***After the success of their debut EP, post-punk art rockers Y PANTS performed regularly in NYC and other East Coast venues. In 1981 they toured Europe for six weeks and upon return went into the studio to record their only LP, Beat It Down, released in 1982 on Neutral Records (Sonic Youth, Glenn Branca et al). The album extends the band’s signature pared down rollicking minimalism. The 10 songs are varied, using surprising and inventive instrumentation. The music is at once filled with a sense of longing and a fierce ironic rebellion. With exuberant precision they brandish their “toy” instruments and plaintive vocals in emotive expressions of female resistance. In dustedmagazine.com, Seth Watter wrote of the album, “I love the sprightly keyboards of ‘The Fly,’ the gentle lyricism of ‘Lulu,’ the anger of ‘Beat It Down’ that comes through in the music’s shambling, atonal jangle. The songs covered a huge range of emotions with an entirely new syntax.”
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***"Y PANTS was a three-woman New York band: BARBARA ESS, ViRGiNIA (VERGE) PIERSOL and GAIL VACHONS, all visual artists. They played in clubs, galleries and performance spaces between 1979 and 1982. They were “as idiosyncratic, edgy, minimal, wry and literate as post-punk no wave got. Furthermore, the fact that these were three ferocious and formidable females was not to be overlooked.”—Wolfgang Staehle, Gail found a toy piano on the street and started jamming with Barbara on the ukulele. When they were invited to play a few weeks later at TR3 (the short-lived but influential downtown NY music club), they electrified their instruments and recruited the neophyte drummer Verge for percussion on a children’s drum set. Their first gig met with an unexpected wildly enthusiastic reception. The instrumentation was then rounded out with Barbara’s bass (former bands Daily Life and The Static), an African thumb drum, and a Casio keyboard for Gail. Verge’s initial Mickey Mouse toy kit soon fell apart and she cobbled together a modest trap set. They gained a following and soon recorded a four song EP produced by Glenn Branca for 99 Records. They often shared the stage with label mates the Bush Tetras, ESG, Liquid Liquid, Branca and other NYC “downtown” bands. This release includes their four-song debut EP and two songs never before available on vinyl: Magnetic Attraction (previously released on Tellus Audio Cassette), and the mysterious Kung Fu. In a NY Times review, John Rockwell wrote”…what really makes Y Pants a success is...
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***Having been invited to perform at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Switzerland by one of the scientists, HIS NAME IS ALIVE spent a year studying particle physics and then created Patterns of Light. The scientist, Dr. James Beacham, was asked to "fact check for bad data, misquotes, dragons, pseudoscience and to make sure the witchcraft to physics ratio wouldn't be too embarrassing," he agreed and soon sent pages of notes, screenshots, event displayes and also recommended books and videos. Patterns of Light is the result of this exchange of information. The research focuses on dark matter, dark energy, the search for extra dimensions, mini-black holes and the machinery that collides particles at high speeds using thirteen teraelectronvolts but also studies the fundamental forces of nature as seen through the classic creation myths, the visionary theology of Hildegard Von Bingen, medieval manuscripts and cosmic maps, all in an effort to turn the physics back into poetry. Patterns of Light is His Name is Alive's 100th release since their first cassette in 1986. HNIA spent 13 years recording for the legendary label 4AD and sold 100,000+ records, toured the world, received gold and platinum records for soundtracking Tom Cruise's nervous breakdown in the movie Jerry Maguire and collaborated on two short films with famed animators the Quay Brothers.
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NOW AVAILABLE ON RED VINYL WITH ALTERNATE COVER ART!!! Canada’s punk pioneers D.O.A. know when to take a stand against bullshit. So that’s why they came up with their instant new single Fucked Up Donald. Joey Shithead, the godfather of hardcore, recently said, “It did not take too long to realize that Donald Trump, with his anti-Mexican, anti-women, anti-people message, was just too much. You can dressup a pig, but in the end you realize it’s really just Donald Trump.” D.O.A. arranged a quick recording session with producer Cecil English (D.O.A., No Means No, Jello Biafra) and recorded this single in about fifteen minutes, a vitriolic take-off harkening to the band’s ’80s catalog. The now-released video has three million hits and counting—it just goes to show that you can’t keep a good band down. A healthy dose of “gonna kick you in the ass” punk, coupled with real conviction, Fucked Up Donald confirms D.O.A. will never stop taking on real crap that affects the entire world.
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***To kick off the new year, TKO is proud to bring the next volume in the Vault Of AntiSeen series, # 8, The Southern Hostility Demos LP. Witness the sonic evolution of ANTiSEEN with these demo tracks, unearthed for the first time in over 25 years! This is the Kings of Destructo-Rock at their most primal!! Limited to 500 copies on opaque yellow vinyl with poster.
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***After Death marks the first new release in 15 years(!) from sludge icons CAVITY from Miami, FL. This will follow releases on labels such as Bacteria Sour, Man’s Ruin, and Hydra Head. Past members of Cavity have went on to form BLACK COBRA, FLOOR, and TORCHE (among many, many others). Includes silkscreened packaging, download card, and vinyl sticker.
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01/13/2017
***Formed in 2010, RUINED FAMILIES is a hardcore punk band based in Athens, Greece. Following two acclaimed LPs and a 7", their new release is called Education and features 10 songs spanning just over 17 minutes. Drawing elements from their previous work, Education touches on '90s screamo, fast hardcore and post-punk. Unavoidably marked by the lasting turbulence of the Greek condition, Ruined Families attempt to make the most out of a precarious present by putting frustration into words that speak the mind of contemporary youth. Likely to appeal to fans of: Union of Uranus, Reversal of Man, Sonic Youth.
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***"The realization strikes quickly; A Spell For The Death of Man is an atypical force. The haunting, oddly naked guitar that opens the record—perfectly painted in the 'Solitude' referenced in the track's title—is stark. Desolate. Profound, even. Mostly, it's real. A single guitar. Two minutes of truth or consequences. That's all that Woe needs to bury the seed. The seed grows. That solitary guitar morphs into a fiery wall of blasting, but halfway in, man... the violent revolution begins. WOE's manipulator, XOS, breaks the song open, driving it into a storm of dust with thick riffage and insane drumming. This is full-on, fuck-you hitting, turning the tide into a headbanging, jawbreaking tsunami of blackness. A Spell... is absolutely massive, wreaking havoc in a manner that few (if any) USBM bands have previous."—yourlastrites
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***A fucking GREAT twisted MASTER-PIECE of rippin' garage rock... When the Beguiled fuck around with something like surf they create eerie slow-mo evilry instead of "cute" shit. They co-opt a lotta Stooges riffery BUT RATHER than going for a "heavy" "Detroit, man" attack, they pummel said "riffery" thru a ton of REVERB, surfing the Stooges thru a massive swamp of molasses. ORIGINAL. Fucking goddamn classic!! 14 cuts!
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***A rather deluxe reissue of this classic (as considered now) second LP by Edinburgh/London combo COUNTRY TEASERS, featuring tons of info on just how this LP came to be, plus the rather fucked-up story of a wee label flailing against the corrupt/inept accounting by Atlantic Records. Gatefold sleeve plus printed inner sleeve. And, most importantly: a READABLE sized BAND NAME upon a sticker attached to the shrink-wrap! Yes, my friends; A new 14-cut album from London´s finest, no doubt to cost Crypt more "garage/punk cred" within the ranks of those "hip". Well, believe me, I just spent 24 hours going thru a stack of over 200 demos from half-assed newly "hep" "garage" and "punk" bands and the Teasers cut a bold swath through alla these nouveau Caesars or D Dogs attempters, never mind alla these pissant surf/lo-fi/"trash" punkers with absolutely no fucking SUBSTANCE or originality. I will admit that the Teasers AIN´T yer "typical" Crypt "sound"; Hell, they almost fit in and could even appeal to "garage" hating "indie rock" types. SOME NOTES ON THE TUNES YE SHALL BE TREATED TO: Anyway, the alb kicks off with a noisey instrumental "intro", "THE WIDE-OPEN BEAVER OF NASHVILLE". Next up: the ALMOST "radio-friendly" "BLACK CHANGE" kicks in. Track 3 is an ode to the subtleties & innocent pleasures of "PANTY SHOTS". "IT IS MY DUTY": a charming, skipping treatise on the overly facistic feminism of now. Rather than apologize for any whining from the PC do-gooders, the next tune, a poignant...
LP $23.75
09/27/2019
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***A fat-wax reissue of the 1993 classic from hell-raising garage rock champions the DEVIL DOGS. Ten wailing tracks including covers of Gary Glitter's "Shakey Sue," The Victims' "Dance With You Baby," The Rolling Stones' "It's Not Easy," and Gene Pitney's "Backstage." Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. SHOPWORN COPIES.
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***The debut proper full-length album from New York rock'n'roll exploders the LITTLE KILLERS, and the first new band to be signed by Crypt in five years. A body-smashing blast of tuff-rocking R&R madness in the vein of the New York Dolls, Saints, and Real Kids.
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A wild comp of greasy, sloppy, post-R&B/pre-soul dance slop from obscure artists from 1961-1965. Imagine if John Waters circa "Pink Flamingos" had chosen the "Hairspray" dance tunes! Do the Grunt! Do the Zombie Stomp! Do the Wobble! 18 cuts.
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01/07/2017
***The third in this new series of reissue insanity. Features sixteen cuts of soulstomp, twist-party lunacy, garage, and R&B circa 1960-1968. Check it—NICK & THE JAGUARS, LONNIE BROOKS, JOE WILLIAMS, BILLY EMERSON, SMOKEY JOHNSON, HOWIE CASEY, MICKEY BAKER, THE JAMS, POOR BOYS, BIG AL DOWNING, and others.
LP $18.95
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***The fourth in this new series of reissue insanity. Features sixteen cuts of soulstomp, twist-party lunacy, garage, and R&B circa 1960-1968. Dig it—ROUND ROBIN, PRESTON EPPS, ROYAL PREMIERS, LOS DINAMITAS DEL TWIST, GOLDEN CATALINAS, OSCAR & THE MAJESTICS, SHARDELLS, ARDELLS, DEBELAIRES, BIRDS OF PARADISE, and more.
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01/07/2017
***"One afternoon in October of 1979, smack in the middle of my dreams after a night on the graveyard shift, I was awakened by an insistent knocking on the door of my apartment. If it wasn't my old friend DANNY, along with two guys I had never laid eyes on. One was carrying various pieces of drum set. The other held a bass. Danny and I had been in a cover band together when I was in high school and he was just out. We had fallen out of touch for a few years. He had gotten married, tried to go straight and narrow, donated his guitar and amp to the church. As of late he'd been darkening my doorstep on a regular basis. I owned two guitars. I showed him some songs I'd written and we'd flail away at them for hours, Danny singing sweet harmony. Now what? I stepped aside and they piled through the doorway and began to set up their equipment. Turns out the other two were brothers, TIM on drums and GREG on bass. We blasted away the afternoon. When a hazy dusk was falling over Canoga Park, I opened the front door for a breath of fresh air and the neighbors gave us a standing ovation. I thought, 'This is it…We're bound for stardom.' Man, was I ever wrong. Things fall apart, as all things must. This record, if nothing else, says 'The Moondogs were here.'"
LP $17.75
01/06/2017
***Columbus nee Boston scorch-hammers bring a massive-nasty collection of tracks recorded between 1989 and 1994. Oddities, rarities and vintage spew from some of the meanest garage bombers to have ever broken a guitar. Includes a bunch of tracks from the Alpo sessions, a plodding rip through a 13th Floor Elevators standard, some pysch nonsense, A Mad Mike & the Mechanics cover, a lost Don't Like You demo, a live radio broadcast in Boston on WMBR, '92, and a beer-soaked, shit-load more. Eighteen tracks, all hail the wail.
LP $17.25
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01/06/2017
***A vinyl reissue of the third and final album from legendary Detroit garage trio the GORIES. Originally released in May, 1982, the album is a scorcher of primitive, blues-drenched, rock-n-soul. Fourteen tracks including covers of John Lee Hooker's "I Got Eyes For You," Bo Diddley's "Crawdad" and "Hey Bo Diddley," the Jesters of Newport's "Stormy," Earl Palmer's "Trick Bag," and more. Pressed on 180-gram vinyl.
LP $18.95
01/06/2017
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