Archive for February, 2009

Channel 3 – One More For All My True Friends

Channel 3 - One More For All My True Friends

Channel 3 – One More For All My True Friends DVD+CD TKO Records If you think back to all the punk rock bands of the early 1980s who either broke up, went metal, went pop, or generally just started sucking and then breaking up, it’s pretty amazing that more than 25 years later Channel 3 [...]


The Accused – The Return of Martha

The Accused - The Return of Martha


New items in the Punk Vault store

I just updated the store with some new items, all vinyl including the new Dr. Know and Ill Repute reissues. Check it out right here and please tell your friends.


flu.ID – Iots

flu.ID - Iots

flu.ID – Iots CD Exile on Mainstream Records flu.ID were an experimental hardcore band from Germany who seems to have disbanded shortly after this release. This CD contains all the songs from their previous two 10″ vinyl releases that are long out of print. The songs have been remixed and expanded upon to create a [...]


Voetsek – Infernal Command

Voetsek - Infernal Command

Vöetsek – Infernal Command CD Self Made God  Records Despite their band name making me think they are some sort of old Finnish hardcore band, Vöetsek hail from San Francisco, CA and have been around for five years. The band has had a handful of releases but this is only their second full length album. [...]


D.I. reissues

Last year Nickel and Dime Records did the punk rock and vinyl worlds a service by reissuing D.I. – Horse Bites Dog Cries on colored vinyl. The record had been out of print in the vinyl format for something like a decade, possibly more. I believe when I featured that on this site I mentioned [...]


Pelican signs to Southern Lord

Pelican signs to Southern Lord

After spending nearly their entire existence thus-far on HydraHead Records, Pelican has left the nest and has found itself a new home with Southern Lord. The official announcement is as follows. It is with immense reverence that Southern Lord Recordings announces the signing of Chicago heavy-rock instrumental icons Pelican. Their genre-defying sound and eagerness to [...]


Eksi Ekso – I Am Your Bastard Wings

Eksi Ekso – I Am Your Bastard Wings LP The Mylene Sheath Eksi Ekso is a band made up of members from The Burning Paris and On Fire which happen to be two bands I have never heard of before. Since I’m not at all familiar with those bands I didnt’ know what to expect [...]


A couple new Frontier Records colored vinyl releases

A couple new Frontier Records colored vinyl releases

It has been a little while since a package came in the mail from Frontier Records, but recently I came home to find another package of colored vinyl love from the lovely ladies over at Frontier Records. Inside was the latest pretty colors of some pretty great records. The Weirdos – We Got the Neutron [...]


R.I.P. Lux Interior

R.I.P. Lux Interior


Eerie Von’s SpiderCider – That’s All There Is

Eerie Von's SpiderCider - That's All There Is

Eerie Von’s SpiderCider – That’s All There Is CD Ghastly Records Since the last two Eerie Von records sounded nothing alike, I wondered what the next one would sound like. Would it be more like the last one or would it be something completely different again. The latter turned out to be true and if [...]


Gifts From Enola – Loyal Eyes Betrayed the Mind LP

Gifts From Enola – Loyal Eyes Betrayed the Mind 2LP The Mylene Sheath Gifts From Enola are another band on the growing list of instrumental post-rock outfits that have been of great interest to me the past year or so.  Hailing from VA, these guys fit nicely with the sound that is becoming a trademark [...]


Eerie Von – Bad Dream No. 13

Eerie Von - Bad Dream No. 13

Eerie Von – Bad Dream N0. 13 CD Ghastly Records For those of you who may not know who Eerie Von is I will explain. Eerie Von was the drummer for a relatively obscure New Jersey hardcore band called Rosemary’s Babies and was also a huge Misfits fan and friend to Glenn Danzig. When Glenn [...]