The long playing record splayed out in front of you is the third strike of the retail simps’ iron claw. In baseball a strike out is a loathsome outcome, in bowling it’s gold. I ask you, dear listener to sift through these delicate poles of meaning and experience these 16 toons free from the qualitative…
Meet the new kings of Saturday Night! Circulators have proudly taken on the mantle of San Francisco s only Rock N Roll band, sharing the stage with pretty much any group of consequence that comes through the Bay. Following up a killer demo that immediately had us firing off a gushing email, THE CIRCS are…
Only 10 measly months has passed sinceAlien Nosejob released their Garage Rock record “The Derivative Sounds of…Or… A Dog Always Returns to its Vomit” (Goner Anti Fade). Since its release, there’s been two international tours, two interstate tours and a bunch of chillaxing on the beach. ANJ is now back in the office and the…
Dead-eyed punks The Carp cast gnarly hooks with their debut LP “Knock Your Block Off”. This Cleveland based 3-piece, consisting of members of Cruelster, Knowso, Perverts Again, and a laundry list of other fast and fried bands, strip away the extraneous minutia- distilling the music into a raw, visceral, no-frills mutant street punk offering. This…
Prepare to enter the world of glam and glitz as you take a walk down the redd karpet with The Celebrities. An international collaboration between Joe Sussman (Nancy, Dangus Tarkus,Muff Divers) and Kel Mason (Gee Tee) with a cameo by Ishka Edmeades (Tee Vee Repairman, Satanic Togas, Set Top Box…) on Crackin Under Pressure . …
Cherry Cheeks are back with the follow up to their highly praised debut LP. Now a full band based out of Portland, OR with a few successful tours under their belt and a strongly defined sound CCLPII picks up where last year s CHERRY RADIO EP left off. The songs are more fleshed out, the…
In a time where it’s become increasingly difficult to find the motivation to head out my front door, Cut Piece has become one of the few exceptions. Featuring a lineup of Portland scene stalwarts from Red Dons, Piss Test, Era Bleak, Dials, Petite… every time they hit the stage with power, ferocity, and a purpose,…
The Nits had a small numbers of T SHIRTS left at the end of the tour so we grabbed what we could. Very limited number of each size featuring the design from their ORDER OF THE DIRTY PLATES single.
Sydney Australia s Itchy & the Nits fly the budget freak flag high. 12 Tracks of fun in the sun stripped down garage punk bringing to mind early Donnas, Brentwoods, and Thee Headcoatees, with a healthy dose of power pop ala Nikki & the Corvettes. Their debut LP compiles the 7 tracks from their demo…
After countless hours of data driven market research it was determined that the wild success of the first Retail Simps album , “Reverberant Scratch” was 82.6% due to the cheeky and iconic album cover, as such the group was faced with a dilemma. Using focus groups funded by the Center for Odd Human Behaviour (COHB),…
Much loved, relentless rocker, Jake Robertson is back yet again with the next instalment of his ridiculously productive solo project, Alien Nosejob.Jake’s got a brand-new bag of tricks and I ain’t gonna beat around the bush; it sounds like AC DC!Stained Glass may be his finest and most stylistically suited work to date. Ironically, and…
Shave your head, and lace up your boots because Slugga is here and they re thirsty for blood. Following their killer demo tape on Muckman last year, Total Punk is proud to present their debut single. Aggressive, sneering, slime covered hardcore from Atlanta that is menacing, misanthropic, and 100% TOTAL PUNK! First and Second pressing….