updated 3/27 - The list is completely updated! I will update the order highlights when I get a chance.
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New Order Highlights!

Preacher Gone to Texas - "Choice Vs Change" cd - Recently released first full length from the QC's Preacher. Great recording has captured their brand of emo-metal doused in huge breakdowns and quiet melodic moments. Yet another local band that finally has a recording that does them justice. This is out on the Sinister Label: www.sinisterlabel.com from Chicago... I don't have any of these for sale yet but I recommend getting one via the label or band right away. mine cost $8 from the band.

Rhythm Approaches Metaphor - "Aida" mini cd - Newest release from Bi-Fi Records' 75 Series ... only 75 copies of this were made... I have 3 available. Rhythm Approaches Metaphor is an instrumental post rock project with build ups composed of whining guitars, big drums, and delicate piano work. They're somewhere in the neighborhood of Mogwai, The Rachels, and Isis. Jake Haselman (fmr Fed By Ravens), Jason Peterson (fmr Fed By Ravens/Tora Tora Torrence), Evelyn Finch (Frankenixon) and Adam Hawkins. 2 songs, 19 minutes total... $5 email me for info. fun fact: this was released on 4-16-02 and is named "Aida" after Jake's newborn baby daughter, Aida, who was born at 4:16 pm on April 16 (4-16-02), crazy!

ModernLifeIsWar 7" - A very pleasant surprise from Iowa locals ModernLifeIsWar. 3 songs of old school - inspired, fast, pissed off hardcore from the Marshalltown area. Sounds great! Big sing-a-longs, good lyrics... if you're at all into Bane or American Nightmare style hardcore then you'd like this. I have only 2 copies right now BUT go to their website modernlifeiswar.net if i don't have it and support these kids... $3

The Vidablue - "The Comprehensive List of Everyone Who Has Ever Done Anything Wrong To Us" lp - The new full length by Iowa's favorite hardcore- indie rock - noise- jazz- emo whatever band...impossible to define but The Vida-fuckin-Blue are amazing none-the-less!!! After many delays it's out on Level Plane and ready for your consumption. Recorded and mastered by Mike Lust (who recorded sweep the leg johnny). Steve Sostak from Sweep the Leg also plays sax on a song. Get This! news: the cd version will be coming out soon on sickroom records : sickroomrecords.com

Converge - "Jane Doe" cd - You know, I was completely expecting disappointment with this new Converge album. I was let down by the AN split and by the Krazyfest performance... well to my great surprise this is probably their best record yet! It's heavier, more technical, more brutal... they've attained the sort of perfection Cave-In did with "Until Your Heart Stops". They're pushing their own musical insanity even further yet this doesn't trail off and become a big mess. Lots of good songs and a 10 minute 'epic' song ends this album. awesome!!

Pretty Girls Make Graves cdep - This is what you get when you mix members of KillSadie, Murder City Devils, Death Wish Kids, and Rapture... awesome Rock n Roll laden Hardcore with female vocals. It's good stuff, and 4 songs can only be a preview of even more good stuff to come.

Catharsis / Newborn split cd - The brand new recordings from Catharsis (one ten minute song, "Arsonist's Prayer", especially timely in the wake of the State murder in Genoa) and Newborn (three hectic, intricate, soulful songs from this incredible Hungarian band), packaged with the usual creative (i.e. ripped off) CrimethInc. finesse.

Milemarker - "Anaesthetic" cd/lp - The new record, and first for new label Jade Tree. Epic, sprawling songs reflect the glacial and spatial conditions under which the material was written. Brian McTernan, who recorded Frigid Forms Sell, played the role of producer yet again, admonishing Milemarker's over-use of the word "conceptual" and stereo- It's definitely Milemarker but a less rockin' more electronic Milemarker.

Submission Hold - "Sackcloth and Ashes" cd/lp - If you were impressed with "Waiting For Another Monkey To Throw The First Brick" then this new record will blow you away. The recording is top notch, and it really manages to capture the power, honesty, and sheer heart of Submission Hold. These eight songs continue the Submission Hold's blend of political content, abrasive hardcore, memorable song writing, and awesome vocal power with even more complex, diverse, and yet very catchy songs; some fantastic material. The 40 pg booklet once again features art, writings, and lyrics in English, German, Spanish and French.

Godspeed You Black Emperor - "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven" 2xlp - We've carried this release for a while. GBYE is almost unanimously acclaimed for their 9 piece instrumental, ochestral rock composed with harrowing guitars, plaintive strings, pulsing basses & explosive drums combined with glockenspiels, horns & tape drones to form an overwhelming palette of sounds, always driven by fierce melodic momentum & tremendous attention to dynamics and detail. Godspeed is one of those bands that can convey the emotional and political without uttering a word. If you still don't have all their releases I'd say you're really missing out.

Page Ninety-Nine - Document #8 10"/cd - To be honest I don't know what to say about this band and I haven't yet even listened to this release. Pg 99 is an 8 piece hardcore band that fits somewhere between hc, punk, grind, emo, metal, noise... intense and loud. I suppose if you liked their 7 previous records then you'd probably dig this too.

Don Caballero - "American Don" cd - Who wants a listening challenge? Take 3 of the most competent and downright amazing technical musicians and let them make jazzy instrumental indie rock filled with odd and ever-changing time signatures. The ultimate "math" band... overwhelming and confounding yet a very enjoyable listen.

No Gods No Masters - Daniel Guerin - This is the first English translation of Guerin's monumental anthology of Anarchism. It details, through a vast array of hitherto unpublished documents, writings, letters and reports, the history, organization and practice of the anarchist movement - its theorists, advocates and activists.
Book 1 includes the writings of Max Stirner, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Mikhail Bakunin, James Guillaume, Max Nettlau, Peter Kropotkin, Emma Goldman and Cesar de Paepe amongst others - traversing through 'The Ego And His Own', 'Property Is Theft', 'God And The State', 'The International Revolutionary Society Or Brotherhood', the controversy with Marx and the First International, The Paris Commune, Worker Self-Management, The Jura Federation and more....Book 2 includes work from the likes of Malatesta, Emile Henry, Emile Pouget, Augustin Souchy, Gaston Leval, Voline, Nestor Makhno, the Kronstadt sailors, Luigi Fabbri, Buenaventura Durruti and Emma Goldman - covering such momentous events as the Anarchist International, French 'propaganda by the deed', the General Strike, collectivization, The Russian Revolution, the Nabat, The Insurgent Peasant Army of the Ukraine, the Kronstadt Uprising, and the Spanish Civil War and Revolution.

Live From Death Row - Mumia Abu-Jamal - Once a prominent radio reporter, Mumia Abu-Jamal is now in a Pennsylvania prison awaiting his state-sactioned execution. In 1982 he was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner after a trial many have criticized as profoundly biased. Live From Death Row is a collection of his prison writings—an impassioned yet unflinching account of the brutalities and humiliations of prison life. It is also a scathing indictment of racism and political bias in the American judicial system that is certain to fuel the controversy surrounding the death penalty and freedom of speech.

The Faint - Danse Macabre cd/lp - hot hot hot! It seems these Omaha new-wave revival dudes are getting a lot of recognition recently from the mainstream. This is their follow-up to 'Blank-Wave Arcade'. If you're into them you'll probably really like this... if not then you're just not a new, new-waver or something?

Shipping News - Very Soon, And in Pleasant Company - Closest thing to a Rodan re-union. Jeff Mueller (June of 44) and Jason Noble (Rachel's) get together to explore more nautical sagas. Seven tracks. Shipping News return with sophomore album. More dynamics, more heartwrenching, more everything basically.

Drowningman - "Still Loves You" cdep - Exactly what you'd expect... chaotic/ technical metal riffage, dark sassy sarcasam, screamed vocals and a heavy dose of melody. We've sold out of 4 copies of this before we could ever get it listed up here!

Harkonen - "The Grizz" 7" I've been really curious about these guys for a long time because of the relation to Botch. This is their new 7" on Hydrahead and it's awesome. Imagine a more driving bass oriented Botch or a more mathy Jesus Lizard. Highly recomended. We finally have more!!

Countdown To Putsch - "Ideas For the Living And Willing To Act" cd + 100 page book - Countdown To Putsch raises the bar with regards to record "inserts" by putting together a 100 page book meets CD release. The seventy-two minute CD features fifteen new Countdown To Putsch songs as well as a lecture by feminist Susan Brownmiller. While the book does feature lyrics, it is far, far more than that. The three Putsch members have written and designed a book of lyrics, political essays, stories, interviews, parodies, and social commentary. It looks wonderful with a nice concise design and a plethora of photos. Musically, Countdown To Putsch is exploring a fusion of jazz and hardcore, and conceptually they are pushing the boundaries of what it means to be in a band. More than a band, Putsch is a group of artists trying to express their political ideology via music, image, and text.

Evasion by CrimethInc - A 288 page novel-like narrative, Evasion is one person's travelogue of thievery and trespassing across the country, evading not only arrest, but also the 40-hour workweek and hopeless boredom of modern life. The journey documents a literal and metaphorical reclamation of an individual's life and the spaces surrounding them—scamming, squatting, dumpstering, train hopping and shoplifting a life worth living and a world worth the fighting for. Sold Out For Now!

Soophie Nun Squad - "The Devil, The Metal, The Big Booty Beats" Soophie create one of the most unique, energetic, fun, and liberating show experiences around. Imagine about 13 people getting everyone smiling and participating, singing and dancing. This album is a preview of what can only be experienced live. Take no prisoners, fight!

The Vidablue - "Our Miracle Point of Contact" You should all be beaming with pride that one of the finest bands around today is Iowan. The VB rock in an almost undescribable way...some where between hardcore, indierock, emo, and jazz sits the amazing Vidablue. You should all own this and be saving your allowance for the newest record which is almost out!

Fortunate Son by J.H. Hatfield - The original publisher of this book recalled it and Soft Skull Press has re-published it. We found it in a dumpster. This is a controversial biography of President G.W. Bush. It discusses abuse of privalege, his cocaine habit, and numerous scandalous dealings.

Shellac - "At Action Park" lp - This is Shellac's first lp... and still arguably their best. This is one of the most abrasive bands in existence... the guitars sound literally like metal on metal amplified way too much to be healthy. Stripped down and very solid, driving rhythm section. Funny, smart-ass indie rock at its finest. Kiss my black ass!

Swans - "Filth/Body to Body, Job to Job" 2xcd - A re-issue of SWANS seminal era with a previously unreleased version of "Raping A Slave", recorded live in Berlin, 1984 as well as unreleased versions of "Strip / Burn", "HeatSheet", "Blackout", "Clay Man" and "Weakling". A must-have for anyone interested in the earlier sledge-hammer sound that made SWANS one of the most influential post-punk projects of the 80s.

If you would like to order something I do mailorder, as you are willing to pay the shipping I'll box it up and send it to you.
#1) email me and tell me what you want to buy
#2) i'll return your email and tell you what i have in stock with about how much shipping will cost
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If you want clandestine to distro your stuff:
i will carry releases from smaller labels by request and through consignment... i can't afford to order records from the many smaller labels upfront. If you are okay with this then get in touch for consideration.

distros we use:
stickfigure distro
ak press
crimethInc.
softskull press