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SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AT RECORD STORE DAY! Special THANK YOU to MAGNETIC FIELDS and all the excellent DJs!!!

HERE IS WHAT'S LEFT OF 2024 RSD TITLES. You can also just search using the term RSD 2024.


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MIDWIFE
NO DEPRESSION IN HEAVEN ("RED APPLE" VINYL)
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Flenser
Over the past few years the Colorado based musician Madeline Johnston aka MIDWIFE has made some of our favorite records. "No Depression In Heaven" is her 4th album. Madeline is a true master of minimal composition with songs that are mostly just guitar & voice with some occasional drum boxes & synth. Her songs are filled with longing & sadness for people & things that disappear as we live our lives. Songs like "Vanessa", an ode to her dying van or "Killdozer", a song about Marvin Heemeyer getting revenge on the town of Granby, CO. by destroying as much of it with his suped-up bulldozer before committing suicide. There's a great version of the Roland S. Howard song "Autoluminescent" which she really makes her own here. Another amazing album from MIDWIFE. HIGHEST RECOMMENDATION.
Available at: All Stores
New LP $26.99
LOCKS, DAMON
3D SONIC ADVENTURE ("PHOENIX GOLD" : VINYL)
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Recording Device
This is the debut solo album by the talented Chicago artist Damon Locks. This music is only available on LP in a limited pressing with no streaming or internet presence. Locks' intention was for the listener to seek out the music at an actual record store instead of just clicking a button like most of us do these days. Unlike the BLACK MONUMENT ENSEMBLE records, his solo work is more sample based & experimental, with occasional beats & synth excursions. Another excellent record from our friend Damon. RECOMMENDED.
Available at: Belmont and Loop
New LP $19.99
STILL HOUSE PLANTS
IF I DON'T MAKE IT I LOVE U (IMP)
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Bison
This is the third album from the London based trio STILL HOUSE PLANTS. Jerky & spastic post-punk/ art rock with some no wave influence. Singer Jess Hickie-Kallenbach has a really unique vocal approach that's difficult to describe. It sort of has a R&B quality to it but also reminds us of Anohni's inflection. Some of the songs are arrhythmic like DIRTY THREE or THIS HEAT. We're really intrigued by this one. RECOMMENDED.
Available at: All Stores
New LP $31.99
BELONG
REALISTIC IX
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Kranky
It's been 13 long years since the New Orleans duo BELONG released the fantastic "Common Era" album. Michael Jones & Turk Dietrich have now created a new minimalist shoegaze classic with "Realistic IX" via Kranky. Blown out guitars, vocals buried just right & pulsing drum machine beats will make you want to keep coming back to this. There are songs in there somewhere we swear. One of our favorite albums this year for sure. RECOMMENDED.
Available at: All Stores
New LP $20.99
SECULAR MUSIC GROUP
VOLUME 1
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Love All Day
This is the debut record by the SECULAR MUSIC GROUP courtesy of the Chicago label Love All Day. A nice mix of late 60s/early 70s Blue Note, 60s/70s spiritual jazz & 20th Century classical minimalism. Group member Chistian Ruggiero is a successful composer for film & television so it's not surprise that there are also elements of library music & film scores by the great Quincy Jones & POPOL VUH. RECOMMENDED!
Available at: All Stores
New LP $19.99
COLA
DEEP IN VIEW (BLACK-IN-RED VINYL) (2024 REPRESS)
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Firetalk
Borne from the end of OUGHT, Canadian post punk trio COLA picks up where the previous band left off with tense, skeletal structure, but with a darker, sleeker motorik sensibility. Lead singer Tim Darcy's voice will be instantly familiar, and this should slide into the shelf near your OUGHT records no problem. Superb!
Available at: Milwaukee Ave
New LP $23.99
DIRTY THREE
LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING (RED VINYL)
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Drag City
"Love Changes Everything" is the first new album from the legendary Aussie trio DIRTY THREE in 12 years. Warren, Jim & Mick have been busy during that time with many other projects. Warren with NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS & soundtrack work, Jim with XYLOURIS WHITE & many other collaborations & Mick collaborating with others as well. In many ways this record seems less arranged & more improvised than previous DIRTY THREE albums. It's all SUPER loose but it works very well. Very glad they're back. RECOMMENDED.
Available at: All Stores
New LP $27.99
YOUNG, NEIL & CRAZY HORSE
EARLY DAZE (CLEAR VINYL)
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Warner
Early Crazy Horse fans rejoice!! These previously unreleased recordings feature the line-up from the legendary 1970 Fillmore East concert that included Danny Whitten on guitar & some lead vocals. These takes have a really loose feel to them & some alternate arrangements. Anything that we've never heard from this legendary era would have us drooling & yes we are drooling. RECOMMENDED.
Available at: Milwaukee Ave and Loop
New LP $27.99
GOU, PEGGY
I HEAR YOU (BLUE VINYL) (INDIE EXCLUSIVE EDITION)
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XL
South Korean DJ & model PEGGY GOU has been a star of the Berlin dance scene, having released a miniature fleet of singles and mixes (including her own DJ-Kicks mix back in 2019). "I Hear You" is her first full length, pushing headlong into her signature bubblegum deep house and earworm dance-pop melodies. Summery, bright and yet effortlessly cool, this is one of the most inviting dance records of the year that will most likely make its way onto many year-end lists including some of ours! RECOMMENDED!
Available at: All Stores
New LP $22.99
SOFIA BOLT
VENDREDI MINUIT
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Born Losers
This is the 2nd album by the talented Los Angeles via Paris artist Amelie Rousseaux. Jangly guitar songs with baroque pop moments. Think Velvets, GALAXIE 500, Twin Peaks roadhouse dreamy pop, Francoise Hardy, STEREOLAB & some occasional furious moments that dip into TELEVISION. This is a really deep record that reveals itself more & more with repeat listens. RECOMMENDED.
Available at: All Stores
New LP $20.99