Cock Sparrer – “Guilty As Charged” & “Two Monkeys”
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When you talk about career longevity, it doesn’t get much better than 40+ years! The mighty COCK SPARRER have been a band longer than a lot of us have been alive and they are better than ever! Fans are coming out in the thousands to see them perform so keeping killer vinyl on stock is a must! PIRATES PRESS RECORDS’ latest represses are these gorgeous ‘SEA BLUE’ & ‘BABY BLUE’ “MARBLED” vinyl and ‘ULTRA CLEAR’ & ‘DOOKIE BROWN’ “SMOKE” vinyl. Catch them this summer in Berkeley, CA and Santa Clara, CA in April and their FINAL US appearance of 2017 at Punk Rock Bowling on May 29th!
BAND NAME: Cock Sparrer
LABEL NAME: Pirates Press Records
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In late 2015, the Northern English quartet , ELEPHANT TREE, entered the iconic Church Studios with an album’s worth of songs conceived during a tireless year of shows in the UK and Europe. Their second titanic volume of progressively heavy psychedelic doom is an ambitious blend of gloomy atmosphere and melodic grooves that Ghost Cult Magazine calls, “Fresh as a breeze, heavy as a mountain troll, and bloody addictive.” Out just in time for the almost never ending festival season where ELEPHANT TREE will be at no less than eight of them including Psycho Las Vegas, MAGNETIC EYE RECORDS can hook you up if you can’t get out to a show.
BAND NAME: Elephant Tree (Facebook / Bandcamp / Instagram)
LABEL NAME: Magnetic Eye Records (Website / Facebook / Instagram)
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PACEMAKER is the latest project from Chicago musician Matthew Frank (Their / They’re / There, Lifted Bells, Recreational Drugs). The six song debut EP was written and performed entirely by Matt, showcasing more straight-forward and pop-sensible indie rock songs than his previous projects. Pre-order now from BROKEN WORLD MEDIA!
BAND NAME: Pacemaker
LABEL NAME: Broken World Media
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IxRxAx (Acute x Respiratory x Infexion x) Is an old hardcore punk band from Medellin – Colombia. They formed in 1985, having amassed over 32 years of resistance in the world of punk rock. Check out their latest release, 13 brand new songs and two bonus tracks only available on vinyl!
BAND NAME: I x R x A x
LABEL NAME: TKG Punx Records
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Going on ten years strong, Northern California hardcore band XIBALBA come back with a barnburner new 7″ EP, “Diablo Con Amor, Adios,” on CLOSED CASKET ACTIVITIES! Whether it’s the ‘ELECTRIC BLUE’ with ‘OLIVE GREEN’ and ‘AQUA BLUE’ Splatter or ‘ORANGE CRUSH’ with BRONZE Splatter, you can’t go wrong with either variant!
BAND NAME: XIBALBA
LABEL NAME: Closed Casket Activities
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20 BUCK SPIN just repressed VASTUM’s 3rd LP – “Hole Below” – just in time for their European tour including Deathfest! Get a load of that ‘Redish’ inside ‘Ultraclear’ Color-In-Color record with ‘Black’ smoke! Might be worth flying to the Netherlands for Deathfest just to grab one of those super limited versions…
BAND NAME: Vastum
LABEL NAME: 20 Buck Spin
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THE EJECTOR SEATS – Tight guitars, bouncy grooves, hooky melodies gruffly delivered in a mid to up tempo DIY punk package…not bullet belt punk, more rough-round the edges, daily grind/life sucks/getting fired/nothing on TV kinda punk. This is the 4th LP from THE EJECTOR SEATS since 2012, hit up your buds over at COLLISION COURSE RECORDS for more info!
BAND NAME: The EJECTOR SEATS
LABEL NAME: Collision Course Records
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Hard pop from Nashville, TN, HAPPY LITTLE TREES is the all-solo project by Dan Sommers (Hotpipes, Poly, My So-Called Band). His sophomore album ‘We Are Little’ comes out in April through BOO BEAR RECORDS, following the 2016 LP ‘We Are Happy’. ‘We Are Little’ is a wild but concise melodic freakout. Fast, loud, fun.
BAND NAME: Happy Little Trees (Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram)
LABEL NAME: Boo Bear Records
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SEVEN KINGDOMS is a Power Metal band from Florida. The band has been around since 2007 and has released four albums to date, having toured the world in back in the process. After a successful project backing, the triple gatefold wrapped double LP album, ‘DECENNIUM’ – is coming out now! Catch SEVEN KINGDOMS on tour this May/June!
BAND NAME: SEVEN KINGDOMS
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The self-proclaimed psychedelic dream pop artist, PRINCE GRAVES, from Tokyo, Japan, comes to us with “Half Awakening” on DE.TE.RI.O.RA.TION Records. Grab one of these color ‘ELECTRIC BLUE’ records before they’re all gone!
BAND NAME: Prince Graves
LABEL NAME: DE.TE.RI.O.RA.TION
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