Essential Alternative / New Wave Records on Vinyl

Depeche Mode's first album of the 90s saw the group taking a new approach to song writing. Where previous efforts were completely planned out, the ...

Bjork's fantastically diverse debut solo album from 1993. Those of us who were around back then probably remember seeing the "Human Behaviour" vide...

In 1988, Robert Smith was 29 years old, panicking that he had yet to deliver a masterpiece before the curtain fell on his 20s. He began writing son...

Best album of the 90s? Possibly maybe! For her second album, Bjork and her cast of collaborators escaped to the Bahamas to record at Compass Point ...

Groundbreaking third album from Iceland's queen of pop, Bjork. With the release of Homogenic Bjork shed her Icelandic pixie image. The album's star...

Vespertine was a departure from the sultry downtempo and chic IDM of Bjork’s previous albums, trading big room extravagance for reticent experiment...

We all know that dream pop begins and ends with Mazzy Star. Specifically the opening track on this album. "Fade Into You" set the template that so ...

This is it, the big one. The Rolling Stone five star all time great Smiths album. I don't really believe in this kind of stuff, especially with thi...

The myths abound around Siamese Dream. The Smashing Pumpkins' 1993 sophomore release cemented the band's reputation as one of the standouts of the ...

After helping thrust grunge rock into the mainstream with Ten, Pearl Jam released Vs. in 1993. Rather than building on and/or attempting to replica...

HEAD LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS YOUR SOUL!!! Nine Inch Nails debut album reissued in all its original glory. Back in 89 I was just a young goth trying t...

"Remastered 2LP vinyl version of the classic 1987 compilation originally released via the legendary Factory Records. Substance compiles all of New ...

"Returning to where it all began, Talking Heads proudly presents the expanded 2LP version of Talking Heads: 77. The 2LP features a new remaster of ...

Maybe the best album from J. Spaceman's Spiritualized. At least that seems to be what the critics thought. We'll let the fans argue amongst themsel...

Post Rock opus from Chicago-via-Kentucky quartet Slint. Hailed as one of the best albums of the genre, the band had already broken up by the time t...

Debut full-length from Birmingham, England’s Broadcast. The Noise Made By People came after the band signed to Warp Records and spent nearly three ...

  Certain songs or albums are so strikingly unique, you can remember the first time you heard them. I clearly remember the first time I heard "Blac...

"Gatefold 180 gram double vinyl version. Truth in advertising: the Brian Jonestown Massacre's sophomore album does, as promised, spring forth from ...

30th anniversary expanded reissue of the most successful studio album from Alternative rock royalty, The Lemonheads. Though mostly gaining its slig...

25th anniversary edition! Numero Group celebrate a quarter century of Duster's slow burning classic with this special edition pressed on 180 gram h...

I have a folder with every Lab review written for the site. There's definite themes that emerge when you read the older ones. Let me set this one u...

Seminal shoegaze band's 2nd album reissued! The follow up to what might easily be one of the best albums in the genre (Nowhere), Going Blank Again ...

Sixth studio album from New York's Sonic Youth. Goo was originally recorded in the spring of 1990 and was the band's major label debut. Following t...

Me and Stony have a mighty addiction to Belle & Sebastian. This is B&S's second album from 1996, generally considered their best album thus...

This is the album that New Order fans pretend not to like. As in: "I prefer their early, formative stuff like Movement or Power Corruption Lies." W...

I'm actually glad I didn't get into the Smiths until I was like 22. Let's face it, if my gothy neighbor or whatever gave me their first album on ta...

  HEAD LIKE A HOLE, BLACK AS YOUR SOUL!!! Nine Inch Nails debut album reissued in all its original glory. Back in 89 I was just a young goth trying...

"Digitally remastered edition of this 1987 release from the legendary British quartet, their final studio album. With producer Stephen Street, The ...

2004 full length from NYC's Blonde Redhead. This album marked their debut on the legendary 4AD imprint as well as solidifying their place in the pa...

Mozmentous. I kinda dread getting these foundational records of my teenage years in. I feel the need to write a confessional blurb, then Woodman wi...

Debut studio album from Northampton's Bauhaus. In the Flat Field was originally recorded in 1980 after the band had wrapped up a 30 date tour. The ...

Le Tigre makes some the funnest records around. Their 1999 debut album is bursting with so much punk pop power, it hurts me in the sto-mack. It's w...

  Elliott Smith's fifth. Figure 8 was released in 2000 and was the final album released from the celebrated singer-songwriter before his untimely p...

Temple of the Dog formed as a tribute to Mother Love Bone vocalist Andrew Wood's untimely passing. Consisting of Chris Cornell (who had written so...

It can be argued that Bjork hit her artistic peak on The Sugarcubes' debut album. Yeah, Debut, Post, Homogenic, all pretty incredible... however, c...

Goodbye seventies! Vince Clarke formed Yazoo (called Yaz in the States for legal reasons) with Alison Moyet shortly after quitting Depeche Mode, an...

"The wait is over. All three studio albums by Lush are back in print on vinyl. With a few EPs and a mini-album (Scar) having set the scene, Spooky ...

Official 12" reissue of this Lab all-timer! 2024 pressing with the original 6+ minute mix of "Bizarre Love Triangle" on side A, "Bizarre Dub Triang...

It can be argued that Bjork hit her artistic peak on The Sugarcubes' debut album. Yeah, Debut, Post, Homogenic, all pretty incredible... however, c...

25th anniversary edition! Numero Group celebrate a quarter century of Duster's slow burning classic with this special edition pressed on 180 gram h...

The label heads hated Kick, but after some gutsy moves from INXS's manager at the time, the 6th album from the Aussies would be released in 1987 an...

Movement is New Order's debut album, released in 1981. It was recorded in the wake of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis' suicide, with the remaining m...

Sophomore studio album from Iceland's The Sugarcubes. Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! was originally recorded in 1989 and featured a larger vocal e...