***Austin, TX based punk band BUM OUT delivers their debut album. Not your typical 2018 punk record, Celebrate With Me... is filled with angsty punk anthems sounding not unlike a mix of Toys That Kill style catchy punk snottiness and the sound and general sensibility of Fugazi. Bum Out is admittedly overly cynical, dealing with their demons head-on. Lyrically, the songs are often like a trip to a therapist, not shying away from the emotional or depressing while safely distancing themselves from the trappings of modern "emo". Limited edition of 300 copies on white viny.
LP $17.72
09/21/2018
***Two of central Texas's best guitar-heavy '90s indie rock throwback loyalists pay tribute to the almighty Guided By Voices! THE EX-OPTIMISTS (from College Station, TX) offer one original along with two GBV covers including perennial favorite "Drinker's Peace" and "14 Cheerleader Coldfront" (from the GBV Propellor LP), while Austin's ECONOMY ISLAND offer one original of their own along with their take on the Guided By Voices song "Pantherz." Special sci-fi /GBV mashup parody cover art is sure to gain the attention of fans of both alike!
7" $5.40
10/27/2017
***POIZON's first LP, titled Church Is Poizon, manages to forge together the creepy LA punk of the late '70s/early '80s mixed with '80s Australian swampy garage rock, meeting up for a rendezvous in the bayous of Houston. Comprised of SHAWN ADOLPH (THE FATAL FLYING GUILLOTEENS, WEIRD PARTY), KYLE GIONIS (SUGAR SHACK, WEIRD PARTY, WELFARE MOTHERS), JOSH "WOLF" (SECRET PROSTITUTES, SNOOTY GARBAGEMEN, THE ENERGY, CRIME WAVE), and HALSTON LUNA, Poizon is subtly punk-as-fuck in a way that many bands can't grasp.
LP $18.85
10/27/2017
***ECONOMY ISLAND are a band from Austin, TX. Imagine a record where the listener is taken on a relationship rollercoaster of unrequited love, weaving it's way through nine songs of heartbreak, frustration, and cynicism, repeatedly conjuring the lyrical bitterness of Archers Of Loaf, the untraditional dual guitar interplay of Built To Spill, and the anthemic indie rock stylings of Guided By Voices.
LP $15.00
03/03/2017
***Their long and enigmatic name, TOTAL SOUND GROUP DIRECTION ACTION COMMITTEE, conjures all sorts of images to mind, epic as well as political and ethereal. Born on or around the year 2000 in Austin, TX and comprised of MIKE CARROLL (LORD HIGH FIXERS, POISON 13) on vocals, TIM KERR (POISON 13, BIG BOYS, LORD HIGH FIXERS, MONKEY WRENCH) on gutiar, NICK MOULOS (CRACK PIPES, ATTACK FORMATION, STRONG SILENT TYPE), on bass, PATRiCK BENFiELD on Hammond B3 organ, and BEN WEBSTER (ATTACK FORMATION, STRONG SILENT TYPE, SEAN NA NA) on drums. Somewhere between MC5, Small Faces, James Brown and a wall of emotion and chaos, this record is made of total fire music. Edition of 250 copies on multi-color splatter vinyl. Includes a fold-out poster with art from RICH JACOBS and Tim Kerr.
LP $25.25
10/14/2016
***Twistworthy is excited to release the debut LP from Austin, Texas band BOSS EYE. Recorded in 2015 with ORVILLE BATEMAN NEELEY III (OBN IIIs) at the controls, Boss Eye deliver the rock noisy and angular, like a cacophony of The Urinals, The Intelligence and The A-Frames. Features current and former members of THE CRACK PIPES, PARTY LINES, TITS, YOUNG LOSERS, HADES KICK, ZZ DOES IT, and a zillion others.
LP $15.50
03/08/2016
***Comprised of three guys—MIKE WIEBE, BEN “SNAKEPIT” WHITE, and CHRIS PFEFFER—who have spent time touring the world with the RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS, J CHURCH, HIGH TENSION WIRS, CRIATURAS, and many others, GHOST KNIFE’s new 4-song 7-inch is a powder keg of frantic punk-pop energy filled with excellent songwriting and punchy, tuneful melodies.
7" $7.25
10/21/2014