Newsletter

I guess these newsletters are now every two weeks. Few bits of news and lots of other records you defo need have arrived includi ng the never ending restocks of Home Front, The Chisel and Rixe. Plus lots of other new records. Plus if you have been following the Irish punk scene make sure you get check out the pre-order section of this newsletter.   

Record Of Dis Week: Tozcos - Infernal 12"

So for Record of Disweek I was thinking I was going to go with The Chisel or the Groucho Marxist Records compilation both very fine records but released late last year I only got around to Tozcos - Infernal recently and it has been a record I just keep coming back to so I said I had to highlight it for this week, as it is the record of the week for me. Tozcos last release was their  With their last release way back in 2018  i guess they haven't been on my radar so I guess that's why I am late to the party on this. Coming from southern california citing local influences of TSOL and Adolescents there is UK82 undercurrent that creates an energy or electricity as maybe the cover alludes to that is just infectious.  
Check out Tozcos - Infernal 12" now on the table get your copy or listen here.


1. The Chisel - What A Fucking Nightmare LP - 12” (Pure Noise)
2. Nightfeeder "Disgustor" EP (New Dark Ages Records)
3.SCREAMING DEATH “ 4 WAY SPLIT LP“ SCARECROW, DISSEKERAD, DESTRUCT, RAT CAGE  12" (Skrammel Records)
4. Night Fever - Dead End 12” (Svart Records)
5. Home Front - Games Of Power LP (La Vida Es Un Mus)

Here is our version of Top Of The Pops run-down of the top selling releases from last week so you get an insight into what is at the top of the table, a small run down of what others are listening to so you can give into pier pressure. 

New Irish zine Boots & Ballads covering the world of Oi! with Vol#1 covering the recent SIrish Oi! and Street Punk Fest in Dublin, with interviews with Sympos, United Bottles, Easy Company, An Slua and more.. Ryan who does the zine also runs the amazing Luca Records down in Waterford, which is record shop and skateboarding and they also put on lots of gigs there as well. Great to see a rising punk scene in Waterford. 

Here is what else arrived in of recent:


The Chisel - What A Fucking Nightmare LP
Boots & Ballads zine Vol. #1
 Nightfeeder "Disgustor" EP
THE CHISEL - Retaliation LP
TOXIC WASTE - Belfast LP
V/A GROUCHO MARXIST RECORD CO:OPERATIVE LP + 40 PAGE BOOKLET
TOZCOS - Infernal LP
BIB - Biblical 7"
HOME FRONT - Think Of The Lie MLP
INSTITUTE - Ragdoll Dance LP
HOME FRONT - Games Of Power LP
RIXE - Collection LP
ZOUNDS - Can't Cheat Karma LP
Axe Rash / Therapy split 7”
Spillage - S/T 7”
VERDICT The Rat Race LP
SCREAMING DEATH 4 Way split LP - Rat Cage, Scarecrow, Dissekerad, Destruct
PHANE Police system "7""EP"
SVAVELDIOXID / PARASIT split "7""EP"
ABSOLUT Hell's Highest Power LP
3-WAY CUM 1993-1998 2XLP
ANTI CIMEX The Complete Demos Collection 1982-1983 LP
BLACK UNIFORMS Faces of death LP
DRILLER KILLER And the winner is … LP
DEFIANCE Out Of Order LP

 A couple of new pre-orders are available on the table the idea of these pre-orders is so you can pre-order records ahead of time so you dont miss out on coloured versions and you dont have to pay 2-3 times the postage. 

AN SLUA / RED BRICKS / THE UNCOUTH / RECKLESS UPSTARTS "INTERCONTINENTAL OI!" 12"
An Slua are a band everyone in Ireland is talking about and one you should defo pay attention to and they are finally back with 3 new tracks, alongside 3 other bands. Some of the finest street punk/ Oi! from four countries on two continents. 3 new tracks from each band! The Uncouth (USA), An Slua (Ireland), Red Bricks (Germany), Reckless Upstarts (Canada) 

PRE-ORDER AN SLUA / RED BRICKS / THE UNCOUTH / RECKLESS UPSTARTS "INTERCONTINENTAL OI!" 12"

I thought a little section of what we have been listening to or a playlist would expose even more music to you. But I didn't want to do a Spotify playlist as Spotify doesn't help punk. So I am just going to highlight a few things I have been listening to this week and its not all crust punk and Oi!. Sometimes stuff is in distro other times it aint if it is in distro I will link to the record and their should be an embedded player their for you to listen or you can buy the record.  

After the sad announcement of Omega Tribe bass player Daryl Hardcastle last week. I have been delving back into Omega Tribe. RIP Daryl.	Recently caught a new young band called M.A.D. covering Reagan Youth and forgot how much I liked them so I had to get in copies of REAGAN YOUTH "REGENERATED: A COLLECTION OF ALTERNATIVE CLASSICS"

Uggghhh wanted to do this weekly but things get in the way and have been slowly doing this piece by piece but its probably slightly out of date. As any news in this might be something you might have heard two weeks ago so apologies but no harm checking it out in case you missed it. Out today is the new album of The Chisel - What A Fucking Nightmare LP there was a slight delay in shipping but copies are being delivered today so make sure you order yours as copies are getting low. 

Record Of Dis Week: Night Fever - Dead End12"

Copenhagens Night Fever new LP out on Svart Records came out last week 2nd February mixing a blend of old school hardcore with heavy metal. I seen it described as NWOBHM meets intense K-Town hardcore with sharp clean vocals which makes them front and center that are carried on lots of guitar licks and solos  on some absolute furious hardcore makes the record unrelenting.  Think Poison Idea, Death Side and NWOBHM 
This is hardcore rock n roll and 'Dead End' 12" is an absolute raging slab of wax. 
Night Fever - Dead End LP is now on the table get your copy or listen here.


1. The Chisel - What A Fucking Nightmare LP (Distro-y Records)
2. Night Fever - Dead End LP (Svart Records)
3. Sympos - Hard As Nails Punts 7" (Distro-y Records)
4. POTERE NEGATIVO - BENVENUTO ALL'INFERNO (Distro-y Records)
5. Grit - Shatterproof LP (A.U. Vinyl)

Here is our version of Top Of The Pops run-down of the top selling releases from last week so you get an insight into what is at the top of the table, a small run down of what others are listening to so you can give into pier pressure. 

We have been doing a gig listing on Irish punk gigs a list of all upcoming Irish punk gigs and touring bands like Drug Church or  Dropkick Murphy to old school Irish bands like Stiff Little Fingers to upcoming bands like Bar Tape  or Goon. We have turned this into an email newsletter sign up here

Here is what else arrived in of recent:
SCREAM - DC SPECIAL LP
BIKINI KILL - SINGLES LP
FONTAINES D.C. - A HERO´S DEATH LP
CHUBBY AND THE GANG - MUTT´S NUTS LP
TOUCHE AMORE- LAMENT LP
TOUCHE AMORE- STAGE FOUR LP
RANCID - LET´S GO LP
REAGAN YOUTH -REGENERATED: A COLLECTION OF ALTERNATIVE CLASSICS LP
PERKELE GOTEBORG PUNK ROCK ARMY – IN THE BEGINNING LP
PERKELE LEADERS OF TOMORROW LP
MENZINGERS SOME OF IT WAS TRUE LP
TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET SICK SESH! LP
MDC HEY COP IF I HAD FACE LIKE YOURS LP
MDC SHADES OF BROWN LP
MDC MAGNUS DOMINUS CORPUS LP
MDC/RESTARTS MOBOCRACY LP
CURE, THE - KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME DEMOS & OUTTAKES LP
DAG NASTY - DAG WITH SHAWN LP
FUGAZI FIRST DEMO LP
LUNGFISH RAINBOWS FROM ATOMS LP
RATOS DE PORAO BRASIL LP
ZANZARA ‘LA MORTE NON HA ORGOGLIO’ 7”
Mononegatives - Crossing Visual Field 12"
Mapache – Battery Powered LP
Illegal Leather – Mutilator LP 
Erica Rose - S/T 12"
No Spill Blood - Eye Of Night LP
Motorhead - Bomber LP
Motorhead - Orgasmatron 
HOT WATER MUSIC - LIGHT IT UP
OFFSPRING - LET THE BAD TIMES ROLL
MASTODON Medium Rarities 2x12"
Night Fever - Dead End 12" Gorilla Angreb - Gorilla Angreb, LP
Dystopia - Human = Garbage Vinyl 2xLP

 A couple of new pre-orders are available on the table the idea of these pre-orders is so you can pre-order records ahead of time so you dont miss out on coloured versions and you dont have to pay 2-3 times the postage. 

SPACED "THIS IS ALL WE EVER GET"
Coming out end of March on Revelation Records, Buffalo, NY's Spaced blending hardcore with out-of-this-world sounds to create an explosive and hallucinogenic landscape. This is for anyone who likes TURNSTILE , RESTRAINING ORDER, BUGGIN

PRE-ORDER SPACED "THIS IS ALL WE EVER GET"

SCOWL - HOW FLOWERS GROW 12"
I have been trying to get in copies of SCOWL - HOW FLOWERS GROW for a while but kept missing it as it sold out that quickly finally have got copies for distro so make sure you get one if you had been asking for it previously. Hailing from Santa Cruz, CA, hardcore band Scowl has burst onto the scene as one of the most authentic young voices in the genre, influenced by everything from '80s hardcore, punk, and oi, to modern, alternative pop. The band has made a name for themselves with songs that are as reflective and dark as they are fun.

PRE-ORDER SCOWL "HOW FLOWERS GROW

I thought a little section of what we have been listening to or a playlist would expose even more music to you. But I didn't want to do a Spotify playlist as Spotify doesn't help punk. So I am just going to highlight a few things I have been listening to this week and its not all crust punk and Oi!. Sometimes stuff is in distro other times it aint if it is in distro I will link to the record and their should be an embedded player their for you to listen or you can buy the record.  

	Juanita y Los Feos are a band I love and always give me that pick up of energy melodic punk from Spain, sadly they are no longer on the go but members play in Miss España, Rata Negra
	I love The Chisel - Retaliation LP and have been eagerly waiting the release of What A Fucking Nightmare which is out today and courier just dropped off the vinyl to me while writing this newsletter
	The Menzingers are a band I have always enjoyed as one of those catchy punk rock bands in the lines of The Flatliners, Hot Water Music, Gaslight Anthem. Their new album came out recently on vinyl and follows up effortlessly on previous works.

We have been working hard and are expecting lots of records in, in the coming couple of months as we try to create an all encompassing punk distro table like the one you find at the back of a gig but with something for everyone we are based in Ireland a punk scene that takes many shapes and forms the idea is to be an outlet to them all ambitious eh? but we are getting there I know we all have our individual tastes and this newsletter is to open your tastes to other aspects of punk. And I got this one done early on a Friday lets hope this continues once again let me know what else you want to see in this newsletter and I hope you find something you like in it. 

Record Of Dis Week:Angel Du$t - Brand New Soul 12"

Angel Du$t are back with a new 12", this being their 5th album and with them on the go for over 10 years sometimes I can be very skeptical about new albums but having followed Angel Du$t over the years I have learned to not be skeptical of new material but to embrace it as their new record is not going to sound anything like their previous. All fine albums 
I was chatting with Jesse of Mr. Face Records at the weekend and he summed A.D. up perfectly for me he said they are like Ceremony every album takes a different direction. So with Brand New Soul who knew where they were going to go, but I feel for me they pull all their previous directions on to the one record with Brand New Soul, with 'Born 2 Run' & 'I'm Not Ready' sounding like they could be on  'YAK: A Collection Of Truck Songs', 'Racecar' reminding me of 'Pretty Buff' and 'Space Jam', Slippin' Lysol  harking back to 'Rock The Fuck On Forever'. Brand New Soul sounds like what I would expect a greatest hits of Angel Du$t to sound like but if it was all new tracks as they seem to bridge between hardcore underground with something bigger and catchier.  
ANGEL DU$T "BRAND NEW SOUL"12" is now on the table get your copy or listen here.


1. Potere Negativo - Benvenuto All'Inferno (Distro-y Records)
2. PHYSIQUE - OVERCOME BY PAIN 7" (Iron Lung Records)
3. Bog people - S/T 12"  (Iron Lung Records)
4. Sympos - Hard As Nails Punts 7" (Distro-y Records)
5. MINOR THREAT "OUT OF STEP OUTTAKES" (Dischord Records)

Here is our version of Top Of The Pops run-down of the top selling releases from last week so you get an insight into what is at the top of the table, a small run down of what others are listening to so you can give into pier pressure. 

The idea of this newsletter is to expose weekly happenings whats new whats not what everybody else is checking out and maybe what they are not it is a distro run down what about a 2023 run down. HEad over to Maximum Rock N Roll if you haven't already to checkout Part 1&2 of MRR Top 10's for everything you missed you loved and all that is in between.

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Here is what else arrived in of recent:
Minor Threat "Out Of Step Outtakes" 7"
FUGAZI - REPEATER LP
OPERATION IVY - 1988 „ENERGY“ DEMO LP
BEASTMILK - CLIMAX LP
BAD RELIGION - STRANGER THAN FICTION LP
RANCID - AND OUT COME THE WOLVES LP
MISFITS - AMERICAN PSYCHO LP
RANCID - INDESTRUCTIBLE 2X LP
ENGLISH DOGS - MAD PUNX & ENGLISH DOGS LP
DEFECTS, THE - DEFECTIVE BREAKDOWN LP
OUTCASTS - SELF CONSCIOUS OVER YOU LP
BLITZ - TIME BOMB: EARLY SINGLES AND DEMOS COLLECTION LP
BLITZ - THE KILLING DREAM LP
BLACK FLAG - DEMOS 1982 LP
DESCENDENTS - COOL TO BE YOU LP
ALL - PROBLEMATIC (INDIE VERSION) LP

Latest Release from our imprint Distro-y Records is new 12" Potere Negativo - Benvenuto All'Inferno the from Milano and Valtellina (the mountain area north of Milano, nearby Switzerland) Italy bringing D-beat/Hardcore punk in the vein of 80/90's Italiano  mixed with a gentle Black Metal touch. Potere Negativo bring a huge yet raw driving D-beat hardcore that has a  sinister element with snarling vocals that summons up the idea that in essence Potere NEgativo can only be described as the sound an enormous door slamming in the depths of hell. THis is 10 tracks of Italian hardcore in the vein of Wrectched, Raw Power,  Indigesti on one side and the reverse a silk screen side. 
Get your copy of Potere Negativo - Benvenuto All'Inferno

 A couple of new pre-orders are available on the table the idea of these pre-orders is so you can pre-order records ahead of time so you dont miss out on coloured versions and you dont have to pay 2-3 times the postage. 

Night Fever from Copenhagen new LP Dead End is available on Green vinyl and Black Vinyl out the 2nd February on Svart Records. Night Fever has been delivering their Danish brand of K-Town hardcore since 2007, with their mix of old school hardcore and heavy metal into a razor-sharp unit which will make your speakers bleed sweat! Dead End is undeniably the tightest and most furious Night Fever album yet.

PRE-ORDER NIGHT FEVER - DEAD END 12"

NAUSEA are finally getting the reissue treatment starting with Cybergod/Lie Cycle 12"  we have copies on Red Vinyl a & Black Vinyl and I think one or two copies left on Clear with Black Smoke Vinyl available to pre-order with a release date set for end of March dont miss the coloured versions.
NYC crust punk band Nausea’s two legendary EP’s on one remastered 12” The Cybergod lineup might be the most legendary era of Nausea, where the tracks reach almost epic proportions. The EP is pretty much the blueprint of crust, where Vic Venom’s hypnotic and rocking guitar riffs meet the tribal drumming of Roy Mayorga. Al’s and Amy’s dueling vocals spit out timeless issues dealing with consumerism and the hypocrisies of organized religions. Musically, the Lie Cycle EP rocks out more in the faster and straightforward style, where Discharge meets Motörhead, and lyrics reflect the times when war and nuclear destruction are still the plague of mankind.

PRE-ORDER NAUSEA - CYBERGOD / LIE CYCLE 12"

I thought a little section of what we have been listening to or a playlist would expose even more music to you. But I didn't want to do a Spotify playlist as Spotify doesn't help punk. So I am just going to highlight a few things I have been listening to this week. Sometimes stuff is in distro other times it aint if it is in distro I will link to the record and their should be an embedded player their for you to listen or you can buy the record. Also not going to mention anything above. 

	Hygiene -15 Minute City 7" has been an absolute earworm it has been swirling in my head for the last two weeks, just go listen to their track 'Petrol' and curse me later.
	SIKM from Atlanta, Georgia demo cassette is one I keep going back think hard hitting Oi! similar to Rixe. It is coming out on cassette but I really hope it gets the vinyl treatment
	Sheer Mag have a new LP coming out late April and as they release new tracks to it I have been loving them oh soo much.

Record Of Dis Week: Bog People - S/T 12"

Iron Lung have rescued and reissued straight out of the Portland peat. '81 in 2010 and now in 2023! Back in 2010, Bog People were the band everyone was talking about. Speedy UK82 punk infused with heaps of chorus and fuzz with live shows that were psychotic and colorful fog machined melees. Word spread like wildfire. Having previously released a demo tape, they followed with a split 7" with Vivid Sekt who shared members if memory serves me right.
I have personally been waiting for this record for a number of years and had heard rumours a couple of times of it, its great to see this record re-emerge from the Bog which had preserved their material like a prehistoric body. 
Bog People - S/T 12" is now on the table get your copy or listen here.

1. SSD "THE KIDS WILL HAVE THEIR SAY" LP (Trust Records)
2. HOME FRONT - GAMES OF POWER LP (La Vida Es Un Mus)
3. BÉTON ARMÉ - COLLECTION LP (Primator Crew)
4. Bleakness - WORDS/GREED 7” (Distro-y Records)
5. THE CHISEL - RETALIATION LP (La Vida Es Un Mus)

Here is our version of Top Of The Pops run-down of the top selling releases from last week so you get an insight into what is at the top of the table, a small run down of what others are listening to so you can give into pier pressure. 

As some you may know Trust Records have been reissuing classic Hardcore records from the likes of Circle Jerks, 7 Seconds, SSD, Youth Brigade... They have also been putting out sit down interviews with the band members as we recently got in a new batch of SSD. - The Kids Will Have Their Say 12" on Grey Vinyl we thought we would share a sit down interview between Pat Flynn of Fiddlehead and Have Heart with Al Braile of SSD check it out below:

We also have copies of SSD - The Kids Will have Their Say on the table. Click here

Here is what else arrived in of recent:
PHYSIQUE - AGAIN LP
Powerplant - Grass 7"
BOG PEOPLE - S/T LP
WARTHOG - S/T (5TH) 7”
PHYSIQUE - OVERCOME BY PAIN 7"
GOLPE - ASSUEFAZIONE QUOTIDIANA 7”
HYGIENE - 15 MINUTE CITY 7”
BOOTLICKER - LICK THE BOOT, LOSE YOUR TEETH LP
BOOTLICKER - S/T LP (Yellow vinyl)
MALCRÍA - FANTASÍAS HISTÉRICAS LP
PHYSIQUE - THE RHYTHM OF BRUTALITY LP (WHITE VINYL)
SSD "The Kids Will Have Their Say" LP (Grey)
Angel Dust "Brand New Soul" LP (Hunter Green)
Angel Dust "Rock The Fuck On Forever" LP
Drain "California Cursed" LP (Baby Blue)
Black Flag "Damaged" LP
Side By Side "You're Only Young Once..." LP (Translucent Purple)
Money "s/t" 12"ep
End It "Unpleasant Living" LP
Black Flag "Bars" T-Shirt
Gorilla Biscuits "Start Today" LP
Minor Threat "Out Of Step Outtakes" 7"