GRAVE MISTAKE New and Upcoming Releases / Tours / New Webstore Update!!!

Two months down for 2013, and thankfully Spring is right around the corner! Things are busy as can be over here at GMHQ, so let's get right to it! A small but awesome webstore update today which I'll get to shortly, but let me fill you in on some Grave Mistake happenings first ...

If you haven't heard, the first two releases of 2013 are now available! We've got the new 12" from Washington DC's THE SHIRKS, and the repress / rerelease of the BIG EYES "Demo 2010" 7"! I'm beyond excited with how both of these turned out, and although they took a bit longer than planned to release, I think they were both worth the wait! You can grab copies of both in the Webstore (still have some copies of THE SHIRKS LP on RED VINYL for mailorder!) and they should be popping up in your favorite stores and distros soon!  If you'd like to carry copies for your store / distro / label or if you do a zine or blog or something fun like that and would like promo material, write me back here!

Up next we've got a bunch of new releases hoping for late March / early April and those include the new SICKOIDS "No Home" 12", SECTARIAN VIOLENCE "Upward Hostility" LP, 86 MENTALITY "Goin' Nowhere Fast" LP singles collection, and repress of the STRIKING DISTANCE "March to your Grave" LP! March will also (hopefully) see the first VINYL CONFLICT LABEL release, the BARGE "No Gain" 7"! Then late April / Early May will bring us the BIG EYES LP (we will have more info on this one next week, promise!), the US pressing of the KREMLIN "Will You Feed Me?" 7", and the second VINYL CONFLICT release, the DEVIL'S HAND "Welcome the Slaughter" 7"!  Finally, we are going to get cracking on our first releases for Summer, the BRAIN F≠ "Empty Set" LP and the NIGHT BIRDS "Born to Die in Suburbia" LP! Much more on those in the coming months!

In addition to these new releases, several GM bands will be hitting the road shortly! SECTARIAN VIOLENCE will be doing a European Tour in late March / early April; NIGHT BIRDS will be hitting the Midwest with the one and only TENEMENT and the one and only GIVE this month; and BIG EYES have just announced a West Coast tour this April with CRIMINAL CODE!! We've got all of the dates and info below, so check em out and be sure to catch these bands if they are playing near you!

Finally, be sure to make plans to hit UNITED BLOOD FEST in Richmond, DAMAGED CITY FEST in DC, and CHAOS IN TEJAS in Austin!!!!!

Now, on to what's new in the webstore ...

 

 

GRAVE MISTAKE WEBSTORE:
http://www.gravemistakerecords.com/catalog/

WHAT'S NEW FOR 3/1/2013:
http://www.gravemistakerecords.com/catalog/products_new.php

Not a huge amount of new stuff this week, but all quality once again. We've got the brand new 7" from Toronto's VIOLENT FUTURE (unfortunately we didn't get color copies as planned, but the record rules regardless!); three new singles from Fashionable Idiots including 7"s from WILD CHILD, GRABBIES, and AVON LADIES; two new reissues from UGLY POP - singles from THE BUREAUCRATS and POINTED STICKS; a handful of new releases from BAD HAIR LIFE Records, including the SECRET PROSTITUTES / COLA FREAKS split 12" and singles from NERVOUS SYSTEM and PERRAS SALVAJES; and some new releases from SCAVENGER OF DEATH Records - the awesome LAND OF NOD Atlanta Punk/Hardcore 12" comp (I spun this on repeat yesterday, it rules!) and a new 15 song tape from PREDATOR! Also grabbed a couple of reissues including the first ASTA KASK LP courtesy of Prank, and one of my favorite SCREECHING WEASEL LPs, "How to Make Enemies and Irritate People" on Recess!!!!  Check out the full list with descriptions below!

Finally, they are going fast but if you still need to get your hands on a BOSTON STRANGLER "Primitive" LP, I've got a few back in stock! Plus I've got a little deal running, if you order more than $125 worth of records (before shipping), I'll just GIVE you a BOSTON STRANGLER LP for free! All you have to do is add this to your cart with your order: http://www.gravemistakerecords.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=5191 ....

That's all for now, thanks for reading and as always thank you all for your continued support!!! See you next week!!!

Alex / GRAVE MISTAKE RECORDS
SITE: www.gravemistakerecords.com
STORE: www.gravemistakerecords.com/catalog
BANDCAMP: gravemistakerecords.bandcamp.com
FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/gravemistakerecords
TWITTER: www.twitter.com/gravemistakerex

 

UPCOMING TOURS / FESTS!

 

UNITED BLOOD FEST / Richmond, VA / March 29-30: http://unitedblood.blogspot.com/
DAMAGED CITY FEST / Washington DC / April 12-13: http://dc-damaged-city.tumblr.com/
CHAOS IN TEJAS / Austin, TX / May 30 - June 2: http://www.chaosintejas.com/

NIGHT BIRDS / TENEMENT / GIVE - "CAN'T STAND THE MIDWEST" TOUR 2013

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/108141172689141

Wed. 3/27 - Cleveland, OH @ Now Thats Class - http://www.facebook.com/events/327232097392917/?ref=3
Thu. 3/28 - Detroit, MI @ Lager House - http://www.facebook.com/events/131764623656064/
Fri. 3/29 - Chicago, IL @ Township - http://www.facebook.com/events/522071701148965/
Sat. 3/30 - Milwaukee, WI @ Bog Ward - http://www.facebook.com/events/502682833115420/
Sun. 3/31 - Minneapolis, MN @ Medusa - http://www.facebook.com/events/314680491975566/
Mon. 4/1 - Kansas City, MO @ Czar Bar - http://www.facebook.com/events/337723673000596/
Tue. 4/2 - St Louis, MO @ Blank Space - http://www.facebook.com/events/152692038221002/
Wed. 4/3 - Memphis, TN @ 1372 Overton Park - http://www.facebook.com/events/226129794185604/
Thu. 4/4 - Indianapolis, IN @ Adam's Pizza - http://www.facebook.com/events/456522607724765/
Fri. 4/5 - Cincinnati, OH @ Rakes End
Sat. 4/6 - Columbus, OH @ Ace Of Cups - http://www.facebook.com/events/396812093739657/

Please email BRIANGORSEGNER@GMAIL.COM with any questions.

SECTARIAN VIOLENCE - EUROPEAN TOUR 2013

Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/events/475007409215579

MARCH
23 - BRADFORD (uk) @ The 1 in 12 Club, with Voorhees etc (https://www.facebook.com/events/243931359067464/)
24 - SHEFFIELD (uk) (http://www.facebook.com/events/481818915209799)
25 - PARIS (fr) @ La Mécanique Ondulatoire (http://www.facebook.com/events/118226158352753)
26 - TOULOUSE (fr) @ Le Saint des Seines
27 - BARCELONA (es) @ Casal Joves Guinaueta (http://www.facebook.com/events/419259734825758)
28 - VALENCIA (es) @ CSA La Residencia (http://www.facebook.com/events/511327452252925/)
29 - SALAMANCA (es) @ 13 Monos
30 - VIGO (galicia) @ Torreiro da festa
31 - LISBON (pt)

APRIL
1 - SAO JOAO DA MADEIRA (pt) @ Ecos Urbanos
2 - MADRID (es) @ Sala Barracuda
3 - BORDEAUX (fr) @ Athénée Libertaire (http://www.facebook.com/events/431075873635517/)
4 - NANTES (fr) @ Le Floride (http://www.facebook.com/events/167229506760284/)
5 - LILLE (fr) @ La Rumeur
6 - DAY OFF
7 - BRIGHTON (uk) @ The Hope with Final Rage, Violent Reaction, Ego Trip (http://www.facebook.com/events/277881122337398/)
8 - SOUTHAMPTON (uk)
9 - LONDON (uk) / (http://www.facebook.com/events/162445247241577/)

BIG EYES - WEST COAST TOUR 2013

ALL DATES WITH CRIMINAL CODE (Deranged Records) UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED!

MARCH
30 Sat - Seattle, WA @ The Comet w/ Mean Jeans, Big Crux, Pelvis Wrestlies

APRIL
3 Weds - Portland, OR @ The Know w/ Arctic Flowers
4 Thurs - Tacoma, WA @ Fifth Dimension w/ Freedom Club
5 Fri - Vancouver, BC, Canada @ TBA w/ Nu Sensae
6 Sat - Victoria, BC, Canada @ Lucky Bar w/ Stimpy
7 Sun - Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur w/ Naomi Punk, Love Interest
8 Mon - Reno, NV @ The Holland Project w/ Prescription
9 Tues - San Francisco, CA @ Thrillhouse
10 Weds - Riverside, CA @ Blood Orange Info Shop (http://www.facebook.com/events/554885121197401/)
11 Thurs - Los Angeles, CA @ TBA w/ Audacity, Bad Antics
12 Fri - Oakland, CA @ 1234 GO! (http://www.facebook.com/events/215461575258674/)
13 Sat - Arcata, CA @ Ink Annex (http://www.facebook.com/events/121330351378901/)
14 Sun - Portland, OR @ Star Theater (Bender Fest) **WITHOUT CRIMINAL CODE**

NEW IN THE WEBSTORE 03.01.13:

VIOLENT FUTURE "S/T" 7" (SLASHER)
Brand new 4 track 7" on Slasher records. "Toronto's VIOLENT FUTURE are a new band formed out of former members of BAD CHOICE. But the band is more than that with the singer from URBAN BLIGHT playing guitar and the main city’s promoter, Greg “Stuck in the City” Benedetto, on drums. So there is a classic east coast vibe to the band because that’s the music that the members grew up listening to. Think of that primal sound hardcore sound that east coast bands produced while trying to reproduce the bands coming out of the early UK HC scene. It’s the link that makes sense out of seeing that guy with the leather jacket with the ANGELIC UPSTARTS logo on the back who was at the NEGATIVE APPROACH segment for “Why be something that you’re not” video. There certainly is the NEGATIVE FX or DYS sound, but there is also a CRIMINAL DAMAGE vibe in the songs where you can hear this creeping oi sound to the material. And the comparisons don’t stop there. Christian writes bleak lyrics that capture the dire times of the mid 80’s in the Thatcher/Reagan era."

WILD CHILD "DEMO" 7" (FASHIONABLE IDIOTS)
Guest services at Fashionable Idiots and the shady PR Firm of Rock Bottom Records thought that local degenerates, Wild Child had such a raging demo that it should be pressed to wax and available to the masses.  They smashed their heads together and here we are.  Thanks to a swift kick in the ass by Mammoth Sound Mastering this thing rips a lot harder and will melt yer record needle instead of clog up that old reel to reel cassette deck, cool.  Wild Child plays unhinged hc/punk that may bring to mind sounds of Boston not LA, but with an LA vocal delivery ala Darby snarl.

AVON LADIES "S/T" 7" (FASHIONABLE IDIOTS / DISTORT)
Chris Erba started the Avon Ladies with an hand flier…. "Vocalist looking for fellow assholes to start a ripping h/c band! Do you want to hurt people with violence disguised as music? If you're a run away, struggling with alcohol abuse or pregnancy... YOU'RE NOT ALONE! Noise influences = Bad Posture, old foreign h/c, Urban Waste, Die Kreuzen, Electric Eels. * Recently moved here from Cleveland, OH. Ex vocalist for many bands including h-100's, The Ruiners, Upstab, Windpipe, etc.* Have existing self owned hardcore label, have been playing / touring in bands since 1991. if you're ready to wreck shit and make hardcore destructive and unpredictable, fucking email me." Avon Ladies were the result. This is their second 7" record. They've now broken up. Life is full of excitement and wonder.

GRABBIES -"SHUT UP AND LEARN LIVE" 7" (FASHIONABLE IDIOTS / DISTORT)
"I learnt English from listening to punk rock records... that's how I know to say fuck you, fuck you, fuck you and fucking die." About a decade ago, a couple of Italian immigrants arrived on American soil, and they ploughed, and they worked, and the fruits of their labour was a punk band called The Grabbies. This record is a document of the band playing live, and it stands with live recordings like those of SS and h100's: raw, volatile, horrible music, with some of the best in between song banter you'll ever hear. It was released at the time as a bootleg by a smart American man, and this is not the super deluxe 180 gram vinyl reissue, but strives for the low production values of the original. Granted that it's 2013, it's probably worse. Listen to this when bathing your litter, and appreciate the limitless potentials of human experience.

NERVOUS SYSTEM "SECOND" 7" (BAD HAIR LIFE)
Kouvola, Finland aged juveniles who learned their English from T.V., movies, and punk rock, throw six lashes of skateboard boozer casualty hardcore.  There are 300 of these black plastic charms available for individuals wanting to disturb the peace and smell up their house.

PERRAS SALVAJES "S/T" 7" (BAD HAIR LIFE)
Madrid, Spain matador-killers set fire to the surroundings with five destroyer rocker punk curses screamed in your face with ferocious female rabidity.  The music rocks livers and rolls dead men where they lie.  500 pressed on black frozen oil.

BUREAUCRATS "FEEL THE PAIN" 7" (UGLY POP)
The Bureaucrats only released one 45 and a couple comp tracks during their short career, but this 1980 single is one of the very best-- and rarest-- of all Canadian punk records. Two songs here, recorded in December 1979, and each is a bright star in the early punk/pop pantheon, both surging, memorable tunes delivered with loads of energy and angst. A Canadian counterpart to The Jam, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Clash etc, and genuinely that good! In pocket sleeve with new insert.

POINTED STICKS "WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?" 7" (UGLY POP)
These early Vancouver punks released some pretty great records over their short career, but this 1978 debut will probably remain the classic 45 they'll be best known for. Nothing fancy, art-damaged or vicious here, just two near-perfect blasts of loud, snappy, melodic punk that's inspired countless bands since. Certainly not the rarest or most obscure record, but one that deserves to be readily available to anyone with a taste for quality punk rock singles. Colour pocket sleeve.

SECRET PROSTITUTES / COLA FREAKS - SPLIT LP (BAD HAIR LIFE)
Houston and Århus wine and cheese connoisseurs mingle and flirt with disaster in a collection of angel dusted divorce anthems. The final four needle tracks from the Freaks, recorded at Disney Studios in Orlando, Florida for this release. Seven tracks from the street Prostitutes inspired by family morals and good housekeeping.  1000 pressed in hell by the devil on invincible black vinyl. (Bad Hair Life 2013, BHL11)

KAPYKAARI "S/T" LP (BAD HAIR LIFE)
Rough-edged attitude with full speed. Slanted, rough-edged, angry Finnish punk rock with anarchistic lyrics. This is what Käpykaarti brings to the table. These guys have been doing this for many years, and it shows. Bling-bling rock stars, the Winter War fans and other bases of the society get their share of the old-timers’ derision. Käpykaarti shout the facts and they do it loud! (Sarasteen Pienmuovi  / Bad Hair Life 2011, LN-007)

LAND OF NOD - V/A COMP - ATL. PUNK/HARDCORE OMNIBUS LP (SCAVENGER OF DEATH)
This record is the feather in our cap, our raison d'etre, and it finally happened. This record is a snapshot of the recent vintage of Atlanta punk bands. About half of the record was recorded (sorta) Process of Elimination style -- A bunch of rockers getting drunk and barbecuing in Clay Kilbourne's backyard as the bands took turns recording in his basement. Anyways, the bands: GG King, Cops, Bukkake Boys, Gentleman Jesse, Vincas, Shaved Christ, Predator, GHB, Acid Freaks, Manic, Ralph, Wymyns Prysyn, Gods Balls. 19 tracks total punk/hardcore/grindcore/etc. I've got the A-side up on our bandcamp (link above). it comes with a newsprint booklet featuring band info/artwork/etc.

ASTA KASK "ALDRIG EN" LP (PRANK)
Re-issue of the seminal first full length 19-song LP by Sweden's legendary melodic punk band ASTA KASK, from 1986. Re-issued with a new alternate cover and extensive remastering by the band with Peter En Betou. Lacquers cut by George Horn. Features "Lasse Lasse Liten", "Ringhals Brinner" and many of the band's legendary tracks they still perform live. ASTA KASK continues to perform in their native Sweden as they pass their 25th anniversary and continues to tour worldwide, most recently playing in Columbia! Includes new liner notes. Limited to 1,000 Copies in heavyweight sleeve!

CALIFORNIA X "S/T" LP (DON GIOVANNI)
 In less than a year, Amherst trio California X have emerged from basements and punk practice spaces of Massachusetts as one of the tightest new garage punk bands in the Northeast, teetering between various pockets of the punk spectrum — drawing influence from the worlds of noisy 80s Western Mass rock, fuzzy 90s garage pop, and classic post-hardcore SST sounds. Fronted by main songwriter Lemmy Gurtowsky, their debut LP for Don Giovanni follows one prior release, a double A-side single “Sucker” b/w “Mummy” out via the UK’s Sound of Sweet Nothing label.  From start to finish, the record’s eight hook-heavy tracks of melodic guitar punk could all be singles: the noisy vox and huge grungy riffs on “Curse of the Nightmare”; the slower-burning head-banging pulse of “Pond Rot”; the shoegaze-inflicted fleshed-out melodies of “Lemmy’s World”. Songs like “Hot Hed” feels so essential you’ll wonder how they’re not actually from some long-lost punk tapes of the 1980s Western Mass. Appropriately, the band recorded the album in MA with Justin Pizzoferrato, previously a collaborator with Sonic Youth and Dinosaur Jr –  and though California X sound like they could have been contemporaries with those bands, they’re also carving out their own space in a lineage of their hometown’s punk history.

SCREECHING WEASEL "HOW TO MAKE ENEMIES AND IRRITATE PEOPLE" LP (RECESS)
The 6th Screeching Weasel studio album rises from the dead again! Some would consider this the second "last" Screeching Weasel album. Riverdales were right around the corner at this point so it makes sense that this album is even more Ramones-inspired than the last. Mike Dirnt (Green Day) filled in Vapid's shoes for this album, after his departure. Recut for the best vinyl pleasure by Lucky Lacquers and the best SW art rework to date by Riccardo Bucchioni!

PREDATOR "15 TRACK CASSETTE" TAPE (SCAVENGER OF DEATH)
Predator kicks ass, and while they've disappeared off the radar, they haven't stopped writing some stellar music. The two main guys in Predator have been playing in bands together nonstop for about 12 years, and they've taken their wire, agnew, and early hardcore influences and turned up the contrast, and the pendulum arcs farther into a moody abyss this time. This tape has 8 new recordings, including the two tracks on the comp mentioned below (the only band not to have entirely exclusive tracks) plus a b-side with unreleased tracks and a few alternate versions of their hits. When their lp came out, they had recorded a lot more songs than they needed, and consequentially my favorite song ("Spacewalk") was left off the record. Now people outside Atlanta finally get to hear it.

RESTOCKS FOR 3.01.13:

BIG EYES / MEAN JEANS - SPLIT 7"
IN-SECT, THE - I CAN SEE MY LOVE 7"
INSTANGD - DRAG UTAN DROG 7"
MANIC - S/T 7"
POST TEENS - THE HEAT 7"
PURITY CONTROL - COPING 7"
RED DONS - AUSLANDER 7"
ROCK N' ROLL BITCHES - WILD WEST 7"
SPYS - UNDERGROUND 7"

BOSTON STRANGLER - PRIMITIVE LP
ROUGH KIDS - THE STATE I'M IN LP
SICKOIDS - S/T LP
SYNTHETIC ID - APERTURES LP

CRISPUS ATTUCKS - THE FIRST ALBUM CD
CRISPUS ATTUCKS - DESTROY THE TEACHER CD