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Box | 2017 | Original (Demon / Edsel)

Country - Classic 45s

Release: 2017 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Alive)

Concrete Waves

36,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Claremont 56)

Claremont Editions Three

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Limited Edition. No. 429/600.
Cover as new with a dented corner.
Includes original inner sleeves.
Small light scuff on side B.

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City Limits - Down And Out In Toronto & Montreal

LP | 2011 | Original (High Anxiety)

9,99 €*

Release: 2011 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Record is close to NM.

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Christmas Dreamers: Yuletide Country (1960-1972) Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Santa's Lager Colored Vinyl. Daddies don't always come home for Christmas. From the snow-covered plains of Wisconsin's Driftless region to the palm-lined avenues of Los Angeles, theloneliness of the holidays is a universal theme, best expressed by tear-in-thebeer country music hopefuls. Sung and strummed (and plucked) by an unlikely assortment of Nashville aspirants, our Christmas Dreamers spent the '60s gambling their futures on the AM airwaves of a forgotten America.

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Christmas Dreamers: Yuletide Country (1960-1972) Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Numero Group)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Daddies don't always come home for Christmas. From the snow-covered plains of Wisconsin's Driftless region to the palm-lined avenues of Los Angeles, the loneliness of the holidays is a universal theme, best expressed by tear-in-the-beer country music hopefuls. Sung and strummed (and plucked) by an unlikely assortment of Nashville aspirants, our Christmas Dreamers spent the '60s gambling their futures on the AM airwaves of a forgotten America.

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Forager)

Child Of Nature

34,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie

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A further exercise in musical curation, Child Of Nature is our latest sonic confluence of self-released tracks from the loners, hippies and outsiders of the 70s and early 80s. A collection of privately pressed music, able to breathe and be created free from the constraints of heavy handed commercialism, yielding a pure vision of artistic expression. Child Of Nature features ten songs of brooding soft rock and psychedelic folk steeped in melancholia. Some ache for better times or past lovers, while others seek spiritual fulfillment or social progress.

A compilation to evoke the raw and unobstructed, to summon the occult, to fundamentally conjure a vivid portrait of our untamed natural environment. Recorded on the north coast of California, Luellen Reese’s ethereal “Silvery Waterfalls” drifts and swirls with electric guitar as her unearthly vocals transcend across a seven minute opus, fit for the golden age of labels like 4AD or Dedicated. “The flowers are dancing just for you …”, Reggie Russell croons over glistening Key Of Creek’s title track “Child Of Nature”, evoking a utopian world of natural harmony free from the present day realities of industrial decay.

Tap into your inner primal being, to embrace wholeheartedly, with frivolity and without reserve, your own child of nature.

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Chaos In Nederland (Oi AinT Dead 8) Limited Edition Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Rebellion)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cease & Resist - Sonic Subversion & Anarcho Punk In The Uk 1979 -1986

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Optimo Music)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Anarcho Punk was the one sub-genre of Punk that emerged in isolation from the rock & roll establishment. During its pioneering days of the early 1980s it thrived in opposition to the music industry, existing as a fiercely underground alternative to the bands, labels and venues of the commercialised mainstream Punk scene. It continues to do so. Anarcho Punk represented one of the last truly underground and autonomous music movements ever witnessed and remains a movement that has never sold out and has never gone away.

The major differentiation between the Anarcho Punk acts and the more traditional Punk outfits was that for the former, albeit often more due to musical limitation than intent, the message was more important than the music. Standard song structures were often dispersed with in favour of a relentless lyrical polemic accompanied by a similarly uncompromising aural assault. As the scene grew, so did the diversity of records that emerged under the Anarcho Punk umbrella: from D & V (drums & vocals) to the proto-EBM synth-pop of Belfast’s one-man Hit Parade and the Dadaist Beefheart hybrid of The Cravats. In later days the two biggest acts of the scene, Flux of Pink Indians and Crass themselves, both released LPs which had more in common with improv Jazz than hardcore punk.

The resounding victory of Anarcho Punk is that it is now a the unifying soundtrack to a culture of resistance that spans Scotland to Indonesia and remains without compromise. It is still as removed from mainstream music and oppositional to conventional culture as it was over forty years ago and shows no sign of changing. Quite the opposite: the more popular Anarcho Punk becomes the less it has to engage with the music establishment and the more control it can enjoy. In 2023, that message remains as uncompromising as ever.

This is a double vinyl retrospective compilation of some of the most radical music ever made, a musical force that changed lives. Covering the years 1979 - 86 and including classic tracks from Crass, Poison Girls, Flux Of Pink Indians, The Mob, Zounds, Annie Anxiety, The Ex, ATV plus 10 more, all newly remastered by iconic Punk mastering engineer Daniel Husayn. It has been lovingly compiled by JD Twitch and Anarcho legend Chris Low and was ten years in the making. There are also a couple of previously unreleased mixes included. It comes as a high quality double vinyl pressing, and has a full colour sleeve with back and front images designed by the legendary Gee Vaucher. It also comes with a 6 page fold out poster on one side with detailed sleeve notes, recollections and essays on the other side.

The compilation is a fundraiser for Faslane Peace Camp. Not so far from Glasgow Faslane Naval Base is home to Britain's abhorrent Trident nuclear missiles. The camp has been there, protesting since 1982 and is still active to this day. We hope in our lifetime we will see those missiles leave Scottish soil. We have so much respect for those who have dedicated their lives to protesting these weapons and it seemed an obvious choice that the proceeds from this release should go to help them, and the Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

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Campfire At Fatty's-Round One Red Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Fat Wreck)

38,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Campfire At Fatty's-Round One Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Bottles To The Ground)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Absolute)

Cafe Covers

23,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Stag-O-Lee)

Buzzsaw Joint Cut 04

18,99 €*

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tape | 2023 | US | Original (Cold Busted)

Bust Free 22

19,94 €* 20,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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If one thing seems certain in the realm of downtempo and instrumental hip-hop sounds, it's the arrival of another high quality Bust Free compilation chock full of amazing producers, both known and new. Cold Busted is now issuing Bust Free 22 — yes, the 22nd in the acclaimed series — and it might be the best one yet. These 14 beat-lab concoctions bring out the best in Cold Busted, with previously unheard delights from a global gathering of top notch artists. From Es-K to Sim Nagai, Leo Low Pass & Emapea to DJ Taek — there's much to discover, whether on boomin' systems or cozy earbuds. Highlights include Bay Area beatsmith Nu Vintage and his frequent collaborator, the multi-instrumentalist Pat Van Dyke, exploring the futuristic edges of a beachside hip-hop lounge with the flute-laden feel-good tune "Daylight." Gentle piano, a serene saxophone, and breezy vibes float over tough downtempo beats on "On The Way Home," a delightfully laid back cut from Polish freestyle-footballer turned beat-maker MichRyc. There's "In A Good Mood," sonically shuffling its way out of the '70s and into today's head-nodding beat-zone. Produced by Cologne's Midan, this cut glides by with smooth guitar licks and keyboard melodies, delivering on the promise of its title. Maria Whoat brings some deep heat to bear with the subdued bop of "Between You And Me." Lowdown bass moves, swirling tones and textures, and a tough-as-nails slo-mo drum track recall the trippiest moments of the trip hop canon. Listeners will also uncover "Overpass," a lively and upbeat track from sus9th that proves the old adage that the early bird catches the earworm. An instantly memorable melody guides a percussive rhythm, filtered chords, and percolating synths. Japanese crate digger and turntable maestro Pigeondust ventures to exotic locales with "Nova," a cut that aims to dazzle with bewitching vocal motifs, chiming electric piano chords, and a killer drum beat that's more than ready for prime time. These cuts and more will fulfill any discerning listener's craving for high protein Bust Free beats.

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Bullshit Detector Grey Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (One Little Independent)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Bullshit Detector Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (One Little Independent)

25,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Brown Acid - The Sixteenth Trip

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Riding Easy)

23,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sixteen trips might fry the fragile psyche of the average teenager, but the hoary old heads at Brown Acid boiled their brain pans long ago! As such, Riding Easy is bringing even more hard rock, heavy psych, and garage rock rarities from the North American wasteland of the 1970s. From L.A. to Youngstown, OH, from Toronto to Charlotte, The Sixteenth Trip has got everything covered. As always, original copies of these 45s would cost a pretty penny—if one could find ’em in the first place. And by now one knows the drill: This ain’t no bootleg. All songs are officially licensed. This sixteenth installment kicks off with “Shuckin’ and Jiving,” a seven-minute power jam from L.A.’s kings of garage psych, the Seeds. The song appeared as a single in 1972 with “You Took Me By Surprise” on the flipside. It was the only release on Productions Unlimited, a label created by (or for) the Seeds at the tail end of their late ’60s / early ’70s run as Sky Saxon And The Seeds. Get shucked! Macbeth released their one and only 45 in 1978, with the steamrolling “Freight Train” as the b-side to “Didn’t Mean (To Come This Far).” Boasting a thick-ass riff, a tasty stereo-panned guitar solo and at least one space laser sound effect, this one should satisfy fans of Blue Cheer and Grand Funk alike. Macbeth’s bassist, Ned Meloni, went on to play with UFO guitarist Paul Chapman, Virgin Steele guitarist Jack Starr and do a brief stint with doom legends Pentagram. Formed by three brothers—David, Bruce and Barry Flynn, all GM factory workers—along with organist Tom Applegate, The Headstones (also known as simply Headstone) lent their 1974 garage boogie “Carry Me On” to The Fourth Trip. This time, the Midwest psych rockers return with their killer 1975 instrumental “Snake Dance.” One can hear echoes of this particular guitar style in the recent work of Swedish adventure rock overlords Hällas. The band Clinton might’ve been from Pennsylvania, but that didn’t stop them from writing about New York City. “Midnight In New York” is the flipside to their sole single, 1976’s “Falling Behind.” Stylistically and thematically, it’s not unlike something famous New Yawker Ace Frehley would’ve written for Kiss around the same time.

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Brown Acid: The Fourth Trip Colored Vinyl Edition

LP | 2017 | US | Original (Riding Easy)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Brown Acid: The Fourth Trip Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2017 | US | Original (Riding Easy)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Bottle Music For Broken People

LP | 2023 | Original (Bottles To Ground)

25,99 €*

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Born To Be Wild Purple Green Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Born To Be Wild Green Gold Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Bobby Gillespie Presents: I Still Can't Believe Yo

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Ace)

33,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Following on from the Primal Scream frontman’s brilliantly-received previous release for Ace, ‘Sunday Mornin’ Comin’ Down’ (accolades included being short-listed for Rough Trade’s compilation of the year), Bobby Gillespie brings us another slice of the music that soundtracks his life. And in this case, it’s his touring life. Drawing on the experience of ‘the way that the noise and clamour of the road can tire you out, wear you down and frazzle your nerves to shattered fragments of jangled exhaustion’, these are the records Bobby turns to for solace, for comfort, for empathy and for resourcefulness.

The compilation features an introduction from the man himself, talking us through his personal choices as though he’s sitting cross-legged on the carpet going through records with you in his lounge. Also long-time cohort of the band, Kris Needs has written extensive liner-notes, serving up an intensive track by track insight and analysis.

Titled after and kicking off with the Willie Nelson track of the same name, ‘I Still Can’t Believe You’re Gone’ leads us through a darker and deeper exploration than its predecessor, featuring Nick Cave’s funereal version of ‘By The Time I Get To Phoenix’ and Ry Cooder’s sparse and beautiful reworking of ‘Dark End Of The Street’. And we get there via such greats as Bob Dylan, JJ Cale, Donnie Fritts, Crazy Horse, Lee Hazlewood, Al Green, Thin Lizzy and so many more.

In Bobby’s own words: ‘These songs are soul savers to soothe frayed and battered nerves and to ease and settle the heart. They work on me like medicine every time. I would like to share this wonderful music that has given me strength, joy and inspiration over the years with you the listener, so that you too might get the same feelings of protection and inspiration that I do whenever I listen to these songs. We're all travellers on some kind of road through this life, and we all need respite from time-to-time - the music on this compilation is soul food of the highest order - I hope you enjoy it.’.

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Bob Stanley & Steve Wiggs Present Winter Of Discontent

2LP | 2023 | UK | Original

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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There was plenty of genuine discontent in Britain at the tail end of the 1970s, and it had little to do with bin strikes or dark rumours about overflowing morgues. In the world of popular music, the most liberating after-effect of the Sex Pistols was that anyone with something to say now felt they could make a 7” single. “Winter Of Discontent” is the sound of truly DIY music, made by people who maybe hadn’t written a song until a day or two before they went into the studio. It’s spontaneous and genuinely free in a way the British music scene has rarely been before or since.

“Winter of Discontent” has been compiled by Saint Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs, the latest in their highly acclaimed series of albums that includes “The Daisy Age”, “Fell From The Sun” and “English Weather” ("really compelling and immersive: it’s a pleasure to lose yourself in it" - Alexis Petridis, the Guardian). The era's bigger DIY names (Scritti Politti, TV Personalities, the Fall) and the lesser-known (Exhibit A, Digital Dinosaurs, Frankie’s Crew) are side by side on “Winter Of Discontent”. Mark Perry’s Sniffin’ Glue command – “Here’s one chord, here’s another, now start a band” – was amplified by the Mekons and the Raincoats, whose music shared a little of punk’s volume, speed and distortion, but all of its obliqueness and irreverence.

The discontent was with society as a whole. No subject matter was taboo: oppressive maleness (Scritti Politti); deluded Britishness (TV Personalities); gender stereotypes (Raincoats, Androids of Mu); nihilistic youth (Fatal Microbes); alcoholism (Thin Yoghurts); self-doubt and pacifism (Zounds). The band names (Thin Yoghurts!) and those of individual members (Andrew Lunchbox!) had enough daftness to avoid any accusations of solemnity.

“Winter Of Discontent” is the definitive compilation of the UK DIY scene, and a beacon in grim times.

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Bloodstains Across Virginia

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Prompt Critic Productions)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Blacklips Bar: Androgyns And Deviants

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Anthology)

43,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Best Place To Go! Go! Volume 3 Amsterdam Beatclub

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Sonic Rendezvous)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Best Of The West - Live At The Whisky A Go Go Gol

38,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Best Of Soundgarden Yellow Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Magnetic Eye)

51,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Best Of Soundgarden Black Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Magnetic Eye)

48,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Best Of Rotterdam Records Volume 1

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Cloud 9)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Magnetic Eye)

Best Of Pink Floyd Redux

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Gatefold-LP Neupressung (violettes Vinyl) in Redux Series O-Card.

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LP+CD | 2017 | FR | Original (Jukebox Music Factory)

Beach-O-Rama Volume 2

20,99 €*

Release: 2017 / FR – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Summer is finally here. No more jukeboxes and smoky bars, long live turntables on the beach, with rubber rings and frisbees...
The black vinyl crêpe, like the wheel of firtune, never stops spinning, carried along by a music full of life, love and good vibes. Today, just as in 1957, the ideal soundtrack for this coastal excursion.

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Baby Driver (Music From The Motion Picture)

2CD | 2017 | US | Original (30th Century)

12,59 €* 17,99 € -30%

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Soundtracks

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Used Vinyl

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Ba Ad Schandau Express Volume 2 Ag.Geige

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Iron Curtain Radio)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Ba Ad Schandau Express Volume 1 A.E.Bizottsag

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Iron Curtain Radio)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Awaaz Original Soundtracks Recordings From The Archives Of Cbs Gramophone Records & Tapes India 1982-1986

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Naya Beat)

38,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Soundtracks

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Bollywood rarities handpicked and remastered on a double LP release with laminate gatefold and multi-layered flower petal foldout. Featuring rare, overlooked or not-previously-on-vinyl music from Bappi Lahiri, R. D. Burman, Ilaiyaraaja, Kalyanji-Anandji, Anand Milind, Raamlaxman and Kirti Anuraag released between 1982 and 1986. Mastered for and cut to vinyl by multi Grammynominated Frank Merritt at his mastering studio The Carvery. Naya Beat is incredibly proud to present the first in our series of ‘Awaaz’ (‘sound’ in Hindi) archival projects focused on uncovering the sounds of 1980s Bollywood Original Soundtrack Recordings (OSTs). Series 1 focuses exclusively on the musical output of CBS Gramophone Records & Tapes (India) Ltd. Active during India’s peak disco era – a time when synthesisers and drum machines became a mainstay in Indian popular music – CBS India became a home for established composers to be experimental, up-and-coming composers to get their start, B-movie soundtracks, and straight-to-VHS releases. Expertly curated by Naya Beat co-founders Turbotito and Ragz, who were given unprecedented access to the original label archives, this compilation is not just a collection of four-to-the-floor Bollywood disco (although there are plenty of those). ‘Awaaz’ is designed to take listeners on a musical journey that includes everything from leftfield electronic and mood music to outrageous proto house. Be it classic and hard to find cuts like Ilaiyaraaja's "Aye Zindagi Gale Lagaa Le" and “Mere Jaisi Mehbooba” (Bappi Lahiri’s Hindi remake of Herbie Hancock's “Rockit”), or the instrumental mood music of Kirti Anuraag’s VHS movie soundtracks, to the proto house of Raamlaxman’s “Dil Gadbad Jhala” and Kalyanji-Anandji’s “Aage Bhi Dushman,” or the synth and guitar drenched breakdance madness of R. D. Burman’s “Dekho Idhar Jano Jigar,” the music on this compilation captures the output of a label that was unique as it was unconventional. An homage to the genre, every detail in this stunning release has been lovingly crafted. From the laminate cover to the absolutely incredible foldout, to the cut-out and collage design, to the font type and layout, there are countless authentic details and nods to classic Bollywood releases of the era. As much of the album has been made in India as is possible. The sleeves have been handmade in New Delhi. The liner notes have been compiled by music archivist Nishant Mittal (aka Digging In India).

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12" | 2023 | EU | Original (Rocky Hill)

Armenian White Label

14,44 €* 16,99 € -15%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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Next up on Rocky Hill is a limited edition, vinyl only white label, featuring 2 edits licensed from Terrestrial Funk and Darone Sassounian's compilation from 2021, and two original tracks from LA - based DJ and producer, Lara Sarkissian. The A side (Silk Road Side), features two previous exclusives from Darone's compilation on Terrestrial Funk titled, 'Silk Road: Journey of the Armenian Diaspora (1971 - 1982)'. The two edits on the A side were only available digitally, on CD, and Cassette formats. A1 features an edit of Marten Yorgantz's "Ammenain Serdov [De Tout Coeur]" from NY-based DJ duo, Fundido. A2 features an edit of Jozeph Sefian's "Karoun E Yegel" from Darone Sassounian. The B Side (Lara Sarkissian Side), features two original tracks sampling duduk (Armenian woodwind), songs - named as Lezginka Dance Scene and Ojakhum Nightmare. The tracks are reworks of the originals from 2016 - 2017, when Sarkissian began the creation of her own unique process of synthesizing duduk as percussion, bass and voice. Both tracks have been used in her early live sets from 2017 - 2018. They're finally available now only on vinyl. This is Rocky Hill.

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Angst Vorm Amt (A This Charming Man Records Compilation)

CD | 2017 | DE | Original (Visions Magazine)

3,99 €*

Release: 2017 / DE – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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America Dream Reserve 2023 Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Smiling C)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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2023 edition with new artwork and sleeve. Come with insert/liner notes.

"Welcome to the America Dream Reserve, home to husband & wife duos, pub legends, one-man-bands, preachers’ sons, and country-lounge entertainers..."

About: America Dream Reserve is a home for kindred souls. An hour-long journey into the world of lo-fi drumcomputer folk, disco-pop-lounge, haunting ballads, obscure vanity pressings, and synthesized string ensembles. A collaborative compilation between Charles Bals, creator of the inimitable Club Meduse, and Smiling C.

Compiled by: Charles Bals & Henry Jones.

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2LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Demon)

Alternative Anthems

37,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Munster)

Algo Salvaje Vol 4

22,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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After three previous volumes in our series "Algo Salvaje" devoted to the Spanish nuggets, the new installment explores the darkest, neglected and rebellious side of Peruvian 60s garage beat. "Algo Salvaje" is an anthology devoted to a rich period when hundreds of bands appeared all over the world and, after paying attention to what their US and British contemporaries were doing, found their own way to vent their teenage rebellion through loud guitars. With amazing results! Many of the 14 tracks are reissued for the first time, including extremely hard-to-find records, and are mostly taken from the Discos MAG catalog from Peru. This compilation includes notes by genre-expert Marco Caballero (freneticos.net) featuring the original record labels and artist photos. - Internationally labelled as nuggets (after the original compilation of the same name concocted by Jac Holzman and Lenny Kaye in 1972 for the Elektra label), the more common garage rock label has been used to place and describe one of the most fertile chapters of rock & roll history during its most creative years. An underground story which has luckily become known, with participants from all around the globe which included anonymous musicians, independent record labels with impossible names and ridiculously limited pressings, often not more than a few hundred copies. After three previous volumes in our series "Algo Salvaje" devoted to the Spanish nuggets, this new instalment explores the darkest, neglected and rebellious side of Peruvian beat. Many of the 14 tracks are reissued for the first time, including extremely hard-to-find records, and are mostly taken from the Discos MAG catalog, owned, and directed by Manuel A. Guerrero. Guerrero's intuition and talent for business allowed his artists to be given creative freedom. Despite initially feeling challenged by the unusual songs that the bands proposed to him, several musicians of the time agree that he ended up giving in and betting on them. As a consequence, the MAG...

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Alcopop! And Dog Knights Productions

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Alcopop)

18,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Akilla's Escape Record Store Day 2023 Green & Red Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | US | Reissue (Chrysalis)

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The soundtrack to a 2022 Canadian film that had a theatrical release and is now set for streaming.The score has been written by 3D/Robert Del Naja from Massive Attack, and also includes works by poet and star of the film Saul Williams, Trent Reznor along with tracks by Bob Marley, UG, The Gladiators and Jackie Edwards.

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Abbey Road Reimagined - A Tribute To The Beatles

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A Tribute To Jerry Lee Lewis Red Marbled Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Cleopatra)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Cleopatra)

A Tribute To Genesis

36,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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90's Alternative Collected

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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4 Way Split Series Volume 1

7" | 2011 | US | Original (Anchorless)

5,99 €*

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

4 Down - Puzzled Together By Bullion

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Pias)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Spittle)

391 Selezione 2

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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With the 391 project, Spittle shed light on the most recondite and peculiar realities of the italian underground. The Belpaese illustrated in imaginative regional postcards, with all the legacies of off culture: the do-it yourself ethos and the local gestation of phenomena from across the Channel - above all - such as new wave, post-punk and electronic nouvelle vague. Phenomenal little contributions collected on the periphery of the New World, with future stars of the alternative scene to come and authentic artisans who remained such for life. With the second vinyl volume of 391 we line up some of the highlights of this brave and punctilious roundup.

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37 Adventures Presents Odd Numbers Volume 1

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Pias)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Portrait In Rock'n'roll 2

Uwanosora'67

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Kissing Fish)

LP | 2023 | JP | Original (Kissing Fish)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Uwanosora's alias unit, "Uwanosora'67", will finally release the "Portrait in Rock'n'Roll" series on LP! The two titles will be released simultaneously on August 23rd this summer from Kissing Fish Records!! Portrait in Rock'n'Roll 2 is the second album of Uwanosora'67. This second album is a more mature version of the first album, which contains the best parts of popular music and crystallizes the world of expression and aesthetics of Uwanosora '67 more rigorously.

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Uwanosora'67

Portrait In Rock'n'roll

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Blue Rose / Heckmann)

Release: 2023 / JP – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Uwanosora's alias unit, "Uwanosora'67", will finally release the "Portrait in Rock'n'Roll" series on LP! The two titles will be released simultaneously on August 23rd this summer from Kissing Fish Records!! The album "Portrait in Rock'n'Roll (2015)" was produced completely independently and distributed only at a limited number of stores. The style of Uwanosora's first album "Uwanosora" (2014), which was based on 70's pop music, has changed drastically, and now includes the essence of popular music such as Phil Spector, the Beach Boys, and the Niagara Sound, creating the Wall of Sound of the 10's. The overall sound is fresh, and this is the last work produced by vocalist Megumi Iemoto and guitarist and composers Hirohide Kadoya during their student days.

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Us Rails

Live For Another Day

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Odyssey Music Network)

Ursular

Preta

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Faith And Industry)

Ursa Major Moving Group

19,49 €* 25,99 € -25%

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Pias/Candlelight)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Ursa Major Moving Group, the solo alias of singer and composer Ursula Russell, announces her self-titled debut album, due out June 9th via Faith & Industry Records.

Known for her mesmeric drumming for Snapped Ankles, Alabaster DePlume, Drop Out Venus and Blue House, the album showcases the London-based artist’s stylistic and instrumental virtuosity - she played all instruments herself - on an intense, dynamic and intimate musical journal that shifts between delicate folk, stirring indie rock, flamboyant chamber pop and angular post-punk styles.

Its complex themes reflect a multihued blend of musical styles that recall artists as diverse as The Pixies, Talking Heads, Joni Mitchell, Arthur Russell and Julia Holter. Having built a reputation for her brilliance of musicianship as a band member, Ursa Major Moving Group sees Ursula establishing herself as a solo artist of brilliant, open-hearted originality.

Amongst the album’s many highlights is the driving, emotive opening track, Reverse Invisible, which dives into memories of childhood alienation .The winsome Goodbye George, which finds Ursula’s delicate vocals and acoustic guitars melding with Alabaster DePlume’s Ethio-jazz saxophones, delves back into her childhood.

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Urne

A Feast On Sorrow

44,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Wonderworld Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Definitive Anthology 1970-1990 Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (BMG/Sanctuary)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sweet Freedom Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Return To Fantasy Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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High And Mighty Picture Disc Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Cosmic Playground: Live On The King Biscuit Flower Hour San Diego 1974

LP | 2023 | EU (Dear Boss)

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Rock & Indie

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This live set gets Heep in their prime on February 8th, 1974 in front of a hugely appreciative audience. Here is an example of a 70s rock gig that puts you (via that nifty time machine) in the midst of the sweating, stomping, singing masses who gathered around the great bands who ruled the world stages of the era.

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Silver Lining)

Chaos & Colour

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Warner)

Chaos & Colour

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Kob)

Urgonauts

Namassa

Noiseversity Marbled Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Already from the first notes one can perceive an unbridled passion for ska and rocksteady and the arrangement of the pieces comes across as natural and spontaneous, the sounds come out smooth and pleasant from the speakers, the lyrics however are anything but onelove, on the contrary they are very pungent and irreverent, listen to "padrone mio" to believe.

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Urge

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Urgestein)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Untergang Dark Green Marbled Vinyl Edition

Urfaust

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Van)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 2023 | US | Original (Revelation)

Urban Sprawl

Concrete Altar

15,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Voodoo Rhythm)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Born from the same Bay Area scene that has spawned Tørsö, Primal Rite, Look Back AND Laugh, Punch, and countless others, Urban Sprawl is here to play some of the dirtiest hardcore the city of San Francisco has ever witnessed. Featuring members of the aforementioned Tørsö as well as Profile, Wound MAN, and even Joyce Manor, Urban Sprawl tackles issues plaguing the Bay Area like gentrification and inequality

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Urban Junior

Urban Et Orbi

20,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Croatia)

Urban & 4

Lipanj, Srpanj, Kolovoz

30,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Sentient Ruin Laboratories)

Uranium

Pure Nuclear Death

33,99 €*

LP | 2023 | Original (Royal Potato)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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American one-man nuclear black industrial weapon Uranium returns, transmuted into its most astonishing and terrifying form yet. A statement of unseen magnitude and scope, the second full length album Pure Nuclear Death sees the enigmatic East Coast visionary harness a realm of terror and death-torn sonic immensity rarely, if ever, seen before in this plane of reality. Clear from the title alone, Pure Nuclear Death embodies the triumph, definition and consecration of a vision and concept which in the span of a just a couple of years and releases so far has already become classic and by all standards and measures, simply unrivaled. Awe-inducing, imposing and inexorably devastating, Pure Nuclear Death comprises thirty six minutes, split up into five tracks, of omnipotent, death-heaving black industrial immensity designed to devour the listener and deliver to them a world-ending payload of absolute death. The legacy of bludgeoning, visionary post-industrial acts like Godflesh and early (Cop, Filth-era) Swans transposed into total oblivion and coerced into a monstrous, lightless abyss of tectonic and crushing blackened electronics. An antihuman concept on nuclear energy and its most godly and terrifying traits incarnated in a sound which is its perfectly executed and envisioned embodiment. An indissoluble fusion reaction between a concept extrapolated from science, ethical literature and philosophy to convey realities of daunting scientific an technological darkness, and a god-like sound assembled from a critical mass of cataclysmic power electronics, apocalyptic industrial and black metal chained together into an otherworldldly sonic weapon of absolute atomic death.

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Upstate

You Only Get A Few

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Tape | 2017 | US | Original (Lauren)

Upset

'76

10,99 €*

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Jupiter Gold Vinyl Edition

Upper Wilds

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Thrill Jockey)

34,99 €*

LP | 2017 | US | Original (Thrill Jockey)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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On Jupiter, Brooklyn trio Upper Wilds voyage deeper into the cosmos, mapping out the overwhelming enormity of the universe in soaring hooks and blistering noise. The third installment in the trio’s exploration of our solar system looks to its largest planet for a daring exploration of scale and perspective. New York underground mainstay Dan Friel’s melodic gifts and wry lyricism are magnified and propelled ever outwards by the thundering rhythm section of bassist Jason Binnick and drummer Jeff Ottenbacher, all immersed in rippling fuzz. Just like its namesake, Jupiter stands as Upper Wilds's most colossal offering in their catalog. The raw power of their music is amplified to titanic proportions, sky-clawing riffs invoking the sheer awe that the heavens inspire. More than any Upper Wilds album before it, Jupiter makes humanity’s endeavors in space exploration an inseparable part of its sonic DNA. Recorded with Travis Harrison at his studio Serious Business in Brooklyn (Guided By Voices, Dope Body, The Men), the trio’s live recordings are inspired by the Voyager Golden Record – a double LP launched with the 1977 Voyager probe spanning field recordings to compositions by J.S. Bach and Laurie Spiegel. While the Voyager Golden Record’s intended audience may have originally been the extra-terrestrial beings that might encounter the probe, Upper Wilds bring cosmos-seeking sounds back to earth with a record made for and about humanity. Jupiter finds comfort in space’s unending expanse. Far from feeling defeated by the smallness of our existence in the face of an uncaring universe and ever-expanding infinite, Upper Wilds capture the power of creativity to extend our lifespans far beyond our limited time on earth.

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Upper Wilds

Guitar Module 2017

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Hum Silver Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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The Hum Purple White Vinyl Edition Black Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Here's To The Mourning

Release: 2023 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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From Music In High Places

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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New Plastic Ideas Translucent Orange Vinyl Edition

Unwound

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Numero Group)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A Lump Of Death Red Vinyl Edition

Unverkalt

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Pias/Argonauta)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Mana Black / Blue Swirl Vinyl Edition

Unto Others

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Eisenwald)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Billingham)

Unthank : Smith

Nowhere And Everywhere

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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New World Artifacts Clear Vinyl Edition

Unschooling

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Bad Vibrations)

New World Artifacts Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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'New World Artifacts' is the debut album from Rouen, France-based group Unschooling, arriving following their 2021 'Random Acts of Total Control' EP and 2019's 'Defensive Designs' tape. Out October 6th via Bad Vibrations, it's a collection of lo-fi post-punk clocking in at 30 minutes, underscored with subtle pop melodies and structures but never far away from bouts of chaotic no-wave dissonance. Here, Unschooling claim loud and clear their desire to return to a sound which is less calibrated, less obvious. As they themselves write, "New World Artifacts is an ode to the unexpected, a tribute to many art rock bands who are always where you least expect them." Already heralded as one of the most exciting up-and-comers in the new school of post-punk revivalists, having spent the last couple of years playing to busy crowds and festival fields across the continent, 'New World Artifacts' might just mark them out as the best in class.The Unschooling quintet, as referred to on the album's collage artwork, is made up of Vincent Fevrier (Vocals/Guitar), Damien Tebbal (Bass), Paul Morvant (Guitar), Marc Lebreuilly (Guitar/Synth) and Thomas Fromager (Drums). Although their music might revel in discord, it is a calculated one. The musicianship is complex and meticulous, hardened by their time spent together playing on the road. For 'New World Artifacts', additional musicians were also brought in to expand the sound in new ways, including saxophonists Levi Gillis (The Dip, Beat Connection) and Emeline Morisset (Les Agamemnonz), and Kyleen King (Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, My Morning Jacket) on strings. Pressing Info: 180g clear vinyl, download card included.

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Unschooling

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Bad Vibrations)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Real Gone Music)

Unruly Child

54,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Beggars Banquet)

Unqualified Nurse Band

Death Surf A52

9,99 €*

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Polychrome The Pink Album Postlude

Unloved

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Heavenly)

30,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Killing Eve'r "Ode To The Lovers"

Unloved

LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Heavenly)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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V HHV European Exclusive Frosted Blue Vinyl Edition

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Jagjaguwar)

V Golden Nugget Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Artist Edition – exclusive to HHV in Germany.

Created between Palm Springs, California and Hilo, Hawai'i, V is the first double album from the Hawaiian-New Zealand singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Ruban Nielson's Unknown Mortal Orchestra band. Designed to play as one continuous movement and road-tested on dry California freeways, V is the definitive Unknown Mortal Orchestra car record. It's also the fifth full-length album Ruban has released in twelve years. Across fourteen sunbleached songs - written solo or with his brother Kody - Ruban draws from the rich traditions of West Coast AOR, yacht rock, weirdo pop and Hawaiian Hapa-haole music. Over a laidback blend of singalong anthems and cinematic instrumentals, he evokes blue skies, afternoons spent lounging by hotel swimming pools and the alluring darkness that lurks below perfect, pristine surfaces. It's a duality expressed in the dilapidated sunset blues and the saltcorroded soul Ruban explores through tracks like `Layla' and `Nadja. ' During the pandemic's early days, Ruban reunited with Kody at a cousin's wedding in Hawai'i. With assistance from their father, Chris Nielson (saxophone/flute) and longstanding Unknown Mortal Orchestra member Jake Portrait, they brought everything Ruban had been thinking about together. The result was V, due for release on March 3, 2023, through Jagjaguwar. When they talked about records that moved them in that spine-shivering manner, Ruban started thinking about the 70s AM radio rock and 80s pop songs that had lurked on the edge of his subconscious mind for most of his life. He wanted to write his version of records like that, leading to the two glorious uptempo singles Unknown Mortal Orchestra released in 2021, `Weekend Run' and `That Life'. However, the golden good times never last forever. Not long after, health issues began to plague his extended family. Putting his recordings aside, he helped his mother and his uncle move home from New Zealand and Portland to Hawai'i, and began dividing his time between Hawai'i and Palm Springs. During this period he reconnected with his relatives, reassessed his past, and started to look at things with fresh eyes. Hawai'i brought back memories of the darker side of his parents' lifestyle as entertainers. On those trips, he heard those classic AM radio rock records everywhere. They were inextricably intertwined with the palm trees, swimming pools, and glamorized hedonism he'd internalized from his childhood. There's a type of music in Hawai'i called Hapa-haole (Half white). You can hear it expressed in signature Unknown Mortal Orchestra style through the humid guitar-led atmosphere of V's penultimate song, `I Killed Captain Cook'. Although the songs are presented in a traditional Hawaiian manner, they're mostly sung in English. Having been influenced by Hawaiian music since Unknown Mortal Orchestra's first album, Ruban saw a space for himself within the tradition. When he reflected on his success, he realised he had the responsibility and platform to represent Hapa-haole music on the global stage.

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Unknown Mortal Orchestra

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Jagjaguwar)