New Releases

Insane, The

The Whole World Is Going Insane

PNV

***Crucial collection of all studio works from this celebrated early 80's, politically incendiary UK punk outfit. Perhaps best known for featuring d-beat pioneer Dave Ellesmere of Discharge on drums, the Insane released classic singles on the Riot City and No Future labels. All tangential connections aside, though, The Insane sonically carved out a place in the early 80's UK scene somewhere between the po-faced anarcho outfits and their brash, street punk counterparts. Subhumans or Conflict may be apt comparisons, though The Insane had a certain charm all their own. Unfortunately, having never recorded a full length, this long overdue collection—complete with all singles, demos and comp appearances—serves as the greatest testament to the group's short lived, but fruitful existence.

Samples

Fire Another Round

PNV

***Collection of all studio output, recorded 1980-1983 from this short lived UK punk outfit. With only two singles released in their time—the insanely scarce Vendetta, and the No Future essential Dead Hero—this compilation rounds out the LP with demo sessions and comp tracks. The Samples were something of a bridge between the first wave of UK punk and the hardcore "UK82" era. Think a more snarling, street level version of Stiff Little Fingers. Tuneful, politically uncompromising and bursting at the seams with energy, this collection is mandatory for fans of 80's UK punk.

Bad Posture

C/S

Mono Records

***REISSUED!!! BAD POSTURE's 1983 Irresponsible records C/S 12". These guys hung around and shared members with Flipper. They started in SF and ended the band in NYC shortly after this release. Eight tracks including the classic "G.D.M.F.S.O.B." featured on the 1982 MRR Not So Quiet On The Western Front compilation. Features bonus demo tracks and a large fold-out poster with unseen photos, fliers and band bio/interviews. Limited edition of 500 copies. Limited edition of 500 copies. "The eight tracks on this release showcase BAD POSTURE’s hysterical brand of aggressive funnypunk to its best advantage. The title song and “Time for Smack” are good examples of this band’s abrasive, mid- to fast-tempo hardcore assault, and while I admire their on-target lyric sense, the song structures could use more catchiness and originality as a rule. Nonetheless, there are some nice, gravelly vocals on this entertaining disc, so give it a listen."—Steve Spinali, MRR # 12, March 1984

Black Swan Network

The Early Music Vol. 1

HHBTM

***The Early Music Vol. 1’ by Black Swan Network is a collection of songs and sketches by Elephant 6 co-founder Will Cullen Hart written between the hiatus of The Olivia Tremor Control in 1999 and before the formation of Circulatory System in 2000. Side A features tracks from the HHBTM Records 7" singles club single and side B features 8 tracks from those same sessions that have been unreleased until now. The Early Music Vol. 1 tells a story of an artist working through a million ideas via a 4 track blending textures and tiny melodies pulling from ambient soundscapes and field recordings while working out tiny vocal melodies falling between the baroque psychedelic pop of his previous Olivia Tremor Control work and the long ambient minimalist passages of The Black Swan Network. These songs would be the blueprint for the start of Will's next project Circulatory System. These songs will feel different in each place and way you play them. The label heavily suggests listening loudly through speakers, through headphones, and once using the download card play them through your computer and in your car. Each listening experience will bring different elements to the forefront. This release is being pressed on black vinyl with no banding between tracks and being meant to be listened to as one continuous side.

K/S/R & Nihilist Spasm Band

Split

Gilgongo

Overjoyed to announce the release of this monumental record featuring two very different sides of the free-improv coin. This intergenerational, wide-minded split LP blurs the hedges of national borders and the traditions of composition, marking a niche interzone inhabited solely by the uncles of punk and their experimental stepchildren. Canadian noise pioneers, Nihilist Spasm Band, deliver a ripping side-long opus rife with their singular blend of hi-octane kazoo, invented instruments and propulsive, arrhythmic drumming. This deep cut is likely to be the final NSB recording released featuring the late great vocalist Bill Exley, who passed away in 2025 after performing as a Nihilist for exactly 60 years. On the flipside, K/S/R screw the tempo down to their patented desert crawl pulse and lock the door behind them. Departing from the interstellar density of the trio’s 2025 Already in Heaven LP, the side-long treatise of An American Sonnet brandishes the group’s minimalist approach heard during recent performances across the United States. A plein air structure of ascetic interplay locates K/S/R carving sonic terrane from the space between notes, where each gesture is ascertained both as an individual voice and a building block of the collective. 180-gram mixed color vinyl, edition of 245. Co-released with Physical.

Hydromatics, The

Powerglide

Bang

***In the early 2000s, The Hydromatics brought together three scenes, three cities, and one shared devotion to rock'n'roll: the fiery tradition of Detroit, the raw punch of Amsterdam, and the high-energy attitude of Scandinavia. Fronted by none other than Scott Morgan (Sonic´s Rendezvous Band), one of the great voices of Detroit rock, and backed by Tony Slug (Loveslug) and a band built out of genuine love for the legacy of Sonic's Rendezvous Band, the result was Powerglide—a record that is tough, streetwise, soulful, elegant, and raw all at once. Originally released in 2001, Powerglide captures The Hydromatics in full flight. Original songs sit alongside explosive takes on material connected to the Sonic's Rendezvous universe, all delivered with nerve, conviction, and the kind of authority that simply cannot be faked. The guitars bite, the rhythm section drives relentlessly, and above all there is Scott Morgan's voice—capable of sounding fierce, wounded, and defiant within the very same line. Far from being a mere exercise in homage, Powerglide stands tall as a living, breathing record with a personality all its own: high-octane rock'n'roll fueled by rhythm and blues soul and steeped in the unmistakable spirit of Detroit. This is an album for those who understand that proto-punk, garage soul, and real rock'n'roll were never separated by any meaningful border in the first place.

Foster, Josephine

Adormidera - Josephine Foster Sings The Songs of Victor Herrero

Eiderdown Records

***Josephine Foster is a Colorado-born singer, composer, and lyric poet. A former opera student turned visionary folk experimentalist, she breathes new life into archaic forms. Her music channels the spectral glow of the cultural archaeology of Harry Smith's old weird America while simultaneously conjuring a scrambled past that exists only in her vision. Across 25 years of singular work, Foster plays at the boundaries of psych-folk hymnody, country blues, lieder and avant-song, lending her characteristic mezzo-soprano and interpretive wit to collaborations with fellow underground musicians around the globe.As homage to her longtime collaborator, Josephine invited Spanish composer Víctor Herrero to curate a selection of his own songs for her voice. Herrero's classical guitar accompanies Josephine's gossamer singing, in compositions that reanimate the lineage of Amancio Prada and Victor Jara.“If stained glass windows could sing they would sound like Josephine Foster, and her interpretations of the songs of Víctor Herrero are as artful and finely detailed as motes of dust falling through shafts of light in the libraries of your childhood, engrossing in their restraint. Josephine's naked voice an echoing truth in repose against the existential question mark of Víctor’s guitar. In a world that can feel bewildering and relentless, this music is shelter. Adormidera is the sound of a hypnotised mind; the shadow-dance of old souls.”—Alex Neilson

Foster, Josephine

Adormidera - Josephine Foster Sings The Songs of Victor Herrero

Nyahh

***Josephine Foster is a Colorado-born singer, composer, and lyric poet. A former opera student turned visionary folk experimentalist, she breathes new life into archaic forms. Her music channels the spectral glow of the cultural archaeology of Harry Smith's old weird America while simultaneously conjuring a scrambled past that exists only in her vision. Across 25 years of singular work, Foster plays at the boundaries of psych-folk hymnody, country blues, lieder and avant-song, lending her characteristic mezzo-soprano and interpretive wit to collaborations with fellow underground musicians around the globe.As homage to her longtime collaborator, Josephine invited Spanish composer Víctor Herrero to curate a selection of his own songs for her voice. Herrero's classical guitar accompanies Josephine's gossamer singing, in compositions that reanimate the lineage of Amancio Prada and Victor Jara.“If stained glass windows could sing they would sound like Josephine Foster, and her interpretations of the songs of Víctor Herrero are as artful and finely detailed as motes of dust falling through shafts of light in the libraries of your childhood, engrossing in their restraint. Josephine's naked voice an echoing truth in repose against the existential question mark of Víctor’s guitar. In a world that can feel bewildering and relentless, this music is shelter. Adormidera is the sound of a hypnotised mind; the shadow-dance of old souls.”—Alex Neilson

Mayhem

Blood Money - Singles And Demos '79-'85

PNV

***Complete discography from Mayhem, a brilliant, underrated UK punk act. Mayhem are best known for a searing duo of singles on the legendary Riot City label, but this compilation collects those as well as the seldom heard 1979 demo and a final, self released EP from 1985. In many ways Mayhem were the archetypal 2nd wave UK punk outfit, combining the '77 brand of infectious songwriting with a political urgency and aggression fitting of early 80's England. Though there was little to document their short time as a band, this collection pairs all their recorded works with a ton of unseen photos, flyers and 'zine clippings for the ultimate tribute to a group who epitomized such a crucial time for UK punk.

V/a

Buried Alive - The Best From Smoke 7 Records 1981-1983

PNV

***Originally released in 1987, the Buried Alive compilation was a time capsule of sorts, highlighting the prolific 1980-1983 era when the Smoke 7 label was most active. Almost 40 years later, the compilation still serves as testament to the diverse, exciting sounds documented by this SoCal hardcore label. With acts such as Bad Religion, JFA, Red Cross and Circle One shoulder to shoulder with more obscure cuts from Ten Minute Warning and Sacred Order, Buried Alive showcases the anti-commercial and community approach of the Smoke 7 label. Not to mention it's front to back packed with killer tunes. Essential listening for first wave SoCal hc enthusiasts!

Vicious Rumours

The Sickest Men In Town

PNV

***Second LP from this cult British Oi! / street punk outfit, originally released on the legendary Link label in 1987. Refining the high octane sound of their 1984 debut full length into something a bit more tuneful, this 12 track platter delivers a front to back dose of street savvy melodic Oi! comparable to Stiff Little Fingers or Peter and the Test Tube Babies. The late 80's was host to a bevy of obscure, relatively out of time punk records containing a level of quality that belies their unsung stature. Hopefully giving this Vicious Rumours album a US pressing for the first time will right that miscarriage of justice.

Akusmi

Terra Incognita

Tonal Union

Cartographers and US multinational technology corporations might think they’ve mapped out most of our big, beautiful blue planet, and yet there’s always more to discover if you know where to look. French-born, London-based composer and musician Pascal Bideau takes this as his central premise on a new album of intrepid sonic exploration that delights in the sensation of being somewhere you’ve never been before. ‘Terra Incognita’ invites us to seven faraway sonic imaginariums fusing global and spiritual jazz with life affirming minimalism into a hypnotic, polyrhythmic odyssey. This time, the albums’ sound palette is more vibrant, earthy and abundant, drawing inspiration from the radiating optimism and high-energy sources heard in Afrobeat, Highlife and Electronic Afro-pop music, sounding looser, free and primarily interested in raw sensations. Antithetical to the precise ostinatos and gamelan patterns of the acclaimed debut ‘Fleeting Future’ (2022) and ‘Lines’ (2023). Terra Incognita, then, is a hybrid blend of traditional music and modern electronics, a trip into the unknown that ambulates freely, taking pleasure in its repetitions and never staying still. Bideau suggests this unmarked territory could be as much a fantasyland as it is a transportive journey into the inner self. “It’s probably the feeling I love the most in life,” enthuses Pascal. “It pushes you into a state of wonder and naivety that brings you back to how everything felt when you were a child.” He’s talking about dépaysement, a French word that literally translates as “uncountryfication” but has no English equivalent. “It’s the sensation you...

Eddy Current Suppression Ring

In Light Of Recent Events

Suppression Records

Eddy Current Suppression Ring make a surprise return with their fifth album In Light of Recent Events. True to form, it finds the disinterested careerists sidestepping expectation and working on their own terms, in their own time. Dialed in through closed-door weekly jams across 2025, that pent-up energy has only leaked via pseudonym-billed small-room shows as Jimmy and the Ringtones and Top Hats, record shop in-stores and country detours, plus a pair of phantom straight-to-YouTube singles (‘Swimming Hole’ and ‘Hard To Be Moved’), each with accompanying films by Chris Middlebrook and Amiel Courtin-Wilson respectively. Modern-day anxiety and human disillusionment press through the album’s darker, more politically aware subject matter, as suburban melodramas and tender, hard-hitting reflections articulate everything you’ve never been able to. Taped within the band’s signature close-quarters claustrophobia, Brendan Suppression purges his dome with a newly awakened vocal range, while riff savant Eddy Current bleeds through quicksilver, blood-raw scratches, cut against the tension-wound, locked-in low end of Danny Current and Rob Solid.

Tiger Bear Wolf

s/t

Ernest Jenning Record Co.

***This record shouldn’t exist. But somehow after 17 years it does. Tiger Bear Wolf’s third self-titled LP completes a trilogy begun decades ago. This record shouldn’t exist, but It had to... Formed in the summer of 2002, Greensboro NC's Tiger Bear Wolf emerged from the fetid wastes of the Piedmont to make their prints across the United States. The quartet of Jonathan Moore (guitar, vocals), Noah Howard (guitar, vocals), Matt Bostick (bass) and Lawrence Holdsworth (drums) self-released their debut album in 2003 and found refuge alongside fellow truth seekers Hello Sir Records of Athens, GA for their second LP in 2005. Twisted riffs of southern rock, fed on a steady diet of hardcore and psychedelic post-punk all filtered into their raw recordings and pummeling live shows. Relentless touring followed, that both sharpened senses and dwindled accounts, and the four entered a prolific creative period penning music for what would be their third album. Basic tracks for the third Tiger Bear Wolf album were recorded in 2009 between the sweltering heat of a collective performance space and an attic bedroom. It was there the trail went cold. Time and distance intervened, and hard drives gradually succumbed to devilry and malign influences. The record was lost, said to be unrecoverable, and the story was over. Fast forward to 2015, where a savior emerged to retrieve the lost data, almost completely intact from its silicon sarcophagus against moonshot odds. Just for the love and belief that there was something worth saving....

Sproton Layer

Press Your Hand And Feel the Whole Room Fluctuate

12xu

***The Miller Brothers, Roger (Mission of Burma, etc. etc. etc.), Laurence (Destroy All Monsters, etc. etc. etc.) and Benjamin (Destroy All Monsters, etc. etc. etc.) grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan in a musical family. When the Beatles hit in 1964 Roger was 12 and Laurence and Benjamin were 10, all three ready to rock. Their first band, which covered 13th Floor Elevators, Love, Kinks, Yardbirds, etc., performed two shows summer 1967 (ages 15 and 13). In 1969, their spontaneous improv. session "Freak Trio Electric" sealed the fate towards Sproton Layer. With a complete belief in weed as the doorway to an alternate universe, Roger began a furious bout of composing that spring. There was a lull in the summer, but in the fall, with the addition of Harold Kirchen (brother of Bill Kirchen, Commander Cody, etc. etc. etc.) on trumpet, they were off and running again. A few recordings were made in 1969 with one mic on the ping-pong table, and Mark Brahce (who recorded "With Magnetic Fields Disrupted" eight months later), set up his first session with the band. The best of these recordings make up the "1969" side of "Press Your Hand and the Whole Room Fluctuates."At the end of August 1970, Mark Brahce recorded their album "With Magnetic Fields Disrupted" in the Miller family recreation room, and the band promptly folded when they got no notice or response. Their brand of psychedelia was on the wane. They reformed briefly in 1971 as an instrumental trio (see...

False Flowers

Secret Futures

Strange Club

***Sacramento, CA's False Flowers return with their second release in under a year. Finding time to sneak into the studio and record two new tracks after a busy 2025 into 2026, with a handful of West Coast runs and hometown dates with bands like Home Front, MESS, Generacion Suicida, Ultra Sect, Primitive Heads, Altar Girl, Planet On A Chain, and many others.These 2 tracks provide a new glimpse into how no two False Flowers songs sound the same and offer the intense, atmospheric drive that False Flowers is becoming known for. Including one original track, "Secret Futures," and a cover of the Adam And The Ants classic "Beat My Guest." Pressed on random colored vinyl. Includes a sticker.

Sonus

Planes of Torment

Sonus

***SÖNUS has returned with their third full album release, Planes of Torment! Recorded live in the studio to capture the raw, untamed power of their performances and pressed in wax for the first time in SÖNUS history. In translucent FIERY ORANGE vinyl no less!Following the critical acclaim of 2022’s Doom Charts–topping Usurper of the Universe, multi-instrumental mastermind David Wachsman stood at the summit as the ground beneath him gave way, his inner and outer worlds collapsing in a cataclysm of mind, body, and spirit. Beaten down, but undeterred, he put his faith in Rock and assembled a powerful team of sonic sorcerers, determined to etch their names into the annals of Heavy Metal history.And it worked; in spite of the tough competition for the May Doom Chart, Planes of Torment hit #7- the highest rated independent release!With Wachsman on the pen, lead vocals, rhythm, and lead guitar; joining on bass, the lord of the low-end, Dave Reno. On drums: the bringer of thunder, Colin Drake Jaramillo. With help from the Titan from Tipperary, “Gory” Mike Gorman on rhythm guitar and special guest Will Harper (on the flute in the epic “Scorpio”) joining them in the studio, the fearsome band united to forge an infernal slab of Heavy Metal.Planes of Torment is a blistering, hell-bent journey through madness, heartbreak, and despair. Yet, within it burns the unrelenting will to survive, to fight, and to triumph with a sound that harkens back to the golden age of hard rock and the dawn...

Riedl, Eric & Hanging Moss

Split

Special Low Frequency

***"Posthumous split 12” of restored archival recordings from my late father & myself, compiling some of Eric Riedl’s unreleased home tapes from 1974-1980 on Side A, and the original hanging moss demo “Quiet Songs Vol. 1” from 2013 on Side B. While the source materials were quite lo-fi compared to most of my releases, everything has been lovingly remastered by Arthur Rizk to present these old songs as best as possible, resulting in 33 minutes of low-key, intimate, sombre & at times melancholic acoustic guitar music for fans of John Fahey, Nick Drake or Leo Kottke."—Paul Riedl..Limited to 300 copies on Eco-Mix vinyl with pocket insert.

Adolescents

Adolescents

Munster

***2026 repress. European edition with exclusive Ed Colver photo-poster, width 60 cm x height 30 cm. Few records from the American punk underground have echoed as far and wide -- or as enduringly -- as the Adolescents' self-titled debut, first released by Frontier Records in 1981. Known to fans simply as "The Blue Album," this landmark release captured the raw pulse of Southern California's teenage rebellion at a time when hardcore was beginning to take shape yet still holding onto the infectious urgency of punk's first wave. Formed in Fullerton, California, Adolescents brought together members of earlier OC punk outfits like Social Distortion and Agent Orange, fusing their varied influences into something uniquely their own. With songs like "Amoeba," "Kids of the Black Hole," and "No Way," the album offered more than just speed and volume -- it spoke directly to suburban alienation, youthful frustration, and the search for identity in a world that felt increasingly hostile and conformist. This new edition offers longtime listeners and new fans alike a chance to revisit -- or discover -- an album that helped define the West Coast punk sound. From its striking blue cover to its mix of melody, defiance, and urgency, Adolescents remains a vital listen, as relevant today as it was over four decades ago. It's an album that didn't just reflect its moment -- it shaped what punk could be: loud, smart, emotional, and unflinchingly real. Reissued with care and respect for its original spirit, "The Blue Album" stands...

Comes, The

No Side

La Vida Es Un Mus

***BACK IN STOCK!!! Official reissue of No Side, the debut from seminal Japanese hardcore band THE COMES. Originally released in 1983 on Dogma Records, a newly created City Rocker's side label to release hardcore/hard punk, No Side remains a milestone of first wave Japanese hardcore. A vital document to understand the days when the Tokyo hardcore scene was small and unknown with G.I.S.M., Execute, Gauze, and The Comes as main runners. Bands who shared stages, record labels and who grew to be one of the most varied, influential and enigmatic punk scenes of the planet. The Comes' music is frantic and sharp punk, bass-driven and manic sounding with vocalist Chitose's aggressive vocals punctuating every syllable and dominating the tunes. Like most first wave hardcore acts, they own their own sound. And although many times imitated, it has never been matched.

Hobknobs

Helmets Off

12xu

***Helmets Off can be described as an honest attempt at honesty. Although all options are open at the moment of conception, the end result often remains bare. Instruments come in when they are needed, but the songs apparently don’t need that much at all. Every word and every strum sounds like it’s placed in exactly the right moment. Perhaps it is this bareness of the songs, that makes it feel as if The Hobknobs are speaking to the listener directly. It is clear that they don’t want anything to cloud this human interaction.Yaël Dekker, whom you may also know as the singer of The Klittens, and Arie van Vliet, who used to spread his word through the band Lewsberg, were once described as loving misanthropes. Listening to Helmets Off, this description seems rather accurate. A consoling song like “The Mind” sounds haunting. Even words seem to have lost their meaning in “Dictionary”. Songs that seem cheerful and naive at first appear to be pleadings on second listen. And is “Enarmoured” a pro-war protest song? What war do they want to fight?Dekker and Van Vliet’s voices seem to know each other well, in a way that magnifies the songs on 'Helmets Off' beyond their deceptive simplicity. Together with the minimal production by Jaap van der Velde, it makes that the album hits the sweet spot somewhere in the middle of ‘instantly familiar’ and ‘no one else sounds quite like this’.

Flavor Crystals

Three

Dust and Memory

Originally released in 2012, Three by Flavor Crystals has steadily become a cult favorite within the modern psychedelic underground. Blending hypnotic guitars, immersive atmospheres, motorik rhythms, and deeply melodic songwriting, the album moves seamlessly between neo- psychedelia, dream pop, and space rock. With its warm production, shimmering textures, and expansive mood, Three creates a rich and transportive listening experience that continues to resonate far beyond its original release. Over the years, the album has developed a devoted following among collectors and fans of atmospheric, guitar-driven music, earning recognition as an essential modern psych title. This vinyl reissue reintroduces a sought-after underground classic with strong crossover appeal across psychedelic, indie, and dream pop audiences. Recommended For Fans Of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Spiritualized, Spacemen 3, Mazzy Star, The Black Angels.

Ladybug Transistor, The

Beverley Atonale

Dust and Memory

A beloved cult classic of late-’90s indie pop, Beverley Atonale captures The Ladybug Transistor at their most elegant and timeless. Blending baroque pop arrangements, warm analog textures, jangly guitars, and lush vocal harmonies, the album has become a cornerstone release for fans of sophisticated, melody-driven indie. Long sought after by collectors, this vinyl reissue brings back an essential title from the American indie underground — a record whose cinematic songwriting and vintage pop sensibility continue to resonate decades after its original release. With enduring collector demand, strong catalogue value, and broad appeal among fans of Elephant 6-inspired indie pop, Beverley Atonale stands as an essential addition to any indie-focused catalogue and a timeless rediscovery for a new generation of listeners.Recommended For Fans Of The Essex Green, Belle and Sebastian, Broadcast, Stereolab, The Olivia Tremor Control.

Ultra Lights

Pleasure's All Yours

Chunklet

Fortune favors the brave. And lordy, nobody has been more rewarded than I have by stumbling into the brilliantly crafted world of Ultra Lights. It started innocently enough when I witnessed their second show, appearing on a stacked bill that included locals Bizner and Arbor Labor Union and the Dutch phenom band Lewsberg. After their opening set, I went up to guitarist/vocalist John Robinson and asked if their closing song was a cover, because it sounded so dang familiar. An earworm for the ages, if you will. Yeah, it was that annoyingly catchy. Maybe was it a Fang song? That Sunday night signaled the beginning of my torrid love affair with Ultra Lights.Ultra Lights’ first release was “Nostalgia.” At the time it was unquestionably their best song. “Nostalgia will eat the young”? Are you serious? That still stops me in my tracks. The two subsequent singles were equally all killer, no filler. The six-song 12” that collects all three singles is equally spotless. I’ve got zero notes. The band has played New York (including a WFMU session!), Chicago, Nashville, and anywhere else that’ll take them. Left in their wake are fans like me who are convinced that Ultra Lights is their new favorite band.Enter Pleasure’s All Yours. A record that, by any reasonable metric, is a stone-cold masterpiece. Not just compared to records by other bands in Georgia or, more broadly, the South. No, I mean that in the great history of recorded music, this is up there with the...

Achers

Bottom of the Hill

No Idea

The first all-new release on No Idea in nine years comes courtesy of London's Achers. “Formed in 2022, Achers is a London-based outfit. The group delivers glacial, wiry and hallucinatory atmospheres set in intensely expressive and grinding earnest DIY 90s Post-Hardcore territories, influenced by a wide gamut of noisy guitar-driven bands from Slint, Unwound, Drive Like Jehu, and At The Drive In, to Pixies and Pavement, peppered with the ’80s post-punk serrated jaggedness of Gang Of Four and Wire.”—White Light White Heat.

Edgar

Pavor

Dark Entries

Edgar debuts on Dark Entries with Pavor, an 11 track LP of sleazy disco, warped synthpop, and gothic cumbia. Veteran musician Luis Gutierrez has spent the past two decades touring in bands, running Lalalandia Studio, and building his practice in Oakland and Guadalajara. But now, for his first solo outing, he has become Edgar, a pop star who knows no limits! “Edgar feels mightier than anyone but is always reduced to his vices” says Gutierrez, and Pavor delivers vices in spades. From the opening salvos of “Otra Agua,” it’s clear we’re in for a wild ride: seasick synths slide along slamming disco beats, menacingly chanted vocals sit amid a flurry of careening horror movie samples. The mischief does not abate as we’re guided through a demented funhouse of genre detournements. Edgar puts his indelible fingerprints over every inch of this vinyl, from uptempo numbers like the spooky chip-tune frenzy of “Nunca Mas” to the twisted cumbia of “Panteon.” We’re even treated to a fairly faithful (and majestic) Spanish-language cover of Amanda Lear’s “Follow Me,” here titled “Sigueme.” EBM, space disco, and horror movie soundtracks all find their way into the mix on Pavor, but the diverse palette comes together perfectly, like a Yello album for the 21st century. Pavor comes housed in a sleeve designed by Eloise Shir-Juen Leigh and features a photograph by Izaak Schlossman. Also included is an insert with lyrics and notes. On Pavor, Edgar brings us a healthy dose of pure excess, reminding us that dread...

Bellerue, Bob

Chaos Is A Law

Helen Scarsdale Agency

A catalyst for all sorts of noise-making endeavors, Bob Bellerue embraces chaos as a positive force. As a musician, he harnesses the violent timbres and textures from feedback clashing against piano wires, amplifiers, metal, zithers, electronics etc. He's also been central in harnessing community through his long standing Ende Tymes festival in New York, providing an intersectional platform for all voices to utter their noise. To a polite society, things such as chaos, noise, and anarchy threaten the normative structures that can assert control and maintain power over others. Bellerue qualifies his practice as a form of sonic animism, in which engages with that which is unheard in materials, equipment, and their relationships, developing a process of amplified discovery. The unhinged, the unquantifiable, and the unknowable are all possible outcomes in Bellerue's expansive works. Chaos Is A Law is a macrotonal album, whose expressive de-centralization originates from rasping noise, intense textural accretions, brutalist drone, and inharmonic ambience. For all of the sustained harmonics and dissonant frequencies, the album is in constant motion, with Bellerue pushing dynamics that build, rupture, collapse and reform with an almost organic morphology. At times, it boils with a feral intensity. At others, its muscularity collapses into peculiar almost half-melodic figures, mutated within all the distortion. One could look to the free noise practitioners from New Zealand (e.g. A Handful Of Dust, Birchville Cat Motel, Surface of the Earth) or to the alchemical dronescaping of Stephen O'Malley and Organum. Yet, Bellerue's work maintains a bespoke tactility...

Non Plus Temps

Conditional Bunker

Siltbreeze

Non Plus Temps are a bay area ensemble whose core members you'll also find in fine bands such as Famous Mammals, Naked Roommate & Preening. Tail waggers all, but bunched together here, they spray a hybrid snork like few others. The first lp, 'Desire Choir' from 2022, was an infectious hopper of left field dub & etcetera that make it difficult to stay still. And 'Conditional Bunker' their followup 2nd effort, is an even more demanding dinger than the debut. And as is their want, NPT's song catalog reflects a wide range of structures: the yarp familia via the Canterbury cabal, reverberating chasons ala Family Fodder, hints of Frank Chickens Enka scramble, Laughing Clowns horn-swoggle + all that is worth noting from an appreciation of the On-U Sound & Y Records imprints. I mean, what else is there to say? It's a platter of unctuous sonority, deserving of a galaxy''s worth of Michelin stars. Or in the parlance of your mom, "Fuck art, let's dance". It's win/win either way.

Beylis, Natalia & Eimear Reidy

She Came Through The Window To Stand By The Door

Eiderdown Records

***Second Pressing. Recorded at St Georges Church, Carrick On Shannon, Leitrim on a cold early January with a William Telford Organ. Built in 1846, it is reputed to be the second oldest organ in Ireland.'Pour Upon The Sky' is a story told by the two voices of cello and organ. Influenced by the rhetorical style of 18th century vocal music, the inspiration for this piece came naturally to Eimear who has a background in early music and has performed alongside the organ in a variety of settings from chamber works to Bach's larger orchestral works such as St Matthew Passion. In 18th century music, the cello & organ perform a role as continuo players. Traditionally the cello and organ are both intertwined and interdependent, playing the bass line and harmonies together and providing a foundation for the rest of the ensemble while soloists come in and out.In 'Pour Upon The Sky', Eimear and Natalia play within and without of this traditional form. Freed from the need to hold the solid ground for an ensemble, the cello and organ playfully explore the space as they pass the role of solo and continuo back and forth.'The Whistling Dust' is a slow steady study of the microscopic flutters of the organs and the organ. The heart of the Telford rattles and breathes as the cello dances in and out. When Natalia & Eimear began working on these pieces in the cold January, the Telford, which seemed like it had been sitting quietly for...

Myth Math

Tongues

Illegal Art

***For 15 years, Matthew S ran Illegal Art in near-total anonymity, using aliases like Philo T. Farnsworth while building a label that challenged what was “allowed” in music. From 1998–2012, it became a lightning rod for sample-based art, pushing legal and creative boundaries before going on hiatus as the industry shifted to digital.Now, Illegal Art returns—with Matthew stepping out from behind the curtain and launching Myth Math, a more personal, song-driven project. Tongues, his debut EP, marks both a new chapter for the label and a shift in his own work: blending samples with live instrumentation, songwriting, and vocals.Originally rooted in experimental collage (including the infamous Deconstructing Beck), Illegal Art later found wider impact through artists like Girl Talk, helping legitimize sampling as a respected art form. That influence still echoes across genres today.With Myth Math, Matthew moves toward a more human, expressive sound. Inspired in part by artists like Sufjan Stevens and Jeff Tweedy, Tongues balances abstraction with accessibility. The EP was shaped in collaboration with former student Mitchell Baker Martin, and features drums from Kellii Scott (Failure) on “Deep Down”.For Matthew, the mission remains the same: take familiar sounds and push them somewhere new into something that feels like art.

AC/BG

Open Doors / Queen Of Hearts

1-2-3-4 Go!

A short run 7" for a short run project from Aaron Cometbus (Pinhead Gunpowder, Crimpshrine, etc) and Barker Gee (Ringers, Witches With Dicks, Neon Piss etc)! Two songs recorded on a 4 track in a brooklyn basement that capture two of the most unique spirits I've ever come across in my life coalescing for an all too brief period of time. Limited to 429 copies.

Delee, William

Raynol Overlook

Carbon

***Similar to Eric Arn and other folks in the guitar realm, William DeLee leans at times to the more neo-classical and cleaner side of acoustic guitar playing. But like Arn, he is never stale or overly traditional, and also like Arn, William has some mad skills, some might say, he’s a virtuoso. Raynol Overlook showcases both Will’s expertise, but also his incredible creative approach to both 6-string and 12-string guitar, as well as his emersion into the Andean stringed-instrument the charango. Like on past releases, this LP is a perfect blend of pieces composed on these various instruments.

Gunn, Lucas

You Shouldn't try to barrow other People's skin

Carbon

***You Should’nt try to barrow other People’s skin. [sic] was recorded professionally with quality vintage microphones, while a few tracks were self-recorded. Each song was recorded live in the studio—no overdubs, no edits—giving the album a raw, authentic edge. All songs were recorded analog, and overall, the guitar sound is heavy, hypnotic, and catchy. And at times droney and chorusy.

Desiccation

Legatum Mortuorum

Carbonized

Legatum Mortuorum, the second full-length from Desiccation, confronts death, grief, and oppression through relentless riffs and haunting atmosphere. Hailing from Nevada City and Sacramento, California, Desiccation was formed in 2022 by husband and wife team of James (Guitars, Vocals, Synths) and Soell Bratt (Vocals), along with Patrick Hills (Drums, Bass, Synths, Background Vocals). The band combines a unique mix of Doom, Death, Black, and Post-Metal to portray a bleak world in which shards of hope glimmer amid the wasted aftermath of collapsing nations and burning ecosystems. Inspired by the absorbing sounds of bands like Emperor, Evoken, and Blut Aus Nord, Desiccation builds on their 2022 debut, Cold Dead Earth, adding deeper layers of synth over more aggressive Black / Death riffing. Familiar elements of emotive melody and Sludgy Death-Doom are strengthened by a solid Extreme Metal backbone. The band blends non-dual elements: blasting drums and tremolo-picked guitars give way to spacious, slow riffs and sprawling synths. Lyrically, themes of loss and grief are intertwined with moments of transcendence and connection. Aggression and beauty, hope and hopelessness, are woven together to translate inner experience into the outer world. With Legatum Mortuorum, Desiccation focuses on Doom-driven weight and patience emphasizing space, and repetition; atmospheric extremity that is rooted in Black and Death Metal. Ritual, grief, and transcendence expressed through layered sonic atmospheres.

Goetia

Mortuary Cult

Carbonized

***Mortuary Cult, the first full-length album from Goetia, features ten blasting tracks of Death Metal desecration! Goetia was formed in Washington, DC in the Autumn of 2022 by bassist / vocalist, Matt Scott, guitarist, Demir Soyer, and drummer, Nadia Tydings-Lynch. Goetia self-released their first EP in May of 2023. This was followed by a re-release on Persistent Vision Records and regular touring throughout that year. Their self-titled EP was followed up by their second, Tomb Essence, in 2024, released by Heavy & Fast Records, and finally a third 7” EP, Otherwordly Agency, in 2025 on Voice of the Cielago. Their first Full-Length album, Mortuary Cult, was written and recorded during these years amidst tours alongside Vastum, Altars, Healing Magic, and others. While their first three releases loosely center around occult themes, their debut full-length is more conceptually driven, featuring ten tracks inspired by experiences in an old cemetery in the suburbs of Washington, DC. With Mortuary Cult, Goetia strives to retain the same energy and sound they’re known for, ensuring fast-paced Death Metal with an abundance of chaotically frantic guitar solos and a plethora of blast beats. Mortuary Cult was recorded by Matt Michel (Antichrist Siege Machine, Blood Monolith) at Viva Studio and mixed by Will Killingsworth (Full of Hell, Miasmatic Necrosis, Tomb Mold) at Dead Air Studios. Cover Artwork by Chris Taylor (Pig Destroyer, pageninetynine, Darkest Hour).

Goatvomit

Demo / EP

Nuclear War Now

***This collection assembles Goatvomit's two foundational recordings: the unholy self-titled demo from 2000 and the NWN released "Chapel of the Winds of Belial" 7" from 2001. Both releases have been out of print for over two decades, becoming increasingly sought after by devotees of bestial black metal. It is a privilege to resurrect these recordings on a single compilation while we continue to await Goatvomit's long-anticipated full-length album.At the turn of the millennium, the landscape of black metal looked very different than it does today. The dominant trends favored the colder, more atmospheric European sound, while only a handful of bands remained committed to the chaotic and primitive spirit forged by Blasphemy, Beherit, Sarcófago, and Profanatica. Labels dedicated to this style were few and far between.When NWN! emerged in 2001, its focus was firmly fixed on promoting bestial black metal through releases by Blasphemy, Morbosidad, Abigail (Intercourse and Lust is bestial AF), and, of course, Goatvomit's debut 7". Yet even before that, Goatvomit's self-titled demo stood apart from the sea of cold black metal recordings that flooded the underground. Alongside early recordings by GoatSemen, Unholy Archangel, Goatworship, Black Witchery, and a select few others, Goatvomit helped keep the flame of the "warm climate" black metal tradition burning.

Ride For Revenge

Angels Fly Low

Nuclear War Now

***2026 studio album Angels Fly Low from Finland’s Ride for Revenge, arguably their best and heaviest album to date. This is a direct extension of their established sound, no updates, no compromises. The influence of early Godflesh and Beherit’s Drawing Down the Moon is clear, but Ride for Revenge reshapes it into something more stripped down and ugly. Blending black metal and doom into a singular, crawling entity, the band pushes a bass-and-drums-driven approach, often sidelining guitars in favor of low-end weight and primitive rhythm. Angels Fly Low is a dense, suffocating listen: filthy, slow-moving, and immersive in its repetitiveness. The emphasis is on atmosphere and weight, with a low-end presence that pulls everything into the abyss below.

Twisted Teens

Florida Water Blues

Going Underground

***Twisted Teens is a rockin' roll band from New Orleans. The Kinks of living in a school bus with no wheels on it. The Rolling Stones of Jungian anarchism. The Buzzcocks of the poisoned bogs of south Louisiana. Punk inflected country music, or country inflected punk music idk. Memetic warfare via earworms (it's extremely catchy). Outperforms all other bands in every metric, drinks every night but still makes it to the gym. Draws no contrast between the familiar and unfamiliar.

Riedl, Paul

Ambient Mixtape Vol. 5: The Water Tape

Eroding Winds

***Eroding Winds is proud to present the vinyl edition for Paul Riedl's 2022 Ambient Mixtape Vol. 5: The Water Tape. While Paul is well known as a member of Blood Incantation, Spectral Voice, Leech, and many other bands from the American metal underground, he has concurrently spent much of the last 20 years quietly crafting a variety of solo atmospheric recordings under various project names. Most recently his solo work has focused on a series of ambient mixtapes and compositions under his birth name, and AMV5 is a shining representation of the evolution of his work. 80 minutes of calming Environmental Music, meditative New Age, generative Ambient and stargazing Kosmische drone. Presented as a 2xLP with re-sequenced track list, and an insert with expanded liner notes. Re-mastered for vinyl in 2025 by Arthur Rizk. Lacquers cut by Greg Reierson at Rare Form Mastering and pressed at Copycats Media in St. Paul, MN during the Winter Solstice.

Shakali

Toinen Luonto

Not Not Fun

Finnish multi-instrumentalist Simo Hakalisto makes mosaic music of strings, bowls, bells, reeds, wind, water, and obscure electronics, threaded in subtle currents of color and texture. The title of his latest, Toinen Luonto (Finnish for “second nature”), alludes equally to Shakali’s earthen, tactile soundworld and Hakalisto’s deepening comfort with his craft. The album’s eight songs feel coaxed as much as composed, a web of resonances set in motion and allowed to simmer, build, or billow. Vibrations and silences unspool and intertwine, alternately pointillist and diffuse, attuned to some hidden harmony of the spheres. In addition to his own repertoire of rare instruments (including a 36-string kantele, built by Hakalisto’s grand-uncle), several notable collaborators contributed to Toinen Luonto: saxophonist Julian Overall; Hakalisto’s partner in the duo Lunar Horns, Timo Juntunen, playing udu and percussion; American experimentalist Roy Werner; and Belgian ambient flute samplist Les Halles.