NOFX – “First Ditch Effort”
Holy Moly, another gigantic RECORD OF THE WEEK blog locked and loaded!!
Fatty and the boys are back with NOFX’s thirteenth full length album, ‘First Ditch Effort’! This 13 track effort features the same high energy punk sounds you’re used to but also has some more grown up stuff (of course with a funny view point). Coming at you from FAT WRECK CHORDS of course, and just in time for their upcoming tour! You better get out there and catch them while they’re still at it!
BAND NAME: NOFX
LABEL NAME: Fat Wreck Chords
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Following on from 2015’s ‘Flailing Tomb’ LP, which appeared in numerous ‘best of the year’ lists, PETRELS – the solo project of London-based musician and illustrator, Oliver Barrett – returns with new album, “Jörð.” Find out more at the enigmatic DENOVALI…
BAND NAME: Petrels
LABEL NAME: Denovali
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During its nearly twenty-year history, BLACK WITCHERY has appropriately earned recognition as one of the most important cults of bestial black metal, and black metal in general, ever to have emerged from North America. NUCLEAR WAR NOW! is proud to resurrect the unholy document of BLACK WITCHERY’S evil ascension into the dark of night with its release of “Evil Shall Prevail,” a collection of all tracks from the band’s LPs, EPs and more!
BAND NAME: Black Witchery
LABEL NAME: Nuclear War Now! Productions
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MOSEY is a project that was created by Dan Pawlovich, who was the drummer of Valencia and is the current drummer for Panic! At The Disco. MOSEY was started in late 2012, and this record was originally self released in 2013. KNOW HOPE RECORDS loved it so much they wanted to give it the vinyl treatment you see here. Check out the special bundle over at KNOW HOPE today!
BAND NAME: Mosey (Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram)
LABEL NAME: Know Hope Records (Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram)
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‘Won’t Be Missed’ is a collection of OFF WITH THEIR HEADS songs recorded acoustically for release on their ANXIOUS AND ANGRY label. OFF WITH THEIR HEADS is about to go out on tour with the Bouncing Souls but you can hit up ANXIOUS AND ANGRY if you just can’t wait…
BAND NAME: Off With Their Heads (Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / Bandcamp)
LABEL NAME: Anxious and Angry
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The swansong of the metal legends, finally available once again in a gatefold double LP. DEATH, the heavy metal institution released its final studio album ‘The Sound of Perseverance’ (’98) to massive worldwide critical acclaim. RELAPSE RECORDS resurrected this masterpiece, hit them up becuase they also have a deluxe 3xLP box set including unreleased demos, an LP slipmat and a signed art print by album artist Travis Smith!
BAND NAME: Death
LABEL NAME: Relapse Records
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THOSE POOR BASTARDS are back with another limited edition Halloween release for the masses. The goth country kings made just 100 of those glow in the dark versions, if you want a copy of “Necrosphere” you better hurry!
BAND NAME: Those Poor Bastards (Website / Facebook / Instagram)
LABEL NAME: Tribulation Recording Company
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Recorded between 2013 and 2015 and across a few different houses, INFINITY CRUSH’s ,’Warmth Equation’ , was never intended to have thematic unity. A collection of twelve short songs that work toward interpreting loss and grief through different lenses, you can grab a copy of that sweet color-in-color version over at JOY VOID!
BAND NAME: Infinity Crush (Facebook / Twitter)
LABEL NAME: Joy Void
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BIRDCLOUD is Jasmin Kaset and Makenzie Green. The pair have used things like booze and sacrilege to make very modern country music since 2009. ‘Singles Only’ compiles their previous four EP’s on to one mega double record, cum colored for your pleasure. Often cited as controversial, BIRDCLOUD is clearly satire emerging from a place in the South that only those that come from there truly understand.
BAND NAME: Birdcloud (Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram)
LABEL NAME: yk records
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BINARY HEART was born in 2010 when Mike Costa, then drummer for the acclaimed punk band Bomb The Music Industry, teamed up with old friend Steve Wozniak to find an outlet for some of the ideas circling around his head. With a fresh burst of creativity, the results were ‘Brighter Days’ – a melodic power pop album with a sharp punk edge. Catch them at the FEST soon or grab on from their website!
BAND NAME: Binary Heart (Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram)
LABEL NAME: Brighter Days Records (Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram)
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MEEK IS MURDER started as a solo project where and would occasionally get with bands but and record a spazzy meek song every once in a while. Now, MEEK IS MURDER just got back from a European tour and you can find, “Was’, their third full length at one of their upcoming shows or on the interweb.
BAND NAME: meek is murder (Facebook / Twitter / Bandcamp)
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USELESS PIECES OF SHIT were formed in September of 1983 out of the demise of two prominent Tucson bands; ‘the Corporate Whores’ and ‘Civil Death’. Recorded in 1985 and long out of print, ‘Ugly in Public’ sounds as fresh today as it did during the shitty Reagan years, presenting ahead-of-its-time speed punk with all the weirdo left turns that made first- and second-wave Arizona underground rock the most unique in the nation. If it’s old school AZ Punk, it’s gotta be SLOPE RECORDS!
BAND NAME: Useless Pieces of Shit
LABEL NAME: Slope Records (Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram)
LABEL WEBSITE: sloperecords.com
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JENSEN SERF COMPANY have been playing together since 2012. Having put out a variety of singles and Eps, “June in a Field of Flowers,” is their debut LP! Limited to 250 units, this mostly garage/punk Florida band can be found working at their local records store or playing all around the South East.
BAND NAME: Jensen Serf Company
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THE NOPES are heavy, loud, noisy and ugly. They play high energy shows throughout Oakland, Berkeley, San Fran, and across the West Coast and have a huge West Coast tour lined up. Recorded and engineered at The Atomic Garden in Palo Alto and given the vinyl treatment by MAGNETIC EYE RECORDS, you should probably order one of these quick before all the sick colors are gone!
BAND NAME: Nopes (Facebook / Bandcamp)
LABEL NAME: Magnetic Eye Records (Website / Facebook / Instagram)
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See y’all next week!
