DS Record Radar: This Week in Punk Vinyl (Cigar, Rebuke, The Lockdowns, Random Heroes & More!)

Batting leadoff this week is this bad ass new record from Swedish skate punks Rebuke! Things One Shouldn’t Have to Say is due out February 7th and is available to pre-order on two beautiful color variants: “Fizz Time Splatter” (100 copies) and “Dualist Sundae” (200 copies). Get it now from Punk Rock Radar or Double Helix Records in the states, Lockjaw Records in the UK, and Pee Records in Australia.

Also up for pre-order on the Punk Rock Radar webstore: Bri’ish Ramonescore band Random Heroes’ awesome new record FOUR! Limited to 100 copies on pink colored vinyl and a highly recommended pickup for fellow Screeching Weasel / Riverdales appreciators. Also available from Cats Claw Records in the UK. This record kicks ass!

Speaking of records that kick ass, Cigar’s Speed is Relative has been reissued by Fat Wreck Chords and is already on the brink of going out of print once again. I told you about the black vinyl repress that popped up on Amazon and elsewhere about a month ago, but Fat has since announced the reissue and made colored vinyl available to purchase. As always, they’re keeping a tight lip about variants, but I’ve seen two floating around: a clear w/ yellow and green splatter, and a clear w/ blue pinwheel kinda thing. FatWreck.com is sold out of colored vinyl but their Australian Artist First webstore still has some copies in stock and shipping to the states isn’t obscenely expensive!

Also on from Fat… a new 7″ from a band of children Fat Mike has taken under his wing. The Dollheads’ new single “Teenage Runaway” was written (and I believe produced) by Mr. Burkett. Get the 7″ here.

Our friends at Bloated Kat Records are releasing a 4-way split LP from Heavy Lag, Sekunderna (from Sweden!), Teenage Bigfoot and TV Cop. Pre-order the record on random colored vinyl(!) here and check out a track from each band below to see what you’re getting yourself into:

Our other friendly friends at Mom’s Basement Records have some bad ass shit going on and coming up soon, but what else is new? Up first, the debut album from Houston pop-punks The Lockdowns, out now and available on two bad ass color variants! Also available on black vinyl! And CD! Just buy the fuckin thing!

Coming soon from Mom’s Basement: the killer debut album from Brazilian bubblegum punks the Boogadas! Heartbeats and Heartbreaks is already streaming everywhere (get the digital download from their Bandcamp!) but Mom’s Basement will be releasing it on compact disc (otherwise known as a “CD” by those in the trade). Set a reminder to head over to their webstore and buy this awesome album this Friday, December 20th at noon eastern.

And last up in the “fellating Mom’s Basement Records” segment of this week’s Record Radar, I’d be remiss if I didn’t bring to your attention the awesome international releases they have available for pre-order in their distro at the moment. From Austria, it’s the Mugwumps with their new record Domino! From Brazil, it’s Flanders 72 with their record The TV Show! And from Germany, it’s the Kahuna Surfers with their new 7″ Forever! These are up for pre-order for a limited time only, so act fast.

Revelation Records is giving Glassjaw’s Don Fury Sessions its first official release, nearly 27 years after its original recording. Previously only available on 100 home made cassette tapes, these 1998 demos find new life on a yellow colored record which you can purchase here with money. It’s worth noting some material has been omitted from the vinyl release, the full demo is on YouTube though:

And wrapping up this week’s Record Radar – which by the way might very well be the last one of 2024! – we’ve got Manchester, UK skate punk newcomers BLAGGED with their debut EP Cortex Marks the Spot, out now on Rad Girlfriend and Brassneck Records! 5 tracks and they all kick fuckin ass. Get the 12″ EP on two color variants here (US) or here (UK).