Yawling Night Songs
2005 release ** "Yawling Night Songs is the first album from the Italian collective Slumberwood who, after a long apprenticeship in the deepest crannies of the Italian underground, finally took some time to record this LP, now released for public con…
Wüste
2010 release ** "Former Mayhem front man Maniac, whose band Skitliv has proved to be a surprising departure from the Black Metal genre for which he was best known for over 20 years, has formed a side-project with Vivian Slaughter, bass player/vocalis…
Still’s Keep
A timeless collection of heartfelt and abstract pop, as obscured through the lenses of Robert Wyatt, Legendary Pink Dots and an amalgamation of aspects from the Flying Nun catalog. As summarized from the label, previously: “Although he has lived in B…
The Pilgrim To The Absolute
2014 release ** "The forty-four minute pilgrimage presented by Montibus Communitas is nothing if not clear in its intentions. Each of the album’s six songs – from the slow, shining “The Pilgrim Under Stars” to the album-ending title track – is a chap…
Everything Depends On Us: Zebulon L.A. Live Recording Vol. 1
Imagined by Zebulon and made possible by the artists who answered our call for support during the extended period when our doors were shut due to Covid, this compilation captures just a handful of the many magic moments that have occurred on our stag…
The Wrong Cage
2008 release ** "Although this collaboration between Italian psych-pop band Jennifer Gentle and mercurial, collabo-prone Acid Mothers Temple guitarist Kawabata Makoto sounds pretty much like you’d expect, the The Wrong Cage can’t quite be reduced to …
Picking Through The Wreckage With A Stick
Zaius Tapes is proud to announce the repress of Jim Shepard's dark, cathartic masterpiece, 'Picking Through The Wreckage with A Stick' lp. Originally released by Siltbreeze in 1995, it seemed no plans were in order to see it in print again, so we too…
No One's Listening Anyway (UK DIY Post-Punk & Dubs 1980-1984 (Volume 1))
New On CTR ! Compiled by Jason Boardman ( Before I Die Records) Celebrated Manchester club-night/record Label Owner , DJ & digger - supreme. An album of early 1980s Post-Punk era musical bedroom & small studio innovations & DIY Inspirations - Featuri…
Percorsi del rock italiano (book)
1980 excellent book on the early Italian new wave scene with interviews to several bands including Skiantos, Stupid set, Confusional Quartet, Gaz Nevada, N.O.I.A., Luti Chroma, Wind Open, Johnson Righeira, Art Fleury, etc.
Bologna Rock (book)
Rare 1979 book on the Bologna punk rock / new wave scene of the late 70's, an illustrated history of event leading up to the mythical Bologna Rock concert of 1979.
1973/1975
I met drummer Gary Torok in June ’74. We got together and jammed on Uriah Heep and Santana. Me, him, and his younger brother Peter on bass played my high school in January ’75. “Ready Eddie” is truly about Stenson Eddie Flowers coz he “loves that Sou…
Tentatively Terminal 1977-1978
In the fall of 1972 my brother Daryl Frazier [a/k/a Billy Nightshade] started school at Bemidji State College in northern Minnesota. I was 11 years old and Daryl was 18. Every weekend he would come home and bring me amazing used records of rock and r…
F.A.R. / Ritmo Tribale (tape + Amen - This Is Religgion N° 5 fanzine)
Very rare complete 6th issue of Amen magazine including the experimental / indie rock split tape by F.A.R. and Ritmo Tribale.
Live At "The Blue Angel"
1986 compilation LP on Blue Angel with gatefol cover presenting live in studio recordings by Walhalla, Avion Travel, Petruska, Ciak, Spleen Fix, Panoramics and Life. Recorded live in Naples in March, April and May 1986 at TeleOggi studio's on the set…
Reclame
1981 zany post punk original LP by experimental / comedy rock ensemble La Pattona from Piacenza, with future members of A.T.R.O.X. and Doubling Riders. Comes with special cover and original insert.
Z Sides
Cosa Brava is an experimental rock and free improvisation group formed in March 2008 in Oakland, California, by multi-instrumentalist and composer Fred Frith. The band comprises Frith on guitar, Zeena Parkins on keyboards and accordion, Carla Kihlste…
Break Apart The Idea Of Separation
First LP from Schisms "Break Apart the Idea of Separation". Risograph on black card, edition of 200, out now on Bergpolder Records.
Ozma
Ozma was recorded soon after Melvins made the move from Washington to San Francisco, and was their first release to include the diminutive yet mighty Lorax (Lori Temple Black) on bass. In fact, the first sound one hears at the album’s opening is Lori…