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Documenting modern music since 2010 Northern Spy is a Brooklyn based record label

19/07/2024

We’re throwing a summer concert party with some lovely friends, and you should come!

Buy tickets to get the exact address for .

Lookin’ forward to seeing you.

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& duo

& djs

25/06/2024

receives a shining 8 out of 10 review in in anticipation of their upcoming release, Birds & Beasts, out this Friday, June 28 on Northern Spy Records.

“Either way, Birds & Beasts is nothing if not vivid - a summoning of the mythical American landscapes that kept pilgrims heading west.”

Read the review + Q&A now ahead of Birds & Beasts’ release on Friday. CDs & LPs featuring design from are available for preorder now.

04/06/2024

has a new single out today. “Overstory”, the third single from their upcoming release Birds & Beasts, is available on streaming now.

“Overstory” seem to operate via the same logic as that which dictates the interactions of a road-weary mind and a cloud of migrating birds flying over the forest canopy 🦅

Preorder the LP via or Bandcamp ahead of its July 28 release.

20/05/2024

The mighty .llc are on tour in EU! Only attend their concerts if you like your fun guaranteed.

03/05/2024

Out today on NSPY: 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙝 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨 - 𝙋𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙑𝙞𝙗𝙚
Trumpeter ’s latest full-length is built around a series of musical cues that, when played, redirect all the players to move into a new structure.

With support from Joshua White, Gerald Cleaver, Max Jaffe, and Stomu Takeishi, Power Vibe pushes into a realm of remarkably infectious kinesis.

Vinyl and CD available now. Grip this beautiful package!

01/05/2024

Catch Northern Spy artists and this weekend at ’s Long Play festival.

The Darius Jones fLuXkit S*xtet, a new project developed by Darius Jones at , is a set of rigorous and expansive compositions for saxophone, violins, cello, bass, and drums. Their performance takes place Saturday, May 4 at 4:00pm at .

Josh Johnson’s second solo album, Unusual Object, is a striking work of futuristic jazz and modern composition. The New York premiere of Unusual Object will take place on Sunday, May 5 at 3:00pm at the Sound Room.

03/04/2024

is holding an extraordinary ‘Unusual Object.’ The LP is available at fine record stores this Friday and is also available on bandcamp. We hope it finds its way into your home.

12/03/2024

“Quince” is out now. An extraordinary composition and performance — this is not a studio creation but a solo performance on alto and pedals.

slide one - single art for “Quince”

slide two and three - artwork from the LP center labels

*art by , photo by

slide four - photograph by

04/03/2024

With her latest full-length for Northern Spy, Power Vibe, Steph Richards pushes further, marrying avant garde and cinematic moods with a kind of infectious and patently pleasing tunefulness.

Power Vibe is just as fascinating conceptually as it is aesthetically. The record –– as well as the eponymously named quartet –– is built around a series of musical cues that, when played, redirect all the players to move into a new structure. The trick is that any of the players can play one of these cues at any time, ensuring that the music unfolds in an even more radically democratic way than in totally open-ended improvised music performance. One might think of this as the “power vibe”: the power to redirect the entire band lies in the hands of each player, equally. It’s a cogent redistribution of power, one that Steph Richards and the band clearly revel in, and it gives the music a sense of open structural possibility.

While Richards’ virtuosity and boundless creativity is clearly on display here, pianist Joshua White, whose playing sometimes veers into McCoy Tyner rapture, and drummers Gerald Cleaver and Max Jaffe do more than simply support. Again, there is a sense of commitment and soulfulness that is bolstered by the redistribution of power. And Stomu Takeishi’s acoustic and electric bass guitar playing helps to push these tunes headlong into realms of groove and infectious kinesis that make it what it is: remarkable.

01/03/2024

We’ve got 𝗨𝗻𝘂𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 release shows happening in Los Angeles and NYC! And it’s currently Bandcamp Friday, a perfect day for pre-ordering. ✌️

Ticket links in 🔗 🧬

23/02/2024

PSYMON SPINE’S THIRD ALBUM HEAD BODY CONNECTOR IS OUT NOW! This is a phenomenal record, expertly constructed in the studio but perfect for the stage. See ‘em live if ya can!

USA
March 10 - The Basement – Nashville TN (w/ Aubrey Haddard & Future Crib)
March 11 - Wiseacre Brewing – Memphis TN
March 12 - WOMH – Houston TX (w/ Aubrey Haddard & the Sewing Club)
March 13 - SXSW – Austin TX
March 14 - SXSW – Austin TX
March 15 - SXSW – Austin TX
March 16 - New New Fest – Dallas TX (w/ May Rio)
March 17 - Saturn Bar – New Orleans LA (w/ May Rio & Shoo)
March 18 - 529 – Atlanta GA (w/ May Rio & Thick Paint)
March 19 - Different Wrld – Asheville NC (w/ May Rio)
March 20 - Richmond Music Hall – Richmond VA (w/ May Rio & Knifing Around)
March 21 - Pie Shop – Washington DC (w/ May Rio & Sunstoney)
March 22 - Silk City – Philadelphia PA (w/ May Rio & Gloss)
March 23 - Baby’s All Right – Brooklyn, NY (w/ Fantasy of a Broken Heart & Sweet Lightning)

UK + EUROPE
May 15 - Lexington - London UK (w/ Body Horror & CorpusMilner)
May 18 - Paradiso - NL Amsterdam (London Calling Festival)
May 20 - POPUP! - FR Paris (w/ Balm)
May 21 - Cactus Café - Bruges BE (w/ Sweeping Promises)
May 23 - Yuca Club - Cologne DE (w/ Lore Vain)
May 24 - Turmzimmer (Uebel & Gefährlich) - Hamburg DE (w/ Lore Vain)
May 25 - Ideal Bar - Copenhagen DK
May 27 - Urban Spree - Berlin DE (w/ Lore Vain)
May 28 - Bardzo Bardzo - Warsaw PL (w/ Shama)
May 30 - Cross Club - Prague CZ (w/ Ida The Yung)
June 1 - Rhiz (Bar Modern) - Vienna AT (w/ Palffi)

06/02/2024

a new single from .llc is called “Bored of Guitar” and there’s a video and you should be able to find it if you look for it and it’s out today

18/01/2024

Northern Spy and International Anthem present an evening of creative reverberations. Drummer Jeremy Cunningham gathers an ensemble featuring saxophonist Josh Johnson, guitarist Jeff Parker, and bassist Paul Bryan to perform music from his celebrated album ‘The Weather Up There.’ Ben Lumsdaine and Anna Butterss perform in duo.

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ʙᴇɴ ʟᴜᴍꜱᴅᴀɪɴᴇ
ᴊᴇꜰꜰ ᴘᴀʀᴋᴇʀ
ᴊᴇʀᴇᴍʏ ᴄᴜɴɴɪɴɢʜᴀᴍ
ᴊᴏꜱʜ ᴊᴏʜɴꜱᴏɴ
ᴘᴀᴜʟ ʙʀʏᴀɴ
2220 ᴀʀᴛꜱ
ꜱᴀᴛ, ꜰᴇʙ 10, 8ᴘᴍ

ᴛɪᴄᴋʟᴇ ᴘᴏʟʏᴇꜱᴛᴇʀ & ꜱᴄᴏᴛᴛɪᴇ ᴍᴄɴɪᴇᴄᴇ ᴅᴊꜱ

11/01/2024

Psymon Spine’s Charismatic Megafauna has been repressed! Find it on bandcamp now and fine retailers soon.

“viscerally catchy, equal parts candy treasure and mystifying voice in the dark.” / “a galvanizing tea steeped in fragrant leaves of techno, dance-punk, psychedelia and pure pop.” - Paste Magazine
“The band’s groove-laden, psych-tinged electronica feels like a kindred spirit to that of MGMT’s.” – NME
“woozy psychedelia, funky bass lines, electronica and ethereal melodies. Elements of techno and disco also weave their way into Psymon Spine’s experimental leftfield pop sound.” - Norman Records
“...a provocative and trippy journey into the sweeping depths of psychedelia, electronic, and dance music.” – Atwood Magazine
“a rainbow of genres …they have a knack for fitting square pegs in round holes.” – SPIN
“loads of vaporous sweeps, swells of sidechained electro bass and female vocals at moments reminiscent of mid 90’s Stereolab.” – GoldFlakePaint
“aural magic that can happen when all the right pieces fall into place … experimental pop, twisting around the duality of youthful optimism and the encroaching anxiety of adulthood” – Consequence of Sound

07/01/2024

Northern Spy and NNA Tapes said goodbye to our home in Clinton Hill right before the new year. The space we inherited from our muse/mentor/inspiration . A priceless space for creatives made possible because a passionate person named Ann (in purple by her car in slide 6) decided to create it. She passed away this year, but her huge spirit lives on, especially through the community she cultivated.

If all landlords were like Ann, the world would be so much better.

05/12/2023

Thank you to The Wire for spending time with

13/11/2023

Northern Spy Records

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The Necks photographed by Anne Zahalka around the time of their debut album, S*x, in 1989. Find their debut along with many other albums from their discography on the Northern Spy bandcamp page.

November 2023
Mon 13th - Folken, Stavanger, Norway
Thu 16th - Kino Siska, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Sat 18th - Strange Brew, Bristol, UK (SOLD OUT)
Sun 19th - Kings Place, London, UK (SOLD OUT)
Mon 20th - Kings Place, London, UK (SOLD OUT)
Tue 21st - The Cornish Bank, Falmouth, UK
Thu 23rd - Ars Cameralis 2023, Katowice, Poland (SOLD OUT)
Sat 25th - Nova Muzak No: 36 Music House, Istanbul, Türkiye
Sun 26th - Le Petit Bain, Paris, France
Tue 28th - Jazz-A-Poitiers / Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
Wed 29th - Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France

December 2023
Fri 01st - Spazio Teatro 89, Milano, Italy
Sun 03rd - Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden, Norway
Mon 04th - Palac Akropolis, Prague, Czech Republic
Wed 06th - MIRY Concertzaal, Gent, Belgium
Thu 07th - Vintage Industrial, Zagreb, Croatia
Fri 08th - Control, Bucharest, Romania
Sat 09th - Athens Conservatoire, Athens, Greece
Sun 10th - Young Jazz, Foligno, Italy

04/10/2023

Glowing review of Fay Victor’s “Blackity Black Black is Beautiful” in the newest issue of Oisters, a magazine by .

18/01/2023

We’re throwing bicoastal parties in NYC and LA this February. Use the discount code ilovelivemusic for 20% off purchases of music by the performing artists (digital and physical) on our website or our bandcamp.

Tickets and links in bio.

10/01/2023

Northern Spy Records presents two formidable songwriters and performers.

Tōth travels from NYC to headline Gold-Diggers with his expansive pop soundscapes which feel like a lost Beach Boys session produced by Brian Eno or Arthur Russell. Debut headline performance in LA!

Renata Zeiguer will open with an unforgettable full-band set of tropicalia-tinged, baroque psych-pop.

DJ set from Psymon Spine's Noah Prebish and Northern Spy's . Vibrant merch table. Come out Come out Come out!

28/11/2022

We hope you had a lovely holiday however you celebrate. Now that we’re back at the desk, we’d like to point your attention towards Ted David’ excellent album review of ’s Big Time Things!

Highlighting this line because we want to soak up the PTA association.

“It plays like the hypothetical product of a seasoned jazz band operating within the drab surreality that defines Paul Thomas Anderson films like Magnolia and Punch-Drunk Love.”

11/11/2022

SUSS have a new EP ‘Winter Was Hard’ out today and the 80+ minute self-titled double album out December 2nd.

This work represents how wide the scope of ambient country music can be while also showing the journey of personal change that the band has undertaken over the last couple of years — the loss, the searching, the challenge, and, finally, the new hope on the horizon.

link in bio or follow SUSS for more…

In stock! Shipping before street date! Highly limited!

Incredible artwork and package by .

03/11/2022

Dream-conjurer and multi-disciplinary artist is currently on a giant US tour with , an experimental metal band From Kenya.

I hope you all get to be blessed by this music!

Masma Dream World's ‘Play At Night’ LP is one of the most captivating records on our label. I've never heard anything so deeply and physically spiritual, so attuned to a shadowy truth. As soon as I came across Duma's frenetic, hyperpunk on their self-titled album on , I shared it with Devi Mambouka aka Masma Dream World. I heard the connection immediately. I wouldn't have dreamed these two acts would share a bill, but reality is shadowy as f&$*.

Nov 04 Iowa City, IA
Nov 07 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
Nov 10 St Louis, MO @ The Sinkhole
Nov 12 Des Moines, IA Lamp
Nov 13 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
Nov 15 Ft. Collins, CO @ The Coast
Nov 17 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
Nov 18 Tulsa, OK @ The Whittier Bar
Nov 19 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
Nov 21 Austin, TX
Nov 25 San Diego, CA @ Noisepropagation
Nov 28 LA, CA
Nov 29 Santa Cruz, CA
Nov 30 Oakland, CA

02/11/2022

The last Tōth show of 2022 is next Wednesday 11/9 at . Expect some special guests + beautiful sets by and .

for more…

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28/10/2022

😱 😱 6 LPs for $30! Our end-of-year sale continues! This songwriters / "pop" pack brings together some of the mystical, imaginative, celestial, evocative and exquisite songwriters of the Northern Spy roster.

Arto Lindsay's Encyclopedia of Arto 2xLP
Renata Zeiguer's Old Ghost
On Fillmore's Happiness of Living
O'Death's Out of Hands We Go
Cuddle Magic's Ashes/Axis

27/10/2022

😱 5 LPs for $25!

We're throwing an end-of-year sale to clear out some space in the office. This experimental / “out” pack brings together some ripping, uncompromising, ecstatic, mind-fry music in the Northern Spy catalog.

Thurston Moore & John Moloney / Caught on Tape's Full Bleed
Rhys Chatham & Oneida's What's Your Sign
NYMPH's New Millennium Prayer
Okkyung Lee & Christian Marclay's Amalgam
Zs' Grain

The link is at the top of our big link (in bio) or find it in the merch section of our label bandcamp page.

07/07/2022

Called "the most visceral and distinctive alto saxophonist of this era" by The New York Times, Northern Spy Records is ecstatic that Los Angeles will have the opportunity to experience his latest solo album, Raw Demoon Alchemy (A Lone Operation), performed live on the Gold-Diggers stage. Influenced by the titans of music, both past and present, Darius handpicked compositions from Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman, Roscoe Mitchell, and Georgia Anne Muldrow to unpack the vulnerability of our time. As Jones explains: “I want to capture a moment in time, to crystallize the beginning of something at the end of something else.”

Free Admissioon
Sets at 9PM and 10PM

Darius Jones (solo saxophone)
Patrick Shiroishi quartet with Sharon Chohi Kim, Kathryn Shuman, and M.A. Tiesenga

10/06/2022

Jon Daly’s “dumb” and “fantastic” new album ‘Ding D**g Delicious’ is OUT NOW! 🌊🎷

It’s the album listeners everywhere have called: “yeah, pretty fun!” and “the most I’ve ever learned about Helen Keller in song form.”

Buy & Listen to the record at the link in our bio!!

08/06/2022

‘The Common Task’ & ‘Interventions’ represses are now in stock online and at your favorite independent record stores!

Follow the link in our bio and grab copies of ‘The Common Task’ on the beautiful red/blue/grey “Galaxy” vinyl, and ‘Interventions’ on vibrant “Transparent Pink”!

23/05/2022

We are delighted to announce ‘A Better Ghost,’ the debut LP from the trio of Jeremy Cunningham, Dustin Laurenzi, and Paul Bryan! The album is out digitally and on limited edition “Bullion” gold vinyl on July 29th—you can pre-order now over at Bandcamp: https://jeremycunningham.bandcamp.com/album/a-better-ghost

A Better Ghost is a reflection of how Cunningham, Laurenzi, and Bryan have found a natural musical connection that is unbound by genre and deeply personal. Alongside the announcement, the trio have shared the title track and Marcel Duchamp-inspired music video that perfectly captures the hypnotic atmosphere of the song.

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Allegra Krieger's delightful album ’Precious Thing’ is out today! To celebrate the release, Allegra has shared a self-directed music video for the title track that features her little sister dancing across her apartment. On ‘Precious Thing’, she tries to capture fleeting moments in a world that is sick from itself. With a voice that rings like a windchime signaling a storm coming, Allegra masterfully weaves together ephemeral moments as life barrels by her unforgivingly. Buy, stream, and watch ↝ https://music.allegrakrieger.com/preciousthing

In the meditative and driving “Evergreen,” Renata Zeiguer sings of a transformative migration from her lifelong hometown NYC up to the Catskills 🌲 This track was the last to be recorded for Picnic in the Dark, symbolizing the trajectory of the album's journey, as well as the idea of leaving one concept of home behind in order to find home within oneself. Stream "Evergreen" & watch the cinematic music video by OTIUM → https://music.renatazeiguer.com/evergreen

SUSS's brand new 'Night Suite' EP is now streaming ↝ https://music.sussband.com/nightsuite This surprise release represents a drive through the night on U.S. Route 66, the flat stretch of road between Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Los Angeles. As the architects of the ambient-country sound, the band built the five tracks of ‘Night Suite’ with their unique combination of classic Americana instrumentation: pedal steel, National guitar, harmonica, and fiddle, interwoven with loops and synthesizers. Days after these tracks were completed, SUSS lost original member, synthesizer player, and filmmaker Gary Leib. This loss added a new, personal resonance to the music that Leib had such a large role in creating. ‘Night Suite’ represents the first part of a multi-release schedule SUSS has planned over the next 12 months that point the band toward new horizons.

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