DS Record Radar: This Week in Punk Vinyl (Chixdiggit, The Flatliners, Screeching Weasel, The Lawrence Arms & More!)

The first of 20(?) records on this week’s Record Radar is the almighty Chixdiggit’s self-titled debut LP, which has been reissued for the first time since its original release in 1996! Hey Suburbia Records has pressed 500 copies on red colored vinyl, and you can get it from them in Europe and Sounds Rad here in the states.

Add The Flatliners to the list of Canadian bands reissuing their long out of print debut albums. With its 20th birthday fast approaching, 2005’s Destroy to Create has been reissued on three new color variants: Triple Stripe (300 copies, SOLD OUT), Red and Yellow Splatter (don’t know how many copies, get it here), and Blue / Red Splatter (300 copies, get it here).

Back in print for the first time in 15 years, Screeching Weasel’s Boogadaboogadaboogada! is getting a special “Legacy Edition” reissue from Striped Records. This 2xLP set features the 2020 remaster edition of the album and a bonus LP with a live recording from 1988, along with an 8 page booklet, all housed in a gatefold jacket with new gold cover art. You can get it on four different color variants here (if shipping’s pricey for my fellow ‘Mericans, keep an eye on the Screeching Weasel merch store; they’ll have some copies on there soon enough).

And that’s not the only bad ass new release Striped Records has in the pipeline. Austrian pop-punk favorites DeeCracks teamed up with Andrea from The Manges to cover the Ramones’ Brain Drain in honor of the album’s 50th birthday. You can get it on red and/or black colored vinyl right here. Our friends at Mom’s Basement have some black vinyl copies in their US distro as well.

Italian punks The Ammonoids just released an awesome new single called “If a Comet Strikes the Earth”. Check it out below and get the 7″ (limited to 50 copies) right here.

Australian melodic punks Ebolagoldfish will be releasing their new album Bad Choices Good Times on November 15th. There are two bad ass vinyl color variants available on their home turf from Pee Records, and abroad from Double Helix (US), Bearded Punk (EU), and Cat’s Claw Records (UK).

Diesel Boy’s 2023 comeback record Gets Old has earned a 2nd pressing, with four new color variants available from SBAM Records (EU) and Double Helix Records (US, only turquoise and pink available here). You’ll also notice the cover art has been re-shaded to match the new color variants, which I immensely appreciate.

Earlier this month I told you about the new Authority Zero EP Thirty Years: Speaking to the Youth, which at the time was only available to pre-order on some mystery color variant from a few German e-tailers. Since then, four variants have been revealed, including the Thousand Islands Records exclusive Astroturf color variant along with three others you can get from SBAM Records.

And we’re completing the SBAM Records trifecta with – you guessed it – another release from SBAM Records! Swedish melodic punk veterans Venerea’s 2005 album One Louder is being released on vinyl for the first time ever(!) and you can get it on three color variants by clicking this hyperlink on Al Gore’s internet.

A year after the album’s actual 15th birthday, The Bronx are making up for lost time with this belated reissue of The Bronx III. You can get it on three color variants – limited to 500 copies each – right here.

The wolf-mask wearing, basketball uniform sporting pride of St. Petersburg, Florida Wolf-Face has bestowed upon us a new 4-song EP called Michaelangelo J. Wolf. It’s streaming now (check it out below) and the 12″ will be available soon from Euclid Place Records; if you’re at The Fest right now you can get it from the band’s merch table.

Travis from Eccentric Pop hit me up and was like “hey, check out my new band!” and I did! And then I was like “hey, this is pretty good, Travis from Eccentric Pop!”. And now I’m here to tell you bout Travis from Eccentric Pop’s new band Nervous Systems. They’ve got a new 7″ out now on – you guessed it! – Eccentric Pop Records, featuring two songs that differ from the label’s usual fare in quite an enjoyable way. Check out Side A’s “Infomercial” below and grab the 7″ here; consider picking up some of Eccentric Pop’s other awesome, economically priced records while you’re over there.

Pennsylvania pop-punks Punchline are reissuing their 2003 Action LP with 1,000 copies spread across 5(?) stunning color variants. You can get most of them here, but I think a few will be exclusive to indie stores and the band’s Action 20th Anniversary show at the Roxian Theatre in Pittsburg on November 30th.

Brand new Orange County punk label Mild Chaos Records’ first release is a comp featuring songs by J. Graves, Local Bylaws, The Gringoz, and a bunch of other bands! You can get it on translucent yellow colored vinyl – and CD! – right here.

Add the Lawrence Arms’ Metropole to the list of albums that are older than you thought they were. This shit’s somehow 10 years old already, and it’s apparently been out of print for about as long. Smartpunk Records is changing that, however, with their exclusive repress on Sunburst Splash colored vinyl, limited to 300 copies. Get it here!

Take a short drive across Orlando from Smartpunk Records and you’ll find yourself at Park Ave CDs, where they’ve got autographed copies of Hot Water Music’s latest album Vows up for grabs. This isn’t a new color – the record inside the sleeve is the Florida retail exclusive orange variant – but it is a good way to get a copy signed by the whole band and $5 from each record sold goes to the American Red Cross hurricane relief fund. Get it here.

And bringing up the rear on this week’s Record Radar is The Briefs with a 25th anniversary reissue of their 1999 debut single “Poor and Weird”. This is back in print for the first time ever thanks to TKO Records, and considering one of the variants has already sold out, I’d say it’s soon to be out of print once again! Act fast and grab a copy here. The Briefs will be releasing a brand new 7″ single called “High Society” on November 7th, also through TKO Records. That’s not available to pre-order yet, but we’ll keep you posted!