Regretfully Apocalypse Hoboken will not be performing at Chop Shop this weekend. due to a Positive Covid Case in the band. However these shows are still happening without AH:Friday 6/24 – Boris The SprinklerKyle KinaneVacation Bible SchoolWigtonight Doors 7:00 Wig kicks off at 8:30. $20 at the door Saturday 6/24 – Off With Their HeadsKyle…
Hi Friends, We have a repress of the Suicide Machines “On the Eve of Destruction:” 2xLP on red and very limited quantities on gold and silver available. This is a new pressing and still a co-release with Asbestos Records. This is a compilation of pre-Destruction by Definition era songs from the Detroit Ska-core pioneers! Originally…
Here’s a new playlist I threw together of some new-ish songs I’m digging. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/23zPAqxLZ3loCiPd89GblA?si=_WXjqY-BT2SnwY7vHJPJpw This one leads off with my favorite Planes Mistaken For Stars song from my favorite PMFS album ‘Fuck with Fire’. If you have any extra cash, Gared is battling esophogeal cancer, there is a gofund me running to help him and…
Hey friends, Please check in with your local record store(s) – there’s a few here in Chicago operating with contactless delivery or curbside pickups. Everyone is hurting so if you have the means to “extravagently” be spending money right there’s worse ideas than either buying a gift card or just ordering something from them. Bucket…
Grant from Bitter Melody Records has been a longtime, long-distance friend and peer in running a label. He is someone whose ideology about the ethics of running a label match up with my own in so many ways its relatively scary. Check out this great interview with him at No Echo.
Capital is a band we released three LPs for and are sadly no more, but I wanted to send out a quick reminder to check this live set from 2012, it rules. Capital Live album up at Bandcamp
Bandcamp is waiving their cut of sales today, so buy music from some independent artists (not just us). More info on that here. www.bandcamp.com
Hey friends, 88 Fingers Louie got robbed while in Arizona over the weekend and they’re trying to recover some lost funds. If you can spare anything they’d greatly appreciate it. Check the Gofundme page here.
Hey friends, we got in a few new reviews this week from a few of our latest releases: DRILLING FOR BLASTING: Fingers Are the Best Eyes: LP Listen to Drilling for Blasting here SHOT BAKER: Crack the Code: CDEP Listen to Shot Baker here
Ian’s Party festival descends on Chicago this weekend! 3 nights, 3 venues (Chop shop, Subterranean upstairs and Subterranean downstairs) http://www.iansparty.com/ here’s the schedule: FRIDAY FRIDAY JANUARY 4 (CHOP SHOP) 1:19 – THE BROKEDOWNS 12:41 – CANADIAN RIFLE 12:00 – TOYS THAT KILL 11:22 – BUTCHER’S UNION (Patty and Billy from Dillinger Four playing weird D4 tunes…
