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IDLES – bristol's punk quintet glorified by all the press – release their new album on August 31 on Partisan. On the 12 songs that make up "Joy as an Act of Resistance ." we find Joe Talbot and his acolytes who once again deliver a powerful, electric and effective record. Produced by Space and mixed by Adam Greenspan and Nick Launay (Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kate Bush). "Joyas an Act of Resistance."puts into yoke everything related to machismo, nationalism, immigration, and class inequality all with a contagious and natural positive energy.

These 10-songs were recorded and mixed by Craig Bowen at Baltimore's A.C.R. Studios but never released. After the session the band decided to continue writing new songs. Six of these songs were re-recorded at Inner Eat Studios and released on Necrophones, while four others remained unreleased, until now. Released in 2012.

Reissue for the 2018 album by Nyhc pioneers Sick Of It All. Wake the Sleeping Dragon is not sensitive, subtle, nuanced singer songwriter fare. Aggressive, angry and in your face old school Lower East Side hardcore punk. Sick Of It All have made another career and genre defining album. Don’t sleep on Wake the Sleeping Dragon.

Record with just a few paper scuffs.
Includes original inner sleeve.

THE KARL HENDRICKS TRIO is a Pittsburgh rock institution. Having released nine full-lengths and six singles of uncompromising, emotionally charged, very loud rock over the course of twenty years, it's probably safe to call them an American rock institution as well. A former bedroom 4-track confessionalist, Karl Hendricks formed the Trio late in 1991. The band has undergone numerous line-up changes since, having had four different drummers, four different bass players, and during the two separate spans when the band augmented to a four-piece dubbed appropriately enough, the Karl Hendricks Rock Band, two different rhythm guitarists. The one constant has been, of course, Karl himself. The Trio debuted on record with 1992's Buick Electra, released on Karl's own Peas Kor label. From the mid '90s to the early 2000s the trio released several albums on Merge Records, and in 2007, Hendricks self-released the one and only Karl Hendricks Rock Band album, The World Says, on his Surplus Anxiety imprint. Comedy Minus One's release of The Adult Section in 2012 officially marks the end of the Karl Hendricks Rock Band Mark II and the return of the stripped-down Trio line-up. Karl's sound and his approach to songwriting have only gotten more nuanced and thoughtful with age. Musically, the Trio remains rooted in a muscular yet melodic sound built on a massive wall of guitars, and a bass and drum assault that powers things forward as much as it anchors them down. It's a straightforward aesthetic but it has allowed Karl's guitar playing to develop into a more sprawling and heroic version of the spirited six-string blasts of his youth. Edition of 500 copies with bonus CD version.

Relentless" is the long awaited Youth Avoiders second album. The five years between this new full lenght and their debut have been really intense for the band, made of constant live appearances everywhere around the globe. Intensity is the trademark of Youth Avoiders, "Relentless" is the fruit of a five days session in the Normandy countryside studio Swan Sound. To keep it simple, "Relentless" is Youth Avoiders making what they have done so good so far but even better : catchy riffing,

Crawl disc:

By the time the Hyenas went back into the studio, Kevin Strickland and Jim Kimball had left to form Mule and had left John and Larissa without a rhythm section. Many people thought this marked the end of the band. Not the case. Todd Swalla (founding member of Necros) stepped in on drums and Kevin Ries on bass. Todd is a much more subtle timekeeper than Jim and Ries had no problem locking in with him, but stayed in the background a little more than Strickland leaving Larissa to take up a little more of the slack. She rises to the occasion, her leads a bit more melodic than before, although still blanketed in a sheet of noise. Brannon's anguished vocals will still peel the paint of the walls and over the new slightly toned down direction, somehow seem even more extreme.

Crawl is notably the only of the Hyenas records recorded in Detroit at White Room Studios.

Bonus material
All tracks from the Covers ''bootleg'' 7'', featuring:
''Solid Gold Hell'' (Scientists)
''I Want You Right Now'' (MC5)
''Under My Thumb'' (Stones)
''Serves Me Right To Suffer'' (JL Hooker)

Liner notes by Bob Bert (Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Chrome Cranks) and Allyson Baker (Dirty Ghosts, Teen Crud Combo)
Unseen photos and flyer reprints

Hard Times disc:

This album saw one more line up change: Kevin Ries left and one time Necros Ron Sakowski stepped in, the Hyenas went down to Memphis to the legendary Easley Studios to record their final LP with the one and only Doug Easley. On Hard Times, we see the Hyenas influences are more Howlin' Wolf/Muddy Waters than they are Nick Cave/Iggy Pop. The full-on sonic assault of the first three records has given way to a hard hitting groove that has a graceful Exile-era Stones vibe. Larissa's simple and one-of-a-kind guitar playing has never been better. Brannon does more crooning than screaming on this one, giving us their most ''musical'' offering yet. Every bit as emotionally ruthless as their previous releases, the Laughing Hyenas went out on a high note with Hard Times.

Bonus material
''Shine'' - from the Jabberjaw compilation

* Released in partnership with Touch and Go Records
* Liner notes by Bob Bert (Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Chrome Cranks) and Allyson Baker (Dirty Ghosts, Teen Crud Combo)
* Includes unseen photos and flyer reprints

Reverse Board Matte LP jacket, standard weight vinyl, full color inserts and printed inner sleeves

This Two-Hour Demented Punk Extravaganza Is An Audio Oddity Unlike Anything Else... Twind Up Your Radio Dementites And Dementoids--The Doctor Is In!This Extra-Special Two-Hour Demented Punk Extravaganza Is An Audio Oddity Unlike Anything Else! An Eclectic Mix Of Artists From The World Of Classic And Contemporary Punk/Indie/Alt-Rock Have Assembled, Along With Special Guest Stars From Film, Tv And More, To Pay Homage To Radio Icon Dr. Demento (A World Renowned Institution Who Has Championed Novelty Music And Its Creators Since The 1970s), For This Mind-Blowing Compilation. Over Thirty Different, Never Before Released, All-New 'Punk' Cover Versions Of 'Mad Music And Crazy Comedy' Songs Famously Heard On The Airwaves Of The Legendary "Dr Demento Show"--Have Been Intermixed With 'Wild Card' Tracks Showcasing Some Incredible, Newly 'Demented' Versions Of Punk-Rock Classics!The Result Is A Uniquely Original, Highly Entertaining, Modern Day Homage To Dr. Demento's Classic Radio Show, And Its Undeniable Impact On Popular Culture. This Bizarro Broadcast From Beyond The Fringe Is Hosted By Dr. Demento Himself, Offering Up Interesting Factoids And Anecdotes Between Songs, With Celebrity Guest Id Spots, Creatively Crafted Bumper Segments, And More 'Demented' Surprises Tying It All Together Into An Unconventional Take On The Traditional Radio Show Format.Over Two-Full Hours, A Total Of 64 Tracks--All Created Specifically For "Dr. Demento Covered In Punk"!Both The Two-Disc Cd, Or Three-Disc Vinyl Lp Come With An Equally Entertaining Full-Color Booklet Jam-Packed With Extensive Liner Notes And Quotes Personally Written By The Artists, A Foreword By Producer John Cafiero (Misfits, Ramones, Osaka Popstar), An Afterword By Dr. Demento, As Well As Facts, Photos, And An Array Of Dynamic Paintings And Illustrations Created Specifically For The Project By A Team Of Visual Artists Spanning The World Of Comic Books, Classic Punk-Rock Album Covers, Topps Trading Card Series, Mad Magazine And More.Joined By Everyone From...

We say "Complete Discography" and we mean it! This 3xLP set features every Battalion Of Saints studio recording since their inception including all the singles, albums, rare unreleased demo tracks, alternate versions, compilation appearances, and even 2 new tracks. Several albums were remastered and sound better than ever. The gatefold sleeve includes lyrics to every track & personnel list for each recording. This is your one-stop-shop to own everything the band has done in one concise, organized place. Battalion Of Saints were the early pioneers of hardcore punk in America. Bringing a raw, aggressive tone and speed to the west coast punk movement. More in line with UK punk above all else, BOS replicated the ferocity of bands like Discharge and Broken Bones in the USA. Leading on to influence countless bands in the punk and metal genres. Since its 1980 inception, many line up changes have not halted the band from continuing unto present day. Riyl: Discharge, G.B.H., The Exploited, Negative Approach, Dead Kennedys, Agnostic Front, Circle Jerks, Angry Samoans.

Dark Entries and Sacred Bones team up to release the early discography of UK synth-punk and Deathrock label Outer Himmalayan Records. Between 1979 and 1982, Nick Blinko and Martin Cooper’s Outer Himmalayan Records released 7-inches by three short-lived bands – The Magits, Soft Drinks, and S-Haters – who would nonetheless cast a massive shadow on the UK’s burgeoning post-punk/anarcho punk scene. Outer Himmalayan Presents collects all of the music found on those original records, along with rare and unreleased tracks by all three bands. It’s a snapshot of a period of frenzied creativity by some of the UK’s most thrilling experimental punks.


Before Blinko went on to found the essential anarcho band Rudimentary Peni, whose storied body of work also appeared on Outer Himmalayan, he and label co-founder Cooper were The Magits. The lone release by the minimal synth-and-vocals duo, Fully Coherent, was the inaugural release on Outer Himmalayan — and, in fact, Blinko and Cooper’s impetus for starting the label. The four tracks on Fully Coherent are short, sharp bursts, comprising a total of four minutes. Here, they’re presented alongside the five-and-a-half minute “A Pawn in the Game,” a song that sees Blinko and Cooper get truly weird with the extra space the longer runtime afforded them.


The next release on Outer Himmalayan was S-Haters’ Death of a Vampire 7", which the quartet quickly followed with Stories as Cold as the Irish Sea. The band was recognizably a deathrock act, their gothic punk in the same lineage as Joy Division and PIL’s Metal Box, but it showed the same sonic adventurousness that characterized the rest of Outer Himalayan’s output. “1980,” an oddity taken from the rare Another Bouquet on the Grave of Free Enterprise cassette comp, shows the most experimental flourish, with dueling male/female vocals and a prominent acoustic guitar.


The final Outer Himmalayan release before it became strictly a Rudimentary Peni label was Soft Drinks’ Popstars in Their Pyjamas 7". Popstars ended up being the tongue-in-cheek synth-punk trio’s only release before their breakup, though they would also record “Dangers of Drink,” for the Bouquet of Barbed Wire comp and included here, as well as the one-off track “Misconception,” previously unreleased but now available exclusively on Outer Himmalayan Presents.


All songs have been mastered for vinyl by George Horn at Fantasy Studios. Cover artwork features a collage by Eloise Leigh and each copy includes a 20-page zine featuring liner notes and ephemera associated with the original pressings plus never before seen photos.

The Dwarves are back with a new album on Burger Records. Take back the night featuring Big Dahlia, Hewhocannotbenamed, Sgt Saltpeter, Rex Everything, Josh Freese and more.

Blue Vinyl Edition.
Small light scuffs on side A.
Cover with a beginning seam split at the upper edge.

Vinyl is close to NM.