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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / more numbskull reissues?

« on: October 19, 2014, 10:17:08 PM »

Anyone know how to score the new numbskull records on my mind's eye? no info on their online enterprises... but MRR got sent two new records of old recordings this month and  am frantically trying t figure out how to procure them for myself.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / New issue of MR! OBN IIIs, Wretched, Alice Bag, Neo Cons...

« on: December 05, 2011, 10:11:07 AM »

It?s the beginning of the end! January 2012 is here and thus we present you a new issue of Maximum Rocknroll, number #344 to be precise! This month we have Austin, TX?s furious garage punk brutes the OBN IIIs, San Francisco?s hardcored-by-death savants the NEO CONS, we have Brazilian brutality courtesy of SOCIAL CHAOS, some Midwestern crust from WARTORN, some D-beat destruktion from Boston?s BLOODKROW BUTCHER, Australian noize mutators, the attractively named VAGINORS, the legendary WRETCHED, architects of Italian hardcore! Plus we got street punk from SLICK 46 and the TOUGHSKINS who interview each other, a report on the Means to an End fest, as well as the final SHITTY LIMITS show, plus No Gods No Mattresses zine and a talk with the awe inspiring Alice Bag about her new book Violence Girl! All this madness plus the most extensive review section in punk rock print and all of those columnists you love to hate!

Buy issue #344 of MRR here:
http://maximumrocknroll.com/

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / new MRR! Brian Walsby!Royal Headache! Diet Cokeheads! Ed Nasty and the Dopeheads

« on: September 03, 2011, 08:39:03 AM »

 A new issue of MRR  hits the newsstands, this one is #341 and features a delightful cover by none other than Brian Walsby, hardcore illustrator extraordinaire! He is interviewed within, alongside Buffalo hardcore mutants PLATES, Gainesville?s savage DIET COKEHEADS, and Mallorcan punk destroyers DECRANEO. We got Australian garage sounds from ROYAL HEADACHE, who are currently on a US tour, Brazilian hardcore from the raging UNFIT SCUM, London garage slinksters BLACK MAMBA BEAT?s tour of South Africa, and an interview with the evil minds behind Mongrel Zine. Plus we got an exclusive look at the illustrious ED NASTY AND THE DOPEHEADS for all you collector scum and KBD maniacs, and a scene report from San Jose, CA! All of that plus the usual columnists that rankle and sooth, the news you can use, and more reviews than you?re gonna know what to do with!

Buy issue #341 of MRR here:
http://maximumrocknroll.com/2011/09/02/mrr-341/

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / new issue of MRR-GG King, State Poison, B Lines, Demokhratia from Algeria...

« on: August 08, 2011, 12:23:55 PM »

Maximum Rocknroll #340, the September 2011 issue, hits the stands with an interview with ? and Pushead-inspired cover by ? French artist Ivan Brun. We have an enlightening interview with Algerian punk band DEMOKHRATIA discussing religion, punk, politics, and their exciting first tour. Noisy garage rocker GG KING gives us the low down about his new record. Noise-core punx STATE POISON from France talk about their Japanese tour and life as the cutest band in France. This issue also features squawks from bratty Canadian hardcore B-LINES, a discussion with Britain?s own KBD-style band LOVE TRIANGLE, raw, distorted Canadian punkers UNLEARN, a discussion with artist and longtime Slug and Lettuce illustrator Jeremy Hush  from Hush Illustration, an intriguing excerpt contributed by Dave Ensminger about the Deaf Club ? the late ?70s  social club for the deaf that moonlighted as a punk club ? and the last installment of a three-part series of the history of Czech punk. All of this plus a mini Delaware scene report, a comic by Avi Spivak, and all the great columns and reviews including the most extensive review section in punk! Get it now!

Buy issue #340 of MRR here:
http://maximumrocknroll.com/

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / New MRR comp-rank/xerox, Needles,Morpheme, Airfix Kits...

« on: August 06, 2011, 11:10:41 AM »

The very first time readers got their hands ink-stained with the pages of Maximum Rocknroll  was through the zine insert for the now-classic California punk/HC compilation Not So Quiet on the Western Front. Right from the beginning, MRR wanted to have its hands in everything DIY punk: zines, records, radio, show spaces, politics, and more. That locals-only double LP served as ground zero for both Maximum Rocknroll fanzine and Maximum Rocknroll Records. In that same tradition, nearly thirty years later, we present to you the Noise Ordinance  compilation LP!

This brand new Bay Area comp features some of the most exciting and dangerous sounds of the local scene over the past few years, including MORPHEME, NEEDLES, RANK/XEROX, NN, SHOTWELL, BLACK RAINBOW, SURRENDER, CONQUEST FOR DEATH, ACEPHALIX, AIRFIX KITS, RULETA RUSA, FACE THE RAIL, ECOLI, MIGRAINE, YEAR ONE, LOVE SONGS, SUICIDE BOMB, HUNX AND HIS PUNX, ACTS OF SEDITION, FIX MY HEAD, I WILL KILL YOU FUCKER, DUCK AND COVER, and the FLESHIES. And (of course) it comes with a newsprint zine-sized insert with a page from each band and some killer Bay Area punk photo spreads from local photographers. This LP is a limited to 1000 copies, 300 of which are on red vinyl available thru mailorder only!

Taking orders now for release on August 8th? PLEASE NOTE: Only one colored vinyl copy per order ? if you order more than one copy, one will be colored vinyl and the rest will be on black vinyl.

By mail (postpaid, in US dollars): $10.00 US ? $12.50 Canada/Mexico ? $20.00 world
http://maximumrocknroll.com/2011/07/29/noise-ordinance/
Send check or money order (payable to Maximum Rocknroll) or well hidden cash to:
Maximum Rocknroll ? PO Box 460760 ? San Francisco, CA 94146 ? USA

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / New issue of MRR! Headcleaners, Midnite Snaxx, Xcentric Noise records...

« on: July 01, 2011, 11:44:58 PM »

The August issue of MRR  is here ? issue #339 to be precise? This month we have interviews with Swedish hardcore originators HEADCLEANERS, Tomek Lipinski from Polish punk legends TILT  and BRYGADA KRYZYS, and we?ve got Oakland garage veterans and cat ladies MIDNITE SNAXX. There?s two doses of grind with Minneapolis?s COKSKAR and Britain?s AFTERNOON GENTLEMEN. Plus we?ve got Canadian ragers GROWN UPS, New Orleans? own pop-punkers SMALL BONES, and French hardcore from YOUTH AVOIDERS. There?s an extensive look at legendary record and tape label and early ?80s international punk and hardcore disseminator Xcentric Noise Records, and the second part of our look at the history of punk in communist-era Czechoslovakia. All of this plus the usual columnists you hate yourself for lovin? and the most extensive review section in punk!

Buy issue #339 of MRR here:
http://maximumrocknroll.com/2011/07/01/mrr-339/

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / new issue of MRR! John Morton/White Fence/Destroy All Movies/more!

« on: May 08, 2011, 02:37:27 PM »

Another issue of Maximum Rocknroll is hot off the presses. MRR  #337, the June 2011 issue, features an interview with one of the architects of punk, John Morton of electric eels and X_X amongst other bands, discussing his Cleveland punk days and artwork. We talk to Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly who put together the amazing recently published Destroy All Movies!!! book, an exhaustive study of punks on the silver screen (and straight to VHS!). And don?t miss our interviews with Finnish hardcore champs YDINPERHE, doom inflected crust punk NUX VOMICA from Portland, Oakland mutants b, Southern California psyche-punks WHITE FENCE, and Swedish garage stompers BLACK FEET. Plus, we have a look at the life and struggle of Russian anti-fascist activist ?Vanya Kostolom? Khutorskoy, who was tragically murdered by Nazis at age 26; a Buffalo, NY scene report, and a look at a 1980s HC flyer archive in New Orleans: From Stapleguns to Thumbtacks. All of this madness plus the most extensive review section in punk rock, and all the columnists you love to hate!

Buy issue #337 of MRR here:
http://maximumrocknroll.com/2011/05/08/mrr-337/

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / new gun outfit 12" on make a mess

« on: March 02, 2011, 07:20:15 PM »

This is just some blurb I took off the PPM website, but gun outfit from Oly have a new record out on make a mess-it says preorder but it's shipping now..
GUN OUTFIT
Three-piece rippers that take you back to a time when riffs were weird and hooks were awesome. Honing in on influences from past greats like MEAT PUPPETS and DINOSAUR JR, GUN OUTFIT create their own sound that is equal parts melody, jangle, punk and pop.  Gun Outfit prevails, they sound like the new sound you wish you had as a teenager. Like a dream you were waiting for. Like a brand new 45 you were wishing for all month, it finally came in the mail, and it is better than you could ever think. They are very nice humans as well.

http://makeamessrecords.bigcartel.com/product/gun-outfit-pre-order

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / New issue of MRR! Welders, St Louis' first all girl punk band formed in 75

« on: January 07, 2011, 08:42:55 PM »

It?s the February issue of Maximum Rocknroll  ? #333, half way to the Number of the Beast! This issue?s cover stars are the WELDERS out of St Louis. Formed in 1975 by four teenage girls, they were arguably that city?s first punk band, and their recent, never-before-issued 7″ is exciting stuff? We also have an extensive interview with RAI KO RIS ? raging, feminist, anarchist punk from Nepal ? a report from ESKAPO?s  recent tour of the Philippines, and an interview with long-running Balkan hardcore heroes HITMAN. There?s a look at the recent  Touch & Go fanzine book with Tesco Vee, an interview with another teenage girl band from the 70s, the UK proto-twee pioneers DOLLY MIXTURE,  Australian garage maniax STRAIGHT ARROWS, and a look at punk-run record store Celebrated Summer. We also have two great scene reports: one that covers the Venezuelan punk scene from a historical and current perspective, and an Olympia, Washington scene report that, in old school MRR style, includes interviews with tons of local bands from that area, including MILK MUSIC, HPP, WEIRD TV, BROKEN WATER, GUN OUTFIT, RVIVR, HAIL SEIZURES, SON SKULL, WHITE BOSS, and the HYSTERICS. All of that plus the most extensive review section in punk! Get it or regret it?

Get this issue of MRR here:
http://maximumrocknroll.com/

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / New issue of MRR! Comics issue! Eric Hone cover! Avi SPivak back cover!

« on: December 06, 2010, 03:44:14 PM »

Hey!!! It?s another exciting issue of Maximum Rocknroll! Why is it so exciting?! Because it?s the Punk Comics Issue!! That?s right! In our January 2011 issue (MRR #332), with the help of Janelle Hessig from Tales of Blarg acting as guest coordinator, we have compiled an issue jam packed with comics and interviews with artists who have helped shape the US punk scene with their medium. We have an illuminating article about the elusive and rumored still alive Shawn Kerri. She is the  amazing and original, though unsung artist behind some well-known Germs artwork and the famous Circle Jerks skankin? guy. Interviewed in this issue are the famed Jaime Hernandez of Love and Rockets, discussing the his characters, their bodies, their personalities and their origins; Gary Panter, who created the iconic Screamers image and some beautifully frightening characters; and Mimi Pond of the Mabuhay Gardens scene in the early San Francisco punk world. We also have a talk with Ed Luce, creator of Wuvable Oaf, on his hilariously funny, punk and stereotype-shattering ?post gay/post bear? work with collaborator Matt Wobensmith. Also featured are comics from Avi Spivak, Liz Suburbia, John Holmstrom, Bobby Madness, Dennis Worden, Cristy Road, Ben Snakepit, Ted May and Jeff Wilson, Janelle Hessig, Craig Bostick, Fly, Caroline Paquita, Jaime Crespo, Kaz, Josh Bayer, Ben Lyon, Alex Ratcharge, and Liz Baillie and a cover artwork by Eric Hone. And fear not ? we still have the most extensive record reviews section in punk, and all your favorite columnists!

Get this issue of MRR here:
http://maximumrocknroll.com/2010/12/06/mrr-332/

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / New Make a Mess records...Proper Ornaments-messthetics tinged 45 with members of

« on: December 01, 2010, 03:48:42 PM »

(my friend Eric doesn;t do message boards so I am posting this here on his behalf-this record is great!)

San Francisco?s Make A Mess Records has ventured across the pond for its ninth release, the debut 7? single for London?s The Proper Ornaments. On ?Recalling b/w Are You Going Blind??, the English duo offers up two songs of languid drift, rainy day vibes and ethereal pop power.

The band shares members with the current goth-tinged, punk-flecked indie pop sensations Veronica Falls (7?s on No Pain In Pop/Trouble Records/Captured Tracks) and the now defunct Sexy Kids (7? on Slumberland Records). One Ornament spends time on the other side of the aisle, issuing underground missives with the Germs of Youth record label.

?Recalling? rides a motorik pulse into dreamy, dimly lit terrain, simultaneously mannered and damaged, melodies moving back and forth between keyboards, guitars and voices. ?Are You Going Blind?? is sadder and softer, evoking a classic British pop landscape of grey streets, upturned collars and haunting harmonies.


MAM blurb:

Make-A-Mess Records, San Francisco.

From its bedroom headquarters by the ocean in San Francisco, Make-A-Mess Records has searched out some of the most defining bands of today's punk-influenced pop noise, beginning with an LP from local greats the Traditional Fools. Since then, Eric has been releasing the debut records of some of his friends around the City including Traditional Fools, Nodzzz, Brilliant Colors, and Grass Widow. The Make-A-Mess seal of approval has spread as far as L.A.'s White Fence and Brooklyn's Knight School and the Babies (members of Vivian Girls and Woods). The newest release, an instant-classic single from the Proper Ornaments (members of Veronica Falls, Your Twenties, Sexy Kids), hails all the way from Defoe Street, London, England. A new EP from Olympia's giants, Gun Outfit carries on Make-A-Mess' promise of original, irresistibly great vinyl records. Due to be out in early 2011.

SEE: www.makeamessrecords.blo gspot.com

BUY: www.makeamessrecords.big cartel.com

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / new issue of MRR-moondhearts/cocksparrer/Veins/free flexi for subscribers

« on: September 04, 2010, 02:49:51 PM »

This month?s cover feature is an interview with COCK SPARRER ? their first for the magazine in ten years. It was supposed to be conducted by Mr. Bruce Roehrs, in London, but fate got in the way? We also have interviews with French eye-pokin? garage punkers, the IRRITONES, featuring former members of LES HATEPINKS; Australia?s own mutated DIY destruktion, UV RACE, currently on tour in the USA and featuring MRR?s own All Foreign Junker, D X! Then we got multi-countried, feral hardcore from VEINS, who feature former members of DAS OATH and CHARLES BRONSON amongst others; some Finnish bullet-belted HC courtesy of KAKKA-H?T? 77; and Italian masters of the raw crust attack, KONTATTO. We talk to the MOONHEARTS, who truly represent their California backgrounds with a dirty garage atack that is as evocative as a Malibu sunset, or the riptides at San Francisco?s Ocean Beach; then from Sweden we?ve got BEYOND PINK, who plays positive yet raging hardcore. We also have a scene report from France, courtesy of Dr. Alex Ratcharge, and a reflection on the mid-?80s hardcore scene from heshers SAINT VITUS. You know we have the most extensive punk rock review section in newsprint, and the most obnoxious, thoughtful and ridiculous columnists, so what are ya waiting for?

Get this issue of MRR here:
http://maximumrocknroll.com/2010/09/04/mrr-329/

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / new issue of MRR!agnostic front, puffy areolas & super wild horses

« on: August 10, 2010, 03:32:32 PM »

MRR #328 has hit the newsstands!  This month we have an interview with Roger and Vinnie of AGNOSTIC FRONT, the last interview by Mr. Bruce Roehrs  (RIP), from his all time favorite hardcore band. The PUFFY AREOLAS are continuing Ohio?s fine tradition of musical mutation, whilst SUPER WILD HORSES from Australia have been described as FLIPPER trying to play the ASSISTANTS, and we have some politically charged, female-fronted new wave from Macedonia courtesy of BERNAYS PROPAGANDA, which features ex-members of FPO. RAPE REVENGE from Canada is a mostly female, mostly power violence band, and DEATHRATS from DC are part of a crew of bands who are making sure hardcore stays harDCore in a most thrilling manner. Boston?s CONVERSIONS  played driving complex punk inflected hardcore with some of the most ferocious female vocals. There are scene reports from New York City, and Brno in the Czech Republic, supposed to be one of the best places to play when touring Europe. We have cover art by Welly of long-running UK zine Artcore, and as always, the most extensive review section in punk, and all your favorite columnists!

*This issue mistakenly got labeled as the October issue when it shoulda been September. Don?t worry, the real October issue will come out as scheduled, and subscribers will get 12 issues this year. We apologize for the confusion.

Get this issue of MRR here:
http://maximumrocknroll.com/2010/08/10/mrr-328/

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / New issue of MRR! Venereans, The Curse (Canada), Pekinska Patka, Ratcharge zine

« on: July 04, 2010, 10:04:24 AM »

MRR #327 is out now! This month?s cover is graced by the amazing handiwork of Brazilian photographer Mateus Mondini, featuring Brazilian rippers OS ESTUDANTES with a killer interview inside! A revelation awaits you when you read about North America?s first all-female punk band, THE CURSE, from Toronto, Canada. Punk professor Conta of PEKINSKA PATKA delivers us an insightful perspective about old school punk and new wave of late ?70s and early ?80s in the former Yugoslavia, during the country?s oppressive and turbulent time, with a smart, funny and moving interview. Get your hardcore mind blown with an epically long interview the mysterious and dark THOU  from New Orleans. This issue is also proud to present an amazing nine page Italian scene report, packed full of info on labels, fanzines and venues, and descriptions of new regional bands and where to hear them! The VENEREANS of Madrid, Spain, give us an interview about their beach punk stylings. We have a long chat with Alex, creator of the killer French zine Ratcharge, inspired by raw, punk, Discharge-influenced music. Midwestern antisocial, bratty hardcore punks, CULO, deliver their musings on punk life. The letters section picks up, a great prisoner column, the usual columnists, and the most comprehensive review section in punk all await you in this issue!

Get this issue of MRR here:

http://maximumrocknroll.com/2010/07/04/mrr-327/

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Avi Spivak/MRR button set

« on: June 22, 2010, 10:53:48 PM »

http://maximumrocknroll.com/2010/06/21/mrr-button-frenzy/