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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Psyclones - "Different Thinking People" LP Available Now on Permanent Records!

« on: February 24, 2011, 03:26:33 PM »

Permanent Records' 23rd label release!

Psyclones are an obscure 80's artpunk band equally influenced by Devo, Chrome, and Cabaret Voltaire. They released LPs on Subterranean and RRRecords along with numerous cassettes on their own label, Ladd-Frith, throughout the 80's. They played shows with many legendary punk groups such as X, the Lewd, H?sker D? and appeared on "The Gift Of Noise" comp in 1983 alongside No Trend, F/i, Senseless Hate, and Smersh. They're a self-proclaimed INDUSTRIAL POP group.

The Psyclones' "Different Thinking People" LP on Permanent Records contains all previously unreleased material from the bands formative years. The full-color printed inner sleeve features vintage show flyers, lyrics, and discography album art. Limited one-time pressing of 500!

From Option's Review of Psyclones "Psyclones" LP (Subterranean):
"The Psyclones are one of those rare, highly creative bands... this is an album of creative, almost playful explorations within a rock and roll/experimental framework."

From Sound Choice's Review of Psyclones "Psyclones" LP (Subterranean): "Pop, progressive, industrial, and Chrome-like psychedelia."

From Unsound's Review of Psyclones "Psyclones" LP (Subterranean): "Psyclones fuse minimalism, post-punk, avant-garage, musique concrete, sensibilities, via guitar, electronics, synthesizers, trumpets, rhythm boxes, tapes, typewriter, clothes hamper, and who knows what else."

Available now:
here (Yellow Vinyl Limited to 100, exclusively through Permanent and Psyclones, one per customer)

Limited Yellow Edition Available For Mail-Order / In-Store Customers (first 50 copies from Permanent will have the Psyclones' "Greatest Hits 1981-1991" CD w/ tray card & booklet included)

Black Vinyl Limited to 400, available through Psyclones / Ladd-Frith, Record Shops, and Distros:
RRRecords
Mind Cure Records
Subterranean
Revolver
Forced Exposure
Forte (UK)

Thanks!

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Busted At Oz - Officially Licensed 30th Anniversary Reissue on Permanent!

« on: February 24, 2011, 03:25:13 PM »

Permanent Records' 22nd label release!

Finally! After 30 long years since it's original release, THE DEFINITIVE CHICAGO PUNK DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AGAIN ON VINYL! "Busted At Oz" was originally released in 1981 on Autumn Records. It has been long out-of-print and regularly fetches collector prices in stores and online. It contains some of the earliest recordings from well-known Chicago punk acts such as Naked Raygun and Effigies, as well as more obscure Chicago punk groups such as Strike Under, Subverts, Silver Abuse, and one of Chicago's first mostly-female post-punk groups, Da.

The tip-on jackets for this 30th Anniversary limited edition vinyl-only reissue were reproduced by Stoughton to look exactly like the original by using the actual vintage print left over from the original pressing!

The original master was expertly remastered for vinyl by Cooper Crain (CAVE). Additionally, the original printed inner sleeve has been reprinted. Also included are retrospective liner notes from original members of some of the bands. The best part...all proceeds will be donated to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.

Terry Nelson of Autumn Records: "Hats off to Lance and Liz at Permanent Records, for their enthusiasm, desire, and dedication to and for this project, without which it most likely would never have happened."

Available now:
Red Vinyl Limited to 100, exclusively through Permanent, one per customer (SOLD OUT)
Black Vinyl Limited to 400, Permanent's shop copies are SOLD OUT, try record shops / distros below:

So far will also be available at Mind Cure Records, Vinyl Solution, Reckless and through these distros: Subterranean, Carrot Top, Revolver, Forced Exposure, and overseas at Forte

Thanks!

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Rotted Tooth releases

« on: February 02, 2011, 12:14:18 PM »

The dude behind Rotted Tooth is fucking RAD, but he's a bit of a luddite.  That's probably why you don't see a bunch of posts on here from him, but his label rules and he's got two new releases.  Our reviews of them probably don't do them justice, especially the Solid Attitude 7", but both are killer!  Rotted Tooth also put out the Butcher Cover LP, the Heavy Times LP, the Mayor Daley LP, and the MLU LP.  All of which are worth your attention as well. 

Here's the two latest releases from Rotted Tooth:

7in - Solid Attitude - Ghost Worthy
Iowa City - 2001 is probably the last place and time this writer would've placed this phenomenal record.
Solid Attitude is a mid-fi subtly melodic scuzz punk band with some serious sass.
If you'd told me this was a Clevo thing. I woulda believed you.
The vocalist's Rotten sneer is Young, Loud, and Snotty. The band are a bunch of Debris sucking Stooges.
If you told me this was an SF thing. I woulda believed you.
This small format release packs a serious donkey punch and it whams and bams without any goddamn thank you ma'ams.
If you told me this was a Aussie thing. I woulda believed you. But Iowa City, c'mon.
Solid Attitude is from Iowa City and shares members with Viking Fuck and Wet Hair.
Yr fucking with me, right? Man...
This, their debut 6-song 7" EP, was released by Rotted Tooth Recordings in a limited, hand-numbered edition of 200 copies. Carrie Vinarsky of the wonderful Mr. City Press designed the art.
Seriously, dude. Iowa City!?! Awesome. This shit fuckin' rules!


LP - Shaved Women - Shaved Women
Greatness of this caliber hasn't come out of Saint Louis since the late great Drunks With Guns! Shaved Women's debut 12" is a pretty brutal piece of wax, with equal parts 80s hardcore and pigfuck noise rock. This eponymous piece of powerful brilliance mixes Black Flag-esque choruses and tough-as-nails AmRep-y verses, bridges, and breakdowns seamlessly. Just imagine what Black Flag would've sounded like in the early-90s, if they ditched Henry and hooked back up with a fictional emphysema-riddled Keith Morris instead. Sounds pretty righteous, huh? Not as righteous as this record will once it hits your turntable. It's a 12" EP full of no-nonsense punk fucking rock that reminiscent of a seemless mix of Francis Harold and the Holograms and Pissed Jeans. This record feels like a mutant monster truck going In The Red. A fist-pumping, melodic, instantly memorable, hooky record with 7 full-on shout-alongs to pass down to posterity. It's fucking relentless, is what it is and it sounds way more like a crew of hairy-ass fat dudes than a shaved women, but Shaved Women is an awesome band name, isn't it? I digress, those with a little less testosterone under the hood, will be stoked to hear that the last cut on side A, "Same In The End", has a killer mid-tempo, groovy, downer vibe that out-weirds most weird punks going all the way back to when punk first started getting weird and the band is tighter than a pair of the tightest skinny jeans. In fact, this author would go as far as to say that Shaved Women must bring a serious amount of mosh with them when they perform live. Furthermore, "Choices" contains some of the most damaged bass playing I've heard in ages and the last cut on the underside is a fucking killer Die Kruezen cover ("Think For Me"). This slab is on Rotted Tooth Recordings so you know it's decked out with some killer screen printed artwork. In this case, Jeremy Kannapell of Ghost Ice is the artiste. The grunt work (hand-screen printing) was done by none quite capably by none other than Kyle Reynolds (Cacaw, Heavy Times, Bad Drugs). There's only 150 hand-numbered copies to be shared by all the scum of the earth, so you better cop one quick or get sick!

Both are available at Permanent.  http://shop.permanentrecordschicago.com/index.php?search=rotted%20tooth

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Cities / San Diego (Spanish for a Whale's Vagina?)

« on: January 21, 2011, 09:33:39 AM »

Hey Termbros and Termbras,
I'm in San Diego and looking for some tips. 
Good digging spots?
Record stores?
Thrift stores?
Hip neighborhoods?
Shows?
Anything else I need to see along the coast north to L.A.? 
Guide me around this fine area, if you have a minute.
I really appreciate any suggestions y'all might have.

I've already been to:
Encinitas (Lou's)
Carlsbad (Spin)
North Park (Off The Record)
Hillcrest (Thirsty Moon, Record City, M Theory)
Ocean Beach (Cow)
Normal Heights (Nickelodeon, Folk Arts)
Cardiff
Solana Beach

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Used Records For Sale/Auctions/Wantlists / Skrewdriver "The Early Years" LP

« on: December 17, 2010, 09:35:11 AM »

Anybody need a copy of this?
I have one for sale.  It's NM.
I'd put it in the shop, but I had a weird interaction with the last customer that found a used "All Skrewed Up" LP boot in the bins.  Would like to avoid having another one.  I know there's somebody out there that wants this.
Accepting offers.
Thanks!

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / King Blood "Eyewash Silver" LP on Ignorant Gore (LTD to 100)

« on: December 12, 2010, 09:48:53 AM »

This LP totally rips.  Ry from Skulltones is on it.  Thought it deserved a thread.

It'll be featured in this week's Permo update.  Here's some words:

LP - King Blood - Eyewash Silver
Don't you just love it when you read a review of a record, you buy said record based on your review-based excitement, and it actually excites you MORE than the review did in the first place?  It's one the best feelings in the world.  King Blood did that for us this week and we couldn't be more stoked to tell you about this tragically limited LP.  We can't believe there's only 100 of these!  Anyway, here's the review Doug Mosurock over at Still Single / Dusted wrote that got our panties in a bunch:
"Little anonymous fuzz guitar rudiment blowdown from ex-Snake Apartment guitarist Ryland Wharton (also the man behind the excellent Skulltones and Twonicorn labels). As King Blood, he lays down eight instrumental four-trackers rendered over a three-year period, nothing but guitar, bass and cymbal to keep time, and in that space the artist gets real, with simple themes repeated in a noisy, low-rent, yet meditative space. For as thick as these vibes get, the music itself is not necessarily aggressive, which is why these big, billowing songs sound gentle and bluesy and introspective, even in the overblown treatment most of them receive. Early Wooden Shjips or the Purling Hiss LP (and above all, Les Rallizes Denudes) would be good signposts for this album, but without the obvious psych moves like wah-solos and acid burn motifs, or the heavy drumming to keep time; King Blood wants to get you down by volume, and in that it is a drifting, uncompromising, diffuse and very loud success. 100 copies for this world, in paste-on sleeves ? a few contain a silkscreened design on Stonehenge paper that was allegedly runoff from a gallery exhibition held earlier this summer. Those are signed and numbered as well. (availability? ask the angels?)"
Sounds exciting, right?  Yeah, well it lives up to the review, and then some.  "Eyewash Silver" is an incredible, dumbed-down, shit-fi, riff-drenched instrumental psych record that will KILL fans of Snake Apartment / Les Rallizes Denudes (and all the rest of those touchstone bands mentioned in the review - Doug knows his shit).  In fact, the same folks will be kicking themselves HARD if they don't grab one of these while they still have the chance.   We've heard of buyers remorse, but never with records.  It's always non-buyers remorse when it comes to wax.  Don't fall victim on this one.

G'head, make your day and preview a couple tracks over at http://www.eyewashsilver.com/

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / Heavy Times in Grand Rapids and South Bend

« on: December 03, 2010, 09:05:59 AM »

Tonight 12/3 at the DAAC in Grand Rapids
Tomorrow 12/4 at Notre Dame in South Bend w/ Times New Viking
Hozac 7"s are in tow, including the GOLD editions
C'mon down

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Upcoming Shows/Tours/Events / RUNNING Tour 2010 dates (w/ map!) Nov 4th - Nov 13th

« on: November 03, 2010, 03:50:11 PM »

Running are hittin' the road, get on out and meet your new #1 Dad!

Thu, Nov 4th - Chicago, IL - Ball Hall
Fri, Nov 5th - Muncie, IN - Heorot Attic
Sat, Nov 6th - Columbus, OH - Used Kids Record Store (instore @ 6pm)
Sat, Nov 6th - Athens, OH - Brown Town
Sun, Nov 7th - Pittsburgh, PA - Helter Shelter
Mon, Nov 8th - Hartford, CT - Charter Oak
Tue, Nov 9th - Brooklyn, NY - Death By Audio
Wed, Nov 10th - New York, NY - Cake Shop
Thu, Nov 11th - Philadelphia, PA - Marvelous
Fri, Nov 12th - Cleveland, OH - Cool Ranch
Sat, Nov 13th - Detroit, MI - The Cave

(click map to enlarge it)

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Running - "Running" LP Ready & Rolling on Permanent Records!

« on: October 29, 2010, 10:48:51 AM »

The Limited Edition version you watched the making of here is nearly sold out! If you were holding out, act now.

Running is one of America's best psych/punk bands. Running sounds to us like Clockcleaner, if they played twice as fast and half as long. The vocals are reverbed beyond recognition, the drums are pummeling, and the bass and guitar are abrasive feedback-laden. After pumping out a couple of incredible cassette tape only releases, Running went into the studio and recorded some of their material (semi) professionally. Those recordings have now been preserved to wax as Running's debut 12" EP. This eponymous EP comes housed in a jacket with really interestingly created artwork* and contains exactly 13 totally brutal weird punk songs. If these guys were jockier, they'd be a hardcore band. Thankfully, they're too arty for that ish. We'd love to point you in the direction of the band's Myspace page for a preview, but they don't have one. Trust us on this one, or preview "#1 Dad" on the Permanent Records Chicago Myspace page. This record fucking rips! The first pressing is limited to 500 copies!

*All album artwork by Scott Nadeau. A portion of the jacket image, which was originally a 9 color reduction woodcut and litograph (prints were included with the limited edition versions of this LP). The image is an appropriation of the Luc-Olivier Merson painting entitled "The Soldier Of Marathon" from 1869. It was drawn by a mechanical drawing device known as THE NOT EXACTLY REPEATABLE PICTORAL STATEMENT MACHINE. It was invented and fabricated by Harvey Moon.

Available now here (Limited) and here (Black)! (Ltd. 125 Butterscotch w/ Lithograph Jacket, 375 Black, both w/ 12" insert)

The tape version is still available here.

Limited Edition Available For Mail-Order / In-Store Customers

Distros and stores please get in touch for wholesale rates at permanentwax@gmail.com.

Thanks!



Review of the Running LP
by Jason Jackowiak of Impose Magazine:
"In an age where most bands are omnipresent on multiple social networking sites, blog blasts, satellite radio and 'round town paster bombings, it's refreshing to have a band like Running come along; they've no official web presence, probably couldn't manage to blurt out a tweet if there were a .45 pressed to the side of their head and seem more than willing to let their music do the talking for them. Their live shows already have some proclaiming them as the heir apparent to sorely missed misanthropes Clockcleaner, and while such lofty assertions aren't totally out of line, the Chicago group's particular brand of scum-rock is its own unique undertaking, reveling in a claustrophobic-as-fuck murk that can't see far enough past itself to care what the world at large has to say.

It's somewhat ironic, then, that such a vile slab is truly a work of art to behold; the jacket of the special edition, which, is absolutely worth tracking down, is a beautifully crafted 9-color litho/woodcut that was created using a complex computer program, and you can watch the whole thing being assembled here. Which, clearly makes Running a wolf in sheep's clothing, with its garrulous attack that is ugly to the core, the trio pick up the mantle of so many of their fallen/OD'd predecessors (think Hammerhead) as they pummel the listener with a complex array of textures, tempos and piercing bouts of brain-scrambling feedback. Perhaps as a paean to its title, the twofer of "Klassic Rok/Classic Ron" lurches around like an alcoholic uncle, fearlessly groping any/everything in its path as it looks to satisfy its every vice simultaneously, while the bass-driven assault of "Little Fucker" is a seething anthem centered around a tattered guitar riff and a ratfuck rhythm that's held together by duct tape and shoe laces. Cavernous reverb envelopes the otherwise indiscriminate vocals of "Overdrafter", swathing it to bits and unceremoniously ending in what can only be described as heavy breathing in an iron coffin. Their visceral dismembering of post-punk is most notable during opener "Garbage Truck" which sounds like nothing so much as Buzzo from Melvins taking a chainsaw to A Certain Ratio, and then the Hacienda entirely.

With this self-titled debut, the band have marked their territory alongside like-minded peers Pigeon Religion and Pop. 1280, seamlessly fusing together a string of disparate influences into something altogether greater than the sum of its parts - scummy, scaly and utterly reviling. They make no pretense about their malice, which, in a world beset by bands tacking "tra la la" onto the end of every chorus, is a welcome change indeed. You want to find Running? Then you best get your ass out to see them the next time they're stalking a stage in your neck of the woods, 'cos ain't no blog big enough to handle this lumbering, hirsute beast of a band. Oh, and bring a helmet."

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / The Making of...Running (The Limited Edition Version)

« on: October 22, 2010, 06:38:46 AM »

Running's self-titled debut 12" is coming VERY soon on Permanent Records.
There are exactly 125 butterscotch-colored vinyl limited edition copies that come with hand-numbered "9 color reduction woodcut and lithograph" prints.  The inserts on the limited copies are also numbered.

Watch this video to see approximately the amount of work involved with these prints.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWjg9P3OWgU

It's scored by Running.  Watch.  Listen.  Enjoy.

Keep yr eyes peeled on the Permanent email updates for the release.  Or come to the release show on Friday, October 22nd and grab one from the band directly.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Brain Idea - "The Survival Scrolls" LP Available NOW on Permanent Records!

« on: September 28, 2010, 01:48:13 PM »

Brain Idea is one of Chicago's most exciting new bands.  Their second release is also their debut full-length on Permanent Records.  It's full of stripped down, super upbeat, catchy, and totally DIY-style rock?n?roll jams, heavily influenced by New Zealand's legendary DIY indie rockers, The Clean and 90s bedroom recording pop savants.

Brian Idea took most of the material on their now out-of-print and highly sought after demo cassette tape and re-recorded it with much more depth and reverb, especially on the vocals.  They've added some great instrumental interludes that tie the tracks together which are quite kraut-y in nature (these guys were the ones behind that NOi! tape (classic Oi! punk cuts covered krautrock-style), mind you).  The dudes in Brain Idea also have a part-time Creedence Clearwater Revival cover band called Graveyard Train, so you know they're of good taste.  They even cover the Clean for chrissakes. 

Fans of lo-fi DIY pop, krautrock,  and CCR-esque pop genius will absolutely dig Brian Idea.  We love 'em!

You may preview two tracks from this album on Brain Idea's MySpace page and one on ours.

Reviews of the "Brain Idea" cassette tape:
From Terminal Boredom:
They should move to Brooklyn and get huge.

Available now here! (Ltd. 100 Yellow, 400 Black, both w/ 12" hand screened insert)

Yellow Wax Edition Available For Mail-Order / In-Store Customers

Distros and stores please get in touch for wholesale rates at permanentwax@gmail.com.

Thanks!

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Brainbombs "Burning Hell" LP Reissue on Skrammel

« on: September 24, 2010, 07:59:45 AM »

Didn't see a thread going on this yet.  Pardon us if we missed it.
Just a couple months left in 2010.  Let's get the whole Brainbombs discography reissued this year!

For now, you will find this in stock at Permanent.
http://shop.permanentrecordschicago.com/index.php?search=LP+-+Brainbombs+-+Burning+Hell+%282010+Reissue%29

Also, the new No Balls LP is on the way.
Genius and Brutality.  Taste and Power.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Black Math - "Phantom Power" LP OUT NOW on the Permanent Records!

« on: September 22, 2010, 07:08:07 AM »

WFMU aptly described Black Math's debut LP from 2009 as "Dark-wave buried in tape hiss, with grinding synth, electric cello, and drum machine. The three piece lists Depeche Mode and Big Black as influences, but they're not straight up 80s." The band will also tell you that Siouxsie and the Banshees are a big influence, but Black Math has a completely compelling, catchy, dark and mysterious sound all their own.

Permanent released Black Math's eponymous debut LP in a paltry edition of 100 copies. It immediately SOLD OUT and has been asked for regularly ever since. One fan offered as much as $120, hoping to find a remaining copy! Needless to say, their follow-up LP has been highly anticipated. This album features 9 new tracks of killer dark-wave pop (with some pretty harsh sounding guitar and synth parts) as well as an amazing cover of the Anals' "Commando of Love" (from the Anals' now sold out LP "Total Anal," also on Permanent). First press is limited to 500 copies and includes a digital download link.

Here's a quote from the Five Tunes blog:
The Chicago band had created an album that was a deep, drone-filled, haunting series of recordings that sound like the simplest, most primitive elements behind what Robert Smith or Siouxsie Sioux were doing. They're exactly what I'd come to expect from a band with a release on Permanent: spooky, weird, and surprisingly brilliant. I hope they make more pressings of that thing. It needs to be heard.

Available now here! (Ltd. 100 White, 400 Black)

White Wax Edition Available For Mail-Order / In-Store Customers

Distros and stores please get in touch for wholesale rates at permanentwax@gmail.com.

Thanks!

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Les Rallizes Denudes LP reissues

« on: August 27, 2010, 01:29:38 PM »

A subject worth a lengthy thread all it's own.
We never thought the day would come.
Both Phoenix LP reissues are in stock now at Permanent!
http://shop.permanentrecordschicago.com/index.php?search=denudes
We're real excited in case you couldn't tell.

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New Releases For Sale/Distro Updates / Cacaw - "Cacaw" Full Length LP OUT NOW on Permanent!!!

« on: August 02, 2010, 02:07:11 PM »

Permanent's one-two-skipped a few 21st label release! The first 100 orders will be hand-numbered under number 100 out of 500.

Back in early 2009, Permanent issued Cacaw's debut "Get A Brain" EP and quickly sold through the first pressing of 300 copies. There was an immediate repress, which has also since sold out. Here we are just over a year and a half later, proudly offering Cacaw's follow-up eponymous LP which has been pressed in a limited first edition of 500 copies. If you dug the brutal noise rock sounds crammed onto the one side of their debut EP, you're gonna flip over their brand new LP. It's heavier, louder, and longer. That's right, two full sides of Cacaw's signature noise rock brutality. A big selling point for their first release was the fact that two of the Coughs are in Cacaw, however, Cacaw have since garnered their own audience and the Coughs reference seems barely worth mentioning any longer. For those of you who haven't heard them yet, Cacaw takes the Coughs sound and distills it down to a more minimal yet no less intense brand of really fucking groovy noise rock. Cacaw have quickly become one of Chicago's most popular underground rock bands. Fans who have witnessed their live shows always seem to leave begging for more. Check out some tracks here. Cacaw's second record, just like their first release, is a doozie both sonically and visually. The grooves on the marbled colored vinyl contain some incredibly intense jams. The card stock tri-color jacket has also been diligently hand screen printed by band members. This release is more than a record its a piece of art.

Available now here! (Ltd. 500 Brown/Green Splatter Wax, Hand Screened Jackets, Hand Numbered)

Distros and stores please get in touch for wholesale rates at permanentwax@gmail.com.

Thanks!