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:

AGRIMONIA From Sweden in Bay!

AGRIMONIA from Sweden are here in the Bay Area this weekend. Playing tonight with Murderess from Portland, Merdoso - a new band from some of the Pelgro Social folks, YADOKAI a new band with Face the Rail and Morpheme folks.



and then the next night at 924 Gilman Street:

MORPHEME at CHAOS IN TEJAS!

THis is such a Great Video of Morpheme at this Year's Chaos in Tejas, they were mayhem!

ACEPHALIX "APORIA" MRR REVIEW

ACEPHALIX – “Aporia” LP
I’ve been seeing ACEPHALIX play since their very first gigs, and they’ve never stopped evolving over the years that they’ve been active. They’ve come a long way from their early NYHC-meets-peace punk sound, and this masterful LP is a new peak for the band. It’s very appropriate that Prank released this album, because there are definite hints of earlier Prank bands like HIS HERO IS GONE and DAMAD in the ACEPHALIX sound, though there are many other influences in the mix as well. Chief among them is the dash of “Humanity Is The Devil”-era INTEGRITY and vintage CRO-MAGS heard in the metallic crunch of the riffs and the unabashed embrace of guitar solos. In fact, this record is just shy of being a full-on metal record (double kicks and all), though one that is fundamentally rooted in punk. That being said, most metal bands don’t have the kind of tortured, nakedly personal (and occasionally deeply psycho-sexual) lyrics that grace this record. Seriously, the harshness and honesty of Dan’s vocals and lyrics are an integral part of what ACEPHALIX work as a band. All gushing aside, there are a few tracks that don’t quite work for me on the record (the instrumental being the primary offender) but taken as a whole I can’t think of another recent release in the metal-punk genre that is nearly as creative or as engaging as this. This is the soundtrack to your next suicide party. (AU)
(Prank)


Another nice review of the LP is Here

ACEPHALIX, GEHENNA, GUIDA @ SUBMISSION AUGUST 25TH

This is Close enough to Prank's head Honcho's birthday, so come say hi!

PRANK @ TOTAL DISTORT YARD SALE SATURDAY SAN JOSE

Prank will be at the TOTAL DISTORT YARD SALE At the House of The Dead Rat in San Jose on Saturday August 7th- We'll have prank Stuff+ new and Used Punk Records and other junk. It's like a huge punk Rock Flea market where you can buy, sell and trade stuff. Negative Tom will be bringing stuff as well. They will be running a BBQ grill and having bands playing around 4 PM.

There's a Facebook page for the event Here

ACEPHALIX In OAKLAND AUGUST 21sT!