A sampling of more vinyl that just hit the new arrival bin: Factrix (early experimental legends); Chasms (debut from SF experimentalist); Flex Your Head (Dischord comp w/ trax by Minor Threat, Gov't Issue, more); 2nd Gen (killer breakcore vibes); God's Acre (grunge/alt rock on Wax Trax!)

FRIDAY, JAN 23rd! CSO is proud to be kicking off 2026 by co-presenting this stacked bill of gothy bands at Rumors in Biddeford!! BLACK SEASON WITCH (industrial goth from Chicago), SILVER REIN (dark ethereal from Ithaca), GOITER (darkwave synthpunk from Maine). DM us for a BOGO ticket presale code! 🖤

Happy New Year! Today is our 1st day back for 2026 after taking a break over the holiday to recharge & visit family... and squeeze in some record shopping. We're in the process of rolling out what we scored-- here are some sneak peeks from today's batch!!

As we take the holidays to recuperate and recharge, we'd like to thank you for your unwavering support during a Year Four of great extremes for our odd little shop. We're making plans for 2026, and we're looking forward to seeing you again in the new year. 🖤💀🖤

HOLIDAY HOURS: We will be closed for the last week of 2025, and so today, tomorrow, and Sunday are your last days this year to get CSO gift cards, CSO töt bags, and weird music for your loved ones! Swing by and stock up! 🖤💀🖤

Due to an unfortunate typo while entering inventory, Tegan & Sara became Regan & Sara, which led me to imagine the plucky indie-pop duo Reagan & Sara, who sing about walking with ghosts and trickle-down economics, I guess? Anyway, I had to create the image once it got stuck in my head. I'm so sorry.

We are constantly working to track down gems from across the history of experimental music. These are our current Skinny Puppy offerings on CD, with more on the way every week to replace the ones that sell. Our inventory curation is one of the most fun aspects of owning this shop. 🖤

Just put out 100 items, around 50 records & 50 CDs, from hi-NRG to hardcore, industrial to IDM, goth to grindcore. Really excited about this group, esp. a *stack* of OG Sylvester & Patrick Cowley vinyl. French new wave punk & noise wax. Sun Ra playing the Batman theme. The list goes on...

Holiday schedule: CSO is open regular hours on Wed 11/26 Noon-8pm; closed Thu 11/27 for Thxgiving; open half day on Fri 11/28 Noon-4pm for Black Friday & then Shreksgiving at RIFT! Regular hrs Sat/Sun. May Saint Gizzard fills your stockings full of giblets & gravy or whatever is supposed to happen.

A few of the books we've gotten in recently, from volumes about music (Jake Shears/Scissor Sisters, Nick Mason/Pink Floyd, Prince, Sinéad O'Connor, etc.) to more esoteric tomes (Chaos Magick, Ghosts, Parasychology, Tarot) and more...! 🖤📚🖤

Greetings & thanks again to all the friends we made during Biddeford's Downtown Creepy Crawl on Halloween! It was really fun to see everyone's creative costumes, hand out treats, and introduce so many new people to this weird little music store that we call home. 🖤

We will be participating in today's Biddeford Downtown Creepy Crawl for Halloween! From 3-5:30pm, stop by to get some candy (or non-allergy / non-candy treats) and be sure to wear your costumes! Promoted by Heart of Biddeford

Touched & humbled by the care package our dear friends over at Nibblesford put together for us after they heard the news of our recent family losses. Thank you guys so very, very much-- you've been there for us since the beginning. We love our local Biddeford & Saco family! 🖤🖤🖤

Finally hooked up that TV that was sitting in the back room after talking about it forever. What is the first film we're watching?

NOW IN STOCK: SNOWBEASTS Dire Days, the new album from this Providence duo, finds the band pushing into even more industrial/EBM territory with excellent results. CD digipak format. 🖤💀🖤

Discovered this touching handwritten note on the inner sleeve of this copy of @waxtraxchicago's ANIMAL LIBERATION compilation from 1987. Almost 40 years later, the legacy of this influential release lives on. 🖤

If you missed the memo, we're back to regular hours. Noon to 8pm today!

Resuming regular hours today, Noon to 8pm. It's good to be home. 🖤

CSO is sad to report that Remy's mom followed his dad into the great beyond this past Wednesday, only 54 days after we said goodbye to the latter. Aug would have been their 51st wedding anniversary. To mark her passing & recover from our travels, we will be closed today, Sunday, Sept. 21st.

Our two stalwart defenders of the realm, idmtheftable and contemnlight, will be working at the shop Friday and Saturday respectively, Noon to 4pm. Thank you for your ongoing patience. A return to our regular schedule is in sight. 🖤

@idmtheftable.bsky.social will be minding the shop Fri, Sat, and Sun this week (09/12-0914) from Noon to 4pm each day. Thank you for your ongoing support!!

Huge thanks to our dear friend Jon (Contemn Light/Commuted) for minding the shop today from Noon to 4pm!! Tomorrow, Sunday, our equally dear friend Skot (id m theft able) will be holding things down from Noon to 4pm! Stop by!! 🖤🖤🖤

The last time we posted about dungeon/space/prog synth artist Unsheathed Glory, it was re: their collab w/ Fen Wraith on The Adventures of Sklugg & Barb, a great concept album. UG returns now with their new album, BENEATH SUN & SOIL, on vinyl. We also have UG embroidered patches & stickers aplenty.

If you're in/around Portland today, we have a table set up at the Fireside Inn for our first-ever appearance at their quarterly record show! 9am to 3pm. Our brick & mortar location in Biddo will also be open during our normal hours, Noon to 6pm. 🖤

We are holding our first-ever sale this week, starting today (Wed, Aug 13th) and running through the weekend! 10% off all new & used stock, excluding gift cards. In-store purchases only, does not apply to Discogs or Bandcamp. 🖤💀🖤

We're back to regular hours starting today. NP: Venetian Snares "Rossz Csillag Alatt Született". When my folks visited years ago, my father sat in on our radio show Dead By Dawn on WMPG. I played a set of all experimental music feat. classical elements. He loved it, esp. this album. RIP, Dad.

Remy's father passed suddenly last week and we have been tending to his estate & Remy's mom since then. Pls call the shop (207-292-5111) during regular hrs to make sure we're open before visiting. Remy's folks instilled a love of music & vinyl in him from a young age. His dad will be forever missed.

idmtheftable is kindly minding the shop today as we continue to be out of town dealing with a family emergency. If you have time, please stop by and visit Skot.Thank you for your continued support during this difficult time. 🖤

We will be closed today due to a family emergency. Full details and hours for this week will be posted when we know more.

New arrivals for the week! Vinyl from The Cramps, Death Grips, Depeche Mode, Gang of Four, Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, Napalm Death, Samhain, Tool, Type O Negative, and Venom!

New arrivals & restocks for the week, incl. vinyl from Twin Peaks, Boy Harsher, Drab Majesty, Molchat Doma, Skinny Puppy (x7), and a variety of PIAS 40th anniversary titles from A;grumh, Borghesia, La Muerte, Neon Judgement, Siglo XX, The Weathermen, Young Gods, and more!!! 🖤🖤🖤

We're down to our last five CSO zipper hoodies, printed by the amazing Forest Passage Printing. We have two L, one XL, one 2XL, and one 3XL. You can either swing by the shop or drop us a DM & let us know if you want to snag one of these beauties (we ship anywhere in the US). 🖤💀🖤

Another batch of goodies is up on our Discogs page! Hit the link in our bio to check them out-- esp. useful for our fans who can't make it to our brick & mortar location. 🖤

Putting out new stuff all the time! This Specimen promo 12" feat. goth club staple "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" & "Returning from a Journey," a sealed 12" of PIG's "Sick City"/"Shit for Brains", Cabaret Voltaire's "Don't Argue" 12", TGT (Chris & Cosey + Lustmord) 12"s & lots more! 🖤

Just a reminder that we are closed today for the holiday. See you Saturday! 🖤

Good news: We'll have LP & CD copies of Dais' reissue of COIL's BLACK ANTLERS onhand for the June 27th release date! Less good: Our distro order was capped, so we have less of both formats than planned. We'll be continually re-stocking this title, but for those wanting to get it ASAP, don't wait!! 🖤

We hope everyone had a great Pride weekend! Just put out a rad box of new/sealed CDs, incl. the ones shown. Asmus Tietchens, M. Bianchi, Chrome, Fetisch Park, P. Hope, Hula, E. Ka-Spel, Monoton, Nocturnal Emissions, E. Random, Rapoon, The Residents, Sutcliffe No More, Zahgurim...& more! 🖤🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

The New Arrivals bin has been a big hit, so we're keeping it around! We're also putting out a great collection we just acquired, incl. vinyl by The Sisters of Mercy, John Carpenter, David Bowie, Puscifer, The Knife, Popol Vuh, Missionary Work, The Caretaker, Slasher Film Festival Strategy & more! 🖤

Super psyched to announce that we've started stocking WAXWORK RECORDS soundtracks!!! The first batch to arrive incl. Phil Tippett's MAD GOD on LP & CD, the 3xLP PHANTASM set, BARBARIAN, KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE, John Carpenter's THE THING, SWORD OF DOOM... and BARBIE! 🖤🎬🖤

In addition to the other Wax Trax! titles we just mentioned, we also now have stocked some OG copies of COIL "The Snow" & "Panic/Tainted Love" on CD! PS--that vinyl trade-in collection mentioned yesterday is in front of the RSD titles in that 1st bin, experimenting with a "new arrivals" section...

We got some really fun vinyl trade-ins over the weekend that will be going out tomorrow afternoon. We also added two dozen titles to our Exotica bins today along with new & used Wax Trax! CDs from Thrill Kill Kult, Naked Raygun, Fred, Meat Beat Manifesto, and more!

Super psyched to have a special guest in the shop today: fresh from their triumphant set at SLABFEST, Raj of long-running experimental project FRKSE & Divergent Series label. Come & say hi before he moves to NYC, maybe he'll even sign your FRKSE merch-- we have some in stock if you need it. 🖤🖤🖤

Sam's first concert was New Kids on the Block. Sam's second concert was G.G. Allin. We may not have any NKOTB in stock, but we did just get in a stack of LPs & DVDs by New Hampshire's most infamous frontman, incl. one that features the very show at the Antenna Club in Memphis that Sam attended.

It's one of our fav days-- WAX TRAX! RESTOCK DAY!! Fresh copies of TKK "I See Good Spirits, I See Bad Spirits" on black wax, Front 242 "Endless Riddance" on clear vinyl, FLA "Tactical Neural Implant" on blue vinyl, the Industrial Accident soundtrack on black wax & TKK's "Any Way Ya Wanna" 7"!

To prep for JOHN WIESE'S upcoming tour stop at Geno's on June 3rd w/ LANA DEL RABIES, PRAYER POSITION, and ERGI, you can pick up some of his solo works & albums w/ Sissy Spacek at our shop. The noise must flow.

45s! We just put out lots of great ones, incl. several each by Prince, Otis Redding, Al Green, Marvin Gaye, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys... The ghoulish camp of Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monsters' Holiday". The Moog insanity of Bobby Setter's Cash & Carry "Uncle Dracula's Party". The list goes on!

SLABFEST IV was uniformly great but a set in particular stayed w/ us: Providence duo HARPY, shrieking thru 2 mics each, striking sheet metal w/ chains, triggering sequences... For fans of Diamanda Galas, Bonedust, Vomitatrix, etc. Now stocking their "Poisoned Well" & "A Sacrifice" tapes & patches! 🖤

SCROTAL TEAR brings a synthesis of dark ambient, death industrial, and experimental noise to SLABFEST this weekend, May 17-18. Tix @ slabfest.com. [more]

New offerings today incl. the SUN RA documentary "A Joyful Noise" on Blu-Ray & DVD; vinyl from GosT, Molchat Doma, Lucifer Star Machine; CDs from Einstürzende Neubauten, Q Lazzarus, Ministry, LARD, Voivod, Wesley Willis; used discs from Skinny Puppy, Thrill Kill Kult, Kode IV, Sleep Chamber & more!

We've been in the new space a while & have enough used inventory of old, opened LPs (this is key) that we really *smell* like a record store. I think it's one of the best smells in the world. Not musty or moldy, just this aroma of old paper, cardboard, and... just physical media. Nothing like it. 🥰