MRR PRESENTS GILMAN STREET RECORD SWAP FEB 8th, '09

Maximum Rock "n' Roll is hosting a number of Benefits for the magazine in the next few months ( including one with the mightier and mightier ACEPHALIX, Yellow Eyes and Morpheme January 23rd at benders) but will also be hosting the first 924 gilman street record Swap in over a year on Sunday February 8th, 2009. It's $15 for a table /Space to sell ( bring your own table if possible, they will have a limited amount of tables for use) ( email vinnie AT maximumrocknroll DOT com to reserve a space), It's Free to shop and from ten to three P.M. in the afternoon. here hasn't been one of these in eons, so I'm predicting it will be chock full of deals and cool finds! Hey maybe a good time to look through your own collection and see what you can swap in for new goods!!!

SOUND POLLUTION RECORDS, 1990-2008.

Sad news this past week from one of our favorite labels, SOUND POLLUTION RECORDS announced on their Website:

"The end is here. After nearly 20 years, Sound Pollution is going to end. There are still plenty of records to sell, and everything will still be up and running until all the stock is gone. A few releases that have been in the pipeline might still happen or may move to another label. I’ll keep everyone posted on it. Over the years, I’ve put a ton of time into the label and have loved it. Sound Pollution has been a one-person operation since inception; that plus working a "real" job doesn’t leave me with a lot of free time. I’d like to see what else I can do with all the time I currently spend on the record label. I’ll still be setting up tours for friends’ bands and playing in Hellnation. Many many thanks to everyone all around the world who has supported the label over the years. The label wouldn’t have amounted to much without the help of so many great people. I’m really amazed at how many absolutely great records Sound Pollution was lucky enough to release. So don’t miss out on them. Once they’re gone...they’re gone."

Past their 20th anniversary, HELLNATION has been busy playing Live all over the world and just recently releasing a long awaited split with CAPITALIST CASUALTIES , but the news still really makes us sad, as Sound Pollution has released some of our favorite records in the last two decades, and had not failed to continue releasing overkill Brutality in recent years with killer records by SAYYADINA, MASSGRAV, UNCURBED, BRODY'S MILITA and more.

I still have a few SP releases I need to pick up myself- the best tribute to Sound Pollution right now is probably doing just that!!! But Can't send enough Kudos, salutes and praise SP 's way! Will be missed, understatement of the year.

IRON LUNG / EXTORTION JANUARY TOUR 2009

IRON LUNG are headed back out on Tour in January with Australia's EXTORTION


PIG HEART TRANSPLANT will be doing shows on the way down from Seattle..

Here's the dates:
JANUARY 2009
f 16 los angeles/san diego
sa 17 la/sd
su 18 la/sd
m 19 Bakersfeild
tu 20 Flagstaff @ Casebeer Manor
w 21 Pheonix @ The Phix
th 22 Ventura CA @ the Lab
f 23 San Francisco @ Annies Social Club 21+
sa 24 Berkeley @ 924 GilmanSt
su 25 Off
m 26 Off
tu 27 Off
w 28 Portland @ House on Alberta
th 29 Seattle @ Holy Mountain
f 30 Portland @ Chaos Cafe
sa 31 Olympia @ Old School Pizza
su feb 1 Vancouver BC (Canada)
m 2 Victoria BC
tu 3 Vancouver BC

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BAY AREA'S ACTS OF SEDITION ON TOUR 08/09

The Bay Area's ACTS OF SEDITION are headed on tour after X-mas and into New Years in the Southwest- here's the dates:


southwest tour 08/09!
all shows with the separation

fri 12/26: oakland ca @ 2515 san pablo ave w/ mind, chronic condition, dogs of ire (riverside). 8pm $6
sat 12/27: san bernadino, ca @ pizza king, 2990 del rosa w/ total fury (japan), broken needle, punch, fed up!, hit em where it hurts. 8pm $5
sun 12/28: (early show) escondido, ca @ jake/lewd acts house.
sun 12/28: (late show) san diego, ca @ music trader (sports arena), 3112 midway dr. suite f w/ bumbklaat, maladie. 9pm.
mon 12/29: indio, ca
tue 12/30: phoenix, az @ the manor w/ run with the hunted.
wed 12/31: tucson, az @ gnarwhal house, 1315 e. broadway w/ hour of the wolf, lewd acts (ca), excruciation (nm), dead hours (nm), run with the hunted, alarm, fake out.
thu 1/1: juarez, ch, mx @ fred's bar w/ terminal existence, baskeas, wmf, vaxine, danny trejo, time was made for slaves, national disasters. 7pm $2
fri 1/2: austin, tx @ the broken neck, 4701 red bluff rd w/ sacred shock, wild dog gods.
sat 1/3: denton, tx
sun 1/4: tulsa, ok @ the monolith, 2428 e. admiral blvd. 8pm.
mon 1/5: albuquerque, nm
tue 1/6: flagstaff, az @ studio 111, 111 s. san francisco st. $5 7pm.
wed 1/7: las vegas, nv
thu 1/8: salt lake city, ut @ baxter's coffeeshop, 1615 s. state st w/ despite despair, billy kincaid. 730pm, $5.
fri 1/9: reno, nv @ the eyeball, 243 ryland st w/ oververt, the farley overdose.
sat 1/10: grass valley, ca @ the carnage house, 12981 la barr meadows w/ in desperation, caulfield, young voices, internal conflict. 8pm $5.
sun 1/11: sacramento, ca

SIGNAL LOST PROTESS SPLIT 7" EP OUT NOW!!

THe Long Delayed SIGNAL LOST PROTESS SPLIT EP is OUT NOW!
Explosive 4 track Split EP between two female vocalled hardcore bands, Sapporo, Japan's PROTESS and Austin, Texas's SIGNAL LOST. PROTESS have existed for ten years with various tracks released on venerable Japanese hardcore labels such as DAN DOH and MCR. This is their first release in three years and first US release, mixing a furious hardcore attack with long compositions of textured, expansive melodies. SIGNAL LOST, featuring members of bands as diverse as J-CHURCH, SEVERED HEAD OF STATE, TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY and DEATHREAT, deliver their fastest hardcore blasting yet, followed by one of their trademark unique anthems similar to the tracks on their 2007 " Prosthetic Screams" LP somewhere vaguely in the direction of bleak 80"s New Wave, post punk and dark-edged rock like the WIPERS yet forging it's own path. Artwork by Lydia Crumbley who did the artwork for SIGNAL LOST's debut LP "Children of the wasteland". Split release with Japanese Label HG FACT. One time pressing of 1,000.
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SIGNAL LOST played their last show over a year ago in Memphis. Stan Relocated to portland where he's building a new recording studio and slowly working on a new band. Jasmine is in TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY who will record some tracks for the upcoming compilation on Souichi from Forward's label UNDER THE SURFACE's upcoming compilation LP/CD. Chris is working on a new project with some of the STORM THE TOWER people and playing with AMEBIX in SEVERED HEAD OF STATE on January 24th in Austin @ Emo's. Ashley since did vocals on the latest WORLD BURNS TO DEATH LP and has also been working on new projects.

SAD NEWS: STREETLIGHT RECORDS on 24th Street Closing

Sad news in the record Collecting department of San Francisco, Streetlight Records on 24th Street in Noe Valley have announced they will be closing on January 31st of next year. When I first moved to SF, both Streetlight Records and Aquarius Records ( Back when "Aquarius records" actually HAD "records") were located on 24th and both were necessary stops on the way to the old Clipper Street MRR house. While the days of $3 copies of "hardcore ljubljana", $4 Black Flag "nervous breakdown" original press, and other insane finds I've found there over the years are largely over worldwide, it still was a great stop on the record haunt route of San Francisco and they always consistently bought and carried Prank and other DIY Releases. They'll keep their San Jose, Santa Cruz and Market locations ( the Market street location once had the (deserved) reputation of a Punk Rock goldmine for the odd offhand releases that would dropped by older people in the Castro,now with a reduced emphasis on vinyl... I think I've had one punk score there this decade!) So in the next three months, stop in on Streetlight, check out their diverse selection of DIY releases and sometimes interesting oddball used finds and Maybe pick up that Harry Connick CD or whatever your Mom wants for X-mas there as opposed to Online !!!!

P.S. Late Condolescences to Open Mind Music who's market Street Location closed earlier this month. Two record stores, one month!! Sad times for the vinyl fiend!

GO VOTE! TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4th!

Go vote tomorrow! Tuesday November 4th! Though it varies by state ( a quick search brought up this site with A lot of helpful info), Bring your ID!

There's enough pundits out there to tell why and where's fors of who and what to vote for ( locally I often look at, but don't always 100% agree with the SF Bay Guardian's Clean Slate guide) but it's a historically important election where the country could turn away from the failed agenda and mistakes of the last Eight years! Go vote! If you feel disenfranchised by the two major parties- vote third party to let them know you're out there and disagree!If you're in a "swing state" where every vote counts- make sure it counts! Go early!

In the punk community people often debate the signifigance of voting, "if Voting changed anything they'd make it illegal". There's enough local ballot measures ( No On 8!) in california that nullify that and make it worth making it out to the polls.

Cool thing in The U.S. is you have the choice to vote for whoever you want to, vote for a third party as a protest vote or not vote it all.

Bad thing is assuming you'll always have that choice, and that people won't eventually take advantage of your apathy and indifference.

One our favorite stores and mailorders, DR. Strange records in Southern California is having an election sale tomorrow if you're in So Cal and can make it out to their store in Alta Loma, Check it out.They stock almost all Prank titles- Here's the details:"Tuesday, November 4th is Election day and we are having a SALE! Just show up to the store with your "I Voted" sticker [given at your polling place] and you'll receive 20% off EVERYTHING we sell; Rare Records, cd's, Fred Perry's, Shoes, EVERYTHING! Not old enough to vote? No problem. Bring your parent, older sister, brother or friend in that voted. Do your duty and save some looty!"
If you're not by his store, it's worth getting on Dr. Strange's mailing list as they do periodic updates with mailorder stuff and rare records too! ( I've picked up everything from the SOTLIMPA 12" to the ATTAQUE SONORO Comp to ARTICLES OF FAITH "Wait" off their list...it's worth getting on!)