Sabo42: Cat Party: Rhapsody in Black LP

Cat Party started in 2007. They are a post-punk band from Orange County, CA. Since then they're released a hanful of records and been playing shows non stop. They've played up and down the west coast states as well as the southwest. This year their send full length entitled "Rhapsody In Black" is being released. Sticking to their DIY roots the band is releasing limited versions of the cd while Sabotage records out of Germany is handling the vinyl. Release date for the new record is scheduled to be May 16, 2011.

Rhapsody In Black was recorded at Cal State University, Domiguez Hills. Our friend Josh McKendry (Jisaw Thoughts 7", The Aftertaste/Cut City split 7", Heartache Over Headache EP)
was finishing up school, getting his bachelors in sound engineering.

We recorded everything there as part of his final project and later fixed up 25% of the record (bass/vocals) down in San Clemente at Jasmine Studios. This record was done entirely by Ryan and Roger, Roger on drums and Ryan handling guitar, bass, and vocals. We are very proud of this record. There's some typical Cat Party tunes on here as well as some songs that took on a new direction/approach. I hope everyone enjoys the record, we worked extremely hard on this one. We owe Joshbig time!

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SURPRISE 028 | BLANK PAGES - S/T 7"

SURPRISE 028 | BLANK PAGES - S/T 7"

After many delays it’s finally here! The debut 7″ by Berlin based BLANK PAGES.

Members were / are active in bands like IDLE HANDS, MODERN PETS, LIES FEED THE MACHINE and DRAMAMINE. They pick up the torch from IDLE HANDS playing melodic punkrock with a certain WIPERS twist and offer 4 songs on this EP. Watch out for them playing your town soon!

For a copy please send 5.50 EUROS (Germany) or 8 EUROS (rest of the world) ppd via paypal to info@takenbysurprise.net OR buy it from our webstore here!

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Sabo46: Arctic Flowers: Reveries LP

We are so happy to deliver for you together with Trujaca Falla the Euro press of the debut LP by this amazing Portland band. After great debut EP and split with Spectres comes “Reveries”. Their sound builds on the foundation of UK anarchopunk meeting their previous work with such bands as Signal Lost and The Observers. This 12" has 8 songs leaning more towards the hardcore end of the spectrum while throwing in the occasional Mob influenced bit of melodic punk. download it here

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Sabo45: Crusades: The Sun is down and the night is riding in LP

To call the Ottawa punk scene incestual makes it sound too wholesome. At this point, a band family tree would be impossible. They’ve crossed the line into band forest territory; new sprouts feeding off the old growth. It’s a successful ecosystem inhabited by amazing musicians. At the end of the day, those people and their bands are releasing the most high quality records, per capita, in the entire world. The newest germination is Crusades’ debut full-length, The Sun Is Down and the Night Is Riding In.

In my eyes, all punk worth a damn is somewhat anti-Christian, but Crusades take it to a new level. They combine their disdain for organized religion with melodies four voices deep. Crusades own the night, enlisting the unholy powers of unlikely allies like The Chinese Telephones, From Ashes Rise, and Alice Cooper.

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Warsong: Ancient Times LP

new band from spain... people from insomnio and no escape... they started while insomnio were still around and during their time in no escape.. expect some really well played melodic hardcore/punk with a rock edge... or something like that.. just download the goddamn record and think for yourself... i hate writing stuff like that.. download it here

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SURPRISE 026 | OUT ON A LIMB - DROWNED LP

SURPRISE 026 | OUT ON A LIMB - DROWNED LP

GREAT first record of this band from Chemnitz/Leipzig. Complex groovy with wave-guitar sounds and nice melodies and a lot of energetic post-punk influences like WIPERS, JOY DIVISION and THE ESTRANGED.

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NIGHT BIRDS EURO TOUR DATES!

NIGHT BIRDS - THE OTHER SIDE OF DARKNESS EUROPEAN TOUR 2011

Do. 22.09.2011 - Amsterdam (NED) @ Occii w/ Glam, OD Kids
Fr. 23.09.2011 - Leipzig (GER) @ Zoro Fest w/ Systematic Death
Sa. 24.09.2011 - Venlo (NED) @ Perron 55 / R'n'R Fest w/ Direct Control
So. 25.09.2011 - London (UK) @ The Grosvenor
Mo. 26.09.2011 - Leeds (UK) @ House Show w/ Dry Heaves
Di. 27.09.2011 - Glasgow (UK) @ The 13th Note
Mi. 28.09.2011 - Swansea (WAL) @ Mozarts w/ Ssssnakes
Do. 29.09.2011 - Brighton (UK) @ TBA
Fr. 30.09.2011 - Kortrijk (BEL) @ The Pits w/ Direct Control, Citizens Patrol
Sa. 01.10.2011 - Paris (FRA) @ The Belushi´s w/ Loud Girls, Police Truck
So. 02.10.2011 - Tübingen (GER) @ Epplehaus w/ The High Society
Mo. 03.10.2011 - Munich (GER) @ Kafe Kult
Di. 04.10.2011 - Bonn (GER) @ Bla w/ Monster Mash
Mi. 05.10.2011 - Berlin (GER) @ Bei Roy
Do. 06.10.2011 - Hamburg (GER) @ Lobusch, w/ Crimen, Criaturas
Fr. 07.10.2011 - Copenhagen (DEN) @ Stengade w/ Gang Green, Night Fever
Sa. 08.10.2011 - Bremen (GER) @ G 18

*more info to come as we get it.

For further info email Flo: info@trapdoor-tourz.de

SURPRISE 027 | NIGHT BIRDS - THE OTHER SIDE OF DARKNESS LP will be out in September!

SURPRISE 021 | MOTHER'S CHILDREN - ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH? EP

SURPRISE 021 | MOTHER'S CHILDREN - ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH EP

Canada seems to be the new fertile ground for smashing powerpop. MOTHER'S CHILDREN hail from Ottawa, the same place as great bands like SEDATIVES, STEVE ADAMYK BAND (who they share a member with), WHITE WIRES and many others are from and keep making me go GAGA. This 6 track 12" is the follow up to their well received THAT'S WHO! LP on DERANGED. Dirk Klotzbach from OX put it this way (I fully agree!):
I really hope that you all followed my call up from OX # 92 in the meanwhile and have bought yourself a copy of MOTHER`S CHILDREN "That´s Who" Debut LP. So just to make it clear once again, there is no excuse ! The same as great as mentioned LP is this follow-up 12" from the Canadians. Power Pop Glam´n´Roll driven to perfection that should be spinning on your record player multiple times a day and that still is on a par with it´s musical archetypes. Take your personal hits from the first three Powerpearls Compilations add it up with the two episodes of Killed By Glam, listen to "Milk & Alcohol" and "She´s A Windup" by DR. FEELGOOD once again, don´t forget your BOYS, STIFFS and FAST CARS records and imagine you would be warped right back to the Seventies where you would be seeing all those bands live on stage, because this is the moment when you realize that you are dancing and beerspitting right in front of the stage of a MOTHER`S CHILDREN show. Maybe you´ll even meet Noddy Holder or Gary Holton there on your timewarp."

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Cold Death: Demo Tape

Equally excellent and infectious female fronted punk/new wave hybrid from Germany. The vocals take about a song for me to really get into, but now I can't get them out of my head. Moody and atmospheric delivery with fantastic song writing, COLD DEATH manage to pull off complete 80s worship without sounding recycled or trite, (from terminal escape) download here

SURPRISE 023 | RED DONS - A FORCED TURNING POINT 7"

SURPRISE 023 | RED DONS - A FORCED TURNING POINT 7"

Their FAKE MEETS FAILURE LP got some critical acclaim last year and this 7" develops their unique style even further. 2 new songs recorded on their last US tour in Chicago. Housed in a beautiful screenprinted sleeve, finally available! 1000 copies pressed on black wax. 200 have blank hand stamped and handnumbered center labels and slightly different sleeves available from the band and the TBSR mailorder only. Co-release with NEW DARK AGES.

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SURPRISE 024 | THE OBSERVERS - SO WHAT'S LEFT NOW LP

SURPRISE 024 | THE OBSERVERS - SO WHAT'S LEFT NOW

TAKEN BY SURPRISE repress! This is my favorite punk record of the last decade and I am more than happy to be repressing it, artwork has been bumped up a notch, so this LP looks better than ever. If you don't like this record, you shouldn't be listening to punk, maybe it's not for you.

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SURPRISE 025 | ROLE MODELS - FUCK YOU, SEE YOU AT THE TALENT SHOW 12"

SURPRISE 025 | ROLE MODELS - FUCK YOU, SEE YOU AT THE TALENT SHOW 12"

When you're a kid, Friday nights are the best thing ever. No school, weekend to piss about with friends, best night of telly.

Luckily Role Models never grew up and set about making their own seven day weekend.

Meeting in London from their four corners of the globe they settled on Soho as their home, picking their way through the waifs and strays of the city after dark to find themselves playing the soundtrack.

All have played in many other bands, but to mention them here would be crass.

"The stuff we did for kicks, left a little scar I couldn't fix" - Role Models

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Sabo44: Terrible Feelings: Impending Doom 7"

Terrible Feelings’ date of birth was sometime during the fall of 2009, in

Malmö, Sweden. Anton and Manuela had been set on trying out new stuff that

was different from their previous band constellations, and recruited Andy and

Willy along the way. In April 2010 the band released a four-song demo, to some pretty rave

reviews. Since then, they’ve played all over Sweden and Germany, and shared stages with a variety of bands; Cheap Time, Cola Freaks, Screaming Females, and Tyvek, among others.

The spring of 2011 saw the release of two 7”s. Tied Up on Timmeheiehumme

Records from Germany, and Impending Doom, a co-release between Sabotage

Records and Manuela’s own Lack Of Sleep imprint.

Someone described the music as “Loud, dark, therapeutic, and rough around

the edges”, and Anton once said he played “black angst-ridden power pop.” Both quotes sum up Terrible Feelings pretty well. Place their sound somewhere in the wastelands between Wipers, Redd Kross, Ebba Grön and Murder City Devils.

In June they’ll embark on a three week European tour, which will take them through Germany, France, Spain and Switzerland. A Japanese release on the label Donuts Pop is scheduled for early fall 2011, and Scotch Tapes from Canada will release the demo tracks on tape and flexi disc sometime soon.

Terrible Feelings –

Impending Doom (b/w Death To Everyone)

Released in April 2011.

Vinyl 7-inch single (2 songs, 45 rpm).

Sabotage Records / Lack Of Sleep Records.

500 copies, 100 with green cover.

Contact:

terriblefeelings@gmail.com

http://terriblefeelings.blogspot.com

http://facebook.com/terriblefeelings

http://soundcloud.com/terrible-feelings

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Cat Party: S/T LP

Once again Flat Black is branching out from the so cal hardcore that they usually release. Cat Party’s first full length comes to us after an impressive debut EP and split 7” and displays a sound that reflects the gloomy hypnotism of bands like The Wipers or Joy Division. This also has some great guitar work that not only resonates with a Greg Sage influence but hints of early Christian Death can be found in the guitar playing. The vocals have that classically cool vibe of greats like Rik L. Rik with a solid rhythm section holding it all together and giving the tunes a nice backbeat. Whatever tags you want to put on it; post punk, new wave, punk, it doesn’t matter, they seamlessly bring together some of the best elements in music and bring a sound that is Cat Party. LP and CD differ a little bit in the track listing so check out both.

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RED DONS EUROPEAN TOUR!

4/4- M- Hamburg @ Hafenklang
7/4 – Th- Bremen @ Spedition
8/4 – F – The Revisions @ Green Hell Records
8/4 – F – Münster @ Gleis 22
9/4 – Sa – Hannover @ UJZ Korn
10/4 – Sun – The Revisions @ Static Shock Records
10/4 – Sun – Berlin @ Kopi
11/4 – M – Leipzig @ Zoro (w/ The Revisions)
12/4 – Tu – Prague @ 007
13/4 – W – Vienna @ Arena/3 Raum
14/4 – Th – Budapest @ Trafik Klub (w/ The Revisions)
15/4 – F – Brno @ Melodka (w/ The Revisions)
16/4 – Sa – Revisions on Szene M on m94.5 Radio 3pm
16/4 – Sa – Munich @ Kafe Kult
18/4 – M – Erlangen @ Jugendhaus Erlangen
19/4 – Tu – Tübingen @ Epplehaus
20/4 – W – Brussels @ DNA
21/4 – Th – St. Etienne @ Assammoir
22/4 – F – Barcelona @ La Fabriketa
23/4 – Sa – Madrid @ Wurlitzer Ball Room
24/4 – Su – Valencia @ La Residencia
25/4 – M – Zaragoza @ Alberque Juvenil
26/4 – Tu – San Sebastian @ Mogambo
27/4 – W – Bordeux @ Saint Ex
28/4 – Th – Paris @ Belushi’s
29/4 – F – London @ Garage
30/4 – Sa – London @ Lexington
1/5 – Su – Brighton @ The Hydrant
2/5 – M – Nijmengen @ Onderbroke
3/5 – Tu – Groningen @ Crowbar
4/5 – W – Aalborg @ 1000 Fryd
5/5 – Th – Oslo @ Blitz
6/5 – F – Gothenburg
7/5 – Sa – Stockholm
12/5 – Th – Copenhagen @ Bakken
13/5 – F – Malmö @ Punks Only
14/5 – Sa – Hamburg @ Storte
15/5 – Su – Hamburg @ MS Hedi

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The Altars: Demo 12''

The Altars formed in late 2007 after the demise of Storm The Tower with the lineup of Chris Pfeffer on guitar/vocals, Brett Bays on drums, Logan Worrell on bass, and Javi Guerra on guitar. We began playing shows in the spring of 2008 and recorded a demo later that year (eventually to be released as a 12" by Adelante Discos). Javi left the band in early 2009 and was replaced on guitar by Matt Badenhop (of Sacred Shock, Deskonocidos). We began playing more out of town shows and working on new material. In late 2009, both Matt and Logan moved out of state, so we recruited Jasmine Mayberry (ex Signal Lost) on bass and Kyle Edwards (The Young) on second guitar. 2010 saw us working on more new material and finally recording for a new Lp that should be out soon on Sabotage and Adelante. We hope to finally do some touring in 2011 and keep writing new songs!

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Sabo23 Polite Sleeper: Seens LP

Polite Sleeper is a folk punk mess and a story about starting over.

Jason and Tim met in San Francisco in 2002 and formed The Yellow Press, a Ye! Ye!

hardcore/punk quartet that also included Steven Chamberlain on bass. With releases on

X-Mist and Day After worldwide, they toured for over two years, opening for the likes of

Against Me!, Xiu Xiu, The Thermals and The Hold Steady before amicably disbanding in

2005 following one final European tour.

The downtime coupled with one messy break-up saw Jason leaving California for New

York, with Tim following soon thereafter. Together that winter they recorded a handful of

sparse, acoustic songs in Jason’s Clinton Hill loft space, dealing with friends, lovers,

substance abuse, and most notably not having a band anymore.

During that period the duo met Michael Curtes, who added piano to a few unfinished

ideas and the resulting session was quietly released as a five-song EP and 12” in June

2007. The trio immediately pickedup where The Yellow Press left off, touring Europe and

both US coasts in support, and despite few expectations found a surprising balance (and

noted buzz) between their punk pasts and the hushed, introspection of the new material.

Musically, however, Polite Sleeper is about doing more with less.

From three-piece trap kits to playing without a bass, the songs are as divergent as they

are raw. Each a story sounding as if John Darnielle was fronting the Microphones or a

working man’s Xiu Xiu. Keyboards, banjo and pedal steel might round out a few

programmed beats or a piano stomp, otherwise, very little is kept that

can’t be performed live. And what started as a bedroom project between friends finally

coalesced with a proper full length written and recorded throughout Brooklyn in 2007.

More self-assured and playful than previous efforts, the debut balances the whispered

lullabies with the screaming sing-a-longs – from country to folk to punk, it’s an authentic,

earnest document of where three friends ended up after landing on the East Coast with a

new plan.

But most important Polite Sleeper is still a punk band. They’re 100% DIY, choosing to

record in living rooms and kitchens exclusively. They keep traffic noise and dead notes as

reminders of that. They stay true by playing to anyone who asks, and while the songs

may be short, the sentiments heavy, their riotous live reputation is a spectacle no one

expects from an acoustic trio.

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