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Various Artists – Intended Play 2012 LP
$1.98
"Wait a minute, what?! Does that really say a buck-ninety-eight?!" Yup, it do. 11 tracks from Matador's stable of swell recent and forthcoming releases by THE YOUNG, KURT VILE, GIRLS, CEREMONY, TANLINES, LEE RANALDO, FUCKED UP, ESBEN AND THE WITCH, and PERFUME GENIUS -- and even two exclusive tracks by COLD CAVE and STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS. Oh, and mp3 download is included too. Sheesh!
Matador / True Panther Sounds

Fleeting Joys – Despondent Transponder LP mp3
$19.99
Now available on vinyl! Norwegian import. While appreciating the comparisons to My Bloody Valentine, it has never been the goal of Fleeting Joys to imitate what they admire. "It is merely a starting point to expand from, experiment with, and go from here. We simply love the experience of being drenched in crashing waves of beautifully distorted chords!"
Fat People Are Harder to Kidnap

A Shoreline Dream – Losing Them All To This Time CD
$11.99
BACK IN STOCK! ASD's 3rd LP, 2 years in the making, tells the story of how easy it is for us all to lose track of time, and the realization that every good relationship and lifespan eventually comes to an end. The band has been best described as creating “melodipsych night music” by combining lush sampled textures, waves of crashing guitars and a wall of vocals layered like a synth, similar in vein to bands such as Cocteau Twins, Porcupine Tree and Sigur Rós.
Latenight Weeknight
Erkin Koray – Mechul: Singles & Rarities LP
$22.99
LP gatefold limited edition release. Collection of rare tracks and lesser-heard singles recorded in Turkey between 1970-1977. Includes exclusive photos and remastered audio. An iconic guitar and songwriting genius, he is now recognized as one of the foremost global leaders of psychedelic, folk rock, pop and balladry. Ranging from the sublime to the surreal, these tracks offer an essential glimpse into the extensive repertoire of the great Erkin Koray.
Sublime Frequencies

Ringo Deathstarr – Sparkler LP
$13.99
Vinyl edition! Sparkler is a compilation of early songs by the Texas shoegaze trio Ringo Deathstarr. Originally released only in Japan, the album is now being released domestically in North America with one additional track not on the original CD.
Sonic Unyon

Brittle Stars – Occasional Appearance CD mp3
$16.99
After many years of out-of-print status, Brittle Stars material is finally available once again on CD format. This collection compiles all ten tracks from the 1999 debut album, one remix (the Rumpshaker remix by C.hand4d) from the Garage Sale collection, and a cover of OMD's classic "Souvenir". For the uninitiated, RIYL The Sundays, New Order, OMD, My Bloody Valentine, and classic indiepop in general.
Fastcut Records

Atlas Sound – Parallax / Oh Ricky 7"
$4.99
VINYL FORMAT. This 7" is just in time for Atlas Sound's new full-length album Parallax. Included on this 7" is the title track "Parallax" and the b-side "Oh Ricky."
4AD

Korallreven – An Album By Korallreven LP
$16.99
A journey through influences as far flung as Southern Rap, Dreampop, Reggae, and Minimal Techno, among many others. The glittering production focuses on melodic evolution rather than structure; lush, dubbed-out instrumentals perfectly complement trance-pop vocal cuts.
Acephale

Vera Violets – In Between Fires CD mp3
$12.99
RESTOCK! It's been a while since we've seen the Vera Violets, a popular Tampa band known for dark, fuzzy but always beautiful music. Their eight albums harken back to the glory days of '80s goth and early '90s shoegaze, they've been compared to everyone to the Jesus and Mary Chain to Sonic Youth. Their new album In Between Fires is an inventive, catchy blend of Stone Roses-style trip-rock and Interpol-style gloom-rock.
Vera Violets

Elika – Snuggle Bunnies CD
$12.99
Elika mix stunning female vocals with textured guitars; throbbing bass; synths; field recordings; and meticulously programmed drums to create memorable songs with the atmosphere of childhood and layers of detail. The album follows themes of love, fear, domesticity, faith, family, illness, guilt and paranoia, but even the dark songs have an element of hope. Having toured the UK, USA, Peru & Canada, Elika has been well received across continents and cultures. They have shared the stage with friends and likeminded peers Ulrich Schnauss and Asobi Seksu.
Automatic

Guitar – It's Sweet To Do Nothing! CD
$12.00
On It’s Sweet to Do Nothing, his seventh full-length, Guitar purposefully takes a 180-degree turn by blending classical string arrangements (harp, piano, violin, contrabass, etc.) with drum programming and samples. Michael returns to his roots here, as his first love of music, his most collected and most listened-to music, is modern classical chamber music. Upon initial listen, the album may seem far removed from Michael’s earlier work with symphonic walls of guitars, but ultimately the arrangements are similar -- minus the distortion this time.
Clairecords

Soundpool – Mirrors in Your Eyes CD
$11.99
After building a loyal following in the independent shoegaze scene Soundpool have enhanced their palette and, in turn, crafted a pop masterpiece. The nine songs are infectious, overflowing with strong bass hooks, driving beats, shimmering guitars, and Kim Fields' captivating, ethereal voice. "Post-shoegaze ambient dance with a canonball of cosmic sounds" - Kenyon, Advance Copy
Killer Pimp

Daysleepers – The Soft Attack EP CD mp3
$8.99
RESTOCK!! The Daysleepers manage to improve upon the shoegaze/dreampop sound of their debut EP, while adding post-punk and new wave elements into the mix. Like a cross between My Bloody Valentine and The Cure, or Slowdive meets Cocteau Twins. There is a lot of variety on this 6 track EP, from fuzzed out fast paced songs to slow ambient drifting melodies.
Raindelay Music

Various Artists – EEC Punk Rock Mountain LP
$9.99
Ten live recordings from legendary British indie label SARAH RECORDS artists The Orchids, St. Christopher, Gentle Despite, The Wake, The Field Mice, and Heavenly. Originally released by Fierce Recordings UK in 1992, now available again for the first time in eighteen years and for the first time ever on vinyl.
mpls ltd

Monster Movie – To the Moon CD mp3
$15.00
Out of print for several years now, Monster Movie's second album from 2004 is here again (very briefly, I'm sure). We have a VERY LIMITED amount of stock returned from our old distributor! If you sleep, you will miss them. An album of celestial wonder and expanse, To the Moon soars to stratospheric altitudes via volcanic bursts of guitary distortion and delay. Darkly-introspective lyrics, whose scope encompasses everything from arctic stars to ellipsis, reveal rare emotional depth and candor.
Clairecords

Various Artists – Test Tones Volume 2 CD mp3
$5.00
Here's another goodie in super-limited supply! Also out of print for many years, this is the second volume of collected goodies from a variety of Tonevendor-friendly labels and bands, including exclusive tracks from Midsummer, Le Pepes, The Birthday Machine, Sexconsciousyoungmoderns, Remora, Morella's Forest, Your Favorite Horse (aka Accelera Deck), Pony Express(members of Starflyer 59), Trace (ex-Rocketship / Electro Group), Shakespace, Ksine, and Silver Screen. Plus 12 other tracks! All at a great price.
Clairecords

Tears Run Rings – Distance LP mp3
$11.99
LIMITED EDITION VINYL VERSION NOW AVAILABLE! Tears Run Rings has a talent for marrying hauntingly beautiful textures and pop melodies. In Distance, they have refined their lush, melancholy sound and set it to a beat informed by Factory Records. For their second full-length album, the band proudly wear their influences on their collective sleeve. Chorus-laden and reverb-drenched guitars, breathy boy/girl vocals, and Madchester-via-Factory Records era beats are all common themes throughout Distance.
Deep Space

Malory – Not Here, Not Now USED CD
$6.99
Not actually a used CD - it is actually unplayed and untouched, but it is not sealed and has a hole punch thru the barcode. We pressed up too many promo copies and just found a whole box of em. It seems silly to have them collecting dust, and even though the CD is almost completely out of print, you can still get a "new" and unplayed copy for crazy cheap cheap!
Clairecords

Ringo Deathstarr – Colour Trip CD mp3
$11.99
Colour Trip is 55% spot-on homage to some of the mid-80's to early-90's best genre tracks, and 45% fresh and original blendings of those influences. reverent homage and head-nods to Medicine, The Primitives, Psychocandy-era JAMC, and Strawberry Wine-era MBV ever-present. Noisy guitars and breathy/lazy male vox are de rigeur. Colour Trip is an album that easily, comfortably, happily, and very proudly sits alongside all the albums it's influenced by.
Sonic Unyon / Club AC30

Colour Kane – Mild to Wild CD
$12.99
Mild to Wild depicts the band's new musical transition through layers of meticulously layered bits of Colour Kane signature sounds – sweet voice, lush guitars, narrative bass, tickling beats, electronics, subtle hiss and white noise.
Fade the World

Brother Kite – Eye to Eye EP CD
$6.00
Even though their latest album Isolation contains nearly an hour of new material, it was not the entirety of their recent efforts. The Eye To Eye EP collects 4 new songs that, for a variety of reasons, don't appear on Isolation. From their trademark high-energy bursts of power pop perfection to intimate acoustic-based tracks to Space Echo & reverb laden droners that indulges a bit in the "shoegaze" sound that described the bands earlier recordings. To call this an assortment of b-sides or outtakes would be a misnomer. More accurately, it's a brief collection of top-shelf new songs that fans of The Brother Kite will undoubtedly enjoy.
Clairecords

Brother Kite – Aching Heart, Clear Conscience 7" mp3
$4.99
Two brand new and exclusive tracks from TBK on limited edition 7" vinyl! Includes a download code for both tracks. A perfect accompaniment to the band's Isolation album, these two songs stand proudly as their own perfectly-functioning unit.
Light Fighter

Brother Kite – Isolation CD mp3
$12.00
Throughout Isolation, TBK blends various elements ranging from atmospheric power-pop, to experimental synth rock, extending well beyond the band's earlier Beach Boys meets My Bloody Valentine leanings. It is surely one of the year's most ambitious rock records, and one that deserves all the attention that The Brother Kite has so lovingly put into creating it.
Clairecords

Tears Run Rings – Distance CD mp3
$12.00
Tears Run Rings has a talent for marrying hauntingly beautiful textures and pop melodies. In Distance, their second album on Clairecords, they have refined their lush, melancholy sound and set it to a beat informed by Factory Records. For their second full-length album, the band proudly wear their influences on their collective sleeve. Chorus-laden and reverb-drenched guitars, breathy boy/girl vocals, and Madchester-via-Factory Records era beats are all common themes throughout Distance.
Clairecords
Tonevendor – Logo T-SHIRT
$10.99
Printed on American Apparel cotton. Available in adult sizes small through XL.
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