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8 Bold Souls
Last Option - 8 Bold Souls
The snows of winter in Chicago often reveal as much as they cover. During the month of January Chicago slows down in what may be called a citywide hibernation. In January of 1985 eight musicians came together to premier new music for a series of Thursday night concerts ....
A Minor Forest
Flemish Altruism - A Minor Forest
A Minor Forest are from San Francisco and began playing as such in 1993. Erik Hovesten plays guitar, guitorgan, omnichord and sings. John Benson plays bass and triggers all the tape loops. Andee Conners plays drums, a little guitar and is prone to the occasional spat of ....
Inindependence - A Minor Forest
A Minor Forest formed in San Francisco in 1993 and released a handful of 7"’s, 12" singles and a ten inch before properly releasing their debut record Flemish Altruism (Constituent Parts 1993-1996). Comprised of Erik Hoversten, John Benson and Andee Conners, A Minor ....
ADULT.
D.U.M.E. - ADULT.

ADULT. is Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus. D.U.M.E. was recorded in November 2004 in a studio built by ADULT. in Detroit. This marks their second release recorded entirely to tape. (The first was a split 7" with Detroit's Dirtbombs where they discovered the rich sound produced when working ....

Gimmie Trouble - ADULT.

"Perhaps the least predictable band in contemporary underground music,..." Adult. couldn't have said it better than this line about the new album from Outburn Magazine.

For example, in 2004 ADULT. unpredictably added a new member to the line up. Samuel Consiglio (of Tamion 12 ....

Why Bother? - ADULT.

UNEASY LISTENING MUSIC. -An Important Message from ADULT.
Mindless packs, erroneous folklore, misguided shepherds, aggressive incompetence, and real life horrors blend together into this, our fourth album. Why Bother? Some will read this title, sigh and agree, while ....

Aki Tsuyuko
Hokane - Aki Tsuyuko
HOKANE is a collection of musical and visual short stories, written, performed, and drawn by Aki Tsuyuko. This is the first in a series of books that Thrill Jockey will be releasing, with upcoming artists in the series including Daniel Higgs and Thomas Campbell. The books were produced with ....
Alexander Tucker
Dorwytch - Alexander Tucker

CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package.

LP version includes full color inner sleeve and free download coupon.

British experimental musician Alexander Tucker releases his Thrill Jockey debut Dorwytch in ....

Third Mouth - Alexander Tucker

CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package.

LP version includes free download coupon with a first pressing of only 600 copies worldwide.


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All Natural
Second Nature - All Natural
Second Nature is the highly anticipated follow up to All Natural's groundbreaking and critically acclaimed debut No Additives, No Preservatives. Proving that true artists with their heads on right can get past the "sophomore jinx" with the maturity of seniors, All Natural has used the last 3 years ....
Andrew Coleman
Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt - Andrew Coleman
Andrew Coleman is perhaps best known for his alter ego Animals on Wheels. Under that moniker, he released two albums and an EP for the highly respected Ninja Tune label, in addition to numerous 12"s and compilation appearances on his own landmark Bovinyl imprint. Along with Bovinylmate Adam "Vert" ....
Angela Desveaux
Wandering Eyes - Angela Desveaux
If Angela Desveaux could have three pictures in her wallet, she says they would be of Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, and her grandmother. These are the figures she holds dear and suggest the influences that have shaped her musical identity. Wandering Eyes is a sparkling country debut ....
The Mighty Ship - Angela Desveaux
The Mighty Ship is available now on both CD and LP format. The LP version is limited to 900 copies and comes with a coupon for a free download of the entire album. CD version comes in a 6 panel digipack

“Angela Desveaux reconciles the bluer-than-blue tone of old-time ....

If Ever I Loved - Angela Desveaux

Limited to 500 Copies Worldwide!!

The 7" features "If Ever I Loved" and "Wedding Song". "You To Remind Me", "Let Me Roll It", and "Carolina Waves" appear as a download!

If Ever I Loved is a limited edition 7” release of new material from Monteal ....

Arbouretum
Rites of Uncovering - Arbouretum

“….He was somewhere, he had come back through vast regions from nowhere; there was the certitude of an infinite sadness at the core of his consciousness, but the sadness was reassuring, because it alone was familiar. He needed no further consolation. “ - Paul Bowles, The ....

Song of the Pearl - Arbouretum
CD version is presented in a 4 panel mini-LP style jacket.

First pressing of the LP version is limited to 1,000 copies for the world and includes a free download coupon. 2nd Pressing of 500 LPs now available

Recorded at Lord Baltimore Recordings by Rob Girardi over two months ....

The Gathering - Arbouretum

The Gathering, Arbouretum’s fourth album, was to a large extent inspired by The Red Book by Carl Jung, or more specifically, Jung’s pursuit of the inner images that led to the book’s writing. Dave Heumann, the singer, guitarist and main lyricist of Arbouretum, has ....

Coming Out of the Fog - Arbouretum

Coming Out of the Fog is the fifth full length album from Baltimore’s Arbouretum following Aureola, their split album with Hush Arbors released for Record Store Day 2012.

CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold ....

Arbouretum / Pontiak
Kale - Arbouretum / Pontiak
Kale is a special LP-only split release by Arbouretum and their Baltimore friends Pontiak, Thrill Jockey’s new signees making their label debut. The split features new songs from each band as well as a handful of John Cale covers, with Arbouretum offering their rendition of “Buffalo ....
Archer Prewitt
Three - Archer Prewitt
Archer Prewitt Renaissance man? If there was ever a candidate, Archer Prewitt is it. Prewitt is an accomplished illustrator, comic artist, Sof' Boy (published by Drawn and Quarterly), guitarist for The Sea & Cake and formerly The Coctails, and some time drummer for Edith Frost, as well the maker ....
Wilderness - Archer Prewitt
Archer Prewitt, guitarist for the Sea and Cake and formerly of the Coctails, has released three albums and an EP under his own name. Recorded in Chicago by Jeremy Lemos and Mark Greenberg at Semaphore Recordings and Mayfair, respectively, Wilderness is Prewitt's fourth full-length release. Most ....
Barn Owl
Ancestral Star - Barn Owl
"Touching on everything from Tibetan chanting to sludgy doom riffs, Barn Owl never produced a sound they couldn’t stretch out like taffy" - Rolling Stone

“Their latest siphon from the infinite abyss is a blackened earth opus to a dead land. In an age when most artists conjure ....

Shadowland - Barn Owl
Shadowland was recorded by Phil Manley (Trans Am) in San Francisco and mastered at D&M in Berlin. The 12”EP is 24 minutes in length and is pressed on 150gram vinyl in a first pressing of 1,500 copies (750 clear with white, 750 black). Included is a free download coupon. VINYL IS SOLD ....
Lost in the Glare - Barn Owl

CD version is packaged in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package with a 4 panel booklet.

The LP version is pressed on 150gram vinyl and includes is a free download coupon.REPRESS OF 500 ON "COKE BOTTLE CLEAR" VINYL NOW IN STOCK!

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V - Barn Owl

** The Barn Owl bonus CD has sold out! **

CD version of V is packaged in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package with spot UV gloss printing on back and inside panels

LP version of V is pressed on high quality virgin vinyl and packaged in an old-style ....

Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra
Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra - Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra
Available now!

Back in September of 2006 both Rob Mazurek and Bill Dixon were performing at the Guelph International Jazz Festival in Ontario, Canada, where the two horn players met for the first time there at a workshop the latter was conducting. Later that day Mazurek ....

Black Pus
All My Relations - Black Pus

CD version packaged in 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package with high gloss printing.  LP version pressed on high quality virgin vinyl and packaged in an LP jacket with high gloss printing as well as full color artworked inner sleeve and free download ....

Bobby Conn
Lovessonnggs - Bobby Conn

The next full-length is in the works, but the fans can wait no longer. The adoring public is at times overwhelming, and no one knows it more than a performer of the stature of Mr. Conn. The success of his last release, Rise Up!, pushed his already anxious listeners to a fever-like pitch. Unable ....

The Golden Age - Bobby Conn

After doing time in the criminally obscure Chicago art-rock band Condeucent, Bobby struck out on his own in 1995 with the release of the "Whose the Paul?" 7" on Casablanca Records. A relationship with the Truckstop/Atavistic label family followed, culminating in 1998's critically acclaimed ....

Winners - Bobby Conn

Bobby’s third full length album, The Golden Age, was released last fall and his critique and celebration of suburban excess is resonating with fans around the globe. Critics and fans agree, Bobby is the complete package. A recent N. American tour prompted one cynic to proclaim ....

The Homeland - Bobby Conn

Bobby Conn is back this time with a vengeneance. The Homeland is first and foremost a rock record. Clad in glam attire, Mr. Conn, a consummate entertainer, pays homage to rock and roll’s excesses. Paradoxically Mr. Conn’s lyrics read like a Michael Moore ....

Live Classics Vol. 1 - Bobby Conn

What better way to describe this new live record than have Bobby tell you about it?


Bobby Conn on the making of "Live Classics, Vol. 1"

Why a live album?
We've [Bobby Conn & the Glass Gypsies] played over 250 gigs in the ....

King For A Day - Bobby Conn

Self-delusion is the American dream. Bobby Conn has given us songs for The Homeland and The Golden Age; King for a Day is ....

Boredoms
Super Roots 9 - Boredoms
Long regarded as musical pioneers, Boredoms have continually pushed sonic boundaries and inspired musicians for over 20 years. Their albums and their performances defy categorization, each one a completely unique event. The one commonality is that the members of the Boredoms have amazing ....
Super Roots 10 - Boredoms
SMALL STASH OF VINYL BACK IN STOCK!

After only being released on CD in Japan, Thrill Jockey is proud to bring Super Roots 10 to the US. Super Roots 10 is pressed on two high quality virgin vinyl LPs at RTI and is cut at 45rpm for maximum fidelity. The album comes with a 24” x 24” full color ....

Brokeback
Field Recordings From The Cook County Water Table - Brokeback
Brokeback is Douglas McCombs. Douglas may be familiar to many of you as the bassist for Eleventh Dream Day, Tortoise and Pullman. During the last two years Brokeback has released two singles and played numerous live dates throughout the U.S. and Europe. Through ....
Morse Code in the Modern Age: Across the Americas - Brokeback
Morse Code in the Modern Age: Across the Americas is the new release by Douglas McCombs under the name Brokeback and follows on the strength of two singles and the debut cd, Field Recordings from the Cook County Water Table. Begun as an outlet for Douglas to record compositions outside his other ....
Looks at the Bird - Brokeback
Looks at the Bird is Brokeback's third proper release. Originally began as a one-person affair by Douglas McCombs to create music in a more open and less structured environment than his other bands, Tortoise, Pullman, and Eleventh Dream Day, Brokeback has grown to include bassist ....
Brokeback and the Black Rock - Brokeback

Brokeback is the longstanding project of Douglas McCombs. McCombs is a member of Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day, and Pullman, and has worked with Tom Ze, Azita Youseffi, Will Oldham, Calexico and Yo La Tengo.

CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold ....

Brother JT
The Svelteness of Boogietude - Brother JT

CD version in 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package with high gloss printing. LP version pressed on high quality virgin vinyl and packaged in a striking LP jacket (also printed with high gloss varnish) with artworked inner sleeve and free download coupon.

All ....

Califone
Quicksand - Cradlesnakes - Califone
Warehouse find vinyl now sold out.

"Ripped bleeding from pop, country, avant-noise, art-rock and plain old folk music, 'Quicksand/Cradlesnakes' reinforces Califone's position as the premier left of centre noise-niks with tunes, anywhere in the world. It's their first to be licensed to ....

Heron King Blues - Califone

Califone’s third album Heron King Blues is back on vinyl for the first time since it sold out quickly upon release in 2004!

Heron King Blues is pressed on high quality virgin vinyl and packaged in an LP jacket with fully ....

Roomsound - Califone
Califone’s debut album Roomsound was originally released on CD in 2001 by Perishable and then re-issued on CD in 2006 by Thrill Jockey. As part of our 20th Annivesary we are happy to offer Roomsound on the vinyl format for the very first time. Cut by Paul Gold at Salt Mastering and ....
Roots & Crowns - Califone

In the dark corners of our warehouse we recently discovered a forgotten box of the second vinyl pressing of Roots & Crowns from 2006. These are brand new, sealed copies and we are passing them on to our mailorder faithful while they last.

These ....

Catherine Irwin
Cut Yourself a Switch - Catherine Irwin
Cut Yourself A Switch marks the first solo album by Catherine Irwin, perhaps best known for her work in Freakwater. Catherine's songs about death and dying and dying and death compliment the Emmylou-esque offering of Freakwater's other principle singer songwriter Janet Bean. With Freakwater on ....
Little Heater - Catherine Irwin

Little Heater is the brand new solo record from Freakwater's Catherine Irwin and features guest appearances from Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Tara Jane ONeil (Rodan, Retsin), Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton (Ida), Marc Orleans (D Charles Speer ....

Chicago Underground
12 Degrees of Freedom - Chicago Underground
January 15, 1997 was a cold and snowy night in Chicago. At the Lunar Cabaret that evening, two Chicago Underground Orchestra members were beginning to hone their skills as a duo during what they would later describe as a magical evening. Rob Mazurek and Chad Taylor are stalwarts on the ....
Synesthesia - Chicago Underground
Synesthesia, the second release from the Chicago Underground Duo, is a stark departure from the sound cultivated in the group’s first recording, 12 Degrees of Freedom. The new release from Rob Mazurek (Isotope 217) and Chad Taylor (Sam Prekop Band) utilizes electronics, found sound, moog and ....
Chicago Underground Quartet - Chicago Underground
This self titled release is the debut as a Quartet for the Chicago Underground collective. In addition to the already established Chicago Underground Duo of Rob Mazurek (cornet, electronics) and Chad Taylor (percussion), the quartet model features Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Isotope 217) on guitar and ....
Axis & Alignment - Chicago Underground
Axis & Alignment represents the 7th release by the Chicago Underground collective, and 3rd for the duo of Rob Mazurek (cornet, electronics) and Chad Taylor (percussion). The Duo?s last album, 2000?s Synesthesia, found Mazurek and Taylor fully integrating elements of electronica and studio ....
Slon - Chicago Underground
Chicago Underground was formed in 1995 by Rob Mazurek and Jeff Parker developing out of weekly sessions at Chicago’s famed Jazz venue The Green Mill. Their first use of the Chicago Underground moniker was as an Orchestra in 1998, featuring Chad Taylor, as well as one time Isotope 217 member ....
In Praise of Shadows - Chicago Underground
The 9th Chicago Underground release and the 4th as a Duo, In Praise of Shadows finds cornetist Rob Mazurek and drummer Chad Taylor returning the focus to improvisation. While In Praise of Shadows is similar to Twelve Degrees of Freedom in concept, the record deals with dyad ....
Boca Negra - Chicago Underground
CD version is presented in a 4 panel mini-LP style jacket.

LP version has a paste-on photo art card on the front and is limited to 500 copies worldwide with a free MP3 download coupon.

Boca Negra is the 5th release of the critically acclaimed Chicago Underground Duo and 10th ....

Coil Sea
Coil Sea - Coil Sea

Born from the mind of Dave Heumann (Arbouretum, Human Bell), Coil Sea came about as a collaborative experiment between some of Baltimore’s finest.

Coil Sea is released on LP-only in an edition of 1,000 copies housed in full-color jackets ....

D. Charles Speer
Arghiledes - D. Charles Speer
Arghiledes is a vinyl only release limited to 500 copies with a 4 page 8.5" x 11" insert and free download coupon.

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D. Charles Speer & The Helix
Leaving the Commonwealth - D. Charles Speer & The Helix
CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package.

LP version is presented in a die cut jacket with full color inner sleeve and free download coupon.

D. Charles Speer & the Helix came together through a shared love of musical interplay that moves the mind and body. Born ....

Dan Friel
Valedictorian / Exoskeleton - Dan Friel

Valedictorian/Exoskeleton is the first release from Dan Friel on Thrill Jockey. A full length album will follow in Feb 2013. Contained on this 24 minute EP are two brand new Dan Friel tracks and remixes from Moss of Aura (Gerrit Welmers of Future Islands) and Peaking Lights ....

Total Folklore - Dan Friel

Special Bundle Pricing! 

  • Select "Bundle A" to receive Total Folklore on CD paired with the Valedictorian / Exoskeleton 12" 
  • Select "Vinyl Bundle" to receive Total Folklore on ....
Daniel Higgs
Say God - Daniel Higgs

Daniel Higgs’ massive double album Say God has been sold out on vinyl since it was released in 2010. We are happy to bring it back as part of our 20th Anniversary LP re-issue campaign. The 2xLP is presented in an old-style tip-on gatefold jacket and includes a ....

David Boykin Outet
Evidence Of Life On Other Planets Vol. 1 - David Boykin Outet
All selections recorded live in concert July 17, 1998.

Personnel:
David Boykin, Nicole Mitchell, Glenda Baker, Josh Abrams, Chad Taylor, Laurence ....

David Daniell and Douglas McCombs
Sycamore - David Daniell and Douglas McCombs
CD version is presented in a custom package that folds out into a 12" x 24" poster and includes an insert.

LP version includes an insert and free MP3 download coupon.

Both formats are limited to 1,000 copies worldwide.

David Daniell and Douglas McCombs first met in early ....

Versions - David Daniell and Douglas McCombs
Versions is released as a limited 2xLP presented in a gatefold jacket with a free download coupon.

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Directions
Directions In Music - Directions
The 1996 album from Directions features the trio of Bundy K. Brown (Tortoise, Pullman, Gastr Del Sol, Bastro), Doug Scharin (Codeine, Rex, June of 44), and James Warden.

This 2012 vinyl re-issue is pressed on high quality virgin vinyl and includes a free download coupon for the first ....

Dolomite
Easter Someday - Dolomite
april's a good month. some association you disavow, but the passage soon ceases midway, and you pick it all up again. whether it's some vice or scar. you pick it up again because denial started the first last month. and it becomes you. you're whole again. like spare ....
Acetate-Gift Horse - Dolomite
Rian Murphy (Royal Trux, Palace, Chestnut Station) and Neil Rossario (National Trust, Red Red Meat) offer up a variety of love songs for the dispossessed and offer dissonance for the disillusioned. Yes, these songs sound as convoluted as that ....
Double Dagger
More - Double Dagger
CD version comes in a digipak. LP version is limited to 1,000 copies and includes a free download coupon.

Double Dagger formed in late 2002 from the ashes of two of Baltimore's most unpredictable live bands: Charm City Suicides and League of Death. Lacking a guitarist, Double Dagger ....

Masks - Double Dagger
Double Dagger does not make “background music.” The Baltimore trio’s songs are meant to be experienced, rather than just listened to—either at one of their intense performances or with the volume turned up loud enough to feel it in your gut.

The Masks CD and LP both feature limited ....

Dustin Wong
Infinite Love - Dustin Wong
The CD version contains 2CDs + a DVD in a 6 panel fold out package. The DVD features a film to accompany the music, with either “Brother” or “Sister” audio.

The LP version contains 2LPs + a DVD presented in a gatefold jacket with a download coupon. Side A starts Infinite Love off. Side ....

Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads - Dustin Wong

CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package.

2xLP version includes a free download coupon. **VINYL HAS BEEN RE-PRESSED. IN STOCK AND SHIPPING NOW!**

Dustin Wong's second LP Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads, ....

Eleventh Dream Day
Eighth - Eleventh Dream Day
Eleventh Dream Day -is Rick Rizzo, Doug McCombs, and Janet Beveridge Bean, often augmented by John McEntire on Keyboards, or Ira Kaplin or Tara Key on guitar. In recent recordings such as 1995's Orange Moon 7", Ursa Major and Eighth, Eleventh Dream Day are loose and open. ....
Stalled Parade - Eleventh Dream Day
Founded in 1983 by Rick Rizzo (guitar, vocals) and Janet Beveridge Bean (drums, vocals), Eleventh Dream Day was joined soon thereafter by Douglas McCombs (bass) and Baird Figi (Guitar).

1987 saw the release of their debut self–titled EP on Amoeba. Eleventh Dream Day recorded two more ....

Prairie School Freakout - Eleventh Dream Day
Eleventh Dream Day's first show was in the year of Orwell, and perhaps they should have taken that as some kind of sign. As it was later in their life, their "big break" would serve, at least for a time, to bury them under a burden of corporate obligations and ignorance. Ahh but we are not ....
Zeroes and Ones - Eleventh Dream Day
In 1988, Eleventh Dream Day's Rick Rizzo told Greg Kot that songwriting was a kind of a "purge." Although the music business has changed vastly around them, Zeroes and Ones shows a band whose pure intent remains unaffected by the passage of time or the change of landscape. Twenty ....
Riot Now! - Eleventh Dream Day
When one thinks about rock music, there are several words that come to mind: sex, drugs, youth, punk and for many years, male. The “manliness” of rock seems to have been solidly debunked. Is “youth” on the brink?

CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package. ....

Eternal Tapestry
Beyond the 4th Door - Eternal Tapestry
Eternal Tapestry started in the fall of 2005, conceived after original members Nick Bindeman and Dewey Mahood discovered their mutual love of Sonny Sharrock and Neu! It was these two vastly different artists who helped the band's sound take shape, free improvised guitar with structured rhythms and ....
Dawn in 2 Dimensions - Eternal Tapestry

Dawn In 2 Dimensions is released on vinyl only in a full color LP jacket with free download coupon. The first 500 copies are pressed on limited translucent orange vinyl. 

 

ORANGE VINYL IS SOLD OUT! ALL COPIES WILL NOW SHIP ON BLACK ....

A World Out of Time - Eternal Tapestry

CD version in 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package. LP version includes free download coupon. First 500 copies are pressed on opaque red vinyl, remainder on black  

A World Out of Time, Portland quintet Eternal ....

Eternal Tapestry & Sun Araw
Night Gallery - Eternal Tapestry & Sun Araw
LP version includes free download coupon.

CD version in 4 panel mini-LP style package

The friendship of Eternal Tapestry and Sun Araw's Cameron Stallones goes back to the Not Not Fun curated Neon Commune Fest, January 2007 at the much loved, and missed, Echo Curio in LA. Eternal ....

Evan Caminiti
Dreamless Sleep - Evan Caminiti
CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package. LP version features spot UV printing on the cover and a free download coupon. The first 500 LPs are pressed on maroon vinyl, remaining copies on black.

ALL CUSTOMERS WHO ORDER THE LP EDITION WILL GET MAROON COLOR VINYL UNTIL WE ....

Exploding Star Orchestra
We are all from somewhere else. - Exploding Star Orchestra
Exploding Star Orchestra:

In 2005, cornetist Rob Mazurek was approached by The Chicago Cultural Center and the Jazz Institute to put together a group that would represent the more contemporary / avant-garde side of sound in Chicago for a concert in Millennium Park’s Frank Gehry-designed ....
Bill Dixon with Exploding Star Orchestra - Exploding Star Orchestra
Available now!

Back in September of 2006 both Rob Mazurek and Bill Dixon were performing at the Guelph International Jazz Festival in Ontario, Canada, where the two horn players met for the first time there at a workshop the latter was conducting. Later that day Mazurek ....

Extra Golden
Ok-Oyot System - Extra Golden
Extra Golden is an international collaboration between members of two bands: Otieno Jagwasi and Onyango Wuod Omari of the Nairobi, Kenya based benga band Orchestra Extra Solar Africa, and Ian Eagleson and Alex Minoff of the Washington D.C. based rock band Golden. The musicians met as a result of ....
Hera Ma Nono - Extra Golden

Hera Ma Nono is the exhilarating sophomore effort from Kenyan and American cooperative Extra Golden. Kenyan benga music and American rock first met with a friendly handshake on the group’s 2006 debut, Ok-Oyot System, and are now fully integrated in a union that represents ....

Thank You Very Quickly - Extra Golden

CD version is presented in a 4 panel mini-LP style jacket. LP version is limited to 1,000 copies for the world and includes a free download coupon.

After summer 2008’s three-month, international tour (highlighted by performances at both Pitchfork and Roskilde ....

Fennesz Daniell Buck
Knoxville - Fennesz Daniell Buck
Vinyl version re-pressed as part of Thrill Jockey's 20th Anniversary reissue campaign.

CD version comes in a mini-LP style gatefold package. LP version comes in a full color high gloss jacket with free download coupon.

Recorded on February 7th, 2009, at the Big Ears Festival in ....

Freakwater
Feels Like the Third Time - Freakwater

1993 : Thrill Jockey releases Freakwater’s Feels Like the Third Time, an undisputed classic of the alt-country/Americana scene. In print on CD since it’s release, the vinyl version has been sadly unavailable since the early 90’s, as the record plant ....

Old Paint - Freakwater

Old Paint, Freakwater's 4th record was recorded by Brad Wood and the band in Chicago's Idful Studios in May 1995 and was mastered in Memphis at Ardent by Larry Nix. It is the first record with fourth member Bob Egan, who would later go on to join Wilco.

Old Paint moves the ....

Dancing Underwater - Freakwater
DANCING UNDER WATER was originally issued on cd only in 1991 on California's Amoeba records. It is Freakwater's second record. Freakwater's core of Janet Beveridge Bean, Catherine Irwin, and Dave Gay were augmented on this recording by John Speigal-dobra banjo, slide ....
Springtime - Freakwater
Springtime marks the fifth domestic release by Freakwater. The record was recorded at Chicago's Uber Studios, in July '97. The core line up of Catherine Ann Irwin, Janet Beveridge Bean and David Wayne Gay remains the same but the ever changing fourth member this time is ....
End Time - Freakwater
End Time is the sixth record by Freakwater. The twelve songs that comprise End Time were recorded at Chicago’s Uber Studios and offer a departure from Freakwater’s traditionally minimalist approach to arrangements and composition. An enhanced orchestrated context was ....
Thinking Of You - Freakwater
Freakwater invariably make records easily distinguishable from one another while maintaining their signature sound and their own uniquely skewed take on honky-tonk, bluegrass, or country-politan,. On Thinking of You they join together with Thrill Jockey label mates Califone, creating an album ....
Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake
Back Together Again - Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake

The aptly titled Back Together Again features two of Jazz music’s finest musicians making the record they had longed to make for years. Living legend Fred Anderson, who turns 75 one day before the release of this record, and the relatively young Hamid Drake have known each other ....

From The River To The Ocean - Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake
The closest of relationships gives its members space to expand, change, develop, and play. Tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson and drummer Hamid Drake have just that kind of partnership, one that has seen them periodically move apart and work extensively on other fronts – Anderson tending to the ....
Fred Anderson & Robert Barry
Duets 2001 - Fred Anderson & Robert Barry
Born 1929 in Monroe, Louisiana, tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson came to Chicago in the late 1930s where he would leave an indelible mark on the city's jazz scene of the last 40 years. A founding member of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians), an organization which has ....
Frequency
Frequency - Frequency
Frequency is a new quartet showcasing the improvisational talents of four longtime members of Chicago’s storied underground jazz scene

FEATURING :

NICOLE MITCHELL
C flute, alto flute, piccolo, bass flute, melodica, Egyptian harp, vocals, plastic ....

Future Islands
In The Fall - Future Islands
Too many bands in the era of buzz and the blog are taken before their time. The spotlight hits hard and finds a group who has not yet developed, not yet put in the work to find their sound and hone it and make themselves better, and just as quickly they’re gone. Future Islands are not one of those ....
In Evening Air - Future Islands
"One of my favorite records of the year, hands down." - Morning Becomes Eclectic host Jason Bentley

"So good it might kill you. If you turn it up loud enough it, it has the power to override your basic survival instincts for eating and sleeping in favor of just playing it over and over." - ....

Undressed - Future Islands
"Undressed" is a recording of acoustic versions of four Future Islands favorites from their earlier records.

The 12” is pressed on 150 gram vinyl and housed in a LP jacket featuring new artwork from Kymia Nawabi. The record is released in a hand-numbered edition of 1,000 ....

On the Water - Future Islands

LP version includes artworked inner sleeve and free download coupon.

 

CD version comes in a digipack with 6 panel booklet.

 

Cassette edition now in ....

Gaunt
Sob Story - Gaunt
Gaunt hail from Columbus, Ohio and spring forth from the fountain of punk rock history that made the Midwest a haven for great bands like the Pagans, Rocket from the Tombs and the Dead Boys and Gaunt continue this tradition in fine form. This is the earliest of their material still in print after ....
I Can See Your Mom From Here - Gaunt
Gaunt's debut full length after a string of vinyl only releases on labels such as Anyway, Datapanik and Get Hip, I Can See was recorded with Steve Albini in Chicago and paid for in car parts. It marked the first time the band had moved out of the basement and off of four ....
Kryptonite - Gaunt
Borrowed from the past yet seen through the eyes of the future. Equal parts the Damned and the Buzzcocks, yet full of spit and shit to kick the ass of the faceless interchangeable rock bands working straight from a blueprint. Kryptonite was recorded with Tim Mac in ....
Glenn Jones
The Wanting - Glenn Jones

CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package and includes a 4 page booklet with notes on each song

Limited 2xLP version comes in a gatefold jacket and includes a free download coupon. First vinyl ....

My Garden State - Glenn Jones

CD version packaged in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package with a 12 page booklet of notes and tunings for each song.  LP version includes a fully artworked inner sleeve with notes and tunings for each song and free download coupon.

Deluxe postcard edition ....

Glenn Jones - The Black Twig Pickers with Charlie Parr
Even to Win is to Fail & EastMont Syrup - Glenn Jones - The Black Twig Pickers with Charlie Parr
This very special double A side LP is made exclusively for Record Store Day 2011 in a limited edition of 1,000 copies worldwide. Included is a free download coupon and an insert with notes, lyrics, and manifold stew cooking recipes from Charlie Parr

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Golden Retriever
Occupied with the Unspoken - Golden Retriever

CD version in 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package.
LP version includes artworked inner sleeve and free download coupon.

 

Golden Retriever was started in 2008 by Jonathan Sielaff and Matt Carlson whose paths first crossed in the early 00’s ....

Golden Void
Golden Void - Golden Void

This is the self-titled debut album from Golden Void - a Bay Area quartet led by Earthless guitarist Isaiah Mitchell with Justin Pinkerton, Aaron Morgan, and Camilla Saufley-Mitchell (Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound).

CD version in 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold ....

Guardian Alien
See the World Given to a One Love Entity - Guardian Alien

CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package. LP version includes fully artworked inner sleeve and free download coupon. First 500 LPs are pressed on translucent gold vinyl, remaining copies on black.  **TRANSLUCENT ....

H.P. Zinker
Perseverance - H.P. Zinker
Austria prog-rock that will blow your mind and quite possibly your speakers. Zinker also had a few early releases on Matador.

This is the first release on Thrill ....

High Places
03.07 - 09.07 - High Places
High Places began as an experiment in collaboration: two people with diverse artistic backgrounds coming together to merge their skills, aesthetic tastes, and music-making approaches. Robert Barber grew up listening to punk and hardcore, and Mary Pearson studied bassoon performance, but both ....
High Places - High Places
Both the CD & LP versions are presented in old-style tip-on gatefold jackets. The vinyl version comes with a download coupon and the first 1,000 copies are pressed on opaque grey vinyl! Grey vinyl has sold-out, the current pressing is available on standard, black ....
I Was Born - High Places
In early 2009, after touring in support of their debut self-titled album, High Places' Mary Pearson and Rob Barber relocated from Brookyln, New York to Los Angeles, California. As evidenced in their new single "I Was Born," the physical move coincides with significant sonic changes for the duo. ....
High Places vs. Mankind - High Places
CD version comes packaged in a high gloss 4 panel mini-LP style package with double sided art card insert

LP version is packaged in a high gloss gatefold jacket with inner sleeve and free MP3 download coupon. The LP is limited to 1,000 copies on Black vinyl and 500 copies on White ....

Can't Feel Born - High Places

The 12” is housed in a DJ style jacket with black & white photographs taken by the band on each side. The LP labels are printed in full color from the original photos so that they will match up with the artwork and fill the ....

Original Colors - High Places
CD version comes in a four panel mini LP style gatefold package.

LP version comes in a gatefold jacket with free download coupon.

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Human Bell
Human Bell - Human Bell
Available now on CD, packaged in a 4 panel digi-pak, LP and MP3 formats. The LP comes with a free MP3 download of the entire album!

The Aramaic language had an expression – Ephphatha, to be opened, as a portal. That ability to be open, to listen completely and communicate ....

Hush Arbors / Arbouretum
Aureola - Hush Arbors / Arbouretum

Hush Arbors and Arbouretum have each been exploring for years now the intersection of progressive folk and psychedelic rock, albeit filtered through their own distinct sounds. It was only a matter of time before their paths would cross. Keith Wood and Dave Heumann met at a show in Baltimore ....

Imbogodom
The Metallic Year - Imbogodom
Imbogodom are the UK's Alexander Tucker and New Zealand's Daniel Beban. The Metallic Year is their Thrill Jockey debut and first release under the Imbogodom moniker. Mutual friends in sound exploration, this Trans-Atlantic duo create other-worldly transmissions where improvisation gives way to ....
And They Turned Not When They Went - Imbogodom

And They Turned Not When They Went is released on LP-only, housed in a full-color jacket with insert and free MP3 download coupon.

Imbogodom's And They Turned Not When They Went sees Alexander Tucker and Daniel Beban return to the BBC's Bush House for ....

Isotope 217
The Unstable Molecule - Isotope 217
The music of Isotope 217 is as complex and varied as the influences of it's members. The following is a short run down of the members of Isotope 217:

John Herndon (drums, percussion) and Dan Bitney (drums, percussion) have been playing together since 1990 when Dan ....

Utonian_Automatic - Isotope 217
Utonian Automatic is the second full-length release from Chicago’s Isotope 217. In the footsteps of their acclaimed debut, The Unstable Molecule, Isotope 217 have produced another profound piece of jazz wizardry, once again proving that the whole is greater than the sum ....
Who Stole the I Walkman? - Isotope 217
Who Stole the I Walkman? is the culmination of Isotope 217's last year of performing and rehearsing and it offers their unusually familiar blend of collective improvisation, songwriting, and electronic manipulation.

Isotope 217's latest release is the most accurate ....

Jack Rose
Luck In The Valley - Jack Rose
Final LP pressing of 500 copies on deluxe 180gram RTI vinyl in an old-style tip-on jacket with a hand-pasted letterpressed cover.

CD version is presented in a 4 panel mini-LP ....

Jack Rose With D. Charles Speer & The Helix
Ragged and Right - Jack Rose With D. Charles Speer & The Helix
This slab of gripping sound was brought about by Jack Rose's exuberant love of lowdown music. Inspired by the Mordecai Jones/Link Wray 3 Track Shack sessions, the idea for this collaboration was germinated while Rose was traveling through the heartland on a tour with D. Charles Speer & the Helix in ....
Janet Bean and the Concertina Wire
Dragging Wonder Lake - Janet Bean and the Concertina Wire
Born in Florida and coming of age in Kentucky, Janet Bean was influenced early in her life by the regional American music Kentucky is steeped in, as well as the punk rock music that gained popularity later. Fans of Eleventh Dream Day and Freakwater will recognize Janet’s name; she both sings and ....
Jason Urick
Husbands - Jason Urick
NOW AVAILABLE ON CD WITH EXCLUSIVE BONUS TRACK! CD version is limited to 500 copies and comes packaged with a 12” x 24” fold out poster

LP version is limited to 500 copies and comes in a jacket silk-screened by Jason Urick. Also included is a MP3 download coupon.

Hello Jason, ....

Fussing & Fighting - Jason Urick
This vinyl only EP is limited to 500 copies worldwide and is presented with a 10” x 6” high-gloss photo print hand-pasted to the LP jacket front (250 white jackets, 250 black jackets)

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I Love You - Jason Urick

CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package. LP version includes free download coupon. The CD and LP versions feature different cover art (CD version has a photo of the moon, LP version has a photo of Earth)

Jason Urick explores a world of sound left to ....

Javelin
Javelin - Javelin
VINYL IS NOW SOLD OUT.

AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD!

The completely unique jackets were hand picked by the band and silk-screened by Crosshair here in Chicago. Limited to 500 copies and housed in thrifted record sleeves. Some sleeves are willfully obscure and some are easily ....

2 - Javelin
DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE AS A FINA EXCLUSIVE!

THE 12" IS NOW SOLD OUT, BUT IS STILL AVAILABLE AS PART OF OUR 12" SUBSCRIPTION SERIES HERE.

The 12” EP is limited to 500 copies worldwide. Each record comes ....

Jeff Parker
The Relatives - Jeff Parker

If you went looking for a poster-child for Chicago's multidirectional, cross- pollinating, interstylistic music scene, you couldn't find a better one than Jeff Parker. Parker: jazz guitarist with pro credentials, widely travelled and prized by top soul-jazzers and hard-boppers. Parker: ....

Jimmy Martin
Dont Cry To Me - Jimmy Martin
Don't Cry to Me is the companion release to the film The King of Bluegrass, both of which chronicle the life and times of Bluegrass pioneer Jimmy Martin. The film tells the story of Jimmy's lifelong quest to reach his dream in becoming a member on the Grand Ole Opry. Known for his ....
John Parish
How Animals Move - John Parish
Indie rock fans know who John Parish is, they just don't know who he is. In nearly two decades of impeccable work, Parish has always done jobs where proficiency is tantamount to anonymity. Parish produced and contributed to the critically acclaimed albums It's A Wonderful Life by Sparklehorse, ....
Once Upon A Little Time - John Parish

John Parish's How Animals Move was released on Thrill Jockey Records in 2002. The final show by the band that played on How Animals Move took place in May 2003 at the Primavera Festival in Barcelona. Following this performance, Parish started thinking about his next record. He wanted to do ....

Screenplay - John Parish

Ahh the soundtrack.... Ruin of a film or film-maker? A topic perhaps not discussed after a few drinks. If you are going to debate, best to do your research-- and lucky you have the TJ Mailorder staff to help you in this endeavor. Buy the great new John Parish (PJ ....

Jon Porras
Black Mesa - Jon Porras

CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold jacket.

LP version is pressed on 150gram vinyl with a free download coupon. The first 500 LPs are pressed on limited white vinyl, remaining copies on black.  WHITE VINYL IS NOW SOLD OUT, ALL COPIES WILL SHIP ON ....

kandodo
kandodo - kandodo

CD version comes in a 4 panel mini-LP style gatefold package with high gloss printing on cover.

LP version is presented in a gatefold jacket with high gloss printing on the cover and a free download coupon. The first 500 LPs are pressed ....

Koen Holtkamp
Gravity - Bees - Koen Holtkamp
Gravity/Bees is a vinyl-only release featuring two side-long tracks and is packaged in an LP jacket with beautiful letter-pressed artwork hand-pasted to the front and back

After several years focusing predominantly on film and video, Koen Holtkamp began working with sound in 1997. He ....

Lazer Crystal
MCMLXXX - Lazer Crystal

IN SHORT:

Lazer Crystal believes that we as humans are at the extreme promontory of the centuries. The human race has reached the moment where we must open the mysterious shutters of the impossible to seek the unknown. We are moving beyond Time and Space toward the absolute, since we ....

Life Coach
Life Coach - Life Coach
Phil Manley, founding member of the pioneering DC-trio Trans Am, and in-demand recording engineer (Alps, Arp, Mi Ami, Moon Duo, Wooden Shjips) has recorded his debut solo album.

CD version comes in a four panel mini-LP style gatefold package.

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Alphawaves - Life Coach

We've got a special deal for collectors and superfans! Bundle Alphawaves with the self-titled 2011 release from Phil Manley / Life Coach and save big! Back in 2011 Life Coach was still truly a solo project, and the ....

Lithops
Scrypt - Lithops
Lithops is the solo outlet of Jan St. Werner from Cologne based Mouse on Mars. This is his third full length, and first for Thrill Jockey. He's appeared on the last few Sonig compilations and had a 12" on Thrill Jockey two years ago, but this is his first widespread and properly ....
Mound Magnet - Lithops
It’s all in there, somewhere. Or at least I’ve fooled myself into thinking that it is. “All,” referring to the accumulated chops and gestures and signage and grooves and grooves denied that have accrued over the course of Jan St. Werner’s tenure in Mouse on Mars, Microstoria, and ....
Ye Viols! - Lithops
The CD version is limited to 1,000 copies for the world and comes packaged in a matchbook flip-top style package printed on recycled paper with soy-based inks.

LP version is also limited to 1,000 copies for the world and includes free MP3 download and features alternate cover art. ....

Liturgy
Aesthethica - Liturgy