Wristmeetrazor release video for "DogDayGod"

Wristmeetrazor have released a video for their song “DogDayGod”. The video was directed by Benjamin and Joshua Boerum-Ruhl. The song is off their album Degeneration which was released earlier this year and we spoke to lead vocalist Justin Fornof about it in March. Check out the video below.

Direct Hit! post update from studio, announce shows with Menzingers

Direct Hit! have announced that they will be playing two shows with The Menzingers. These shows will take place on November 2 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and on November 3 in Akron, Ohio. The announcement post on Instagram starts off by saying, ”WHAT UPPPP Takin a break from tracking a new record next weekend to play a couple last-minute gigs with pal-legends @themenzingers” The third picture in the post shows them in the studio. The band first posted photos from this recording session in April and posted an update from the studio in August. See the show details and post in full below.

Evan Greer: "Pinkwashing" (ft. Victoria Ruiz of Downtown Boys)

Evan Greer has released a video for her new song “Pinkwashing” which features Victoria Ruiz of Downtown Boys on guest vocals. The video was animated by Micheal Flowers. The song is available digitally now via Get Better Records and all proceeds from the sale of the song will be donated to the Palestine Youth Movement. Evan Greer released her album Spotify is Surveillance in 2021. Check out the video and song below.

Tours: Autogramm to tour California

Autogramm have announced a handful of shows for California for November. The band released their album Music That Humans Can Play in 2023. Check out the dates below.

The Slime release two new songs

The Slime have released two new songs. They are called “Russian Roulette” and “Orange”. The songs will be on their upcoming album Crab Walk to Oblivion. The Slime released their EP Trapped on Blood Island earlier this year and we spoke to Andy Mc and CD Grind about it in April. Check out the songs below.

Sludge Bunny: "bummer punk three"

Sludge Bunny have released a new song called “bummer punk three”. The song is available digitally now. Sludge Bunny released their debut album Year of the Bunny earlier this year. Check out the song below.

Videos: Ben Quad: "I Did Not Create The Rules"

Ben Quad have released a video for their song “I Did Not Create The Rules”. The song is off their EP Ephemera which was released last week. Check out the video below.

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

Greetings, and welcome to the Dying Scene Record Radar. If it’s your first time here, thank you for joining us! This is the weekly* column where we cover all things punk rock vinyl; new releases, reissues… you name it, we’ve probably got it. Kick off your shoes, pull up a chair, crack open a cold […]

Greetings, and welcome to the Dying Scene Record Radar. If it’s your first time here, thank you for joining us! This is the weekly* column where we cover all things punk rock vinyl; new releases, reissues… you name it, we’ve probably got it. Kick off your shoes, pull up a chair, crack open a cold one, and break out those wallets, because it’s go time. Let’s get into it!

Check out the video edition of this week’s Record Radar, presented by Punk Rock Radar:

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!

Well, that’s all, folks. Another Record Radar in the books. Short one this week! As always, thank you for tuning in. If there’s anything we missed (highly likely), or if you want to let everyone know about a new/upcoming vinyl release you’re excited about, leave us a comment below, or send us a message on Facebook or Instagram, and we’ll look into it. Enjoy your weekend, and don’t blow too much money on spinny discs (or do, I’m not your father). See ya next time!

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DS Photo Gallery: Big D and the Kids Table, Thumper, The Kilograms and Folly celebrate Halloween at Boston’s Big Night Live

It was a bit of an early Turn-Back-The-Clock night at Boston’s Big Night Live last Saturday as long-running ska punk favorites Big D and the Kids Table resurrected their epic Halloween show tradition at Boston’s Big Night Live. Joining them for the festivities were a couple of regionally iconic bands – Thumper and Folly – […]

It was a bit of an early Turn-Back-The-Clock night at Boston’s Big Night Live last Saturday as long-running ska punk favorites Big D and the Kids Table resurrected their epic Halloween show tradition at Boston’s Big Night Live. Joining them for the festivities were a couple of regionally iconic bands – Thumper and Folly – and a relatively new supergroup (The Kilograms), a sort of Voltron made up of some longtime scene heavyweights – Sammy Kay, Joe Gittleman, Michael McDermott and J Duckworth. Despite being a four-band bill (seriously…a four-band bill? In this economy?) the 5:00pm doors, speedy changeovers and hard 9:30 curfew meant this was a perfect show for “The Olds” such as myself.

Hailing from the wilds of northern New Jersey, hardcore/ska crossover band Folly kicked off the evening’s festivities in blistering fashion. Accompanied by a nearly seizure-inducing endless strobe-lit stage show (that did wonders for a rank amateur photographer such as myself), the five-piece blazed through a half-hour set that set the stage for what was to come. The band got back together a couple years ago, nearly a quarter-century after their original run began, and while they might be older and wiser, they haven’t lost much of a step in their ferocity.

Next up was The Kilograms. Now I would be lying if I said this wasn’t the set that I was most interested in catching. While the collective number of shows that the band’s members have played in their previous endeavors numbers well into the thousands, this event marked not only the fifteenth show in the band’s history together but their first-ever show in Boston, which is obviously the place where Joe Gittleman earned his status as a genre-defining scene pioneer. I’ve been hip to the project – which came together fairly organically and almost entirely existed in the virtual world of Al Gore’s Internet before finally playing a show together back in May – since essentially the beginning, so it was great to finally see them together in the same room. Outfitted as the Gallagher brother’s New Jersey nephew, Kay takes center stage, although he and Gittleman and Duckworth take turns sharing vocal duties, at least when the latter isn’t spinning like a top at stage right. McDermott, who I hadn’t seen play in the almost dozen years since he left the Souls, kept the beat as steady as ever, letting the three-headed monster out front bob and weave and create their blend of rocksteady ska. Special shoutout to Craig Gorsline on the keys, providing layers of texture and filling out the rocksteady live sound. Extra special shoutout for the reworked version of the classic “Lean on Sheena” which Gittleman wrote and performed with Avoid One Thing and McDermott brought to the Souls, yet when they combine, it’s for a new, fresh version that only vaguely resembles the versions you’re used to hearing. Stay tuned for more from The ‘Grams soon, but for now you can listen on bandcamp.

Thumper was up next, and I’ll admit that I was almost as stoked to see Thumper as I was to see the Kilograms. I fell in love with Thumper in the mid-1990s, during the peak of what I guess we’re still calling ska’s third wave. They weren’t your average ska-core band, with a two-tone-meets-thrash-metal-infused sound and sense of humor and intelligence that were all their own. The last time I’d seen Thumper was coincidentally with Big D and the Kids Table at Tune Inn (R.I.P.) in New Haven, CT, on Valentine’s Day 1998. I don’t know if I knew at the time it would be my last Thumper show for many years – the band broke up later that year and I never made it to the scattered reunion shows they’ve done – so it was a welcome treat to see them dust off the cobwebs and jump on this bill. “Burn Baby Burn” and “Holy Roller” and “Backstabber” still go as hard as ever (especially the latter, which featured Folly returning to the stage for a big group throwdown).

And finally the witching hour – in this case around 8:00pm – was upon us, and it was Big D and the Kids Table’s turn to entertain the masses. Not only were the band celebrating Halloween as per usual, but they were also celebrating the 25 years of their 1999 Asian Man Records full-length debut Good Luck. It may be a bit of recency bias to say this, but though I’ve lost track of how many different live incarnations of Big D I’ve seen since 1997, this one – centered as always around the energetic bordering on theatrical David McWane – might be the tightest. The band blistered through Good Luck in what seemed like record time, perhaps due to the hard curfew. With a lot of my ska-core listening days behind me, I guess I’d forgotten how fun that record was, as it’s been overshadowed by Strictly Rude and Fluent In Stroll in recent times. If you’re like me, you can relish in those old days by watching the Good Luck tour documentary that finally found its way to YouTube after a quarter-century. Those memories seem like both just yesterday and like two lifetimes ago.

Check out more shots from each band’s sets below!

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