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!!! Our Loop store is NOW OPEN at 33 S Wabash !!!



Come see our new digs around the corner from the old location on Madison. We are now at 33 S Wabash next to Goddess And The Baker!

Here is the list of what we have left from Record Store Day 2025 as of this morning!


and OUR 2024 EMPLOYEE YEAR END LISTS. THANKS FOR ANOTHER KILLER YEAR CHICAGO!.

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Currently our inventory is only for sale in our shops. You can be sure that we will let you know if and when online sales return!
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Lakeview:
929 W Belmont
tel: 773-404-5080
Monday - Sunday: 10am - 7pm

Wicker Park:
1379 N Milwaukee Ave
tel: 773-235-3727
Monday - Sunday: 10am - 7pm

Loop:
33 S Wabash
tel: 312-795-0878
Monday - Sunday: 10am - 7pm

About Us:

Reckless Records is a group of three record stores in Chicago IL. We carry new & used CDs, DVDs games and loads of Vinyl. Originally started in London, our first Chicago location opened in 1989. (LPs & 7"s). We would love to have you visit us in person.

We are always looking to buy your unwanted CDs, DVDs, and vinyl. Please get in touch if you are interested in selling your collections. We buy at all locations every day up to an hour before closing time.

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We still have a shop in London too! They are located in Soho at:
30 Berwick Street
London W1F 8RH
Reckless Records London

Information
STEREOLAB
INSTANT HOLOGRAMS ON METAL FILM (2LP) (LTD. CLEAR VINYL)		 cover
Duophonic
It's safe to say that STEREOLAB is one of our favorite bands ever here at Reckless - spend a day at any of the locations and there's at least a ~40% chance you hear "Dots & Loops", "Transient Random-Noise Bursts.." or any of their other records over our speakers (don't check my math on that) - so it's understandable how excited we are about their first new music in fifteen years. If you're familiar with the band, "Instant Holograms.." is not going to shock you. Gane, Sadier & company settle into their signature cerebral mixture that combines retro space-age lounge, pulsing motorik grooves, nostalgic French ye-ye and enveloping noise rock. There are some Chicago connections here too; the record is produced by Cooper Crain of BITCHIN' BAJAS and features help from Crain's bandmate Rob Frye as well as Int'l Anthem staple Ben Lamar Gay, but their contributions only reinforce how singularly STEREOLAB this record sounds. COULD NOT BE MORE RECOMMENDED!!!!
Available at: Milwaukee Ave
New LP $36.99
CASUALSHRINE
EARTHEN (W/ BONUS TRKS) 		cover
Spectral Disc
casualshrine is the project of the Chicago via Alabama artist Colin Blanton. Earthen was recorded in Chicago in the winter of 2025 & though some of these sounds do feel icy, there are some uplifting & expansive moments. The album opens with a beautiful headphone trip of Tim Hecker esque ambient swells & Blanton's impressive rhythmic skills are on full display in his drum production throughout most of the album. Fans of ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER, Hecker & forward thinking minimal techno will appreciate!
Available at: Belmont and Loop
New CD $9.99
LOSCIL
LAKE FIRE (2LP) 		cover
Kranky
Vancouvers Scott Morgan returns with a new LOSCIL album for 2025. Inspired by the recent wildfires that have been ravaging the West Coast the past few years, Lake Fire is another masterpiece of modern drone/ ambient. Morgans music rarely uses beats but there are buried cyclical rhythms similar to the mysterious techno realms of GAS. Another great one from Loscil.
Available at: All Stores
New LP $28.99
PRITCHARD, MARK & THOM YORKE
TALL TALES (2LP) 		cover
Warp
Thom Yorke & the electronic musician Mark Pritchard have teamed up for this dark & interesting 2025 album "Tall Tales." Unlike Yorke's recent experimental rock project with Jonny Greenwood in THE SMILE, "Tall Tales" is a fully electronic project. This is a record that it seems like Yorke has been hinting at for years & he's finally done it. There's a menacing quality to the songs & the songs are really allowed to stretch out & breathe. Fans of Thom's more electronic side will really dig this.
Available at: All Stores
New LP $32.99
STEWART, MACIE
WHEN THE DISTANCE IS BLUE 		cover
International Anthem
Technically speaking, this is the second solo LP for vocalist & multi-instrumentalist MACIE STEWART, who along with her work in HOMME/OHMME/FINOM has been a frequent collaborator on many recent Int'l Anthem releases. "When the Distance is Blue" eschews the pop songwriting framework of her prior solo affair, casting STEWART as more of a bandleader guiding the listener through an eight-part song cycle that hits on third stream improvisation, ambient drone and electro-acoustic experimentation. The result is both fantastically adventurous and spiritually enriching, so of course this comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Available at: Milwaukee Ave and Loop
New LP $23.99
CIRCUIT DES YEUX
HALO ON THE INSIDE 		cover
Matador
2025 record from Reckless favorite CIRCUIT DES YEUX sees the Chicago-based singer/composer get darker. Drawing from 80s synth-pop and 90s industrial to pair with her unmistakable contralto voice, "Halo on the Inside" lands somewhere within a zone near NINE INCH NAILS, BJORK, ANOHNI & THE JOHNSONS, MINISTRY and the Zion rave scene from The Matrix Reloaded. Of course, you KNOW this one comes R E C O M M E N D E D
Available at: All Stores
New LP $18.99
HORSEGIRL
PHONETICS ON & ON (CLEAR VINYL) (INDIE EXCLUSIVE EDITION)		 cover
Matador
We've been eagerly awaiting the return of new music from HORSEGIRL ever since they dropped "Versions of Modern Performance" on our heads. The wait was well worth it; "Phonetics On & On" develops the trio's classic DIY indie sound by digging further into 90s Flying Nun-esque earworm hook-craft (a la THE CLEAN or THE BATS) while approaching the more noisey post punk elements with a dance-y sensibility. Produced by CATE LE BON, this record obviously comes HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Available at: Loop
New LP $28.99
CINDY LEE
DIAMOND JUBILEE (3LP w/ POSTER) 		cover
W. 25
Thinking back to more innocent times when Diamond Jubilee was released into the world online back in April 2024. You could still discover great new music like this on Twitter. Imagine that! Now it's finally here on LP & CD & we're so incredibly glad to be have this in our racks. A truly timeless group of tunes in over 2 hours on 3LP or 2CD. With nods of 60s psych, soft rock & garage, shambolic lo-fi 90s sounds, this record is absolutey PACKED with great ideas. This is one of those records that people will be talking about many years from now it's that good. RECOMMENDED OF COURSE.
Available at: All Stores
New LP $54.99
MOHR, KATHRYN
WAITING ROOM (WHITE VINYL) 		cover
Flenser
2025 album by the Oakland artist Kathryn Mohr. Intimate bedroom style recordings mixed with field recordings & some heavy processing on some tracks. Lo-fi & sort of shambolic like early Xpressway Records & Siltbreeze releases with some hints at contemporaries like labelmate MIDWIFE, GROUPER etc...
Available at: Loop
New LP $22.99
LOCKS, DAMON
LIST OF DEMANDS 		cover
International Anthem
Friend of Reckless / International Anthem staple DAMON LOCKS releases his first ever album of spoken word and text-based music, landing in a middle zone between LAST POETS / GIL SCOTT-HERON jazz poetry & DOOM-esque vocal gymnastics, all centered on the themes of Black liberation. Featuring contributions from local luminaries like MACIE STEWART, BEN LAMAR GAY and KRISTA FRANKLIN, this one comes obviously VERY RECOMMENDED.
Available at: Belmont
New LP $23.99

Reckless Records in Chicago:
929 W Belmont, Chicago IL 60657 :: tel: 773-404-5080
1379 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago IL 60622 :: tel: 773-235-3727
33 S Wabash Ave, Chicago IL 60603 :: tel: 312-795-0878