13TH CHIME. Lost Album (Sacred Bones) 16.50 EUR. Earlier this year Sacred Bones released the singles collection from 13TH CHIME, which collected the scant few recordings released during their brief lifetime as well as a handful of heretofore unheard demos and alternate recordings. With their blend of dark driving aggression and sparse arrangements for a brief moment in time the band seemed poised to breakout of the day to day of slogging it out in clubs and onto the international radar but through a series of mishaps ended up a footnote and dissolving into obscurity. In the liner notes which told of the 13th Chime's formation and brief ascent as deathrock contenders it was noted that there was a number of recordings that were intended for a full-length release and were subsequently shelved at the 11th hour due to record company politics. Sacred Bones Records is now proud to bring to light the long lost LP. After languishing in the vaults for several decades the 13th Chime full-length finally sees the light of day.

13TH CHIME. Singles 1981-1983 (Sacred Bones) 16.50 EUR. Sacred Bones Records is proud to announce the release of the 13TH CHIME singles collection. Long sought after by collectors, the UK band only released a scant three singles in their time together before dissolving into obscurity. Their sound--a merging of deathrock’s dark driving aggression and post-punk’s sparse arrangements--reflected the realities of life in a small market town in the desolate political landscape of early ‘80s Britain. 13th Chime formed from the ashes of ANTICX, a punk group of some local regard that included members Mick Hand, Gary O’Connor, and Ricky Cook. Following the death of bassist Steven Woodgate--a cataclysmic event that sent the band spinning on a trajectory that would eventually dissolve Anticx--13th Chime emerged, with occult imagery, a stark all-black leather look, and a noticeably darker sound. In cooperation with the band members, Sacred Bones has collected 13th Chime’s three singles plus rare never before heard demo recordings of “Tinker Man,” “Radio Man,” and “13th Victim.” Detailed liner notes by Clive O’Grady tell the entire story--from schoolmates in the Suffolk town of Haverhill to tours with The Enid, Theater of Hate, support slots with The Adicts and Dead Kennedys, and an inevitable breakup, making friends and fans out of John Peel and The Groundhogs’ Tony McPhee along the way.

A-FRAMES. 333 3xLP (S-S Records) 31.50 EUR. BACK IN STOCK!! For S.S. Records fiftieth release we are very, very, very proud to announce the A-FRAMES 333 triple album. Back in 2000, when SS, Sr. first saw the A Frames, he knew he had to start a new record label to release their stuff. And with the help of SS, Jr., that is what he did. From the Plastica 45 to two critically acclaimed full lengths and a couple more 45s, the A Frames/S.S. relationship remained so solid that when the A Frames jumped to Sub Pop records, the S.S. production team of CHRIS WOODHOUSE and SCOTT SORIANO went along for the ride. So now, after years of talk, SS and the A-Frames have gathered their singles and EPs together with a whole bunch of demo recordings, outtakes, and unreleased tracks for a forty-two song, triple album set.

AGENT ORANGE. Living In Darkness (Drastic Plastic) 14.50 EUR. “We here at Drastic boldly assert that Living In Darkness is the greatest skate-punk record of all time. Certainly one of the three most important hardcore records for the burgeoning skate scene in the early eighties (JFA’s Valley of the Yakes and Minor Threat’s Out Of Step being the other two). Living In Darkness also happens to be the best example of the marriage between hardcore-punk and surf music. Originally released in 1981, this album, unlike many of the other records we print, has consistently been in print on CD and has influenced countless music fans, musicians, and skate fans since its debut. What hasn’t been available, however, is a faithful reproduction of the original vinyl release, which we now proudly offer with its original power intact. Always relevant, this record is one of the cornerstones of any punk collection.” Limited edition of 1,000 copies pressed on orange vinyl.

AMSTERDAMNED. S/T (Gummopunx) 12.00 EUR. 31 Song LP of this old dutch Punk/Hardcore band from the 80s. Unreleased "Paradiso" 1982 soundboard live recordings and practise room songs. Limited edition of 350 copies in black vinyl!

ANIMALS AND MEN. Never Bought Never Sold (Mississippi) 13.00 EUR. Animals and Men - named after a song by Adam and the Ants - started life around the winter of 78/9 when Susan Wells took over vocal duties in what was a three piece called Psychotic Reaction. Based in Frome Somerset their first release 'Don't Misbehave in the New Age' (1980) was an indie hit. When the band split in 81 Susan and Ralph formed the Terraplanes. A & M/Terraplanes released three vinyl 45s. A few years ago demos by the band surfaced on the Messthetics/Hyped 2 Death label. Recently the band have reformed and performed the odd gig and are releasing an ep of new songs soon on Convulsive Records. Mississippi Records is proud to be the first to release an entire LP containing the 3 45's and early demos, all recorded between 1979-83. For fans of early UK DIY.  

ARCTIC FLOWERS. Reveries (Inimical Records) 13.50 EUR. One of the most well known of Portland's fertile post punk influenced scene, ARCTIC FLOWERS follows up their well received debut EP and split with Spectres. Their sound builds on the foundation of UK anarchopunk meeting their previous work with such bands as Signal Lost and The Observers. This 12-inch has eight songs leaning more towards the hardcore end of the spectrum while throwing in the occasional Mob influenced bit of melodic punk. 110 copies for mailorder on blue vinyl, 200 on white and 205 on black vinyl. Edition of 515 copies.

ARTIFICIAL PEACE. Complete Session Nov ’81 (Dischord) 12.50 EUR. “ARTIFICIAL PEACE lasted barely a year, but in that short time managed to become a leading band in the early DC hardcorepunk scene. PETE MURRAY had played in the short-lived RED C while MIKE MANOS, ROB MOSS and STEVE POLCARI were in a band called ASSAULT & BATTERY. Towards the end of 1981 they formed A.P. and began playing around town. They were tight, fast, and aggressive, prerequisites for most of the DC bands of the time, but also had a unique sound and surprisingly catchy songs. I loved the band and offered to record them at Inner Ear Studios. In November 1981 the studio was still a 4-track in the basement of DON ZIENTARA’s family house. The ‘live’ room was actually his children’s playroom, and the mixing desk and tape machine were set up next to the furnace in what could be described as spacious closet. A.P. knocked out their 17 songs in almost no time. I think we recorded, mixed, and sequenced the tape in two or three days and were very happy with the results. There may have been some discussion about putting a few of these songs on a 7” EP, but at that time all of the label’s resources had been put into releasing Flex Your Head, our first full-length album. FYH was a compilation documenting the DC punk scene and since A.P were one of the great young bands coming up at that time, we included three songs from their session. There never was an opportunity to do anything with the other 14 songs as Dischord was poor and, like many of the bands in DC at that time, A.P. was not long for this world. However, before breaking up in the latter half of 1982, A.P. recorded again at CAB studios in Rockville, MD and released those recordings on a split 7” (w/The Exiled). This was the fi rst release on the Fountain of Youth label. After A.P. disbanded, Pete, Steve, and Mike started playing with KENNY INOUYE and ANDRE LEE to form MARGINAL MAN.
That band would release a 12” on Dischord as well as two full-lengths on Gasatanka and Giant respectively and continued playing for seven years. While working on the Dischord Archives, we came across the Artificial Peace November 81 session and decided that the tape should be finally and properly released in its entirety. Artificial Peace may well be an obscure band, but their effect on the DC scene was signifi cant and played a sure role in the evolution of the music.”—Ian MacKaye, 2010

AUTISTIC YOUTH. Idle Minds (Dirtnap/Black Water) 14.00 EUR. Long awaited second album from hardworking PDX youngsters, following up their classic Landmine Beach LP, as well as singles on Black Water, Rock Bottom, Taken By Surprise, and more. Driving, melodic punk / hardcore (but NOT "melodic hardcore" if ya get the distinction) with dark, swirling undercurrents. Catchy but not at all vapid. Sounding like a cross between Portland, Southern California, and Copenhagen, you could compare this to bands like Observers / Red Dons, No Hope For The Kids, Articles Of Faith, Reagan Youth, The Wipers, Adolecscents, etc.  

AUTISTIC YOUTH. Landmine Beach (Sabotage) 12.50 EUR. Hailing from Portland, Oregon these 4 youngsters are influenced heavily by classic 80's bands like the WIPERS or ADOLESCENTS but also more recent outifts like THE OBSERVERS or THE EXPLODING HEARTS. On this LP they deliver 11 songs of anthemic and heartfelt punkrock that will make you dance dance dance! Comes in a silkscreened cover.

B-LINES. S/T (Deranged/Nominal) 13.00 EUR. B-LINES follow-up their (temporarily) sold out, six song, debut 7-inch with nine more short, sharp odes to awkwardness, alienation, and their hometown of Vancouver. Manic vocals atop perfectly simple and tuneful songs played with a frenzy that lands them in the sweet spot between hardcore and pop-punk. In keeping with their belief that LPs are for prog rock, it's all said and done before you'll have time to conceptualize your next snack. Initial pressing of 500 copies. Includes 8.5"x5" zine of lyrics and art, plus digital download.

BABY SHAKES. First One (Douchemaster) 12.50 EUR. Since the Spring of 2006, New York’s Baby Shakes have released two singles and one ten-inch. All of which are now out of print. Each new record proved much better than the one before, and now we’re ready to lay it all out there in the form of their first full length with complete confidence that this record follows the same trend. The First One is the title, and it contains ten songs with licks as good as the looks. The Baby Shakes haven’t parted with the pop sensibility that was the backbone of their previous releases, but they have successfully figured out to incorporate the influences of all those glam records littering up their tiny New York apartments. The album has a few quick poppy tunes, but the majority of the record feels like Slade wrote a bunch of songs for the Shivvers. And that’s a good thing! The First One also features remarkable production (and drumming) from Mr. Dave Rahn of The Carbonas and Gentleman Jesse.

BÄDDAT FÖR TRUBBEL. Det Här Är Inte New York (Punks Only) 13.50 EUR. Review From MRR Web: As a punk record aficionado, there are few things more exciting than finding a great record by an outta-nowhere new band. This is that sort of record…only better. In terms of international punk rock, I haven’t been this wowed by a debut since EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING dropped their first A-bomb. Got your attention yet? Though Sweden’s BFT shares little in terms of sound with ECSR, they share that same brand of confidence and pitch-perfect execution in what they do. And what is that, you ask? Well, imagine pairing a classic Euro Killed By Death sound (sung in Swedish, no less) with a lean toward pub rock and the amphetamine-fueled R&B that dominated the UK in the mid-’70s. While that might spell trouble for anyone unwilling to look past, I dunno, MASSHYSTERI for their Euro-punk fix, this amounts to nothing short of a fucking lightning bolt to the rest of us! It’s refreshing to hear a band mining the sounds of the initial punk era but shrugging off the pose and fashion-aping, opting instead for legit soul and passion. No easy feat, my friends. There’s not a single fucking dud among the fifteen tunes here, so singling any cuts out is a challenge. Check out the frantic “Fan Ta Dig” and the powerful, anthemic heart breaker “Jag Har Ingenting” for the purest, most effective distillation of this band’s many strengths. I have not-so-silently been singing this band’s praises since I first encountered them in late 2010 and, thankfully, a scant few copies of this LP have finally landed stateside. If you have any interest at all in hearing a neo-classic punk rock album, I implore you to check this LP out. Seriously…find this NOW. An absolutely perfect, jaw-dropping record.

BAD SPORT. Kings Of The Weekend (Dirtnap) 14.00 EUR. BAD SPORTS were formed in 2007 in Denton, Texas by ORVILLE NEELEY, DANIEL FRIED and GREGORY RUTHERFORD, who came from a variety of different bands in the North Texas area. Their debut self titled full length was released in late 2009 on Douchemaster Records following a string of singles, and showed the band's songwriting mature into a more refined pop territory without losing their edge. The group's energetic live shows (inclduing a show-stopping performance at Dirtnap Records' 2011 SXSW Showcase) have won over audiences across the US, as well as helped gain them notoriety as one of the best live acts in the nation. Prolific to a fault, Bad Sports members currently also play in the HIGH TENSION WIRES, OBN IIIs, the live incarnation of MIND SPIDERS, WICCANS, VIDEO and many more. Kings Of The Weekend, the band's debut for Dirtnap Records, picks up right where the last one left off, showing a penchant for highly developed pop songwriting skills mixed with the speedy garage punk/pop sound of their first LP. A great recording by MARK RYAN of The Mind Spiders/Marked Men fame really compliments the band's sound, making this one of our absolute faves of 2011, as well as the 4th LP in a row Dirtnap has released by Texas bands.

BALACLAVAS. Roman Holiday (Dull Knife) 13.00 EUR. Roman Holiday is the debut LP from Houston, Texas’ BALACLAVAS, following two 12-inch EP releases on the Phonographic Arts and Dull Knife labels. Roman Holiday is the group’s finest recording to date, and showcases their diverse and unique sound. While the band makes nods to the dub punk of Public Image Ltd., the rhythms of Can, and the coldness of Killing Joke, they are able to keep things wholly unique and create an original, highly melodic sound. The band makes an awfully big sound for a 3-piece, supplementing their traditional rock setup with electronic drums and synthesizers.

BANQUE ALLEMANDE. Eins, Zwei (S-S Records) 13.50 EUR. “While Berlin. Germany isn’t exactly ‘nowhere’, the amount of attention garnered by BANQUE ALLEMANDE since their inception in 2005 they might as well be from Quedlinberg. When I stumbled on them and was blown away by their songs, I started to wonder ‘What the fuck is wrong with you people?’ Actually nothing: Banque Allemande (also known as dbZwoVier) have spent the last 5 years avoiding Berlin’s rock scene, chosing to play subway cars, a hamburger grill, and the like. They recorded a couple albums worth of fantastic songs, but never spread them around. What was posted on myspace got lost in the flood of bands there. They lurk in the shadows no longer. Banque Allemande has a relentlessness that reminds me of the Gordons and Rema Rema, the thuggish charm of Feedtime, and some 1-2-3-4 yucks of ‘i dunno, name some late 70s euro punk outfit’—but that’s me hearing them. Their background is in the bands DISCOUNTER, TRUMPF AS, and MOSER INDIAN. Their ears are attuned to the hammering beats of Boys Noize. Or as they describe their sound: minimalistic, cut-down songstructures—yes please. rough sounds, straight beats—yes please. if what comes out is called ‘punk’—whatthefuck.” Edition of 500 copies.

BARE WIRES. Seeking Love (Castle Face) 13.00 EUR. Amplifying the pared down “smooth punk” of their 2009 debut LP Artificial Clouds, BARE WIRES nods to the bubblegum chomping, power pop stompers of ‘70s glam rock with their sophomore album Seeking Love. What started as the side project of MATTHEW MELTON and ALICJA TROUT in Memphis has now solidified as a three-piece based out of Oakland, CA with Melton, drummer NATHAN PRICE and bassist FLETCHER JOHNSON. Released on BRIAN LEE HUGHES & JOHN DWYER’s (THEE OH SEES) Castle Face imprint, the ten songs on Seeking Love boast handclap heavy, stadium-ready production reminiscent of early ‘70s glam rockers Gary Glitter and Slade, while still speaking to the sincerity and authenticity that has become Melton’s songwriting trademark. 

BARRERACUDAS. Nocturnal Missions (Douchemaster) 13.00 EUR. Somewhere between The Heartbreakers (Petty) and The Heartbreakers (Thunders), Atlanta five-piece The Barreracudas find a shallow well of inspiration just deep enough to produce one of the biggest foot-tappers of the year.  Nocturnal Missions blends elements of dirty ’70s glam and the radio-friendliness of Dwight Twilley and Phil Seymour. The Barreracudas’ sound shouldn’t come as a great surprise as most of these guys have been playing with Gentleman Jesse and His Men for the past couple of years. There’s no Pulitzer-worthy poetry in the lyrics, but the hooks in these songs are more infectious than encephalitis. It’s even got a sweet cover of Cheap Trick’s “Come On, Come On.”

BASEBALL FURIES. Throw Them To The Lions (Big Neck) 12.00 EUR. Buffalo’s sons and now Chicago’s own BASEBALL FURIES have finally finished their fourth and last record. The Baseball Furies have taken a perpetual hiatus. ODIE has moved to New York City, recorded a master work of a solo project called the VILENT LOVERS CLUB, JIMMY HOLLYWOOD went on to start the TYRADES, closed them down, started WHITE SAVAGE, and then went on to his new band A/V MURDER. A-RON has been in several bands and finally just finished touring with LOVER. Same with MATT BILLIAMS. The new record has ten tracks of pure Furies nihilism. You can hear the progression of the Baseball Furies over the years and it culminates in a record well deserving of their reputation. Each LP of ‘Throw Them To The Lions’ contains a Fizzkicks.com download card.

BELGRADO. S/T (Discos Enfermos) 9.00 EUR. Debut de esta banda afincada en barcelona con componentes venezolanos, polaca y catalan viniendo de diferentes bandas de punk y hardcore y con la idea bien clara de hacer una banda con un sonido algo diferente. Este lp es una mezcla del sonido (post)punk mas clasico como joy division o killing joke pero con mas agresividad y crudeza, mezclado con los sonidos mas (A)punks a lo crass. Voz femenina al frente dandole un toque bastante especial. 10 temas presentados en vinilo blanco con carpeta de 350gr e interior impreso con el inserto en 280gr, todo impreso en el reverso.

BEN BLACKWELL. I Remember When All This Was Trees (Cass) 16.00 EUR. The debut solo LP by the DIRTBOMBS drummer was written, performed and recorded entirely by himself. The album focuses on BEN BLACKWELL’s hometown of Detroit, through his own personal and historic references. From psychedelic folk of "The Sainthood of Father Solanus Casey" to the Bo Diddley-esque garage rock of "I Can't See Through Plywood Windows" or the atonal white noise of "Gordon Newton, 1970" each is independent of the others by genre, but ultimately connected through the subject matter of the city of Detroit. LP pressed on 180-gram vinyl and comes with a free digital download.

BETTER BEATLES. Mercy Beat (Hook Or Crook) 12.00 EUR. The first reissue of the songs from the rare 1982 “Penny Lane/I’m Down” 7-inch from Omaha, Nebraska’s BETTER BEATLES, along with eight previously unreleased songs. Unlike their DIY brethren in the punk scene, the BETTER BEATLES sported no originals--just savagely wacked, de-tuned, deadpan readings of Beatles material in a manner no one save the Residents could’ve imagined in 1980. The songs are dark, primitive, analog synth-driven and at times transcendent. The single was a John Peel favorite and was played often by him years after its initial release. For fans of early-’80s minimal synth wave. 

BIG BALLS & THE GREAT WHITE IDIOT. Foolish Guys (Vince Lombardy High School) 13.00 EUR. BIG BALLS AND THE GREAT WHITE IDIOT was one of the first and best known German punk rock bands. They were founded in Hamburg in 1975 by Wolfgang "Wolle" Lorenz (guitar), "Baron Adolf Kaiser" (vocals), and the Grund brothers Peter (drums, vocals), Alfred (bass, vocals) and Atli (guitar).
"Baron Adolf" provoked the audience by wearing a Nazi uniform and a black moustache as an expression of anarchy. Performances on stage were highly aggressive; the band was known to shout at the audience to go home. Punk news magazine called the sound "mean and ugly."
The first album was released in 1977 by Teldec, named Big Balls. Among the 17 songs were a cover version of the SEX PISTOLS' "Anarchy in the UK", in this case "Anarchy in Germany," and another of VELVET UNDERGROUND. In 1978 the second album Foolish Guys followed. This is a reissue of their fantastic second LP 1978.

BITTERS. East General (Mexican Summer) 16.50 EUR. THE BITTERS are AERIN FOGEL and BEN COOK (FUCKED UP, YOUNG GOVERNOR). Formed in the east end of Toronto, The Bitters write and record their self-proclaimed Cave Pop from their studio, an artistic cooperative shared with Toronto’s most creative musicians. Their debut 12-inch EP, Wooden Glove, was released last spring on Captured Tracks and sold out shortly after, having been instantly well-received among tough critics and keen listeners alike. The band is a result of Cook and Fogel’s prolific efforts and their ability to construct songs ranging from ‘50s melodies atop dark post-punk instrumentals, to ‘90s throwback alternative and grunge, which stems from their unique dynamic as friends and partners. Their collaborative work appears live with the help of drummer JONAH FALCO (Fucked Up) and a rotation of starry guest bassists.   

BITTERS. Have A Nap Hotel 12” (Sacred Bones) 13.50 EUR. Hot on the heels of their debut Mexican Summer long-player, THE BITTERS, consisting of AERIN FOGEL and the ever-prolific BEN COOK (ROOMMATES, YOUNG GOVERNOR, FUCKED UP), bring us their Have a Nap Hotel EP. This Toronto-based duo have built a name for themselves forging their self-coined “cave pop” genre, which merges elements of ‘50s melodies and dark post-punk instrumentals with just a hint of flannel. Their debut 12-inch EP Wooden Glove, was released last spring on Captured Tracks and sold out shortly after, having been instantly well-received among tough critics and keen listeners alike. Cook’s jangly guitars stay back in the cut and let Fogel’s vocals (and the occasional fuzzy lead, saxophone, synth line, and handclap) wash over the tunes. Their collaborative work appears live with the help of drummer JONAH FALCO (Fucked Up, CAREER SUICIDE) and a rotation of starry guest bassists. Though live shows have been scarce, owing to the members’ involvement with a number of other disparate projects, the band made their live debut a short time ago and found time to play the Sacred Bones label showcase at SXSW. 

BITTERS. Wooden Glove 12” (Captured Tracks) 13.00 EUR. A 12-inch EP (BEN from FUCKED UP’s new band). Female vocal fronted cave punk, kinda like a dark X. Already hyped in a bunch of places.

BLACK JASPERS. S/T (In The Red) 12.00 EUR. The Black Jaspers are King Khan (King Khan & BBQ, Shrines, etc.) and Jasper Hood (Moorat Fingers) getting together for an exercise in lowest common denominator, lowest fidelity punk stupidity imaginable. The Black Jaspers have been playing on and off since 2000 but are only just now getting around to releasing some of their recordings. This debut album was recorded in 2001 and has sat in King Khan's vaults aging like a fine wine ever since. Not until now has the King decided to unleash this record on the public. Twelve tracks of retardation inspired by the likes of the Angry Samoans, Electric Eels, Mentally Ill, and any of the dumbest Killed By Death tracks you care to name. A great record for when you just feel like breaking shit.

BLACK TIME/TY SEGALL. Split LP (Telephone Explosion) 13.00 EUR. Seven new tracks from man-on-the-move TY SEGALL, including a Dwarves cover! Longtime favorites BLACK TIME check in with six songs of their own. All of it awesome.

BLACKS. Shattered (Gonna Puke) 12.00 EUR. Finally available in a single handy piece of plastic all the singles by Swedish garage punk young gods THE BLACKS! 'There was something magical about those times. For me the first time I played in a real band. I remember not being able to wait until the next rehearsal, it was like being in love! "Let It All Hang Out" was the first song I ever wrote and it's 10 years ago now. Wow! I was a totally different person back then. I still think it holds up now and there's always something desperate and cool about your first band. Here you got the complete recordings, well, the stuff we want you to hear. Everything that came out on the 7"s we put out. It was made during two years when we went to the States twice on tour. We didn't care about Sweden or Europe. We wanted to be from Memphis, New Orleans, Tokyo, anywhere but here... We were fueled by blues and punk and wanted to be a mix of the GORIES, OBLIVIANS and GUITAR WOLF. Listening to it now, I really think we had our own sound though and the songs were pretty damn good! It certainly has that teenage energy. So get down, get with it, turn it up and LET IT ALL HANG OUT! Yours truly, Martin Savage'.

BLANK DOGS. Land And Fixed (Captured Tracks) 14.00 EUR. Land and Fixed is a tight 12-song effort that took about a year and 13 scrapped tracks (some of which ended up on the Phrases EP) to complete. The result isn’t just a clearer recording; it’s like going from stolen cable on a 15-inch set to a wall-swallowing HDTV. A headphone listen, in other words—literally mixed on the subway to enhance widescreen details like the heat-seeking hooks of “Blurred Tonight,” the elegantly-layered arrangements of “Out the Door,” and the moonlit synth melodies of “Elevens.”

BLANK DOGS. Phrases (Captured Tracks) 12.50 EUR. "...Occasionally calling in collaborators from the likes of Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls and Times New Viking, Phrases, MIKE SNIPER’s latest EP in a long succession of vinyl-only releases, sees him going it alone for the most part. Indeed, it's hard to envisage anyone else being allowed sufficient mindspace to create alongside Sniper, such is the vast propensity of ideas that fill the four tracks here. While the opening electro-tinged robotics of 'Heat And Depression' resembles a Crystal Castles outtake, Sniper mumbling ‘Can you see yourself?’ with surreptitious repetition over a distorted funky bassline, it's on Phrases other three tracks that his more obscure influences start to take hold. 'Blurred Tonight' takes The Cramps' danse macabre schtick through the same backdoor as The Horrors managed so successfully last year, except with even more menacing vocal assertions courtesy of that man Sniper. His voice then gets the heavily reverbed treatment on 'Racing Backwards', a Cure-inspired number that sees the opulent Sniper make the offer ‘stay to the end’ which becomes increasingly difficult to refuse as verse usurps chorus. Despite BLANK DOGS’ NYC dancefloor tendencies, there's something inadvertently English about these compositions, suitably realised in the closing 'End Of Summer' which takes Depeche Mode's early Roland Jupiter-led blueprint before mashing it into a collage of post-punk ambience, beats and all..."—Drowned In Sound

BLANK DOGS. Seconds (Captured Tracks) 13.00 EUR. Four new tracks self-released on a 12-inch by BLANK DOGS’ own Captured Tracks label. Limited edition silkscreened sleeves, not to be reissued.

BLANK DOGS. Fields (Woodsist) 14.00 EUR. BlankDogs are actually singular: It's the insanely prolific one-man Brooklyn-based band of Mr. Blank Dog. We don't know too much about the biography of the guy behind the bedroom new-wave pop/punk and he's usually covering his face with masks or bedspreads, but that's fine. The aura of anonymity allows you to focus on the sounds -- and, really, he might be releasing a ton of things, but there's definitely a higher jam to crap ratio. It's like Joy Division vocal lines with the Cure's synth and guitar melodies filtered through ancient submerged keyboards and eroded recording equipment. And that voice? All the feedback in the world can't hide his knack for melody." –stereogum.

BLESSURE GRAVE. Learn To Love The Rope 12” (Captured Tracks) 13.00 EUR. Ex-NIGHT WOUNDS members getting busy with some Death In June/Christian Death-styled death rock. Expect a zillion future releases.

BOB BURNS AND THE BREAKUPS. Frustration (P.Trash) 13.00 EUR. There ain't nothing much to do in a mid-west one-horse town in the middle of the Wisconsin farmland except spitting out all your teenage frustration. While their high-school comrades go to the agricultural fair, the tractor-pull or down to the churchhouse, these three youngsters meet in stinky basements to yell an rage. This debut full-length unleashes 12 short, fast and crunchy tunes that bring early NEW BOMB TURKS, MARKED MEN or THE HEARTATTACKS to mind. Sharp, snotty and distorted riffs a la CATHOLIC BOYS and a raspy trashcan voice give songs like "Blow Your Head", "Outta My Face", "Trash City" or "My Kicks" an authentic twist. These boys are pissed off and they mean it. A 20 minutes electroshock therapy on 45rpm that cures every frustration. Don't waste your money on psychoanalysis. It burns, burns, burns!

BOBBY UBANGI. S/T (Rob’s House) 12.50 EUR. The first solo album from BOBBY UBANGI (THE LIDS, GAYE BLADES), Atlanta's best craftsman of the three-chord garage sing-a-longs. Features guest appearances from OLD KING COLE YOUNGER (BLACK LIPS) and JARED SWILLEY (Black Lips), KING KHAN, GENTLEMAN JESSE and many others.

BOX ELDERS. Alice And Friends (Goner) 12.00 EUR. Box Elders is the brainchild of brothers Clayton and Jeremiah McIntyre, who began making music in Friday night goof-off sessions that originally featured their mom on drums. Adopting a name from the bugs that infested their house, they started gigging around Omaha, Nebraska, and soon added drummer Dave Goldberg, who signed on after catching the band at a free performance in a local park. Rather than search for a fourth band member, the McIntyres suggested Goldberg play both drums and organ simultaneously. It took some practice. In January 2008, Box Elders released their debut 7-inch on Grotto Records and spent much of the year touring the USA. The fuzzy, off-kilter pop of the record caught the attention of Memphis, Tennessee's Goner Records and earned them a slot at the label's annual music festival, Goner Fest, as well as a spot on the Goner roster, alongside acts ranging from Guitar Wolf and Jay Reatard to Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Ty Segall, and Reigning Sound. As soon as they returned to Omaha, Box Elders began working on their first full-length, Alice and Friends, named after their favorite cult-run vegan Korean BBQ joint. Featuring fourteen tracks and cover art drawn by Michael Gruber, Alice and Friends is destined to be one of the most-talked about debuts of 2009.

BOYS CLUB. S/T (Three Dimensional) 14.50 EUR. We're really proud to announce that the Boys Club LP is finally out on Three Dimensional Records! This album has been two (or is it three? or maybe four?) years in the making, and it shows. This is a more definitive, crafted statement of what we're about than any of our singles (all of which were recorded less than a year after we formed) and the result is a really fun, memorable pop album that's the perfect soundtrack to your next shirts-off Ghetto Predator get-together, group grope, clam bake, drunken slip 'n' slide sesh, or just barricading yourself in your record room and blasting records by your lonesome. In other words, if not an outright party record, it's at least a record that feels like a party. Not to toot our own horn, but it turned out pretty dang great.

LOS BRACKETS. Bracketsmania (Sweet Grooves) 11.00 EUR. Primera referencia de Sweet Grooves para presentar en sociedad a estos valencianos especialistas en facturar perfectas melodías pop a ritmo de punk; trallazos ultravitaminados de energía para hacer pogo en el salón de casa. Si lo tuyo son Airbag, Cute Lepers, Queers etc... date prisa porque la edición es limitada a 300 copias y la mitad ya están volando camino de Japón.

BRILLIANT COLORS. Introducing (Slumberland) 10.00 EUR. Singer / guitarist Jess Scott started Brilliant Colors in early 2007, and she's been mighty busy since then. After a steady stream of line-up changes, Scott has finally settled on a permanent line-up with the addition of East Coast transplants Diane Anastasio and Michelle Hill (a veteran of a number of Bay Area underground punk outfits, as well as touring guitarist for legendary UK punk / dub group The Slits!), in the meantime sharing bills with fellow Bay Area acts Nodzzz, Grass Widow, and Ty Segall and opening for the likes of The Urinals and The Homosexuals. Following up two sold-out singles (on Make a Mess and Captured Tracks) and mounting fervor from all corners of the pop underground blog-o-world, Brilliant Colors' debut album is as an undeniable contender for best pop record of 2009. Introducing, recorded in Portland, Oregon by Mississippi Records' Alex Yusimov, marks a great leap forward for Brilliant Colors. The band has honed their songwriting to a fine edge, delivering ten tracks of sharp, subtly catchy indie pop that finds them more assuredly rounding out the corners of their DIY-punk-meets-Shop Assistants, '78-'86 pop collision. Opener "I Searched," a fully formed pop classic, drifts through the speakers on the back a wistful, echoey vocal, while "Absolutely Anything" picks up the pace with a buzzing guitar attack and a chorus hook that would make Joey Ramone proud. The trio is at their best on "Over There" and "Yell in the Air," tunes emblematic of the perfect middle ground Scott has struck between the crunch and drive of punk and the spiky DIY melodicism of early Rough Trade and Flying Nun bands. Introducing is a sharp debut album packed with taut guitar buzz and dreamy melodies, neatly expanding on the promise of those in-demand 7-inch singles. Clocking in at barely twenty-four minutes, its focus and concision perfectly encapsulate where pop should be in 2009. Side-stepping all the indie pigeonholes, Brilliant Colors have produced a scrappy gem of a record.

LA BROMA DE SSATAN. Asi Hicimos La Guerra (Radikal 77) 10.00 EUR. Reedición del mítico disco de La Broma De SSatan con el sonido y el diseño que el grupo quería. Edición de 500 copias. Incluye 2 temas extras y libreto de 12 páginas tamaño A4. Temas: Terrorismo Autorizado, Baila Pogo Sobre Un Nazi, Ahogate En El W.C., Ya No Te Quiero, Conflicto Mundial, Huérfano Adoptado, El Loco, Vete A Morir A El Salvador, Depresion Cerebral. 
“1982, 3 años antes de grabar este disco nuestra única pretensión era tocar y decir lo que sentíamos en ese momento. Lo que queríamos era que nuestras maquetas, en cinta, las pudiera tener todo el mundo. No nos preocupaba el hecho de grabar un disco. Cuando nos propusieron grabarlo, nos convencieron de que podíamos hacerlo a nuestra manera; mas tarde vimos que no fue así ¡COMO NO¡ la industria discografica siempre buscando aumentar la venta. Nos censuraron las canciones y hasta nos cambiaron la portada. De las 10 canciones que teníamos en un principio solo 7 salieron y la portada y contraportada originales son estas que tenéis en vuestras manos. Hubo un personaje, que nos puso en contacto con Victoria (la compañía) y más que la ayuda de un amigo, fue toda una traición, en el fondo quería aparecer en el disco como productor y compositor de los temas y la compañía nos quiso convencer para que así fuera. En ese momento, pensamos que era justo ponerle como productor, aunque nada produjo y hasta le dimos el 1% de una canción que ni siquiera hizo. Pero el tiempo pone a cada uno en su sitio … Lo que mas nos duele es que algunas de las canciones estuvieran tan deterioradas que no las hemos podido incluir. De las sesiones que grabamos estas son nuestras mezclas, ni mejores, ni peores, pero si las que queríamos. Las otras fueron las que ya conocéis. No nos arrepentimos que sacaran aquel disco como lo hicieron, pero este es un justo homenaje a nosotros mismos y a los que ya no están. Ahora como antes: ASI HACEMOS LA GUERRA......”  Ixma (La Broma De Ssatán).

BRUTAL KNIGHTS. Blown 2 Completion (Ptrash) 12.50 EUR. Blow, blew, blown! The tapeworm of sickness which these manic Canadians kept on feeding with their two previous records is finally blown 2 completion.
As soon as the first line “Do not feel afraid to take a nap in the day’’ explodes, your whole world gets covered in a sticky and slimy anti-matter that speaks out in favor of a life of slack. If the BRUTAL KNIGHTS have already been fast in the past, songs like ''I hate chores'', ''I'll S your D'', ''Sky Mall'' and ''Food shopping'' really race like a heart on cheap amphetamines.
Rumors say that singer Nick has been gargling bleach for weeks to impersonate his idol Damian Abraham of FUCKED UP in the mid-tempo bashers ''Bad choice'' and ''Too many tattoos'', and on ''Summertime Coffee'' they even mistreat an innocent drumcomputer and crank out a wild Electro-Punk tune that sounds like CASSANDRA COMPLEX on cold turkey. Right down to the very last line ''It's so stupid like your dog, it's so stupid like your mom'' in the positive and affirming ''Life Problems'', this dozen of rotten eggs truly can't get any sicker and will blow you completely 2 shreds!

BURNING ITCH. S/T (Tic Tac Totally) 12.00 EUR. 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.

BUSY SIGNALS. S/T (Dirtnap Records) 12.00 EUR. Touching on several overlooked styles that have only recently become appreciated, the BUSY SIGNALS are an unstoppable explosion of so many great nuances that it will literally make your head spin.
With their instantly gratifying buzzing sound firmly rooted in original formula high-energy pop without a side of the feyness usually along for the ride, they have developed an incredible knack for weaving in bass lines and backup vocals that rekindle the magic created by first-wave Belgian punk bands right alongside the refreshing twists of primordial glam.
This all comes together to concoct a blend of "real deal" punk so enthralling you'll be surprised at how bleak your outlook on life was before you were exposed to it, and you'll quickly realize how passable everything else seems to sound that came before it.

BUZZCOCKS. Singles Going Steady (4 Men With Bears) 16.00 EUR. A reissue of the 1977 masterpiece from Manchester punk rock pioneers the BUZZCOCKS. An essential album of timeless classics including "Ever Fallen In Love?," "Orgasm Addict," "What Do I Get," "Everybody's Happy Nowadays," "Oh Shit," "Noise Annoys," and more. Sixteen tracks in all. Packaged with the original artwork, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

CAPITAN ENTRESIJOS. Furia Chicharra (Beat Generation) 10.00 EUR. CAPITÁN es Grande y todos lo sabemos. Los más cobardes dicen no escuchar nada, pero ellos mienten, detrás del silencio uno escucha el resurgir del eslabón perdido del hombre primigenio, lleno de instinto y perseverante en su fin. Todo eso es el CAPITÁN y mucho más. Cabezón y gañán; provocador y educado. Una especie del ying-yang pero rebozado en aceite chungo, de ese que se pega en tu ropa como en tu cerebro e impide que la sangre llegue a su destino. El CAPITÁN ENTRESIJOS regresa del planeta de los no vivos, Vicálvaro, con una rodaja en vinilo, y lo hace junto con un nuevo compañero a los tambores, Rodrigo. “Furia Chicharra” cruje a base de punk sin destilar con un sonido que trepana y expone vivencias de gente de barrio. Producido por Ramón Ginferno y con la participación de Nacho (LOS CHICOS) a los vientos. Vinilo tocho, portada doble y coproducción entre dos mierdas de sellos como Beat Generation y Big Black Hole. Hoy es un gran día!!!

CARBONAS. S/T (Goner) 12.00 EUR. One of the worst things to happen to rock and roll in the last year is that stupid Guitar Hero video game. One of the best things to happen to rock and roll in the last year is this recent release by the CARBONAS. This is one of the most hard rocking albums to come out of late. Impossible for even the greasiest old fart to ignore. THE CARBONAS are as close to the DEAD BOYS as we are gonna get. Hard driving songs with the occasional melody drop in that makes you wonder whatever happened to good pop music in the first place. The second cut on the first side; ‘Didn’t Tell You A Lie’ is a standout for a melodic chorus done as well as it can be done. There is no reason to stare at a TV screen and pretend you are Slash. THE CARBONAS are real guitar heroes. Walk away from the game console and buy a record.

CARDIAC KIDS. Get Out (Rave Up) 13.00 EUR. Southern California Punk pioneers!!! Started in 1974 as ‘Glass Onion’, they were based in San Diego. During the glorious years, the ‘Kidz’ performed with the cream of the local punk bands of that era, such The Penetrators, The Dinettes, DFX2, Hitmakers,The Standbys, Gary and the Blind Dates, The X-Terminators and more... The guys released also two great records in 1979, the amazing single ‘Get Out/Find Yourself a Way’ and ‘Playground’ 7" EP. The Cardiac Kidz are featured on two ‘Killed by Death’ compilation albums which seemed to solidify their place in the historic annuals of the history of US Punk Rock. They just recently granted an interview to San Francisco's Maximum Rock'n’Roll magazine. Buy or Die!!!!! 

CAREER SUICIDE. Attempted Suicide (Deranged) 12.50 EUR. It's hard to believe but after five years and a whole slew of vinyl, Toronto's CAREER SUICIDE have produced their finest record yet! The combination of machinegun drumming from Brandon Ferrell (Direct Control, Government Warning) and raw but crystal clear production from Jon Drew (Fucked Up "generation" and "Hidden World") make this LP a classic. CS manages to combine catchy 'Killed By Death' styled punk sing alongs like the title track and the raw speed and power of early hardcore whilst overwhelmingly maintaining and refining their own sound. Superb songwriting is definitely the key; there are no thirty-second-thrash filler songs here! You will find this whole LP permanently roaring through your brain. It is tighter, louder, harder, and more realized than any of the CS releases which preceded it, so do yourself a favor and pick up the best but hopefully not last LP from CAREER SUICIDE.

CAREER SUICIDE. S/T (Deranged) 13.00 EUR. Review from MRR #279: Timely reissue of the first 7” (plus one bonus track) by one of the best hardcore bands of recent years. Somehow they manage to capture the explosive energy of first wave of California hardcore bands CIRCLE JERKS/BLACK FLAG, and like those seminal bands seem to forget – hooks. This shit is catchy as scabies from a crusty, every song a mix tape opener. The band have proved they are no one trick pony with a bunch of top notch release, but this still stands as one of the best. Now that FUCKED UP is doing double LPs and records for hip fashion mags this band can officially become your favourite bunch of Canadians.

CAREER SUICIDE/JED WHITEY. Split LP (Deranged) 12.50 EUR. CAREER SUICIDE nos traen 8 cortes mejor producidos que en su trabajo anterior pero con el mismo sabor añejo. Los australianos JED WHITEY dan lo mejor de si en sus 5 cortes.

CARL SIMMONS. Honeysuckle Tendrals LP+7” (Sacred Bones) 18.50 EUR. Honeysuckle Tendrals is a lost recording. It resides within a canon of musical output by a singer/songwriter no one has heard of, from a place that the world has almost entirely written off. Recorded in 1999 in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Honeysuckle Tendrals was CARL SIMMONS’ second effort at a full-length recording. He released it into the world in a miniscule edition of cassette tapes on his own Unconscious Piano Productions imprint. To say it was poorly distributed is an understatement. It was handed out to friends, and perhaps sold at various open mic nights, where he would sometimes pass off his own songs as Bob Dylan tunes to an unsuspecting audience. Incorporating numerous collage elements—and very few guitar strings—Honeysuckle Tendrals weaves in and out of song in a spacey wash of psychedelic imagery by way of nursery rhymes and fairytales. Owing influence to writers like Lewis Carroll, and filmmakers like Herzog and Lynch, as much as any musical influence, Carl's music can have something of a cinematic feel. Though perhaps best classified under the floppy umbrella of "Outsider" music, Honeysuckle Tendrals displays remarkably complex arrangements utilizing a staggeringly simple arsenal of instruments: a broken guitar, sound collage, and heavily layered vocal tracks filtered through an array of effects. The LP is an edited and slightly resequenced presentation; carefully curated, remastered for vinyl, and housed in a handmade jacket in the Folkways tradition. It includes a bonus 7-inch EP, including two alternate takes from the LP and two outstanding, and completely exclusive non-album tracks.

CATBURGLARS. Catburglars LP+CD (Criminal Iq) 15.00 EUR. There’s something nice. simple, and primal about punk rock like this – Nothing fancy or flash, just dumbed down, snotty, stress-relieving fratpunk that’s great to bounce around to at parties, or in the privacy of your own home, and that only real Americans can pull off with any level of authenticity. The Catburglars follow up on their first two singles with this great sounding, no frills LP of pure brute power and force with a monolithic chainsaw buzz guitar sound reminiscent of early Angry Samoans, Dictators, or even Turbonegro. Amazing stuff that sails straight past your cerebrum - don't think, just dance. It's supposed to be loud, fast, trashy and fun! Record sounds great too.

CHARLIE & THE MOONHEARTS/TEEN ANGER. Split LP (Telephone Explosion) 14.00 EUR. Six songs by the MOONHEARTS recorded by TY SEGALLl. A bunch of the songs were on the Thunderbeast tape. There's a killer version of "Tequila" on this sucker. Five songs by TEEN ANGER from the Banned from the Beaver tape. Both tapes have been sold out for a awhile, and are a great bang for your buck. 

CHEAP TIME. Fantastic Explanations And Similars Situations (In The Red) 12.50 EUR. Some people didn't know what to make of Cheap Time's self-titled debut album when it was released in 2008. It was a huge leap from their first 7-inch of the year before, and it didn't really sound like anything else going at that time. Too glamtastic and bubblegum for the garage purists and too raw for indie rockers. Cheap Time's new album, entitled Fantastic Explanations (and Similar Situations), proves that they are capable of still further artistic leaps. Guitarist / songwriter Jeffrey Novak soaks up his influences and spits out new songs with more complex structures and melodies than ever before, while bassist Stephen Braren adds backbone to the songs with his heavily compressed Roy-Wood-style playing, and new drummer Ryan Sweeney tightens up the sound while still keeping things very loose. The Fantastic Explanations sessions have also become something of legend--tracking for the album ended abruptly after engineer Mike McHugh suffered a breakdown and kicked the band out of the studio at gunpoint. Once the tapes were retrieved over a month later, Earle Mankey (ex-Sparks member and producer of the Quick's Mondo Deco and The Runaways' Queens of Noise) was brought in to mix the final album, which turned out to be a perfect match! Anyone who saw Cheap Time on tour last year opening for Yo La Tengo will be pleased with the way these new songs have turned out on record. Fantastic Explanations (and Similar Situations) will surely surprise, divide and leave fans scratching their heads as to where Cheap Time will go next!

CHEAP TIME. S/T (In The Red) 11.00 EUR. Henderson, Tennessee's Jeffrey Novak is a name familiar to those who pay attention to the whole lo-fi-garage-punk underbelly of today's indie scene. He's released a handful of singles and at least one album on labels in the US and Europe as a one-man-band and with his former group, The Rat Traps. He's been at it for nearly five years and he's barely in his twenties. Cheap Time is his newest and most serious endeavor to date. Founded with Jemina Pearl and Nathan Vasquez of Be Your Own Pet, Cheap Time set out to recapture the essence of teenage schlock rock scuzz of such heroes as Redd Kross and The Runaways. Along the way, members shifted, as did the band's direction. An obsession with '70s glam power pop a la Sparks, The Quick, and Milk 'n' Cookies grew, and the music took on a twisted new slant never hinted in any of his previous projects. The results are the current line-up of Cheap Time and this full-length album.
Cheap Time's self-titled debut is 28 minutes of snotty punk pop perfection. From the New-York-Dolls-via-Germs screech of "Tight Fit" to the anglophile power pop of "Ginger Snap" to the bubblegum bounce of "Trip To The Zoo," this debut has instant classic stamped all over its bratty face.

CHEATER SLICKS. Our Food Is Chaos LP+7” (Almost Ready) 18.50 EUR. “Having outlived several garage booms and countless other piqued peaks, the CHEATER SLICKS have stuck to their guns for nearly a quarter century. Seemingly always moving upwind, the band has never ceased its slow drag through the murky muck of rock’s underbelly. Their output falls within a long lineage of degenerative ruckus, rooted in the moment when the blues snapped and went rock & roll. There’s an element of punk abandon in there too, sure, but the Slicks deal in, as they say, the real junk. Our Food Is Chaos, recently released by Almost Ready, captures the band in its first incarnation, with ALLEN “ALPO” PAULINO (formerly of the REAL KIDS) on bass, making its first attempt to record an album with engineer BILL T. MILLER in 1989. Perhaps the band—guitarists TOM and DAVE SHANNON and drummer DAN HATCH—already knew that things with Alpo weren’t going to pan out (he would soon leave the band and be replaced by MERLE ALLIN, brother of GG Allin, before the Slicks decided a bassist was altogether unneccesary), as it’s unclear why they ditched these recordings, though several of them would end up on the Crypt Skidmarks comp. As it is, the tracks here (five covers and four originals split between a 12-inch and a 7-inch) show the band’s gnarly sound to already be in potent form. Indeed, if anything, Our Food marks the shape of Slicks to come. Here, the band has already found its footing and throttles forth with full exuberance and completely without restraint. On tracks like their cover of Murphy and the Mob’s ‘Born Loser’ and their own ‘Flashback,’ one can tell that Dana Hatch was born from the same greasy black lagoon that once birthed Lux Interior as he howls into his mic like a feral cat in heat. Similarly, on their version of ‘Please Give Me Something,’ Tom Shannon (I’m guessing) sounds positively possessed as he commands the band to ‘rock!’ and they follow orders.”—Stephen Slaybaugh (Agit Reader).

CHEVEU. 1000 (Kill Shaman) 15.00 EUR. Paris, France’s CHEVEU’s newest release 1000 shows a much more polished and slicker sound than their previous releases, portraying the bands growth and adventurous, other-worldly style. That’s not to say it doesn’t sound like a Cheveu album, which is usually pretty damned difficult to pinpoint anyhow. Expect a whole new foray of sounds that include full horn arrangements, crazy RUN DMC-style beats, and the usual flurry of noisy electronics and Rolling Stones-type blues riffs. Limited to only 1,000 copies on black vinyl in the US and Canada, co-released by Kill Shaman in the US/Canada and Born Bad in Europe. Amazing cover art made out of fruit stickers and other fun stuff. Love it.

CHEVEU. Cheveau LP+DOWN (Permanent) 13.50 EUR. Metz, France seems to be teeming with great bands these days. Anals, Feeling of Love, Dreams, and A.H. Kraken are just the tip of this incredibly huge Metz iceberg. Many of these bands share members, but they all have their very own sound. CHEVEU’s sound is similar to the aforementioned bands in their abrasive, weird punk base, but this group more obliviously influenced by the Fall than any of their peers. Their debut LP on S-S sold very well and is currently out-of-print. Here’s another LP full of previously unreleased tracks of weird punk greatness.

CHIN CHIN. Sound Of The Westway (Slumberland/Mississippi) 13.50 EUR. Chin Chin, an all-female group consisting of Karin (guitar / vocals), Esther (bass / vocals) and Marie-Anne (drums / vocals), was formed in 1982 in Biel, Switzerland. At the time experience wasn't needed, a desire to play was. Technical ability was a bonus, a hunger to perform a must. Musically, the band had many influences: The Clash, The Ramones, X-Ray Spex, Blondie, Generation X, Siouxsie & The Banshees, David Bowie, Motown, 1960s girl groups and glam rock bands like T-Rex and Slade. Although Chin Chin saw themselves as a punk rock band, catchy pop vocals and harmonies played a big part in their songs, setting them apart from their contemporaries. Chin Chin's first and only 7-inch We Don't Wanna Be Prisoners (containing three self-penned songs) was released in the summer of 1984 on the band's label Farmer Records, co-owned with veteran Swiss band SOZZ, making Chin Chin one of the only all-female bands in Switzerland writing their own material, playing regular gigs and releasing records.  In 1985, Sound of the Westway was released on Farmer, containing twelve original compositions recorded and mixed in just seven days. It's a brilliant mix of punk-informed crunch and buoyant pop melody that shows Chin Chin to be true pioneers of DIY noisy pop. As it happens, this combination of DIY punk ethic, fuzz guitars and bubblegum was also gaining traction in the UK with the nascent C86 scene. Featuring bands like Shop Assistants and The Pastels, C86 was a confluence of young bands who were as influenced by Phil Spector as The Ramones, and Chin Chin fit right in next to groups like The Rosehips and The Fizzbombs. Sound of the Westway caught the attention of the NME, who published the first UK interview with the band. On the heels of this great press, Chin Chin were approached by the management of Scottish band The Shop Assistants with an offer to support them on their German tour. The tour was hugely successful, leading to the release of the Stop Your Crying EP on Scotland's legendary 53rd and 3rd label and a busy period of TV and radio appearances and more shows in Switzerland, France and Germany. Apart from headlining their own gigs, Chin Chin also supported bands like The Pogues, Anti-Nowhere League, TV Personalities, New Model Army and Die Toten Hosen. Sound of the Westway has gone on to become one of the most sought-after '80s indie-pop records and for good reason. Tunes like "Dark Days" and "Stay With Me" still sound remarkably fresh today; the band's fierce DIY stance and girl-positive ethics have echoed down through indie music since. Slumberland is very pleased to join the estimable Mississippi Records in bringing this classic album back into print, on vinyl only and with new mastering and artwork.

CHOPPER CHICKS. S/T 12" (Mis Cojones Underground MCU-001) 10.00 EUR. Si querías un disco más punk que tu prima, aquí lo tienes. Discos Mis Cojones Underground edita esta pequeña joya que recupera una parte muy destacada de la memoria histórica del punk femenino de este país: las CHOPPER CHICKS. Posiblemente, tan desconocidas como grandes. 
Por si no lo sabes, las “miembras” de CHOPPER CHICKS son o han sido parte de muchos de los grupos femeninos que han surgido en Madrid durante la última década: WEBELOS, SWEET NOTHINGS, RHINO WRESTLERS, GRUPO SUB-1, SEÑORAS o SILLA ELÉCTRICA entre otros. Estas tres bellas mujeres, Nuri, Poison y Racky, decidieron en 1998 formar las CHOPPER CHICKS, un grupo de punk amateur (valga la redundancia), donde dar rienda suelta a su afición por grupos como MUMMIES, LOLI AND THE CHONES, TRASHWOMEN, NO TALENTS o SUPERCHARGER. Dos años más tarde, editaron en el sello Tres Cipotes una K7 llamada “Dirt In The Skirt” en un perfecto y esmerado sonido ultra lo-fi, esto es, a piñón fijo, sin ningún tipo de producción o aditivo que enmascarase su sonido. Esa cassette (su único documento sonoro), más algún inédito, ven ahora la luz en forma de vinilo, y de esta forma se repara una injusticia histórica. ¡¡Disfrútenlo mientras puedan!!
**Edición limitada de 270 copias. Disco no apto para puristas del sonido**
If you wanted a "punker than your little cousin" record, there you go: Mis Cojones Underground Records releases this little jewel that recovers a very important part of the history of Spanish female punk: The CHOPPER CHICKS, who were probably as unknown as great.
Just in case you don't know it, the CHOPPER CHICKS members are or were part of some of the best girl-punk bands from Madrid in the last decade: WEBELOS, SWEET NOTHINGS, RHINO WRESTLERS, GRUPO SUB-1, SEÑORAS o SILLA ELECTRICA. These three beautiful girls, Nuri, Poison and Racky, decided in 1998 to create the CHOPPER CHICKS, an amateur punk (is there any other kind?) band where they could show their love to bands like the MUMMIES, LOLI AND THE CHONES, TRASHWOMEN, NO TALENTS or SUPERCHARGER. Two years later, Tres Cipotes releases a cassette demo called "Dirt in the Skirt" with a perfect ultra lo-fi sound, meaning a "keep on playing no matter what" attitude, no production whatsoever and any trick that might cover their real sound. This cassette (their only available recording) plus some never before released tracks are now available as a vinyl record, fixing this way some kind of historic injustice. Enjoy it while it lasts!!!
**Limited edition of 270 copies. Not recommended for hi-fi purists.**

CHOSEN FEW. Jokes On Us (Going Underground) 13.00 EUR. Official reissue of this classic Aussie-Punk smasher, pressed on a 45rpm 12-inch for maximum volume. For those unfamiliar this is First Wave PUNK from 1978. The tracks have not been remixed so they sound just as killer , if not better as the did on the original 7-inch. First Edition of 500 copies.

CHRONIC SICK. Cutest Band In Hardcore (No Way) 12.50 EUR. BACK IN STOCK!! Finally legitimately reissued on vinyl for the first time in 28 years! This NJHC cult classic has been under the radar for decades and the original (Limited to 300 copies of MUTHA RECORDS fetches up to 1500.00 on ebay, so here's your chance to grab a copy at a decent price. We've worked hard to make this look, sound and feel close the same if not better than the original. 6 songs of snotty NJ HC Punk that crosses the lines between hardcore and almost pop punk at times, you'll see what we mean when you hear it. Not some silly FAT WRECK type stuff just kinda in the same way that early screeching weasel did (pretty sure they must have listened to chronic sick.) Absolutely perfect production all around, this recording has always amazed us by being so crisp, clear, and powerful. Restored and Remastered by Dave Eck at Lucky Lacquers, and what a great job he did! This is a must have record, and we've worked our asses off to have it see the light of day again.

CICATRIZ. Inadaptados (+ Insert) (Oihuka) 14.00 EUR. El clásico primer LP de esta banda del País Vasco. Uno de los mejores LPs de punk del Rock Radikal Vasco ahora reeditado en edición limitada en vinilo de 180 gramos, con el arte original + un nuevo libreto tamaño LP.

CIRCLE ONE. Patterns Of Force (Mass Media/Puke n Vomit) 15.00 EUR.  Finally, the classic album by one of the most infamous Los Angeles early Hardcore bands has been rereleased.  In 1980 punk was still not accepted by society or the mainstream media and four friends from Pico Rivera California started a band after being inspired by bands like Fear, Black Flag and the Germs.  Their music was faster, harder and more agressive than what was happening at the time and their music basically laid the blueprint for what would eventally become known as hardcore.  Killer reissue and a flawless album.  LP LIMITED TO 500 COPIES WITH SCREEN PRINTED COVERS!!

CIRCLE X. S/T 12" (Insolito Records) 14.00 EUR. Formed 1978 in New York, Circle X was born out of the ashes of No Fun and the I-Holes as Louisville’s first punk rock band.
Once the lineup of Circle X solidified, the formerly-punk band lunged headfirst into weirder, artier territory. Whether the big city’s burgeoning No Wave scene influenced Circle X or they influenced the scene is unclear; what is clear, though, is that Circle X was the most unique, most mysterious, and most un-heralded band hailing from that place and time.
In France for nine months with new manager Bernard Zekri, Circle X toured from their base in Dijon, garnering strong press and stronger public reaction while writing new material as they went. An untitled four-song EP saw the light of day in 1979.
That untitled 12-inch debut was practically without antecedent. It’s a lurching, squalling monster. Identified only by a symbol on the cover (a spray-painted circle with an "X" through it; the spelled-out name first appeared in '83), it pits Pinotti's screeched vocals against Witsiepe and the Letendres' bass-less, barely contained distorto-blare. The hatred and rage on this thing is palpable and when it coalesces perfectly with the music, as it does on the lead track, Tender, it’s pretty damn effective. Nothing sounded like this in 1979.
They arrived in New York at the tail end of No Wave, at the same time that equally ornery bands like Swans and Sonic Youth were getting revved up. Circle X are every bit as distinctive and attitudinal as Throbbing Gristle, PiL, Theoretical Girls, DNA, or Mars, yet they don't much sound like any of them.
We proudly represent this masterpiece after thirty years again for the public. It has lost none of its intensity and rage. Limited to 500 copies, it’s on 180 gram vinyl in tip-on jackets that bear the original artwork and poly lined black inner sleeve plus liner notes.

CITY SWEETHEARTS. Sleeping Through Modern Times (P.Trash) 12.50 EUR. You won't catch no sleep with this record. It's the sound blaring from your car stereo when you hit the city for a wild night out, all revved up and ready to shake some action. A record smelling of sleazy bars, too much booze and cigarettes, lipstick stains and broken hearts.
Toronto City Sweethearts Curtis Dixon of VICIOUS CYCLE and Vassil of the MARVELOUS DARLINGS and ex-HEARTATTACKS keep you awake with the fast and rolling rockers "Wrong directions" and ''Hot ten''. They make you bring out the air guitar and shout along to the sticky chorus of ''Guys with guitars'', buy you a drink in the howling blues ''Just one night'', make you go hip-shaking crazy in the lascivious NEW YORK DOLLS/JOHNNY THUNDERS styled ''Trouble tonight'', ''New girl in town'', ''Little rocker'' and the perfect ''Cry all night'' and let the monkey on your back dance the cha-cha with the wilder stomper ''War in my head''.
All perfectly fixed up by Mr. Ben Cook in a dry and sleaze-o-phonic 70-sound that make you LOVER! and CHEAP TIME fans out there forget the modern world around!

CLAP. Have You Reached Yet? (Sing Sing) 13.50 EUR. Like most followers of rare seventies rock esoterica I first heard about Have You Reached Yet? via the pages of the now-legendary Bomp fanzine. It was the surf issue if I recall correctly, and editor Greg Shaw, in the course of a pretty positive review, mentioned CLAP's ability to mix up what seemed like a healthy late-sixties punk rock attitude with the prevailing hard rock winds of the early-seventies from whence this album came. The album was a charm with the hefty Rolling Stones influences so common of the day being reshaped by a strong Shadows of Knight snarl all filtered through an early seventies heavy metal consciousness giving us...a sound and style that although part and parcel to the stoner seventies mentality had a totally unique and refreshing approach that sounded as if it could stand on its own not only in 1972 but 1966 or even 1987 for that matter. It was teenage rock & roll that continued to sound so long after the entire teen mystique of the sixties and seventies shriveled away, yet it was hard enough for even the most experienced pothead at the supermarket to roll joints to during his coffee break.

CLOCKCLEANER. Auf Wiedersehen (Load) 13.50 EUR. A lasting gravestone release from Philadelphia’s CLOCKCLEANER packs in more drama than your mama with enough bad attitude to make the food court cry. Since 2007’s release of Babylon Rules, Clockcleaner have toured the trailer park areas of the United States as well as conquering the scorched earth of Australia. During this time the band recorded this 4-song EP length record that sharpens their midnight howl in a direction only hinted at in previous releases. The band now operates in a deathly throb that beats like the dying heart of a lonely man. JOHN SHARKEY’s voice lays the gloom on like a cyanide capsule hitting a vat of acid with you strapped into the chair for the ultimate death ride.

COCKTAILBAR STAMMHEIM. S/T (P.Trash Records) 13.00 EUR. These two trashcan-shakers were already spilling their rot-gut Punkrock as BUD WHITE on the KILLED BY TRASH Vol.2 Compilation and now decided to open up the COCKTAILBAR STAMMHEIM for everybody who doesn't want to sip that fancy-schmancy hipster sound through a narrow-minded straw anymore.
These 14 songs are as honest as Asbach and Cola with which you flush down the ugliness of a sheeple society drinking Wodka and Red Bull and running for another season of Big Brother on RTL 2.
Two guitars, two feet stomping on the drums and the love for the WIPERS are the base for the Bar in which these fine German songs are shaken and stirred in the best KOMMANDO BLUMEN AM ANGESCHISSENEN ARSCH VON OMA HANS way, refined with a little shot of EA 80 and a dirty dash of SUPERHELICOPTER, and served with the beauty of failure on an angrily smiling face. Though this may probably seem to be an untypical release for the P. Trash catalog, this one record here has a heart and a soul and every swig of it runs ardently down our dusty throats. And that's the way we like it!

COLA FREAKS. S/T (Douchemaster) 13.00 EUR. Denmark’s COLA FREAKS sound like a scheduled, perfectly executed panic attack, employing herky-jerky song structures and frequent direction changes while commanding total attention. The six-piece has released a series of impressive singles for which they’ve garnered comparisons to legendary European KBD-era bands of yore and the likes of Jay Reatard—indeed, Mr. Reatard recruited Cola Freaks members for his backing band in his final live lineup. Douchemaster is pleased to present the release of Cola Freaks’ self-titled debut LP. Featuring eleven tracks of quick, clean and nervous new wave / punk rock, the album is as scrupulous as it is frenzied and eerie.

CONCEPTION GLORY BOYS. Hacia El Este (Bowery/Hillside Stranglers) 10.00 EUR. El disco del año. O puede que de la década y hasta del siglo. Hillside Strangler, a medias con Bowery, se estrena en esto de sacar LPs y, para empezar a lo grande, sacamos este discazo. Himnos y sólo himnos, a medio camino entre la fuerza de Cock Sparrer y la elegancia del revival Mod 77. No pararás de corear los temas durante meses. Sin lugar a dudas los Concepción Glory Boys se han coronado, y de qué manera!!

CONDOMINIUM. Warm Home (Condominium) 12.50 EUR. After releasing four 7-inches over the course of the past four years (two self released, plus one on Deer Healer and one on Fashionable Idiots), CONDOMINIUM finally deliver their debut LP. On this record, this St Paul, MN-based hardcore band gives us seven tracks spanning 22 minutes. The record alternates between melodic disciplined musicianship and blasts of chaos. Similarly the lyrics explore the contradiction between nihilism and fatalist positivity. Past reviewers have compared their music to Black Flag, Jesus Lizard, and Brainbombs as well as the old "AmRep" sound. 752 copies pressed.

THEE CORMANS. Halloween Record W/ Sound Effects (In The Red) 13.50 EUR. Fiends! Ghouls! Creeps! In the grand tradition of Frankie Stein and His Ghouls and The Deadly Ones, Thee Cormans present Halloween Record w/ Special Effects—a bona fide Halloween rock ’n’ roll album just in time for the only holiday that matters.  The Southern Californian biker / surf instrumental combo has been bashing out their brand of Davie-Allan-and-the-Arrows-meets-The-Ventures-on-meth thrash for several years now. Theirs is a sound informed by scratched-up ’60s instrumental records, KBD punk singles and exploitation B-movies chock full of monsters, bikers and mayhem. What this group of weirdos does to the surf instrumental genre is the same as what The Mummies did to Pacific Northwest ’60s rock back in the ’90s—they speed it up, drag it through the mud, pour a can of politically incorrect attitude over the top and call it a pie. In this case, the pie is filled with rubber bats, plastic fangs and novelty shrunken heads. Halloween Record w/ Special Effects will make you shriek, rattle and roll! These are spine-chilling sounds guaranteed to make you shiver. Flesh-ripping guitar playing! Skull-pulverizing drum beats! Gore-spattering bass lines! Spooky, hair-raising sound effects! The bloody horror of this record is positively sinister. You will hate yourself if you miss it! In The Red is not legally responsible for death caused by heart failure or fright as a result of listening to Halloween Record w/ Special Effects. In other words, this record is not for sissies.

THE CORTINAS. MK1 (Bristol Archive) 14.50 EUR. 14 Track Vinyl album (3 Tracks previously never released before) on any format. The release is limited to 500 copies. The Cortinas soon built up a big local following, and a break came when the band supported The Stranglers at the fabled Roxy Club in Covent Garden on 22 January 1977.Things then moved quickly for the band. Miles Copeland and Mark Perry's Step Forward label released the classic singles 'Fascist Dictator' in June and 'Defiant Pose' in December, the band recorded a fine Peel session, and they appeared on the front cover of the April/May issue of Sniffin' Glue. Heady stuff, but sadly, it was over all too soon.

CRIME. San Francisco's Still Doomed (Swami) 10.50 EUR. BACK IN STOCK!! An expanded reissue of the legendary San Francisco's Doomed album from legendary 1970s police-uniform-clad punk rockers CRIME. Includes all the tracks from the original album, along with two unreleased bonus tracks (alternate takes of "Hot Wire My Heart" and "You're So Repulsive"), unpublished photos, updated liner notes, and better mastering.

CRIME. Exalted Master (Repent) 12.00 EUR. A brand new album from San Francisco’s legendary CRIME--JOHNNY STRIKE, HANK RANK, MICKEY TRACTOR, and COUNT FINK.

CRIMEN. Es Una Vil Mentira Que Todo Va A Estar Mejor (Discos Enfermos) 9.00 EUR. Multitud de retrasos pero finalmente tendremos entre manos este pedazo de disco de los mexicanos Crimen. Curtidos en diferentes bandas a lo largo de los años se juntan tio, moi y paye para dar forma a este proyecto de PUNK, PUNK Y MAS PUNK lleno de velocidad y mala ostia. Letras que oscilan entre sus noches de diversion, la mierda de la sociedad en la que vivimos y la curiosidad de que se siente una vez muerto. 10 temazos adrenalinicos con un brutalisimo diseño de portada y contraportada a cargo de Guillem (invasion / destino final) y del inserto por Yecal (inservibles). Carpeta de 300gr impresa por el reverso. Edicion 525 copias.

CRIMINAL DAMAGE. S/T (Feral Ward) 12.00 EUR. Review From MRR #278. Ok, so about three reviews ago I said I'd heard the best record of the year so far? Scratch that....this is the best record of the year so far. This is full-blown hairs-on-the-back-of-the-neck stuff -- I almost had to breathe into a paper bag on the first listen I was so blown away. Take one hardcore scene celeb, team him up with a bunch of Portland no-marks and lock them away with nothing but BLITZ and BUSINESS records to listen to. The result is the record that BLITZ's Voice of a Generation should have been. Every song is killer and almost all are up to BLITZ's Warriors and New Age 7"s, which have been a couple of my favourite records for the last 20 years. I'm looking forward to 20 years of listening out of this record. Amazing.

CULTURAL DECAY. Eight Ways To Start A Day – Singles And Demos (Sacred Bones) 16.50 EUR. CULTURAL DECAY existed from 1980-1982. During their brief life span the band released less than 20 minutes of recorded music. Pressed in editions of 1,000 each on their own Sexy Robot Records, the band’s collective discography is comprised of a highly sought after 7-inch single and two-song 12-inch EP. The latter was produced and features additional accompaniment by future REVOLTING COCKS co-founder LUC VAN ACKER. The band played a total of 15 gigs in local clubs--with like minded Belgian acts such as Struggler, De Brassers, and Siglo XX--before disbanding. Sacred Bones Records presents Eight Ways To Start a Day, the first official release in close to three decades from this fabled Belgian coldwave band. Their sound, a collision of ethereal one-note synth lines and dark post-punk aggression, recalls the controlled ferocity of Crisis and The Southern Deathcult at their best. The recordings on these releases comprise the band’s entire recorded output, and both the LP and CD include an extensive booklet including photos, liner notes and a comprehensive band history from member JOSEPH V. In addition to the previously released songs, the LP includes three unreleased demos, “Eight Ways to Start a Day,” “Thin Rope” and “Exit Calls.” The CD boasts those three plus an additional five tracks culled from previously unheard recordings and demos including “Womb,” “Sink or Swim,” “Out of Balance,” “Losing Height” and a live version of “End of the Corridor.”

CUTE LEPERS. Adventure Times (1-2-3-4 Go) 13.50 EUR. Adventure Time is the third CUTE LEPERS full length, and they continue to navigate the same territory pioneered by bands like The Buzzcocks, The Beat, The Jam, and The Boys pioneered a generation before but with the quirks and crooked teeth you'd expect from two guys who used to be in THE BRIEFS. In fact, in a huge nod from that generation, DUNCAN REID of THE BOYS wrote the song "77" and gave it to the Lepers for this album. In addition to the usual Cute Lepers formula there are also a number of new subtle tweeks including the best saxophone use in a punk song since The Saints’ "Know Your Product" on opening track "Tribute To Charlie." The song itself is an ode to UK Subs frontman Charlie Harper by name and a number of other die-hards in spirit. Like the last two LP's this record is an undeniable ear worm.

DAMNED. Music For Pleasure (Earmark) 13.00 EUR. A reissue of the second album from British punk rock pioneers the DAMNED. Produced by NICK MASON of PINK FLOYD (first choice SYD BARRETT was "unavailable"), what more do you need? Packaged with the original artwork in a gatefold sleeve, and pressed on 180-gram vinyl.

DAN MELCHIOR UND DAS MENACE. Catbirds And Cardinals (Northern Spy) 15.50 EUR. Catbirds and Cardinals is the latest psychedelic album lobbed in to New World shores from DAN MELCHIOR UND DAS MENACE. Coming down slow with a clear vision, it’s a sure hit.  Since the late ‘90s, Shepperton, England native Dan Melchior has consistently delivered an avant-pop that is off-kilter and literate, with a sense of menace and a stronger sense of play. He’s a new Jesus of Cool, riding just about the underground like the antipodean Chris Knox. The sound of Catbirds and Cardinals is clean, lo-fi, deeply-engaging, and guaranteed to pull in new legions of fans.  It’s a clever garage pop set that will lick your plate clean. On Catbirds and Cardinals, Melchior successfully meld a hodge podge of disparate elements into a cohesive whole, bringing to mind veteran UK and US underground bands like The Swell Maps, Andrew Klimek, Chrome and Alternative Television more than they do old blues men or the tweedy garage rock conservatives of Dan’s past. Catbirds and Cardinals is probably the most overtly 'poppy' Das Menace release, with songs like 'Poison Pete's Holiday' and 'English Shame' lodging in the cranium like carpet warehouse jingles. The recordings retain the overdriven quality Melchior is known for but push the envelope sonically into some unexpected places, with the dream like synths of 'Crow Radio number 1' showing a marked departure from the overall guitar grime.

DAN MELCHIOR UND DAS MENACE. Thankyou Very Much 2xLP (S-S Records) 20.00 EUR. For his debut full-length on S-S, DAN MELCHIOR recorded forty songs and narrowed them down to sixteen for the release, making a rich double LP worth of material that rivals last year’s fantastic Christmas For Crows. For those not in the know, Dan has collaborated with Billy Childish and Holly Golightly, released records on In The Red, Smart Guy, Hangman and Daggerman (to name a few), and comes from a lineage of British underground songwriters which starts back with Syd Barrett and Vivian Stanshall, continues through Mark E. Smith and Dan Treacy, and has been taken up by Ben Wallers (Country Teasers) and Melchior.

THE DARVOCETS. Are New Wave (Fashionable Idiots) 12.00 EUR. The Darvocets - Are New Wave LP is complete and available for the masses. Anti gravity crafts, man made viruses, time travel, and big foot...its all here folks, don't sleep on this.

DAVILA 666. Tan Bajo (In The Red) 12.50 EUR. Hailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico, Davila 666 plays fierce Spanish-language garage-pop with gang vocals, tambourines, pop hooks, guitar licks and even a touch of psych here and there. Elements of early Stones, Jesus and the Mary Chain, Dead Boys and ’60s girl groups are all evident in Davila’s sound. Since their 2008 self-titled debut album, they’ve released a slew of singles and EPs on labels like HoZac, Rob’s House and Douchemaster. The album even received a coveted cassette release on Burger, a garage rock signal that “they’ve arrived” if ever there was one. Davila 666 toured the US on a mammoth three-month trek that would’ve made Black Flag weary, as well as completed a massive slog across Europe. As soon as they began recording tracks for their much anticipated follow-up, Tan Bajo, which means “so low,” the band realized the sounds they were making were darker and more psychedelic than their previous output. Though it retains the pop and rock ’n’ roll one would expect, Tan Bajo is Davila 666’s most cohesive release to date. With a team that includes In The Red, Creature Booking, Force Field PR and Vice management backing them, these Puerto Ricans are poised to turn the indie rock world on its ear. “... one of the best bands at SXSW. Period.” —The Fader “This six-man combo generates a monolithic wall of sound, and if this isn’t as frantic as some of their contemporaries in the United States, Davila 666’s better-than-average chops, potent swagger, and thorough knowledge of the cooler chapter of rock ’n’ roll history more than compensate.” —Allmusic.com “Since picking up Davila’s debut disc, I’ve refused to put it back down. On their US debut, these triple-sixers filter three decades of scuffed-up leather jackets through the Spanish-language translator. Disparate patches of Radio Birdman, The Dead Boys and rudimentary jangle pop are all threaded onto the album, the charms of which are multiplied by the fact that Davila 666 sounds like it was recorded live at a basement birthday party.” —SF Weekly. VINYL INCLUDES FREE DOWNLOAD COUPON!!!

DC SNIPERS. S/T (Daggerman) 13.00 EUR. The long overdue follow-up to the DC SNIPERS’ 2006 Missile Sunset LP, this eponymous second album kills with KBD sleazed-out punk action. 400 pressed on 180-gram black vinyl. Hand-screened jacket with lyric insert. Eleven songs.

DEAD GHOST. S/T (Florida’s Dying) 14.00 EUR. This is the first proper LP from Vancouver's DEAD GHOSTS, following a live tape turned 12-inch and a string of sold out 7-inches, and these kids knock the ball clear out of the park. A thirteen-song non-stop hit parade of jangly lo-fi garage rock bashers, with some doo wop prom breaks, country & western twangy lead work, and shuffling rhythms to get the kids shinglin and shakin. The perfect soundtrack to a sweaty basement dance party. Album also comes with a digital download code. 

DEAD LUKE. American Haircut (Florida’s Dying) 14.00 EUR. Its bright and sunny out, the birds are chirping, and summer is in full swing, but in here American Haircut is filling the air with a cold haze of serious downer-vibed psych. No sun in these parts just dead vegitation and an iced over ground where a ghostly voice repeats over and over "You know you're bringing me down." So put on your coat, alter your mind, turn out the lights, and get lost in the nine extended jams that fill this album. DEAD LUKE has released three killer singles (two on Sacred Bones, one on Sweet Rot) as well as a number of tapes, and a collaborative 12-inch with Zola Jesus, and this is his first LP. Limited to 500 copies.  

DEAN DIRG. Verpisst (Hardware) 12.50 EUR. After 4 years finally a new 12"! 11 brandnew killer tracks in 13 minutes, 8 x Punkrock blast plus 3 Elektro!-Tracks from these guys, short, fast n' loud, drum beats in the classic DEAN DIRG tradition - somewhere between the CIRCLE JERKS and a less coked-out JAY REATARD, danceable DEVO and HENRY FIATS OPEN SORE.

DEAN DIRG. ...Raus! (Plugelprinz/Six Feet Under Records) 11.50 EUR.  Germany's Dean Dirg deliver 14 more blasts of punk-hardcore rippers, the longest of which clocks in at less than a minute and a half. Raw guitars, gang vocals, and furious (yet somewhat danceable) drum beats in the classic Dean Dirg tradition. The Dean Dirg sound generally falls somewhere between the Circle Jerks and a less coked-out Jay Reatard, but this time the Dirg-meisters throw you a curve ball with a sweet techno-groove track to get those sweat-soaked booties on the dance floor from here to Berlin and back again!  A true feel-good experience.

DEERHUNTER. Microcastle (Kranky) LP+CD 13.00 EUR. The highly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s Cryptograms album which launched the band into the stratosphere of hype. Whether or not that was or is deserved is entirely subjective. Microcastle was recorded over the course of a week at Rare Book Studios in Brooklyn, New York with Nicolas Verhes in April of this year. The album was recorded as a four-piece consisting of Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Joshua Fauver, and Moses Archuleta. "Saved by Old Times" features a vocal collage by Cole Alexander of the Black Lips, and the album also features two songs with lead vocals by guitarist LOCKETT PUNDT, "Agoraphobia" and "Neither of Us, Uncertainly".

THE DEFECTS. 1979 To 1984 (Punkerama/Antisociety) 14.00 EUR. This album cobbles together previously unreleased demos and selected live material from the bands career. Released on limited edition 12" orange vinyl + a 24 page colour booklet. This 12" vinyl album features all 4 tracks from their first demo + the first single, an unreleased live track from 1984 and 8 songs recorded live at the Pound, Belfast 1980. The sound quality of the live stuff is pretty decent and the band kick some serious butt throughout. Not hard to see why the Defects were one of the top draws on the 80s UK punk scene. At only a tenner for the whole package this is a must buy for all Defects and NI punk fans. Hard as fuck punk from Belfast!
LP plus 24 page booklet and free 27 track CD with bonus tracks. THE DEFECTS were a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland, formed in 1979. This has the band's first and only demos from 79 plus first single and 2 live concerts, one from The Pound Belfast 1980, one from 1982 and some from 84! The demos and some of the live tracks have never been released before!

DEFEKTORS. Bottom Of The City (Nominal) 14.50 EUR. DEFEKTORS’ debut LP mirrors the desperation of the times with a tougher sound than witnessed on their prior output. The extra instrumental touches of the singles have been stripped away in favor of a fevered attack and desolate howl. Neither melody nor fidelity are compromised by this stark approach. Hope derived from hopelessness. Exposed, raw, and alive.  Features members of VAPID, MODERN CREATURES, TERRORBIRD, and SEX CHURCH. A co-release with Grotesque Modern. Initial pressing of 1,034 copies with Stoughton tip-on jackets. Includes download coupon.

DERBY DOLLS. Extreme Probleme (P.Trash Records) 13.00 EUR. Exactly 30 years ago (in June 1981) the German NDW band NICHTS released their first LP "Made in Eile" on the independent record label Schallmauer-Records. With it they produced one of the earliest and most important NDW records, directly compared to "big names" like IDEAL and NEON BABIES... Already one year later the major label WEA signed them.
Now it's that time again where a young German band with NDW punk roots releases an awesome hit record! After two split EPs here's finally a full length album from Tübingen's 4 head Powerpop/NDW Combo. 10 Songs between NICHTS, HANS-A-PLAST and BUZZCOCKS, sounding like the No Fun and Schallmauer Records stuff from the early 1980s. The mixed German/English lyrics shuttle between life doubts, adapted subjects and people on the go, always with an irresistible and beat-twitching tendency to drag you to the dancefloor. The weighty female lead vocal of Helen totally reminds you of NICHTS singer Andrea Mothes. Now come and check it out yourself right now!

DESTINO FINAL. Atrapados (La Vida Es Un Mus) 10.00 EUR. INVASIÓN from Barcelona started in 2004, and after several line up changes they finally put out their first album on LVEUM in 2007. In 2008 they put out the 'La Caza' 12" and toured the USA. After the USA tour there were some more line up changes, so they decided to change the name of the band. DESTINO FINAL is the the new name but apart from that, little has changed. 'Atrapados' is an 9 track album of feedback and reverb drenched punk. It takes small slices of classic 80's European hardcore, English Anarcho punk and DISCHARGE and makes something that is dense, desperate and twisted.

DESTRUCTION UNIT. Sonoran (Volar Records) 13.50 EUR. In the punk-rock prime of his youth, RYAN ROUSSEAU (aka ELVIS WONG) saw himself cutting his teeth as the drummer for the WONGS, eventually hooking up with JAY REATARD to play in the REATARDS, and dividing his time between the former band in Arizona and the latter in Memphis. Ryan soon recorded the first DESTRUCTIONN UNIT 7”, a blistering slab of synth-punk, which eventually led Ryan to Tuscon’s drony, synth-heavy DIGITAL LEATHER. Ryan in turn filled in from time to time on drums for ANGRY ANGLES, and eventually found himself recording two more LPs under the Destruction Unit moniker with help from Jay and ALICJA TROUT starting up the southwestern punk act TOKYO ELECTRON, and exploring his more melodic, post-punk roots with EARTHMEN AND STRANGERS. After the death of Jay Reatard in early 2010, Ryan resurrected Destruction Unit, this time emphasizing more psych/kraut/desert rock influences on their first LP, Eclipse, in FDH Records. For their second LP, Sonoran, the group has almost completely stripped away whatever synth-punk leanings they were holding on to, creating a purely ‘desert-at-night’ psych/kraut/space-rock album best enjoyed on the long nightly drives through the barren wastelands of the Southwest.

DESTRUCTION UNIT. Death To The Old Flesh (Empty) 12.50 EUR. Empty Back for a final conflict is DESTRUCTION UNIT. This last collaboration between the trio of Jay and Alicja of LOST SOUNDS and Ryan Wong will shatter your world. . Developed by Ryan Wong in the Arizona desert sometime in the past, the Unit unleashed the "My Disease" recording on Discos Cagados and debut "Self-Destruction of a Man" in 2004. The out-of-control beat met with electronic keys, a deafening guitar and damaged vocals that wanted you dead. Fueled by an unknown disease that mutates in the sun. So, stay in the shadows. Go out at night. DESTRUCTION UNIT is here. And it wants you dead.

DIE BOSLINGE. Scheiss Polizeistaat! (Hohnie) 12.00 EUR. Very rare Austrian Punk from 1979-81, includes their ultra-rare “Scheiss Kibarei” 7” and lots of previously unreleased tracks from 1980 plus more new recordings of their old songs which were never commited to tape back in the day by the recently reformed band.

DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS. Bad Reception Live (P.Trash) 14.00 EUR. To support their ''Let's go to hospital'' 2008 Tour, P.TRASH also releases ''Bad reception'', a selection of ten songs recorded live-to-air in a radio show called ''Muscle Souls'' in their hometown by Spooky Records owner Loki Lockwoood (who also recorded all of their other stuff) in September 2007. In raw and distorted, yet brilliantly recorded sound quality, the duo unleashes ''I want you'' and ''All time low'' from their Squooge 7'' ''Pussy Sandwich'', ''Motorbike'' from their first LP ''Young, tight & alright'', ''Fashion victim'', ''Sergi'' and a long, extended version of ''Thanks a lot'' from the ''Watch yr' back'' LP, as well as the new songs ''Liar, liar'', ''ASIO'', ''Oh yeah'' and ''I'm so bored with you'' from their upcoming album, in front of a small and enthusiastic crowd. This Tour-release is limited to 500 copies and comes in a 3-color silkscreened cover, with KOZIK-style artwork done by Isabel Santana. Don't miss them live and get your copy!  

DIGITAL LEATHER. Infinite Sun (Volar Records) 12.50 EUR. After seeing releases on Goner, Shattered, and Fat Possum, S. FOREE of DIGITAL LEATHER began working on his next LP, only to see his friend and manager, JAY REATARD, pass away suddenly. His deal with Fat Possum expired, he fired his booking agent and publicist, and retreated to Berlin for some much needed time away. Over time he began working again via a Kickstarter campaign that allowed him to purchase the gear he needed to record in various locales (i.e. various friends' bedrooms), and this mini-LP, Infinite Sun, shows Foree at his sharpest, tongue-somewhat-in-cheekily misanthropic and creating a batch of his best songs yet. "I intended Infinite Sun to sound like music you could travel through space to," he told me, and it makes perfect sense. The highlight of the record, "Sea of Hate," was, according to Foree, co-written by Jay Reatard post-mortem in a dream. It's really a fantastic record, I can't wait for everyone to hear it. Cover art by BRIAN CARVER (Christmas Island/Spirit Photography).  

DIGITAL LEATHER. Hard At Work (Tic Tac Totally Records) 12.00 EUR. Enough "Dark" for the punk kids and enough "Wave" for the art kids. Certainly enough going on for the seriously A.D.D. kids. The new DIGITAL LEATHER full-length, Hard At Work, pushes their synthesized, raw-pop further into the cold, detached aesthetics of the oft-quoted "early synth-punk" era. Equally at home compared to retro-synth-punk (à la THE SCREAMERS, HUMAN LEAGUE, WIRE) and experimental club blasts, the record draws on common elements of brutality in these diverse musical examples, and delivers unusual melodic twists on this concept at full force without sparing your heart or your eardrums a second of peace.

DIRTBOMBS. Party Store 3x12” (In The Red) 18.00 EUR. Nearly ten years after their critically-acclaimed album Ultraglide in Black helped kick-start a renewed interest in all things Detroit and rock ’n’ roll, The Dirtbombs release the de facto companion piece entitled Party Store. Where Ultraglide was a covers collection of ’60s and ’70s soul gems centered on the ideas of African-American identity and politics of the era that made an impression on a young, pre-musical Mick Collins as he listened to them on 45s in the family basement, Party Store is an assortment of live-band interpretations of classic Detroit techno music of the ’80s and early ’90s—songs Collins digested as they were originally released, when he was already making waves with garage-punk legends The Gories. The subject matter runs the gamut from materialistic future-disco braggadocio (“Sharevari,” originally by A Number of Names) to cold, post-industrial isolation (“Alleys of Your Mind,” originally by Cybotron) through the instrumental optimism of a worldwide house classic (“Strings of Life,” originally by Derrick May). All these themes encapsulate the climate of Detroit both now and at the time of their initial release. Let it be said clearly: this record addresses both the past and the future of Detroit. The players’ recreation of the sequenced, digital rhythms and melodies stems from an Oblique Strategies card pulled during the recordings: “Humanize something that is without error.” They do so with a crisp, krautrock-like precision on originals that all featured drum machines, sequencers and synthesizers. The two clear standout tracks are “Good Life” and “Bug in the Bass Bin.” Collins recontextualizes the upbeat modern dance élan of the former, originally by Kevin Saunderson via his Inner City outfit, to echo with post-punk zeal as the zest of doubled harmonies resonates throughout. “Bass Bin” (originally by Carl Craig as Innerzone Orchestra) features modular synthesizer programming by Craig himself and is the album’s pièce de résistance. Clocking in at more than 21 minutes, the track’s original light jazz underpinnings are diffused into a martial, militaristic backbeat coupled with fire-raining feedback screes from Collins’s trusty Kent guitar. INCLUDES FREE DOWNLOAD COUPON!!!

DIRTBOMBS. Race To The Bottom 12” (Cass Records) 10.00 EUR. “The record no one wants to hear! We took a poll of the Dirtbombs fan base on their likes and dislikes and cooked up the exact opposite of what they're looking for. Enjoy 23 excruciating minutes of aimless, meandering synthesizer noodling. You thought the six minutes of this song on We Have You Surrounded was painful? This 12-inch makes ear-bleeding seem like a blessing in comparison.”—Dirtbombs. Limited to 500 copies.

DIRTBOMBS. You Have You Sorrounded (In The Red) 12.50 EUR. The Dirtbombs' fourth full-length is jam-packed with more of their soulful, Detroit-style, fuzztone-fueled garage-punk-pop-rock 'n' roll that has made them a popular favorite with club-goers around the globe. Mick Collins and his merry band of miscreants' twelve slices of sonic thud kick the party into high gear and show off a vast array of unexpected influences. In fact, the opening track has been acknowledged by Collins as his tribute to Mark E. Smith and The Fall.
The Dirtbombs are as known for their tasteful selection of cover tunes as much their stunning originals, and this record carries on the tradition with fantastic takes on songs by comic artist Alan Moore, Portland, Oregon stalwarts Dead Moon, and labelmates Sparks. That said, the originals here are what you really want to write home about. From the Stooge-oid "Ever Lovin' Man" to the finger-poppin' "Indivisible" to the extendo free-form psych jam of "Race To The Bottom" to the Euro-pop of "La Fin Du Monde," The Dirtbombs prove once again they are a rock 'n' roll force to be reckoned with who will have no problem outliving the NME-sponsored hype of their hometown way after ten more trends and haircuts have been built up and torn down.

DMZ. S/T (4 Men With Beards) 17.00 EUR. Originally released in 1978 on Sire Records, DMZ's first and only album never really fit into the punk/new-wave mold that was forced upon it. These five shaggy haired dudes from Boston were more interested in the Sonics than the Sex Pistols and their goal, as stated by frontman JEFF “MONO MAN” CONOLLY was "fusing the sound of the Chocolate Watchband and The Stooges." Produced by FLO & EDDIE of The Turtles' fame, this album was much maligned at the time but has come to be accepted as a classic record that helped jump start the ongoing garage-rock revival that began in the '80s. In fact, Mono Man, upon the breakup of DMZ, founded the group LYRES in 1979, a legendary garage-rock band that carry on to this day.

DOCTOR SCIENTIST. Prehistoric Times (Fdh Records) 13.50 EUR. "Post-apocalyptic screams, blips, and guitars thrash their way into a burnt-out landscape of digital future-past. Where dance beats and laser guns are one and the same, and where both aid in battling the warlords, robocops, and dinosaurs roaming the refuse of our cities and towns. Such is the weird world that the Philadelphia-based band, DOCTOR SCIENTIST has offered its loyal listeners since 2007's This Changes Everything. Now, with 2010's Prehistoric Times, that world is made both more prehistoric, more apocalyptic, and somehow both more brutal and more danceable. The band's fourth member, the robot, has taken a holiday to 808ville and has come back from vacation with the some of the most beastly beats and drum loops available to human ears. Adding bass guitar unto the barrage of these beats, guitar shreds, and curdled android howls gives Prehistoric Times a fuller, more enveloping sound. Doctor Scientist's odd electronic world now seems that much closer, as these songs throw listener's right into the thick of a digital battlefield. The two singers shriek over and along with each other, and allow for a dynamic call to arms made triumphantly complete with hardcore style breakdowns, marching barks of command, and even a few moments of metal edge. Think Kraftwerk in the mosh pit, or West Coast synthpunk with a violent, unhealthy addiction to Gorilla Biscuits from the year 3030. This new album, due out in April on FDH and P. Trash Records, is a must have for those who want to make ready for the maniacal end of the new world—or the fuming, dancing, brutal beginning of an old one." 

DOLLY MIXTURE. Remember This - The Singles Collection 1980-1984 (Rough Trade) 13.50 EUR. 15 track limited vinyl album on our own for us records that compiles all of dolly mixture's 7" and 12" released between 1980 and 1984 on chrysalis, respond records, dead good dolly platters and cordelia records. This is the first time they have been released on vinyl since their original release. If you bought all five original singles - you'd have no change from 120 pounds. Dolly Mixture were like the shangri-la's or the go-go's if they had any class or the raincoats without the weirdness and electric violins. Dolly Mixture toured with the Undertones, played john peel's 40th birthday party, recorded a wealth of true pop classics, gave u2 a support-act leg-up, wrote songs for lena zavaroni and influenced the whole riot grrrl movement, but floored by on-the-road illness, decooled by captain sensible and dismissed as 'the slits meet the nolans' by a uk music industry too hung up on black leather hipness.

DOUBLE NEGATIVE. Daydreamnation (Sorry State) 12.50 EUR. Three years and two aborted recording sessions later, North Carolina's almighty Double Negative finally deliver the follow-up to their legendary debut. While that record obliterated listeners with its sharp, precise hardcore attack, Daydreamnation finds Double Negative incorporating the wide variety of influences one would expect from four guys who have all been playing in bands for 25+ years. Particularly if you've ever had your face ripped off by this band live, Daydreamnation's relentless wash of noise, speed, and energy will make it the Double Negative record you've always wanted. Note: includes free mp3 download, deluxe foil-stamped covers, and obi strip.

DREAM SYNDICATE. Days Of Wine And Roses (4 Men With Beards) 16.50 EUR. Classic debut full-length album by the quintessential group of the ‘80s Paisley Underground scene. The Days Of Wine And Roses was recorded in Los Angeles during September 1982 and released later that year on Chris D.'s Ruby Records (a division of Slash Records). STEVE WYNN and co. combined the sonic experimentation of the Velvet Underground's White Light/White Heat period with the bold rock of Bob Dylan and Quicksilver Messenger Service while mixing the urgency and rawness of punk rock with groove-based songs and extended guitar solos. The Days Of Wine And Roses never got the credit and praises Murmur, Zen Arcade or Daydream Nation got: it's time to change that now.

DRUID PERFUME. Tin Boat To Tuna Town (Bumbo) 14.50 EUR. “There is a stock scene in movies set in colonized countries in the '60s and 70s: A journalist or adventurer or doctor or spy, fresh in the country, goes from plane to taxi cab. The cab swerves through the city, stealing space from bicycles, scooters, buses, and donkey carts. People dodge the car, the car dodges animals. Tires groove into mud and dung, hit concrete and lurch forward. Lights crackle and explode from black & white to color to blindness. Now make music out of that visual. Imagine horns lurching forward like an elephant drunk on palm wine. Guitars slither asp-like and sting. Over a tight flash of a rhythm section barks the town seer. This is how I hear Tin Boat to Tuna Town, the second album by DRUID PERFUME. A couple years ago, this Detroit five piece released a stunning debut on PIGS, followed by three killer 45s on the X! and Italy Records label. All were snatched up and raved about. I am sure the same excitement will meet Tin Boat to Tuna Town, their best record yet. Members of Druid Perfume have served time in the much acclaimed PIRHANAS and other outfits including a short stint with rock & roll legend KIM FOWLEY, which sounds about right. They've played a bunch of shows in the past and are hitting parts of the US right now. Check them out, buy Tin Boat to Tuna Town. There's no band around like them.”—Scott Soriano

DRUID PERFUME. S/T (PIGS) 14.00 EUR. Featuring three members of the PIRANHAS, one of Detroit’s most infamous punk bands of the last decade, DRUID PERFUME continue the “Where the fuck are these guys coming from?” mayhem, elevating it to the next level of Weird Punk. Tropically hot in its sweaty, confident swagger their sauntering, jazzy art-skronk collides beautifully with raw, soupy Detroit punk viciousness. This five-piece eviscerates that rotting corpse of Detroit punk, dancing, marching around the body, finger-painting the funhouse walls with the entrails in a truly manic Lord of the Flies-like hysteria. Piggy never had a chance. This controlled chaos, DRUID PERFUME’s debut, plays itself out over eight songs. In and out in a breathless 24 minutes. Vinyl only.

DUCHESS OF SAIGON. S/T (S-S Records) 14.50 EUR. A limited edition LP featuring sixteen songs culled from sessions recorded by CHRIS WOODHOUSE between 2002 and 2005, every one of them as good as anything on Sacramento’s defunct DUCHESS OF SAIGON’s previous two EPs (released by S.S and Plastic Idol). Edition of 300 copies with only a good handful available for distribution.

THE EAT. It’s Not The Eat, It’s The Humidity (Alternative Tentacles) 16.00 EUR. The Alternative Tentacles "Reissues Of Necessity" is back! We've hooked another live one from the swirling depths of the most obscure, desirable, and just plain deranged. Like many early punk pioneers THE EAT operated in a near-total vacuum. This time in that infamous cesspool of clueless retirees and moronic sun worshippers known as South Florida. Their classic 7"s were rare and sought after from the moment they came out, distribution was nil, most were given away at shows and crushed on the spot, some even wound up lining parrot cages. As a result, Communist Radio and God Punishes The Eat are some of the most sought after and obscenely expensive Killed By Death items on eBay. Th e band's angle on the world has a lot to do with this. Political concerns like "Communist Radio", "Nut Cops", "Kneecappin" and "Nixon's Binoculars." Environmental awareness like "Manatee Smacker," "M-80 Ant Death" and "Living Like a Pig", and numerous celebrations of that seedy Florida lifestyle like "Catholic Love", "Silly Drug Songs", "Money for the Police" and "Psychotic McHale's Navy." THE EAT reappeared sporadically clear through the mid-'90s, yet still seemed unaware how wide their cult and notoriety had spread, especially among people who've never actually heard them. So now everyone can! Both early 7"s are here, the dropouts in the fi ve God Punishes songs fixed up at last, followed by the entire Scattered Wahoo Action cassette album and all the unreleased songs from their aborted Hialeah album that was chopped down to their third and final 7". Sound is top-fl oor melodic punk 'n' roll, sort of a sped-up REAL KIDS with rock-bottom ANGRY SAMOANS-style lyrics. Disc one's a whopping 30+ studio tracks, many never before released.

EAT SKULL. Wild And Inside (Siltbreeze) 14.00 EUR. Eat Skull's Sick to Death received worldwide accolades for its frantic pacing, unimpeachable lyric quality, and nugget after nugget of pop hooks buried under a gob of lo-fi muzz. On this follow-up, fans and critics will find a cleaner, more inimitable Eat Skull at work. Frontman Rob Enbom has outdone himself with both lyrics and structure on Wild and Inside, and the band as a whole rises to the challenge of nixing the lo-fi tag for a sound that's less... antecedent. Gone is the wall of crud that prevents discerning listeners from identifying the instrumental play-by-play; in its stead, a set of crafted songs recall the paisley punk of The Last and the rural-delica of Great Plains, as well as nodding to the sanguine pop of early Flying Nun bands such as The Double Happys. Wild and Inside is a grower for the ages. It breathes deep and exhales perfectly.
"On their first album Sick to Death, the Portland band Eat Skull mashes together almost everything that's great about trashy art-punk, weirdo fuzz-garage, skuzzy punk-pop, Kiwi garage-rock and off-kilter bedroom-strum. ...once your ears adjust, you realize that it's all killer, no filler." --Pitchfork (8.3 rating).

EAT SKULL. Sick To Death (Siltbreeze) 14.00 EUR. Review From MRR #302: This is really fucking good –- mind blowing fucked-up pop. It’s somewhere in between a more distorted HOME BLITZ and TIMES NEW VIKING. Once in a while, it hits a stride that reminds me a little of the 50 MILLION album “This One’s Pretty Good But I Like The Old Stuff Better”. The listening experience is rich in pleasure. The music vibrates with an incontrolled splendor. Maybe the best LP I’ve heard all year.

EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING. Walking In Unison 12” (HBSP-2X Records) 13.00 EUR. The chance to peek inside an artist’s studio is a rare opportunity—the flotsam, jetsam and miscellaneous arcana found there offer surprising and often revelatory insights into the creative process. The scribbles, sketches and scraps that are usually kept hidden behind the scenes exert a profound influence on artists’ vision. Here, the tremendous EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING serve up a rare glimpse of their day-to-day practice, both in the studio and on tour. The A side of this extended player is a pounding, 8-minute long studio session featuring BRENDAN’s feverish ad-libbed rants lobbed incongruously over the top of his bandmates’ precision crafted sound. The reverse side features live versions of “I Admit My Faults” and “Second Guessing.” If you’re fortunate enough to have seen the band live, these tracks will vividly recall the fantastic intensity of their stage presence. If you haven’t had that pleasure (yet), this EP will get you pumped for the real thing.

EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING. Rush To Relax (Goner) 13.00 EUR. BACK IN STOCK!! Eddy Current Suppression Ring formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2003, bandmates Eddy Current, Rob Solid, Danny Current, and Brendan Suppression thought they would play a few shows and perhaps record a 7-inch or two. One of their first gigs, in fact, was an employee Christmas party at the record pressing plant where they worked.
Six years later, the band has racked up accolades from the likes of SPIN Magazine, London's Guardian newspaper, and the Australian Independent Record Labels Association. In March of 2009, they were awarded the $30,000 Australian Music Prize for their second album, Primary Colours.
Eddy Current's third full-length, Rush to Relax, is already one of the most anticipated releases of 2010. Cut last August in a six-hour session at Melbourne's Revolver Rehearsal Studios, the album combines stripped-down post-punk sensibilities with the sheer exhilaration of a four-man musical unit that has created its own language, and will never run out of new things to say.
While Primary Colours drew on what Guardian music critic Tom Hughes described as "fast 'n' fuzzy garage rock," Rush to Relax employs a pop ethos more common to the mid-'80s Dunedin Sound of New Zealand's Flying Nun label, with cascading guitar riffs and precise rhythms shadowing the introspective lyrics from black-gloved frontman Brendan Suppression. The geographical tug is most prevalent on "Anxiety," the new album's lead single, which is a guitar-driven homage to The Clean's whimsical, scene-launching debut "Tally-Ho," twisted via Eddy Current's inimitable style.
The frantic pace of "Anxiety" is somewhat of an anomaly for Rush to Relax, a shape-shifter of an album that has already garnered comparisons to Television's 1977 landmark debut Marquee Moon. Like that classic group, Eddy Current Suppression Ring harnesses tension and propulsion to blast past the barriers of everyday tedium.

EDDIE CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING. Primary Colours (Goner) 12.00 EUR. BACK IN STOCK!! Goner Records is proud to present the second album from Melbourne, Australia’s EDDY CURRENT SUPPRESSION RING. Primary Colours was released to rave reviews and sold out shows Down Under, with the first week sales putting the record at number six on the Australian national charts. Eddy says, “musically, to me it sounds a bit more ‘82ish than the ‘76ish sound of our first LP, slightly less frantic and maybe a bit more palatable.” LP version includes a free download.

EL-G. Tout Ploie (S-S Records) 12.50 EUR. “So….a couple years back, one of my favorite French labels – Le Villain Chien – released a single by a guy going by the name of él-g. I picked up a few – record unheard - for our mail order and when they arrived, gave one a spin. The sound was a combination of world-weary French pop and mellow psych. The record lived on the turntable for a few weeks. When the Belgian label Kraak announced it was putting out an él-g album, I said sign me up for some. I got a very small handful and offered them for sale. Of course, one found its way to the record player and what came out of the speakers was one of the best records I’d heard in quite a while. Like the 7” I previously dug, this album strode through French pop styles and dreamy psychedelia, but this thing was much better than the seven inch. It had a classic sound. I wasn’t alone in liking it. David Keenan of Volcanic Tongue called it “Ass-flatteningly great” and said it “combines the decadent French ballad style of Serge Gainsbourg with warped acid folk settings, Industrial electronics and the kinda schizophrenic approach to genre that defines much of Thierry Muller and Philippe Doray’s work.” Clive Bell at the Wire said él-g’s”freak flag is exhilarating”. And the few people who got the record from me, wrote and asked for more. After spin number 50, I said to myself, “Damn, there’s a whole lotta people on this side of the Atlantic that are gonna miss out on this demon, one of the best records of the last five years, me thinks.” So I wrote él-g and Kraak and asked if I could do an American pressing and they said “Sure good thing” and here it is. So what you get is all the above – with guest performances by the lovely Charlene Darling and Ignatz and Phil Todd of Ashtray Navigations. This edition on S.S. Records was remastered excellently by Paul Gold of Salt Mastering and has a slightly different cover and insert. And it is available at a domestic price.”  

ELECTRIC BUNNIES. Through The Magical Door (Florida’s Dying) 13.00 EUR. THE ELECTRIC BUNNIES have been both praised and panned for the eclectic nature of their singles and with their first full-length. The naysayers should be silenced. This is their most cohesive release to date with eleven tracks which weave in and out of each other working more as two sides then as eleven free-standing songs. This is seriously a modern psychedelic masterpiece. A concept album with out the pretense which comes off like a trip through an exotic paradise. An ode to their hometown of Miami. Packaged in gatefold sleeves with four inserts.

ENDTABLES. S/T (Drag City) 12.50 EUR. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY has had more than its share of out-of-nowhere bands following from the second big bang that was punk rock. The Babylon Dance Band, Circle X, Your Food, Squirrel Bait, Bastro…these are but some of the exceptional music acts originating in Louisville after 1977. Now it’s time for the great secret of the Louisville first-wave punk scene to be revealed: THE ENDTABLES. The Endtables were the crazed brainchild of guitarist ALEX DURIG, brooding chess-master of the amplified freak-out, and singer STEVE RIGOT, a flamboyant transgender giant from the shores of southern Indiana who reinvented himself as a Warhol Factory superstar. The band first took the stage in late 1978 and was finished by the summer of 1980. In the fall of 1979 they recorded six tracks at a Louisville studio, four of which came out on a 7-inch EP on their own Tuesday Records. The two remaining tracks (“White Glove Test” and “Trick or Treat”) were issued as a single on Self Destruct records in 1991. Both records are among the rarest of any American punk release—more sought after than seen, passed on disintegrating cassette tapes and shouted over upon impact. The music of The Endtables is another chapter in pure American weirdness, as jaw-locking today as the day it was recorded. The scent of modern can be detected in Steve Rigot’s remote vocalese, set against Alex Durig’s guitar outbursts amid a frenzied rhythm. The band rocks its fevered vision to a ferocious degree while Rigot grimly rhymes the truths that remained locked out of the public’s pop tastes in ’79–’80. The cover of The Endtables replicates the original Tuesday records 7-inch cover, with its early-wave punk glory intact. The vinyl version is a six-song blast, short and sweet, the complete studio recordings. The CD adds six previously-unreleased live tracks, and never-before-seen video footage of the band in performance. The studio tracks are mastered from the original tapes, recently discovered in a basement in Louisville’s South End. The package also includes previously unpublished photos that convey the seedy chaos that was the band’s métier, along with extensive liner notes and Steve Rigot’s lyrics.

EPIDEMICS. Waking Up The Dead (Ny Vag) 11.00 EUR. BEWARE! The EPIDEMICS is spreading! What you hold in your hands is the debut album of EPIDEMICS, ex DISCONVENIENCE, from Umea / Sweden. Great super catchy Punkrock with female Vocals!! “Waking up the dead” was recorded in January 2008 at Tonteknik Studios (where among others REFUSED recorded their “The shape of punk to come” album) and produced by Inge Johansson from The (international) NOISE CONSPIRACY. EPIDEMICS' take on punk rock is an explosive mix of the energy you will find in a crowded, sweaty, loud hardcore show in someone’s basement and that perfect pop song that you fell in love with the first time you heard it. “Waking up the dead” is a true story about social change, urban angst, electric shock therapy, zombies, pollution and warfare. This is passionate punk that will fill the dance floor, make your ear drums bleed and leave you wanting more more more!!!

ESKORBUTO. Ya No Quedan Más Cojones, Eskorbuto A Las Elecciones (Munster) 13.50 EUR. Reissue of this 1986 cassette by Eskorbuto, one of the most influential punk bands in the Spanish and Latin American scenes. Its original release was part of their campaign to enter the Spanish general elections as a political party. They didn't achieve it but the songs here told more truths that any political speech. Side A 1. YA NO QUEDAN MAS COJONES, ESKORBUTO A LAS ELECCIONES 2. ESCUPE LA B... 3. CUANDO LOS DINOSAURIOS DOMINABAN LA TIERRA Side B 1. LA SANGRE, LOS POLVOS, LOS MUERTOS 2. MALDITO PAIS 3. ABAJO LA LEY

ESKORBUTO. Eskizofrenia (Suicidas Cover) (Munster) 14.00 EUR. Reissue of "Eskizofrenia", Eskorbuto's first LP from 1985, one of the most influential punk album in the Spanish and Latin American scenes. The LP showcases what they are known for: radicalism, a self-taught style and crude lyrics. The first blow of their anti-everything stand. This is its second press sleeve.
Limited to 1000. 500 on each sleeve.

ESKORBUTO. Eskizofrenia (Twins Cover) (Munster) 14.00 EUR. Reissue of "Eskizofrenia", Eskorbuto's first LP from 1985, one of the most influential punk album in the Spanish and Latin American scenes. The LP showcases what they are known for: radicalism, a self-taught style and crude lyrics. The first blow of their anti-everything stand. This is its first press sleeve.
Limited to 1000. 500 on each sleeve.

ESKORBUTO. Las Más Macabras De Las Vidas (Guns Of Brixton) 13.00 EUR. Reedición en vinilo, como es merecedor en la liturgia rockera, del quinto disco de una banda combativa e independiente como pocas. Ellos fueron la última independencia, como testimoniaron tozudamente a lo largo de su intensa trayectoria.
En  Julio del ´88 salía a la calle el disco más oscuro de la historia eskorbutera. Vomitado desde las entrañas con el hastío de una vida ennegrecida por el hollín manado de las toberas de las fábricas, en la margen apaleada del Nervión.
Los años les habían curtido ya, y su carácter y  actitud estaban claros, Eskorbuto eran sobre todo  anti – todo. “Las más macabras…” es testigo directo de sus vidas, conducidas sin cortapisas, a bandazos por la hoja maltrecha y oxidada del filo de una navaja. Con la impronta que deja en sus corazones los embates de la sociedad, vengan de la izquierda o la derecha. Alcoba de la ponzoña que ha hecho poso la frustración. Libraron mil batallas que a la larga se han hecho victorias. Resolvieron con picardía situaciones imposibles y con estoicidad varapalos que minarían a cualquier banda, pero no a Eskorbuto.
Este disco supone un punto de inflexión, degeneración lo llamaban ellos, en la manera de idear sus artefactos. Las experiencias pretéritas con discográficas varias “aguaban” las expectativas de gran octanaje que sólo cabían en la calenturienta mente de Iosu, Con estas, siempre quedó el engaño en el aire rondando sus cabezas. A raíz de lo cual, se hizo imperativo la materialización de un disco auto producido, bajo el nombre de Buto – Eskor como padrino de la criatura.
Se embarcaron en un proceso de producción y distribución desconocido hasta el momento, que casi acaba con ellos. Sobretodo con Iosu, artífice máximo de esta aventura que lo dejó en la extenuación. Tras conseguir reunir el dinero necesario a través de un socio para tal fin, tuvo que encargarse de la práctica totalidad de la grabación del disco, con Jualma convaleciente en el hospital. Guitarras, líneas de bajo, voces, algunos coros y arreglos. Llegando a distribuir más de 3.000 LP´S de forma totalmente autogestionada a través del correo.
“Las más macabras de las vidas” destila pesimismo, pero también mucha pasión  y arraigo por esa forma de entender la vida y el rock. Desafiantes, sin cortarse un pelo, honestos hasta la médula,  sólo como ellos saben hacer las cosas, sin mediocridades,
Son nueve los  cortes que conforman el álbum. En “Rock y violencia” nos espetan toda una declaración de principios, “acabad con nosotros si podéis, antes de que nosotros lo hagamos con vosotros”. Con “Pelos largos, caras enfermas” dejan a las claras que nada ha cambiado y no olvidan a aquellos que se la jugaron. En “Las más macabras…” y “La última pelea” Eskorbuto siguen retando a cualquiera que esté dispuesto a ponerles en el punto de mira, con un cierto resentimiento como telón de fondo, cual guerrero que va a la batalla a darlo todo pero espera el desastre a cada avance, “Iros a la mierda”, evidente, aflora la rabia hecha estandarte. La pegadiza “Felices días de tu vida” aborda la contemplación existencial de forma irónica, casi cruel. “Cántame una canción” se antoja vacilona, una canción para sacar la lengua y enseñar los dientes.
“Que corra la sangre” o que llegue al río, que es lo mismo. Vuelven a la carga otra vez directos, desafiantes, evocando tiempos pasados y hazañas épicas. Cierra el disco “Sangre”. A secas, una balada sangrienta a medio tiempo.
“Las más macabras de las vidas” es imperecedero y paradójicamente se presenta fresco de nuevo en el añorado y genuino vinilo. Gran oportunidad para saborear otra vez los sutiles matices a exasperación que rondan los surcos del disco más agrio de unos Eskorbuto que inoculan en el oyente , con más fuerza que nunca, la rabia y el agente nihilista del que fueron transmisores.
TRACKING LIST:
Cara A: Rock y violencia; Pelos largos, caras enfermas; Iros a la mierda; Las más macabras de las vidas.
Cara B: Felices días de tu vida; Sangre; La última pelea; Que corra la sangre; Cántame una canción.

ESKORBUTO. Demasiados Enemigos (Guns Of Brixton) 13.00 EUR. Eskorbuto revividos. “Demasiados enemigos” no es sólo el título de un disco mas de esta incendiaria banda santurtziarra, es el encargado de llevar a cabo la siempre difícil tarea de cerrar una etapa, de poner el punto y final a una combinación legendaria tal y como la conocimos hasta entonces.
Fueron una banda de su tiempo, y eso se nota a cada acorde o estribillo, marcado a fuego a través de los años por aquellos que danzaron y vibraron alrededor de las llamas del grupo maldito.
En los albores de la nueva década de 1990 nadie apostaba un duro por ellos. Han pasado once años ya desde que los chicos gamberros y traviesos del rock´n´roll emprendieran su particular cruzada que les conduciría a la gloria y tambien a la muerte, binomio que ha devenido inseparable a lo largo de su trayectoria. Tras tiempos eufóricos, divertidos y prolíficos emergían la pesadilla, el sudor, la sangre, los polvos de forma irreconciliable para consigo mismos. La degeneración hecha carne presidía el escepticismo en lo musical y en lo personal de una banda muy personal. El camino de espinas se confiere opaco, la solución: desbrozar a machetazos la maleza, cortando por lo sano y “sin mirar atrás”. No les deben nada a nadie y la lista de enemigos se torna indeclinable. La realidad supera con creces la ficción y las expectativas de cualquier grupo de postín con aspiraciones a ser los malos del rock.
Eskorbuto son ahora una banda más madura que si bien siempre supo lo que quiso no tuvieron mas remedio que luchar por sobrevivir, bien lo saben ellos. Los síntomas de esta situación laten con fuerza en este disco.
Han pasado más de tres años desde aquel oscuro “las mas macabras…” y cosechado pocas actuaciones y sí muchos detractores que no tardaron de tildar casi finiquitada la situación de la banda debido a su estado de salud y llegando a afirmar que no poseían ni instrumental. Es en este momento cuando acallan todas las voces con este “demasiados enemigos”. Como si de Atila y sus elefantes  abriéndose paso se tratara, arremeten con uno de los trabajos mejor producidos del trío y en tiempo record una vez más. Sólo ellos son capaces de permanecer en letargo todo ese tiempo y llamar a la puerta al amanecer con este disco bajo el brazo. De nuevo a la carga, desenfundando “las armas”, listas de nuevo para apuntar sin vacilaciones, directos a la cabeza y detonandolas sin compasión. “Hacemos música porque en las tiendas no venden metralletas” sentenciaban. Sentimientos encontrados en “la mejor banda”, el último corte de la rodaja de gracia.
El disco comienza encarrilado más o menos en la misma tesitura que sus predecesores, con perfiles pesimistas como “nueva esperanza”. La Conmovedora”adios reina mía” suena a despedida pero tambien insufla dinamismo al todo. Encontramos algunas curiosidades como “presagio” con reminiscencias a la canción que Iosu tenía ideada para “dena ongi dabil” de sus coetáneos Zarama. Temas desenfadados y alegres a la vez como “eskorbutín” y “emborrachate” e incluso un “cosas de la vida”, todas ellas en una onda más propias de Jualma. “Únete al desorden” entraña ciertas ganas de acción pero no lo suficientemente agresiva.
 La cara B abre con “intolerable” el único tema, quizás, en la línea desafiante y de mosqueo que tanto gustaban de Iosu. Le sigue a esta “en la luna”, obra también de Jualma probablemente, facilona y alegre sin más. Retoman la por entonces ya clásica “no quiero cambiar”, canción que data originalmente del año 81 y que rescatan para este “demasiados enemigos” para afianzar su postura y darle más valor al conjunto y al momento. Para cerrar el disco asestan “la mejor banda del mundo”, orgullosos, grandiosos, soñando en ser tan grandes como los delincuentes más importantes del siglo XX. Siempre viscerales. Por siempre Eskorbuto.
Este es un disco único y especial por su legado y sus circunstancias que se reedita de forma extraordinaria en formato vinilo. Si no pudiste hacerte con él y pincharlo en su momento o simplemente eras muy joven para conocerlo este es el momento de hacerlo y sacarle chispas a tu tocata sin preocuparte de lo que el volumen pueda afectar a la estructura de tu keli.
TRACKING LIST:
Cara A: Adiós reina mía (no me olvidaré de ti); Presagio; Eskorbutín; Cosas de la vida; Únete al desorden; Emborráchate.
Cara B: Intolerable; En la luna; Nueva esperanza; No quiero cambiar; La mejor banda.

ESKORBUTO. Jodiendolo Todo (Guns Of Brixton) 13.00 EUR. “Jodiendolo todo" fue la demo que la policia confiscó a los Eskorbuto en uno de sus primeros viajes a Madrid en 1983. Ellos la vendian en sus conciertos copiadas en cintas virgenes. 25 anos mas tarde, y tras un largo proceso de negociacion, reparacion de sonido etc...ve la luz en el sello Guns of Brixton en un gran vinilo de 180 gramos. El odio que refleja esta grabacion es el original de Eskorbuto...ellos sonaban a mierda y a mierda suena...pero que mierda, oigan! Vinilo de 180 gramos.

ESTRANGED. Subliminal Man (Dirtnap) 13.50 EUR. Dirtnap Records is proud to bring you the second album from Portland dark-punk kings! Past and present members of Portland hardcore mainstays such as REMAINS OF THE DAY, HELLSHOCK, WARCRY, LEBENDEN TOTEN, and others pull a 180 and dish out ten tracks of icy, ominous post-punk. Since their last release, THE ESTRANGED have dialed back the explicit aggression of their early singles a bit, and dialed up the textured, atmospheric, layered sounds of prime ‘80s deathrock / post-punk. A little less US influence, a little more UK, a little less Wipers, a little more Cure / Chameleons UK / Joy Division, etc. The Subliminal Man was painstakingly, impeccably recorded at Type Foundry Studios in Portland and features eight new ones, a re-recording of "Statue In A Room" (originally released as a split 7-inch with Autistic Youth) and a rather stunning cover of The Flys' 1978 classic "Love And A Molotov Cocktail." You need this. LP includes a download coupon. 

ESTRANGED. Type Foundry Sessions (Dirtnap) 12.50 EUR. An LP collection of THE ESTRANGED’s first recording sessions at Type Foundry Studios in Portland, Oregon. Eight songs, all released as 7-inch tracks, most of which are now out of print! Showcases the band's distinct style of ominous, dark punk at their rawest and most urgent. Vinyl is a split release between Dirtnap and Black Water Records. CD is on Japan's legendary HG Fact Records. First 1,000 LPs come in heavy tip-on style sleeves with red ink. Subsequent pressings will come in normal jackets with green ink.

EXPLODE INTO COLORS. Quilts 12” + 7” (M’lady’s) 13.00 EUR. At long last, and after so many wild adventures, M’Lady’s releases their first ever 12-inch long-playing record: EXPLODE INTO COLORS are one of the most fantastic groups on the planet, and this compiles their three now very hard-to-find singles. Packaged in embossed all-white sleeves. Mastered for maximum seismic disturbance by the esteemed BOB WESTON. So devastating, so ridiculously good. First 500 copies include a bonus 7-inch.

EXPLODING HEARTS. Shattered (Dirtnap) 13.00 EUR. BACK IN STOCK!! In a story that most of the punk rock world knows all too well, on 07/20/2003 the world lost 3/4ths of THE EXPLODING HEARTS (ADAM COX, JEREMY GAGE and MATT FITZGERALD) in a tragic van wreck outside Eugene, Oregon. During its short existence the band left behind a rather brief legacy. In remembrance of one of their favorite bands of all time, Dirtnap has released Shattered, a LP compiling all the band’s singles, demos, alternate takes from the Guitar Romantic sessions, and unreleased material.

FAITH. Subject To Change Plus First Demo (Dischord) 12.50 EUR. The fall of 1981 found the Washington, DC punk scene in one of the first of many fallow periods when a number of active bands broke up at the same time. SOA, Minor Threat, Red C and The Untouchables had all split, and a number of the musicians reorganized. MIKE HAMPTON and IVOR HANSEN from SOA formed a new band with ALEC MACKAYE of THE UNTOUCHABLES singing and another Wilson High School kid, CHRIS BALD, on bass. They called themselves THE FAITH and played their first show at H.B. Woodlawn High School in November ’81. At the end of 1982, EDDIE JANNEY (also a former member of The Untouchables) joined Faith as a second guitarist and six months later they recorded the Subject to Change 12-inch EP. Though clocking in at less than 14 minutes, this record was hugely important, not only to the people in DC but to others around the country and the world that were interested in the music emerging from the nation’s capitol. On Subject to Change, Faith introduced a layered, melodic approach that would blossom fully in later Faith-related bands like Rites of Spring and Embrace. Unfortunately, by the time anybody heard Subject to Change, the band was no more. Interpersonal strife proved too much and they played their last show in August 1983. The record was released posthumously four months later. While Minor Threat is often held up as the preeminent DC band of the early years, for many of the locals it was The Faith with whom they felt the strongest connection. For this reissued edition of Subject to Change, Dischord has expanded the release from its original EP format into a full-length with the addition of eleven tracks from the band’s first demo recorded in 1981 at Inner Ear Studios.

FEELING OF LOVE. OK Judge Revival (Kill Shaman) 14.50 EUR. ”The newest LP from Metz, France’s Feeling of Love is a blues-wrangling nightmare, full of nods to The John Spencer Blues Explosion, The Velvet Underground, and French glue-wavers Crash Normal. This newest full-length studio album is an awesome follow up to their first LP and the one-sided 12″ from last few years. Songs include amazing slide guitar riffs over drum machines, synths and tight rhythm section. This album is a complete reminder of why we have such a fondness for their first few releases and 7-inches; their tracks are driving grooves with a wild blues edge, all followed up with that magical French synthesis that delivers a “can’t miss” experience. Awesome cover art, printed sleeves and limited to our usual 500 copies on black vinyl.”

FEVER B. Lonely Sailor Sessions (Burger) 11.50 EUR. "FEVER B of THE FEVERS, RETARDOS, SKIPPER and SWEET FACES records himself on all instruments for this from-the-heart pop record! Amazing songs! 500 pressed with screen-printed covers."—Burger

FINALLY PUNK. Casual Ghost LP+CD (Army Of Bad Luck) 13.50 EUR. The girls of FINALLY PUNK united over a love of flannel and punk rock disco. Finally Punk’s first full-length LP compiles an impressive twenty-six tracks from three previously released (but now out-of-print) 7-inches, plus two unreleased tracks on purple vinyl. The LP includes an enhanced CD with videos shot and edited by the band of their adventures on tour.  

FIX ME. Ni Una Sola Puta Lagrima (La Vida Es Un Mus) 10.00 EUR. BACK IN STOCK!! 'Ni una sola puta lágrima' is the debut 12 track album from FIX ME, formerly know as E150. 12 vicious anthems of bad blood and hate towards the current state of the world. They sound part POISON IDEA part NEGATIVE FX with a bit of BLITZ in the mix. Greatly produced you can't help but wonder if they really recorded this monster at their practice space. Following the E150 tradition the recording includes two cover versions by CITIZENS ARREST and DECIBELIOS.

FONTANA. S/T (X! Records) 11.00 EUR. FONTANA’s anticipated new full-length album is out now and ready for ordering. Killer recording by JIM DIAMOND. If you're into giant centipedes, unhealthy obsessions, and Wayne Kramer from the MC3 then this recording is for you. Yeah, that's right, MC3. Ten tracks strong.

FORBIDDEN TIGERS. Magnetics Problems (Dead Beat) 11.50 EUR. Well there seems to be hope for the Lincoln/Omaha, Nebraska rock’n’roll scene after all. THE FORBIDDEN TIGERS’ debut is a nice tantalizing slice of life outside the farm seen through the eyes of four budding young up and coming musicians. The band certainly isn’t unfamiliar with the torrid, raunchy world of a rock’n’roll band, as the the band features CALVIN RETZLAFF, DAVID NANCE and NICK WAGGONER of BRIMSTONE HOWL (Bomp/Alive). Influences can be heard from GUN CLUB, THE SAINTS, JON SPENCER, ‘68 COMEBACK, ROLLING STONES, LIGHTNIN’ HOPKINS, JAMES BROWN and THE SCIENTICS on twelve tracks that are rocked with precise, accuracy, while sounding pretty carefree and unrehearsed.

FOREIGN OBJECTS. No Sensation (Vinyl Rites) 13.00 EUR. FOREIGN OBJECTS blast through eight songs of upbeat punk, somewhere between Dangerhouse, '77 pogo, riot grrl and early post-punk. They get compared to Wire and Bikini Kill a lot, I hear more Electric Deads and X. Members of AMPERE and LIBYANS.

FORGOTTEN REBELS. In Love With The System (Red Star) 14.00 EUR. 1978 KBD PUNK from Canada.

FRANCIS HAROLD & THE HOLOGRAMS. Who Said These Were Happy Times (Going Underground) 12.50 EUR. Mind bending and blistering death noise from Bisbee,Az . Maybe it's that awful heat and barren waste of space that helps create such evil music . Either way Francis Harold & the Holograms debut full length is just that , evil , noisy and reminist of death. All the things you want and need to enjoy your life. Full color sleeves.

FUCKED UP. The Chemistry Of Common Life (Matador) 2xLP 20.00 EUR. Fucked Up's new album, The Chemistry Of Common Life, synthesizes all these diverse impulses into an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life (and re-living). Merging elements of hardcore songwriting with up to 70 tracks of guitars, organs, winds and vocals, (including 18 guitars on the first single, the fatalistic "No Epiphany"), the music remains iconoclastic and startling, with Pink Eyes' vocals front and center. Guest musicians, of course, abound, notably gorgeous female voices such as Brooklyn's Vivian Girls and Toronto's Katie Stelmanis.
The band remains contemptuous of churches and religion (opening track "Son The Father," with its refrain "It's hard enough being born in the first place: who would want to be born again?") while promoting an almost Buddhist mysticism ("Royal Swan"). But in the end the view is idiosyncratically scientific: amid soaring guitar chords, the title track pays homage to the random chemical processes that created life on this planet. Though Fucked Up remain punks at heart - if quixotically diverse ones - they have created a great, weird, heavy record that stubbornly sticks in your brain and your heart.

FUCKED UP. Hidden World (Deranged) 2xLP 21.00 EUR. Review From Razorcake Mag: “Truly great bands will make you eat your words and you'll smile with every bite. They'll challenge your fundamental musical beliefs. Fucked Up is one of those bands. Last week, if you would have told me that I'd be defending a band with a nine and half minute song, I'd of said, "Fuck you and all the Asia records ever made." But, somehow, Fucked Up has been able to take that hallowed two-minutes-and-out energy, and blow it apart. It's like whomever first discovered America: it got expanded and exploited way beyond anyone's wildest expectations. Grand Canyon in scope, Hidden World spans seventy-something minutes, sweeping and filling every section with an awe that gets infinitely larger. I got this same feeling - nowhere near the sound - from Turbonegro's Apocalypse Dudes and Dillinger Four's Midwestern Songs of the Americas. All these musical notes lying on the ground, seemingly scattered and broken up by subgenre, pigeonholed by the lazy hacking of sounds, trampled by careless or not-as-talented-as-they-thought musicians? These notes, they all belong together. They all fit. Somehow. And for?for all intents and purposes to the world at large?Fucked Up is "just" a hardcore band. Good lord, what ambition. There's about ninety-nine levels to this record and I'm gonna keep listening deeper and deeper.”

FUCKING’ BONESHAKERS. 1995 Masturbation Sessions (Certifierd PR) 13.00 EUR. “THE FUCKIN’ BONESHAKERS were JUSTIN CHAMPLIN (that's NOBUNNY to you), CHRISTOPHER “IITH” ERICKSON (FUNCTIONAL BLACKOUTS, DAILY VOID) and DAN LANG (VEE DEE, BRIDES). This is their insane recently unearthed recordings from 1995, remastered by MAC BLACKOUT. SUPER HIGH ENERGY TRASH PUNK! Includes the original "Kill Kill Kill" later made famous by one of Justin's other bands—SNEAKY PINKS. Features the best album artwork (by band member Ilth) that I've ever seen!”—Certified PR

FUNGI GIRLS. Some Easy Magic (Hozac) 13.00 EUR. As the hypnotically serene breeze of summer finally locks into place across the land, the sophomore LP from the three hyper-talented Cleburne, TX teenagers known as FUNGI GIRLS, sprouts up from the earth like an other-worldly fern-like vessel emerging from the desert, ready to seduce the innocent and beguile the non-believers with its powerfully delicate and cavernous sound. Wise beyond their years, both in song construction, and in their depth of influences, Fungi Girls have been carving out a reverberating and resilient groove that sucks you into their hazy world of lacing crystalline guitar line over thunderous bass rhythms, all wrapped in their inimitable vocal style, which clearly drives this band into their own realm of psychedelic pop mastery. Needless to say, these small-town kids are doing something incredible with the wealth of music lying effortlessly at their fingertips, and forging their own unique sound and certain tension has become second nature on this new LP, which embraces a simple formula that works perfectly to distill the nuances of yesterday's overlooked visionaries into the perpetual sound of today.

FUTURE DADS. 24 Winship (Rave Up) 12.00 EUR. Future Dads, formed in 1981 after the split of legendary Boston punk band Unnatural Axe, were influenced by Ramones along with longtime heroes like the Modern Lovers and Lou Reed. The Dads gigged regularly at the Rat, the Channel, the Underground, Cantones, the Club, the Paradise, and the Inn-Square Men’s Bar on bills along with local bands and out-of-town acts like the Plimsouls, Plasmatics, Mo-dettes, Professionals, Wire Train, and Shrapnel. After recorded a great 7” and many other studio tracks, the band split up in 1982. So there you have it. A little snapshot in time, these songs provided the soundtrack for a ragged ride through the glory days of Boston’s underground rock scene fueled by alcohol, loud amps, and a love for rock and roll that is still with us today. Essential!!!!!

GARY WAR. Galactic Citizen (Captured Tracks) 12.00 EUR. Synth-psych-spook-warble pop from the titan of the form. Fresh from an LP on Sacred Bones, MR. GARY WAR comes on strong with six, killer, weird songs. This dude has played with Bobb Trimble, Blank Dogs and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graphitti. Sort of somewhere between those three with a sound all his own. 

GARY WAR. Horribles Parade (Sacred Bones) 14.50 EUR. Horribles Parade is the new full length from GARY WAR. This is the second album and the follow-up to last year’s New Raytheonport LP on Shdwply Records. Gary War's thick, synth-heavy psychedelia occupies a space between spacey bedroom experimentalists like R. Stevie Moore or the more contemporary Kurt Vile and the abrasive proto-punk of Chrome and Debris. The album expands on the more stripped down sound of his Sacred Bones "Zontag" single, plying layers of warm fuzz and feedback on top of psychedelic pop song structures. Look out for upcoming 12-inch EPs on Captured Tracks and Woodsist later this year.

GERMS. Los Angeles Is Burning (Tobias Beecher Records) 14.00 EUR. Two classic punk albums  released back to back on one platter!!! Originally released on the "Slash" label way back in 1979 and 1981 and both release's are highly collectable and anthems in their own rights. This re-issue is a pressing of only 500 copies, each one hand numbered and comes with an insert.

GG KING. Esoteric Lore (Rob’s House) 13.00 EUR. The debut full-length long-player from former CARBONAS frontman GREG “GG” KING. On Esoteric Lore we find some highly Carbonic moments—traces of Hubble Bubble, The Kids, Zero Boys, et. al.—but we also hear the King & Co. vamp on vibes harnessed only previously by goth-punk forebears: early Christian Death, 45 Grave. We sense smudged traces of minimal mania a la 100 Flowers. We catch whiffs of the emblematic hardcore of the Germs & T.S.O.L., feel the plod 'n' thud of Negative Trend. We're treated to bits of hijacked shortwave, aural static clinging 'tween songs proper, bleeding into the tunes themselves. And we hear a walloping wayward punk rec that nods knowingly toward L.A.-circa-'82, but in melding its influences, somehow sounds distinctly Atlanta, and right now.

GHETTO WAYS. I Always Wanted You (P. Trash) 13.00 EUR. You wanna be the Party Don? Uh, ah, alright! You'll be it with this record!
Damn, in a better world, "I Always Wanted You", the title-track of the new GHETTO WAYS record, would be played on the radio all day (and night) long! Or check out the great uptempo track "Can you feel it"! Can you feel it? I hope so! And "The Feel And The Love" perfectly fits the sexy photo of Jenna--finally on the cover! With "Big Bad Wolf" they even have a nursery rhyme on this piece of wax, GHETTO WAYS style uff course. Could there be a little innocence creeping into the sexiest band in rock n roll? Ten songs, high score! The GHETTO WAYS are moving away a little bit from their early trash-attitude, concentrating more on real catchy and soulful tunes, packed with a high level of Punkrock-energy.
This record has it all: that same stomping beat, rumbling bass, distorted rock guitar, and lots of cheering and howling. Yeehah!

GIRLS AT DAWN. S/T (Captured Tracks) 11.50 EUR. Right on the the heels of their debut 7-inch on HoZac comes this four-song 12-inch EP. Drawing from post-punk, psychedelic and ‘60s pop influences, these three girls from Brooklyn make haunting melodies bridged with there/not-there ghostly arrangements.

GOLDEN BOYS. Electric Wolfmen (Alien Snatch/Daggerman) 13.00 EUR. The newest album from Austin, TX rockers, GOLDEN BOYS, is a shambolic collection of organ driven moonshine howling (Electric Wolfmen), folky pop nuggets (Old Man´s Coat, Rock With Me Forever), topping accoustic anthems about dada and dogs.The GOLDEN BOYS drive off-road and cheer over to you before apparently getting stuck at the next intersection. The moment you´re about to say goodbye and smile bout the odd situation they´re back with another pushing rocker (Kontroll Girls, Goddamn I love the ocean). "Electric Wolfman" is a blueprint lesson in writing a party record of slow rockers and soulful wailers.
Produced by GREG ASHLEY (of GRIS GRIS) with guest musicians including Ashley, Memphis legend ROSS JOHNSON and the SPIDER BAGS. Co-released with Daggerman Records (USA). The LP is pressed on 180-gram vinyl, has deluxe inner sleeve and LP includes a free download. The CD is on a cardboard only digipack sleeve and has a extra booklet. Weirdness for money! If you close one eye, you will even hear a trumpet! We have a mere 400 copies of the vinyl and this is for music lovers only. If you don´t have a juke box - get a GOLDEN BOYS record! 

GOLDEN BOYS. Whiskey Flower (Alien Snatch) 11.50 EUR. Isn´t that the reason we go to shows at first hand? This is live in the studio, versatile, weirdo country folk, cracked blues, vintage melancholy pop reminiscent of the FLAMING GROOVIES, BO DIDDLEY, MODERN LOVERS or so many others. It holds you like a octopus. You want to get out first, but then crawl back cause the world out there is worse. The GOLDEN BOYS are our favorite first "now" band we reissue with no open questions at all. They may not be handsome. Check. They may not be in their twenties anymore. Check. Drummer quits the band to take greyhound bus back to Texas after the show. Check. Haha, they´re everything we love. "Whiskey Flower" is their second album, originally released in 2007 on Hook or Crook, US. The original first and only print run is gone. Thanks to Chris/Hook and Crook and the GOLDEN BOYS - we´re here to reissue this highlight now. Take a note that we also release their upcoming 4th album "Electric Wolfman" in co-operation with Daggerman Records end of this summer 2009. In our little fan rocknroll paper doll world, the GOLDEN BOYS dressed as some undefined pretentious misled religious carpenters, sitting near the fields asking for a ride to get outta here to play a show with DEADLY SNAKES and REIGNING SOUND. We spin the vinyl when a new bottle of wine is opened, when we have to party and our hearts got broken. Now is our job to give europe, the world or just you another chance. Take it and give them as place to sleep when you these vagabonds. Stomp loud that we can welcome them with all their fuzzy organs, horns, melodeons, trumpets, fiddles, their desparate singing for the lonesome though rowdy songs. Limited edition 500 copies. That night, we expected them as premium handcraft rocknroll swagger, we´re tired from walking around town and talking friends into joining but the GOLDEN BOYS just swept away all expectations, exhaustion, plans, talk - as time stops - nothing matters anymore.

GOLDEN TRIANGLE. S/T (Golden Triangle) 13.00 EUR. Featuring ex-Memphians NICK DIABLO (Viva L'American Death Ray Music) and ALIX BROWN (Lids, Angry Angles). A blast of blurry basement psychy experimental-ish rock. Limited edition six-ong EP, packaged with silk-screened original RAUL DE NIEVES print covers. Hand-numbered edition of 500 copies previously availalble on the band’s To Thirsty For Love Tour.

GOVERNMENT ISSUE. Boycott Stabb Complete (Dischord) 12.50 EUR. “In November of 1982, I went into the studio with GOVERNMENT ISSUE to record what was to be their first full-length album. Up until that time, they had only released the Legless Bull 7-inch EP, and the tape they recorded early 1982 would take over a year and a half to be released as the Make An Effort 7-inch EP. The members of G.I. excelled at driving each other crazy and there was a lot of arguing, but still we had a great session at Inner Ear and we managed to track 20 songs in one day. From the beginning the band had been divided on what to record, and it was only after much debate that they decided to leave off the material they had recorded with the earlier line-ups and only put out 10 new songs. In early 1983 Dischord was strapped for cash, meaning that we could only work on one release at a time. Since all of our money was tied up with the manufacturing of Minor Threat’s Out of Step 12-inch EP, the G.I. record would have to wait. A new DC label, Fountain of Youth expressed an interest in releasing Boycott Stabb, so it was decided to do a ‘split-label’ record. In this case, Fountain of Youth put up the money and we let them use the Dischord Records name to help with context and distribution. It has since been reissued on a number of different labels and formats, but after coming across the master tapes and hearing the songs that had been left off, we thought it would be cool to release the complete session, and to fi nally release the record on Dischord proper. In going through the tapes, I discovered that most of the outtake songs were never mixed, so earlier this year I took the recordings back into the studio. Hearing the separated tracks amazed me. Such great playing and songs! With the technological advances in the recording world making multi-tracking and overdubbing so common, it’s easy to forget that studios could also be used as something more akin to a photo-booth, capturing what was happening at that very moment. Most of the early Dischord sessions were essentially ‘live’ recordings, so the bands had to be able to play, and because the budgets were minuscule, they had to get the songs down in short order. G.I. stepped up on both counts.”—Ian MacKaye, August 2010. Includes a free download.

GOVERNMENT WARNING. Paranoid Mess (La Vida Es Un Mus) 10.00 EUR. GOVERNMENT WARNING from Richmond, VA came from out of nowhere with their “No Way Out” in 2005. Ever since they have been unleashing some of the greatest traditional US HC even written. Following their “No Moderation” LP and their “Arrested” 7” comes their second full length “Paranoid mess”. Fourteen unrelenting tracks full of snotty attitude that musically lies somewhere between ZERO BOYS, VERBAL ABUSE, FU’s or ADOLESCENTS including some mid paced tracks that follow the sound they mastered on their last EP. Great sounding record that brings to mind the golden era of USA hardcore - absolutely timeless.

GRANDE COBRA. Echoes Of Rebellion (P.Trash) 12.00 EUR. Very very grande are the holes the fangs of this release are gonna leave on your rocking ass. The mixed trio from Down Under proves that true beauty lies only in simplicity, a safely kept recipe that ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT took with them six feet below when the left the building a couple of years ago.
Now, this band took the formula out of the vaults and put into a more garagey sound that was captured on tape inside the famous Toe Rag studios in London. Most of the 10 songs on this record, like ''Railway Xing'', ''Paper Cuts'', ''Broken'' or the brilliant ''Hearts in the basement'', really do sound like a more stripped-down version of their San Diego brothers in musical gusto (minus the wind section) and they are all based on one simple, catchy and repetitive guitar line or just one single chord with an impulsive beat under the saddle that open out into a hyper-melodic and explosive chorus that will leave all you shakers out there perfectly happy. Not to speak of the even more melodic and straighter opener ''In a minute'' or the driving ''Doing the bomb'' and ''No brakes'' that serve as the ideal andidote for your good taste that has been venomed by too many lame-ass records. C'mon, catch a bite of the Grande Cobra!

GRASS WIDOW. S/T (Captured Tracks) 11.00 EUR. The second EP (previous self-titled 12-inch on Make A Mess) from this San Francisco based all-female power-trio. The Captured Tracks guys can't stop gushing about this band. Killer harmonies, Move meets Neo Boys meets Jesse Garon And The Desperados songwriting. About to have a feature on Pitchfork, put your order in before the mania starts. No joke. Co-released with Cape Shok records.  

GRAUZONE. S/T (Repro) 12.00 EUR. Uno de los mejores discos de new wave alemana de comienzos de los 80. Su hit "Eisbaer" es conocido en todo el mundo, pero Grauzone fueron bastante mas. Este lp recoge todas sus grabaciones que se mueven entre el post-punk y la cold wave. 
One of the best neue deutsche well record. Their hit "Eisbaer" is classic from the 80's electro. This record is discography with all the stuff they make in his short live, songs between post-punk & cold wave, belive me this record is full of hits.

THE GRUBERGER BROTHERS. Greetings From Reading (RERUN Records) 15.00 EUR. Jay and Solomon Gruberger were born to play music. They formed the legendary proto-punk/living room band O.Rex in 1973, when younger brother Jay was a mere 12 years old. Future Gizmos’ lead singer Kenne Highland joined the band for sporadic jam sessions in the Gruberger's Brooklyn home. Beating most punks to the punch, O.Rex managed to release a three song maxi-single on their own Oral Records in late 1976. By that time, Kenne was a member of the Gizmos as well as a full time Marine! Within a few months, Kenne and the Grubergers would meet Kim Kane of the Slickee Boys, and it was this meeting of the minds that would form the Afrika Korps. They immediately set about recording what would become their monster, 22 song debut LP. Music To Kill By was released to great critical acclaim in late 1977, but the Grubergers would soon part ways with the rest of the Korps.
Those who stuck around would drop the Afrika and release a second album. Meanwhile, Solomon and Jay relocated from Brooklyn to Reading, PA and tried to form a new band. Having trouble finding a drummer but determined to keep things moving, in early 1978 they recorded an eight song EP under the name Spike. They took photos for the cover and even titled the EP "90 Miles Per Hour", but the record never made it to press. The Grubergers would continue to record at the same studio over the next couple years but nothing was released from those sessions. Jay would go on to work as a bass player for hire until his tragic death in 1993, and although Solomon continued to play for enjoyment, they never did play their own material for the public after moving to Reading.
 It was during the production of Gulcher’s O.Rex double CD collection in 2009 that we learned of these recordings. We knew they shouldn’t remain unheard, so we collected the Spike EP and the other, unreleased studio sessions from 1978-1980 for an LP that hints at what a second Afrika Korps LP could have sounded like if  the Grubergers had stuck around. Mastered from the original tapes, and we even got Kenne Highland to give us his reactions to these recordings! Pressed in an edition of 500  on black vinyl, with full color cover and insert with liner notes.

GRUPO SUB 1. Nuevos Dioses (Ptrash) 14.00 EUR. After recording these songs on a 4-track Geiger Counter in Reactor 3 of the Fukushima power plant, the mutated Cold War kids of GRUPO SUB 1 from Madrid/Spain raided gas stations and oil rigs, tapped Russian pipelines and SUV cars in order to get this record pressed in the boundless spheres of the Wastelands to leave a loud evidence of spastic No Wave Punk to the archaeologists of a postnuclear world. In the end time of civilization, this record will be the Tablet of the Law of the New Gods.
A new testament in Spanish language brought to mankind by four prolific prophets with an earthshaking and piercing female voice and the synthesized organ sound of a new church, mixed with the early primitive attempts of Punkrock, a sound that experts will later compare to LOS REACTORS, UNITS or the SCREAMERS in a time when human bodies were still able to produce Bloodstains and you could be Killed By Death.
Limd. 500 "Nuevos Dioses" is the regular Edit. Full artwork in 3D and every LP comes with 3D glasses!!!