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Free Shady Characters EP release!

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:24:00 -0800

Download Shady Characters new EP for free!

Shady Characters EP release at L.A. Zinefest

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:25 -0800

Shady Characters EP release at L.A. Zinefest:

Check out the Punktree Distro/Records booth at L.A. Zinefest, Sunday February 19th, located in downtown LA, to get Shady Characters new EP free!
Also, show on February 26th in Temecula! With Shady Characters, Honest Abe, and Ramshackle Glory!

We’re back…

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:45:41 -0800

We’re back…

vicieuse: luciacomics: Kathleen Sebelius (Stay Out of My...

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:07:08 -0800

vicieuse:

luciacomics:

Kathleen Sebelius (Stay Out of My Uterus) -Cervixalot

Our response to Health and Human Services overruling the FDA’s choice to ease Plan B restrictions, brought to you by Lucia Fasano and Kyle McCormick of Cervixalot.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2011/12/07/gIQAF5HicO_story.html?hpid=z1

Lucia Fasano is in my top 5 of favorite humans ever. Ever.

This is so fucking rad.

Hi! I’m Lucia and one of the creators of Not Punk Magazine, and I don’t think it’s okay how women’s reproductive rights are constantly at stake, so myself and Kyle, another creator of Not Punk, made this song! Check out our new project where we vent about feminism at Cervixalot’s facebook page :)

R.I.P. Jobs.

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:42:49 -0700

R.I.P. Jobs.

New Trash Talk. Their new EP is out October 11th from True...

Tue, 04 Oct 2011 08:38:45 -0700

New Trash Talk.

Their new EP is out October 11th from True Panther.

For those of you who haven’t seen Drive yet, go out and...

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:35:37 -0700

For those of you who haven’t seen Drive yet, go out and see it immediately. It’s the first movie I’ve seen all year that I’ve just absolutely loved, not to mention the absolutely stellar soundtrack.

Check it out.

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates. I’ve been busy with school. As consolation,...

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:32:19 -0700

Hey guys, sorry for the lack of updates. I’ve been busy with school.

As consolation, here’s a terrifyingly depressing article about Sly Stone

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/the_rise_and_fall_of_sly_stone_qijyKoYzmAqer1PA0YogSJ/1

Woah. Song of the year?

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:29:00 -0700

Woah. Song of the year?

Wavves Covers Sonic Youth. Fuck Yes.

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:44:00 -0700

Wavves Covers Sonic Youth.

Fuck Yes.

Here's A List Of Albums That I'm Super Stoked On This Year

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:06:37 -0700

With links to songs that are awesome from the albums. Check ‘em out.

Death Grips - Ex-Millitary

Girls - Father, Son, Holy Ghost

The Book of Mormon Soundtrack

Algernon Cadwallader - Parrot Files

Joyce Manor - Self Titled

The Rapture - In The Grace Of Your Love

The Beastie Boys - Hot Sauce Committee Part 2

Ty Segall - Goodbye Bread

The Weeknd - House Of Balloons

Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me

The Men - Leaving Home

Fucked Up - David Comes to Life

Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Hey guys, we did a cool thing. You can now access us by typing notpunk.com directly into your...

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:20:15 -0700

Hey guys,

we did a cool thing. You can now access us by typing notpunk.com directly into your browser.

RADICAL.

Another one of our favorite albums this year comes from Sacramento scary ass hardcore rap collective...

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 14:19:47 -0700

Another one of our favorite albums this year comes from Sacramento scary ass hardcore rap collective Death Grips. If you haven’t heard their mixtape Ex-Military yet, scoop that shit up right away. It’s free.

Anyways, they put out the stems to all of their tracks recently, something that could come in handy if you know what you’re doing.

Pick those up right here

New song from stoner-lo-fi-pop-punk prince Nathan Williams....

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 08:53:00 -0700

New song from stoner-lo-fi-pop-punk prince Nathan Williams. Destroy Features Damian Abraham from Fucked Up (who put out one of the albums of the year, if you haven’t heard already)

Destroy. Check it out above.

And you can preorder the EP over here. Get that rad ass shirt.

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:07:06 -0700

New Trash Talk song/video. Starring that motherfucker with...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 13:55:59 -0700

New Trash Talk song/video.

Starring that motherfucker with dreads that’s at every hardcore show I’ve been to almost ever.

Seriously, this dude is even in a bunch of videos on youtube of hardcore bands. Specifically, he’s in the video of Trash Talk at Rasputin’s in Berkeley. He’s in the video of the No Flag show in Macarthur Park.

There are more, but I won’t bother listing ‘em.

Anyways, new Trash Talk. They’ve got a new EP coming out in November. Good shit. Somebody I know once got fired from Hot Topic for saying “every faggot who thinks he knows hardcore listens to three bands. Trash Talk, Ceremony, and Have Heart”. That doesn’t have a whole lot to do with anything, but I just think it’s funny.

-Zach

“if Ghost Mice was getting drunk on a bus with Leftover...

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:35:57 -0700

“if Ghost Mice was getting drunk on a bus with Leftover Crack and picked up the Mountain Goats and a stranger with a bag full of coffee & narcotics”

Huzza Mothafucka! In the day to day rambunctiousness that the...

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:01:00 -0700

Huzza Mothafucka!

In the day to day rambunctiousness that the hip-hop scene has delved into since the wake and full scale arrival of groups like Odd Future and Lil B, the god of all things base, there is a sudden spark of sheer originality and stunning focus throughout the entire scene. There’s the inventive stylization in both Shabazz Palaces and Main Attrakionz bringing rap to a more ethereal and slinky level than previously noted by way of out there beats and sampling. Happening in parallel is the new release from notorious hit-maker and adulterer The-Dream under his birth-name Terius Nash, full of tracks directly lashing out against his ex with an intensely interpersonal vitriol unexpected from the same guy who wrote “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)” calling the entire affair 1977 (his birth year) and releasing it for free unannounced to little fanfare but much gossip. This whirlwind of creative energies is setting a new weirder, more abstract and altogether enthralling precedent as for what to expect out of the hip-hop scene, radio station replay be damned.

Now, while the above artists are directly contributing to the revitalization and reinvention of the genres they profess, it all falls a bit on the softer side of the line, and if you’re looking for something better suited for drinking 40’s to than playing for the indie kids, Mr. Mothafuckin’ eXquire is just what you’ve been waiting for. Like a one-two punch of potent sonic audacity, “Huzzah” and the recently released “The Song That Never Ends (Huzzah Pt. 2)” features the genius rhyming couplet of “vodka” and “Czechoslovakia” in both tracks with videos striking a balance between lo-fi budgeting and a fresh eye, this is the sound of a guy who knows just what he’s doing but way too drunk to wipe away the all necessary grime from his sound. This gives massive reason to believe that the pending Lost In Translation mixtape, due in a mere few days time, will be yet another hard as fuck release worth the download. So go ahead and give him a call via his Tumblr or just check out the other quite solid releases featured on his Bandcamp page in the meantime, there’s quite a bit to the man already but it feels like we’ve yet to even scratch the surface on this rising soon-to-be master of the form.

-Ryan Outcault

Woah, fuck this guy. How many of you lucky bastards saw Kid...

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 12:46:52 -0700

Woah, fuck this guy.

How many of you lucky bastards saw Kid Dynamite at Chain yesterday?

This Is Where All The Contributors Should Post Their FYF Schedules. (Kyle and Ryan. . .)

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:18:00 -0700

ZACH: Touche Amore > Mister Heavenly > Title Fight > Ty Segall > OFF! > The Olivia Tremor Control > The Strange Boys > No Age > Kid Dynamite > Guided By Voices > Descendents > Death From Above.

RYAN: //Fool’s Gold//Mister Heavenly//Purity Ring//Ty Segall//Pink Mountaintops//The Olivia Tremor Control//The Strange Boys//No Age//Four Tet//Girls//Guided By Voices//Simian Mobile Disco//Dan Deacon//Death From Above 1979//