The Magnetic Fields return to the signature mix of synth and acoustic sounds they established in the 90s with Merge releases such as THE CHARM OF THE HIGHWAY STRIP and GET LOST.

Grimes VISIONS strongly values a physical and communal experience of music (it's danceability), experimental vocalization, and psychedelia. VISIONS is self-indulgence, devastation and ecstasy,... more

The highly anticipated new album from singer/songwriter and harpist Joanna Newsom. Five extended tracks conceived with harp and voice, tracked by Steve Albini, and then meticulously arranged by Van... more

"Actor" finds Brooklyn's ST VINCENT working alongside Hideaki Aomori (SUFJAN STEVENS), Alex Sopp (BJORK), and MIDLAKE's rhythm section (McKenzie Smith and Paul Alexander). Co-produced by John... more

After a couple of semi-chance encounters, David Byrne and Annie Clark—who records and performs as St. Vincent—embarked upon a creative dialogue that has flourished over the last three years. The... more

Cat Power returns with her second album of cover songs, this one a tribute to the great vocalists who have influenced her over the years. New single LP version.

Warpaint weave intricate guitar lines, hypnotic vocals and driving post punk rhythms into gorgeous, sprawling songs that skirt the line between psychedelia and intimacy. Both live and on record,... more

Deluxe three CD edition of this influential cassette-only release. Back in May/June 1986, the New Musical Express released one of their regular mail-order cassettes. Reflecting the latest trends in... more

Vinyl LP pressing. 2012 album from Seattle singer/songwriter Mike Hadreas AKA Perfume Genius. His jarring 2010 debut album, Learning, was called "an album of rare, redemptive beauty: one of the most... more

When Columbia, South Carolina's Chaz Bundick (aka Toro y Moi) first signed to Carpark Records, the plan was to release two records in 2010 one electronic and one with live instrumentation and... more

The xx unique make-up is an inadvertent second nature marriage of 2009's urban/guitar tribes, in one corner fluttering new wave indebted reverberation, in the other, plumes of post-dubstep sub-bass... more

Perhaps more sonically upbeat than it's predecessor, CREATURESQUE's details are at times painted in both optimistic and sobering tones. Reitherman's scattershot poetics touch on an array of ideas;... more

Akron/Family spent the end of 2009 and half of 2010 exploring the future of sound. Upon miraculous resuscitation of the original AKAK hard drive, their new album, S/T II: THE COSMIC BIRTH AND JOURNEY... more

IN this solo guitar/piano outing, Chan Marshall flexes her considerable, interpreative muscle tackling classics by the Rolling Stones, Michael Hurley, Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Moby Grape, Smog, the... more

Vinyl LP pressing. On Naomi, The Cave Singers have charted new territory for the band, both musically and spiritually, while remaining true to their distinctive brand of brushfired folk. After some... more

Sacred Bones is elated to present a new EP from a NY band that has been very near and dear to our hearts for many years now, the Crystal Stilts. Recorded in early 2011 by Gary Olson, with the band's... more

Jagjaguwar is proud to reintroduce the complete recordings of Supreme Dicks in the form of Breathing and Not Breathing, a four CD set that includes both of the band's studio albums, the Unexamined... more

UK vinyl LP pressing. 2010 release, a stunningly beautiful acoustic album by Bombay Bicycle Club. Having finished recording their debut LP I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose in February 2009, the... more