Vinyl Collective

Not quite sure how I missed out on these compilations before, but if you ask me, Death to False Hope Records is doing independent music a great service by assembling these incredible collections of punk rock, indie, and acoustic. Not only does he get the rights to every song (that is a lot of work), he has a knack for putting together so many great artists from so many different subsections of our global music scene.

I’m stoked to see a few of our artists on this collection (Micah Schnabel, Joey Cape, Stereotyperider, and Look Mexico) alongside Bouncing Souls, Let Me Run, Mixtapes, Anchor Arms, Over Stars and Gutters, 10-4 Eleanor, and more. What I enjoy about these mixes is that there are always quite a few bands completely new to me that are all worth listening to.

Download this collection here. And then check out the other volumes of their mixes; they are all fantastic. Scotty, thanks for including our artists on this volume.

Give this mix a listen and post comments on your favorite tracks.

Track listing:
1. Direct Hit!- Snickers of Reece’s(Pick Up the Pieces)
2. Let Me Run- CSJ*
3. Random Orbits- In the Dreams I Can Remember *
4. Black Sails, Western Shores- Hangover Radio
5. Mixtapes- Morning Sex and AM Radio *
6. Bouncing Souls- Ghosts on the Boardwalk(Acoustic)* Buy at Interpunk
7. Micah Schnabel- American Static Buy at Interpunk
8. Copper Bones- Feel Alive ( Ex members of My Hotel Year)*
9. Think Big- Since When
10. American Aquarium- Nothing to Lose
11. The Please & Thank You’s- Fucking Honestly
12. Anchor Arms- 1516 * Buy at Interpunk
13. Plain States- Libby Montana(Members of Red City Radio)*
14. The Dirty Little Heaters- City Square
15. Over Stars and Gutters- Anthem on Sheridan Buy at Interpunk
16. White Tiger and the Bed Of Roses- El Salvador Sex Riot
17. Madison Bloodbath- Me and Lonesome George Buy at Interpunk
18. Joey Cape- Angry Days(Acoustic)* Buy at Interpunk
19. Why I Hate- Secrets*
20. Stereotyperider- Crush Us All(Seaweed Cover) Buy at Interpunk
21. Sour Boy,Bitter Girl- Blood on Your Hands*
22. The Fresh Kills- Before the Storm
23. Look Mexico- Take it Upstairs, Einstein(Acoustic @ Havest for Hope)* Buy at Interpunk
24. Jazz Hands- Balloon Boyz
25.Jay Heart Montreal – The Sandwich Got Our Back
26. 10-4 Eleanor W/Jon Snodgrass- Austin’s Song(Sour Boy,Bitter Girl Cover)*
27. Robot Spells Hell- Youngtown Tune-Up*
28. Hold Tight!- My Favorite Songs
29. Beat Noir- Postponed
30. The Dry Heathens- Splendid Little War
31. The Sandwiches- Bad Sandwiches and a Head Smashed on a Table*
32. Johnny Rev- Last December
33. Mourning Is for Suckers- If I’m Wrong*
*rare/unreleased

All of you singer-songwriters out there looking for a great, exciting opportunity, read on. Frank Turner, who we at Vinyl Collective/Suburban Home are all big fans of, just announced on his blog a really great idea to expose a few singer/song-writers. Read the following:

“Come on folks and try this at home“. It started as a playful dig at the Billy Bragg album title, then morphed into a song and a slogan. I’ve always been one for putting my art where my mouth is, so when the idea of releasing the song on 7″ Vinyl came up, I had an idea.

Why not make it a split release, but not with some well-established rock ‘n’ roll buddy of mine, but with someone new, someone fresh and hungry, someone I didn’t know about. Someone like you, sat in a bedroom, pouring out your songs with the passion its easy to lose sight of after a time.

So here it is: I want you to send me songs. I’m going to listen to them all, and then we’re going to choose two winners, with the help of the good folk at Kerrang! (UK) and Alternative Press (USA) – though rest assured the final decision is mine. The record will be released with both winning tracks on the B-Side of a coloured vinyl – 1000 copies each for the UK and the rest of the world. The single will be released on August 2nd.

That’s the basic outline. There are some more specific terms and conditions, which you should have a read of if you want to submit a song for the competition:

People from the UK should read this
People from the rest of the world should read this

Songs can be submitted from now through until May 31st.

UK people can upload songs on the Xtra Mile website.
Ex-UK people can upload through the Epitaph website.

I’m looking forward to listening through to everything. Happy uploading!

I am gonna bug our own Andy Thomas to submit a track. Not only is Andy a big fan of Frank Turner, but it would be great to see him get a break like this. Who do you think should submit a track for these split 7″s? Man, I love this idea.

Frank Turner’s records available through Interpunk

THE SIRS “She Gets Me High” 7″

Our friends at Devildance have a brand new 7″ from the Sirs (their 2nd 7″). Influences are cited as The Misfits, Jay Reatard, and the Buzzcocks. I might add the Ramones and on the 2nd track, I hear a little bit of the Dead Kennedys. Take a listen and on our streaming player and let us know what you think. Share the streaming player, if you like what you hear.

The 7″s is being pressed out of an edition of 1,000 copies. 100 on Gold available directly from Devildance. 900 on black available at Interpunk and other retailers.

I can assume that since you are on this website, you are very familiar with what Test Pressings are. I am curious, how many of you collect Test Pressings? From time to time, I get emails from folks interested in buying a Test Pressing for their collection. In most situations, I am more happy to comply. It dawned on me recently that I have way too many test pressings sitting around collecting dust that would make happy additions to a number of record collections. We had some of them for sale in our store, but now that our store is down and Interpunk doesn’t sell Test Pressings, I considered my options. I thought about putting them up for auction on Ebay, something I have done in the past. I considered putting some up for auction at Limited Pressing, something I might do down the road. But then I thought, let’s just make it simple. If you find any of the following test pressings interesting, make me a fair offer. I know that some of these records could fetch a good sum on an auction site, but I am not necessarily looking to get top dollar. I would rather know that the test pressings are going to someone’s collection of that artist.

I will take offers all week. Depending on the response, I might not get back to every single offer. Serious Offers only please. Understand that with some of the following test pressings, I only have 1 or 2 copies and while I am not necessarily looking to get top dollar, if someone makes a better offer on a test pressing and I only have 1 copy, I will sell the test pressing to that higher offer.

Take a look at the list. Email me with the subject “TEST PRESSING OFFER”. Copy and past the test pressing you want along with your offer. I will only respond to offers made via email. If I write you back, I will send you a checkout link to pay for the record. Once paid for, i will send you the test pressing. Pretty simple.

If you have any questions, you can use the email above to ask them. Thanks.

36 CRAZY FISTS “The Tide And Its Takers” LP Test Pressing
50 FOOT WAVE “Power and Light” LP Test Pressing
A LIFE ONCE LOST “Iron Gag” LP Test Pressing
AUSTIN LUCAS “Somebody Loves You” LP Test Pressing
AUSTIN LUCAS / FRANK TURNER Under The Influence 7″ Test Pressing
AUSTIN LUCAS W/ THE TAKERS 7″ Test Pressing
BOYS NIGHT OUT “Make Yourself Sick” LP Test Pressing
CHAD PRICE “Smile Sweet Face” LP Test Pressing
DILLINGER FOUR “Midwestern Songs” LP Test Pressing
DILLINGER FOUR “Versus God” LP Test Pressing
DRAG THE RIVER “Can’t Leave These Strays” 7″ Test Pressing
DRAG THE RIVER “Garage Rock” 7″ Test Pressing
DRAG THE RIVER “Under the Influence” 7″ Test Pressing
DRAG THE RIVER “You Can’t Live This Way” LP Test Pressing
DRAG THE RIVER / THE DENTS LP Test Pressing
EVERY TIME I DIE “Gutter Phenomenon” LP Test Pressing
EVERY TIME I DIE “Hot Damn” LP Test Pressing
EVERY TIME I DIE “Last Night In Town” LP Test Presing
EVERY TIME I DIE “The Big Dirty” LP Test Pressing
FAKE PROBLEMS / LOOK MEXICO Under The Influence” 7″ Test Pressing
FOXY SHAZAM “Introducing” LP Test Pressing
GHOST BUFFALO “The Magician” LP Test Pressing
GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV “The Empty Northern Hemisphere” LP Test Pressing
HEAVY HEAVY LOW LOW “Turtle Nipple” LP Test Pressing
IN THE RED “Volume 2.0″ LP Test Pressing
IN THE RED Volume 1.5.1 7″ Test Pressing
IN THE RED Volume 1.5.2 7″ Test Pressing
IN THE RED/ANCHOR DOWN/BASTARDS OF YOUNG/DRUNKEN BOAT 7″ Test Pressing
JEALOUS SOUND “Kill Them With Kindness” dbl LP Test Pressing
JOEY CAPE / JON SNODGRASS split 7″ Test Pressing
JOEY CAPE / MIKE HALE Under the Influence 7″ Test Pressing
JON SNODGRASS “Visitor’s Band” LP Test Pressing
JON SNODGRASS / CORY BRANAN Split LP Test Pressing
JOSH SMALL “Tall…” dbl LP Test Pressing (2ND PRESSING)
JOSH SMALL “Tall…” dbl LP Test Pressing (FIRST PRESSING)
KAY KAY AND HIS WEATHERED UNDERGROUND “Diggin” 7″ Test Pressing
KAY KAY AND HIS WEATHERED UNDERGROUND s/t dbl LP Test Pressing (2ND PRESSING)
KAY KAY AND HIS WEATHERED UNDERGROUND s/t dbl LP Test Pressing (FIRST PRESSING)
KEVIN SECONDS / KEPI GHOULIE Under The Influence 7″ Test Pressing
LAGRECIA “On Parallels” LP Test Pressing
LEMURIA / OFF WITH THEIR HEADS Under The Influence 7″ Test Pressing
LIZZIE HUFFMAN and her brother band 10″ Test Pressing
LOOK MEXICO “You Stay. I Go. No Following” 7″ Test Pressing
LOVE ME DESTROYER “The Things Around Us Burn” LP Test Pressing
MAYLENE AND THE SONS OF DISASTER “II” LP Test Pressing
MICAH SCHNABEL “When The Stage Light Goes Down” LP Test Pressing
MIKE HALE “Lives Like Mine” LP Test Pressing
MIKE PARK / O PIONEERS!!! 7″ Test Pressing
MINUS THE BEAR “interpretaciones” LP Test Pressing
MINUS THE BEAR “Planet of Ice” dbl LP Test Pressing
MUSTARD PLUG / BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY! Under the Influence 7″ Test Pressing
NINJA GUN “Restless Rubes” LP Test Pressing
NINJA GUN / WHISKEY & CO Under The Influence 7″ Test Pressing
NORMA JEAN “The Almight…” 4 x LP Test Pressing
NORMA JEAN “The Anti Mother” LP Test Pressing
O PIONEERS!!! / NEW BRUISES Under The Influence 7″ Test Pressing
POISON THE WELL “Tropic Rot” dbl LP Test Pressing
POISON THE WELL “Versions” LP Test Pressing
PORTUGAL THE MAN “It’s Complicated Being a Wizard” LP Test Pressing
ROCKY VOTOLATO / CHAD PRICE split 7″ Test Pressing
SCOTT REYNOLDS and The Steaming Beast “Adventure Boy” LP Test Pressing
SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY “Intervals” LP Test Pressing
SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY “Parasite” LP Test Pressing
SPARTA “Threes” dbl LP Test Pressing
STEREOTYPERIDER “Songs In the Key of F and U” LP Test Pressing
TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET / THE ERGS! Under The Influence 7″ Test Pressing
THE BANNER “Frailty” LP Test Pressing
THE PLAYING FAVORITES “I Remember When I Was Pretty” LP Test Pressing
THE TAKERS “Curse of a Drunk” 7″ Test Pressing
THE TAKERS “Taker Easy” LP Test Pressing
TIM BARRY “28th & Stonewall” LP Test Pressing
TIM BARRY “Laurel St Demos” LP Test Pressing
TIM BARRY “Live at Munford Elementary” 7″ Test Pressing
TIM BARRY “Manchester” LP Test Pressing
TIM BARRY “Rivanna Junction” LP Test Pressing
TIM BARRY “Rivanna Junction” LP Test Pressing (White Vinyl 2nd Pressing)
TIM BARRY / FRANK TURNER split 7″ Test Pressing
TWO COW GARAGE “Speaking In Cursive” LP Test Pressing
TWO COW GARAGE / JR JUGGERNAUT Under The Influence 7″ Test Pressing
USELESS I.D. “Lost Broken Bones” LP Test Pressing
V/A DELICIOUS VINYL Fest Comp LP Test Pressing
V/A REVIVAL ROAD Revival Tour Comp LP Test Pressing
WAYWORD SONS (WILL WHITMORE) / SAM LOWRY 7″ Test Pressing
YESTERDAY’S RING “Diamonds in the Ditch” dbl LP Test Pressing
YESTERDAY’S RING “Punx Not Dead, It’s Just Sleeping” 7″ Test Pressing

We are excited to announce 3 legs of a full United States tour where Austin Lucas will be supporting the release of “Collection”, a new album that collects pretty much all of his vinyl-only tracks on one full length album. Each leg of the tour features different support acts. Leg 1 of the tour will feature Damion Suomi & The Minor Prophets; Leg 2 will feature the Wooden Sky; and Leg 3 will feature Cory Branan. Please mark these dates on your calendar, I will be marking July 14th in Denver at the HI-Dive.

Austin Lucas is currently touring in the UK. You can purchase “Collection” on CD at Interpunk and get a free coozie while supplies last. “Collection” will soon be released digitally and on vinyl.

Austin Lucas w/ Damion Suomi & The Minor Prophets
6/3/2010 Orlando,FL @ Will’s Pub
6/4/2010 Gainesville,FL @ The Atlantic
6/5/2010 Mt Pleasant, SC @ Village Tavern
6/6/2010 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
6/8/2010 Philadelphia, PA @ TBD
6/9/2010 NYC, NY @ TBD
6/10/2010 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
6/11/2010 Brooklyn, NY @ TBD
6/12/2010 Albany @ TBD

Austin Lucas w/ The Wooden Sky
6/19/2010 Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar
6/20/2010 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland
6/22/2010 Bloomington, IN @ Bishop
6/23/2010 Chicago, IL @ Ronny’s
6/24/2010 Milwaukee, WI @ TBD
6/25/2010 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
6/26/2010 Fargo, ND @ TBD

Austin Lucas w/ Cory Branan
7/6/2010 Seattle, WA @ TBD
7/7/2010 Portland, OR @ White Eagle
7/8/2010 Portland, OR @ White Eagle
7/10/2010 Redding, CA @ Bombay’s
7/11/2010 San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside
7/12/10 Los Angeles, CA @ Hotel Café
7/14/10 Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
7/15/10 Salt Lake City @ TBD
7/16/10 Jackson, WY @ TBD
7/17/10 Missoula, MT @ Bike Doctor

Off With Their Heads “In Desolation” LP w/ Free Poster
Off With Their Heads “In Desolation” 7″

Earlier this week, we had posted that Interpunk was giving away a 7″ with your pre-order of Off With Their Heads’ new album. The listing was quickly changed to reflect that there is a free poster to be given away with the purchase of “In Desolation”, not a 7″. The 7″ does exist though and will be sold separately from the LP. Sorry about the mistake, but that is what the listing said originally.

In either case, pick up OWTH’s new album and while you are at it, make sure you check out their back-catalog.

Who out there has a near complete OWTH’s vinyl collection?

Kevin Seconds “Good Luck Buttons” LP w/ FREE button (while supplies last)

I’m excited to hear Kevin’s new album, “Good Luck Buttons”. I’m a big fan of Kevin and was honored to have had the opportunity to put out an Under the Influence 7″ with he and Kepi Ghoulie. Pick up his new album through Interpunk and you will receive a free Button while supplies last.

Kevin Second’s second release on Asian Man delivers more honest and sincere music that’s hard not to like. Good Luck Buttons has that folksy vibe in the style of punk gone acoustic artists like Chuck Ragan, but all the same staying fresh and unique.

Good Luck Buttons will be released on May 11th, 2010.

Check out other Kevin Seconds’ releases (including our Under the Influence 7″)

Kickstarter: Fund the release of Twothirtyeight “You Should Be Living” LP

For those of you who don’t know, Kickstarter is a great site focused on funding whatever project you have in the works. It has and will continue to become a great way to raise the necessary funds to press records. Fat Sandwich records currently has a Kickstarter page set up to help raise the funds to release Twothirtyeight “You Should Be Living” LP. The album was originally released by Tooth and Nail in 2002, but with your help, this album could see light of day on vinyl. The band were from Pensacola, Florida, and played emo/indie rock.

I am hoping this post will help a few people who don’t already know about this Kickstarter page to help funding the release in its final days. There is 6 days to go and they are currently at $1305 of the $1500 they hope to raise. If you were ever a fan of the band and would like to get a copy on vinyl, please visit the link this week. There are different pledge levels where you can get a single LP all the way to getting a copy of the test pressing.

Be sure to let us know if there are any other interesting Kickstarter pages set up to help release an album on vinyl.

Jawbreaker “Unfun” (Reissue) LP black vinyl

I mentioned it earlier, but Jawbreaker Unfun was recently repressed on black vinyl. Interpunk has them in stock now, but I don’t believe that they have a lot of copies. Get one while you can and if they run out, know that they will have more next week.

Check other available Jawbreaker releases

Dirty Tricks “Double Vision” 12″

The first release on Hugo from Yesterday’s Ring label, L’Ecurie Musique.

Hailing from Montreal, The Dirty Tricks have seamlessly merged the brooding urgency of Drive Like Jehu with hints of southern rock and punk rock melodies à la Leatherface. They perform a perfect balancing act through their use of varied dynamics, refusal to set songs in safety-net tempos and rejection of hollow angst, and at the same time, never grinding their gears by putting all of their stock in innovation. That carries them to the top ranks of Montreal’s power-pop-punk outfits. Suited by this amazing artwork from Tommy Kitsos (The Night Marchers), this one-sided LP contains 2 new songs but what makes this release even more interesting is the download card; including bonus songs and unreleased demo tracks.