TEENAGER - Frights LP (Telephone Explosion Rec.)Europe distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
Once again, Toronto artists Jeremy Jansen and Niall McClelland teamed up to bring us a piece that takes inspiration from the “Give Me Pink”. The album was recorded this summer by Howie Beck (who also produced and mixed it) at his home studio. File under: MIGHTY CAESARS / HEADCOATS / MOONHEARTS with a psych-bluesy touch like the BLACK LIPS and DEMON'S CLAWS.
CRUSADERS OF LOVE - Take It Easy... LP (FDH Rec.)Europe distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
Crusaders of Love This French powerpop band will be releasing their follow up to the debut LP that came out on Douchmaster in 2010 with us. The album is just about finished and will be heading into pressing in early 2012.
WHITE FACES LP (Windian Rec.)Europe exclusive distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
DEBUT LP FROM THIS MILWAUKEE TRIO..."JONESES" SWAGGER WITH AN EARLY 80'S L.A. PUNK ATTITUDE. JANGLY POP TRASH YOUR MOM WANTS YOU TO SET ON THE CURB NIGHTLY, BUT INSTEAD/INSTINCTIVELY, LET PILE UP IN YOUR BRAIN TILL IT ROTS.
SPIDER FEVER 7" (Windian Rec.)Europe exclusive distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
HOT 77 PUNK THRASH IN THE VEIN OF TESTORS, RYTHMATIC LOUD AND BRASH ROCK AND ROLL SHOOTING OUT OF THE SPEAKERS LIKE 20 POUND SPIT BALLS AIMED RIGHT BETWEEN YOUR EYES-BALLS. EX HOT SNAKES, RFTC, SULTANS, OFF!, CURRENT MEMBERS OF WIDOWS AND EARTHLESS.
http://www.myspace.com/spidahfevah
MONDO RAY - HYPNOTIZED B/W NOTHING 7" (Windian Rec.)Europe exclusive distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
MUNICH GERMANY'S MONDO RAY HAS BEEN CHURNING OUT EXCELLENT SINGLES FROM ACROSS THE POND FOR YEARS NOW, AND THIS ONE IS NO DIFFERENT. GREAT GARAGE/POP, WITH A NICE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FEEL. EXPECT THESE GUYS BACK IN THE US FOR TOUR AND AN LP IS ON THE WAY AS WELL.
http://www.myspace.com/mondoray
THE PENETRATORS [SYRACUSE NY] GOTTA HAVE HER B/W BABY, DONTCHA TELL ME 7" (Windian Rec.)Europe exclusive distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
CLASSIC BASEMENT BASHERS FROM SYRACUSE'S OWN THE PENETRATORS! REISSUE OF THEIR FIRST SINGLE! ORIGINAL ART AND LABELS ON FACTORY SLEEVES.
DAN SARTAIN VS. TWO TEARS 7" (Windian Rec.)Europe exclusive distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
THIS ONE HAS BEEN DELAYED BECAUSE, WELL, I STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED MUSIC. THIS GUY AND GAL ARE ON TOUR IN EUROPE RIGHT NOW, GO SEE EM.
http://www.myspace.com/thetwotears
OBN IIIs - The One And Only LP (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)OBN IIIs drop a seriously heavyweight album following three killer singles/EPs. Some of the best mid-paced punk rock of the “City Slang” vibe...and one of the best live bands of recent memory...now flirting with a Sabbath-caliber weight in the sound, added snot-nosed attitude, and tighter grooves. The resulting record is an absolutely-no-bullshit, tight-yet-screaming wild, rock record full of the wicked, double-deep-fried-guitars searing in and out of ORVILLE’s way. All the primal attack and hooky sheen of the self-titled EP is all over this thing along with that dark, nihilistic affect of “Mark On You,” now planted with heavier footing. The “Texas-tinged IVY GREEN” tag still applies, but adds a Vamps meets Stooges swagger big time. Frying the shit out of stuff where appropriate. And a lot more howling and magma comes spewing up through any potential crack in the surface here. Highlights include EVERYTHING. Recorded by Orville in hot-as-fuck Austin, Texas, as if enough sweat wasn’t baked into these tapes. LP includes free download. Pressed on heavyweight wax housed in an inner/outer sleeve.
http://www.myspace.com/obniiis
GIRLS AT DAWN - Back To You 7" (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)Europe exclusive distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
New single from the GIRLS AT DAWN features two new tunes, "Back To You" and "WCK" on the flip. "Back to You" is a skittish angle on their usual "fragile girl group" sounds. It still has the carefree, roaming verse and delivers those girl group harmonies, but eventually heads into a fractured, upbeat chorus with a guitar line that weirdly, lightly stabs home the repeated "gotta get back to you". The flip, "WCK" is a totally carefree example of the harmonic melodies but played shambolic as hell and soaked in buzzsaw-bass from top to bottom. TGAD separates themselves from so many other "oh let's do a girl band" bands in that they are at once playing the roles of "super delicate" and "carefree & dark" (even a bit twisted in moments). Previous 7-inches on Captured Tracks and HoZac.
http://www.myspace.com/thegirlsatdawn
ANDY HUMAN - Toy Man 7" (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)Europe exclusive distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
ANDY HUMAN started up in Oakland recently as ANDY JORDAN’s (THE CUTS, BUZZER, MEERCAZ) new band and the tunes are riddled with developed hooks and creamy sheen with the most "together" song-writing since the Cuts. This debut 7-inch lays out two great cuts of Andy Humanity and it’s a damn shimmery piece of solid gold pop. Well recorded, well played stuff to be sure. The A-sides “Toy Man” is a genius one-two punch of Jordan’s spacey pop tendencies fully cut loose, with a sweet guitar line and just awesome pop-writing perfection via well placed total tempo fluctuations, tightness, and transitions of a veteran homeboy. The flipside, “Center of Gravity” is an equally sweet, organ-driven, strangely dancey and weirdly melancholic tune that is sure to have all heads bobbing. Certainly equally catchy and brilliant as the A side but settled into it’s groove a bit more and "vibing out". 500 pressed on great sounding vinyl.
http://www.myspace.com/icecreamhuman
WAX MUSEUMS - Zoo Full Of Ramones LP (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)Europe exclusive distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
Billy’s Room, TX. Peering across the floor through beer cans, garbage and vomit-encrusted B-movie clamshells...something moves. You slowly look into a shaking cheeseburger bag...AND THE WAX MUSEUMS EMERGE TO CLAW YOUR NOSE OFF! It lands on a rotting hamburger. You die. They've crafted the sickest spectacle of partying, sharp humor, and Steinberger basses since they crawled out of a VCR in 2006. And if you've had an eyeball (Yes? No?!)...you've seen them. But do not dismay if you've missed any of their out-of-print wax previously issued on Hozac, Douchemaster, Kenrock, Rehab or Fashionable Idiots. Because here's the entire carnivorous monkey-house in one 24-track LP...Zoo Full Of Ramones! Our scientists at TTT have recreated the very primordial ooze of the band. Returning to print every dose of concentrated hyperactivity, and enhancing them with an extra beaker of UNRELEASED, and rare material, circa 2006-2008 AD.
http://www.myspace.com/thewaxmuseums
BURNING ITCH - Same LP (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)Europe exclusive distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
Three dudes from Knoxville, TN where the GG Allin runs like the shits and the water is tainted with moonshine piss. Burning Itch are pure, unadulterated punk rock inspired as much by getting fucked up as they are by obscure, KBD-private-press vinyl. S/T is their first LP and does not disappoint...so long as you WANTED a payoff on the promise of their "machine-gun-toting" self-released 7", and the subsequent ragers on both Goodbye Boozy and Leather Bar. Yessir, the boys n girls with a hankering to get drunk to some loud, completely unpretentious punk rock ought to get their rocks off on this bad boy just fine. Recommended pairing: goes great with shooting fireworks off the Smokey Mountains at college students.
http://www.myspace.com/burningitch
MOONHEARTS - Same LP (Tic Tac Totally Rec.)Europe distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
MOONHEARTS (formerly Charlie and the...) fired up the ole failing 7-track (no shit!) tape machine and soaked it in their guitar-driven trash pop to glorious effect, and along with friendly accomplice TY SEGALL to bring forth an LP that slays asses. We are talking "butt cutters" from start to stop. The band's debut LP continues along the lineage set by a few great 7"s offering their take on sinking the fuzz-covered hooks straight into some hefty, meatier chunks of blown out punk scuzz. Peppering it up with a few minor mind-benders and melodic garage-moves to great effect. There's even some spine-shivering, nihilistic elements of beautifully twisted sound-torture that recall No Trend in spots, though for the most part, rough, angsty, blown out punk with big melody. The MOONHEARTS require (and deserve) the "pre-cliché-culture" treatment if anybody out there does. Because though familar, it is done so well, it becomes thee furthest thing from "paint-it-by-numbers and get a grade" punk. It’s just real, brute shit, a record that's got balls and with a great sense of melody, doing what it does correctly.
http://www.myspace.com/charlieandthemoonhearts
RED MASS - New 7" (Gingerpig Rec.)
Europe exclusive distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
more info soon...
RAS - Debut LP (Skrammel Rec.)In Germany distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
New swedish super group! The band consist of Kalle from MANIKINS / LOCAL OAFS, Jonas from HENRY FIATS OPEN SORE, Markus from The TURPENTINES and REPUBLICANS and Anders from The UNABOMBERS!!! complete promo-lines for the LP follow soon...
http://www.myspace.com/ettfolkettras
SHARP OBJECTS - Same LP (Modern Action Rec.)In Germany distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
1 guy from THE BRIEFS, 2 guys from THE BODIES and a guy from Puerto Rico – thats what you need to know about the SHARP OBJECTS line-up. As for their output to date, they have released two 7 inches last year, both highly praised worldwide and captured many top ten lists for best releases of 2010 (including two 7 inches of the year awards). With this release, the bands self-titled debut full length, its quite simply the best new LP released in 2011. Ten killer, POSHBOY-esque songs instantly bringing to mind the ADOLESCENTS/SOCIAL DISTORTION/AGENT ORANGE/TSOL-era of early 80s LA punk. Dark, aggressive and loaded with hooks, these tunes will enter your ears and stick in yer head until your nuts unexpectedly explode, leaving you with your mind blown and your nuts a thing of the past. You heard it here first: ALBUM OF THE YEAR….
http://www.myspace.com/sharpobjects
SINGING DOGS - Deja VooDoo Blues 10" (Primitive Rec.)In Germany distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
1st P.Trash band is back with a super 8 song 10"! They are back to their roots and play trashy garage-punk similar to CRAMPS, GORIES, DIRTBOMBS & MONSTERS! Buy or die!
http://www.myspace.com/singingdogsband
HABIBI - Debut 7" (Born Bad Rec.)Habibi is the brainchild of Rahill Jamalifard and Lenny Lynch. Together, the two Detroit natives started the all girl, Brooklyn based project in the spring of 2011. Growing up with the harmonious sounds of Motown and the punk attitudes of Quatro and Iggy, their music invokes the same simplicity and fiery spirit. Jamalifard’s Persian ancestry and Lynch’s love of Middle Eastern culture are evident in the bands name (Habibi’s translation is my love in Arabic), their mystical lyrics, and their eastern tinged melodies. In the short span of time since their formation Habibi has captured the interest of audiences and labels abroad, eager to hear more of their simple and catchy songs. The four piece featuring Erin Campbell, on bass and Karen Isabel on drums look forward to their upcoming single and their first full length album.
ACTUAL WATER - She's a Priest b/w Latoya 7" (Plastic Idol Rec.)A few years ago, Ben Cook (Young Governor, Bitters, Fucked Up, Marvelous Darlings..) hipped me to some of the cool sounds lurking in Toronto's east end. One of the names he tossed around was ACTUAL WATER, then just a couple of guys making noise, searching for a sound. Fast forward to fall 2011 and Ben made a pitch for an Actual Water single, which he co-wrote and recorded. "It might be worth your time," he warned. Well, he was right. "She's a Priest," an homage to the glory of a local burger joint, is crisp, sparkly pop that hits the spot. The flipside, previously released on a lathe cut flexi-disc from Scotch Tapes, is in a similar vein: jangly, harmonic, and well worth repeating. Limited to 330 copies. Check this out:
"She's a Priest": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NrZiErQasM
"Latoya":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO2vpHFQ3AE
ZUKUNFT ? NEGATIV ? - Oneside LP (Prügerprinz Rec.)Mini- lp, einseitig + scratchin, onetime press of 500 copies, SNIFFING GLUE auf deutsch + Martin von EA80 bei nen paar songs.more infos soon...
CAROLINE AND THE TREATS - Saturday Night Rock & Roll LP / CD (Lady Kinky Karrot / Rockin´ Bones Rec.)Forget the porn stuff! This is no frills rock'n'roll! Caroline And The Treats is a Norwegian rock outfit fronted by Caroline Andersen. Together with hubby, guitarist Morten Henriksen (formerly of Cosmic Dropouts, The Yum Yums and other semi-legendary bands), and bassist Geir Saanum and drummer Olle DeVille Hov, she's performing what they refer to as "Bubblegum Rock'n'Roll", not a bad label to put on their happy-go-lucky rock music. "Saturday Night, Rock & Roll" is their second album, a perfect mix of Joan Jett and the Runaways, Nikki & the Corvettes and Bay City Rollers!
STEVE ADAMYK BAND - Take It Back 7" (Lady Kinky Karrot / Rockin´ Bones Rec.)
After playing in Sedatives and the Million Dollar Marxists, STEVE ADAMYK started a new group as a vehicle for his solo material and named it the STEVE ADAMYK BAND, fleshing out the band with three of the four former members of Sedatives. The tunes took their influence from 70s British punk and 80s power pop, and the group added a gritty style popularized by modern acts like Jay Reatard, Exploding Hearts and Marked Men. After releasing few 7"s (on P.Trash, Red Lounge and Taken by Surprise), the band put out a self-titled full-length on P.Trash in 2010. The following year, the STEVE ADAMYK BAND toured Europe, performed at SXSW and finished their sophomore album, Forever Won't Wait, which was released by Portland, Oregon's Dirtnap Records in November of 2011. To support their european tour in Spring 2012 we are proud to presnt this new 5 songs EP!
www.myspace.com/steveadamyk
PAUL COLLINS BEAT - Live 1979 LP (Lady Kinky Karrot / Rockin´ Bones Rec.)
We are beyond honored to present to you two live shows from 1979 by The Beat, feat. Paul Collins of The Nerves and The Breakaways, Mike Ruiz (drummer for Milk n Cookies), Steven Huff and Larry Whitman. Classic powerpop songs, played to perfection by The Beat at an exciting period in their career, when they were first starting! The first show was played at the Palladium on December 13, 1979 and the second show was played at The Old Waldorf on September 12, 1979.
GENTLEMAN JESSE - Leaving Atlanta LP (Douchemaste Rec.)Street Date 3/20/2012 ... Since Gentleman Jesse’s first album came out in the summer of 2008, he’s had plenty of excuses to put the “Gentleman” part of his act to bed. In fact, the Mr. Nice Guy routine landed him in bed for a month after being mugged and beaten with a table leg while he was trying to help two strangers change a tire. When the economy tanked, violent crime in Atlanta exploded, making the city a dreary place to live for a while. In addition, several tragedies hit the Atlanta music scene and the Douchemaster Records family close to home. It was a bad time and Jesse took it very personally. He was close to throwing in the towel and retiring to a dark room with cheap beer and YouTube videos...
USELESS EATERS - C'est Bon! LP (Southpaw Rec.)This band is a highly recommended! SETH SUTTON clearly made a name for himself in 2011 releasing two critically acclaimed LP’s (P.Trash & Tic Tac Totally Rec.) and a singles compilation LP featuring sold out 7”s from Goner, Goodbye Boozy, and Jay Reatard’s Shattered label to name a few. Seth has created a brand a punk that is hook heavy, angry, and sleazy all at the same time that keeps us wanting more. The time is here for Sutton’s first release of 2012 and his 3rd LP C’est Bon!. On this release Sutton gets a little darker and treads into some new territory including some instrumental tracks that carry a slight Devo vibe as well as Sutton’s original KBD influences. Includes digital download code.
http://www.myspace.com/uselesseatersmemphis
GARY WRONG - Pollen Christ w/ Streets Of Iron 7" (Floridas Dying / Total Punk Rec.)The first Total Punk release of 2012 comes from Gary Wrong, last seen plying his trade under the name Captain Beyonce with Hawkwind-inspired Alabama psych monsters Wizzard Sleeve. The A-side of Total Punk #05 is entitled “Pollen Christ”, and it turns away from the sprawling proto-punk jams of the Sleeve, tappping into a a tighter, nervier sound that recalls the scuzzy new-wave basement punk vibe of GG King’s Esoteric Lore LP. It’s all a blur of effects-laden vocals, crackling fuzz, and an insistent disco beat, and do I hear a touch of prime 80s Butthole Surfers in there? Good stuff. On the flip is a cover of Memphis garage rock super group Bad Times’ 2001 track “Streets Of Iron”, which adds woozy synth textures to the primal orginal. Stream both tracks below and head on over to Total Punk to grab the 7”.
MISTREATERS - The Mistreaters DoLP (Dusty Medical Rec.)26 songs singles compilation double LP by these Garage Rock honchos, include some unreleased versions!!!
ALL pre-orders will get a FREE COPY of their early P.Trash 7" (each copy come with a different live photo of the band,... we found a box with some leftover 7"es!! 1st comes 1st111
CATHOLIC BOYS - Psychic Voodoo Mind Control LP (Dusty Medical Rec.)The best LP to ever come out of Wisconsin finally available again after being out of print for 8 years! Limited to 500 copies. Includes download code.
BAZOOKA - Jupiter 7" (Dusty Medical Rec.)The debut of this new band featuring JOSH from THOMAS FUNCTION.....
HEAD ON ELECTRIC - Sleep Slaughter Sheep LP (Dusty Medical Rec.)For a city that many people regard as a rest stop between Chicago and Minneapolis, Milwaukee has produced some of the greatest, most innovative music of the past several decades. While the members of HEAD ON ELECTRIC would probably balk at being included in such company, their new album Sleep Slaughter Sheep is certainly a contender for record of the year, Midwest Division. Opening with the balls-out pop-garage yowl of the title track (reminiscent of the Kinks on a particularly nasty bender) and barreling through genre-bending tunes like the surf-psych “Up to You” and plaintive tunes such as “Through the Cobwebs,” before finishing with the echoey, dreamlike “Beside These Parts”, Sleep Slaughter Sheep marks Head On Electric as songwriters for whom boundaries are irrelevant, and musical history is paramount. They bring to mind Nuggets-era garage, the squalling melodiousness of the Jesus and Mary Chain, and early-'60's British beat sounds, all at once. Recorded at several locations, including Sounds OK Studios with JOSH WHITE (of the White Faces) and the family cabin of Goodnight Loving's ANDY KAV, Sleep Slaughter Sheep is a departure from Head On Electric's previous recorded output.
MIDWEST BEAT - Gone Not Lost LP (Dusty Medical Rec.)THE MIDWEST BEAT have a modest approach: making good music. Jukebox-ready tunes that are mercilessly concise, relentlessly uptempo, and saturated in vocal harmonies. If anything, the average Midwest Beat song is overstuffed, a smidge too fast, too eager to please, too damn infectious. Memorable hooks that recall cool and classic ‘60s garage pop bounce (think Zombies), but are updated with the swagger and urgency of ‘70s power pop (think Paul Collins’ Beat). With a slight twang bend and a thin layer of fuzz draped over the vocals. Their harmonies are delightful throwbacks to retro pop goodness, layered over the jangly twang of their guitars which are delicately laced with bits of psychedelia. Heavy on harmonies but not detracting from cool, clear sounds. Faster and looser than their predecessors (but not careless and sloppy) with spot-on backing vocals. Gone Not Lost expands on the jangles, harmonies, and perky tempos that first endeared the band to local music geeks, but also channels the damn-near-innocent heart of ’60s soul singles. The guitar work is bright, and sometimes surfy, the drums are always straightforward. Somewhere underneath all that past-praising there is a serious band trying to make well-crafted songs.
GUILTY PLEASURES - Summer Strange LP (Dusty Medical Rec.)"God, it's been so long, but I'll be damned if the GUILTY PLEASURES still don't sound incredible, blasting out of the speakers on this fine evening. What you have here is one of the long lost studio albums of the cream o' the crop of the turn of the century's finest rock'n roll bands, firing off at the top of their game, but slipping through the cracks of history, ..until now. When the Guilty Pleasures headed up to Ghetto Recorders in 2000 to record their debut album, we tagged along up the I-94, huffing canned-air pretty much the whole ride, simultaneously blastin' rods and screaming along to the endless hits blasting out of the car radio We knew it was going to be an important record, and the trip was a blast, as was the crazy moment we were living in at the time. Windsor Strip clubs, hotel lobby destruction, weird late-night phone calls, and general insanity was around every corner, and this album was the filthy soundtrack. The finished recording was unreal when we first heard it ten years ago upon its completion, and it still sounds just as intimidating today, writhing with slick punk hooks, drenched in the slime o' the times, yet still as fresh and devastating as the day these songs were conceived. The LP is full of classic songs like ‘Stretch Marks’ and ‘Endangering’ that were so sadly unavailable to the general public for too long, so here's your chance to revisit this little piece of history, now right at your fingertips. So stop that trembling already, and put on one of the era's best kept secrets of the underground, and one of Illinois' finest rock'n roll messes to ever grace your eardrums.”—Todd Killings (Victim of Time)
DRUGS DRAGONS - The Milorganight 12" (Dusty Medical Rec.)Rock'n'roll is an elusive beast; only a small percentage of those who attempt to harness it can even come close. Rock isn't about selling out Madison Square Garden, it's about getting a room full of people to believe in what you're doing; to subscribe to your version of the gospel. The truly amazing thing about Milwaukee, WI's DRUGS DRAGONS is how close they come to distilling the essence of "rock" into a recording. Live, they're intense and unpredictable. Sweat, blood, and beer appear in equal measure at their shows, and, like all good rock bands, volume is a necessary ingredient. Astoundingly, The Milorganight EP is easily the equal of their live performance, capturing the energy and vitriol of vocalist PUKE DRUGS’ sweaty snarl, as well as guitarist TONY SAGGER’s chunky chording and the on-the-edge rhythm section of bassist ZORACH DRAGONS and drummer ERRORIC MILDEW. Drugs Dragons formed in spring 2009 from the remnants of Milwaukee's beloved NIGHT TERRORS. Although their stated influences range from early Alice Cooper, the Cramps and the Dead Boys to such modern icons as Clone Defects and the A-Frames, Drugs Dragons have forged their own path among the two million or so bands currently active. They're not interested in climbing the charts; they want to get in your face. And this record will do exactly that. Coming fresh off the release of their Dusty Medical Records' debut (following a pair of 7" releases on their own Terror Trash label) this EP is set to take the band to the next level, whatever that may be.
DRUGS DRAGONS - Drugs Dragons LP (Dusty Medical Rec.)“The truly amazing thing about Milwaukee, WI's DRUGS DRAGONS is how close they come to distilling the essence of ‘rock’ into a recording. Live, they're intense and unpredictable. Sweat, blood, and beer appear in equal measure at their shows, and, like all good rock bands, volume is a necessary ingredient. Astoundingly, their new self-titled LP is easily the equal of their live performance, capturing the energy and vitriol of vocalist PUKE DRUGS’ sweaty snarl, as well as guitarist TONY SAGGER’s chunky chording and the on-the-edge rhythm section of bassist ZORACH DRAGONS and drummer ERRORIC MILDEW. Drugs Dragons formed in spring 2009 from the remnants of Milwaukee's beloved NIGHT TERRORS. Although their stated influences range from early Alice Cooper, the Cramps and the Dead Boys to such modern icons as Clone Defects and the A-Frames, Drugs Dragons have forged their own path among the two million or so bands currently active. They're not interested in climbing the charts; they want to get in your face. And this record will do exactly that.
CALL ME LIGHTNING - When I Am Gone My Blood Will Be Free LP (Dusty Medical Rec.)"CALL ME LIGHTNING takes its name from an early Who song, but the Milwaukee post-punk power trio waited until its third album, When I Am Gone My Blood Will Be Free, to make a full-on Who tribute. SHANE HOCHSTETLER attacks the drums with the fill-happy, thunderous power of Keith Moon, KRIS MAEDKE-RUSSELL stands in the stoic John Entwistle role with basslines that slither amid the sonic wreckage like metallic snakes, and NATHAN LILLEY pounds out bloody-palmed Pete Townshend power chords while affecting a Roger Daltrey-esque scream echoing across the teenage wasteland. It might come off like bald imitation if CML didn't infuse all the Live At Leeds chest-thumping with as much bug-eyed intensity and genuinely breathtaking majesty as it does on When I Am Gone. Call Me Lightning doesn't scale down stadium-rock; it squeezes all that bigness and velocity into tiny basements until the roof disappears in a swirling mushroom cloud. It's incredible that anything—much less the record-label problems that delayed the album's release for nearly a year—could keep When I Am Gone from running into the streets and murdering innocents with its bare hands before now. As with 2007's great Soft Skeletons, When I Am Gone storms out of the gate with a trio of overwhelming ass-kickers, setting the tone for the pulse-pounding proceedings ahead with the galloping shredder 'Called To The Throne' before settling into the brontosaurus stomp of 'Beyond The Beasts' and the shout-along anthem 'Bronze Hell.' CML is only slightly more subdued on the stirring title track and the epic, proggy 'The Fog,' which features one of the few guitar solos in the band's history. And then it's back to killing and pillaging on the aging-scenester ode 'Old Cactus' and the record's dramatic culmination, 'We Never Left,' in which Lilley sings, 'I don't care how this ends' like he's about to drive over a cliff. It's a fittingly exhilarating, go-for-broke conclusion to a thoroughly reckless ride."—Steven Hyden (The Onion).
MIDWEST BEAT - At The Gates LP (Dusty Medical Rec.)“A little over a year ago, Milwaukee garage-pop band THE MIDWEST BEAT rented out the historic Gates Of Heaven synagogue in James Madison Park for three frigid days of on-location recording. Because of the space’s natural reverb and the recording techniques of the record’s producer, analog tape purist KYLE MOTOR, a live feel was guaranteed, and overdubbing later was nearly impossible. The result finds the band effortlessly experimenting with genres, all while keeping the band's signature soaring harmonies and total devotion to the pop-song arrangement.”
MAGNETIX - Magnetic Reaction LP (Kizmiaz Rec.)It is a repress of debut album of 2001 released by Flame On Rec. 17 songs / 500 copies!
This duet of Bordeaux formed by the ex Catchers in the guitar and voice and her accomplice Aggy Sonora to the drums record a first album blow-de-foudre which is going to electrify the stage rock garage frenchie. Like Link Wray Wray / Cramps / Bassholes , it had been a long time since I had heard something of as well. recorded together with Lo' Spider ( Jack Of Heart,Crusaders Of Love, Movie Satr Junkies...) both faces of this LP (" electrocute " and " burn ") mold vigorously a trashy, rock blues in devil, haunted by guitars surfing, supported by a set of drum which has to envy nothing Gories or White Stripes and two nice interludes in the organ. We shall also notice a very dance resumption of Hero-X, the other combo in which our two furious madmen play and about whom we should re-intend to speak very soon. it is wild and beautiful!
JOHN WESLEY COLEMAN - Last Donkey Show Goner LP (Goner Rec.)
Street Date 2/21/12 more info soon...
CONSUMERS - All My Friends Are Dead LP (In The Red Rec.)
Street Date 2/21/12 more info soon...
EXPO '70 - Hovering Resonance LP (Sound Of Cobra Rec.)EXPO '70 is the Kansas City, Missouri based multi-instrumentalist Justin Wright and "HOVERING RESONANCE" is his new 12"onesided released by Sound of Cobra. We consider Expo '70 one of the most interesting musician of the North America's new kosmische music scene and with this album he continues his travel into a sound made of hypnotic vibes, ecstasy and cosmic oneness. The two tracks of the album are played with synth, guitar, analogue electronics and percussions and trough a wise use of repetitons and loops they are able to conduce into altered states of psychedelic listening and space rock meditations.
"Hovering Resonance" comes out as a limited edition of 200 copies 12" onesided. The first 100 copies are hand silkscreened. Pre-order gets the limd. Edit.!!!
YOUNG GOVERNOR - Where It's Quiet 10" (12xu Rec.)Latest and most expansive YOUNG GUV effort to date from Toronto's BEN COOK (FUCKED UP, MARVELOUS DARLINGS, THE BITTERS), keeps churning out the hits, this time in the form of a 10" that continues to mix elements of garage-punk and power-pop into a melodic beast that takes cues from THE REPLACEMENTS and THE UNDERTONES. Vinyl includes a digital download card.
SHANGHAI WIRES - Black Waves LP (Pure Punk Rec.)SHANGHAI WIRES formed in London in 2007 and feature members of The GAGGERS, TEENAGE TRICKS, DISCO LEPERS and The BOTOX RATS. ‘Black Waves' features 11 cuts that take direct influence from the classic English 1977 style and further inspiration from the American take on this traditional English sound with the result being a kind of English Beach Punk sound (not fucking Blackpool beach). So, fans of The STITCHES, listen up! Did you spend the mid- to late-‘90s scarfing up every 7” release from Witmer/Lohrman and company like it was gold? Then Shanghai Wires are the band for you. They may be from England, but they have clearly soaked up the vintage Southern California punk rock vinyl so much that it courses through their veins as much as any of their native country’s fine bands do. Limited to 300 copies!!
TEENAGE TRICKS - Dangerous Details LP (Pure Punk Rec.)
Debut album from this one-man band from London. Raw & snotty Punk Rock à la Disco Lepers, Gaggers and Dagger Dicks... More info soon...
LONDON PX - All That There Is 1979-1982 LP (Pure Punk Rec.)
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DISCO LEPERS - Girls Of Cholera LP (Pure Punk Rec.)
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NO WHITE RAG - Silence Is Violence LP (Pure Punk Rec.)Brand new album from these italian Punk Rockers featuring 14 new tracks of angry protest Punk. Comes in gatefold sleeve with poster.
RANCID HELL SPAWN - Abolition Of The Orgasm 7" (Wrench Rec.)Rancid Hell Spawn have been going since 1988, making records packed with catchy, heavily distorted one-minute punk burnouts for the truly twisted, with record sleeves to match. Rancid Hell Spawn have released five albums and five singles so far, all but one on the Wrench Records label. Rancid Hell Spawn released no new material between 1995 and 2011 but that changed with the release of the "Abolition Of The Orgasm" EP - the first new Rancid Hell Spawn material for over 16 years! There is another EP in the pipeline which will be released in 2012 if all goes well. Watch this space!
JOHNNY THROTTLE - Lost Sputnik 7" (Wrench Rec.)"Lost Sputnik", Johnny Throttle's third single, and the second to be released on the Wrench label. Their debut release "Stukas Über Shoreditch" was released in 2009. Johnny Throttle formed in 2008 and have been playing drunken, beer-soaked gigs regularly since then. They play snotty, moronic and straight to the point punk. Probably London's snottiest punk band! They have also released material on Dirty Water Records and Crypt Records.
LITTLE CUTS - Plastic Disaster 7" (Dirtnap Rec.)3 song EP of loud, chaotic pop from Seattle’s Little Cuts, featuring Dave Hernandez of Scared Of Chaka and The Shins. A-side is a slow building pop jam that would not have sounded too out of place in Broadcast Oblivion’s (Dave’s underrated post-Scared Of Chaka pre-Shins band) set, backed with 2 lo-fi garage stompers on the B-side.
SONIC AVENUES – Television Youth LP/CD (Dirtnap Rec.)
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MIND SPIDERS - Meltdown LP/CD (Dirtnap Rec.)
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TUMOR WARLORD - Debut 7" (Jethrow Rec.)
Members of COLA FREAKS and every other relevant current Danish punk band. If you like the SCREAMERS, early U.S. Hardcore or Sci-Fi punk this is up your alley!!! 3 songs: Bio-Machine, Tumor Warlord & End Of Time.
MAC BLACKOUT - America Stole My Baby LP (Burka For Everybody Rec.)Singer of the amazing Functional Blackouts, hidden instigators of most of the KBD northamerican revival punk in recent times. Mac Blackout, who had previously worked with FDH, Sacred Bones or Dead Beat records his new LP now exclusively for Burka For Everybody. It sound evokes a damaged symphony between Suicide and the first Brian Eno albums, torn appart by Darby Crash, who currently lives in the worst “trailer park”and works doing “dirty jobs” for a decadent post-cocaine addict, Giorgio Moroder, who also only sells speed.
GAGGERS - Two Fingers Down My Throat 7" (Bat Shit Rec.)The 4th incredible single by London's, The Gaggers. Two ferocious tunes to rip the needle off of your turntable. The Gaggers play fast and catchy 3 chord punk that will knock the snot out of the most congested scum bags.
BLOW OUTS - Disposable 7" (Bat Shit Rec.)The BLOW OUTS are a new band formed by Brandy of The GAGGERS. Three shredders here continue the same aesthetic of The GAGGERS but borrow more from The New York Dolls, The Damned and The Buzzcocks than the GG/Germs/Heartbreakers moves of The GAGGERS. The pogo ready tracks between these grooves are not to be missed!
UNRELEASABLES - Crewe Boys 7" (Bat Shit Rec.)The second 7" EP outta London by THE UNRELEASABLES. Their debut record on P.Trash Rec. brought the shit eating grin back to snot rocket pop-punk. An electric shock treatment that the genre desperately needed. This slab of wax contains five killers that sound like they could have been recorded in someone's leaky basement around 1980. Think somewhere between the first two classic Queers 7"s and you've got the right idea.
http://www.myspace.com/unreleasables
ZOSCH! - Birds Don't Lie LP (Spastic Fantastic Rec.)ZOSCH! are three women and two men from Cologne/Germany. With double female vocals, they create their own highly enjoyable mix of danceable Punkrock, Disco-Synthies and great lyrics! In times minimalistic, in other dense and impulsive. Comparisions to Le Tigre or Bikini Kill are misleading. Rather imagine a more punky version of LOST SONDS, mixed with some goodold Deutschpunk and a fresh breeze of the new Wave sound of the eighties. this record definetly will make you want to put on your dancing shoes and go "yeahyeah"! 180 gr. Vinyl in thick 300gr. cardboard!
http://www.myspace.com/zoschgrrrls
NAPOLEON DYNAMITE - Fickt Euch Alle LP (Spastic Fantastic Rec.)NAPOLEON DYNAMITE are back with their debut LP after several 7''s and split projects. This time with 18 own smashers. "fickt euch alle" is a maniac bulldozer between fast and snotty garage-punk, old-school '80s hardcore, deutsch-punk from the older days and highspeed thrash moments. Imagine something between DEAN DIRG, CIRCLE JERKS and SURF NAZIS MUST DIE with the youngish smack of stupidity and simplicity. NAPOLEON DYNAMITE will fuck you all. Comes along in a inside-out cover and includes a digital download card. !
http://www.myspace.com/hitlerimerdkern
ATOMIC SUPLEX - Bathroom Party LP (Crypt Rec.)Prepare yerselves for a loudass obnoxia-fest, folks: here’s a muy fine 12- cut 45 rpm 12” of SCREE from London’s ATOMIC SUPLEX!
This wild platter grabs a few cuts issued on 45s and adds on some never-ished MONSTERS. Side One kicks off with the surfbeat propelled sax-honkin’ out&out WAILIN’ instro “ACTION TIME”, proceeds to trash yer ass senseless via the frenetic poonkrawk thrash of “ROCK & ROLL MACHINE”, down- shifts (fer just a tad, mind ye!) into the scuz-intro-then- bosharoo of “ROCK & ROLL ACTION”, brings the dance party back via the roots/diddleycated thumper/ chantalong chugger “DIAMOND SKULL”, then plonks into more ramped-up & sax-addled wail via “ATOMIC SUPLEXED BY A GIRL”, and ENDS Side One with the short- fast-and-blunt “BATHROOM PARTY”. Side Two kicks in with the moto-revvin’ screepunk “GIRL RIDE”, leading smackdab into the bigriff & big- beat-propelled “I’M ON”, then the Cochran-riffery of “ROCK & ROLL IS NEVER GONNA DIE”, followed/answered appropriately with “ROCK & ROLL MUST DIE”, the punkslammin’ pace keeps on with “I AM ROCK & ROLL”, then the lads abruptly change pace to end this wild ride with a SLOW GRINDER, “LITTLE BOY BLUES”, a blownout puke-drenched gutter crawl.
SOPORS - Same 7" (Razorcake / Margin Mouth Rec.)This band is not easily classifiable. Too weird to be garage rock, not hostile enough for punk. But luckily Sopors aren’t concerned with genres, just making twisted tunes that're meant for the shadows of your musical mindset. I don’t hear direct influences, but rather certain regions that I'd believe they came from. A little Australia here, a little Texas there, all elements cremated and the ashes released from the Golden Gate Bridge. Ex-members of some of this decade's premier Bay Area bands; Abi Yoyos, Parasites Go!, and Shakey Bones.
ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT - Dead Serious Demo LP (Fan Club Rec.)
Legendary S.F. band of the mid-80s that influenced dozens of other bands with their blend of Metal and Hardcore-Punk. This demo is so raw and pissed, its a genuine classic. It blows the debut LP away. Its rumored that Lars Ulrich recorded this demo.
CRO-MAGS - Age of quarrel LP (Fan Club Rec.)
1986 debut by legendary Harley Flanagan and John Joseph with hit after hit. Must need this...
CRO-MAGS - Before the quarrel LP (Fan Club Rec.)
Original demos for the first LP from Hardcore band. Same tracks as on 1986s 'The Age of Quarrel' but way rougher and more dirty. 12 tracks. Fanclub pressing. Cover artwork may vary...
CRUCIFIX - Dehumanization LP (Fan Club Rec.)
Classic LP from this Californian Crust band with the famous intro: 'From dehumanization to arms production....''. Fanclub pressing...
EXTREME NOISE TERROR - Peel Session LP (Fan Club Rec.)
Fanclub pressing of the material from the infamous Peel Sessions in the BBC studios in London that was released in 1987 and again in 1990. Raw stuff from a raw band...
HÜSKER DÜ - Demos 1980 LP (Fan Club Rec.)
Fanclub pressing of early HÜSKER DÜ material when they were still a loud Hardcore band. Cover artwork may vary...
INFEST - 1987 Demo LP (Fan Club Rec.)
Demos of this legendary band that created a new sound in Hardcore. This is fucked-up stuff. Fanclub pressing...
INFEST - Slave LP (Fan Club Rec.)
Originally on Off the Disk. Impossible to get for a good price. A damn classic of hard sound...
POISON IDEA - War All The Time LP (Fan Club Rec.)
Fanclub pressing of this 1987 album by heavyweights POISON IDEA. 11 songs with a MOTÖRHEAD cover version of 'Motörhead'. Original artwork.
BUZZCOCKS - Peel Sessions LP (Fan Club Rec.)
No other band of the 70s and 80s combined Punk and Pop better than THE BUZZCOCKS. This was recorded at BBC studios with John Peel and includes hits like ''Pulse Beat", "What do I get", "Noise Annoys", "16 again", "Hollow Inside", "E.S.P" und "Fast Cars". Available as Fanclub pressing.
EXTREME NOISE TERROR - Peel Sessions LP (Fan Club Rec.)
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DYS - Brotherhood LP (Fan Club Rec.)
The debut ''Brotherhood'' from Boston Straight Edge Hardcore pioneers DYS with Dave Smelley (later DAG NASTY, ALL and DOWN BY LAW) on the mic. Originally released in 1983. Available as Fanclub pressing.
HELLHAMMER - Death Fiend LP (Fan Club Rec.)
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NAPALM DEATH - Peel Sessions LP (Fan Club Rec.)
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POISON IDEA - Kings Of Punk LP (Fan Club Rec.)
First record by Hardcore-Punk legends POSION IDEA. Originally on PUSMORT 1986.
MARVELOUS DARLINGS - Single Life LP (Deranged Rec.)For the uninitiated, the MARVELOUS DARLINGS features Ben Cook from FUCKED UP doing some of the best '77 punk meets power-pop since the EXPLODING HEARTS. "single life" compiles a string of 7" vinyl releases by the Darlings, which have all now long sold-out. As great as the 7"s are on their own, this is one of those cases where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Vinyl includes a MP3 download card with an addition of 5 demo tracks.
http://www.myspace.com/MarvelousDarlings
MIDNITE SNAXXX - Guy Like That 7" (Floridas Dying / Total Punk Rec.) 5,90 EUR
Total Punk is proud to bring these Bay Area broads (members of the Bobbyteens, Trashwomen, and Loudmouths) into the family. I met the Snaxxx in Atlanta and they manhandled me, picked me up, and treated me like a submarine sandwich; then tried to force me into a strip club to watch them yell at strippers. These two short blast of tough edged bubble gum punk may make them seem sweet, but beware these aren't those kind of snaxxx. This shit ain't cute its TOTAL PUNK!!!
CRISIS HOTLINES - Don't Want To Go To No Jail 7" (Eradicator Rec.)These Austin, TX guys really nail the obscure 80’s punk feeling right on the head without sounding redundant or dated. It seems like Austin just breeds this kind of punk. Contains members of Lost Controls, Sex Advice, Love Collector and former Horribly Wrong. Full Colour Covers
http://www.myspace.com/crisishotlines
MIDWEST BEAT - Back To Mono 7" (Eradicator Rec.)Just in time for your summer listening list. Get ready to shake a leg, break a sweat, whiplash your neck, and fall of your deck. These kids are here to make you party and hook up. Hear what all the good things are about as “Back to Mono” offers up four more crisp sixties melodies with the same manic energy that epitomizes their sound. Comes with a button too!
http://www.myspace.com/themidwestbeat
MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW - Fans Of Stalin Show Your Bottom 7" (Eradicator Rec.)As the only Russian-themed surf punk band to play on Tetris cubes, Moscow Moscow Moscow is treading some new water in surf punk. They've managed to fit four of their explosive tunes onto their first seven-inch (2instrumentals and 2 with vocals). You'll hardly beleive MMM is merely a two-piece: Red Sonja and Denis the Red Menace. Fighting back the flying saucer attack with high-voltage songs. Tcheaper then Tchaikovsky!
http://www.myspace.com/moscowmoscowmoscow
MOSCOW MOSCOW MOSCOW - Hammers, Sickle and Girls 7" (Eradicator Rec.)They say that when it's cold in Russia you should throw another Moscow record on the turn table to warm things up. Here's four more songs to get you through those mid season blues. Three original instruMental stompers and one fucking blazer of a shouter.
http://www.myspace.com/moscowmoscowmoscow
CHARLIE AND THE SKUNKS - Take an Ice Cream Scoop Out Of My Brain 7" (Eradicator Rec.)Bloomington, Indianas own fuzzed up, tripped out stinkers. Four rockin garage pop songs that draw heavily from the sixties West Coast sunshine and psych. Featuring members of Apache Dropout, Trip Tides and the Snot Rags. Great tunes full of pure pop energy that will flip your lid.
http://www.myspace.com/charlieandtheskunks
PERENNIALS - My Side Of The Mountain 7" (Eradicator Rec.)I had been walking around for months with these songs stuck in my head, when it suddenly struck me: the rest of the world needs to hear this. The Perennials’ (Indianapolis, In) first 7” release on Eradicator Records consists of three garage-rock songs, preformed by members of The Mans, Eric and the Happy Thoughts, and The Half Rats. Chris’s raw singing style, Alex’s thumping bass lines and Ryan’s upbeat drumming is sure to get everyone moving. If you like your garage rock with sweet pop melodies and infectious backing vocals then this is your record to own. So sweet and catchy it might just give you a stomach ache!
http://www.myspace.com/alrightperennials
PERENNIALS - Oh Kimmy 7" (Eradicator Rec.)By now you all have probably been rocking the first Perennials "My Side of the Mountain" record as your end of the summer favorite. Well here's three more diamond-in-the-rough tunes to keep you appeased while awaiting The Perennials full length. From the same recording sessions as My Side of the Mountain this record cements their reputation for great song writing in a jangly, sixties garage-pop setting. Melodies and lyrics full of wonder and heartache.
http://www.myspace.com/alrightperennials
GESTAPO KHAZI - Escalators 7" (Eradicator Rec.)Slithering out of Long Beach, CA. comes the most definitive band shapping the world of hardcore, punk, surf, rockabliy and country. Lighting the modern music landscape on fire using the mythology of the Southwest with sounds of hot lust, old time shoot outs, bleached skulls, and modern people movers. Influenced as much by Dangerhouse bands as the Gun Club and Flesh Eaters if these two songs don’t move you you’re probably dead.
http://www.myspace.com/gestapokhazilongbeach
HORRIBLE WRONG - C'mon and Bleed With... LP (Eradicator Rec.)Shelved and neglected for 5 years, this 18 song blood-drenched monster is finally see the light of day. Hailed as the best new record to come out of Indiana since The Gizmos, Dow Jones, Problematics, The Zero Boys and The Panics. It's got 18 loud as fuck garage punk hits. The Horribly Wrongs first 7" sold out in days as did the following pressings. This LP is limited to 500 with silk screened cover. download card and are on 180 Gram vinyl too.
http://www.myspace.com/thehorriblywrong
JERK ALERT - Dirty Slurs LP (Eradicator Rec.)this is fantastic, raw punk from Bloomington, Indiana with a slight, wild garage edge of Loli and The Chones mixed with some straight forward hardcore punk… …but the emphasis here is very much on punk. Wild punk with killer female vocals. …. you know what, this is gonna be my record of the year…I know it…damn, it’s only just January so it’s all down hill from here! Seriously, I honestly don’t think anything is gonna top this for me…what is it about Bloomington and this amazing breed of original, raw punk rock? Jerk Alert have that wonderful rabid edge of Bloomington greats…that’s the sound I’d kill for…I’m so overly impressed. I knew this would rule...but Jesus Christ. This record has it all for me…in spades, it’s fun, vicious, imaginative and raw…
http://www.myspace.com/rocknrollwithjerkalert
JERK ALERT - Same 7" (Eradicator Rec.)Six tracks of raw, degenerate punk snot, with male and female vocalists vying for the title of Most Annoying 2007. It goes past in a blur but gels together pretty well. They claim to be "sex-fuelled, sex-addicted, and sex-driven," but if that's the case we're definitely not talking slow, languorous lovemaking-it's a hectic, shivering two minute knee trembler in the alley behind the gig and then an awkward walk to the chippy". 333 copies, 3/4 style fold over sleeve, thick full-size insert (and really nice looking labels)
http://www.myspace.com/rocknrollwithjerkalert
BURIAL HEX - In Psychic Defense 12" (Sound Of Cobra Rec.)The same label who has released the great HELL SHOVEL LP. “In psychic defense” is the last work of Clay Ruby as Burial Hex. With this record Burial Hex faces a new chapter in his music where noise, post-punk, a wise use of the rythm, experimental wave and dark melodies match together in a perfect balance. The record is elaborated as a protection spell in psychic self-defense, and the lyrics are from an old hymn to the Archangel Michael, always been seen as a leader and protector of the faithful. This one sided also confirms the collaboration between Clay Ruby and Troy Schafer, who wrote and performed all the bass and guitar parts. It comes out as a limited edition of 300 copies hand silkscreened 12”onesided.
WEST COAST NATURAL GAS - RD-Records LP (Red Lounge Rec.)
An album full of VINTAGE 1966-1968 Music by the band that brought you the incredible „HASHISH“ on the legendary San Franciso Sampler “Fifth Pipe Dream”...read on!!
First ever release of this killer Westcoast psychedelic monster that took many years to complete!!! West Coast Natural Gas started in 1965 in Seattle. In early 1967 they went to San Francisco to work for a local music manager named Matthew Katz. Katz was the original manager for Jefferson Airplane, Moby Grape and later also It’s a Beautiful Day. He talked West Coast Natural Gas into signing a contract with him but being young and stupid, they didn’t realize at the time that they had basically signed everything over to him.
They went into the studio and recorded some original tunes: A Favor, Go Run and Play, The Jumping Frog, Hashish, Water or Wine, Beyond This Place, and Two’s A Pair. In early 1968 the band broke up and went back to Seattle. Katz released a single – Go Run and Play / A Favor on his S.F. Sound label under the name West Coast Natural Gas. Later he released a compilation album - the first San Francisco Sound sampler - called “Fifth Pipe Dream”. The four songs mentioned before, Water or Wine, Hashish, Beyond This Place and Two’s A Pair were the ones recorded by WCNG and relabeled by Katz as Indian Puddin’ and Pipe. This superb release includes all the above mentioned songs, plus others from acetates.
HARD-ONS - Alfalfa Males Conform Or Die Once Summer Is Done LP (Red Lounge Rec.)You are either for or against the Hard-Ons and Red Lounge Records is 100000% for the Hard-Ons!!! This album again features some of the best Power Pop pearls of Today paired with some Grunting and Hard Core Punk songs! Don't ask me for looonnnggg descriptions..it is a Hard-Ons record..what more do you need to know to buy it???!! After all these years..still love those guys! And live...a smasher!!
http://www.myspace.com/hardonsband
ALEX CUERVO - Mein Name ist Alex Cuervo 7" (Red Lounge Rec.)Schnitzel rausbedeutsch Hex Dispensers mit der Bratwurst Solo 7" ohne non stop vollgas Kaputt! DAS BESTE!! Du wolle??? Komme in Bald!
Hallo mein Name ist Alex Curvo. I was in Blacktop, King Sound Quartet, the Now Time Delegation, a Feast of Snakes, the Gospel Swingers, This Damn Town and currently, the Hex Dispensers. If I could blink and make it so, I would already know how to play piano and cello. Tracks are: Hateface and Big Cruel Ball.
http://www.myspace.com/alexcuervo
OUTDOORSMEN - Shit Will Happen.. 10" (Red Lounge Rec.)This release "was supposed to be outr first lp but the label folded" or something like that... WHAT???????? GREAT!!! Giving Red lounge Records a chance to transform this shabby lo-fi-cheapo production into a 10" in deluxe gatefold cum-piss-bloodstain proof laminated RED LOUNGE RECORDS STYLE cover! Outdoorsmen are San Francisco's reigning kings of 'don't give a fuck' garage-punk. On this 10" here more aggressive then ever! P A R T Y !!!!! Ultra Deluxe 10" "RED LOUNGE RECORDS STYLE" Gatefold
INCREDIBLE KIDDA BAND - Too Much Too Little Too Late 2LP (Red Lounge Rec.)Red Lounge Records is proud to bring you a re-re-issue of the best POWER POP PUNK 2lp EVER!! Yes you hear me right..there is NO maybe's , NO room for runner up's, NO discussion, NO apologies!! Originally released on the marvelouse DETOUR RECORDS Label back in 2000, it sold out quickly and has since been out of print on vinyl and become a coveted collectible!!! 4 sides full of Hit after Hit recorded between 1977-81, I hate to say "all killers no fillers" so let me rephrase:All Neutron Bombs, no Fire Crackers!
Great Power pop melodies paired with true Teenage Angst Problems such as: Can I take the Car Dad? Turn the Music down or my Parents will wake up...nothing beats the Kidda Band!!!
New Artwork supervised by Graham “Kidder” Hammonds!
LP Bonustrack: She's a 50 (1977 Demo!)
Ultra Deluxe "RED LOUNGE RECORDS STYLE" Gatefold
For the History of the band check:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incredible_Kidda_Band
LA PANTHER HAPPENS - Solid Gold Buzz LP / CD (Red Lounge Rec.)With every great band having 10.00 copy cats..it's hard to find the true believers these days. But these guys..you can tell they inhaled their Memphis Sound: Harlan T Bobo, Reigning Sound, Oblivians, Jay Reatard, Boston Chinks and more. Loved it, played those records to death...yet when it came to making a record ....great sounding garage pop in the Memphis vain yet totally their own!!! Pop..amazing sounding pop!!! All the right ingrediences too: Mastered by Scott Bomar, Artwork by the Lindsay Shut....my contender for the Memphis Record of the year not out of Memphis!!! Hands down best Demo by a new Band I ever got!!!
http://www.myspace.com/lapantherhappens
JUNGLE - The 1969 Demo Album LP / CD (Red Lounge Rec.)Here´s a real surprise, the first legitimate Re-Issue of this mega rare Californian psychedelic monster.
3 Members of legendary California GARAGE PUNKERS the KNIGHT RIDERS (of "I" Fame) went on to play in Jungle. If you know the music if Jungle and ever wondered why the Album has such powerful, emotional, soulful vocals which may only can be compared to LOVE in moments ..here is why: The Knight Riders where one of the few racially integrated Garage bands and singer Butch went on to be one of the two lead singers in Jungle.
The Album is with the exception of 2 songs rather dark, which can be traced back to some of the personal, autobiographical hardships endured by the members. and as if it was forshadowing: the way the Jungle album was made, almost got a majorlabel deal and yet didn't. It is a story that could fill books, yet so sad some of it is to tough to print to this day.
You will get photos and story and most important finally some faces to this, until now unsolved riddle of American Private Press Psychedelic Records!!! This is one of the best and most sought after psychedelic gems ever recorded, with amazing and fluid heavy fuzz guitars, superb organ, drums and fantastic songwriting. Recorded in New York in 1969 while the band was living in a farm in Vermont. The original was pressed in a run of 50 demo copy´s only! No names or hints are given on the original LP but after over a decade of excrutiating search, Miguel Rodriguez, the man behind finding DARIUS, GARRETT LUND, STONEWALL and many more, finally found the band members! So here is your chance to listen to one of the great mystical Albums of the Psychedelic Private Press Collectors realm at the fraction of the cost of the original, in AMAZING sound. This gem comes in a gatefold cover with unseen pictures and full band history, released in full colaboration with the surviving Band members.
SYNTHETIC ID - Same 7" (Cut The Cord That... Rec.)There's a new best band in San Francisco. I know I say that a lot, but I mean it every time. SYNTHETIC ID play jerky and genuine jams for fans of WIPERS, THE FALL, PERE UBU and OBSERVERS. "Throwaway" is among the greatest songs I've heard in years - this three song banger is angular and deliberate, and the guitars are brilliant. Speaking of guitars, they are handled by the most understated and prolific musicians I've ever come across, who is also a contributing member of FACE THE RAIL, ECOLI, YADOKAI, and HUNTING PARTY. Mastered by Daniel from RED DONS
http://terminalescape.blogspot.com/2011/09/synthetic-id.html
NEON PISS - Same LP (Cut The Cord That... Rec.)
8 songs KILLER debut LP! San Francisco’s NEON PISS are so fukkn good. Every song reminds me of something that I can’t quite put my finger on, and still all of them sound entirely original. At different moments during my first listen, I clearly heard elements of COMPLICATIONS, NO HOPE FOR THE KIDS, JAY REATARD, WIPERS and others, but I stopped listening for references (in fact I stopped everything I was doing) and just listened. Three times in a row. This is easily the best demo I’ve stumbled across in ages (though technically it stumbled into my hands, but my point was simply that I had no preconceptions and no idea what to expect) — every second of this tape is catchy as hell and there is not a genre catch phrase to sum them up… it’s just sincere punk rock. I like sincere punk rock and I look forward to seeing NEON PISS tonight…San Franciscans do yourself a favor and go to the MRR Presents show at Balazo tonight!--MRR review about their tape!
http://neonpiss.bandcamp.com/album/neon-piss
ARSENE OBSCENE - RVB Tape (Rainy Road Rec.)He is back after the P.Trash LP, tape only LP now!! More info soon...
http://www.myspace.com/arseneobscene
EROTIC DEVICES - Debut 7" (Incognito Rec.)Great first 4-song-7" of this Berlin-based Punkrock-Band, which are a great live-band. Hot and roaring RAMONES-like Punk with the characteristic singing of Gers, who is of Peruvian origin. Arturo Bassick of LURKERS and 999 says:"the erotic devices blow me away, this multinational bunch of rock n roll punkrock maniacs have got the tunes. got the looks. got the attitude, use them now before they dominate the world." Comes with full-colored sleeve incl. the band-mascot, which was painted by Rick Veith ( "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles").
SINATRAS - Are You Ready LP (Rave Up Rec.)Rave Up records is proud to presents one of the greatest and obscure outfits of the early US punk scene…The Sinatras. Started in 1976, based in NYC, the band was quite popular at CBGB and MAX’s KANSAS CITY. In 1979 they released an amazing 7”("TEDDY CRASHES BLOND DIES / SOME OTHER BOYS") now totally impossible to find. Their sound was directly inspired from bands such NY Dolls and Heartbreakers. Pure NYC punk’n’roll sensations!!! This anthology contains 7 killer studio tracks and a bunch of ‘live’ songs, recorded from a mixer desk. Be fast to order this punk classic…this item will be ‘sold out’ in few weeks!!!
CHUZPE - Anarchy Bla Bla Bla... LP (Rave Up Rec.)Chuzpe were the first austrian punk band. Born in 1977, they were really popular in the Wien’s underground circuit. Their early tracks are a marvellous examples of europunk at the same level of Kids, Ivy Green, Panic ecc…This anthology contains all studio tracks recorded between 1977-80 (the punk years of the band). Including the tracks appeared on ‘Wiener Blutraush’ compilation and their first 7”. Absolutely a ‘must’ for every ‘old Europe’ punk fan. 12 killer tunes!!! Only 500 copies available!!!
MEOWS / NERVOUS EATERS Split 7" (No Tomorrow Rec.)moe info soon...
MEOWS - All You Can Eat LP (No Tomorrow Rec.)moe info soon...
LIBERTY MADNESS - Same LP (Kink Rec.)LIBERTY MADNESS from Mannheim, Germany deliver a debut full-length after their split 7" with the DERBY DOLLS. Yet again, you'll get fast, melodic punk tracks with a hardcore hint - melodycore was the term which used back in the days for that kind of music. So there is no wonder that LIBERTY MADNESS sounds a bit like early SATANIC SURFERS, STRIKE ANYWHERE and of course NO FX. Get on your skateboard and listen carefully to this 13 songs which connecting past and present melodic hardcore-punk perfectly!
LOST SOUNDS - Same 7" (Goner Rec.)
LOST SOUNDS' self-titled debut 7-inch is the first release from the potent team of JAY REATARD and ALICJA TROUT and was originally on the legendary Italian garage scum label Solid Sex Lovie Doll in a numbered edition of 300. The EP's got four songs of aggressive synth-punk in the tradition of The Screamers with enough raw edges to still cut deep. Remastered from the original cassette, these recordings' new power and (relative) clarity stomp all over the original 7-inch with frightening intensity.
SEX CULT - Errand Boy 7" (Goner Rec.)Featuring Chris Shaw from Achtung! fanzine, a Magic Kid, and an assortment of young Memphis musicians taking an expanded, perhaps psychedelic attack on punk rock. Without being stupid about it. They seem to have emerged fully formed and ready to take your head off.
MANATEES 7" (Goner Rec.)
more info soon...
SHARP BALLOONS - Evening News 7" (Goner Rec.)Hot new combo from Memphis featuring Zac Ives (Final Solutions, Sector Zero, Goner Records), Joe T Simpson (Rat Traps, Feelers, True Sons Of Thunder), and Heather Simpson. Joe is an excellent guitar player- he's playing drums. Heather has just recently picked up the bass and started writing songs. Zac has his own style! Brilliant, sloppy, personal punk rock about TV Reporters, contagious infections, and plates not fitting in cabinets. Really. One song from each member!
DREAM DATES - Surfer Joe 7" (Ugly Pop Rec.)
3rd and last single from the original 1979 recording. Killer pure Canadian punk rock a la Teenage Head, Users, NY Dolls, Satan's Rats etc-- limited one-time press only!
DIGITAL LEATHER - 3 Songs EP 7" (Ghost Highway Rec.)3 unreleased songs, included M.O.T.O. cover). more info soon...
MARY'S KIDS - 4 Song EP 7" (Ghost Highway Rec.)4 unreleased songs, included TEENAGE HEAD cover. more info soon...
V/A TRIBUTE TO The OBLIVIANS Vol. 4 7" (Ghost Highway Rec.)TETALLICA: "Strong Come On"
JIMENEZ LOS SANTOS: "You Fucked Me Up, You Put Me Down"
LOS PLATANOS: "Do The Milkshake"
SKIP JENSEN - “Lonesome Moon” 7" (Ghost Highway Rec.)Plus “What Have You Got” & “Jamboree”. more info soon...
V/A Tribute To The OBLIVIANS Vol. 3 7" (Ghost Highway Rec.)PANIKS: "Ride That Train"
FABULOSO COMBO ESPECTRO: "Big Black Hole"
V/A Tribute To The OBLIVIANS Vol. 5 7" (Ghost Highway Rec.)
Eureka Hot IV
Munlet
MARGARET DOLL ROD / PLUTONIUM BABY 7" (Ghost Highway Rec.)
PLUTONIUM BABY (Ex-Motorama). more info soon...
CREEPS - Lakeside Cabin LP (Black Pint / It's Alive Rec.)Lakeside Cabin is finally getting the vinyl treatment. In addition to the new format, the already excellent cover art has been improved upon with a fantastic reworked layout. Having released three albums prior to this one, Lakeside Cabin is the album in which The Creeps really broke out of the mold they had started out in and found their own sound. You can hear the transition from old to new throughout the album. While tracks such as "Bury The Bodies," "The Creeps Are A Gas" and "Long Way Home" echo the style of The Creeps' former albums, "All The Way Home" and "Baby, Hold On Tight" showcase a much more eclectic style with the addition of strings and funky bass lines. "Voices (Again And Again)" and "Palisades" also introduce new elements into the mix in the form of acoustic guitars and those absolutely perfect sparse backing vocals. Everything The Creeps released prior to Lakeside Cabin is good, but everything released after is absolutely essential. This album is a great place to start if you're just getting into The Creeps.
http://www.myspace.com/capitalcitycreeps
SONIC AVENUES - Television Youth LP (Taken By Surprise Rec.)
The European edition will be a co-release with SABOTAGE again. In the Americas our friends at DIRTNAP will handle things!
SHITTY LIMITS - Speculate/Accumulate 12" (Sorry State Rec.)We will get the limd. US-Press! In true LIMITS fashion of leaving everything to the last minute I was approached by a band member 10 days ago and handed a CD of what apparently was their swan song. Originally approached as a theme record Speculate/ Accumulate was a project of which many people heard of but no one actually heard it. Finally written in one afternoon and recorded the next one the six songs EP sounds urgent, as it should. Nothing has changed in the LIMITS camp, they are the same four kids that were bought up on a steady diet of Pebbles,ATV, THE FALL and other British weirdos of yesteryear. Don't get me wrong they still are un-together, fast by default and punk as fuck so this platter will surely please the fans and convert the stiffs.
http://www.myspace.com/ettfolkettras
U.X. VILEHEADS - Hardcore 11 LP (Sorry State Rec.)We will get the limd. US-Press! U.X. VILEHEADS is the latest in the line of great Hardcore bands coming out of Sweden and a veritable who's who of Umeå hardcore. Marcus on bass is of course known from bands like REGULATIONS, TRISTESS, INSTÄNGD and so on. Andre on drums played The VICIOUS, TRISTESS, DS-13, INVASIONEN, The LOST PATROL BAND and many more. Fredrik on the shredding guitar did not only record the record but has also played with such bands as INSURGENT KID, AMBULANCE, DÖDSDÖMD, SÄNKT and whole bunch of others. Torbjörn on vocals is a newcomer compared to the other guys but he has already cut his teeth with bands like ATTYDPROBLEM and MANBOYS. After releasing two succesful 7" on Deranged Records and Adult Crash Records it was time to release a full-lenght. The record is a 12-song attack of relentless Hardcore/Punk in the vein of OFFENDERS, RAW POWER, TOXIC REASONS and MINOR THREAT.
IDOL LIPS – Scene Repulisti LP (White Zoo Rec.)IT'S ALIVE! whitezoo 005 it's the smashing LP from the cult "born to lose" band IDOL LIPS. 10 tracks of pure desperate punk rock'n'roll. the best prepunk, glam sleazy, early NY punk rock you can imagine. if you cream in ur pants for NY Dolls, Johnny Thunders, Stooges Raw Power era, Berlin Brats and so on you can't miss it!!!
http://www.myspace.com/idollips
COLA FREAKS - Farvel b/w Car Crash 7" (Local Cross Rec.)Local Cross released this new single for the boys recent USA tour. Farvel hits the sweet spot between the bands earlier playfulness and more recent intensity. Jumpy music for twitchy people. The b-side is a cover of the Avengers "Car Crash", a long time staple of the Cola Freaks live set. 600 pressed.
BURNING ITCH - Me Myself And I one-sided 7" (Leather Bar Rec.)
One side, one song, one man. Knoxville's Ian Lawrence plays with himself on this burned out loser anthem. Burning Itch brings to mind those great early punk bands who didn't have those great early punk bands to base their sound on, and made it all up on their own. 300 pressed.
TELECOMMANDE - Same one sided 7" (Leather Bar Rec.)Two French mopo's rocking out with a drum machine, tough guitars and synthesizers. If the Ramones had been French... 300 pressed.
ANDERS THODE - Same one sided 7" (Leather Bar Rec.)more info soon...
CHINESE BURNS - Same one sided 7" (Leather Bar Rec.)
more info soon...
INSERVIBLES - Same one sided 7" (Leather Bar Rec.)
more info soon...
THE SLEAZE - Same one sided 7" (Leather Bar Rec.)
more info soon...
ENERGY - Get Split LP (Team Science Rec.)HIGHLY RECOMMENDED Houston's ENERGY are Josh and Chris from SECRET PROSTITUTES and Tom of montrose from NO TALK make up this musical enigma on their 2nd long-player. Without giving us time to enjoy our freedom Harder and faster than its predecessor, Get Split embraces the thrilling violence implied by Triplett’s razor-sharp and unrelenting guitar while doubling down on irony and alienation. The psycopath that Bates portrayed on the First Album crumbles on Get Split, talking in the loathsome half-nonsense of a junkie, while retaining the unpredictability and menace of someone whose higher brain is ruined mush. The whole album is an irresistible act of destruction and hatred, against its predecessor, its audience, the world and its own characters. It’s a pleasure to be a victim. - Daniel Mee What a KILLER of a Punkrock record, BUY OR DIE!!!
www.myspace.com/theenergyhtx
ULTIMO RESORTE - Post Mortem LP (Radikal 1977 Rec.)New issue of Resorte's 1981 demo, first released on vinyl by Tralla Records (RIP) in 1994. This early recording shows a much more KBD punk sound by this mighty catalonian punk band. Only a few songs out of the 22 tracks in the demo were released later, and those later versions sound much more hardcore. The record comes with a nice booklet with photos and newspaper clippings.
SCARE TACTIC - Same 7"My friend Dave put out a 7" by a short-lived Toronto band called SCARE TACTIC. It's Jesse (the original CAREER SUICIDE drummer) and Jonah (of CAREER SUICIDE, FUCKED UP, MAD MEN etc) and a couple other locals. Ten songs, all quick, rough blasts of '80s hardcore. Dave found some 7"es sitting in his basement so make sure to get a copy of this rare limd. 300 punk singles! Please pre-order, 1st comes 1st!!
CELLOPHANE SUCKERS - One In A Zoo LP (Beast Rec.)Rocking all around Europe since 1993, the CELLOPHANE SUCKERS did some heavy touring with acts like DIRTYS, NEW BOMB TURKS, ONYAS, EGOS, HIVES, ZEKE, HELLACOPTERS, TURBONEGRO, SONNY VINCENT, MURDER CITY DEVILS, GLUECIFER or their buddies of the MOORAT FINGERS, DUMBELL, JET BUMPERS, DIRTSHAKES. In the spring of 2010 they finished the work on new material with their singer living in exile in Berlin and recorded this new record on two weekends. Three takes max was the only rule to not destroy the potential live feeling they deliver. The result is the best SUCKERS record so far whose songs shake and sweat in every corner. Between Punkrock, 60s Groove, STOOGES and Pyschadelic this is top notch Rock of a new millenium. Comes with an ONYAS cover version.
DEAF MUTATIONS - Crash The Clubs 7" (Static Shock Rec.)After almost two years in the making, the DEAF MUATIONS 7" is finally now available to order. DEAF MUTATIONS is the brainchild of Dave Brown (also of Career Suicide) and they play violent, hardcore punk that wouldn't sound out of place on the Master Tape comp. The recordings on this 7" were originally released in late 2008 as a very limited cassette that didn't really make it out of Toronto. So needless to say, we're pretty thrilled to put this out and hopefully help this recording get the attention it deserves. At the request of the band, this is a one-time pressing of 500 copies.
Here's what Terminal Boredom had to say of the original tape:
"Furious and burning straight-Eighties styled US hardcore EP-style tapewhich would make for a better hardcore 7" A-Side than a lot of thisother bullshit wasting oil these days. Half of Career Suicide ditchingthe "nicer", more accessible punk-style leanings of that group for amore violent approach, with the always busy Jonah Falco (also thedrummer of Fucked Up for those keeping tabs) doling out guitar blazethat could remind you of just about any band on the Master Tape andDavis switching from drums to wild vox spitting. I'm sure the bassplayer and drummer are in some other bands too, but hey, I don't knoweverything. Three songs, perfectly raw recording, no bullshit moves,pedal-to-the-floor intensity throughout. "Mutation Shuffle" sounds justplain hateful and I hope they're writing "My Feces Pt.2" as I writethis. Pretty short tape though, I would've liked a few moretracks...(RK)"
Listen to 'Crash The Clubs' here: http://soundcloud.com/static-shock-records/deaf-mutations-crash-the-clubs
PINK NOISE - Gilded Flowers 12" (Pleasence Rec.)Got a message from Mark of The PINK NOISE regarding a re-issue of the album Gilded Flowers. Look for the remastered BY James Flames release of Gilded Flowers on LP which is said to sound 10 times better than the cassette or WFMU posted songs. The 1st track Shy guy beach is really good and weird and kind of hilarious. The Toad sounds like a combo of THURSTON MOORE, BECK, and The VELVET UNDERGROUND all throw together in a lo-fi science fiction hot mess. Galapagos has once of the sweetest intros of yesteryear, the floating weird guitar/microphone slide sound is pleasantly disorienting, like a quiet sonic youth.
http://www.myspace.com/thepinknoise2
BRIEFS - Singles Only - 2011 Edition LP (Rockin´ Bones Rec.)
New and improved edition! This has a new tracklist!!! For the Second time on vinyl the release of rare and out of print singles from one of the best bands of the last few years!!! Think the Boys, the Weirdos, the Dickies, the Undertones, the Forgotten Rebels and your favorite SF based punk/pop band from the early 90`s. The Briefs simply churn out a succession of two-to-three-minute gems, one after another, on and on until the 20 songs are finished and the new-found fan of the band is perfectly satisfied. Whipped Creamed punk rock sundae, please? crashes though a sound that takes The Damned, Spiral Scratch-era Buzzcocks and the better parts of about a zillion other `77-era punk acts of little importance and whips them into shape for the new millennium. The sort of band that every good punker will secretly wish he were in, The Briefs take the buzzing guitars and remind us why punk rock got huge in the first place: If done right, it`s a hell of a lot of fun to be ticked off...done in spades!
DEREK LYN PLASTIC - No Where To Hide LP (Lady Kinky Karrot / Rockin´ Bones Rec.)
Derek Lyn Plastic is the self-proclaimed "monk of Atlanta punk"! DLP is a new wave punk rock project! Derek Duncan is 100% mad musical genius! A kaleidoscope of synthesizers thrown into a wall of guitar; of projections of suicide and death directed to a prism of chaos, dispersing its way into true visions of pop music gone mad; of science formulas cut into pieces, only to exceed what has been proven today, while constantly testing the limits of punk rock's past, present, and future.
V/A BLOODY BELGIUM 7" + 24 pages book (Born Bad Rec.)Regarding BLOODY BELGIUM, It's a comp of Bruxelles punk band from 77 (the best one) the records is release for an exhibition in Belgium about the rise of punk there.... There's only 250 records and there's a 24pages booklet with paint and drawing presented by Elzo Durt and Poch ( 2 belgium artist.. elzo do most of the visual of the label) at this exhibition.
CONTINGENT: violence
MAD VIRGINS: I am a computer
X-PULSION: Schmucker (live)
CHAINSAW: WHAT GOES ON
MARK SULTAN - Australia Tour 7" (Every Night Is A Saturday Night Rec.)New Mark Sutlan 7" called Calloused Hands for Mark's recent Australian tour. It's a limited edition of 500 copies, 250 copies are red vinyl with red artwork and 250 copies are green vinyl with green artwork. Artwork is handmade silkscreened, all copies are hand numbered by me! Pre-order is welcome!
http://www.myspace.com/marksultan
CABALLO TRIPODE - Otrosi Digo LP (Holy Cobra Society Rec.)Second record from Valencia, Spain's obscure CABALLO TRIPODE, a project formed and recorded during a hiatus by LE JONATHAN REILLY members about two years ago, and now a fully-functioning band alongside LJR. Caballo Tripode's second LP is an exercise in contrasting rustic-Spanish-folk & garage rock with deliberately futuristic chaos, time issues, and other various "unexpected choices" of all shapes and colors. A home-spun psychedelic result with a wildness similar to MEERCAZ's spacey rockscapes. Here we have songs that position themselves on a garage & folky & surf backdrop only to depart right into a much deeper bag of tricks. All this while they've kept one foot down on their romantic sensibilities, regional (Valencia, Spain) vibes and good ole crunchy guitars. So it never floats off into outer space either. Like a fucked up lingering balloon getting blown around in the wind. A very unique and regional take on what "garage" & "surf" record can actually become in a post-garage and surf world that rarely attempts honest re-tooling efforts in their old shops. Really really cool!
http://www.myspace.com/caballotripode
V/A - THE ASTOUNDING FREAK PARTY : DANCE WITH THE GHOUL LP (Rigolboch Rec.)10 European bands, 10 unreleased tracks, 300 copies!
DECHE RIGHT ON BIRDS (ARE ALIVE) - (BIRDS ARE ALIVE + DECHEMAN + Eric PIFETEAU) - France
THE SWAG - France
THE ROYAL HANGMEN - Switzerland
THE JAYBIRDS - Austria
Mr MERVEILLEUX - France
BLEW-UP - France
ADOLF SEX & SES MACHINES - Belgium
THE ROYAL PREMIERS - France
THE KITCHENMEN - France
THE MAGNIFICENT BROTHERHOOD - Germany
MANTELS - Raspberry Thighs 7" (SDZ Rec.)Following a splendid LP on Siltbreeze, a handful of singles and a great EP on Mexican Summer last year, San Francisco's The MANTELS unveil their european debut single with two fantastic new songs. There's a hard-to-described, dark, poetic beauty in this band's music. The more so as this is mixed with cheerful north-californian brightness and the stunning intensity and energy of The FEELIES, The CLEAN or DREAM SYNDICATE. The band is touring the U.K in March 2011.
http://www.myspace.com/mantles
LIMINANAS - AF3458 7" (SDZ Rec.)After 2 singles and a LP on the great U.S labels Hozac and Trouble In Mind in 2010, Perpignan's The LIMINANAS make their french debut with the "AF354" single on SDZ Rec. They continue to please us with their own blend of 21st century pop music, somewhere between the delicious deviant sounds of 60s psychedelic ye-ye, garage-fuzz heroes of the Back from the Grave compilations, The Velvet Underground or the outsiders world of catalonian artist Pascal Comelade. 2 more hits from one of the best current french bands!!!
http://www.myspace.com/theliminanas
V/A TARTARE DE SUBCONSCIENT INFINI Tape (SDZ / Crudites Tapes Rec.)First release of sdz's new sub-label "Crudites Tapes". To celebrate the release of Crudites Magazine's fifth issue comes this limited edition (150 copies) tape compilation with 18 tracks from 18 different bands. This includes current or past side-projects from bands like BOSOM DIVINE, PIERRE & BASTIEN, CHEVEU or HULKS. We truly hope you'll have as much fun listening to this as we had preparing the whole thing!
PLASTOBETON - Same 7" (SDZ Rec.)Brand new release. Post-industrial art-punk from Metz, France in the vein of early METAL URBAIN with hints of DAF and US MAPLE. Includes members of AH KRAKEN, FEELING OF LOVE, THE ANALS and THE DREAMS. 3 Songs in french, one in english.
http://www.myspace.com/plastobeton
REBEL, THE - Exciting New Venue... 7" (SDZ Rec.)Great record from the twisted mind of Country Teasers singer and lyricist BEN WALLERS. Think THE FALL, CALVIN JOHNSON, "Songs in the key of Z" comp, etc. 4 songs.
http://www.myspace.com/pleasebanmusic
MONGREL ZINE #9 + VOL. 9 CD COMP (Mongrel)After a shitty summer, we’re finally back with a new flipzine… just in time for a cold snowy winter! In this one, Bob goes to Calgary’s SLED ISLAND FESTIVAL and hangs out with HELL SHOVEL (Jeff from Demon’s Claws, Dale from Chocolat, and Bloodshot Bill), our Indian Wars friend and cover model Fraser hips us to poster artist BEN LYON, GIGI FRENCH/GISELLE NUMBA ONE schools us on white magic and Red Mass, TOPLESS MONGOS draw us a NÜ SENSAE comic interview, and tonnes more including TY SEGALL, PAT METEOR, PERSIAN CLAWS, JOHANNAH JØRGENSEN, THE GRANNY SMITHS, KIRK SPECIAL, BLUE SUNSHINE PSYCHOTRONIC FILM CENTRE, AND STORYTIME WITH JEFF CLARKE!
Plus CD VOL. 9 **, a 26 song CD COMP that kicks off with all the best Vancouver garage bands: SHIMMERING STARS, RICHARD CATWRANGLEUR, INDIAN WARS, THE SPREADS, BABES ON THE BEACH, YUNG MUMS, and THE GRANNY SMITHS. Plus RED MASS, HELL SHOVEL, and more.
MOVIE STAR JUNKIES - Under the Marble Faun 7" (Rococo Rec.) 5,90 EURTales of ordinary madness, dirty love, illness and sorrow continues and brings us down to the deepest and darkest side of Rock n Roll. The A-Side is called “Under the Marble Faun” A Noisy and gloomy tune, some altered visions from the holy inquisition to WILLIAM BLAKE. The B-Side is called "Satan" and is exclusive to the release. Listening to the Movie Star Junkies is not a feel-good dance on a three-day weekend. It's a booze-soaked fuck with a bad girl that could end in the murder of either of you. And you like it. They toured Europe several times and came back from a successful U.S. tour where they shared stages with some of the best bands around, like the Oh Sees, The Lamps, Blank Dogs and Demon’s Claws. If this band were from America and not Italy, Jack White's label would have them.
V/A CHICAGO VS METZ LP (Rococo Rec.)
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!! Features The Feeling of Love, The Anals, Plastobeton, A.H. Kraken. Thee Verduns, Love is OK, Funk Police, Cococoma, Radar Eyes, Daily Void, Empty Heads, Tyler Jon Tyler, Mac Blackout and Maximum Wage.
SHIVA AND THE DEADMEN - (Nasty Production Rec.)SHIVA AND THE DEADMEN a young fresh psyché band from south of france...Johan, Bastien (member of JACK OF HEART), Paulo, & Dennis (came from Hambourg) are 4 mates who share the same house, the same love of music and the same taste to go on tour every time it's possible... 2 songs: 'Days in a cave' a psychedelic country ballad & 'cold and stoned' a garage rock tendance pretty young! Think LEE HAZLEWOOD meets OBLIVIANS or BLACK LIPS!!!
http://www.myspace.com/shivaandthedeadmen
PRIMITIVE CALCULATORS / SLUG GUTS - Pumping Ugly Muscle Split 7" (Sweet Rot Rec.)
Sweet Rot is thrilled to present a split 7” by legendary Australian noise merchants Primitive Calculators and Brisbane, Australia’s swamp gang Slug Guts. This record features three previously unreleased versions of the Primitive Calculators quasi single/hit "Ugly Pumping Muscle". You get a devastating version recorded by Primitive Calculators in 1979 in the practice room of the band’s home in Fitzroy, Melbourne. As well as this, they contribute an equally fierce and driving live version recorded in 2009 following their memorable reunion at All Tomorrow’s Parties in Melbourne. Not to be outdone, Slug Guts (2nd LP coming soon on Sacred Bones) darkly interpret ‘Ugly Pumping Muscle’ and give it their own unique twist. For fans of Screamers, Suicide, DFA, etc.
http://www.myspace.com/primitivecalculatorschapter
http://www.myspace.com/slugslugguts
CIRCLE PIT - Sewercide b/w Roll With the Punches 7" (Sweet Rot Rec.)
Australia’s Circle Pit return with a new single after their debut long player “Bruise Constellation” on Siltbreeze Records. “Sewercide” and the b-side “Roll With The Punches” are more in the heavy glam/proto-punk tradition of their first 7” and is a taste of what’s to come from their forthcoming LP “Wassup”. Recorded by Mark Nelson (The Stabs) at 3CR Studios, with mastering duties and additional Gary Glitter hand-claps by Owen Penglis (Straight Arrows). Co-released by Canada’s Sweet Rot and Australia’s R.I.P Society Records for the band's recent US tour as a one off pressing.
http://www.myspace.com/circlepit
CULTUS SABBATI - The Garden of Forking Ways 12" (Rococo Rec.)Black magick and music have a long history, one that predates our modern era of music cultures and subcultures. Centuries ago it was the music of those witches orgies, midnight sabbats and 'primitive' ceremonies that were feared by the pious churchgoers and their clergy owners. In Cultus Sabbati ritual is once more joined to the making of music. Amplifiers become the cauldrons for these modern men of the cunning arts. Burning bright they sacrifice themselves on the sonic altar. This special release of the Garden of Forking Ways, with blood red vinyl, 4 color black and white silk-screened jackets and including the extremely rare "Ritual of the Salamander" as a cardstock insert is being issued in a limited edition of 333 copies.
DISPARO / DEMENZIA KOLEKTIVA Split 7" (Trabuc Rec.)3 songs each band. 500 copies. DISPARO are back after their debut release EP and a european tour in October and DEMENZIA KOLECTIVA is a new band formed by some Vienna usual suspects busy with other bands like RUIDOSA INMUNDICIA and SOTATILA. Raw, melancholic punk on both sides!
http://www.myspace.com/losdisparo
http://www.myspace.com/demenziakolektiva
DESKONOCIDOS - En La Oscuridad LP (Trabuc Rec.)On this LP you’ll find a darker approach to punk than in their previous releases, driving melodies and more elaborated songs. Definetly there’re some Post-punk and Death-rock influences here. Paralisis Permanente cover included.
http://www.myspace.com/deskonocidos
HELL DIVISION - La Solución Final 7" (Trabuc Rec.)This is the debut release of this japanese influence heavy crust band from Basque Country. 4 tracks of relentless attack, thick guitar sounds, hammeringdrums and mean vocals.
http://www.myspace.com/lasolucionfinal
KING LEE & QUINTRON - Tire Shop 7" (Goner Rec.)New Orlean's tire-shop vet's collaboration with QUINTRON. Drum-machine/echo-organ jam with samples from NOLA's legendary St. Claude Tire Shop.
BOULEVARD BEAT - Late Nights, Dim Lights & Love Songs 7" (No Front Teeth Rec.)more info soon...
SOMETHING FIERCE - New 7" (Narschardaa Rec.)
Wow, finally the new 7" with two brand new songs from our favourite pop punk band from Houston. Guess we were not the only ones feeling nothing but summer while spinning their album for DIRTNAP. Who ever loves bands like MARKED MEN and BUZZCOCKS or UNDERTONES will discover his/her new faviroute band. not doubt about it. early next year they finally will tour europe and a new album for Dirtnap will be out soon. great news.
http://www.myspace.com/somethingfiercehouston
MARY'S KIDS - LP (One78 Music Rec.)The Oslo punk rock outft MENSEN called it quits sometime in 2004, after having toured Europe countless times, released 2 albums and severa 7" EP's. Singer/guitarist Mary Currie started MARY'S KIDS after moving to Sweden in 2005. In 2007 Bootleg Booze Records released the band's frst 7" EP which featured the first short lived line up of Stian (guitar), Markus (bass) - both from MENSEN - and Mags (drums) from the WONDERFOOLS. Mary then recruited drummer Jonas (HENRY FIAT'S OPEN SORE), guitarist Mårten (AUDIONOM) and bassist Pelle (VECTORS, AUDIONOM) and got to work on a full length album. Halfway through the recording Jonas and Mårten was replaced by Topi The Kat (SONS OF CYRUS) and Hannes (DON'T CARES) respectively. The self titled frst album is now out on Flotation Records in the US. One78 Music in Germany did the Vinylversion this summer. The perfect fodder for fan of HANNA HIRSCH, MASSHYSTERI and VICIOUS!!!
http://www.myspace.com/maryskidsmusic
NO ESCAPE - Ep 7" (Trabuc Rec.)more info soon...
http://www.myspace.com/generationtrap
DEFENDERS - Animal Eyes 7" (17 Television Rec.)Europe distributed by P.Trash Records!!!
A long Lost early 80’s LA punk band. A recording from 1982 being released for the first time in 2010! The singer Paul Maurer is the father of Justin Maurer from CLOROX GIRLS and the cousin of John Maurer from SOCIAL DISTORTION. Classic early 80’s southern California punk with a raw garage sound and very pronounced theatrical vocals. CLOROX GIRLS covered ‘Animal Eyes’ on the B side of their out of print ‘This Dimension’ 7”.
KILLED BY HUMAN RIGHTS LP (Burka For Everybody Rec.)
Compilation of old punk demos, unreleased songs etc ... confirmed bands: SNUFFLIX (post-Toxin III) / SKIJT LARS from Norway ...
http://www.myspace.com/snufflix
BERNAYS PROPAGANDA - Happiness Machines LP (Prügelprinz Rec.)This Macedonian band could be shortly described as danceable post-punk band, with charming and attractive female vocals. Influenced by the sounds of bands like GANG OF FOUR, FUGAZI, SLITS, and even GOSSIP. Their perfectly produced 10 songs on this LP have everything you can expect from such a record: scratchy funky guitars, thick grooving bass-lines, enthusiastic vocals, and all that in an energeti-cally rocking way. But what this band puts apart from many post-punk revivalists and imitators, is having an attitude and socio-political ideas as well, which is reflected in their lyrics (sung in macedonian, but english translations on lyricsheet), as well as in the 16-page booklet featuring essays about violence in human society written by singer Kristina.
BERNAYS PROPAGANDA - My Personal Holiday LP (Prügelprinz Rec.)POST-PUNK. New album from Macedonian political new wavey post-punks BERNAYS PROPAGANDA, entitled "my personal holiday". BERNAYS PROPAGANDA praise the postulates and attributes which many post-punk and new-wave revivalists have forgotten. With their best intentions they mantain the ideas and attitudes of a long line of bands such as GANG OF FOUR, SLITS, FUGAZI, SUBMISSION HOLD, !!!, GOSSIP... Their danceable punk doesn't try to escape reality, but also refuses to accept status quo. BERNAYS PROPAGANDA don't want escapist entertainment - they're utopistically but honestly fighting for a better world.
CLOROX GIRLS - New 7" (Taken By Surprise Rec.)
more info soon...
ROUGH KIDS - New 7" (Taken By Surprise Rec.)
It's not RAW it's ROUGH! Follow-up 7" to their self released debut EP and their split 7" with frenchies IRRITONES. This band is from Los Angeles and they take cues from the classic DANGERHOUSE RECORDS style of the early days of punkrock in their hometown while also adding elements of 1977 UK punk though still keeping it fre sh and new sounding. Dig in and enjoy!
www.myspace.com/roughkids
CABALLO TRÍPODE - Horror Vacui LP (Tick Tack Totally / Holy Cobra Society Rec.)Since the number of songs included (eight) the way they are produced can not be said that the trio of Gandia (Valencia) have sinned supefluos accumulation or fruit elements of caprice. By contrast, his eclectic lo-fi rock, reminiscent garageras and unbiased, demonstrates a point between Derribos Arias ( "Bom Pack" might be the current corresponding "gills under water"), the cosmic surf ( "Surf the tsunami) and the freest conception of TELEVISION PERSONALITIES pop or BLACK LIPS. Great!!! "Horror vacui" is used in art criticism to describe the filling, with any design or image, the empty space in a play. Unlike their improbable pictorial models, the first album of unclassifiable Horse Tripod, emerged from the ashes of Le Jonathan Reilly, released in Spain and the United States and mastered by Bob Weston (SHELLAC), contains no filler whatsoever.
CRAWLERS – I Hate Michael Vick 7" (No Front Teeth Rec.)Hell yeah, NFT is super-proud to be releasing the European version of this killer, killer 7”. It was about time we put out another hardcore record!! Old school hardcore punk from Portland. No bullshit, no dicking around, just fast, raw, straightforward and old fashioned hardcore as it should be. Absolutely necessary.
RED MASS - SAME 12" (Semprini Rec.)Semprini Records is glad to announce the latest project from Choyce (ex CPC GANGBANGS, LES SEXAREENOS etc)! We know you're already familiar with RED MASS. Their self-titled mini album has seven pysch-pop-garage punk tunes on it and the vinyl version will be out in January 2010.