Numero Group Rock & Indie 194 Items

Set your shoes to gaze mode and ripinto this king size cloud of etherealdream pop. Inspired by the spate ofBrits leaning into swirling distortionand punishing volume, San Jose'sOzean played just two shows in theirbrief existence, dissolving before theScene That Celebrates Itself ever brokethe silicon barrier. The quartet's 1993self-titled demo cassette has beenremastered and pressed at 45RPM, atimeless document of late adolescentwonder and experimentation.

From the ashes of Moss Icon, Universal Order of Armageddon blasted out of Annapolis, MD in a fiery maelstrom of punishing riffs, syncopated breakbeats, and terrifying shrieks. Compiled here are the complete Gravity, Vermin Scum, and Kill Rock Stars recordings, remixed and remastered from the original sessiontapes, and housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket with a chunky 24-page book packed with photos, notes, and iconography fromtheir 1993-'94 run. Armageddon IS now.

Set your shoes to gaze mode and rip into this king size cloud of ethereal dream pop. Inspired by the spate of Brits leaning into swirling distortion and punishing volume, San Jose'sOzean played just two shows in their brief existence, dissolving before the Scene That Celebrates Itself ever brokethe silicon barrier. The quartet's 1993 self-titled demo cassette has been remastered and pressed at 45RPM, a timeless document of late adolescent wonder and experimentation.

Tropical Solution Green VinylBest listened to from inside the womb, Duster's1998's debut Stratosphere simultaneouslycapped off and reinvented the slow core'sfirst wave. A four track dreamscape that willwake the neighbors and then lull them back tosleep. Hazy, arpeggiated guitars layer over adeliberate drummer with no real place to be,as semi-inaudible vocals warn of millennialmalaise and subtly encourage the listener to"rock out, rock out, rock out, rock out.""Music for dark spaces and closed eyelids, deeplypsychedelic but without sprawl, ambient music with aserrated edge of punk."_The Ringer"Warm, fuzzed-out sounds that hit home like a tight,melancholic embrace from your favorite person."_Vice

From the ashes of Moss Icon, Universal Order of Armageddon blasted out of Annapolis, MD in a fiery maelstrom of punishing riffs, syncopated breakbeats, and terrifying shrieks. Compiled here are the complete Gravity, Vermin Scum, and Kill Rock Stars recordings, remixed and remastered from the original sessiontapes, and housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket with a chunky 24-page book packed with photos, notes, and iconography fromtheir 1993-'94 run. Armageddon IS now.

An antidote to the tough-guy hardcore spreading from CBGB's, emo outliers Native Nod's unique genre juxtaposition of damaged art-rock, daring/naive songwriting, and raw, poetic vocals have set them apart from the glut of early-'90s post-hardcore. Compiled here are the band's trio of seminal 7" EPs for the Gern Blandsten label, with liner notes by Jenn Pelly and scores of unseen photographs and ephemera.

Set sail with the third installment of Numero's ode to regional radio surveys. Broadcasting 44 minutes of uninterrupted yacht, easy-glide, AOR, and blue-eyed disco that'll rock your boat. These 13 selections are anchored in the deep blue waters of the American private press_a life preserver for any BBQ, birthday party, or bris. Let W3NG be the sonic wind at your back.

Summer Sun Vinyl. Following in the wake of baroque charttoppers by the Zombies, Beatles, andthe Left Banke, a dandier approach togarage rock flowered in the back half ofthe '60s. Awash in majestic harpsichords,lilting guitars, melancholic organs, andmiddle school orchestras, Soft SummerBreezes captures the decade's last gasps ofoptimism via 16 gentle moments of softpsychedelia.

Witness to revolutions in jazz and pop,Margo Guryan earned her place in thesongwriting pantheon and then some.That she was largely unknown for decadesis not the stuff of crushed dreams, but aresult of her own choices and priorities.From humble beginnings to the peaks ofher 1968 baroque pop masterpiece Takea Picture and the collected Demos to therecent viral ubiquity of "Why Do I Cry",Words and Music captures the entirety ofGuryan's career, featuring 16 previouslyunreleased recordings and a 32-pagebooklet telling the whole story.

Explore the Duster universe on the far superior 45rpm format. This deluxe triple 7" box contains Duster's first single_1997's Transmission Flux (including "Stars Will Fall" & "Orbitron"), 1998's Apex, Trance- Like (featuring "Four Hours"), plus Stratosphere's painfully absent "Echo, Bravo" and the lost 2002 outtake "What You're Doing To Me." Housed in replica sleeves and placed in a sturdy two-piece box, Moods, Mode s also contains a Duster-branded hanky for those who like to accessorize .

The Unwound album that ended all Unwound albums. Recorded in a moldering farmhouse basement at the crest of the new century, Leaves Turn Inside You is the no-wave response to Spector’s wall of noise call. Infinite layers of choppy guitar stabs and bridge scrapes, guttural bass thronk, thrift store synths, and monotone chanting wash over suffocating rhythms to deliver the world’s only choral grunge LP. Remastered from the original analog tapes and pressed on heavyweight vinyl for the discerning noise-nik.

Discovered after spending 58 years on a dustyshelfin the Louis Wayne Moody Pictures vault, thispreviously unissued soundtrack contains abackpack's worth of grieving guitars, sombersurf, and haunting hiss, zipped tight with theteeth of abandonment, dashed dreams, moralambiguity, fate, tearful goodbyes, and lukewarmdiner coffee. Because the long arm ofsociety nipsat their heels...THEY MOVE I N THE NIGHT.

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An expanded and remastered 25th anniversary edition of the mythical Olympia, Washington, trio's out of print singles and compilation tracks, A Single History 1991-2001 gathers odds and ends from across Unwound's first decade. From their earliest post-hardcore squeals on "Crab Nebula" to the dub-inspired death march of "Behold The Salt," this 23-track double LP fills in the distorted gaps of their initial seven album run. "I'd rather eat decomposed fish than listen to this."_Pitchfork

Opaque Red Vinyl.California mail-order mystic MasterWilburn Burchette was first known fromhis ads, hidden in the back pages of FateMagazine, Beyond Reality, and GnosticaNews. On his 1972 sophomore album,Burchette channels dreamy early music,druid folk, electric fingerstyle, psychedelicballadry, and new age ontology to createa visionary guitar technique all his own.This faithful reproduction includes theoriginal 12-page full color instructionbook for the secret method of piercing thepsychic heart.

Seven fretboard fantasias fromCalifornia's mysterious mail ordermystic. 1973's Guitar Grimoire is acollection of reverberant and originalcharms establishing Burchette as thewhite wizard of tremolo theurgy.Warning: Psychic energy shiftprobable!

Set sail with the third installment of Numero's ode to regional radio surveys. Broadcasting 44 minutes of uninterrupted yacht, easy-glide, AOR, and blue-eyed disco that'll rock your boat. These 13 selections are anchored in the deep blue waters of the American private press_a life preserver for any BBQ, birthday party, or bris. Let W3NG be the sonic wind at your back.

Following in the wake of baroque chart toppers by the Zombies, Beatles, and the Left Banke, a dandier approach to garage rock flowered in the back half of the '60s. Awash in majestic harpsichords, lilting guitars, melancholic organs, andmiddle school orchestras, Soft Summer Breezes captures the decade's last gasps of optimism via 16 gentle moments of softpsychedelia.

Sea Splash Blue Vinyl.With no less than a mansion, a state beach, and a three-milestretch of road bearing his fabled family's name, Ned Dohenyeasy-glided into the 1970s on a crest of wealth and privilege.Signposting Ned's sojourn through the LA recording industrywere Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Chaka Khan,Graham Nash, "Mama" Cass Elliot, Bonnie Raitt, and DavidGeffen_each a household name both inside and far fromsouthern California. And while no bust of Ned Dohenyappears alongside those of his Laurel Canyon brethren in thepantheon of classic rock, it's not for lack of songwriting abilitiesor recording chops.Over the last three decades, Doheny's albums have slid in andout of print on LP and CD, budget jobs without any involvementfrom the self-described "avatar for casual vulgarity." SeparateOceans examines Ned Doheny's first ten years adrift in song,pulling together choice album cuts and 11 previously unissueddemos. An 8000 word essay is illustrated by images from thearchives of noted rock photographers Henry Diltz, MosheBrahka, Clive Arrowsmith, and Gary Heery, creating the firstever overview of this unheralded marina rocker.

As Warped Tour pop-punk and American Apparel indie rock dominated the strange post-Y2K guitar-band milieu, Boston's Karate delivered an engrossing shot of rock that constantly shifted between several shades of subterranean sounds. The quiet moments on Karate's millennium busting fourth album carry much of that old, unbridled intensity, braided into subdued jazz melodies and slowcore restraint. Karate's transition into rock maturity bore supple fruit with Unsolved, presented here with three previously unreleased songs.

As Warped Tour pop-punk and American Apparel indie rock dominated the strange post-Y2K guitar-band milieu, Boston's Karate delivered an engrossing shot of rock that constantly shifted between several shades of subterranean sounds. The quiet moments on Karate's millennium busting fourth album carry much of that old, unbridled intensity, braided into subdued jazz melodies and slowcore restraint. Karate's transition into rock maturity bore supple fruit with Unsolved, presented here with three previously unreleased songs.

Over 19 tracks, Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music mines gold from dollar bin country-rock detritus to reconstruct events as seen from the genre's wild west - Americana's vast private press substructure. As progenitor and contemptuous poster boy for the music that came to be Cosmic American, Gram Parsons found himself mired in a recording career spent mostly in scouting the perimeters of chart success. "He hated country-rock," Parsons collaborator Emmylou Harris would later reflect. "He thought that bands like the Eagles were pretty much missing the point." Parsons had been orbiting the idea of Cosmic American Music for some time. In 1968 he'd parted ways with the Byrds and was looking to take air with a new project. "It's basically a Southern soul group playing country and gospel-oriented music with a steel guitar" he told Melody Maker, on the subject of The Flying Burrito Brothers. So it was that when A&M's Burrito Brothers debut The Gilded Palace of Sin made it to shelves in February of 1969, early adherents to the Cosmic American gospel were already echoing its message from areas flanking Gram Parsons' Southern California hills and canyons. There was F.J. McMahon in coastal Santa Barbara, Mistress Mary further inland in Hacienda Heights, and Plain Jane of Albuquerque, New Mexico, each responding by committing their own private readings to tape before day one of the 1970s. Parsons himself might've disdained them, had he even been aware of such minor ripples, shimmering at the edges of his desert oasis. But these were true believers all the same, given over fully to his roots music concept, each filling vinyl grooves with non-rock instrumentation like fiddle, banjo, and pedal steel guitar, the last undoubtedly Cosmic American Music's most distinguishing stringed signifier. Only too predictably, big labels did the grunt work of confining and defining the movement, as ABC, United Artists, RCA, and more played catch-up with Asylum's raptor rock juggernaut, via backwoods crossover also-rans with names like Gladstone, American Flyer, and Silverado. Twang reigned, the shitkickers kicked shit, and the vaguely western-sounding guitar records piled up. Country-rock became "the dominant American rock style of the 1970s," as Peter Doggett's comprehensive Are You Ready for the Country put it much later. Wayfaring Strangers: Cosmic American Music picks up and dusts off golden ingots from the dollar-bin detritus of that domination, to reconstruct events as seen from the genre's real Wild West-America's one-off private press label substructure.

After a 19-year hiatus, Duster cameback with their S/T chef-d'oeuvrein 2019. Recorded in band memberClay Parton's garage (aka Low EarthOrbit), the record bears all thehallmarks of the band's early work:gaunt basslines, spindly guitars, andmelancholy lyrics that lurk in thebackground.

Art-house kosmische from the battered basements of pre-9/11 New York. Polyrhythmic screamo for underemployed Gen-Xers and trust fund weed dealers alike. La Mia Vita Violenta, Blonde Redhead's 1995 sophomore effort, in print as a definitive single LP for the first time since_ ever. "These songs combine a raw need, a ready access to neediness, with seemingly incongruous cinematic changes reminiscent of `60s Italian pop music and movie scores. They switch between emotional grandeur and eye scratching immediacy." _Arto Lindsay