fully realized on this new LP for Deranged/Cut The Cord. A furious mash up of hardcore punk sounds from the past with no concern for current trends. Vocalist JAY CHISAMORE delivers the goods through 16 storming tracks. No 10-minute nowadays style HC “mini LP” here, but a full length LP of unrelenting and enraged HC done for real.
LP $16.00
12/30/2016
SEDATIVES do it dark, desperate, and minimal. An archaic sound from the gothic ages of punk...when punk was catchy, but also dangerous. Going back to the three chord song, with downstrokes, vicious energy, and the two minute deadline. Sacred by the organ, it's night church in the post apocalyptic wasteland. Their first LP and follow-up to their debut EP on Going Gaga/P.Trash Records.
LP $16.00
12/30/2016
The Pale Blue Dot is an urgent yet explorative album marking a new era for hardcore punk. The album is a blend of traditional 1980's American hardcore and experimental instrumentation. Vicious Cycle bring an unrelenting, innovative and unique sound that represents the dire state of our planet. For fans of Fucked Up, Fugazi, Refused, and forward thinking hardcore. Recorded with Jonah Falco (Fucked Up, Career Suicide) and mixed by Jon Drew. Features vocal appearances by George Pettit (Alexisonfire) and Damian Abraham (Fucked Up).
LP $16.00
12/30/2016
***One of the classics of the “Deutschpunk” scene of the late 70s and early 80s, here is a repress of NOTDURFT's 1982 self titled debut LP on Aggressive Rockproduktionen. Notdurft appeared alongside other German bands of the era like Slime, OHL, Beton Combo, and Vorkriegsjugend, though were a bit more varied and tuneful than some of the other aforementioned bands. Package includes a faithful reproduction of the original album sleeve, with archival photos and a band history (albeit in German) on the insert. A classic bit of German punk history via Hoehnie Records.
LP $22.25
12/30/2016
***SO WHAT's debut LP Hard Gum is filled with stompers, hand clappers, and all the riffs that matter. Co-released by Just Add Water Records (USA) and Surfin' Ki (Italy). From the GLAMTASTIC pounding drums, Moogs, and big fuzzy riffs of "Where We Going" and "Why Can't I See You Tonight," to the Equals-esque "Don't Come Back" and "What You Said," this album is chock-full of HITS!
LP $20.95
12/30/2016
***"It's been a pretty good year for Mrs. Magician. Back in May, the San Diego indie band put out Bermuda, a record full of trippy and spacey rock music, exploring both psychedelia and the great history of surf rock. Today, they're premiering new single 'You'll Fall in Love.' It's a compact track, packing together a lot of atmosphere, hopefulness and happiness into rapid-fire riffs. Optimistic sentiments ('Someday I'll fall in love') quickly sour ('Turn on the television so I can numb my skull') while the guitars kick into overdrive. The band's pop sensibilities are undeniable, imbuing insanely catchy riffs with subtler elements and instrumentation. Exactly what a single should do."—Clrvynt
7" $8.50
02/17/2017
MP3 $1.98
12/30/2016
FLAC $2.99
12/30/2016
Charles Francis Moothart is back with three new tracks guaranteed to melt faces and ear drums. Following the one-man recorded debut album, Still Life In Citrus And Slime, these new songs were recorded with his touring band. Heavier, gnarlier and more rad! Comes housed in a beautiful Pettibon-esque picture sleeve. Watch for a new album in 2017.
7" $6.00
12/23/2016
MP3 $1.99
12/23/2016
FLAC $2.99
12/23/2016
Plaster Falling was recorded at the same time as John Bender’s first album, I Don’t Remember Now / I Don’t Want To Talk About It. Released in 1981 on the artist’s own Record Sluts label, copies of Plaster Falling’s initial pressing came hermetically sealed in plaster (and later latex). Thus, listeners had to literally break open the record to find what’s hidden inside. Produced in relative isolation, Plaster Falling is a beacon of brilliance in the nascent minimal-wave sphere. Veering towards skeletal urgency, these recordings set bright analogue melodies against half-whispered vocals and expand Bender’s electronic cryptography thru a series of lone signifiers: “Station,” “Plaster,” “Women,” etc. As Bender explains in the liner notes, “I began to distance myself from the present and describe scenes as if in a movie – seeking concrete, terse, juxtaposed imagery.” This first-time standalone reissue is recommended for fans of Gareth Williams & Mary Currie’s Flaming Tunes, Minimal Man and Grouper. Pressed on translucent blue vinyl in a limited / numbered edition of 1,000 copies.
LP $20.25
12/16/2016
MP3 $9.90
12/16/2016
FLAC $11.99
12/16/2016
Now available on ultra-limited double LP with download card! "Undestroyed is the long-awaited debut from the genre-damning Free Salamander Exhibit of Norcal, comprised of four fifths of the legendary Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, with the appropriate confusion of tottering riffage, clarity of intent, and apocalyptic joy. Lyrics include “utopian cyber-hippie, this is your world now,” and the word “catachresis,” which has been defined as a “harsh, unfamiliar musical dissonance.” Hey, if the shoe fits. But for those weary of the headlong stumble “into the night, into the dark, into black silence,” there is the respite of homemade instruments, winds, bells and hooves, and the comforting pulse of afro-dodecacaphony."
CD $12.00
12/16/2016
2XLP $40.00
08/25/2017
MP3 $7.99
08/25/2017
FLAC $8.99
12/16/2016
***Daydreaming Blues is the third album from transatlantic punks PALE ANGELS, based between New Jersey and Swansea, Wales. Guitarist MICHAEL SANTOSTEFANO and bassist JAMIE MORRISON play hypnotic, blown out punk with the help of drumming friends on either side of the Atlantic (half written in Wales with drummer REZA MIREHSAN, before completing and recording with CHRIS KRAUSE in the US). If people say being in a band is like a marriage, Pale Angels is more like a long distance love affair, forsaking practicality for an intensely close musical relationship. Recorded live over two days at Strange Weather Studios, Brooklyn NY with Ben Greenberg (of Uniform, Hubble & previously The Men), the new album builds on the blown out, grunge-fueled, garage punk of their previous records with the injection of more dark pop influence, adding touches of Wire and The Pixies to their Hüsker Dü and Ramones-influenced punk. Reflected in its title, Daydreaming Blues has a hypnotic, dreamy quality with depressing themes throughout. The band has spent the past few years touring the UK, Europe and both coasts of America a few times over, playing their usual frantic live set in venues and basements as well as the occasional stripped back quiet set at in-stores and people's houses. Pale Angels are a band best experienced live, and Daydreaming Blues is an album which captures all aspects of that perfectly.
LP $16.35
12/16/2016
***Mostly composed, recorded, and sketched during an Estonian residency at MoKS for a program that was hosted by Simon Whetham and John Grzinich called Active Crossover, the goal of which was to bring together artists whose work pertained to environmental recordings. With the Estonian landscape pocked with abandoned buildings of considerable size and decay, and no electricity, JIM HAYNES relied on shortwave to capture any electro-magnetic disruptions. The radio reception was eerie and unsettled, producing a crackling, droning noise unlike what one hears in the United States. The A-side reflects an aestheticized paranoia through bursts of static, pulsed noise, and atonal sinews of sustained frequency. The B-side is more introspective, cutting up an Estonian radio broadcast into phonemes, disjointed phrases, and cryptic speech. What few words that can be recognized from the Estonian pertain to the forces of globalization. Clear vinyl. Edition of 300.
LP $22.75
12/16/2016
MP3 $9.90
12/16/2016
FLAC $11.99
12/16/2016
***1961 R&B killer Very little is known about BIG CHARLEY or the DOMANS. The Domans were a vocal group from Massillon, Ohio. Big Charley remains a complete mystery. These two terrific R&B sides, now available on the recently revived Hilltop Records label, were more than likely slated for release on Charles and Opal Lantz’s Lanjo label but scrapped for reasons unknown. The backing was probably the RED RYDERS who had a few releases of their own on the Lanjo Label. The Domans would also add some great harmonies to pop singer Jerry Wright's 1960 release on Lanjo. 100% analog pressing straight from the tapes to vinyl. 100% analog previously unreleased. Comes in stock company sleeve with mini bio insert.
7" $6.50
12/16/2016
Dresser, Lee And The Krazy Kats
Wiggly Little Mama (alternate Version) / Hey Mister Weasel
My Mind's Eye / Hilltop
***1960 Moberly, Missouri Rockabilly In the summer of 1960, after spotting an ad for Hilltop Recording Studio in a trade magazine, LEE DRESSER drove over 600 miles to Ashland, Ohio to record a couple of his original songs. "Wiggly Little Mama" had also been recorded back home in Missouri in 1959 with his group the KRAZY KATS but didn't make it past the acetate stage until Deke Dickerson issued it on his Ecco-Fonic label in 1996. The Hilltop version is taken at a much faster pace. Lee and his Krazy Kats would ultimately issue a new recording of the song in 1964. This marks the first appearance of "Hey Mister Weasel", another fine Jerry Lee Lewis-inspired rocker. Although a contract was drafted and a single was scheduled for the Hilltop label in 1960, these sides have gone unheard until now. 100% analog pressing straight from the tapes to vinyl. Comes in stock company sleeve with mini bio insert.
7" $6.50
12/16/2016
***An unreleased 1961 doo wop knock out. from Massillon, Ohio. Formed in 1961 and managed by Charles and Opal Lantz of Lanjo Records, THE GOLDEN TEARDROPS—SONNY HERRING, JERRY HERRING, AL MYRICK, JULIUS MYRICK and JERRY ALLEN—named their group after the Flamingos' 1953 ballad. Sonny, Al and Julius had been members of BOBBY AND THE BENGALS, who released "Double Rock" b/w "No Parking" on Quinton Welty's Wooster, Ohio-based B-W label in 1960. The haunting ballad "Closer and Closer" (originally waxed by Rio and the Little Red Ryders on Lanjo in 1958), and the doo-wop / cha-cha "Caroline." were planned as the Golden Teardrops debut single but the recordings were shelved and remained unissued until now. By 1964 the group had changed their name to the ELGINS and, with the help of Akron, Ohio group Ruby and the Romantics, went to New York and recorded four sides that were released on the Congress label. These Elgins are not to be confused with the Motown/V.I.P. act. Most of the members went on to sing in various groups in and around Canton. Jerry Allen went on to play professional football for the Baltimore Colts and Washington Redskins from 1966-69. He is one of 13 co-holders of the NFL record for the longest touchdown pass reception of 99 yards. Whether these excellent doo-wop sides were considered too outdated to be commercial in the early 1960s or they were simply lost in the shuffle, they've finally gotten a well-deserved release here in 2016. 100% analog...
7" $9.25
12/16/2016
***BACK IN PRINT!!! Right on the heels of the Black Panties and Patsy 7"s on Total Punk comes this beast of a record. RIK & THE PIGS had a demo tape out earlier this year on Lumpy Records that I absolutely flipped over and I am happy to announce their vinyl debut is with us. The quintessential Total Punk release and if I was left releasing nothing but Rik & The Pigs records from here on out I'd be one happy dog. Sleazy hook filled punk with shredding guitars, seething snot covered vocals and gnarly as hell. Double A sider for sure. Not for the faint of heart. Sweaty, blown out, raw, and 100% TOTAL PUNK! Second pressing limited to 300 copies.
7" $7.25
12/09/2016
***REISSUED ON VINYL!!! You Were A Diamond is a record that is both haunting and haunted (that cello, the way it mimics the scraping of fragmented skull against fragmented brain). Like paintings done on glass instead of canvas, fragile and yet somehow more luminous. CLEM SNIDE's music is impossible to reduce to a literal description—can’t call it alt-country when there’s a cello, call it lo-fi even though you’re able to hear every note, call it folk, even though there is a predominant electric guitar. All of this adds up to the most unlikely of sonics. Call it CLEM SNIDE. Or maybe call it the missing link between John Cale and Hank Williams. Even the band name, Clem Snide, sounds like a demented Flannery O’Connor character, But it’s actually from a William Burroughs novel. Originally released on CD in 1998 and then again in 2002. Received a 7.9 rating from Pitchfork.
LP $17.75
12/09/2016