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Lakeview:
929 W Belmont
tel: 773-404-5080
Monday - Sunday: 10am - 7pm

Wicker Park:
1379 N Milwaukee Ave
tel: 773-235-3727
Monday - Sunday: 10am - 7pm

Loop:
26 E Madison
tel: 312-795-0878
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Reckless Records is a group of three record stores in Chicago IL. We carry new & used CDs, DVDs games and loads of Vinyl. Originally started in London, our first Chicago location opened in 1989. (LPs & 7"s). We would love to have you visit us in person.

We are always looking to buy your unwanted CDs, DVDs, and vinyl. Please get in touch if you are interested in selling your collections. We buy at all locations every day up to an hour before closing time.

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We still have a shop in London too! They are located in Soho at:
30 Berwick Street
London W1F 8RH
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CORIKY Coriky
Dischord
This one couldn't have landed at a better time! CORIKY is a new trio from D.C. featuring Ian Mackaye on guitar, his partner Amy Farina on drums & Joe Lally on bass & there's a lot to like here. In a lot of ways this is exactly what you probably would imagine & we mean that in the best way possible. It's like a more stripped-down FUGAZI & simultaneously a more expanded EVENS. Joe Lally is just as important in driving this band & as he was in FUGAZI & his bass lines interact with the guitar & drums perfectly. Ian & Amy trade off & share vocals & their voices sound excellent together. This is the closest we'll get to a new FUGAZI record any time soon & it's simultaneously its own thing. We didn't realize how badly we needed a record like this until we heard. RECOMMENDED.
Available at: Milwaukee Ave
New LP $13.99

KHRUANGBIN Mordechai (translucent Pink Vinyl, Ltd.)
Dead Oceans
The 2018 album "Con Todo El Mundo" by the Houston band KHRUANGBIN started out slow at the store but once it picked up, the hype started to build gradually around the band & it's become one of our best sellers of the past 2 years. Now the talented trio is back with "Mordechai", an album that should solidify them as one of the most exciting bands going right now. Using melodic elements of Middle Eastern, Thai & South American psych rock & surf & funk with a super tight rhythm section, they create timeless & infectious sounding songs. This one has a lot more singing but like the rest of the arrangements, it's efficient & no notes feel wasted. Another amazing album by KHRUANGBIN. RECOMMENDED.
Available at: Belmont
New LP $19.99

LUSTRE Ashes Of Light
Nordvis
"The Ashes of Light" is the 2020 album by the Swedish one man atmospheric black metal project LUSTRE. We've been kind of of obsessed with this album since it popped up on Bandcamp earlier this year. Mid-tempo to slow songs that have an almost ambient quality to them with sequenced synth melodies, washes of digital strings instead of guitars & what sounds like programmed drums. We suppose you could call this dark ambient, but we'll say ambient metal. Think Badalamenti Twin Peaks style synth songs or "Disintegration" era CURE with slow plodding beats & occasional screeched DEAFHEAVEN sounding vocals. Recommended for those of you that like your metal on the more depressing side...
Available at: Milwaukee Ave
New LP $27.99

ONDA, AKI Nam June's Spirit Was Speaking (w/ Booklet)
Recital
Another fine release on the Recital label. Fans of radio-wave phenomena/short-wave etc... will want to check this out. The NYC artist Aki Onda was performing in Korea in 2010 & while there he attended an exhibit by Nam June Paik. Randomly he was dialing through a handheld radio & started hearing distant voices & bizarre radio transmissions. The radio also had a tape recorder & he began recording the sounds which Onda interpreted as Nam June Paik communicating with him. The recordings were made on the same radio in cities around the world over the period of a few years. Lo-fi radio experiments with some surprisingly rhythmic moments. A very cool project.
Available at: Milwaukee Ave
New LP $25.99

FIRE- TOOLZ Rainbow Bridge ("breakfast Blue" Vinyl) (ltd. 150 Copies)
Hausu Mountain
Reckless favorite FIRE-TOOLZ continues to develop her idiosyncratic sound on "Rainbow Bridge", fusing jazzy vaporwave with metalcore into carefully designed sound collages. It's a method that works in spite of its lack of obvious accessibility - make no mistake, this is intensely challenging music, but there's a beauty to the almost mathematical approach Angel Marcloid uses to balance and counter the sounds here: video-game synths, black metal shrieks, metalcore blast beats and crushing industrial soundscapes. "Rainbow Bridge" pushes against the boundaries of what's possible in extreme music, and in turn encapsulates that feverish blend of experiences and influences unique to music makers in the age of the internet. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Available at: Belmont and Milwaukee Ave
New LP $20.99

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Our Belmont, Loop and Wicker Park locations are now open for in-store visits from 10-7 daily and we can't wait to see all of you in real life again! To keep customers and staff safe we require face coverings over mouth and nose for your entire time inside with us. We will also be limiting the number of people allowed in the shop at once, so please be respectful and patient with each other! If you are local and would prefer to shop our inventory online we will continue to offer a pick up option at all three locations between 10-7 daily. Make sure to include a phone number with your order and please wait to be called before coming to pick it up. We will need time to get it ready for you especially if your order contains items from multiple stores. To our mailorder customers: Please be aware that media mail is taking much longer than normal and tracking isn't always reliable. We appreciate your patience!