January 2010
87 posts
Salutations & A Goodbye To Mr. Zinn
Dear Mail Order Freaks, We received Xiu Xiu & Quasi vinyl and CD’s and will start shipping Pre-Orders on Feb 8th (fingers crossed) so get your orders in early if you want to receive it by the release date. Both records come out Feb 23. We also received Kleenex/Liliput CD’s/DVD’s this week and will get a Pre-Order up for that soon, so stay tuned. There’s just two days...
“CBS: Don’t air anti-abortion Super Bowl ad
The broadcast networks that...”
– http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/superbowl_focus/?r=5232&id=7560-2145083-y0kuwSx
Heaven’s To Betsy-Terrorist
“Women Who Rock
Allison Wolfe. Kaia Wilson. Corin Tucker. Your mouth watering...”
– http://ovarianfist.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/182/
Quasi In-Store at Jackpot/ Coloring Contest
Jackpot Records just announced a free, all ages instore with local legends Quasi to celebrate the release of their new album, “American Gong”. Superduo Sam Coomes (Heatmiser) and Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney), along with Joanna Bolme, return to awe and inspire with a new album that has been described as bright, uplifting and hopeful. If it’s that shiny when it’s trapped in your stereo, just imagine...
Thermals/Cribs Split 7", Thermals Tour China
It’s no secret The Cribs and The Thermals are good friends. The Thermals have supported The Cribs on two tours of the UK, and half of The Cribs now call Portland, The Thermals’ hometown, their home as well. The amount of mutual respect and admiration the two bands have for each other is immense. And both bands are well known and loved for their individual brands of loud, melodic...
Xiu Xiu T Shirts on Sale, Ends Monday 2/1
Salutations: 5 Day Back Catalog Sale
Dear Mail Order Freaks, There’s only five days left of our January Sale In addition to releases by Elliott Smith, Stereo Total and Free Kitten, we also have a T Shirt Clearance Sale Today we added a bunch of classic CD’s, Cassettes and Vinyl from the Kill Rock Stars Back Catalog Classic releases by Sleater-Kinney, Excuse 17, Heavens To Betsy, godheadsilo, Bikini Kill, Unwound,...
The Five Day Kill Rock Stars Back Catalog Sale
Cassettes & CD’s for $5 (regular price $10)
KRS204 Bikini Kill - Cassette Version of the first two records CS KRS260 Bikini Kill - Reject All American CS KRS233 Phranc - Goofyfoot CDEP Vinyl LP’s for $6 (regular price $12 and up!) KRS207 Various Artists - Stars Kill Rock LP KRS221 Various Artists - Rock Stars Kill LP + 7” KRS255 Peechees - Do The Math LP KRS278 Cold...
New in Distro: Eat Skull, Royal Trux, Thee Oh Sees...
WS036 Eat Skull - Jerusalem Mail 7” (Woodsist) DC010 Royal Trux - Untitled LP (Drag City) ITR187 Thee Oh Sees - Master’s Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In LP (In The Red)
MLR015 Felt Letters - 600,000 Bands 7” (M’Lady’S) WH1 Western Hymn - Western Hymn LP (Self-Released)
Recent Restocks: Finally Punk, Vivian Girls, Xiu...
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Click here for Vinyl ABL015 Finally Punk - Casual Goths LP (Army of Bad Luck) LPFLIPPALBU Flipper - Album Generic Flipper LP (4 Men With Beards) 07VIVIAWILD Vivian Girls - Wild Eyes 7” (Wild World) ITR126 Vivian Girls - I Can’t Stay 7” (In The Red) MPK7022 Deerhoof - Half Bird CD (Menlo Park) LPDNADNA DNA - Dna On Dna CD (No More Records)
GOO12...
New in Distro: Western Hymn LP
Western Hymn - ‘Western Hymn’ Debut full-length LP. Self-released limited edition of 330. Covers are letterpressed by hand, front and back. Each record is numbered. Track Listing: Side A: 1. Living Things 2. Been Cheated 3. Far Away 4. The Life For Me 5. Common Folk 6. Estranged Side B: 1. Leave It Alone 2. Hot and Cold 3. Fall Right 4. Come Unchained 5. Pagan Cross Band members:...
Thao WTGDSD live on WOXY
Thao WTDGSD stopped by the WOXY studios on their tour last November. The session has been posted and you can listen/download to four songs from Know Better Learn Faster over on their site.
Deerhoof Tour: Australia, New Zealand, Japan!
March 2010 3 - Melbourne, Australia @ The Corner 6 - Brisbane, Australia @ The Lost Weekend 9 - Sydney, Australia @ Spectrum - w/ Tenniscoates 10 - Wellington, New Zealand @ San Francisco Bath House 11 - Auckland, New Zealand @ Kings Arms 23 - Osaka, Japan @ Akaso 24 - Nygoya, Japan @ Club Quattro 26 - Tokyo, Japan @ Liquid Room 28 - Sendai, Japan @ SHAFT 31 - Matsuyama, Japan @ Hoshizora Jett -...
Salutations: How's it Going? Freakin' Out?
Hello again. How’s it going? It’s been kind of a depressing few weeks, huh? Hopefully y’all are not letting current events get you down… To cheer you up we put a bunch of Kill Rock Stars and 5RC T Shirts on Sale Also, the first single off the Xiu Xiu record is out and we have a sneak peak of the Quasi-as-The Who live video Live music always makes things better. As always,...
Tour Dates
Deerhoof
February 2010 23 - Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater - w/ Plastic Ono Band March 2010 3 - Melbourne, Australia @ The Corner 6 - Brisbane, Australia @ The Lost Weekend 9 - Sydney, Australia @ Spectrum - w/ Tenniscoates 10 - Wellington, New Zealand @ San Francisco Bath House 11 - Auckland, New Zealand @ Kings Arms 23 - Osaka, Japan @ Akaso 24 - Nygoya, Japan @ Club Quattro 26 - Tokyo, Japan @...
More KRS T's & Sweatshirts on Sale
5RC T Shirts & Sweatshirts Added to January Sale
our t shirt sale is now massive. needless to say, most of this stuff is on clearance…meaning we will not remake it, so get it while you still can
GERT2 5RC Benny Pizza T $8
GERT 5RC Logo T $8
GERS1 5RC Fon-Lin Logo Hoody $23
(there are only two left)
GERS2 5RC Fon-Lin Logo Pullover Hoody $23
(there is only one left—looks the same as GERS1)
GERJ1 5RC...
underground group of the week: dadfag (sf)
dadfag are a noisy female-fronted group from san francisco. they have a 12” out called Scenic Abuse that I should probably order for krs distro. I like their song repetition, which you can listen to here
according to their website, dadfag are:
Bad Mood: E. Hannan Whatever: A. Miknis Worse mood: D. Benson
“On Scenic Abuse , the San Francisco, CA trio, Dadfag strive for a straight...
Top Sellers of 2010!
Top Vinyl of 2010
KRS503 Xiu Xiu Dear God, I Hate Myself LP***PRE-ORDER***
KRS512 Quasi American Gong LP ***PRE-ORDER***
KRS239 Elliott Smith Needle in the Hay 7”
KRS500 Thao Know Better Learn Faster LP
KRS455 Elliott Smith New Moon 2LP
KRS507 Thao/The Thermals Split Record Store Day Split 7”
KRS509 Explode Into Colors Eyes Hands Mouth 7”
KRS321...
More T Shirts Added to January Sale
Quasi Repulsion
