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Dirtnap Records

Official Website: http://www.dirtnaprecs.com/

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

About:

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.

Recent Reviews

High Tension Wires

Welcome New Machine [12-inch] (2011)

Mean Jeans

Are You Serious? (2009)

High Tension Wires

Midnight Cashier (2007)

The Marked Men

Ghosts (2009)

The Girls

Yes No Yes No Yes No (2008)

The Ergs! / Hunchback

live in Asbury Park (2008)

The Ergs!

Hindsight Is 20/20, My Friend (2008)

The Busy Signals

The Busy Signals (2007)

Revisions

Revised Observations (2007)

Riff Randells

Doublecross (2007)

Recent News

Sonic Avenues: 'Television Youth'
Our stream today comes from Montreal, QC-based Sonic Avenues. We've got a stream of the band's new full length, Television Youth.You can check it out on their Punknews.org…
2012-02-01 16:00:01

Mind Spiders: "Wait For Us"
Pitchfork is hosting a new song from Mind Spiders-- the current project from The Marked Men's Mark Ryan-- titled "Wait for Us." The song will appear on the band's forthcoming full-length, Meltdown, which is due out on February 21st, 2012. Meltdown will follow up the band's self-titled debut,…
2012-01-12 14:00:02

Dirtnap releases EP from Little Cuts (with Dave Hernandez of Scared of Chaka)
Dirtnap Records has announced tomorrow's release of a three song EP of loud, chaotic pop from Seattle’s Little Cuts. The band features Dave Hernandez of Scared of Chaka and (more recently and famously) the Shins. Dirtnap…
2011-12-19 15:00:01

Dirtnap Records announces Sonic Avenues full length
Montreal's Sonic Avenues, will release the follow-up to their self-titled debut on January 15th, 2012. The album, titled "Television Youth", is the first to be released via Dirtnap Records. The label says “Television Youth” is punkier,…
2011-11-25 16:00:01

Mind Spiders announce new album
Mind Spiders, the latest project from Mark Ryan of The Marked Men, have announced the follow up to their self-titled debut. The new record, Meltdown will be released on February 20th, 2012, by Dirtnap…
2011-11-09 10:30:01

Dirtnap signs Steve Adamyk Band
Dirtnap Records has signed Ottawa, Ontario's Steve Adamyk Band. The band is described as " trash-pop inspired by seventies punk, the skinny tie bands of the eighties and nineties garage rock." Members of the band were previously involved with Gearhead Records' Million Dollar Marxists…
2011-09-29 15:45:01

Bad Sports: 'Kings of the Weekend'
Our stream today comes from Denton, TX-based Bad Sports in the form of their new full-length for Dirtnap Records, Kings of the Weekend. The band features members of High Tension Wires, Mind Spiders and…
2011-08-19 16:00:02

Career Suicide (Europe)
Toronto hardcore outfit Career Suicide have announced a European tour set to begin September 2nd. The band last released Cherry Beach on Dirtnap…
2011-08-11 10:30:02

The Estranged unveil new demos
The Estranged have posted a pair of new demos. Check out "Over and Over" and "Fatalist Flaw" at the band's MySpace page. No word yet on official release plans for these new songs. The group's 2010 effort The Subliminal Man is streaming at their…
2011-06-11 12:15:01

Something Fierce: 'Don't Be So Cruel'
Our stream today comes from Houston, TX-based Something Fierce in the form of their new full length for Dirtnap Records, Don't Be So Cruel.You can check it out on their Punknews.org…
2011-05-17 16:00:01