The Punk Vault

Naked Raygun new 7″ announced

MXV — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:21:09 +0000

According to the fine folks over at Riot Fest, the second 7″ in the Naked Raygun 7″ series will be released on June 15th. The band also plan to film their first music video in over 20 years and tour Europe for the first time in just about as many! Looks like it is going to [...]

Shrinebuilder tour begins

MXV — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:42:04 +0000

American doom supergroup Shrinebuilder - comprised of Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Al Cisneros (Om, Sleep), Scott “Wino” Weinrich” (Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, Spririt Caravan) and Dale Crover (Melvins, Altamont) – today embark on their new US tour, kicking it off at The Casbah in San Diego, California. The band will pound the West Coast all week [...]

JFA “Pipe Truck” video

MXV — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:25:52 +0000

Here’s something I never saw before today, a video made by Placebo Records for the JFA song, “Pipe Truck”! This song, and especially this band, was one of many I’d skate to constantly during the 1980s and my teenage punk rock years There’s lots of great images of the band playing the old Mad Garden [...]

New Kayo Dot song available for free download

MXV — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:12:15 +0000

The Village Voice website has a feature on the upcoming Kayo Dot album, Coyote, on Hydra Head Records today and you can download a song from the album on the site for free. The song is called “Whisper Ineffable” and is the second track on the aforementioned album. Aside from the free mp3, the article gives [...]

Bomp 2 Born in the Garage

MXV — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:48:38 +0000

Bomp 2 Born in the Garage – Book Bomp!/UT Publishing While I knew that Greg Shaw, the man who started Bomp did a fanzine before it became a record label and mail order, I had no idea just how many fanzines he had done even before Who Put the Bomp! The man practically invented the fanzine as [...]