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album of the week
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A rapturous blend of post-rock and post-classical, her debut lp is a gut-punch of writhing, gothic folk vocals, haunted piano keys & broiling strings and uses dynamic juxtapositions to breath-taking effect.
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new releases
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the toronto band's label debut is an exquisitely passionate work of vintage folk rock that exudes a tingling, calming warmth throughout.
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demonstrating an ever inquisitive creative mind, weller's masterful soul experiments have resulted in a catchy and inviting album that stands way out from t...
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All infectious brass and whirligig rhythms, this one will have you cavorting in public spaces like your life depends on it.
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a spellbinding indie debut built on litling debuts, shimmering guitars and hazy textures; it's a must for fans of julia jacklin, 'my woman' era ange...
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the west yorkshire quintet's long awaited debut lp is an immediately gratifying shot of nocturnal dream-pop and shoegaze that evokes low shutter-speed journ...
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the modern post-punk scene has been getting a bit crowded of late but this group cuts through with a strikingly singular voice, both lyrically and instrumentall...
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YES!!! We bloody love this band & not just coz they're local & not just coz they're jolly nice people but coz they're a wild live band &...
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in Prince Fatty's hands, Kraftwerk's 1978 electro masterclass, 'The Model,' feels like it was born for the rock steady approach.
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the legendary art-pop duo's 24th lp is another masterclass in arresting and whimsical pop songwriting.
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Drawing on Brazilian influences (Tropicalia, Bossa Nova) yet equally inspired by No Wave, Post Punk and peak period Bowie, this is an album that filters classic...
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the duo return to their collections to offer us a further selection of their stand-out, yet slightly off the beaten track, jazz favourites.
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*** we have a signed test press to give away to one lucky winner, simply order the album on any format and you'll be in the draw! all existing preorders wil...
vinyl reissues
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Beggars Arkive is excited to announce the reissue of Between 10th and 11th, the second album by The Charlatans.
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Albert Ayler’s 1969 album New Grass has been misunderstood from the day of its release.
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As the hippie movement hurdled towards its emanate demise, bad vibes infiltrated the rock world.
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I Am Kloot released their third album Gods And Monsters in 2005.
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A Collection of Short Stories is an ambient electronic masterpiece produced by Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton (collectively also known as Global Communication...
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All the recordings made for short-lived label Fred Records, all in one place… Originally only available on CD and download, Bang recordings issued The Ro...
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Interim" is an album by English post-punk band The Fall, compiled from live and studio material.
in stock and out friday 10/07!
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sprinkling a dash of gospel into these warm and inviting folk songs, this record feels more connected to the wider world than any of its predecessors; a broader...
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*** we'll be arranging for one lucky pre-ordering human to recieve a very limited signed print by the beths so get your copy on any format before midnight o...
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if we don't hear someone belting out one of these songs at the top of their lungs on a karaoke night in the not too distant future, we shall be sorely surpr...
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a whole load of mind-melting, rib-rattling funk must have crash landed form outer space and onter this disc because this sounds like nothing of this earth.
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perfect road songs for driving through pretty countryside; wainwright's 9th album of original material is a diverse and vibrant collection of pop-folk balla...
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*** we have some limited 7"s for those first to preorder the album, good luck getting them while stocks last! ***
Emotionally poignant, full of one lin...
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Backed by brand new B side “The Voyage”, “Long Stem Carnations” was inspired by the Mars One programme, a global project which aims to e...
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charming indie-folk-cum-dream-pop wafts across this balmy album from the mind of lancashire's ben hall.
record store day(s) 2020! in no particular order...
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Cerebral Caustic is the seventeenth studio album by British post-punk legends the Fall.
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Full colour picture sleeve - officially licensed and remastered 12 inch reissue.
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One of the most expensive records in the world.
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Exclusive 10” vinyl for RSD.
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For RSD 2020 Roll Out Groove is reissuing Slave To The Grind (Uncensored Version) on solid red 180gm vinyl for the first time in 29 years and expanding it to a ...
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Out of print since 2000, this will be the 20th Anniversary of the soundtrack.
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Exclusive 180gm Double Album for RSD.
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30TH Anniversary edition of Lou Reed’s album recorded with John Cale (Both formerly co-founders of The Velvet Underground) the concept album is a tribute to t...
mid year picks!
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*** read about everyone's individual picks here ***.
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hadreas' operatic songwriting style grows stronger with each passing release; these deeply stirring songs have been built into eclectic avant garde pop epic...
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Cet album est magnifique! The alluringly vibrant psych-pop-yéyé-noire of this Parisian outfit has worked its way into our collective psyches &...
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our local heroes have struck a near impossible balance between gut-ripping introspection and immaculately structured songwriting, where diy pop/rock dynamics eb...
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Infectious golden hour electronics that surge through juddering layers of leaden gloom to reach uplifting and euphoric heights.
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Polyrhythmic and pleasure-focused, 'Deleter' sees the inimitable quartet seamlessly fusing the gauzy drive of krautrock and deep house’s dreamy in...
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Arriving via a triangulation of Athens, Crete and London, yet existing at a psychic intersection between the ruins of crumbling infrastructure and an intimidati...
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She’s coming out of her cage and she’s doing just fine – apple’ first album since ‘the idler wheel’ is triumphant, unapologe...
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Expansive yet concise, this album nods to the band’s traditional touchstones – the feral scree of Sonic Youth, Rush’s symphonic anthems, the t...
new bargain lines!
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Another masterclass from one of pop's finest voices - this album may land an astonishing 23 years into her career but she's proving that she's still...
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Trancey synths, winding vocals & glitchy, pummelling beats - the debut album from the scottish trio delivers 12 impressive moments of varied tone & cons...
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Having invented emotions back in 2015, this follow up album was always going to be a challenge but she’s managed to make something just as powerful, gloss...
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exciting electro-pop from manchester's aleksandra denton - all shimmering synths and big pop balladry.
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remastered 1971 classic comes with a plethora of bonus material including a 2nd cd of a live show.
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ya boy michael steps it up a notch once more with an album of broader scope than any of its predecessors, evoking the bold production of Isaac hayes, marvin gay...
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after a string of very limited 10”s, the eagerly anticipated debut album from the london 4-piece finally lands.
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big, bold, hands-in-the-air pop anthems galore on the london four piece's second album.
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you know them, you love them, but this is like falling in love all over again.
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30th anniversary of Neneh Cherry’s classic '89 hit album "Raw Like Sushi" “an unorthodox and brilliantly daring blend of R&B, rap,...
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gorgeous, aching, sun-bleached slacker rock – three albums in and the san Francisco troupe just keep on getting better.
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Sun bleached beauty from the los angeles troupe here that takes csny, the byrds & grateful dead and pushes them through a bunch of reverb, leaving a floatin...
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coming soon / preorders
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sea girls
OUTSTORE & SIGNING SESSION!
WEDNESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER
AT CHALK, BRIGHTON
14+
Evening event - Times TBC shortly.
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It’s time for Sufjan to rise again & take us, his mere earthly apostles, on another divine journey.
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*** instore time! saturday 24th of october sees this is the kit return to resident and we cannot flipping wait.
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Following Brutalism (2017) and Joy as an Act of Resistance (2018), two releases that garnered global critical acclaim, IDLES return with their highly anticipate...
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'The Waterfall II' was massively inspired by the band’s idyllic surroundings in Stinson Beach, CA — and a sense of charmed isolation that fr...
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Back with their first new album in 12 years, a confident and revitalised ACR jumped back into the studio following their most successful tour in over 20 years.
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*** we have a test press to give away to one lucky winner, simply preorder the album on any forat to be entered in to the draw - good luck! ***
The alb...
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This is Thurston Moore’s seventh solo album, and features musicians Deb Googe (My Bloody Valentine) on bass and backing vocals, Jon Leidecker aka ‘W...
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2020 marks 15 years of Hassle Records.
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2020 marks 15 years of Hassle Records.
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2020 marks 15 years of Hassle Records.
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2020 marks 15 years of Hassle Records.
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2020 marks 15 years of Hassle Records.
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“I feel that we’re on the brink of something; It is going to be strict and wild and pretty” – Prince, 1986.
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Teenagehood, brotherhood and a love for alternative music have united THE GOA EXPRESS from the off.
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No Horizon, the new EP from Wye Oak, is the latest offering and sound of a project plumbing the depths of an "evolve or die" ethos.
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Gondwana Records are delighted to announce parts 3 and 4 of the '7" Series', our first ever 7" vinyl collection series.
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This eleven song, 40 minute powerhouse is their more ferocious and focused effort to date, and sports a lineup of all-star guests including Pharrell Williams, M...
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The months without rain and airless days and nights might not have been something out of the ordinary in the Algarve or the south of France, but it was without ...
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All Them Witches have built a career out of playing music that can not be pigeonholed into one specific genre.
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Part of Fire’s ongoing series of re-imagined soundtracks, Following on from Fenella, Jane Weaver’s score for Marcell Jankovics’ ‘Feherlo...
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Lockdown allowed Tender to escape from his busy lifestyle and touring schedule, finally giving him the time to properly explore and experiment with the vast col...
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Then Play On is the third studio album by British blues rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 19 September 1969.
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Dylan's first album of original material in 8 years is yet another late-career masterpiece; a wizened epic of dense lyrical labyrinths, sporadically moisten...
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Bear's Den are beloved by their fans for the way their songs have woven themselves into the fabric of some of the most bittersweet chapters of their lives.
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Emmy The Great has announced news of her new solo album April / 月音 released 9th October via Bella Union .
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Dry is the debut studio album by English singer-songwriter and musician PJ Harvey, originally released on Too Pure Records on 30 March 1992.
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Reissue on vinyl of the first PJ Harvey studio album in the Island Records catalogue, and her second studio album.
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Vinyl reissue of 1993 collection of demos written and recorded at Polly Harvey’s home in 1991-1992.
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11 track collection of demos of all songs from the debut studio album Dry by PJ Harvey, available for the first time since 1992, and previously unreleased as a ...
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From Eric Bachmann: Thank you for taking the time to listen to our new 7” single.
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‘Oh No I Love You’ originally released in 2012 gets a Limited edition repress of 500 copies on SILVER LP, in support of Love Record Stores event&nda...
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The 'Mixing Colours' story continues with 'Luminous', adding to Roger Eno & Brian Eno's first duo album on Deutsche Grammophon.
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Well, yes please - Sir Kelley Stoltz, king of songs, avatar of 80s pop done in a 60s pop fashion.
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Follow up single from previous album released March 2020.
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well, just a little over a year (!), Bill CallahanBill Callahan’s given us his first Gold RecordGold Record.
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2020 marks the 30th Anniversary of Bossanova, the third studio album by Pixies.
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*** preorder to be in with a chance of winning a test pressing!! ***
Freud’s process of therapy was famously labelled the ‘Talking Cure’ ...
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The English shoegaze band Slowdive formed in 1989 and consisted of Nick Chaplin (bass), Rachel Goswell (vocals, guitar), Christian Savill (guitar) and the band...
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*** We have a deluxe signed test press to give away to one lucky winner - good luck!* ***
Barely a year after the release of their hugely acclaimed debut al...
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It is universally agreed that New Zealand’s Wax Chattels are a must- see live act; their hypnotically sinister debut captured this perfectly.
DINKED EDITIONS AVAILABLE TO ORDER
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‘In Your Dreams’ is Tim’s most straightforward and accessible release to date, and an exciting addition to his body of solo work, which hitherto can broadly be described as experimental noise.
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Indiana’s Hoops released their critically-acclaimed debut album Routines in 2017, and, soon after, announced an indefinite hiatus.
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Narratively, HC McEntire’s 'Eno Axis' is about finding direction in the natural world, and following love.
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We’ve been big fans of the Captured Tracks signed duo, Molly Hamilton & Robert Earl Thomas for years - They’ve featured in many of our end of ye...
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Burning deep in Girl Friday's music is an unquenchable will to survive.
love record stores - available now!
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A FEW RULES, TOP TIPS & HELPFUL PIECES OF INFO.
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Recorded in 1973 in their hometown of Detroit, the Stooges continue their tradition of raw and wild energy in studio as well on stage.
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Egyptian Blue’s debut EP ‘Collateral Damage’ made the Brighton-based newcomers a compelling proposition.
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VIVA HINDS! As originally released on January 8th, 2016, the Spanish band’s highly anticipated debut album Leave Me Alone, is an exciting introduction to ...
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We've put out Blanck Mass's last three albums on Sacred Bones, so it makes sense for us to revisit the record that started it all and put it back into p...
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Dark Matter’ is a landmark record, a producer album by a young auteur, threading several thrilling musical traditions into a bold new tapestry: the raw en...
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BBC session tracks from Sleeper recorded between 1994-1995, Recorded on John Peel, the Evening Session and Mark Radcliffe BBC Shows, on limited Coloured Vinyl f...
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Taken from reels returned to the family recently and re mastered by Anders Peterson at ghost sound in Sweden.
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Floating Points critically acclaimed debut album ‘Elaenia’ gets a special Limited Pressing for Love Recordstores Event on 20th June 2020.
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