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Why are you having to pay 473% more for shoegaze vinyl in 2026?
The original release of Slowdive’s Souvlaki cost twelve dollars a few years ago. It sells for over four hundred now. We pulled real sales data from Discogs and other resellers for 51 shoegaze and dream pop albums to see exactly what happened to prices since release day. Surface Noise · June 2026 · 5 min...
All Set The Bone — Greg Freeman’s New Album, Dinked Edition Preorder
Greg Freeman's third album All Set The Bone is out 2 October 2026 on Transgressive. The Dinked Edition 2xLP on Dusk vinyl is limited to 500 copies.
Newly Sentient Being — SWANS Announce New Live Album on Mute
SWANS announce Newly Sentient Being, a new multimedia live album on Mute. The LP is available to preorder now through Norman Records.
How Strange Innocence Anniversary Edition — Explosions In The Sky Back in Stock
The Explosions In The Sky How Strange Innocence anniversary edition 2xLP is back in stock via Bandcamp. Limited Light and Dark Blue Mix vinyl — act fast.
Windy & Carl Meet Optigan Conservatory, new LP on Kranky
Windy & Carl team up with Optigan Conservatory for a new LP on Kranky. Drone ambient with optical organ textures — available now from Norman Records.
chest, Happy, Broken — Dinked Edition debut LP out October
chest. debut LP Happy, Broken. arrives 16 October on EXAG Records. The Dinked Edition is limited to 300 copies — green & red splatter vinyl, signed postcard, numbered.
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