TODAY’S BEST RECORDS: 06/03/2026
New Album: trauma ray - Carnival
Preorder: Lightning Bolt - Wonderful Rainbow
Reissue: Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain
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PREORDER: 'The World Is To Dig' by They Might Be Giants
First in five years from the geek rock icons.
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SPRING SALE: Over 100 Reduced Records
We’re having a spring clean with a fresh sale featuring heaps of hand-picked records.
Ends next Monday at midday.
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PREORDER: 'Wonderful Rainbow' by Lightning Bolt
Thunderous noise rock mayhem on this classic LP from the duo.
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REISSUE OF THE WEEK: ‘Particles and Waves’ by Cranes
Initially released in 2004, what’s possibly the most undersung Cranes record finally gets its vinyl dues.
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RELEASED TODAY: 'Blue GUM Way' by GUM
Pond’s Jay Watson in solo mode on a psych, jazz, post-rock, and chamber pop work inspired by late Talk Talk and Radiohead.
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PREORDER: 'Holy Island Baby' by Sister Ray Davies
The space rock shoegazers return with a remix set featuring Pye Corner Audio, Malaphors, and the band themselves.
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JUST IN! 'Neverland' by Ulver
Released digitally on New Year’s Eve, Norwegian black metallers turned chameleonic experimental group Ulver return with an ambient-electronic and kosmische album.
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JUST IN! 'Arctic Moon' by Chameleons
Colour vinyl repress of the comeback LP from the Greater Manc post-punk legends.
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JUST IN! 'Skeletons' by David Newlyn
Fifth appearance on the Sound In Silence label from the Durham ambient musician and October Man member.
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JUST IN! 'Quiet Companions' by Sweeney
Unreleased tracks and alternate takes from Jason Sweeney's vaults form his latest limited CDr release on Sound In Silence.
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JUST IN! 'Carnival' by trauma ray
Texan shoegazers trauma ray follow their acclaimed ‘Chameleon’ debut with an EP balancing alt-metal crunch with dream pop haze.
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BACK IN STOCK: 'Pretty (Ugly Before)' by Elliott Smith
Two-track 7’’ featuring the final single Elliott Smith released during his lifetime with ‘A Distorted Reality Is Now A Necessity To Be Free’ as the B-side.
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BACK IN STOCK / RELEASED TODAY: 'BIG MAMA' by Flying Lotus
Absolute belter of an EP from FlyLo matching fluid nu-jazz and knotty beat science with hectic rushes of electronics which seem to pull from video game and anime scores.
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PREORDER / DINKED EDITION 382: 'yourprettyplaceisgoingtohell' by The Heads
We can get a few more copies of the Dinked variant of the long-awaited comeback album from the Bristol space rock jammers.
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REVIEW: 'Liminal Beings and Their Echoes' by David Boring
Quality second album from the Hong Kong no wave, industrial, EBM, and noise rock influenced post-punks.
Check the 9/10 review below.
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RELEASED TODAY: '5words' by RIP Magic
Indie-electronic and dance-punk stormer produced by LCD Soundsystem leader and DFA records co-founder James Murphy
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RELEASED TODAY: 'Strictly 4 The Scythe' by Denzel Curry
Miami MC Denzel Curry delves into classic Memphis rap, trap, and horrorcore sounds as he leads new collective The Scythe.
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RELEASED TODAY: 'The Essential (Vol 1)' by ShitKid
The Swedish lo-fi indie songwriter returns after a ‘self-imposed disappearance’.
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RELEASED TODAY: 'Brut Thoughts' by Murkage Dave
The tricky to pigeonhole musician returns with an LP featuring members of Yard Act, WU LYF, and Young Fathers.
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FEATURE: New Music Friday
Ft. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Shabaka, Andrew Wasylyk, deathcrash, SLAG, the ‘HELP(2)’ compilation, and more…
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 'We Are Together Again' by Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
Will Oldham balances melancholic tones and resolute optimism on a work blending a range of Americana, folk, and alt-country styles.
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 'Of The Earth' by Shabaka
Shabaka Hutchings of widely acclaimed jazz outfits the Ancestors, Sons of Kemet, and The Comet Is Coming returns with his third solo album.
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just LP, for now anyway, sometimes CD editions come later
RELEASED TODAY: 'Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works' by Alice Sara Ott
The Munich musician offers solo piano renditions of tracks by the late Icelandic composer.
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NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 'Autechre Guitar' by Shane Parish
Impressive solo acoustic guitar renditions of favourites from across the electronic innovator's discography performed with deft precision and melodic sensibility.
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RELEASED TODAY: 'The Fist in the Face of God' by Darkthrone
Early Norwegian black metallers Darkthrone mean business on this 9LP box set featuring early classic albums plus prints, posters, a book, and DVD.
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REISSUED TODAY: 'Slowly We Rot' by Obituary
Grim yet groovy death metal from the swampy depths of Florida.
Expanded, remastered splatter vinyl edish.
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PREORDER: 'Confession' by Carla dal Forno
The solo minimal wave songwriter and past member of groups including F ingers, Mole House, and Tarcar is back with an anticipated follow up to 2022’s ‘Come Around’.
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