Burning Sons – Reduced to Equality 12″EP
The second release for the Burning Sons is every bit as good, if not better, than their debut and more than deserves the honor of being the first new Mystic Records 12″EP in more than two decades. Rating: Burning Sons – Reduced to Equality 12″EP Mystic Records Last year Milwaukee’s, Burning Sons, was given the [...]
Adolescents – Welcome to Reality mixed color vinyl
Way back in the 1980s I got an Adolescents 7″ in a record trade from a good friend of mine. This single was called Welcome to Reality and it quickly became one of my favorite singles at the time and is a record that still gets played regularly whenever I’m listening to old punk records [...]
Government Issue – GI5 vinyl reissue
Government Issue was one of the two longest running punk rock bands from Washington DC (Fugazi being the other one) and they were certainly one of the best bands to ever come from that area. The band was rare in the fact that they got better as the years progressed while most bands got worse [...]
Adolescents – The Complete Demos purple vinyl
It has been awhile since we’ve seen some new colored vinyl action from Frontier Records. Some distributor problems and the summer saw a vinyl drought from one of the longest running and finest punk labels from the west (best) coast. That drought has finally ended with a new color vinyl pressing of an Adolescents LP, [...]
Naked Raygun – 7″ Series Volume Three
Two new songs in the trademark Naked Raygun style proving once again the band still has it in the songwriting department. Rating: Naked Raygun – 7″ Series Volume Three 7″ Riot Fest Records As we are about to embark on the fall of another year Naked Raygun deliver the third installment of their 7″ series. [...]
Eksi Ekso – Brown Shark Red Lion LP
After changing the lineup and altering their sound the band returns with a complex mix of chamber music and indie rock. Complex, relaxing and most of all, interesting. Rating: Eksi Ekso – Brown Shark Red Lion LP The Mylene Sheath It has been almost three years since Eksi Ekso last released an album and in [...]
Suicidal Tendencies LP smoke colored vinyl
Much like the changing of wardrobes from winter to summer clothes, the Suicidal Tendencies LP (I’m talking about the only Suicidal Tendencies LP that matters, the first one) went and got itself all dolled up for the summer time. This new color is easily one of the best looking variations that this LP has ever [...]
The Exploited – Punks Not Dead vinyl reissue
While I was never a fan of The Exploited, I knew plenty of people who were. The band was an early point of entry for a lot of punks in the early 1980s and turned on a bunch of people I knew to British punk rock. Their music wasn’t overly original for the time but [...]
Adolescents LP turquoise vinyl
Spring means spring cleaning and there was some cleaning going on over at the pressing plant. They cleaned out the plates of the old color of the first Adolescents LP on Frontier Records and they poured in a brand new color just in time for Easter. Much like the Circle Jerks LP I wrote about [...]
Circle Jerks – Group Sex LP rootbeer vinyl
It is officially spring which means the grass turns green again, the weather hopefully warms up, skateboarding season has begun, the birds start chirping, and legendary punk rock albums get pressed on new colors of vinyl! Yes, with the changing of the seasons so comes the changing of the vinyl colors for the first Circle [...]
Motörhead first LP vinyl reissue
In 1983 Chiswick Records (who had the good taste to sign The Damned after they left Stiff) released the first Motörhead LP and a metal/rock and roll institution was born that still lives on today. Motörhead is one of the longest running metal bands in history and they were certainly one of the more influential [...]
The Meatmen – War of the Superbikes vinyl reissue
When I was a teenage punk rocker all I cared about was skateboarding, records, and video games. Now that I’m a middle-aged punk rocker most of that is still true as well. Back when I was a lot more resilient and skillful on a board, I borrowed the first Meatmen LP, We’re the Meatmen and [...]
Various Artists – The New Hope LP
A reissue of an unknown early 1980s hardcore punk compilation of OH bands with a bonus LP of unreleased material from the same sessions. A wonderful time capsule of early hardcore. Rating: Varous Artists – The New Hope 2xLP Smog Veil Records Back in 1983, unbeknownst to me, a compilation LP of Northeast Ohio bands [...]
Suicidal Tendencies “venison” color vinyl LP
One of the most legendary punk rock albums of all time got another new colored vinyl face lift for the new year. The first Suicidal Tendencies LP, an album that was one of the quintessential albums of my punk rock youth, is now available on “venison” colored vinyl. This color is a sort of grape/maroon [...]
Christian Death – Only Theatre of Pain yellow vinyl
The Frontier Records 30th anniversary bash may have come and gone (which I unfortunately missed) but the celebration continues in round, flat, colored form with another new color of an old classic. Christian Death’s first album, and only one you need, Only Theatre of Pain, has just been issued on a sweet new color of [...]
The Wacky Hi-Jinks of Adrenalin O.D. reissue
When I was a young teenager back in the early 1980′s I bought this great compilation LP called Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Volume One. This was back when compilations were actually things you wanted to buy and labels took the care to put out great ones instead of lame collections of cover songs or rejected tunes. [...]
Redd Kross – Born Innocent red vinyl
Frontier Records continues to keep the vinyl stream flowing with a new pressing of another one of its punk classics on one of the primary colors. The first Redd Kross LP, Born Innocent, has just been issued on a limited edition red vinyl platter. This cherry kool-aid looking disc comes housed in a standard jacket [...]
Adolescents LP orange vinyl
As Frontier Records celebrates its 30th birthday one of its many all-time classic releases is but one year shy of that same milestone. That release is the first (and best) Adolescents LP, commonly referred to as the “blue album”. This self-titled punk rock masterpiece turns 29 this year. It is shocking to think that this [...]
Dangerhouse Volume One clear vinyl
One of the finest labels in the punk rock world, Frontier Records, turned 30 this year. It’s hard to believe three decades have passed already since the world got its first taste of the Flyboys and the Adolescents. The label has been a little quiet recently but that changes now as it just pressed up [...]
Wednesday Night Heroes/For the Worse split
Wednesday Night Heroes/For the Worse – Split 7″ Patac Records The Wednesday Night Heroes prove Canada still has it when it comes to hardcore. They play classic-styled hardcore. The music is fast and metal-free. Their singer has a great voice for the genre and despite the speed they have an accessibility to their sound in [...]
Tutu and the Pirates – Sub-urban Insult Rock for the Anti/lectual
Tutu and the Pirates – Sub-urban Insult Rock for the Anti/lectual LP Factory 25/Regressive Films Tutu and the Pirates have the distinction of being Chicago’s first punk rock band or at least that it how they are acknowledged in the history books. The band played tons of shows and were part of what became the [...]
Psycho – Vertigo 7″
Psycho – Vertigo 7″ Patac Records Psycho is a hardcore band from the Boston area that dates way back to the early 1980s and in fact until this arrived in my mailbox I had no idea they were still around! You old-timers may remember that this band features Charlie Infection on drums who also did [...]
Naked Raygun 7″ Series Volume 2
Naked Raygun – 7″ Series Volume 2 Riot Fest Records Naked Raygun return with the second installment of their 7″ series. Just like the first one, this features two brand new studio songs. “Growing Away” is the catchiest Raygun track yet of their new material. It has Buzzcocks influenced guitar with a bit of a [...]
Junius – The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist
Junius – The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist LP The Mylene Sheath This album is the third release for Boston natives, Junius, though it is their first full-length. The band has been around since 2004 and previously released a pair of EP’s. The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist took the band a couple of years to complete [...]
