The Dirty Nil seems to be a more unusual band to put out a release on Fat. They sound more like grunge or garage musicians than the classic punk rock/modern pop-punk recipe that is usually part of the Fat roster. So far I haven’t really gotten into them. Although it might not exactly be my […]
I received another nice package from Fat Wreck Chords today. Firstly, there’s “Bygones” the highly anticipated follow-up EP to Get Dead’s debut full-length “Bad News”. Whilst Bygones may not surprise anybody, yet again Get Dead have managed to come up with great songs in their very own style. Their cover version of NUFAN’s “Premedicated Murder”, […]
Musically, Boysetsfire is definitely amongst the more unusual bands in my collection. It’s one of the few post-hardcore bands that I enjoy listening to. I got into them through what I consider to be their best album so far, After The Eulogy, it includes some of my favorite BSF songs like Rookie or My Life […]
There’s not much to say about Let’s Face It, the hit album of the god-fathers of Ska-Core, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones originally released by Big Rig in 1997. Songs like The Impression That I Get or Rascal King are well-known all over the globe. This is the 2013 re-issue of that classic album by Asbestos […]
After last year’s fine vinyl release of the first Implants album called From Chaos To Order, El Hefe’s up and coming label Cyber Tracks killed it again this year with their second vinyl release. This time it’s the album Bruises of Chicago based band Counterpunch. Just moments into the first chords of the opening track […]
A few years ago, I couldn’t get into Banner Pilot’s earlier albums, Resignation Day and Collapser, so when Heart Beats Pacific came out on Fat Wreck Chords in 2011 I did not really pay much attention to this. With this year’s release of Souvenir and the upfront excitement that spread across various punk music forums, […]
This next record is also one which is long out of print. It’s The Element Of Sonic Defiance by Strung Out on yellow marbled vinyl. The EP was released on CD only by Fat Wreck Chords in 2000, and got a first time vinyl treatment for its 10th anniversary in 2010. The lyrics are printed […]
Today I found another package with another classic record at my doorstep – A Juvenile Product Of The Working Class by Swingin’ Utters. It’s the original Fat Wreck Chords pressing from 1996 on semi-opaque pink vinyl. Musically, it has always been my favorite Utters album. I got into them with that album when it was […]
In the same package I received Garf, another 7” by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes, released on Lookout! Records in 1999. For this 7” they chose to cover The Boxer and I Am A Rock. Both tracks are killer cover songs by the Gimmes featured on their first full-length Have A Ball on Fat Wreck […]
What could be better than starting off the New Arrivals section with a real gem? This arrived today from my mate captain. It’s the watermelon version of Me First And The Gimme Gimmes’ 7” Stevie released in 2003 by No Idea Records and limited to only 50 copies. This is the rarest official variant of that […]
