We made it, end of 2022! What a year, so many great new albums, so many great reissues. So many records! It’s always hard to whittle things down to your favorites, but we’ve managed to make some lists! Some of our very favorites of the year, lots of which are available in the shop, or will be again soon. We’d like to thank everyone who chose to buy records from us this year, we sold a lot of em, so that means a lot of you did, and we really appreciate it! We couldn’t do what we do without your support!
I guess it also goes without saying that we’ll be having a sale on Boxing Day! 20% off in store AND online (use BOXING22 at check out). We’ll be open 11 – 5 for you to come down and spend all your Christmas money!
No news letter next week, there are a few new things in this week… take a look on the site. Our hours for the rest of the year are…
Dec 23 – 11 – 6
Dec 24 – 11 – 4
Dec 25 – Closed
Dec 26 – 11 – 5
Dec 27-30 – 11 – 6
Dec 31 – 11 – 4
Jan 1 – Closed
Current operations…..
– in-store shopping/pick ups – 11 – 6 pm Monday – Friday, 11 am – 5 pm Saturday
(if you don’t want to come into the store for a pick up, call and/or use the back door)
– We will be wearing masks, if you want to, great! If not, that’s also fine, but please be respectful of other people’s space and decisions.
– Sanitize your hands (we’ll have some)
…..jaime’s top ten…..
In no particular order….
Duster: Together (Numero) LP
Junior Boys: Waiting Game (City Slang) LP
High Vis: Blending (Dais) LP
Micheal J. Blood: As Is (Blood) LP
Sam Prekop, John McEntire: Sons Of (Thrill Jockey) LP
The Frightnrs: Always (Daptone) LP
Michael Rault: s/t (Wick) LP
Denzel Curry: Melt My Eyez See Your Future (Loma Vista) LP
Loraine James: Building Something Beautiful For Me (Phantom Limb) LP
Ulla: Foam (3XL) LP
…..piyush’s picks…..
In no particular order….
Nu Genea – Bar Mediterraneo
LA URSS – +
Jairus Sharif – Water & Tools
Billy Woods – Aethiopes
Naujawanan Baidar – Khedmat Be Khalq
Nancy Mounir – Nozhet El Nofous
Bobby Would – STYX
Bonnie Trash – Malocchio
The Drin – Down River in The Distance
Use Knife – The Shedding of the Skin
Non Plus Temps – Desire Choir
Hamid El Shaeri – The Slam! Years (1983 – 1986)
Emeka Ogbah – 6°30’33.372”N 3°22’0.66”E
Sacred Skin – The Decline of Pleasure
…..ian’s picks…..
In no particular order….
LPs
The Drin – Down The River In The Distance (Future Shock/Mangel)
Thomas Bush – Preludes (Mammas Mysteriska Jukebox)
German Army – Endless Suburb (Natural Sciences)
Jac Berrocal – Transcodex (Akuphone)
Tarotplane – The Ektachrome Dawn (Tonight’s Dream)
Societé Étrange – Chance (Bongo Joe)
Noda & Wolfers – Tascam Space Season (L.I.E.S.)
JJulius – Vol. 2 (DFA)
Puppet Wipes – The Stones Are Watching…. (Siltbreeze)
The Serfs – Primal Matter (Dream)
Archival/Re-issues
Bourbonese Qualk – s/t AND The Spike (Mannequin)
Rudimentary Peni – Death Church AND s/t 7” (Sealed)
Ruth – Polaroid/Roman/Photo (Born Bad)
Vox Populi! – Psyko Tropix (Touch Sensitive)
Aunt Sally – s/t (Mesh-Key)
Alice Coltrane – Ptah, The El Daoud (Verve/Impulse)
Yasuaki Shimizu – Kiren (Palto Flats)
JFK – Tape Archives 86-88 (L.I.E.S.)
Jimmy Smack – Death Is Certain (Knekelhuis)
Thomas Leer & Robert Rental – The Bridge (Mute)
Tapes
Concrete Colored Paint – This Valley Of Segmentation (Park 70)
German Army – all tapes
Pigeon Breeders & Ghost Cars – Stasis (Pseudo Laboratories)
Brick Road – all tapes
Psychic Chamber – Conditional States (Pseudo Laboratories)
…..kris’s picks…..
In no particular order….
New Releases….
Bitchin’ Bajas: Bajascillators (Drag City) LP
Blood Incantation: Timewave Zero (Century Media) LP
Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer: Recordings from the Aland Islands (International Anthem) LP
Sarah Davachi: Two Sisters (Late Music) LP
Richard Dawson: The Ruby Cord (Weird World) LP
Idee Du Femelle: Sequences (Musica Maquina) LP
Tony Rolando: Breakin’ is a Memory (Important) LP
Jairus Sharif: Water & Tools (Telephone Explosion) LP
Sirom: Liquified Throne of Simplicity (Glitterbeat) LP
Masahiro Takahashi: Flowering Tree, Distant Moon (Telephone Explosion) LP
Tarotplane: The Ektachrome Dawn (Tonight’s Dream) LP
Telesoniek Atelier: A Selection of Improvisations 1989-2017 (No Label) LP
Ulla: Foam (3XL) LP
Wasted Cathedral: Retreat into Fantasy/Soundtracks (Cardinal Fuzz) LP
Archival/Re-issues
Harold Budd: Pavilion of Dreams (Superior Viaduct) LP
Coil: Musick to Play in the Dark Vol. 2 (Dais) LP
Alice Coltrane: Ptah El Daoud (Verve) LP
Loren Connors: Airs (Recital) LP
Karen Dalton: In My Own Time (Light in the Attic) LP
Elevator to Hell: Parts 1-3 (Blue Fog) LP
Akira Ishikawa & Count Buffalos: Uganda (Mr. Bongo) BOX
Jacks: Vacant World (Mesh Key) LP
Thomas Leer & Robert Rental: The Bridge (Mute) LP
Mitar Subotic & Goran Vejvoda: The Dreambird (Lugar Alto) LP
Vox Populi!: Psychko Tropix (Touch Sensitive) LP
Zoviet France: Chasse 3 (Vinyl on Demand) BOX
Various: Valley of the Sun (Numero) LP
Various: Bound For Hell (Numero) BOX
Tapes
Brick Road: Entire Output(Self Released) CS
German Army: Entire Output CS
Muzan Editions: Entire Output CS
Bad LSD Trips: s/t (Enmossed) CS
Concrete Colored Paint: This Valley of Segmentation (Park 70) CS
Hoavi: Posle Vsego (Quiet Time) CS
Les Halles: Eight Fantasies (Trona) CS
Multi-Surface: Aesthetics of Inequity (Not Not Fun) CS
O Yuki Conjugate: Before the Gold Rush (World of Echo) CS
Psychic Chamber: Conditional States (Pseudo Laboratories) CS
Playback Head: First Sounds (Hotham) CS
Cucina Povera & Ben Vince: There I See Everything (Ecstatic) CS
Psychic Chamber – Conditional States (Pseudo Laboratories)
Romance: Once Upon a Time (Ecstatic) CS
Kristen Roos: Universal Synthesizer Interface Vol. 2 (Hotham) CS
Loris S. Sarid, Innis Chonnel: Where the Round Things Live (12 Isle) CS
Tarotplane: Aeonlium (Constellation Tatsu) CS
Craig Tattersall, Chrystal Cherniwchan: grass folded and pressed (Umbrella) CS
Teresa Winter: Drowning By Numbers (Death of Rave) CS
X.Y.R.: Vision Quest (Good Morning Tapes) CS