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| Go Kart Records Official Website: http://www.gokartrecords.com Artists with releases on this label:
Southport, Parasites, Two Man Advantage, Sick On The Bus, Anti-Flag, INDK, GBH, Manda and the Marbles, Daycare Swindlers, Conflict, Jett Brando, Pseudo Heroes, GuFF, Cougars, The Control, Ten Foot Pole, Pigmy Love Circus, Bambix, Amazombies, I Farm, The Shocker, Ira, RIFU, The Menzingers, Banner Pilot, Squirtgun Recent ReviewsRecent NewsJon Guthrie (1983-2009) Jon Guthrie passed away following a car crash on Saturday night. Jon was a member of or involved with several bands in the Athens, GA scene including GuFF, Vigilantes of Love and Michael Guthrie Band. He played with Guff just last Wednesday at the 40 Watt Club in Athens. According to the Flagpole site: The 26-year-old had been missing since late Saturday night, when he was last seen driving from downtown Athens to a friend's house. It…Members of Screeching Weasel, Rise Against, Common Rider unveil Torture The Artist Members of Screeching Weasel, Rise Against and Common Rider have joined up with vocalist Jorge Orillac - the nephew of the President of Panama - to release a record as Torture the Artist. The album wasproduced by Mass Giorgini (Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Anti-Flag) and promises "minor key melodic punk rock anthems in the spirit of Alkaline Trio, to psychobilly-tinged rockers a la Living End, to straight-up pop-punk…Rev. Norb (Boris the Sprinkler) Growing up worshiping Pop-Punk Rock in the 1990s, Rev. Norb was as important a figure as it could get. The anticipation of his new article in Maximum Rock N Roll or awaiting his bands new LP or 7". With his band Boris The Sprinkler, Rev. Norb the self proclaimed voice of geek America released…Banner Pilot set to record new album According to the bands Myspace page, Banner Pilot has set dates to start recording a new album and release this Fall. Bassist Nate had this to say in their latest blog: So we're in the process of writing the next album. We've got 10 or 11 songs now, at varying degrees of completion, and i have one more that's basically just a demo on my computer with drum machine drums and stuff. We're hoping to record in late January or February, but we'll see. The end result will be 12 new songs. The band released…Ten Foot Pole return from hiatus for Belgium's Riorock Dennis Jaggard from Ten Foot Pole has revealed that the band will return from their hiatus this April to play the Riorock Festival in Belgium on the 4th. This will be the band's first show since playing Japan in 2006. The band last released Subliminable…The Menzingers Philadelphia-by-way-of-Scranton-based punk band The Menzingers have announced some upcoming east coast tour dates. They are still supporting their 2007 release A Lesson in the Abuse of Information Technology, however, they will be announcing upcoming…Banner Pilot to document recording via Twitter Banner Pilot have launched a Twitter site dedicated to updates related to the writing and recording process of their next full-length album. The band posted the following information via a Myspace bulletin: So we're in the process of writing the next album. We've got 10 or 11 songs now, at varying degrees of completion, and i have one more that's basically just a demo on my computer with drum machine drums and stuff. We're hoping to record in late January or February, but we'll see. The end result will be 12 new songs. This might be kind of…Suirtgun posts new songs from live album Squirtgun have posted some songs from their forthcoming live album. The record is titled Broadcast 02.09.08 and is due out November 25, 2008. The band commented: The album is a live album recorded in Lafayette, Indiana on February 9, 2008 with the original Squirtgun line-up. One song posted is a portion of our live version of "Classics of Love," originally recorded by the band Common Rider (of which both Dan and I of Squirtgun were also members), and the other is a performance of the song "Headache All…Banner Pilot: "Resignation Day" Minneapolis' up and coming punk act Banner Pilot recently released their new full length Resignation Day via Go-Kart Records. With influences from bands like the Lawrence Arms, Jawbreaker and the Alkaline Trio the group couldn't have found a better place to stream the new record. So what are…Banner Pilot announces tour dates, tour blog Minneapolis punk band Banner Pilot have announced their summer tour dates in support of their new album Resignation Day.They have also announced a tour blog they will be maintaining while on the road. The band explained: “Due to recent upgrades in band electronics, we’ll be able to blog from the road just like Black Flag did back in the day. It’ll be non-stop excitement and you’ll feel like you’re crammed in the van with us. The typical tour blog is probably like ‘Great show in St. Louis last night… we have such amazing fans’, but fuck… |
