WEBSTORE "CLOSING" Sept 19th through October 9th
Any orders placed in the webstore after SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 WILL NOT BE SHIPPED until the week of October 10th. As I mentioned, I will be on tour in Europe with NIGHT BIRDS (see dates below) ... the webstore will still be up and running and feel free to order as many records as you'd like, please just keep in mind that nothing is shipping until I return home next month. However, I WILL ship any order placed this weekend so don't let that stop you from ordering now, if you buy anything by sunday night (EST) your order will be in the mail before I leave!
I will be shipping a good amount of the new releases out to my distributors this week, so hopefully you'll see these LPs pop into your favorite store or distro by the end of the month if you aren't in the mailorder mood. Also the Brain F≠ is currently available through SORRY STATE RECORDS (who co-released the LP) and he has colored vinyl as well so if you simply can't wait for the Brain F≠ LP, feel free to order from Daniel while I'm gone.
Click HERE to go to the GRAVE MISTAKE WEBSTORE
NEW STUFF can be found here
Quick summary of new stuff: the brand new (and sadly, final) 7" from Boston's SOCIAL CIRCKLE is now in the webstore; killer reissue of Australia's CHOSEN FEW; new LPs from CONDOMINUM, SHOPPERS, CITIZEN'S PATROL, and NO FUNERAL; Picked up the newest FERAL WARD releases, including the latest KIELTOLAKI and WARHEAD 7"s, as well as the KYLMA SOTA LP; A bunch of cool reissues and classics from RADIO BIRDMAN, HUSKER DU, 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, GORIES, REZILLOS, RED CROSS and a handful of sweet KILLED BY DEATH comps ... Please check out the full list below, I also put in a bunch of restocks (some SST titles, some fanclub restocks, and a bunch of LAST LAUGH KBD restocks) as well so be sure to check those out too.
Some Tours coming up from NIGHT BIRDS and COKE BUST, check em out!
NIGHT BIRDS EUROPEAN TOUR (SEPT-OCT):
NEW STUFF can be found here
Quick summary of new stuff: the brand new (and sadly, final) 7" from Boston's SOCIAL CIRCKLE is now in the webstore; killer reissue of Australia's CHOSEN FEW; new LPs from CONDOMINUM, SHOPPERS, CITIZEN'S PATROL, and NO FUNERAL; Picked up the newest FERAL WARD releases, including the latest KIELTOLAKI and WARHEAD 7"s, as well as the KYLMA SOTA LP; A bunch of cool reissues and classics from RADIO BIRDMAN, HUSKER DU, 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS, GORIES, REZILLOS, RED CROSS and a handful of sweet KILLED BY DEATH comps ... Please check out the full list below, I also put in a bunch of restocks (some SST titles, some fanclub restocks, and a bunch of LAST LAUGH KBD restocks) as well so be sure to check those out too.
Some Tours coming up from NIGHT BIRDS and COKE BUST, check em out!
NIGHT BIRDS EUROPEAN TOUR (SEPT-OCT):
http://www.facebook.com/event.
Do. 22.09.2011 - Amsterdam (NED) @ Occii w/ Glam, OD Kids
Fr. 23.09.2011 - Leipzig (GER) @ Zoro Fest w/ Systematic Death
Sa. 24.09.2011 - Venlo (NED) @ Perron 55 / R'n'R Fest w/ Direct Control
So. 25.09.2011 - London (UK) @ The Grosvenor w/ Little Ease
Mo. 26.09.2011 - Leeds (UK) @ House Show w/ Dry Heaves
Di. 27.09.2011 - Glasgow (UK) @ The 13th Note w/ No Island
Mi. 28.09.2011 - Swansea (WAL) @ Mozarts w/ Ssssnakes
Do. 29.09.2011 - Brighton (UK) @ Sticky Mike's Frog Bar w/ Legal Highs
Fr. 30.09.2011 - Kortrijk (BEL) @ The Pits w/ Direct Control, Citizens Patrol
Sa. 01.10.2011 - Paris (FRA) @ Le Parvis w/ Loud Girls, Police Truck
So. 02.10.2011 - Tübingen (GER) @ Epplehaus w/ The High Society
Mo. 03.10.2011 - Munich (GER) @ Kafe Kult w/ RVIVR (usa)
Di. 04.10.2011 - Bonn (GER) @ Bla w/ Monster Mash
Mi. 05.10.2011 - Berlin (GER) @ Bei Roy w/ Apostophe
Do. 06.10.2011 - Hamburg (GER) @ Hafenklang w/ Crimen, Criaturas
Fr. 07.10.2011 - Copenhagen (DEN) @ Stengade w/ Night Fever
Sa. 08.10.2011 - Bremen (GER) @ G 18 w/ Terrible Feelings
COKE BUST WEST COAST TOUR (OCTOBER):
Do. 22.09.2011 - Amsterdam (NED) @ Occii w/ Glam, OD Kids
Fr. 23.09.2011 - Leipzig (GER) @ Zoro Fest w/ Systematic Death
Sa. 24.09.2011 - Venlo (NED) @ Perron 55 / R'n'R Fest w/ Direct Control
So. 25.09.2011 - London (UK) @ The Grosvenor w/ Little Ease
Mo. 26.09.2011 - Leeds (UK) @ House Show w/ Dry Heaves
Di. 27.09.2011 - Glasgow (UK) @ The 13th Note w/ No Island
Mi. 28.09.2011 - Swansea (WAL) @ Mozarts w/ Ssssnakes
Do. 29.09.2011 - Brighton (UK) @ Sticky Mike's Frog Bar w/ Legal Highs
Fr. 30.09.2011 - Kortrijk (BEL) @ The Pits w/ Direct Control, Citizens Patrol
Sa. 01.10.2011 - Paris (FRA) @ Le Parvis w/ Loud Girls, Police Truck
So. 02.10.2011 - Tübingen (GER) @ Epplehaus w/ The High Society
Mo. 03.10.2011 - Munich (GER) @ Kafe Kult w/ RVIVR (usa)
Di. 04.10.2011 - Bonn (GER) @ Bla w/ Monster Mash
Mi. 05.10.2011 - Berlin (GER) @ Bei Roy w/ Apostophe
Do. 06.10.2011 - Hamburg (GER) @ Hafenklang w/ Crimen, Criaturas
Fr. 07.10.2011 - Copenhagen (DEN) @ Stengade w/ Night Fever
Sa. 08.10.2011 - Bremen (GER) @ G 18 w/ Terrible Feelings
COKE BUST WEST COAST TOUR (OCTOBER):
Saturday, October 8th / Oakland, CA @ The Swamp
w/ PERMANTENT RUIN, ZERO PROGRESS, YADOKAI, MIGRAINE
Sunday, October 9th / San Jose, CA @ House of the Dead Rat
w/ PERMANTENT RUIN, OPT OUT, “SPECIAL GUEST”
Monday, October 10th / Fresno, CA @ The Bel-Tower
w/ MOBIUS DICK, CVLT CIPHER, ON PARADE, GROW
Tuesday, October 11th / Pamona, CA @ Aladdin Jr.
w/ KNIFE FIGHT, CONCUSSION, ACxDC, STRESSCASE, LIFE OF REFUSAL
Wednesday, October 12th / Las Vegas, NV @ The Thunderbird Lounge at the Aruba Hotel
w/ LIFE OF REFUSAL, NESTS, SEEDS OF RAPE
Thursday, October 13th / Mesa, AZ @ The Underground (The Nile Basement)
w/ MAGNOM FORCE, NEVER MEANT, GODAWFULNOISE
Friday, October 14th / Fullerton, CA @ Riff Haus Studios
w/ DESPISE YOU, FINAL DRAFT, LIBERATE!, TENSION PLAGUES
Saturday, October 15th / San Francisco, CA @ 130 Ramsell St.
w/ FACE THE RAIL, OPT OUT
w/ PERMANTENT RUIN, ZERO PROGRESS, YADOKAI, MIGRAINE
Sunday, October 9th / San Jose, CA @ House of the Dead Rat
w/ PERMANTENT RUIN, OPT OUT, “SPECIAL GUEST”
Monday, October 10th / Fresno, CA @ The Bel-Tower
w/ MOBIUS DICK, CVLT CIPHER, ON PARADE, GROW
Tuesday, October 11th / Pamona, CA @ Aladdin Jr.
w/ KNIFE FIGHT, CONCUSSION, ACxDC, STRESSCASE, LIFE OF REFUSAL
Wednesday, October 12th / Las Vegas, NV @ The Thunderbird Lounge at the Aruba Hotel
w/ LIFE OF REFUSAL, NESTS, SEEDS OF RAPE
Thursday, October 13th / Mesa, AZ @ The Underground (The Nile Basement)
w/ MAGNOM FORCE, NEVER MEANT, GODAWFULNOISE
Friday, October 14th / Fullerton, CA @ Riff Haus Studios
w/ DESPISE YOU, FINAL DRAFT, LIBERATE!, TENSION PLAGUES
Saturday, October 15th / San Francisco, CA @ 130 Ramsell St.
w/ FACE THE RAIL, OPT OUT
That's all for now ... I'll be responding to emails sporadically while on tour, and will take care of any loose ends when I return next month. If you need promos of new releases or want trade / wholesale information, please drop me a line and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. Thanks for reading!
Alex / GRAVE MISTAKE
gravemistakerecords@gmail.com
www.gravemistakerecords.com
gravemistakerecords.bandcamp.
www.facebook.com/
www.twitter.com/
NEW IN THE WEBSTORE 9/16/11
BRAIN F≠ "SLEEP ROUGH" LP (GRAVE049)
The first two singles from North Carolina's Brain F≠ left a lot of people scratching their heads: Is it garage? Is it hardcore? (It's definitely punk.) How did they write such catchy riffs? How do you pronounce "F≠?" Brain F≠'s debut long player, Sleep Rough, will force you to ponder those same questions and may breed even more (and we mean that in the best way possible). Everything has been amped up for this release... the hard stuff is harder, the catchy stuff is catchier (oh, is it catchy!), and the weird stuff is weirder. There's no need for band comparisons, but if you're into that sort of thing then imagine the SAINTS' minds in TEENGENERATE and the AVENGERS' bodies sent to a dystopian future. Really, though, this sounds like the year 2011; if you like huge guitars, endless vocal hooks, and a turbo-charged rhythm section (you do), then you need to hear this record. Split release with SORRY STATE RECORDS.
NIGHT BIRDS "THE OTHER SIDE OF DARKNESS" LP/CD (GRAVE050)
At long last, the debut LP from NY/NJ's own NIGHT BIRDS is finally upon us! Following three well received 7" EPs, "The Other Side of Darkness" takes you on on a non-stop demented thrill ride with thirteen raging blasts of high-octane surf-inspired punk that the band has become known for. NIGHT BIRDS have pulled out all of the stops on this long player; honing their hardcore/punk/surf/garage hybrid sound to near perfection, delivering each and every song with urgent and unmistakable precision. With underlying themes of isolation, paranoia, depression, visions of total annihilation, and more horror/b-movie nods and references than you can count, "The Other Side of Darkness" is the ultimate soundtrack to that post-apocalyptic nightmare that you just can't seem to wake up from.
SOCIAL CIRCKLE "EXPIRATION DATE" 7" (SIDE TWO)
5 tracks of intense early 80's hardcore mixed with late 70's punk from all around the globe. More anger and speed than previous releases, SOCIAL CIRCKLE manages to exit on their most manic note while still maintaining the melody and catchy hooks of their 'Static Eyes' 7". Think ripping hardcore with songs you can actually remember. The follow up to 2009's 'City Shock' LP (No Way Records) this ep is the band's final offering.
KIELTOLAKI "KUOLEVA SYSTEEMI" 7" (FERAL WARD)
"Brand new, 4-song EP released for this Finnish band's recent US tour. Kieltolaki's previous LP was one of my favorite records of last year, and this EP picks up right where that monster left off. The production here is huge, taking the template established by Discharge's Why? album and making it bigger, louder, faster, and more complex. More importantly, though, this thing is just brimming with anger... I think these guys may be the most pissed-sounding band in hardcore today. Fucking ripping." - sorrystaterecords.com
WARHEAD "THE WORLD OF CONFUSION" 7" (FERAL WARD)
"After a break of seven years since their 2004 split EP with ORDER and an unbelievable twenty years since their classic "Cry Of Truth" debut EP Kyoto's WARHEAD are back with a new two song 7" of pure Japanese hardcore insanity co-released by La Vida Es Un Mus, Feral Ward and HG Fact. This release sees the Kyoto legends teaming up with Jacky from FRAMTID / GLOOM for two songs of blazing hardcore with manic screaming vocals, blown out distorted guitar riffs and frantic guitar solos. Both songs are equally as amazing as each other and I would struggle to pick a favourite. Totally fucking top notch hardcore up there with Japanese hardcore legends like BASTARD, GAUZE, DEATHSIDE etc. I can't recommend this enough. WARHEAD are one of best hardcore bands in Japan right now." - agitatezine.blogspot.com
CONDOMINIUM "WARM HOME" LP (CONDOMINIUM)
Condominium's first 12" release after 7"s on Fashionable Idiots continues to take a stroll down the path of stranger punk rock, sounding like three hardcore kids who got into '90s AmRep Records stuff as well as Flipper and Black Flag and spit it out in six songs of noisy, grimy and slightly experimental punk rock. 7 tracks / 22 minutes of the tense, noisy sounds we have come to expect from this St Paul, MN band. The boundaries of hardcore music continue to be challenged and the walls continue to crumble under the pressure.
CITIZENS PATROL "S/T" LP (SORRY STATE)
After two blistering 7"s on the mighty No Way Records, Holland's Citizens Patrol finally bless us with their debut full-length. If you expected they would change at all for this release, then you will be sorely disappointed. If you expected they will still play the same band of ripping, early 80s-inspired hardcore they've always played, then you will be extremely pleased. This time around the band delivers a slightly more powerful recording and some of their absolute catchiest ragers yet.
KYLMA SOTA "10 TRACKS" LP (FERAL WARD)
This is basically the perfect d-beat record of 2010. Avoiding the clichés of raw-sloppy-crust mess that's all too popular these days, KYLMÄ SOTA take cues from DISCLOSE but still sounds crisp and precise. Distortion aplenty that never gets in the way of song writing and execution. To top it all off, they throw in a cover of "if tomorrow don't comes" from the criminally underrated EVANCE, adding their own twist by singing it in Finnish.
SHOPPERS "SILVER YEAR" LP (FEEBLE MINDS)
Debut full length from SHOPPERS. Syracuse, NY ‘indie’ influenced noise punk. A mix of new and old from the band’s first year of existence: rerecorded takes from the ‘Goodbye to all that.’ and ‘You shot me... ’ cassettes as well as brand new anthems to kick start your personal sexual revolution. This is a split release with Drugged Conscience.
CHOSEN FEW "THE JOKES ON US" LP (GOING UNDERGROUND)
Official reissue of THE classic Aussie-Punk smasher , pressed on a 45rpm 12" 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 than the original 7".
NO FUNERAL "6 SONG EP" 12" (WANDS)
In a town where the midsummer days reach into the triple digits and the debris of the dejected pollute the state of evolution comes the most recent addition to the blackened cult of Wands. No Funeral’s music is riddled with anger and disgust for this plane of existence. The vocals are belted out of the depths of a self-defeating depressive urgency, a calling for death in its most vengeful form. There is an obvious harkening back to the more punk aesthetics of their forefathers that is ever present in the bass and drum approach that crashes head long into the mournful tremolo of the guitars. This is the overlooked harsh reality of the neglected souls that wade waist deep in the stomach of the beast.
HUNGER PAINS "S/T" 7" (FEEBLE MINDS)
Vinyl debut from Assault City's metallic crust 'core HUNGER PAINS. Features guitar work akin to classic metal-tinged Japanese hardcore coupled with the thunderous rhythm of 90's vegan crust, all backed with thickly layered dissonance courtesy of front-man Weston Czerkies' solo noise project SUNKEN CHEEK. This is a split release with PRGNT Records.
SHITDOGS, THE "THE HISTORY OF CHEESE" 2x7" (LAST LAUGH)
Right here we have a double single by a Louisiana bar punk trailer trash assault from the early 80's. The Shit Dogs (aptly named) peddle smut and smashed guitars with a crewd sound. There's a Ramones style flavor, definitely could see Dee Dee loving this band, as well as Floridian's The Eat in on the undertaking. 2x7 inches made for spinning over and over again, thanks to Last Laugh Records.
RED CROSS "RICH BRAT" 7" (FANCLUB)
Rare reissue of 1979-82 crude punk gems!
WE THE PEOPLE "TURN OFF YOUR CRYING GUN" 7" (HOTLINE)
60s Garage 45-We The People - Turn Off Your Crying Gun / My Brother The Man - Very limited reissue with printed black & white picture sleeve. "Crying Gun"' is UNAVAILABLE on ANY We The People compilation CD or LP, great 1966 unreleased garage with look a like Hotline labels.
HUSKER DU "LAND SPEED RECORD" LP (SST)
Land Speed Record fully exposes the rage and manic energy that drove Hüsker Dü to dizzying heights of creative and critical success; it's an incredible document of a live Minneapolis show from 1981 featuring the band in its embryonic form. Bob Mould and company seem bent on driving themselves to the brink of insanity as they plow through the performance with all the subtlety of a freight train out of control.
GORIES, THE "HOUSE ROCKIN" LP (CRYPT)
The Gories are an American garage rock trio that formed in Detroit in 1986. They were among the first 1980s garage punk bands to incorporate overt blues influences. The band features Mick Collins (of The Dirtbombs), Dan Kroha (of The Demolition Doll Rods) on guitar and vocals, and Peggy O'Neill on drums. House Rockin is considered to be "The Gories best record; a triumph of feeling, grit, reverberation and style. The record was famously recorded in a tin shack and has the raw feeling tha everyone tries
to imitate but few can. Dan went on to do Dollrods while Mick formed the Dirtbombs, both are great but neither comes close to the true transcendent glory of this particular Gories record."
RADIO BIRDMAN "RADIOS APPEAR" LP (4 MEN WITH BEARDS)
Originally released in 1977, Radios Appear is the debut album from one of most important Australian bands of all time. Though they are often lumped in with the punk-rock sound of their contemporaries in London and New York, they actually owe more to the earlier sounds of Detroit, specifically the Stooges and the MC5. Their debut is a scorching piece of snotty rock and roll unparalleled in their country or beyond. Reissued here on 180g vinyl with a deluxe tip-on jacket and insert.
REZILLOS "CAN'T STAND THE REZILLOS" LP (RHINO)
The Rezillos 1978 punk classic Can't Stand the Rezillos was the Glasgow band's only studio album, reaching the Top 10 on the UK album chart. It's all here: hyperactive tempos, raging guitars, abbreviated pop melodies and slightly off-kilter lyrics that display a fascination with junk culture and '60s pop.
13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS "PSYCHADELIC SOUNDS (MONO)" LP (SUNDAZED)
For the first time in 40 years, here it is in dangerously powerful MONO, exactly as it was intended: the stupefying debut album by Texas’ heroic psychedelic point-men, the 13th Floor Elevators, on Sundazed’s uncannily accurate high-definition vinyl! The unearthly banshee howl of Roky Erickson, the blistering guitar of Stacy Sutherland and the demented electric jug of Tommy Hall haven’t sounded this scary since their glory days in the third eye of the lysergic hurricane!
KILLED BY DEATH VOL. 6 - V/A - COMP LP (REDRUM)
Punk rock ground zero, 'nuf said. Issued by Australians & one of the few volumes that doesn't concentrate on Americans: Jap, Swiss, Austrian, Belgian, Italian, Scottish, & Finnish heavy hitters. Also a few detours to places like Ohio & Colorado, just cause. Tracklisting: Kids-This is Rock n Roll, Funeral Dress-Army Life, Dirt Shit-Exit, Next-Monotony, Insults-Just a Doper, Ed Nasty & the Dopeds-You Sucker, Hitler SS-Slave, Tampax-UFO Dictator, Revenge 88-Neon Lights, Screaming Urge-Homework, Schund-Schund, GISM-Exclamations, Frantix-My Dad's a Fuckin Alcoholic, Glueams-Mental, Paykik Volts-Totally Useless, Fire Exit-Time Wall, Mark Truth & the Liars-Prisoners of Time, So-Meilla Voisi Tunaau Olla Hauskaa.
KILLED BY DEATH VOL. 7 - V/A - COMP LP (REDRUM)
Compiled by the makers of the 'Bloodstains Across...' series. Poke at the guy who compiled KBD 5 & 6, featuring records from his personal want list. Danish, Swiss, SF, North Carolina, Scottish, Canadian, NY, French, Italian, & Texan punkers. Tracklisting: Village Pistols-Big Money, Fire Exit-Time Wall, Rude Norton-Tits on the Beach, Chain Gang-My Fly, Guilty Razors-I Don't Wanna Be Rich, Ed Nasty & the Dopeds-I'm Gonna Be Everything, Tampax-UFO Dictator, Absentees-Tryin To Mess With Me, Dot Vaeth Group-Armed Robbery, Cigarettes-They're Back Again, Lost Kids-Cola Freaks, Fresh Color-The Source, Hated-Seize the Middle East, Maids-Back to Bataan, DDT-I'm Walking Down the Psychopath, Sperma-Bomb, Ice Nine-Out Out Out, MD-Manisch Depressiv.
KILLED BY DEATH VOL. 8.5 - V/A- COMP LP (REDRUM)
"KILLED BY DEATH Volume 8.5 – still stands as one of my 2-3 favorites of KBD Wave 2. It contains some of the big boys of punk rock lore, starting with the fast and angry “I Rock I Ran” by Louisiana’s TOXIN III. There’s the classy, tasteful “S&M” by PUBLIC DISTURBANCE, which is this strange cross between Dickies-like carnival punk and ultra-snotty punk/oi filth a la some of those UK acts with giant eye-gouging mohawks who roamed the era. Other classics that belong in any dabbler’s or obsessive’s collection: the gonzo & raw “Twinkie Madness” by THE COSMETICS; the hardcore-tempo fuzz-out “Killed In Jail” by the LATIN DOGS; and of course the deadly lo-fi piledriver “Killer Cain” by the mighty SHIT DOGS, a band made known to me by the LAZY COWGIRLS long before the term “KBD” turned into a household catchphrase and dating scene pick-up line. Only clunkers like THE MATCHHEADS and the TURNBUCKLES keep this volume from breathing the rarified air of Volumes #1-4, but that may be some internalized shock-of-the-new nostalgia talkin’. This is one of the ones you gotta have, and one the kids’ll be coming back to for millennia." - agonyshorthand.blogspot.com
KILLED BY DEATH VOL. 9 - V/A - COMP LP (REDRUM)
Prime era punk electrocuters, and for my money the best volume in the series. Plenty of snot but also cruder than usual, in no small part because there are so many songs by stoopid, stuporiffic Indiana kids like the Panics, Jetsons & Eddie Flower's Gizmos. If the scent of Pabst is your perfume, your needed mental wallpaper is right here. Tracklisting: Tapeworm-Break My Face, Tapeworm-Blues for An Insurance Salesman, Crap Detectors-Police State, Corpsicles-Big Doings, Panics-I Wanna Kill My Mom, Nothing-Uniformz, Epicycle-You're Not Gonna Get It, Accident-Kill the Bee Gees, Jetsons-Suicidal Tendencies, Hammer Damage-Laugh, Shirkers-Drunk & Disorderly, Vains-School Jerks, Gizmos-Amerika First, La Peste-Better Off Dead, Sado Nation-On Whom They Beat, Ex Blank Ex-You're Full of Shit, Breakouts-In Vagueness Deal, Ice Nine-Revolting Mess.
KILLED BY DEATH VOL. 10 - V/A COMP LP (REDRUM)
3rd all-American volume, except that it somehow also includes some Canadians. That's okay, Americans will eat anything, and I'm sure Canadians are included. Most brutal cuts here are courtesy of Boston's Unnatural Axe, Phoenix's Red Squares, Louisville's Endtables. Beatles cover by Sick & the Lame is, as you might imagine, useful in many, many contexts. Tracklisting: Vomit Pigs-Useless Eater, Tragics-Laughing Lover, Descendants-Unnational Anthem, 63 Monroe-Hijack Victim, Executives-Jet Set, Grim Klone Band-Heat's Rising, Grim Klone Band-Jevovah's Witness, Cringe-Spit on Your Grave, Voodoo Idols-We Dig Nixon, Red Squares-Time Change, Gentlemen of Horror-God Knows You By Name, Normals-Almost Ready, Discords-Dead Cubans, Trend-Band Aid, Count Vertigo-X Patriots, Unnatural Axe-The Creeper, Skinnies-Out of Order, Endtables-Circumciscion, Sick & the Lame-Ate Days a Week.
RESTOCKS 9/16/11
BLACK FLAG - NERVOUS BREAKDOWN 7"
DICKS - HATE THE POLICE 7"
DILS - 198 SECONDS OF 7"
DOUBLE NEGATIVE - HARDCORE CONFUSION VOL. 1 7"
DOUBLE NEGATIVE - HARDCORE CONFUSION VOL. 2 7"
HAMMER DAMAGE - LAUGH 7"
KRIG I HUDIK - S/T 7"
MINUTEMEN - PARANOID TIME 7"
PUNCTURE - MUCKY PUP 7"
REALLY RED - CROWD CONTROL 7"
SKINNIES, THE - KIL THE BEAT 7"
VICIOUS - OBSESSIVE 7"
BLACK FLAG - DAMAGED LP
BLACK FLAG - JEALOUS AGAIN 12"
BLOODSTAINS ACROSS CALIFORNIA - V/A - COMP LP
BLOODSTAINS ACROSS SWEDEN - V/A - COMP LP
CIRCLE JERKS - WILD IN THE STREETS LP
COMPLICATIONS - S/T LP
DESCENDENTS - BONUS FAT LP
DIRECT CONTROL - FAREWELL LP
HARD SKIN - SAME MEAT DIFFERENT GRAVY LP
HIS HERO IS GONE - THE PLOT SICKENS LP
HUSKER DU - METAL CIRCUS LP
INEPSY - CITY WEAPONS LP
INEPSY - R'N'R BABYLON LP
KIDS, THE - S/T LP
KVOTERING - SAMHALLETS FORRADARE LP
STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK - INCENSE AND PEPPERMINTS LP
VICIOUS - ALIENATED LP
Alex / GRAVE MISTAKE
gravemistakerecords@gmail.com
www.gravemistakerecords.com
gravemistakerecords.bandcamp.
www.facebook.com/
www.twitter.com/
NEW IN THE WEBSTORE 9/16/11
BRAIN F≠ "SLEEP ROUGH" LP (GRAVE049)
The first two singles from North Carolina's Brain F≠ left a lot of people scratching their heads: Is it garage? Is it hardcore? (It's definitely punk.) How did they write such catchy riffs? How do you pronounce "F≠?" Brain F≠'s debut long player, Sleep Rough, will force you to ponder those same questions and may breed even more (and we mean that in the best way possible). Everything has been amped up for this release... the hard stuff is harder, the catchy stuff is catchier (oh, is it catchy!), and the weird stuff is weirder. There's no need for band comparisons, but if you're into that sort of thing then imagine the SAINTS' minds in TEENGENERATE and the AVENGERS' bodies sent to a dystopian future. Really, though, this sounds like the year 2011; if you like huge guitars, endless vocal hooks, and a turbo-charged rhythm section (you do), then you need to hear this record. Split release with SORRY STATE RECORDS.
NIGHT BIRDS "THE OTHER SIDE OF DARKNESS" LP/CD (GRAVE050)
At long last, the debut LP from NY/NJ's own NIGHT BIRDS is finally upon us! Following three well received 7" EPs, "The Other Side of Darkness" takes you on on a non-stop demented thrill ride with thirteen raging blasts of high-octane surf-inspired punk that the band has become known for. NIGHT BIRDS have pulled out all of the stops on this long player; honing their hardcore/punk/surf/garage hybrid sound to near perfection, delivering each and every song with urgent and unmistakable precision. With underlying themes of isolation, paranoia, depression, visions of total annihilation, and more horror/b-movie nods and references than you can count, "The Other Side of Darkness" is the ultimate soundtrack to that post-apocalyptic nightmare that you just can't seem to wake up from.
SOCIAL CIRCKLE "EXPIRATION DATE" 7" (SIDE TWO)
5 tracks of intense early 80's hardcore mixed with late 70's punk from all around the globe. More anger and speed than previous releases, SOCIAL CIRCKLE manages to exit on their most manic note while still maintaining the melody and catchy hooks of their 'Static Eyes' 7". Think ripping hardcore with songs you can actually remember. The follow up to 2009's 'City Shock' LP (No Way Records) this ep is the band's final offering.
KIELTOLAKI "KUOLEVA SYSTEEMI" 7" (FERAL WARD)
"Brand new, 4-song EP released for this Finnish band's recent US tour. Kieltolaki's previous LP was one of my favorite records of last year, and this EP picks up right where that monster left off. The production here is huge, taking the template established by Discharge's Why? album and making it bigger, louder, faster, and more complex. More importantly, though, this thing is just brimming with anger... I think these guys may be the most pissed-sounding band in hardcore today. Fucking ripping." - sorrystaterecords.com
WARHEAD "THE WORLD OF CONFUSION" 7" (FERAL WARD)
"After a break of seven years since their 2004 split EP with ORDER and an unbelievable twenty years since their classic "Cry Of Truth" debut EP Kyoto's WARHEAD are back with a new two song 7" of pure Japanese hardcore insanity co-released by La Vida Es Un Mus, Feral Ward and HG Fact. This release sees the Kyoto legends teaming up with Jacky from FRAMTID / GLOOM for two songs of blazing hardcore with manic screaming vocals, blown out distorted guitar riffs and frantic guitar solos. Both songs are equally as amazing as each other and I would struggle to pick a favourite. Totally fucking top notch hardcore up there with Japanese hardcore legends like BASTARD, GAUZE, DEATHSIDE etc. I can't recommend this enough. WARHEAD are one of best hardcore bands in Japan right now." - agitatezine.blogspot.com
CONDOMINIUM "WARM HOME" LP (CONDOMINIUM)
Condominium's first 12" release after 7"s on Fashionable Idiots continues to take a stroll down the path of stranger punk rock, sounding like three hardcore kids who got into '90s AmRep Records stuff as well as Flipper and Black Flag and spit it out in six songs of noisy, grimy and slightly experimental punk rock. 7 tracks / 22 minutes of the tense, noisy sounds we have come to expect from this St Paul, MN band. The boundaries of hardcore music continue to be challenged and the walls continue to crumble under the pressure.
CITIZENS PATROL "S/T" LP (SORRY STATE)
After two blistering 7"s on the mighty No Way Records, Holland's Citizens Patrol finally bless us with their debut full-length. If you expected they would change at all for this release, then you will be sorely disappointed. If you expected they will still play the same band of ripping, early 80s-inspired hardcore they've always played, then you will be extremely pleased. This time around the band delivers a slightly more powerful recording and some of their absolute catchiest ragers yet.
KYLMA SOTA "10 TRACKS" LP (FERAL WARD)
This is basically the perfect d-beat record of 2010. Avoiding the clichés of raw-sloppy-crust mess that's all too popular these days, KYLMÄ SOTA take cues from DISCLOSE but still sounds crisp and precise. Distortion aplenty that never gets in the way of song writing and execution. To top it all off, they throw in a cover of "if tomorrow don't comes" from the criminally underrated EVANCE, adding their own twist by singing it in Finnish.
SHOPPERS "SILVER YEAR" LP (FEEBLE MINDS)
Debut full length from SHOPPERS. Syracuse, NY ‘indie’ influenced noise punk. A mix of new and old from the band’s first year of existence: rerecorded takes from the ‘Goodbye to all that.’ and ‘You shot me... ’ cassettes as well as brand new anthems to kick start your personal sexual revolution. This is a split release with Drugged Conscience.
CHOSEN FEW "THE JOKES ON US" LP (GOING UNDERGROUND)
Official reissue of THE classic Aussie-Punk smasher , pressed on a 45rpm 12" 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 than the original 7".
NO FUNERAL "6 SONG EP" 12" (WANDS)
In a town where the midsummer days reach into the triple digits and the debris of the dejected pollute the state of evolution comes the most recent addition to the blackened cult of Wands. No Funeral’s music is riddled with anger and disgust for this plane of existence. The vocals are belted out of the depths of a self-defeating depressive urgency, a calling for death in its most vengeful form. There is an obvious harkening back to the more punk aesthetics of their forefathers that is ever present in the bass and drum approach that crashes head long into the mournful tremolo of the guitars. This is the overlooked harsh reality of the neglected souls that wade waist deep in the stomach of the beast.
HUNGER PAINS "S/T" 7" (FEEBLE MINDS)
Vinyl debut from Assault City's metallic crust 'core HUNGER PAINS. Features guitar work akin to classic metal-tinged Japanese hardcore coupled with the thunderous rhythm of 90's vegan crust, all backed with thickly layered dissonance courtesy of front-man Weston Czerkies' solo noise project SUNKEN CHEEK. This is a split release with PRGNT Records.
SHITDOGS, THE "THE HISTORY OF CHEESE" 2x7" (LAST LAUGH)
Right here we have a double single by a Louisiana bar punk trailer trash assault from the early 80's. The Shit Dogs (aptly named) peddle smut and smashed guitars with a crewd sound. There's a Ramones style flavor, definitely could see Dee Dee loving this band, as well as Floridian's The Eat in on the undertaking. 2x7 inches made for spinning over and over again, thanks to Last Laugh Records.
RED CROSS "RICH BRAT" 7" (FANCLUB)
Rare reissue of 1979-82 crude punk gems!
WE THE PEOPLE "TURN OFF YOUR CRYING GUN" 7" (HOTLINE)
60s Garage 45-We The People - Turn Off Your Crying Gun / My Brother The Man - Very limited reissue with printed black & white picture sleeve. "Crying Gun"' is UNAVAILABLE on ANY We The People compilation CD or LP, great 1966 unreleased garage with look a like Hotline labels.
HUSKER DU "LAND SPEED RECORD" LP (SST)
Land Speed Record fully exposes the rage and manic energy that drove Hüsker Dü to dizzying heights of creative and critical success; it's an incredible document of a live Minneapolis show from 1981 featuring the band in its embryonic form. Bob Mould and company seem bent on driving themselves to the brink of insanity as they plow through the performance with all the subtlety of a freight train out of control.
GORIES, THE "HOUSE ROCKIN" LP (CRYPT)
The Gories are an American garage rock trio that formed in Detroit in 1986. They were among the first 1980s garage punk bands to incorporate overt blues influences. The band features Mick Collins (of The Dirtbombs), Dan Kroha (of The Demolition Doll Rods) on guitar and vocals, and Peggy O'Neill on drums. House Rockin is considered to be "The Gories best record; a triumph of feeling, grit, reverberation and style. The record was famously recorded in a tin shack and has the raw feeling tha everyone tries
to imitate but few can. Dan went on to do Dollrods while Mick formed the Dirtbombs, both are great but neither comes close to the true transcendent glory of this particular Gories record."
RADIO BIRDMAN "RADIOS APPEAR" LP (4 MEN WITH BEARDS)
Originally released in 1977, Radios Appear is the debut album from one of most important Australian bands of all time. Though they are often lumped in with the punk-rock sound of their contemporaries in London and New York, they actually owe more to the earlier sounds of Detroit, specifically the Stooges and the MC5. Their debut is a scorching piece of snotty rock and roll unparalleled in their country or beyond. Reissued here on 180g vinyl with a deluxe tip-on jacket and insert.
REZILLOS "CAN'T STAND THE REZILLOS" LP (RHINO)
The Rezillos 1978 punk classic Can't Stand the Rezillos was the Glasgow band's only studio album, reaching the Top 10 on the UK album chart. It's all here: hyperactive tempos, raging guitars, abbreviated pop melodies and slightly off-kilter lyrics that display a fascination with junk culture and '60s pop.
13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS "PSYCHADELIC SOUNDS (MONO)" LP (SUNDAZED)
For the first time in 40 years, here it is in dangerously powerful MONO, exactly as it was intended: the stupefying debut album by Texas’ heroic psychedelic point-men, the 13th Floor Elevators, on Sundazed’s uncannily accurate high-definition vinyl! The unearthly banshee howl of Roky Erickson, the blistering guitar of Stacy Sutherland and the demented electric jug of Tommy Hall haven’t sounded this scary since their glory days in the third eye of the lysergic hurricane!
KILLED BY DEATH VOL. 6 - V/A - COMP LP (REDRUM)
Punk rock ground zero, 'nuf said. Issued by Australians & one of the few volumes that doesn't concentrate on Americans: Jap, Swiss, Austrian, Belgian, Italian, Scottish, & Finnish heavy hitters. Also a few detours to places like Ohio & Colorado, just cause. Tracklisting: Kids-This is Rock n Roll, Funeral Dress-Army Life, Dirt Shit-Exit, Next-Monotony, Insults-Just a Doper, Ed Nasty & the Dopeds-You Sucker, Hitler SS-Slave, Tampax-UFO Dictator, Revenge 88-Neon Lights, Screaming Urge-Homework, Schund-Schund, GISM-Exclamations, Frantix-My Dad's a Fuckin Alcoholic, Glueams-Mental, Paykik Volts-Totally Useless, Fire Exit-Time Wall, Mark Truth & the Liars-Prisoners of Time, So-Meilla Voisi Tunaau Olla Hauskaa.
KILLED BY DEATH VOL. 7 - V/A - COMP LP (REDRUM)
Compiled by the makers of the 'Bloodstains Across...' series. Poke at the guy who compiled KBD 5 & 6, featuring records from his personal want list. Danish, Swiss, SF, North Carolina, Scottish, Canadian, NY, French, Italian, & Texan punkers. Tracklisting: Village Pistols-Big Money, Fire Exit-Time Wall, Rude Norton-Tits on the Beach, Chain Gang-My Fly, Guilty Razors-I Don't Wanna Be Rich, Ed Nasty & the Dopeds-I'm Gonna Be Everything, Tampax-UFO Dictator, Absentees-Tryin To Mess With Me, Dot Vaeth Group-Armed Robbery, Cigarettes-They're Back Again, Lost Kids-Cola Freaks, Fresh Color-The Source, Hated-Seize the Middle East, Maids-Back to Bataan, DDT-I'm Walking Down the Psychopath, Sperma-Bomb, Ice Nine-Out Out Out, MD-Manisch Depressiv.
KILLED BY DEATH VOL. 8.5 - V/A- COMP LP (REDRUM)
"KILLED BY DEATH Volume 8.5 – still stands as one of my 2-3 favorites of KBD Wave 2. It contains some of the big boys of punk rock lore, starting with the fast and angry “I Rock I Ran” by Louisiana’s TOXIN III. There’s the classy, tasteful “S&M” by PUBLIC DISTURBANCE, which is this strange cross between Dickies-like carnival punk and ultra-snotty punk/oi filth a la some of those UK acts with giant eye-gouging mohawks who roamed the era. Other classics that belong in any dabbler’s or obsessive’s collection: the gonzo & raw “Twinkie Madness” by THE COSMETICS; the hardcore-tempo fuzz-out “Killed In Jail” by the LATIN DOGS; and of course the deadly lo-fi piledriver “Killer Cain” by the mighty SHIT DOGS, a band made known to me by the LAZY COWGIRLS long before the term “KBD” turned into a household catchphrase and dating scene pick-up line. Only clunkers like THE MATCHHEADS and the TURNBUCKLES keep this volume from breathing the rarified air of Volumes #1-4, but that may be some internalized shock-of-the-new nostalgia talkin’. This is one of the ones you gotta have, and one the kids’ll be coming back to for millennia." - agonyshorthand.blogspot.com
KILLED BY DEATH VOL. 9 - V/A - COMP LP (REDRUM)
Prime era punk electrocuters, and for my money the best volume in the series. Plenty of snot but also cruder than usual, in no small part because there are so many songs by stoopid, stuporiffic Indiana kids like the Panics, Jetsons & Eddie Flower's Gizmos. If the scent of Pabst is your perfume, your needed mental wallpaper is right here. Tracklisting: Tapeworm-Break My Face, Tapeworm-Blues for An Insurance Salesman, Crap Detectors-Police State, Corpsicles-Big Doings, Panics-I Wanna Kill My Mom, Nothing-Uniformz, Epicycle-You're Not Gonna Get It, Accident-Kill the Bee Gees, Jetsons-Suicidal Tendencies, Hammer Damage-Laugh, Shirkers-Drunk & Disorderly, Vains-School Jerks, Gizmos-Amerika First, La Peste-Better Off Dead, Sado Nation-On Whom They Beat, Ex Blank Ex-You're Full of Shit, Breakouts-In Vagueness Deal, Ice Nine-Revolting Mess.
KILLED BY DEATH VOL. 10 - V/A COMP LP (REDRUM)
3rd all-American volume, except that it somehow also includes some Canadians. That's okay, Americans will eat anything, and I'm sure Canadians are included. Most brutal cuts here are courtesy of Boston's Unnatural Axe, Phoenix's Red Squares, Louisville's Endtables. Beatles cover by Sick & the Lame is, as you might imagine, useful in many, many contexts. Tracklisting: Vomit Pigs-Useless Eater, Tragics-Laughing Lover, Descendants-Unnational Anthem, 63 Monroe-Hijack Victim, Executives-Jet Set, Grim Klone Band-Heat's Rising, Grim Klone Band-Jevovah's Witness, Cringe-Spit on Your Grave, Voodoo Idols-We Dig Nixon, Red Squares-Time Change, Gentlemen of Horror-God Knows You By Name, Normals-Almost Ready, Discords-Dead Cubans, Trend-Band Aid, Count Vertigo-X Patriots, Unnatural Axe-The Creeper, Skinnies-Out of Order, Endtables-Circumciscion, Sick & the Lame-Ate Days a Week.
RESTOCKS 9/16/11
BLACK FLAG - NERVOUS BREAKDOWN 7"
DICKS - HATE THE POLICE 7"
DILS - 198 SECONDS OF 7"
DOUBLE NEGATIVE - HARDCORE CONFUSION VOL. 1 7"
DOUBLE NEGATIVE - HARDCORE CONFUSION VOL. 2 7"
HAMMER DAMAGE - LAUGH 7"
KRIG I HUDIK - S/T 7"
MINUTEMEN - PARANOID TIME 7"
PUNCTURE - MUCKY PUP 7"
REALLY RED - CROWD CONTROL 7"
SKINNIES, THE - KIL THE BEAT 7"
VICIOUS - OBSESSIVE 7"
BLACK FLAG - DAMAGED LP
BLACK FLAG - JEALOUS AGAIN 12"
BLOODSTAINS ACROSS CALIFORNIA - V/A - COMP LP
BLOODSTAINS ACROSS SWEDEN - V/A - COMP LP
CIRCLE JERKS - WILD IN THE STREETS LP
COMPLICATIONS - S/T LP
DESCENDENTS - BONUS FAT LP
DIRECT CONTROL - FAREWELL LP
HARD SKIN - SAME MEAT DIFFERENT GRAVY LP
HIS HERO IS GONE - THE PLOT SICKENS LP
HUSKER DU - METAL CIRCUS LP
INEPSY - CITY WEAPONS LP
INEPSY - R'N'R BABYLON LP
KIDS, THE - S/T LP
KVOTERING - SAMHALLETS FORRADARE LP
STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK - INCENSE AND PEPPERMINTS LP
VICIOUS - ALIENATED LP
