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Seattle based Dirtnap Records, run by Ken Cheppaikode, has been the home for `77 style punk rock and new wave from the west coast. The label has been one of the most fertile spawning ground for bands from the Seattle and Portland scenes, including The Exploding Hearts, The Briefs, The Epoxies, The Spits as well as fast rising groups like The Marked Men and The Girls.
Artists with releases on this label:
The Ends, The Cinch, The Charming Snakes, Black Sunday, Modern Machines, Mind Controls, The Ergs!, Riff Randells, Revisions, The Busy Signals, The Girls, The Marked Men, High Tension Wires, Mean Jeans Recent ReviewsRecent NewsDirtnap Records posts free digital sampler Dirtnap Records has posted a free 14 song downloadable sampler. The set features recent or back-catalog songs from Mean Jeans, the The Marked Men, The Impulse International, Something Fierce, Goodnight Loving, The Returnables, The Raydios, The Estranged, Psyched to Die, Beat Beat Beat, The Girls, High Tension Wires and…Dirtnap to reissue the Marked Men's"Fix My Brain" In late 2009 Dirtnap Records will reissue The Marked Men's 2006 full length Fix My Brain on both CD and LP. The record was originally released via Swami Records. In a recent Punknews.org interview Marked Men vocalist / guitarist Mark Ryan discussed the circumstances of that release: The Swami thing happened because John [Reis] contacted us and said, “Hey I like your band and would like to do something…White Wires sign to Dirtnap Dirtnap Records have signed Ottawa, Ontario's The White Wires. The band once described their sound: At first, we we going for something KBD-ish, minimal, hyper, and trashy. Then out came the EDDIE COCHRANE, and we ended up somewhere between the 50’s pop, 60’s garage, 70’s punk, 80’s new wave, and 90′ budget rock…..lost in the garbage dump! Thing is, it’s really fun being lost there, and we’ve decided that we don’t want to be found, so we’re just gonna hang around in the poppy reverb’d…Something Fierce: "There Are No Answers " Our stream today comes from Houston, TX-based Something Fierce. We've got a stream of the band's recent full length, There Are No Answers , which was re-released earlier this year on LP by Dirtnap Records. A new record is due from the act in…Dirtnap Records signs Something Fierce Dirtnap Records has announced the signing of Houston, TX trio Something Fierce. The label is planning a vinyl reissue of the band's recent full-length, There Are No Answers, and the band expects to have a new LP out for Dirtnap in early 2010. Pre-orders for the vinyl can be accessed here. You can check out some music from the record at the band's myspace…Marked Men There are few bands out there that I’ll listen to regardless of how I’m feeling. Whether I’m down, in a rush, or restless, I’m always in the mood for some Marked Men. Their last album Fix My Brain, with a perfect mix of melody and head-bobbing goodness, turned many heads and made everyone wonder where their new favorite…The Marked Men: "Ghosts" Our stream today comes from Denton, TX-based The Marked Men. We've got a stream of the band's new full length, Ghosts. It's the first new record from the band since 2006's Swami Records-released Fix My Brain. You can check…Marked Men stream new tracks, announce tracklist, dispel breakup rumors Denton, TX's The Marked Men have posted two new songs to their MySpace page. The tracks are titled "Fortune" and "Ditch" and are off of the group's new album Ghosts, set for release on January 27, 2009. The band had this…The Marked Men: "Ditch" Dirtnap Records has unveiled a song from the Marked Men's upcoming CD / LP Ghosts, due in January. You can download the track "Ditch" at the label's website. It's the second new song made available after "Too Pretty To Fuck" was previewed in late September. The Marked Men are currently in the midst of a two year…Dirtnap signs Autistic Youth Dirtnap Records has signed Portland, Oregon's Autistic Youth. The label will jointly release the band's second full length in sprin of 2009 with Portland's Black Water Records. The album will see release in Europe via Taken By Surprise and Sabotage Records. The label compares the band to recent northern European bands like No Hope For The Kids, Masshysteri and the Vicious, as well as their hometown influences the Observers. The band lists Wipers, Adolescents and… |
