Available everywhere you stream music (and some places you don’t, like RIGHT HERE!!!) is the new LP Stamina from BULL SHANNON! This heavy Los Angeles quartet is back, now with a third bassist. Six new tracks about love, friendship, and Wesley Willis. Added bonus for Bull Shannon fans: All tracks from their Chill Power!!! tape are included on the record’s B-side! Features members of Fuss, Sparta, Bomb the Music Industry, and Chotto Ghetto.
Surprise! Here’s the 4-track debut for the Los Angeles trio, BULL SHANNON. Featuring Chris Candy (Chotto Ghetto) on vocals & bass, Bob Vielma (Shinobu, Fuss) also on bass, and Neil Hennessy (Lawrence Arms, Treasure Fleet) on drums, their dual bass style is surprisingly melodic and nimble. Pre-order the tape now and stay tuned for upcoming shows soon!
Tags: Bull Shannon Posted Wednesday, September 7th, 2022
We’re super stoked be releasing the new album from our old friends, GEORGE CRUSTANZA, a smart, snotty and riffy hardcore band from the bay area. Pre-order the tape here! Available for streaming on all platforms today, though! WOO!
New DOGBRETH LP/CD/Cassette Believe This Rain coming this summer from Phat ‘n’ Phunky! Pre-order here!
Formed in 2009, Dogbreth is the vehicle for lead songwriter Tristan Jemsek and a rotating collective of friends to share intimate, open-hearted rock ‘n’ roll. Initially based in Phoenix, with a stint in Seattle before settling in Tucson, Jemsek is now joined by bandmates Logan Greene, Raybear, Ryan Petersavage, and Ty Rutkowski. The band has toured relentlessly over the years and has released 4 studio albums and multiple EPs to warm critical reception. On Believe This Rain the band continues to take influence from guitar-driven power pop and mid-80’s jangle rock, while embracing elements of experimentation and improvisation, drawing in part from Jemsek’s recent experience playing guitar with Seattle drone metal pioneers Earth, as well as the deep, weird, and sun-bleached world of Southern Arizona that Dogbreth once again calls home.
We’re super happy to announce the first LP from FUSS, We’re Not Alone. Fuss is a 3-piece punk band from Terminal Island, CA featuring singer/bassist Bob Vielma, guitarist Chase Knobbe, and drummer Nick Aguilar. With an earnest and direct melodicism inspired by J-pop, disco, and 80s British punk, Fuss drop tiny anthems of life after your 20s: trying to keep cool when you feel terrible, working, and continuing to seek out community. Honest and vulnerable, their debut album We’re Not Alone captures the immediacy and uncertainty of the millennial experience: an openhearted yearning felt all the more intensely as the world falls apart around us.
Flying by in a brisk 16 minutes, We’re Not Alone arrives with the warmth of an old friend, and sounds better with each playthrough. Produced and recorded by Jeff Rosenstock on 8-track reel to reel tape in streetwear company Undefeated’s LA warehouse, the album expertly captures the infectious energy, punk songwriting and heartfelt emotions that Knobbe and Vielma have been making in their respective bands for the better part of two decades now.
Flagstaff songwriter Kris Kohl led the band Cereal Milk in the mid-late 2010′s, a highlight among the many greats in Arizona’s perennially bullshit-free rock community. Self-described as “alt-emo”, Kohl’s diaristic and intimate lyrics recall those of Bay Area greats such as Blake Schwarzenbach or Aaron Cometbus, with expansive riffs that could probably trace their roots back to 1980′s Minneapolis. A big-hearted record for all you sentimental rockers out there.
Check out the record on bandcamp (below) or on all those other streaming services!
Tags: cereal milk Posted Thursday, January 21st, 2021
Sharp melodic punk from this bold Corvallis/Santa Barbara 3-piece. Singer/guitarist Indiana Laub is the fierce, beating heart of the amazing Corvallis scene, and a DIY legend in my book. It is an honor to be releasing this kickass cassette in conjunction with Secret Pennies and Salinas Records who are doing the LP. Peep the stream below and pre-order your copy here!
DAWGS! The most underrated songwriter of his generation, MORGAN HERRELL (of Hard Girls, Pteradon and I Sing The Body Electric!), has released a new album of stellar tunes (pun not intended but appropriate). Morgan’s music turns the mundane into the magical, extracting beauty from the minutiae of common life and singing it sweetly back to us. I sincerely hope you’ll sit down with these tunes and enjoy them as I have.
