PRANK HITS THE DAVIS RECORD SWAP THIS SUNDAY!

Prank will be at the ARMADILLO RECORD SWAP, Hosted by Armadillo Music in conjunction with NATSOULAS GALLERY & KDVS! This sunday October 24th. I will have new and Used Punk records, as well as Cheap and collectible records of all types.

! The swap will be held at the John Natsoulas Gallery located at 521 1st St in Davis, CA. Vendors will be selling rare vinyl, inexpensive records, CDs, tapes and other music-related items! Admission is FREE! Parking is FREE! ENTRY is at 10 AM.

Prank will also be at the KZSC Record Swap in Santa Cruz on November 13th and KUSF Rock'n' Swap in SF on November 14th

SHORT,FAST & LOUD and SIX WEEKS ANNOUNCE 10th anniversary show!

"We are approaching the 10^th anniversary of Short Fast & Loud next year so we decided to throw a little two day party at Gilman St. Not really a fest, but a good time is guaranteed for all you speed violence freaks! This will coincide with special issue #24, which will come with a 10” comp of bands that have supported the cause over the last ten years, young and old. Here’s the show info:

Friday, January 21, 2011 @ Gilman St., Berkeley,CA.

Brutal Truth

Lack of Interest

Plutocracy

Voetsek

D.H.C. (Oakland)+1 more

Saturday, January 22

Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation (Japan)

Capitalist Casualties

Bastard Noise

Despise You

P.L.F. (Texas)

Population Reduction"

NEW!! NAGOYA CITY HARDCORE & CROW

TWO BRAND NEW RECORDS OUT THIS WEEK FROM PRANK!!!

NAGOYA CITY HARDCORE IS DISTRIBUTED BY MCR in JAPAN, AGIPUNK in EUROPE

NAGOYA CITY HARDCORE = Sold out at Prank. Thanks folks. Try FERAL WARD, SORRY STATE, GOING UNDERGROUND, NO IDEA, MCR or AGIPUNK for a copy!

VARIOUS ARTIST “NAGOYA CITY HARDCORE” LP

Europe = Buy from Agipunk
JAPAN = Buy from MCR

Instant classic of a Japanese hardcore compilation, NAGOYA CITY HARDCORE was originally issued in late 2008 on Japan’s legendary MCR label as a CD only release combining 3 tracks each by five Nagoya Bands = CLOWN, REALITY CRISIS, ZILEMMA, D-CLONE, and DEMOLITION to make one powerhouse compilation of distorted guitars, howling vocals and high energy hardcore punk.

CLOWN has previously released a Full Length CD on MCR of their anthemic, innovative and tough hardcore, which was subsequently issued in the US on vinyl on HARDCORE HOLOCAUST. REALITY CRISIS have existed since the 1990’s, with a UK stenchcore styled Dual vocal crust attack, they have toured the west coast and Portland’s cult WHISPER IN DARKNESS label has issued both of their CDs here on Vinyl. This compilation represents ZILEMMA's debut US release of their catchy melodic, guitar driven hardcore, D-CLONE deliver a noisy attack of high energy, total distortion! They recently toured the West Coast and released a split EP with San Francisco’s MORPHEME. DEMOLITION have a classic rocking brand of Japanese hardcore similar to their previous release on Portland’s BLACK WATER label. A split release with Italy’s Agipunk label, this release comes with a large 11” x 11” color booklet. CD version on MCR .

Youtube Playlist of the bands on the Comp HERE.

CROW “VERTIGO / OCCUPIED JAPAN- 7”

Purple vinyl for mailorder

Blasting metallic fury, the new two-song 7” from Tokyo’s CROW features their trademark Searing guitar solos, rumbling mid-tempo charge of bleak, dark metallic hardcore capped with their trademark harsh, deep vocals. Issued in an ultra limited quantity for the “Chaos In Tejas” festival earlier this year, this new pressing features lyric translations.

SINGLE COPIES CROW TO US ( DELIVERY CONFIRMATION) OR CANADA BY PAY PAL: $3.50 +$3.50 = $7.00
SINGLE COPIES CROW TO EUROPE , AUSTRALIA BY PAY PAL : $3.50 +$6.00 = $ 9.00

WHOLESALE = EBULLITION, NO IDEA or WRITE.

NEW SLANG

Prank will release the North American Vinyl Version of the 5th LP from Sapporo, Japan's SLANG entitle " Life Made Me hardcore" in the fall. The LP is out on CD now in Japan, and you can hear a track from it at the band's MYSPACE. As well as two promotional Videos the band has produced for the Japanese release :




If the killer East Coast and SOuth West tour and that has got you ready for the 5th LP, be sure and pick up SLANG's 4th LP "the immortal sin" which was released for North America by SCHIZOPHRENIC RECORDS

SYSTEMATIC DEATH IN NYC! SEPTEMBER 18TH

SYSTEMATIC DEATH ARE RETURNING TO THE U.S. FOR TWO GIGS , September 18th! GO TO NEW YORK! ( I tried to get them to stop here in SF, maybe next time!!!!!!)

Last Call! KYLESA 110 DEGREE HEAT INDEX!

I'm down to the last copies of the KYLESA "110 Degree Heat Index" 7". There's copies left on Purple and Bone white vinyl. As I've mentioned before I Don;t think I'll be re-pressing much of the old Catalog in the immediate future as the tendency in records now is increasingly towards the immediately new or the long gone collectibles, and a lot of the prank catalog sits somewhere in the somewhat difficult spot in the middle of that. We were very lucky to have Pushead do the cover for this record, with it;'s deluxe foil stamped packaging!

SAN FRANCISCO IS DOOMED...AGAIN!

Our friends at Thrillhouse records is setting up another SAN FRANCISCO IS DOOMED festival this year. It's scaled back a little bit from last years, but still looks like some fun shows. Here's a the details.

Wednesday Aug 11th
Bobby Joe Ebola and The Children Macnuggits
@ a place soon to be announced

Thursday Aug 12th
@ Thee Parkside
1600 17th Street, San Francisco CA
8pm ALL AGES $5
-50 Million
-Thee Headliners
-Street Eaters
-Fugitive Kind

Friday Aug 13th
@ Thrillhouse -instore
7pm ALL AGES
-Tiltwheel
-Sick Sick Birds
-Audacity
-Statutory Ape
-M.S.

Saturday Aug 14th
@ Thee Parkside
1600 17th Street, San Francisco CA
8pm $5
-Toys That Kill
-Kung Fu USA
-Songs For Moms
-Reaction
-Frozen Embryos

Sunday Aug 15th
@ Jackson Field
(that baseball field across from Parkside)
-sandlot baseball game at 3pm, everyone encouraged to come out and play baseball,

Sunday Aug 15th
@ Thee Parkside
1600 17th Street, San Francisco CA
8pm ALL AGES $5
-Shellshag
-RVIVR
-Dirty Marquee
-TBA

ANd while we're at it- the San Francisco BUDGET ROCK 9 has also been announced for October. Not sure if they'll have their traditional record swap ( last year I got SS DECONTROL "kids will have their say" for $15!) but here's a link for the Myspace page: