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 [...]
Circle Jerks – Group Sex red vinyl
A label that has entered its 30th year in business, Frontier Records, just pressed up a new color of one of its legendary albums. The Circle Jerks first and easily their best album, Group Sex, just go pressed on cherry red vinyl. The album at this point needs no introduction, it is one of the [...]
Caspian – Tertia
Caspian – Tertia LP The Mylene Sheath After a couple of years away from the studio and also acquiring a couple additional members, Caspian has returned with a follow-up to their two releases on The Mylene Sheath, which consisted of an EP and a full-length album, both of which were pretty spectacular. Tertia sounds like [...]
Peace Corpse – Terror of Quincy LP
Toxic Shock Records just sent over this newly released punk rock artifact, one that I hold very dear to my heart. The record you see is a newly released album containing much of the old Peace Corpse material and is called Terror of Quincy. My love for Peace Corpse, especially their first 7″, has been [...]
If These Trees Could Talk – Above the Earth, Below the Sky
If These Trees Could Talk – Above the Earth, Below the Sky LP The Mylene Sheath When The Mylene Sheath sent me their first batch of releases a couple of years ago, I totally fell in love with the first album by If These Trees Could Talk. In a genre that saw a sudden explosion [...]
Adolescents LP orange vinyl
The Adolescents first LP, commonly referred to as the “blue album” is one of those rare “perfect albums” in which every song on it is a classic. This is one of those albums that is an amazing listen from start to finish and one that you will likely never skip songs while playing it on [...]
Government Issue – G.I.’s First Demo purple vinyl
After being out of print for a few years now, the Government Issue – G.I.’s First Demo 7″ EP is back in print for a limited time. Released on my own label, Spontaneous Combustion Records, this EP features a pre-Legless Bull Government Issue and is a true DC Hardcore artifact. All the songs on this [...]
The Offs First Record limited reissue
A label that has been dormant for a very long time now, nearly two decades in fact, has been resurrected and is back in action. The label in question is CD Presents who was home to the Avengers, D.O.A., the Subhumans, Tales of Terror, the legendary Rat Music for Rat People compilations, and of course, [...]
Christian Death pink vinyl
I just got a surprise package in the mail from the lovely ladies at Frontier Records which totally made my day. An LP shaped box sitting on my doorstep could only mean one thing: a new pretty color vinyl edition of one of the label’s classic releases. This particular record happened to be another long [...]
Flex Your Head red vinyl
Dischord Records, who never stopped releasing records on vinyl even when most did, have been quite busy lately with the superior format. For about a year or so now, the label has been revisiting a lot of their back catalog that they in many cases they let go out of print on vinyl and have [...]
J.F.A. – To All Our Friends
J.F.A. – To All Our Friends LP DC Jam Records I think the first JFA 7″, Blatant Localism, was the first hardcore 7″ I ever heard, if not the second (a Black Flag 7″ may have been the first, I’m getting too old to remember), regardless, that band of skate punks from the desert of [...]
Adolescents green vinyl
Well those purple vinyl ones sure didn’t last long as I received another new color of the legendary first Adolescents LP in the mail on a brand new color courtesy of the mighty Frontier Records. This time out this SoCal punk artifact is available on limited edition opaque green vinyl. It looks like some sort [...]
Naked Raygun 7″ series #1
Naked Raygun – 7″ Series #1 7″ Riot Fest Records Naked Raygun are legends in the city of Chicago and some even view the band as super heroes! The story of this legendary band has been told in a documentary or two and I’ve written about them countless times on this site since they decided [...]
Suicidal Tendencies purple vinyl
Not to be outdone by its fellow classics, the first (and best) Suicidal Tendencies LP also got some new colored vinyl love recently as well courtesy of its only home, Frontier Records. The album that brought such classics as “I Saw Your Mommy” and what is perhaps the most famous punk rock song of all [...]
Circle Jerks – Group Sex LP purple vinyl
In the same package as the purple Adolescents LP from the previous post was another one of Frontier Records‘ classic LPs on a matching color. Circle Jerks – Group Sex LP is now available on translucent purple vinyl. Just like its purple cousin, this too is one of the greatest punk rock albums of all [...]
Social Task 7″
Social Task – 7″ EP Artifix Records Orange County, CA in the early days of hardcore had a talent pool unlike any other scene that spawned some of the most legendary and influential hardcore bands of all time, some of whom are still around to this day in one form or another. I don’t know [...]
Gifts from Enola – From Fathoms
Gifts From Enola – From Fathoms The Mylene Sheath When The Mylene Sheath released a record last year from Gifts From Enola, I was duly impressed and looked forward to more from the band. I got my wish in the form of a brand new full-length album titled From Fathoms. For their second full-length, Gifts [...]
Channel Three – To Whom it May Concern
Channel Three – To Whom it May Concern LP TKO Records Channel Three (or CH3 for short) has been around for well over 25 years now and amazingly are still alive and well and even still making good music which is pretty rare in the world of punk rock. Sure there was a time that [...]
Constants – The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension
Constants – The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension LP The Mylene Sheath For a label that at the beginning was only putting out records by instrumental post-rock bands, they sure have expanded quickly and in a big way to include bands with actual vocals and much like their taste in instrumental bands, The Mylene Sheath’s [...]
Actors & Actresses – Arrows
Actors & Actresses – Arrows LP The Mylene Sheath The Mylene Sheath has been on a roll lately putting out quality releases and instead of stopping to catch their breath, they have kicked it up a notch and are keeping the momentum going with a whole bunch of new releases. The first one being from [...]
Weirdos – Weird World pink vinyl
The Weirdos were one of the first and one of the absolute best punk rock bands ever in the whole world. I don’t think there is such a thing as a bad Weirdos song and their Dangerhouse single is one of the best slabs of punk vinyl ever to be pressed. When Frontier Records first [...]
