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Staff Picks
Curious what the staff at Torn Light are listening to? Check out the titles we’ve been digging lately below.
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glas – Two
CD-R Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Heavy zoned out synths that feel like you’re cascading down a pit. Listened to this while eating potato skins the other night and it […]
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Wolf Eyes w/ Spykes – S/T
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderPlease Note: This item is a PRE-ORDER! Expected to ship early-May 2023 What our staff has to say: “Always loved this one. Wolf Eyes on the brink of solidifying themselves […]
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Mystic 100s – On A Micro Diet 2LP
2xLP Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Mystic 100’s (formally Milk Music) have finally released their long awaited follow up to 2017’s ‘Mystic 100’s’ LP. This one [...]
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Cartoon – Cartoon CS
CS Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “A new tape from Philadelphia label ‘Human Headstone Presents’ defies popular myth that american prog is dead. Cartoon is here, playing it well. On […]
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Shirese – Rose Of Smiling Faces LP
LP Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “If the almighty Grapefruit Records has a hand in it, you know it’s going to be good. Killer psyched out rock very reminiscent of […]
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Kenneth Anger’s Lucifer Rising Sountrack
CS Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “I love Kenneth Anger’s films. Having this tape edition of the soundtrack of Lucifer Rising is a joy for us all. Check out the […]
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Auntie Pus – Halfway to Venezuela b/w Marmalade Freak (Pink Vinyl)
7" Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Leave it for General Speech to show you something you’ve never heard of. This time it’s Auntie Pus. Early UK punk, friends and contemporaries […]
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Dalibor Cruz – Elude Jaundiced Eyes
CD, CD Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Beautiful and strange electronics from Dalibor Cruz. Feels like Jorge Reyes scoring a late 90s PC game – very haunting and grungy in the […]
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Beat Happening – Jamboree
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Indian Summer is one of the best songs to ever come from the PNW. Thank you Calvin Johnson.” – Dan Produced by Steve Fisk, […]
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Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World
2xLP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Absolutely floored by this, feels like it’s already 20 years old. Everything from the recording to the writing feels genuine for YLT and the […]
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Spike In Vain – Jesus Was Born In A Mobile Home
2xLP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Spike in Vain is one of my favorite bands that came out of the 80’s USHC era. True Ohio weirdos that you can only […]
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Las Visiones – Cruces De Neón LP (Transparent Colored Vinyl)
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “This is a great release from Guadalajara, MX band Las Visiones – punchy shoegaze/indie. Heavy and hard, reminds me a bit of Cloud Nothings […]
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Plantamos – Razones para Vivir LP
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “This debut LP from Plantamos is filled with chilled out, languid, ever so slightly psych, indie rock tracks reminiscent of Yo La Tengo, perfect […]
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Merzbow – Rainbow Electronics CS
Cassette Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Really gorgeous cassette edition of a Merzbow classic.” – Cleo Label Description: Merzbow stands as the most important artist in noise music. The [...]
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Roky Erickson & The Explosives – Live At The Whisky 1981 (Grey Marble Vinyl)
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Roky is the greatest of all time. Live recording rock records are usually a pretty big pass for me, but this one is great […]
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Buzzcocks – Singles Gone Steady
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Quintessential UK punk of the 70’s. Buzzcocks came with hit after hit, ‘Ever Fallen In Love?’, ‘Orgasm Addict’, ‘What Do I Get?’. It’s just […]
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Blitz – Voice Of A Generation
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Blitz is like the Cheap Trick of 80’s UK Punk but instead of 2 hot guys and 2 ugly guys, it’s 2 punks and […]
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Sir Lord Baltimore – S/T
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderTrading Places present a reissue of Sir Lord Baltimore‘s self-titled album, originally released in 1971. Fresh from their US tour supporting Black Sabbath, Brooklyn-based heavy metal trio [...]
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Bill Orcutt – Odds Against Tomorrow
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Haunted & solemn guitar works from Orcutt. ‘The Conversion Experience’ is my favorite track. Fits in between the best blues & folk records you’ve [...]
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Toshimaru Nakamura – No Input Mixing Board
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Fans of Pan Sonic’s actual minimalist approach to rhythmic sound take note – Toshimaru Nakamura’s ‘No Input Mixing Board’ LP is an incredible [...]
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Missouri Williams – The Doloriad
Book, Print Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “An amazing and dark first novel about the different forms that humanity and perseverance can take. Probably the best and most troubling book I […]
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Dalibor Cruz – Deviance 12″ EP
12", Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Super tight, unrelenting techno with ragged edges. No spot to breathe, no spot to hit pause.” – Hannah Dalibor Cruz’s sophomore release for CR. […]
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Obe – ST 12″ EP
12", Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “The first day I got this I jammed it 5 times straight, if that tells you anything at all.” – Kobe Obe’s follow up […]
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Locust – The Plaintive LP
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “I really like checking out what we get in from Suction, a must label for fans of its contemporaries like Warp and Skam, and […]
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Kate Rissiek – Decayed Signals LP
LP Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Kate Rissiek departs from her near legendary Rusalka moniker for an only slight detour into similar but dare one say more academic territories. Slow, […]
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Equipment Pointed Ankh – Changing Legs
CD Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “EPA return with a disc of duos. I would say this is a good disc for all Improv Heads, Kraut Rock Dropouts, & Kentucky […]
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Alan Licht – Three Chords and a Sword: Solo Cover Versions 1988-2021
CD, CD Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Nobody could make Van Halen sound pretty but Alan Licht.” – Cleo Three Chords and a Sword is a collection of eight cover songs […]
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Chronophage – S/T
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Chronophage is one of those bands that I will forever be interested in their output. This most recent record feels like a small departure […]
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Fuxter Schittly – “1998 – 1999 God Particles”
CD, CD Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “An excellent example that we have no real grasp on what is going on around us. In a world of fake news and discordianism, […]
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Bailey Miller – Still Water CS
Cassette Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Gorgeous, ghost-like siren songs. Ohio bred reverb-drenched electronics / vocals coupled with folk-like instrumentation. A super impressive debut- Haunting, [...]
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Smirk – Material LP
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Been a big fan of Smirk for the past few releases of his. This one is definitely his most complete. Big fan!” – Kobe […]
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Incapacitants – Feedback of N.M.S. 2LP
2xLP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “One of most important duos in the history of noise, Incapacitants! This is their first release as a duo, T. Mikawa finally joined by […]
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Spirinet – My Kiss CD + Poster
CD Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Like a deconstructed, even more bummed out Actress LP – Excellent electronica with a vividly unique voice and vision of rhythm, decay and otherworldly […]
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Sorry Eric – The Problem With Fun LP
LP Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Honestly how does a record this good get made??? Sorry Eric – The Problem with fun is the perfect driving the car record, it’s […]
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Sluggo – Sluggo LP
LP Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Sluggo was that band, and The Contradiction E.P. that gave me pride of being from the midwest. Amazing reissue with the first EP and […]
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Sun Spots – Loosey 12″ EP
LP Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Sun Spots 3rd EP Loosy hits hard with Tracks like Big Stroke and the title track Loosey heavily influenced by bands like SuperChunk and […]
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Similar Shapes – Sites CS
CS Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Ambient soundscapes, environmental noise, all tinged with decay. Listening to this tape feels like library music you heard as a kid appearing in your […]
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Jon Edifice – Jon Edifice
LP Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “The mysterious post punk outfit John Edifice. The aesthetic of ‘anonymous members’ always seems to be a bit goofy or overdone, but I really […]
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Lea Bertucci – Metal Aether / Resonant Field
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “I’ve been following Lea Bertucci since we stocked her 7″ on IDDB. This LP is very melancholic and a lesson in tonal energy. I […]
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Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp A Butterfly
2xLP, Vinyl Add To OrderSeven months after it debuted atop the Billboard 200 in March 2015 West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar’s third studio album To Pimp A Butterfly is finally getting the vinyl treatment […]
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West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band – Part One
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Wonderful, baroque psych music. Weird, but with a lovely pop edge too.” – Dan Formed in Los Angeles in 1965, THE WEST COAST POP […]
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Kelly Lee Owens – LP.8 CD
CD, CD Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “New Kelly Lee Owens (produced by Lasse Marhaug) is absolutely incredible. Lots of exploration in spacious industrial sounds. Highly recommend picking it up. The [...]
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Spoils – Find Later CS
CS Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Spoils are my favorite band in Ohio. Rock for life.” – Kobe “Ohio style baby you know what we mean haha” Upon first listen […]
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New Monuments – Language Is The Skin CD
CD Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “The birth of NEW FREE JAZZ. A completely unhinged document of New Monuments. Fresh new quartet line-up. This is the next level, and the […]
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RX-101 – New Discoveries LP
2xLP, LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Another fantastic release of RX-101’s unearthed nineties electronics. Crisp beats and silky synths make these chilled-out, Detroit-inspired tracks perfect for [...]
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Virginie Despentes – King Kong Theory
Book, Print Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “A truly piercing book.” – Cleo Out of print in the U.S. for far too long, writer and filmmaker Virginie Despentes’s autobiographical feminist [...]
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Nuovo Testamento – New Earth CD
CD Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “CD issue of this gem of a cold wave record. Cancel that spotify subscription and pop this into your 95 toyota corolla’s cd player. […]
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CrusHerr – Den Haag Acid Pack CS
Cassette Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “303 Heavy CS. Use in application ranging through various heavy techno uses.” – Jack Label Description: Dope Sheets is a new sublabel of the […]
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Joel Chadabe – Dynamic Systems CD
CD Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “One of four beyond stellar audio documents of sound designer and synth extraordinaire, Joel Chadabe. Deep, vivid and highly varied electronic explorations [...]
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Alan Harman – Human Research Program CS
Cassette Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Cold Minimal synth cassette! It’s good.” – Jack Label Description: Alan Harman is the solo minimal synth project of Ethan Harman from the small […]
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Nordvest – Grøndal LP (Sleeparchive)
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Absolute stunner of a minimalist synth LP from techno legend, SLEEPARCHIVE (Tresor etc.) Apparently these recordings were ‘rejected’ under that [...]
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RX-101 – Hearts Utd. EP 12″
Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Breathtaking 90’s era Rephlex style electronic perfection. Blissful, playful, cold, heady, smart, primitive, and ingenious all at once. Must have material [...]
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Total Control – Laughing At The System 12”
12", Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “The Total Control record that pushed a lot of punks over the edge of remaining fans. This is my favorite zone of TC. The […]
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Roberto Cacciapaglia – Sei Note In Logica
CS Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Cool little minimal cassette” – Jack Cassette edition from Nagrania Cukiernicze. “Cacciapaglia is an Italian composer with a long career; this [...]
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Else Marie Pade – Electronic Music Works 1958 – 1995
Box Set, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “One of the greatest of all time – Hunted for this box forever and the quest was beyond worth it – I’ll let her […]
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Mikey Young – You Feelin Me?
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “The solo endeavor of Mikey Young, who’s resume of bands include Total Control and Eddy Current Suppression Ring just to name a few. You […]
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Kanye West – Donda
Box Set, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Donda is the nexus of Kanye’s genius and mania. Praising god, remembering his mother and grieving the breakup of his family. It is easy […]
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Iggy & The Stooges – Metallic K.O.
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Absolutely beyond Raw, Stooges at their best.” – Cleo IGGY and the STOOGES ‘METALLIC K.O.’ The Original 1976 Album – the notorious [...]
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Itasca – Spring
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “One of my favorite folk albums of the past 10 years. Laurel Canyon styled folk. Joni Mitchell – breezy afternoon. Heavy southwest vibe. Bitchin […]
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Hatred Surge – Human Overdose LP (Yellow Vinyl 2022 Repress)
LP, Vinyl Add To OrderWhat our staff has to say: “Top tier death metal. Absolutely crushing, FFO being absolutely destroyed. Favorite track ‘Skinjob’” – Dan HATRED SURGE – Human Overdose LP [...]