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Warning! This EP is full of sociopathic grooviness.

"There is something so familiar and comforting about this unique 4 song EP. That guitar tone; those riffs – as if I’ve heard it before. I went through my entire tape collection. DLIMC? CCTV? Coneheads? Research Reactor Corp? Gary Supply? Gee Tee?

No, but you get what I mean. It has a familiar rock air to it. As soon as I hit ‘publish’ I’ll think of who’s alter ego this is and immediately want to kick rocks for not hitting the buzzer.

Either way, this “Barcelona” band called Prison Affair came ripping through my speakers in the late hours and has been on repeat ever since. It has the quick hi-hat hits and wobbly tape effects that are instantly gratifying to the senses. It’s soothing and anxiety driving. It’s dark and bouncy.

It traps you like a cage and drives you mad in your four wall cell. Or maybe it’s just driving me crazy that I can’t pin down who the fuck this is.

Perhaps it isn’t something I’ve heard before. This is just a new hip band from Spain and they’ve just hit the nail on the head for someone that loves 4-track recordings, middy guitar riffs, lofi bass, and tight drum beats. Prison Affair really contained me in their sound, locked me up in world, and won’t let me go.

They’ll take you on a journey from processing to the wardens office and straight to their isolation cell in just under 5 minutes. Before you know it you’ll be out on the streets and ready to commit a crime, just to be arrested to get a chance to hear more from Prison Affair."

The flourishing Eastern European post-punk scene has given way to a boom of dark, rhythmic, and powerful new activity. One of the most original and captivating artists to recently emerge from this scene is Kiev, Ukraine's Morwan. The solo project of Alex Ashtaui, Morwan evolved from an earlier post-punk project, 563 (Pyat'shest'tri). Searching for a new direction, Ashtaui circled back to his half-Ukrainian, half-Arab roots, arriving at the perfect crossroads - a sonic aesthetic informed by both ethic tradition and the familiar territory of dark, driving post-punk. Ashtaui cites additional influence from contemporary Russian groups Utro and Shortparis, as well as the industrial/experimental sounds of Swans.
Zola-Zemlya, Morwan's second release, is an exceptionally original piece of work. It is an album that reaches to the furthest corners of post-punk, further revealing a deep connection to the ethnic sounds of both Arabic and Slavic tradition. There is a profound reverence for nature in Morwan's lyrics - as Ashtaui best explains, "The nature in songs acts as a fundamental force, a given from which you cannot escape. With the help of metaphors associated specifically with nature I tell about some of my personal experiences and stories." Zola-Zemlya is equal parts primitive and contemporary, as traditional Middle Eastern instrumentation and structures are woven through driving, modern post-punk rhythms. Morwan's genius shines across all five tracks, a sound both genre-expansive and futuristic.

The first vinyl pressing of Zola-Zemlya is packaged inside a full color jacket with lyric insert & download code and comes shrinkwrapped with a hype sticker.

Reissue of their 1997 Lookout album, remastered by Mass Giorgini, including gorgeous new artwork by Tom Neely! On moonlight white vinyl, including poster insert and download code. A must for all Ramones fans!

Veteran thrashgrass band DAYS N DAZE has spent more than a decade doing it themselves in a way few can match. From the beginning, they have forged their own path—playing acoustically so they’d have less gear and could perform anywhere, booking and promoting themselves, and self-recording and self-releasing their albums. In the rare instances when they work with outsiders, they stick with people they know. Which is why, after a dozen hardscrabble years, they’ve joined Fat Wreck Chords for their eighth full-length! Like previous Days N Daze albums, Show Me the Blueprints. crams more ideas into its 11 tracks than albums twice its length. FLYNN and SENDEJAS' rapid-fire words dig into addiction and sobriety on “LibriYUM,” “My Darling Dopamine,” and “Addvice"—obsessive-compulsive disorder on “Show Me the Blueprints.,” the current political climate on “None Exempt,” old-fashioned heartache on “Fast Track”, and death on “Goodbye Lulu Pt.2.” Show Me the Blueprints. is a bold step forward for a band that has always followed a bold path.

Legendary second solo studio album by American recording artist Lou Reed. Produced by David Bowie and arranged by Mick Ronson, the album was released in November 1972 by RCA Records. Pressed on standard black vinyl.

Yellow transparent vinyl. Small ripoff on front cover. Small damage in top edge. Saw mark in spine.

Made available again in honour of the 40th anniversary of its initial release.

A limited edition in red vinyl.

Stymied by the BBC, who refused to play this punk rock call to arms, it nevertheless made #35 in the UK charts. To this day it is a hit in the hearts of Damned fans worldwide, with its glorious melody and rousing chorus.

It has replaced ‘New Rose’ as the encore of choice, guaranteed to send ‘em home spitting.

Still touring to this day, the Damned are the last of the class of ’77 left functioning. Catch them at a dancehall near you…

Turquoise vinyl.

First original EU pressing with inner sleeve misprinted, back side with monkey picture is upside down printed!
Cover has slight wear on the edges and light creasing. Vinyl with some light scuffs and hairlines. Original inner sleeve. Copy close to VG+

Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2018
Limited to 500 copies on black vinyl. Stars And Stripes is the Oi! side-project of Choke from Slapshot and took a tongue-in-cheek spin on the genre, with bouncy, melodic punk rock coupled with Chokes signature vocal delivery. It features the two tracks from the 'Drop The Bomb' 7" that were not included on the original release of the album.

So Sick, the debut album on In the Red Records by Southern California punk quartet the Side Eyes, raises interesting questions about nature versus nurture—the eternal scientific debate about whether a human being’s personality is predetermined by genetics or whether it’s actually shaped by the environment one grows up in. Their lead singer, Astrid McDonald, is a fascinating test case. The 22-year-old Angeleno is the real-wild-child daughter of Go-Go’s guitarist-songwriter Charlotte Caffey and Redd Kross singer-guitarist Jeff McDonald. How much has McDonald’s notoriously fiery onstage presence been influenced by basic heredity and how much was her personality inspired by being raised by two legendary punk-pop icons?

Similarly, how did growing up together as brothers in New Jersey affect the hard-driving musical attack of 22-year-old guitarist Kevin Devine and 20-year-old bassist Chris Devine? Much of rock history has been fueled by the unique familial dynamics and sibling rivalries of brothers in bands, from the Everly Brothers and the Kinks’ Ray and Dave Davies to Redd Kross’ Jeff and Steven McDonald. When the two Devines’ aggressive approach is combined with 23-year-old San Diego native Nick Arnold’s remorselessly throttling drumming, the Side Eyes end up as a powerfully controlled punk rock machine that blows past the sonic barriers of their past inspirations.

A reissue of Bikini Kill's New Radio 7" EP. The single features the most well known version of their song "Rebel Girl" as well as the title track and "Demirep." The songs were recorded in April 1993 at Avast Studios in Seattle, WA. The session was engineered by John Goodmanson and produced by Joan Jett. Jett also played second guitar and contributed backup vocals. Kathleen sang lead, Bill played guitar, Tobi played drums, and Kathi played bass. Joan Jett appears courtesy of Blackheart Records.

Face To Face celebrates 25 years as a band this year. For their silver anniversary, they are reissuing their first 3 records, including bonus tracks from each original recording session. All 3 have also been remastered and boast enhanced artwork that incorporates silver details to denote the 25th anniversary. Face to Face has been out of print since the original extremely limited pressing, and will finally be available again.

The Art of Rebellion is the sixth studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, originally released in 1992. The album maintains its position as the band's most commercially successful studio album to date, and the songs "Nobody Hears" and "I'll Hate You Better" have the distinction of being the only top 40 hits in Suicidal Tendencies' career.

A facsimile of the original album release.
180g vinyl with a fancy inner sleeve.
Originally released in 1979 – this legendary album was the first from the revised line-up of Capt, Rat, Dave and Algy.
Features the classic singles ‘Love Song’, ‘Smash It Up’ and “I Just Can’t Be Happy Today”.

Since breaking out of the hardcore pack with the savage onslaught of
2001's "Jane Doe," Converge has been the band to watch, pacesetters who
have consistently set the next creative level in aggressive music; their
Epitaph debut "You Fail Me" was named one of 2004's 10 essential
releases in Alternative Press. Now comes "No Heroes," an album that
brilliantly combines the textural sonics of "You Fail Me" with the
brutal assault of "Jane Doe"; the intensity of opening track "Heartache"
will simply peel the paint from the walls. With "No Heroes," Converge
and producer/guitarist Kurt Ballou have created a masterpiece of raw
emotion and adrenaline frenzy destined to sit alongside other touchstone
albums of the hardcore genre.

Limited edition for Black Friday RSD 2015! Red, White & Black Colored Vinyl, limited to 5000

These 6 songs revisited band leader Kim Salmon's interest in the Cramps & the Stooges, while adding in the repetitive dementia of Suicide & elements of cow punk twang.

Repressed on 180 gram vinyl!

Shock were part of the first wave of punk to hit Los Angeles in the mid 1970s alongside the likes of The Germs, The Weirdos, Screamers and X. Shock Proof is a 20-song LP featuring collected material from 1976 to 1979 with many never before released tracks. Hear Shock they way they were meant to sound in all their blazing rock'n'punk glory! Limited edition of 500 copies on white vinyl with 8-page insert.

180 gram vinyl!