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Kepi Ghoulie touring with Dog Party in June & July
Kepi Ghoulie of the Groovie Ghoulies will be hitting the road with Dog Party. Kepi is always a good time but don’t you want to check out Dog Party, which consist of a 17 year old and 14 year old rocking out on the guitar and drums!? For this area, the tour will be playing in Long Branch, NJ and Ridgewood, NJ on June 23rd and 24th.
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Alkaline Trio – “My Shame Is True”
Record Label: Epitaph Records
Genre: Punk
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“My Shame Is True” is the eighth studio album from the Chicago area punk vets. It’s also one of their best albums since 2003s “Good Mourning”.
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Maguma Taishi (Mike Park and members of Dillinger Four, Birthday Suits) releasing punk rock 7″
Mike Park is releasing a 7 inch from a little side band he started with Paddy from Dillinger Four and Matthew and Hideo from Birthday Suits. They are called Maguma Taishi and will have the 7″ out this Summer. Just don’t expect them to tour or anything. Listen to a track below.
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The Queers, Teenage Bottlerocket and Masked Intruder joining forces for an awesome pop punk tour!
Well this tour just sounds like a great pop punk tour! The Queers, Teenage Bottlerocket are co-headlining a tour that will have Masked Intruder opening as well. Break out the leather jacket and chuck all-stars and get your ass to one of these shows…if they come to your town that is.
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Kevin Seconds offering new album “Don’t Let Me Lose Ya” for suggested donation or FREE
Kevin Seconds (of 7 Seconds) has just released his brand new solo album on Asian Man Records called “Don’t Let Me Lose Ya.” There is a suggested donation of $5 or you can just get it for FREE. I would suggest a donation, or if you get it for free, be sure to catch Kevin Seconds live the next time he’s in your city! Buy a shirt or something too.
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Asian Man Records starts Kickstarter project for photographer friend Hiro Tanaka
We all know Mike Park is a nice guy but this is just another example of it. He’s starting a Kickstarter project to help fund his friend Hiro Tanaka’s photobook of his life on the road. He’s hoping to raise $5,000 in total and he’ll add another $5,000. Hey Mike, I’d love to start a photo book to, can you make that happen next? But anyway, make sure you donate and help out Mike and Hiro make this book happen.
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The Atom Age – “The Hottest Thing That’s Cool”
Record Label: Asian Man Records
Genre: Punk Rock N Roll
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My initial thought upon starting up this album was, “holy crap…this is some furious shit”. The sound just reaches out and punches you right in the teeth…over and over again.
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Mike Park launches a children’s music label called Fun Fun Records
Having one label isn’t enough for Asian Man Records’ Mike Park, he needs to have another one just dedicated to Wiggles style children music. Hey, if the label’s music will be like The Aquabats’s “Knowledge” cover, I’m all over this!
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Slow Gherkin – “Death Of A Ska Band: Rarities 1994-2002″
Record Label: Asian Man Records
Genre: Ska
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“Death Of A Ska Band” is such a great collection of songs that it could easily be weighed against not only Slow Gherkin’s other albums but against most other ska/punk studio releases.
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Andrew Jackson Jihad to release “Knife Man” in September
Andrew Jackson Jihad have announced the release of their fourth studio album, Knife Man, on September 20 via Asian Man Records. The band has debuted a new track, “Hate, Rain on me,” today exclusively at Altpress.com.
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Asian Man Records 15th Anniversary Festival @ Slim’s & Thee Parkside, San Francisco, CaliforniaSan Francisco, CA
Date: June 16-19, 2011
Featuring: The Chinkees, MU330, SLAPSTICK, Monkey, Unsteady, Buck-O-Nine, Slow Gherkin
Link: www.asianmanrecords.com
About 13 or 14 years ago I was a teenager working 20 hours a week at a grocery story making minimum wage. The third-wave ska explosion was in full swing. I had just discovered Skankin’ Pickle. Cheap $3 punk and ska compilations helped introduce me to many of the bands that I would love for a decade and a half. Give Em’ The Boot, Can You Spare Some Ska?, Can O’ Pork, Misfits of Ska, Hopelessly Devoted To You, Mailorder is Fun. One of the labels that released one of these particular compilations caught my eye.
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2011 marks the 15th Anniversary of Asian Man Records, an independent record label based in Northern California, that is the epitome of DIY. Asian Man Records has released albums by Less Than Jake, Five Iron Frenzy and Alkaline Trio to name a few and genres that you will find on their roster range from ska punk to psychobilly and just about everything in between.
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