Keith Morris and his crew of punk rock misfits, featuring members of Red Kross and Hot Snakes, reissue their first four EPs of fire-spitting hardcore punk that attempts to sound and look like a Black Flag record.
Dag Nasty's Wig Out at Denko's LP (black vinyl). Lean, urgent melodic hardcore; sharp guitar hooks and short, punchy songs; the ten-track second LP that tightened the band's edge.
Redwing Blackbird - Humanz and the Silver Vessel CD. Ten coldwave/post-punk tracks built from synth and guitar; Paul B's stark vocals cut through on cuts like 'HumanZ'.
Church Fire's Puppy God LP folds jagged synths and jittering beats around spectral vocals; the bruised single 'painless' settles like static, intimate and uneasy.
Clay Parton’s Eiafuawn collects lo-fi home recordings; hesitant vocals, fuzzy guitars and loose drums; on Birds In The Ground, issued as an LP (black vinyl) in a tip-on sleeve with complete lyrics.
Buckcherry’s 15 is pressed as a 2LP on metallic marble vinyl; this 20th-anniv. expanded edition adds a second disc of acoustic versions (including "Crazy Bitch" and "Sorry") and a rousingly charged cover of "Pump It Up."