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Win tickets to see The Fall of Troy 9/24 at Metro in Chicago!

The Fall of Troy is an interesting band. They play what many refer to as “post hardcore” which bands like Since By Man did so well in the early 2000’s but The Fall of Troy had a different take on the style. The band was one of the...

Win free tickets to The All Stars Tour at Chicago’s Metro August 6!

With summer comes not only outdoor festivals but big tours that feature almost a full day’s worth of bands playing at various clubs across america. One of those tours, The All Stars Tour, is coming to Chicago next Thursday, August 6th to...

Social Distortion contest: Win tickets to the 10/12 Vic Theater show plus more!

Social Distortion is a band with a varied history spanning over three decades now. They started as a punk rock band at the end of the 1970s and their first album, [amazon_link id=”B000005EMY” target=”_blank” ]Mommy’s...

Pelican “Final Breath” video

Pelican have just completed and posted a video for the final track on their latest album, What We All Come to Need, an album I still haven’t heard yet! It is their first for Southern Lord and this song also has the distinction of being the...

Dwarves limited edition Throbblehead

I never thought I’d see the day that they made punk rock action figures, but first it happened with “The Misfits”, then GG Allin and the mighty Tesco Vee, and now The Dwarves. Aggronautix who released the aforementioned GG and...

New items in the Punk Vault store

I just updated the store with some new items, all vinyl including the new Dr. Know and Ill Repute reissues. Check it out right here and please tell your friends.
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Giants – They the Undeserving

Giants – They the Undeserving LP The Mylene Sheath The Mylene Sheath continue to keep their batting average at an all time high as the new releases continue to stream out. Second in the batch of new releases for the label I received comes this...

The Punk Vault Store has reopened

The Punk Vault store has just reopened. I had to replace the entire shopping cart system with a newer and better one. This one handles shipping much better than the old system. There’s also a bunch of new and some rare records for sale in...

Category - General

CA food count

I damn near forgot. The tally of visits to my favorite eateries when I was in CA was:
In and Out Burger: 3
Pink’s: 2
Del Taco: 2
Yum! I can’t wait to go back in April!
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The cows have all gone home

I’m back from CA, came in late last nite and had to go right to bed so I could get up for work (at the new location). While I was in CA, I scored free tickets to a UPW wrestling event. It was pretty fun and Jimmy...

In and Out, Amoeba, Sun?

I’m out in Los Angeles again. Work and pleasure both this time. So far it has been a good trip. Unfortunately, I’m a moron and forgot to pack the DAT recorder so my interview with Lisa of Frontier Records...

Double duty!

Tonite = a double dose of shows and everyone should attend! First: Since By Man at Fireside Bowl, 7pm. SBM are great and I have vowed to see them play every time they come to town. They just got a new guitar player so...

Some things change with the times!

Someone brought in a big bag of those candy hearts to work today for the people. I always loved eating these things. So I grab a handful and I look at the message on one of them and it says: IM ME Oh man how times have...

How about a show? It’s been a little while!

Tonite = Denali at Fireside Bowl. Dark Dave and I are going. Anyone else going??? I found out Youth Brigade is playing a show in Los Angeles while I’m there. Thor, Bob and I are going and I’m looking forward...

Tribal Convictions

An email conversation with Dark Dave brought up the subject of Voivod recently. This discussion reminded me that I really wanted to get their Dimension Hatross album on CD (I have only the vinyl) for easy transfer to...

I found an easter egg on my new dvd

I just got Escape From New York: Special Edition on DVD. Aside from a superclean transfer of the film, with newly enhanced 5.1 sound, there is a deleted scene and some other bonus materials. While looking thru the menus...