l.a. based psychedelic rock band wand present their most ambitious work yet.

twig harper remixes of the 2020 album “companion rises” by six organs of admittance.

time is glass is the 21st album from six organs of admittance, continuing a cyclical pattern of acoustic records released roughly every 6 years.

ben chasny aka six organs of admittance teams up with electronic producer sam shackleton on another new full-length album.

chris corsano is a new york-based drummer who has been active at the intersections of collective improvisation, free jazz, avant-rock, and experimental music since the late 1990’s.

reissue of mother twilight, the second faun fables album.

reissue of the 1994 ghost album on clear green vinyl.

ty segall follows 2022’s acoustic introspection opus “hello, hi” with a deeper, wilder journey to the center of the self.

reissue of the 1990 ghost debut album on clear coke bottle green vinyl.

reissue of the 1992 ghost album on clear blue vinyl.

the initial cassette-only releases of tashi dorji turned lots of heads, including six organs of admittance and hermit hut - now over a decade later, this release makes its full-album debut on vinyl.

the initial cassette-only releases of tashi dorji turned lots of heads, including six organs of admittance and hermit hut - now over a decade later, this release makes its full-album debut on vinyl.

the first solo album from drummer matt espy.

double vinyl lp, cut at 45rpm.

spirit-guitar played in a polyglut of styles that melt together liquidly, like the glass slide figurations throughout the album. a landscape in song, and modern guitar on a personal high.

paula ist david carriere, mitglied der band tops, deren allerseits bejubeltes debütalbum tender opposites letztes jahr auf arbutus recs. erschienen ist. david carriere aka paula präsentiert auf seinem soloalbum eine gut temperierte electro-popmusik, die absolut unfehlbar die aktuellen zeitgenössischen sounds verkörpert. limitierte vinyledition mit zwei brandneuen tracks, black aura und ethereal sequence

>love has made me stronger< ist eine fantastische neuendeckung eines albums aus dem jahr 1976! die sängerin und harfenistin carol kleyn spielte in den 70er jahren mit größen wie john lennon, robert plant, phil spector graham nash, anne murray oder gregg allman. ihr album ist eine tolle evokation von west coast folk-rock sounds der 70er jahre, carols stimme erinnert an joni mitchell und essra mohawk.

alps! they need somebody. alps! not just anybody.
aiming for the toppermost of the poppermost, sic and the gang wave their mangled wand — and lo! the hits just keep on a-comin. self-titled just its just their selves. this could be the album of the year — doesnt matter what year you are reading this either. sic alppeal is eternal.

eine brandneue, streng limitierte 7 inch single der san francisco lo-fi indierocker sic alps. ein empfehlung für alle fans von black rebel motorcycle club und spacemen 3.

love, magic and transformation. acoustic, synthetic and mystical. experience and imagination. cinematic sparkle sounds, sensual, emotive and relaxed. listening to rain and drinking too much champagne. into the waves is all these things and more — a pop vocal record for our time.

back in print on vinyl and for the first time on drag city cds, damon & naomi with ghost is a sweet meeting of mind and soul featuring ghosts masaki batoh and michio kurihara in full collaboration with the titular hero and heroine. everybody brings their heaviest and lightest sounds and the album — a pre freak-folk freaky folk excursion — now meets us on the other side, all charms intact.
including bonus 7 inch, featuring the tracks >femme fatale< and >my flower<.

eine 12 inch reissue des b-side-songs >what we have known< von der single >sprout and the bean< aus dem jahr 2004. die b-side dieser 12 inch beinhaltet einen kupferstich der coverart-künstlerin becca mann, die auch das cover von joanna newsoms meisterwerk >have one on me< gestaltet hat.

bachelorettes first record and the first time for >the end of things< on vinyl. in addition to vinyl, these songs have etched themselves into the granite of our consciousness, and it only took a single listen. take a fantastic voyage to the center of bachelorettes mechanical heart. inner space is deeper than outer.
originally released in 2005 on new zealand label arch hill.
comes with coupon for free digital download of this release.

a sophomore tour through bachelorettes expanding universe, featuring a little bit more of everything that made >the end of things< so incredible (sweet pop songs, harmonies, space-age production sounds) in an increasingly streamlined setting, but still reflecting the lonesomeness of the title. interstellar innerdrive!
originally released in 2006 on new zealand label mistletone.
comes with coupon for free digital download of this release.

mass shivers aus chicago ver®ffentlichen in zusammenarbeit zwischen licking river recs. und drag city ihr drittes album. >contoured heat< ist ein dunkler trip irgendwo zwischen ananda shankar und black flag. aufgenommen @ shape shoppe in chicago zusammen mit blue hawaii (icy demons, beirut).

in nur zwei jahren haben es die israelischen psychodelic-punkrocker monotonix geschafft, die independent musikszene richtig aufzumischen. mit legend?ren, unkonventionellen wilden rnr shows und tollen eps und einem album. diese brandneue 7 inch haben sie zusammen mit produzentenlegende steve albini im electrical audio studio aufgenommen.

return to form (take that, haters!) hits at the body repeatedly, slamming away with a lack of abandon and a new sense of protocol. major stars are known for being psychedelic rock journeymen (and journey lovin women), but of late, their rocks psych roots seem to be dyed platinum white, with a truckers cap shoved on top of the whole mess. its jukebox ready hard rock with a hallucinogenic edge, sure ? or perhaps its just the impact of their triple guitar git down, causing your head to throb with concussive force? dont worry, long time star children ? these guys still jam, but they ve got short numbers too, and wailing, roadhouse vocals sailing over the punch ups. a terrific variety, but a return to form? pffft! what form? these guys have been in plasma state forever! whatever form it takes, thats what it is. and major stars are presently shining on in white dwarf style ? compacted, but with a violent gleam.

these portraits in words and music will hang in the halls of your mind, taking shape as their features are described against backdrops of familiar and characteristic music

a temporary sabbatical from gigs was taken and the band wrote material for where were you when it happened in new orleans midtown district, where their rawboned compositions resembled the katrina-pummeled surroundings. with their girlfriends with them in as close to a stableenvironment as they d been in months, they were able to tap a darker, more personal side in songs like as noise, and hunt you down, with its mournful, organ drenched air belying monotonixs typical good time charlie posturing, while fulfilling the albums need for a climactic, balladic moment. where were you when it happened? finds monotonix visiting a greater diversity of places within their sound while still retaining their minimal appeal. mostly though, where were you when it happened works up a sweat with raw rock and roll, acid guitar licks and riffs, screaming choruses and, in general, the wildness of monotonix in a way that makes for repeated album listening (and pummelling). where most bands refine their production sound as they go forward, monotonix have reverse refined themselves, playing dirtier and more energetic to capture the lightning they are known for.

alasdair roberts spoils album features alasdairs old hands from appendix out (tom crossley and gareth eggie) as well as free percussionist xtraordinaire alex nielson, noted baroque guitarist gordon ferries, emily maclaren, niko matti ahti (of finnish free pop duo kiila), and david mcguinness and alison mcgillivray (both of scotlands concerto caledonia), bringing a loose and lively mixture of drums, bass, piano, flute, glockenspiel, harpsichord, harmonium, viola, synthesizer, dulcimer, psaltery, hurdy gurdy, fiddle, and of course guitars and voices. spoils has a lot on deck, but its meted out evenly and with an intense energy, always in service of the songs, which are marked with some of alasdairs finest melodies. additionally, spoils ingratiates new compositions in a deeply personal manner with the world of traditional music that has sunk beyond the horizon for too many of us. it is a gift to these latter days that a man like roberts exists, to sing us back to our ancient home.

from out of a clear blue sky comes ?my electric family?, the second full-length and third all-round release from new zealand?s bachelorette. bachelorette?s music beams to us through a universe of unconquered pop music, where long beams of sunlight extend to infinity, and blue moons rise wistfully in the deep purple expanse. she stands in the cradle of modern songwriting, that of psychedelic pop music. the sense of infinite possibility felt in those songs, the desire to manipulate a collective sensation to become anything at all, informs bachelorette?s journey. bachelorette?s song structures are traditionally examinations of love and longing, the exploration of self versus self and in relation to the surrounding, silent universe. the songs of ?my electric family? emphasize a particular fascination: the meeting of man and machine. ?my electric family? is an arresting development in the world of sweet pop music.

rough to the touch, the jt3s latest will sink into your souls, purifying them by breathing in the bad and exhaling out the good. js songs use blues and r n b templates, executed with sweaty, wide eyed energy - and this time, hes added a couple of colours to his rainbow that are blowing our minds, those of dub reggae and ska, which squeeze next to their northern brethren with excellent tightness. you ll be left breathless after a nonet of new songs, all of which address the modern dilemma of identity and faith. vinyl only release - as befits the classic rock and soul sounds.

songs from the source is a lost and found 1973 recording of the source family. these twelve songs were recorded live in the hollywood hills as a rehearsal for a concert date that spirit of 76 - aka yahowah 13, the savage sons of yahowa, yodship, and firewaterair, now known as children of the sixth root race - had at the whisky. a 1/4 tape copy of the recording was found in chicago in 2006, though no one is really sure how it got there. djin aquarian, rhythm guitarist and songwriter for spirit of 76, recalls being sent on a mission to chicago later in 1973, where he believes he left the tape with an old friend. djin wrote most of the songs in the year before he joined with the source, as part of his solo mystical quest to help enlighten the world before it might annihilate itself, adding, im glad both the album and the world are still here.though this rehearsal wasnt meant to be released at the time, there are probably no other recordings as complete of the band doing these songs. the spirit of 76 had a different sound than the one yahowah 13 made with yahowa. songs from the source has more r n b grooved energy, with splashes of synth and organ, a female vocal chorus and streamlined fusion rhythms backing the uniquely yahowan lyrical populism of songs like godmen and lost dead but hoping. songs from the source is a miraculous missing piece of the sources positive musical movement. the members of yahowah 13 (djin, sunflower on bass, octavius on drums) were joined by family members ahom, aquariana, cinderella, rhythm, vibration, and zoroaster on lead guitar, to create the ecstatic sound of spirit of 76.

americas hardest working, most profoundly suffering funnyman returns with his eighth drag city release. neil hamburger sings country and western. as with the classic celebrity vocal album by the likes of william shatner and telly savalas, neils personality shines through even when his vocal chords dont.

monotonix are a punk trio from tel aviv. they formed in november 2005, set up on the floor of the club with the audience, and the party began. but the party usually got too wild, the power got cut, the cops were called and monotonix were banned from playing again almost everywhere. before long, they were looking for good places to play outside of israel - and they were delighted to find that there are more rock and roll party places outside of israel than inside! today, monotonix are the hardest working rock band in the world. sure, lots of other bands work up a sweat, but monontonix are definitely the only band who puts in the kind of miles they do, and they rock rings around pretty much the rest of us too. these guys do two different shows in two different towns on the same day whenever they can manage it. but thats only the tip of the hard working iceberg. body language sounds almost like a monotonix show. the only thing you cant hear is the sound of your heart beating in your ears after having been chased around the room by a vocalist with his pants literally on fire, then getting dousedwith beer and dancing your ass off to the guitar riffage, then ending it all by carrying the drummer around on your shoulders while a few other guys hold his kit up so he can keep drumming. you dont end up quite as out of breath when listening body language, but you do get a ton of excitement anyway, courtesy of a killer guitar sound, precision power drumming and lusty lead vocals. they recorded body language with tim green (of the fucking champs) at louder studios in san francisco. it twists and grooves with all the fun and fervor of great rock and roll.

david pajo aka papa m is back with a new album.

third archive release with anthony moore’s solo output from the 80’s.

whitney johnson, alter-ego of psychoacoustic voyager matchess, presents a new composition for sine waves, marimba, viola, arp odyssey and halldorophone.

veteran electronic music composer jill fraser’s new work takes stock of generations and lifetimes of memory, speculating on how the spirit of our songs might be interpreted after we’re gone.

the first official reissue of dorothy carter’s folk-music exegesis comes 46 years after its original release, 20 years after dorothy passed, and 11 years before the centennial of her birth.

love rudiments is a meditation by ty segall on his first love: the drums.

aerial m’s session for john peel’s bbc radio one show, recorded on march 3rd, 1998. pressing on coke bottle clear coloured vinyl.

drag city is excited to present the first ever vinyl pressing of guitarist lee underwood’s under-sung 1988 acoustic guitar opus, california sigh.

nearly twenty-five years after disbanding, gastr del sol have unpacked their archive, stringing together an alternative view to their genre-melting 1993-1998 run.

bill mackay and drag city are delirious with pride to announce the discovery of a new territory: locust land.

happy 20th birthday to family album, the third recording of faun fables and the first one released on drag city.

the highly anticipated solo debut album from australian drummer, producer and songwriter jim white.

nehan is a japanese free improvisation & avant-garde rock quintet formed in august 2022.

drag city presents the second longplayer from kamikaze palm tree.

post-ambient neo-exotica from dean spunt.

following their collaboration on 2021’s oscar winning drive my car, eiko ishibashi & filmmaker ryusuke hamaguchi up the ante with a deeply inspired synergistic exchange: music for images, visuals for sounds.

high llamas present hey panda - a modern pop music/deep listening experience that could only issue forth from their personal quadrant of the galaxy.

murmurs & whispers is the first proper p.g. six album since 2011’s starry mind.

four variations on a theme from oren ambarchi, johan berthling and andreas werliin.

vinyl wiederveröffentlichung der 4-track ep aus dem jahr 1999! ein absolutes muss für alle jim o rourke fans!

limited edition compilation, featuring 6 tracks by the endtables.

elisa ambrogio, die frontfrau der magik markers, veröffentlicht ihr solo-debütalbum mit dem titel *the immoralist*. 10 großartige songs von einer selbstbewußten jungen amerikanerin, die in der besten weiblichen singer/songwriter tradition narrativ spannende geschichten musikalisch erzählt.

the earth, the sky and the earth again — plus another trip through la soci é t é du spectacle. something between a riveting caress and an invigorating shake. elevated music!

wordless home electronica, circa 1982. ems, rhodes, and revox innovations and innervisions. discreet and discrete! yoga said there would be days like this...

bitchin bajas, das electro-duo aus chicago, meldet sich mit einem neuen werk zurück - bitchitronics. und sie erreichen damit eine völlig neue dimension der ambient/post-organic/electronic und drone-musik. das neue album kommt als lp und tape bei drag city heraus.

>the hill< heißt die erste brandneue single von ty segall aus dem kommenden album >twins<, das im oktober 2012 veröffentlicht wird. auf der flipside befindet sich ein lustig/sonnig-launiger song >mother lemonade<. california psychedelic rock rules!

stepping out from the lab, laetitia takes on the trip of a lifetime, with all attendant highs and lows, and ending all too soon.

a rare conundrum ist 1977 wieder in england aufgenommen worden. bert jansch hat das album zusammen mit seinen kumpels rod clemens (bass/lindisfarne), pick withers (drums/der spaeter zu dire straits wechselte) sowie mike piggott (violin) aufgenommen.dieses album stellt f?r jansch eine kuenstlerische rueckkehr zu seinen folk wurzeln dar, es bietet wunderschoene folk instrumentals, sowie irische traditionals als auch langsame bluesstuecke an.

eine weitere tolle vinyl wiederveroeffentlichung von bert jensch! santa barbara honeymoon stammt aus dem jahr 1975, die damals mit einem ueppigen l.a. production sound alle fans ueberrascht hat. neben backing vocals saengern, kann man auch studio session player die u.a. steel drums, blaeser spielen, sowie eine dixieland band hoeren!!! feat. unveroeffentlichte bonustracks, die jensch auf dem montreaux festival im sommer 1975 aufgenommen hatte.

the new, first time ever on vinyl 2lp reissue of a long way around to a shortcut is somehow a greatest hits of the golden not quite decade of sic alps. well, not quite golden, either. can gold be tarnished? can it be done on purpose? if so, sic alps are artisans of the highest order - for their music is the bright, surging sound of ye olde rock & roll radio (and the garages that tuned in) heard through air darkened with specks of nameless obstruction. in and amongst their ingrown sounds, sic alps take on classic tunes from strapping field hands, throbbing gristle and the zipps on a long way around to a shortcut. it is to their credit that they completely absorb their estimated predecessors and create the only sound left to them: the sound of the sic alps. a long way around to a shortcut was issued as a cd in 2008. it collected songs that were first issued throughout the epic years of 2006 and 2007 on two 12inch eps, three 7inch singles and a cassette, plus a song from a compilation cd r and a song exclusive to this compilation. the records were originally given titles like united, strawberry guillotine, semi streets, hip hop sweepers vol 1, teenage alps, and the soft tour in rough form, but all these original releases are long gone.

larry jon wilson is the first larry jon record in nearly 30 years. previously only available as a high priced import, larry jon wilson is now available, reasonably priced. in addition to his own originals, larry jon wilson performs songs by mickey newbury, dave loggins and stuart wright as well as willie nelson & bob dylans heartland.

six organs of admittance is the solo psych folk projekt by guitarrist ben chasny! great collection of unreleased songs and non album material!

first vinyl pressing of twin infinitives since the original vinyl issue in 1990. after moving to san francisco, royal trux released the highly experimental double album twin infinitives. this album remains an extreme work on the periphery of rock music, worthy of being compared to lou reeds metal machine music and suicides debut album. at only four subdivided tracks, none of which clock in under 15 minutes, the record has plenty of time to weave a mesmerizing web that is sometimes menacing, sometimes startling. for all of its high brow allusions, twin infinitives nearly reeks of vice, a dark, sordid feel pervades the record, and the listener can almost picture the band recording in a filthy apartment in the middle of the night in various states of intoxication and debauchery.

first vinyl pressing since the original 1988 royal records lp issue. started as a rumor, or more likely a threat, royal trux burst from the belly of nyc cum dc scum punks pussy galore in 1986. disinclined to follow the path of their host group, royal trux began the process of exploring their own identity, starting with recordings given to the end of music as we know it compilation. the idiosyncratic album offered skeletal projections of songs that betrayed a singular logic groomed on bizarre and previously unconnected realms of the rock canon.

nice price deal !!! the unhistories sound is psychedelic, but not in the paisley way. more mind expanding/modern...get it straight, singer isnt referencing any past trend in music. their idea involves their (very) original compositions tangling with voices stumbling, clucking, heaving, whipping, shrieking and sighing in a graceful jumble. this is a crux. this is unhistories. by way of introduction, the record is packaged in a way that brings the fun and the fury of singer into your hands, your home, your lap, your eyes, ears and headphones with life, weight and a glossy polish.