BALSA'S ONE HOARSE TOWN ON KPOV
Sean Flynn from KPOV's Rock and Roll Revolution in Bend, OR played Balsa's One Hoarse Town on this week's show! You can take a listen in the archives at kpov.org. Thanks Sean for the nice words: "If Balsa and Barely Trying are any indication of what's coming out of Seattle right now, Seattle's in a really good place."
In other Balsa news, well we hate to drop names but Steve Albini just liked Balsa's Facebook page. Maybe you should too: facebook.com/balsatheband.
Sean Flynn from KPOV's Rock and Roll Revolution in Bend, OR played Balsa's One Hoarse Town on this week's show! You can take a listen in the archives at kpov.org. Thanks Sean for the nice words: "If Balsa and Barely Trying are any indication of what's coming out of Seattle right now, Seattle's in a really good place."
In other Balsa news, well we hate to drop names but Steve Albini just liked Balsa's Facebook page. Maybe you should too: facebook.com/balsatheband.
BALSA LIVE @ JOONIOR STUDIOS
Balsa was featured in the Live @ Joonior Studios series, performing "One Hoarse Town", "Apocalypse Yow", "Manipulator" and "Roil". You can see the videos on balsatheband.com
Balsa was featured in the Live @ Joonior Studios series, performing "One Hoarse Town", "Apocalypse Yow", "Manipulator" and "Roil". You can see the videos on balsatheband.com
NEW BALSA SONGS FOR DOWNLOAD
Seattle's Balsa have 5 new songs of noisy AmRep style riffage with new drummmer Mike Mehigan. Get the MP3s at balsatheband.com
Seattle's Balsa have 5 new songs of noisy AmRep style riffage with new drummmer Mike Mehigan. Get the MP3s at balsatheband.com
BLOWBACK RELEASE COMING SOON!!
D.C. protest punks BLOWBACK have completing recording a new EP -- look for a 7-inch and digital release soon. They returned to D.C.'s Inner Ear Studios with Don Zientara (Fugazi, Bad Brains, Minor Threat) behind the boards and also enlisted none other than Don Fury (Helmet, Quicksand, Sick of it All, Agnostic Front) to finish off the recordings. Stay tuned...
D.C. protest punks BLOWBACK have completing recording a new EP -- look for a 7-inch and digital release soon. They returned to D.C.'s Inner Ear Studios with Don Zientara (Fugazi, Bad Brains, Minor Threat) behind the boards and also enlisted none other than Don Fury (Helmet, Quicksand, Sick of it All, Agnostic Front) to finish off the recordings. Stay tuned...
SBR Distro updates.
We have CDs and records hanging around from bands, labels and other distros we've traded with or otherwise want to help get the word out for. Check below for records from CZOLGOSZ, GUARDIA NEGRA, and DISHARMONIC.
We have CDs and records hanging around from bands, labels and other distros we've traded with or otherwise want to help get the word out for. Check below for records from CZOLGOSZ, GUARDIA NEGRA, and DISHARMONIC.
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SBR 5 - BALSA 'ONE HOARSE TOWN' CD
A promotional CD with the first demo recordings from Seattle's noise-rock upstarts Balsa. 'One Hoarse Town' from the CD was played on KEXP's Sonic Reducer show.
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SBR 4 - BLOWBACK 'DRUG WAR' VINYL
The third release from DC protest punks BLOWBACK, recorded by Don Zientara (Fugazi, Minor Threat) at Inner Ear. Four new songs of biting, bilingual politics mixed with '80s style hardcore in the vein of MDC and early Black Flag. Great packaging with artwork by Rob Hanna (Aborted Society).
Links to download punk/hardcore MP3s.
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CZOLGOSZ - SAIPAN - 7"
Boston anarcho-punk with a bite. 6 songs on Rodent Popsicle/Fire and Flames.
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GUARDIA NEGRA - ADRENALINA! - CD
Black Bloc inspired streetcore en espanol w/a little bit of oi!. Cochebomba/Fire and Flames.
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DISHARMONIC - KICK OVER THE TRACES - CD
First demo from Italian metalcore upstarts. Humanflies Productions.
Bands you should know
Check out the sounds of:
Black Breath. D-beat + old school metal awesomeness from the Northwest.
Last Plague. Raw Vancouver shit that sounds metal yet old school. Awesome-o.
The Taxpayers. Portland is lucky to have these guys. An amazing mess of folk punk and anarchy.
CLR. An up and coming Seattle punk crew with a new album in the works.
Obscene Gesture. Old school crossover hardcore from LA.
Nazca Lines. These guys made us dig out the old Garden Variety records.
The Ignorant. LA street punk with old school songs that stick in your brain.
Check out the sounds of:
Black Breath. D-beat + old school metal awesomeness from the Northwest.
Last Plague. Raw Vancouver shit that sounds metal yet old school. Awesome-o.
The Taxpayers. Portland is lucky to have these guys. An amazing mess of folk punk and anarchy.
CLR. An up and coming Seattle punk crew with a new album in the works.
Obscene Gesture. Old school crossover hardcore from LA.
Nazca Lines. These guys made us dig out the old Garden Variety records.
The Ignorant. LA street punk with old school songs that stick in your brain.
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