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03/20/09

Mean Jeans - License 2 Chill 7" available now! 1st 200 come on slime green vinyl and are available mailorder ONLY. mailorder customers also get an exclusive download code.

also, back in stock: Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic LP. also comes with a download code, made available to mailorder customers only.

just a reminder, this site is for informational porpoises only, all ordering must be done from www.greennoiserecords.com

03/04/09

Marked Men - On The Outside LPs are temporarily out of stock, look for 'em back in about a week. Marked Men - s/t LP is being worked on, expect it back in stock late this month.

03/02/09

new Girls tour dates up! go see 'em!

02/10/09

the elusive High Tension Wires did a video interview at Fun Fun Fun Fest. here it is:


High Tension Wires - Fun Fun Fun Fest Interviews
Download Music Video Code at www.roxwel.com 

01/31/09

there's been a barrage (yes, a barrage) of reviews for Green Noise Records on yelp.com lately.

check 'em out at http://www.yelp.com/biz/green-noise-records-portland

 

01/30/09

so what's going on at Dirtnap? good question! and the answer is: we can't tell you!

but keep checking back, in the next week or two we're gonna be announcing an absolute ridiculous amount of new releases for later in the year.

some new faces, some old ones re-surfacing in new bands, some existing, pre-established acts making the wise choice to sign on the dotted line and join the Dirtnap roster, etc etc etc

 

01/20/09

so MARKED MEN - Ghosts LP is pretty much the best record ever. don't take our word for it, though, the album is now streaming in it's entirety at www.punknews.org

give it a listen and then head over to www.greennoiserecords.com and order!

01/10/09

Happy new year!

Marked Men - Ghosts LP/CD and Ergs -Hindsight Is 20/20 My Friend dbl LPs SHOULD be available Friday afternoon.

At the band's request, there is no color vinyl on Ergs LPs.

Marked Men has 3 different colors vinyl: purple (very limited, 1 copy per customer), clear (somewhat limited, order as many as you want) and black (limited only by what we can sell.)

We don't like to do preorders, bitter experience has taught us never to sell what we aren't holding in our grimy, sweaty hands. So keep checking back on www.greennoiserecords.com for availability.

 

12/06/08

here's the cover art, track list, and 1st Mp3 from the fantastic new Marked Men LP, Ghosts, set to be released in late January.

CLICK HERE or visit our Mp3 page check it out!

  1. All In Your Head
2. Ditch
3. Fortune
4. My Love
5. I Must Be Dead
6. Head Set
7. Locked Up
8. Not That Kid
9. Stay Away
10. Get To You
11. Ghosts
12. Shaky Ground
13. Red Light Rumors
14. One More Time
15. Blew My Head

 

12/02/08

Green Noise site fixed! www.greennoiserecords.com, from whence you order all Dirtnap stuff, is back and and running.

sorry for delay, had to switch hosts.

resume ordering now. now!

11/03/08

Marked Men - Fortune 7"s out of print on color vinyl. if you've already ordered one, you're getting it, if not, black vinyl is still available.

10/31/08

Marked Men - Fortune 7"s available now!

Essential. No, beyond essential. features a Jeff song on the A-side that'll appear on the Ghosts LP/CD that's coming out in January (on Dirtnap, natch!), with an exclusive Mark song on the B-side.

One time only pressing of 1000, with 200 on random color vinyl, 800 on black.

color vinyl is mailorder ONLY, and we are putting a limit of 1 per customer this time.

Price is $4 plus shipping.

ALL ordering is now to be done thru our brand new webstore at www.greennoiserecords.com.

10/29/08

Dirtnap to release AUTISTIC YOUTH LP!

In some of the least surprising label news in awhile (since we'd already announced a Green Noise 7" from 'em), Autistic Youth has officially joined the Dirtnap roster. Look for their long overdue 2nd LP (title TBA) in Spring 2009.

This'll be a co-release with Portland's Black Water Records, plus Taken By Surprise and Sabotage Records will be co-releasing the album in Europe.

Autistic Youth has been a long time fave around Dirtnap HQ. We've been wanting to put something out by these guys for a couple of years now, but the timing has never synched up.

In case ya didn't know, AY plays dark, melodic stuff that successfully blurs the pines between punk and HC in much the same vein as recent northern European bands like No Hope For The Kids, Masshysteri, The Vicious, etc, or hometown faves The Observers.

(the band lists their influences as Wipers/Adolescents/Reagan Youth, which sounds pretty accurate.)

We're psyched.

10/23/08

Dirtnap Records to be distributed by No Idea!

Yes, that's right, as of 12/23/08 Dirtnap will be exclusively distributed throughout the world by Gainesville's legendary No Idea Records!

We're pretty excited.....we like the fine folks at Redeye (our current distributor) a lot , and they've done a great job over the last 4 years, but we think this is going to be a much better fit.

Our first releases as No Idea-distributees will be The Marked Men - Ghosts LP/CD and The Ergs - Hindsight Is 20/20, My Friend LPs, both due in early Jan. More details 2 follow.

10/22/08

here's the track list for the upcoming Skate 2 game! note that Dirtnap's very own High Tension Wires snagged a coveted slot........

* Althea & Donna - "Uptown Top Ranking"
* Anubis - "Anubis"
* ASG - "The Dull Blade"
* Awesome Snakes I Want A Snake(1)"
* Black Sabbath - "Symptom Of The Universe"
* Black Tide - "Shockwave"
* China Creeps - "Stay On Or Die"
* Cut Chemist - "Addictive(1)"
* D.R.I. - "Beneath The Wheel"
* Dayton Sidewinders - "Go Ahead On(1)"
* Dragonforce - "Heroes Of Our Time"
* ELO - "Show Down"
* Fujiya & Miyagi - "Collarbone(1)"
* Gang Starr - "Step In The Arena(1)"
* Gaslight Anthem - "I'da Called You Woody, Joe(1)"
* Goons Of Doom - "She Wore Rat Skin Boots"
* Guilty Simpson - "Piglets"
* High Tension Wires - "They Fall Apart"
* Judas Priest - "Freewheel Burning(1)"
* Korrupted Hoodlums - "S.K.A.T.E."
* Koushik feat. Percee P - "Cold Beats(1)"
* LL Cool J - "Rock The Bells(1)"
* Louis XIV - "Guilt By Association(1)"
* McRad - "Weakness"
* Money Your Love - "For Kristoffer(1)"
* Motorhead - "Eat The Rich"
* Nas - "Made You Look"
* Oh No - "Heavy"
* One Man Army - "It's Empty"
* Ponce De Leon - "Gator Jaws(1)"
* Public Enemy - "Harder Than You Think"
* Queen Sea Big Shark - "Hold Your Hand(1)"
* Radio Reelers - "Runnin' Out"
* Rage Against The Machine - "Sleep Now In The Fire"
* Riverboat Gamblers - "Uh Oh!"
* Sam & Dave - "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
* Sly & The Family Stone - "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)(1)"
* Stiff Little Fingers - "Alternative Ulster"
* Suicidal Tendencies - "Possessed 2 Skate(1)"
* T.S.O.L. - "Superficial Love"
* Teenage Bottlerocket - "Crashing"
* Texas Thieves - "Los Pool Riders"
* The Clash - "Death Or Glory(1)"
* The Riptides - "Return To Blood Beach"
* The Specials - "Ghost Town(1)"
* Tickled Pink - "Reach Out And Give Me Your Hand"
* Underground Railroad To Candyland - "Square Ball"
* WAR - "Low Rider(1)"
* Wu-Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck"
* Year Long Disaster - "Leda Atomica(1)"
* Youth Brigade - "I Hate My Life"

10/06/08

showspage updated! now with more final Ergs shows!

09/17/08

here is a Girls video, fresh from it's world premiere at Spin.com

..  

09/16/08

available now:
The Girls - Yes, No, Yes, No Yes, No LP/CD 2nd LP from twitchy seattle synth punks. 150 on clear vinyl, mailorder ONLY!

The Ergs! - Hindsight Is 20/20, My Friend CD mammoth 33 song singles comp. double LP coming "soon"

Remember, we have disabled ordering from this site. we now ask that you order everything from www.greenoiserecords.com

09/13/08

I've got a shrinking feeling about this:

www.thehotrockets.com

and for you Madisonians, make sure to go see their "record release" at the, uh, Club De Wash.

09/12/08

shit ton of tour dates added. Beat Beat Beat in Europe! Riff Randells in Japan! The Estranged on the east coast! The Ergs (it pains me to type this) final batch of shows! The Girls all over the USA!
09/09/08

The Estranged - Static Thoughts LP FINALLY back in stock. order it from our retail site, www.greenoiserecords.com NOW! (NOW!!!)

also just in: Estranged/Autistic Youth 7", Autistic Youth - I Want To See Every Tower Fall 7", lots more.

09/07/08

Girls interview at Bumpershoot


 09/06/08

hi folks! good news/bad news on the new Marked Men LP.

bad news: due to scheduling conflicts and manufacturing issues, we are pushing the Ghosts LP/CD back to early '09.

good news: to make up for the wait, we're gonna be rush-releasing a 7" to tide you over till then!

it'll feature one Jeff song (Fortune) from the upcoming album, and an exclusive Mark song (Like Robots) b-side.

we already have the tracks and art ready to go, so look for this just as fast as we can press it up!

09/06/08

Ergs RIP? yeah, it pains me to even type that, but it looks like the rumours were true. well, go see 'em while you can (they're playing shows thru November) and make sure to pick up the Hindsight Is 20/20, My Friend double LP or CD.

Speaking of which, we had to reject a test pressing on the LP. So the vinyl might be a little while yet. the CD WILL make it's 9/16 release date, though, so hold tight, we'll be making it available for mailorder real soon.

09/05/08

in case anyone was wondering that is happening with the Dirtnap (I'm not going to post a link - you're on it!) site:

we have disabled ordering in anticipation of launching a new site. this site is now strictly for informational purposes only, all ordering is to be done thru www.greennoiserecords.com

for those of you who didn't know, Green Noise Records is the retail store in SE Portland that Dirtnap is run out of. The Green Noise site features all the Dirtnap stuff you've cum to know and love, plus 7500 other titles as well. So, uh, order from there from now on!

08/28/08

holy crap!The Girls make Spin.com's Band Of The Day!

check out the article here

08/26/08

reviews are starting to come in for the The Girls Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No LP/CD, out 9/16. here's one:

American Teen, the new documentary film by Nanette Bernstein, explores the clique culture of contemporary American high schools. As the promotional poster for the film depicting the teens in a classic John Hughes inspired pose suggests, perhaps not much has changed from the early 1980s exploration of the same issue in The Breakfast Club. Hughes\' film, which begins with an epigraph from David Bowies "Changes," further pronounces the bond between music and identity in adolescence. In high school, music means everything; whether you are in band or listen to The Band.

For The Girls, the bond between music and identity is equally as important. The Seattle band expand punk signifiers and end up sounding as slick as they look. Punk is classified in terms of styles and trends that either progress or revive the genre, but just like with high school students, some bands are trendsetters, some followers, and others stray from the pack. In the punk rock class of '77, bands like Magazine, Wire, and The Stranglers explored punk\'s arty, outer edges. They refused to be defined, they dared to be different, and they probably showed up at school with paint on their clothes. Taking a page from the seminal fanzine Sniffin\' Glue, The Girls act as if 30 years of American punk rock never existed.

On their second album, Yes No Yes No Yes No, The Girls\' version of artpunk is synthetic, robotic and hypnotic, combining postpunk dance rhythms with pre-new wave electronic experimentation. Rather than look to hook heavy songs by The Cars, The Girls make for a much closer comparison to Tubeway Army. The album\'s first track, "Where Wolves Drink," begins forceful and driving; a sing-along chorus and beautifully fuzzy keys characterize this banger. "Transfer Station" alone is worth the price of admission, amping up Buzzcocks-style pop-punk perfection with Devo-like pyrotechnics. "Point of Departure," which ends the album, feels epic compared to the rest of the tracks even though it is only three minutes long. Its slow-burning intro is reminiscent of Gary Numan\'s \"Cars,\" but darker, more disturbing. The Girls keep slow and steady on this track, but not too steady. As the chorus fades out, singer Shannon Brown repeats the line, "I often drift when I drive."

The Girls stray from the punk rock pack where hard and fast rules. Their interest in avoiding popular punk trends is refreshing, but at times they occupy a difficult space between strange and familiar. Like their predecessors, Tubeway Army and The Stranglers, The Girls often ignore punk rock staples, preferring instead to explore moody organs, stiff beats, and danceable rhythms. Yes No Yes No Yes No is not the soundtrack to your revolution, but it would definitely be played at the after party. - LOST AT SEA.

08/24/08

introducing.....The Mean Jeans!

check out this rad video, then keep yer eyeballs peeled for the Mean Jeans 7" on Green Noise Records later this year! you can thank us some other time!

07/31/08

The Girls have announced their initial batch of tour dates in support of the Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No LP/CD, out 9/16.

In case you're too lazy to head over to the shows page, here they are!, thanks to Devil Doll Booking for hooking this shit up!

08/30 @ Bumpershoot, Seattle, WA

09/17 @ East End, Portland, OR

09/19 Bottom Of The Hill, San Francisco, CA

09/20 @ Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA

09/21 @ Crash Mansion, Los Angeles, CA w/ Throw Rag, Lower Class Brats

09/22 @ Bar Pink Elephant, San Diego, CA

09/23 @Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA

09/24 @ The Uptown, Oakland, CA

09/25 @ tba, Reno, NV

10/11 @ Roseland, Portland, OR w/ Flogging Molly

10/12 Compton Union Building, Washington State University, Pullman, WA w/ Flogging Molly

10/13 @ MacEwan Hall, Calgary, AB w/ Flogging Molly

10/14 @ Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC w/ Flogging Molly

07/14/08

Marked Men- s/t LP/digitial combo available now! red vinyl out of print, black vinyl still available!

reissue of way hard to find debut LP on Rip Off! look for NEW LP in the fall!

07/13/08

Pure Country Gold - PCG 7" available now! orange vinyl, mailorder only edition of 100!

4 quick, dirty and distorted rockers from PDX 2 piece garagepunk kings! pick up their LP on Empty as long as yer at it!

 

07/08/08

The Estranged - Sacred Decay 7" and Nice Boys - Very Mary 7" back in stock!

07/02/08

Dirtnap is psyched to be releasing Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No, AKA the 2nd album from the reformed Girlson 9/14!

here's the cover art, track list, and 1st Mp3

CLICK HERE or visit our Mp3 page check it out!

  1. Where Wolves Drink
2. Transfer Station
3. Not I
4. Who Are The Forgetters
5. Edit The Actor
6. Atonal Decent
7. Anthropomorphic
8. You And A Chair
9. Head Has A Hostage
10. Point Of Departure

06/28/08

thought these were outta print, but we just got a limited amount of Mind Controls - s/t LPs back in stock! get 'em while ya can!

06/26/08

.The Estranged color vinyl outta print! black still available.....

06/23/08

Coldplay, Death Cab For Cutie, Li'l Wayne, and..........The Estranged ?

Static Thoughts makes The Onion's best songs of 2008.

06/10/08

The Estranged - Static Thoughts LP/CD available now!

LP version comes with Mp3 download coupon.

first 150 are on clear vinyl, are available mailorder only (or at Green Noise Records, for you Portlanders) are are almost gone already! not-particularily-limited black vinyl available as well.

05/15/08

Marked Men sign to Dirtnap! (wait, I am getting a strange sense of deja vu typing that sentence) Look for new LP/CD in the fall, being recorded literally as we speak!

 

05/06/08

Green Noise Records to release Pure Country Gold 7"!

Yup, that's right, everyone's fave PDX 2 piece dirty-garage-party-time band Pure Country Gold is gonna grace us with a 7 inch come July. We're psyched. You read it here first.

05/05/08

as of yesterday, the Green Noise Records site is down, to due complications switching hosts. hopefully it will be back up and running tomorrow afternoon (5/6/08). in the meantime, if you REALLY want to do an order, just paypal to sales@dirtnaprecs.com along with an email telling us what you want.

 

03/31/08

ok, so that Ergs double LP and CD combo is gonna be a regular double LP and seperate CD now. sorry to keep changin' it.

03/11/08

Dirtnap to reissue first Marked Men LP/CD!

yes, that's right, the one on Rip Off that's been outta print for the last few years. look for it this summer.

 

03/08/08

RIP Beat Beat Beat? Sure looks that way! Oh well, if yer at SXSW, make sure and catch their final show. Been fun having you 'round, guys.......

3/06/08

here's the cover art, track list, and 1st Mp3 from Portland's own The Estranged! Look for their debut LP out in May on Dirtnap, as well as the Sacred Decay 7", available now on Green Noise!

CLICK HERE or visit our Mp3 page check it out!

  1. No Love
2. Don't They Know
3. Nervous Blood
4. Nothing To Say
5. Apparition
6. Exhibition
7. Static Thoughts
8. Image Of More
9. The Message
10. Valueless Properties

03/04/08

Busy Signals LPs back in stock!

02/12/08

The Estranged got a nice write up in Williamette Weekly's Music Blog. hold onto yer hats for the LP......

02/11/08

Busy Signals reviewed on Pitchfork!

speaking of Busy Signals, we are out of the LP's, but we should have more in about a week. in the meantime, head over to www.greennoiserecords.com, where we are selling copies of the LP with slightly beat-up covers for a mere $5! wot a bargain!

01/22/08

we hate side-projects. unless members of The Marked Men happen to be involved, in which case take whatever they wanna give us!

which is why we're super excited to announce that The Potential Johns (AKA Jeff from The Marked Men) will be releasing a 7" on Dirtnap in June! just in time, too, as they are apparently breaking up in 9 years!

01/15/08

Busy Signals reviewed in Spin AGAIN!

a live review on the website this time.......

mark my words, these guys are gonna be stars. oh, and they are heading to Japan in March. dates as soon as we get 'em.

01/08/08

Busy Signals reviewed in Spin!

CLICK HERE to read the online version.

12/26/07

Announcing our newest batch of suckers, err, I mean sign-ees!

The Estranged are a new band from right here in Portland.

Insanely great musicians with a long background in the HC/Crust scene (including Portland staples such as Hellshock, Warcry, Remains Of The Day, Absolute Rulers, and many many more) playing crushing, ominous post punk ala Wipers meets Mission Of Burma meets Warsaw/Joy Division. Very Pac NW if you know what I mean.

Look for the Sacred Decay/Through The Night 7 Inch on Green Noise Records in January, followed by an LP/CD on Dirtnap in the Spring. If you can't wait that long, check out their Myspace page!

 

12/06/07

come on down to the brand new East End club (203 SE Grand) Dec 13th for the first ever Green Noise Records nite.

this'll be goin' down 2nd Thursday of every month, 2 bands + Ken Dirtnap DJ'ing in between!

Dec 13th
East End
21+

The Revisions
special guests
DJ Ken Dirtnap

coming in January: The Girls.

12/02/07

a belated congrats to Alicja and Severin, proud parents of Valentine, born 11/02/07!

11/29/07

Busy Signals in Spin! River City Tanlines too!

11/19/07

Marked Men - On The Outside LP's back in stock! We forgot to change the address on the sleeve from Seattle to Portland again. Oh well!

11/09/07

Busy Signals review some of their fave records for Dusted Magazine. CLICK HERE to check it out!

Ergs and High Tension Wires

10/18/07

Ergs and High Tension Wires LPs back in stock!

10/16/07

Revisions and Busy Signals LP/CD's out NOW!

we still have a few Revision LPs left on blue vinyl (available mailorder ONLY!), Busy Signals red vinyl LPs are sold out. Black vinyl is still available, though, so order away!

10/03/07

Riff Randells Doublecross CD back in stock!

09/22/07

thanks to everyone who ordered the Riff Randells Doublecross CD and helped us sell out the first pressing even before the official release date!

we are working on repressing this, look for it back in stock in about a week!

09/17/07

Beat Beat Beat on tour in Oct with The Coathangers! Check out SHOWS page for details! East Coast types should not miss this!

 

09/10/07

Riff Randells fans! Doublecross CD is out next week! show yer love for the band by copying and pasting this banner onto yer website/myspace page!

 

09/03/07

Nice Boys - Very Mary 7" is out of print on green vinyl. black vinyl still available.

Revisions - On The Lam 7" and Exploding Hearts- Shattered LP still available on color vinyl.

 

08/02/07

Dirtnap bands on new Playstation game! Look for the new SKATE video game for Playstation 3, to be released this fall, and loaded with talent culled from the Dirtnap roster! here's the track list:

Agent Orange No Such Thing
Airbourne Let’s Ride
Bad Brains I Against I
Band Of Horses The Funeral
Beat Beat Beat Sinking Slow
Black Flag Six Pack
Booker T & The MG’s Green Onions
Challenger Input The Output
Cheap Trick Surrender
Children Of Bodom Hate Crew Deathroll
David Bowie Queen B****
Dead Prez Hip Hop
Devo Gut Feeling/Slap Your Mammy
Eddie Rap Life Push Your Wood
Eric B & Rakim Juice (Know The Ledge)
Escalera Go It Alone
Filthy Thieving Ba******…Lords Of The Avenues
Gang Starr Now You’re Mine
H.I.T. Drama
Mac Mall Perfect Poison
Motorhead We Are Motorhead
Nirvana Lounge Act
N.W.A. Express Yourself
Renee Renee Stand Up Talk Easy
Rick James Give It To Me Baby
Rick Ross Hustlin’
River City Tanlines Black Knight
S.T.R.E.E.T.S. Georgia St.
Sicker Than Others Face Away
Sister Nancy Bam Bam
Slayer Raining Blood
The Briefs Poor And Weird
The Coup Ride The Fence
The Dwarves Massacre
The Exploding Hearts Your Shadow
The Falcon Blackout
The Mag Seven D*** Cemetery
The Ramones Psycho Therapy
The Returnables Teenage Imposters
The Sex Pistols Pretty Vacant
The Stars Misplaced Prophets And Kings
The White Stripes Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine
Trouble Andrew Chase Money
Valient Thorr Man Behind The Curtain
ZZ Top Just Got Paid

 

07/28/07

Marked Men - On The Outside CD's are back in stock!

07/24/07

coming very soon! 3 new records from Green Noise Records!

EXPLODING HEARTS- Shattered LP (basically a slightly condensed version of last years odds and ends CD. we had to cut a few tracks to fit this on a single LP.....)

Nice Boys - Very Mary 7" (first new material from these guys since the LP on Birdman. Nice Boys is Terry from The Exploding Hearts and 3 members of The Riffs!)

Revisions - On The Lam 7" (acoustic PUNK from members of The Observers and Clorox Girls. A side is taken from their forthcoming LP on Dirtnap, B side is 2 radically different versions of songs from the LP, featuring new drummer Richie Joachim, formerly of The Speds!

07/06/07

Major announcement!

Busy Signals LP/CD coming on Dirtnap in Oct 2007!

Check back in the next few days for cover art, track list, Mp3, etc etc.

This is gonna be a good one, folks.............

 busy signals photo by Canderson

07/05/07

Ergs - Upstairs/Downstairs LP's are back in stock!

High Tension Wires - Midnight Cashier LP's are out of print on clear vinyl. black vinyl still available.

07/03/07

Revisions - Revised Observations LP/CD in production now! We are looking at a 10/3 release date, but there will be the usual color-vinyl edition available early , exclusively off the Dirtnap site! Also look for the On The Lam 7" in early August on our vinyl-only sub label, Green Noise Records!

Here's the cover art and track list, along with the first Mp3 to be released, a re-working on the Observers' classic Where I Stay.

CLICK HERE or visit our Mp3 page check it out!
  1. Introduction
2. Lead Pill
3. Where I Stay
4. Breathe Again
5. Useless Information
6. Interlude
7. No Wars
8. On The Lam
9. Empty House
10. Interlude
11. Out Of Reach
12. Vagabond
13. On The Lam
14. Walk Alone
15. Ending

 

06/18/07

High Tension Wires - Midnight Cashier LP/CD is available NOW only at www.dirtnaprecs.com or www.greennoiserecords.com (it'll be available in stores 07/10)

Simply paypal $11 (includes media rate postage in USA) to sales@dirtnaprecs.com

(or $16ppd in Canada, $20ppd in Europe, or $22ppd in Asia/Australia.)

1st 150 LP's are on clear vinyl and are mailorder ONLY! We pre-sold these over the weekend to folks on our mailing list and got rid of most of 'em, so these will go FAST! Not on our mailing list? CLICK HERE to take care of that, and never ever miss out on Dirtnap color vinyl ever again!

06/10/07

Riff Randells- Doublecross CD is mastered and ready to go into production! We are shooting for an 8/21 release date for this, with vinyl to follow on Germany's Alien Snatch Records.

Here's the cover art and track list, CLICK HERE or visit our Mp3 page to hear a song!
  1. Traitor Of The Heart
2. When He Looks At Me
3. Listen Up
4. Parker Place
5. All I Know
6. The Only One
7. When You Go
8. Nothing Without Me
9. Double Cross
10. Bandana (Little Girls)
11. Gotta Move On

05/19/07

EXPLODING HEARTS - Guitar Romantic LP is sold out again! Look for another pressing of 1000 in a couple of weeks......

05/14/07

Ergs Upstairs/Downstairs CD available now! details on the releases page, or just paypal $10 (if you live in the USA) to sales@dirtnaprecs.com

sure, you already ordered the vinyl, but if you buy the CD ya get the full 18 minute version of the title tracks. yes, 18 minutes.

05/11/07

check the SHOWS page for updated Ergs tour info! they leave tomorrow on a huge 6 week US tour, go see 'em!

05/03/07

this just in from the Dirtnap A&R dept:

it's time to welcome the latest addition to the Dirtnap roster! It's none other than fabulous Riff Randells from Vancouver BC!

Around since 99, they are just now getting around to releasing their debut full length. (after some singles and a 10"/CDEP).

Worth the wait? Of course! Think fun, high energy pop/punk/power pop party music, and look for the Doublecross CD in August!

In about a week we'll be making one more major announcement regarding releases for later in the year, and after that we'll see ya in '08!

- Dirtnap A&R Dept.

 

05/01/07

High Tension Wires - Midnight Cashier LP should be here in a couple of weeks. 150 on clear vinyl, mailorder only. get ready......

04/17/07

Sorry folks, but The Ergs - Upstairs/Downstairs mailorder-only gold vinyl LP's are out of print!

black vinyl is still available, and we are still sending out free posters with each order.

 

04/16/07

The wait is over! The Ergs - Upstairs/Downstairs mailorder-only gold vinyl LP's are in stock and available now!

Simply paypal $11 (includes media rate postage in USA) to sales@dirtnaprecs.com

(or $16ppd in Canada, $20ppd in Europe, or $22ppd in Asia/Australia.)

or use the shopping cart program on this website to pay with visa/mastercard (don't forget to add postage, customers outside the USA)

or check out www.greennoiserecords.com, where you can order this and 1000's of other titles!

04/10/07

Due to the band member's busy schedules and Dirtnap's general incompetence, High Tension Wires - Midnight Cashiers LP/CD has been much delayed, but we've finally set a release date of July 10th! Here's the cover art and track list, CLICK HERE to hear Tokyo Is Burning Down, the 2nd track on the album.

1. Hibernate 2. Tokyo Is Burning Down 3. Not Enough For Me 4. They Fall Apart 5. Old Enough To Be Home Alone 6. Outside 7. Can't Focus 8. The Strange One 9. Wax Lips And Blood On The Telephone 10. Hallowed Ground 11. Glasses For The Blind.

 

04/07/07

Ergs fans, take note!

mailorder only edition of the new LP (150 copies on gold vinyl!) will be in stock in about a week.

we are not taking preorders cause they are kind of a pain in the ass to keep track of, but keep checking back on the website.

in other Ergs news, look for your chance to win Ken Dirtnap's copy of the tour-only LP (100 copies) edition of Jerseys' Best Prancers on Interpunk in the near future.

04/05/07

Repress-O-Rama!

Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic LP's and River City Tanlines - I'm Your Negative LP's are back in stock now! (black vinyl)

Marked Men - On The Outside LP will be back in a few days!

03/14/07

Yes, that is Alicja on the cover of the new Maximum Rock N Roll.

03/09/07

Major announcement #1: The Revisions sign to Dirtnap!

Going in a very different direction for both the band members and this label, past and present members of The Observers and The Clorox Girls play acoustic (yes acoustic) PUNK, featuring a few radical re-workings of old Observers and Speds songs, plus tons of spine-chillingly great new material.

Look for their debut LP/CD in August. also around the same time we'll be releasing the 2nd single from Red Dons, which is the "electric" version of The Revisions. (all three of the Revisions are also in this band, along with Justin Maurer of Clorox Girls)

To celebrate the first Portland band to come on board the Dirtap roster since we moved to Portland a couple of years ago, here's an entire live Revisions set, recorded live on KPSU a couple of weeks ago! (the first song on there is Defiance, Ohio NOT The Revisions)

03/08/07

We've been keeping our release schedule for the 2nd half of '07 under tight wraps for various reasons, but look for some major announcements regarding 3 new Dirtnap bands (including our first new Portland band since the label moved to Portland a couple of years ago) in the coming week!

03/06/07

High Tension Wires - Midnight Cashiers LP/CD is mastered and ready to go into production! MP3 coming soon!

02/23/07

yet more River City Tanlines tour dates just added!

02/19/07

The Ergs LP/CD in in production now. To tide you over till then, they've posted a couple of new tracks (one from their upcoming split with Grabass Charlestons, one "Myspace exclusive") on their Myspace page. neither of these two songs'll be on the album.

And look for a full US tour in May/June with Lemuria.

Oh yeah, and they're also touring Puerto Rico in early March! (well OK, it's only two shows, but Puerto Rico's a pretty smal island!)

02/12/07

Exploding Hearts - Shattered CD is back in stock!

02/09/07

Sorry folks, Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic PINK vinyl is out of print. Lasted all of 24 hours.

Black vinyl is still available though, so keep those orders comin'!

02/07/07

Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic LP reissue is finally done! The first release on our new sub-label, Green Noise Records! (distributed by Dirtnap!) First 300 are on pink vinyl, and are available via mailorder only!

We are taking preorders now, orders will ship to you either Saturday or Monday.

Simply paypal $12 (includes media rate postage in USA) to sales@dirtnaprecs.com

(or $17ppd in Canada, $22ppd in Europe, or $23ppd in Asia/Australia.)

or use the shopping cart program on this website to pay with visa/mastercard (don't forget to add postage, customers outside the USA)

or check out www.greennoiserecords.com, where you can order this and 1000's of other titles!

 

02/05/07

After some delays with mastering and cover art, we finally have a release date for The Ergs- Upstairs/Downstairs LP/CD! Look for it in stores May 1st, with a ltd-edition mailorder only color vinyl version in early April.

01/23/07

Sorry folks, Exploding Hearts - Shattered CD is temporarily out of stock. Look for it back in late next week.

01/21/07

The press has spoken again! Dirtnap makes label of the year, according to Now Wave Zine!

 

01/17/07

major publicity coup! River City Tanlines mentioned in Rolling Stone!

01/06/07

The press has spoken: River City Tanlines rules!

CLICK HERE to read some reviews, if ya don't believe it.

01/03/07

tons of new TOUR DATES added, for River City Tanlines ,The Ergs, Hollow Points and more!

1/26/06

Damn, we haven't updated this in a long time.......let's see, what's going on......

The Ergs- Upstairs/Downstairs LP/CD is being mastered as we speak. Should be out in March.

Exploding Hearts - Guitar Romantic LP is being sent to the pressing plant this week. Ought to be out on Green Noise Records in early Jan.

Just got the final mixes of the High Tension Wires LP/CD, and it's gonna be a killer! Look for that a little later in the spring of 07.

Oh, and keep yer eyeballs glued to this site for an upcoming announcement of a for-now-top-secret Canadian addition to our already stellar roster!

we'll leave you with the inimitable Lord Rutledge's review of the Beat Beat Beat via Now Wave zine:

It's official - everybody loves Beat Beat Beat. You, me, your little brother, my graybeard uncle, your underaged girlfriend, '77 nostalgists, pop-punk kids, garage scenesters, mosh pit warriors, degenerate punk rockers, record collector geeks, Killed By Death enthusiasts, militia men, disco dancers, gay Republicans, gaming nerds, racist comedians, and four out of five dentists all agree that Living In the Future is one of the year's best albums. Blurring the distinctions between melodic hardcore, powerpop, and '77 punk, Beat Beat Beat's speedy, tuneful attack is certain to go over grandly with every last sector of the Now Wave readership. Many amongst the Now Wave family have been keen on this Atlanta group for a couple years now, and I imagine many more will be jumping aboard the bandwagon shortly. Hotly anticipated ever since the band's Douchemaster single hit the streets early last year, the full-length debut Living In the Future does not disappoint in the least. This was a release so big that it took two of my favorite record labels to get it out into the world!

While just about every person who reads this webzine is a fan of the melodic side of punk, a great number of you have grown weary of the highly-derivative, retro-leaning acts that tend to make that kind of music. Beat Beat Beat, thankfully, engage in neither blatant imitation nor substandard hero worship. One might hear echoes of past (Adolescents, early Replacements, numerous KBD favorites) and recent (Exploding Hearts, Marked Men, Stitches) punk greats in the band's music, but you can't really say that Beat Beat Beat sounds like any of those bands. The group plays some of the freshest, most distinct sounding punk music you'll hear anywhere. The album title is kind of appropriate, because this is as modern and "current" sounding as classic punk gets. So even if these fellows aren't exactly living in the future, at least they aren't stuck in the past. And great songs like "Don't Tell Me Now", "Nasty Nightmare", "Leave Me Out", and "Savage Girl" are as catchy and tuneful as anything being churned out by far less original "pop" specialists.

From wire to wire, Living In the Future flat-out rips. The playing is tight, fast, and fiery. The songs are efficient, satisfying, and not at all formulaic. The singing is urgent, strong, and just as on-key as it needs to be. In a day and age when hype is king and very little turns out nearly as great as it's supposed to, it's a true delight to hear Beat Beat Beat exceed all expectations. What an album!
11/06/06

EXPLODING HEARTS review on Pitchfork!

10/29/06

to whomever ripped off The Spits gear: give it back!

10/25/06

click here to watch River City Tanlines on YouTube! Thanks to Jenna from the fabulous Ghetto Ways for informing us of this!

10/13/06

Check out what MRR has to say about the River City Tanlines LP:

River City Tanlines - I'm Your Negative LP

Probably my fave Alicja Trout side-band (or is it a side band now?). If you
came expecting the cold-wave synth of the LOST SOUNDS, you got the wrong
band. What makes this one different from the other femme fronted garage
rockers is the pedigree of the members who have done stints with RL BURNSIDE
and LOVE among others. While their sound is rooted in punk rock traditions
like a stripped down garage AVENGERS, they have a bunch of 60's pop and even
70's rock (think JOAN JETT) sensibilities. The songwriting is masterful,
playing tight as fuck, and recording near perfect. I've been hard pressed to
find fault with this label, and this release ups the ante. I could see this
band blowing up WHITE STRIPES-style - keep 'em peeled. (TB)
(Dirtnap, www.dirtnaprecs.com)

10/10/06

Win my extra copy of the Screaming Apple version of EXPLODING HEARTS -Guitar Romantic LP! Interpunk is having a contest for the release of Shattered, and that's the grand ol' prize! details here

10/05/06

EXPLODING HEARTS - SHATTERED CD and BEAT BEAT BEAT - LIVING IN THE FUTURE CD available now from our website only!

won't be available anywhere else till Halloween, so get yers now! check our releases page for more details!

10/03/06

check out today's Turn It Down webzine for a cool Alicja interview!

09/24/06

Reunion-o-rama! Just when we found ourselves with a total of 0 Seattle (our ex hometown) bands on the roster, The Girls and Charming Snakes both recently announced that they've reformed!

The Girls start playing out again in Oct, Charming Snakes in Nov, and both promise new albums in 2007!

09/19/06

In what will likely be the only situation where you'll ever see Dirtnap and Jade Tree bands on tour together, River City Tanlines have announced some US tour dates in Oct, the first leg of which will be with These Arms are Snakes

Check out the SHOWS page for the details!

08/31/06

Marked Men- On The Outside LP's are FINALLY back in stock! I know a lotta people've been waiting on these, sorry for the huge delay!

08/22/06

Unfortunately, we've had to adjut the release date for River City Tanlines- I'm Your Negative LP/CD. CD is coming out 9/19, LP is coming out 10/03. BUT, we should have the mailorder-only color vinyl version of the LP available on this website in a couple of weeks! Check back, these will go fast!

08/19/06

New tour dates up for Marked Men, Modern Machines, and more. Check our SHOWS page for details!

 

08/11/06

Just posted Nasty Nightmare, the first Mp3 from the upcoming Beat Beat Beat CD. Comes out Halloween (same day as Exploding Hearts reissues), we just got it mastered, and lemme tell ya it turned out GREAT!

if you are reading this and live in Portland, come see them at the Know tonite with The Carbonas!

08/09/06

The Ergs! sign to Dirtnap. New album in Feb 2007. Start saving up.

07/26/06

Big big news: It's been in the works for what seems like forever now, but starting on Halloween, we'll be releasing more EXPLODING HEARTS material.

10/31 will see the long awaited reissue of Guitar Romantic on vinyl, as well as a 16 song CD called Shattered, which will compile the bands singles, demos, alt takes from the Guitar Romantic sessions, and unreleased material.

Meant as a tribute to the band and their music (Guitar Romantic is one of our favorite punk rock records of all time, and we're not just sayin' that cause we put it out on CD), the CD will come with a 20 page full color booklet filled with unseen photos from the personal archive of band photographer Chrystaei Branchaw, incredible, extensive, liner notes from Fred "The Barber" Landeen of Vinyl Warning Records fame, and will be enhanced with a 5 song video from their show at Bottom Of The Hill in San Francisco, CA 07/17/03. (their last official show.)

A little bit later on we will be releasing a two song 7" featuring unreleased tracks that are appearing on the Shattered CD. Look for that towards the end of the year.

Here's the Shattered cover art

Here's the first Mp3 from the album, Teenage Faces, which was originally released as the A-Side of a long out of print 7" on Vinyl Warning Records: Mp3

 

07/22/06

Announcing our latest half-baked business venture, Cat Scratch Promo! Looking for someone to take care of your band's/label's promo mailing? We'll take care of everything, using your lists or ours, for one insanely low price!

07/20/06

See ya, Amy! We're gonna miss you here at Dirtnap HQ, but it will be cool to be able to say "Ad made in China" in our ads from now on!

07/14/06

Take a look at our SHOWS page for up-to-the-second Beat Beat Beat tour dates.All shows are with the equally fabulous Carbonas, so you really got no choice but to show up.

Speaking of Beat Beat Beat, their long delayed Dirtnap debut CD is finally finished! Check the site in the next week or so for cover art and an advance Mp3, look for the album in stores on Halloween! Brings new meaning to the phrase "about $*%&# time"!

06/29/06

check out this great River City Tanlines write up on Victim Of Time, the newest project from the folks behind Horitzontal Action.

06/18/06

So River City Tanlines are putting finishing touches on their debut LP/CD for Dirtnap. (following last year's singles comp CD) Oughtta be out in time for their second European tour in Sept. In the meantime, instead of an advance MP3 of a single song, here's a MEDLEY of several rough mix tracks from the album!

 

06/12/06

Dirtnap related bands on TOUR!

River City Tanlines, Absolute Rulers, Modern Machines, and The Marked Men are all on the road! Go see them and give 'em all your money! or alternately, send us all your money, and we'll see that they get it! For real!

 

05/14/06

Announcing the 2nd release on Dirtnap's awesome new sub-label, Green Noise Records:

Late summer will see the release of the 2nd single from The Nice Boys. The Nice Boys, as you surely already know, features members of the Exploding Hearts and Riffs. They'll have an album out on Birdman around the same time.

05/12/06

Open the floodgates! New releases on Dirtnap are now available!

Take It, Somebody, the 4th (and if we may be so immodest, best) CD from Milwaukee, WI's (yay, the first Dirtnap band from our home state of WI) Modern Machines is available NOW

The Epoxies - Synthesized CDEP is also up on the website. This EP compiles the 2 long out of print Dirtnap 7"s, and has been available at Epoxies shows for awhile, but since so many people ask us about the availability of those old 7"s, we've decided to give this a wider release.

 

both bands are on tour as we speak, check the SHOWS page for the all-important details.

04/21/06

Big news here at Dirtnap! We are excited as hell to announce the launch of our vinyl-only sub-label, Green Noise Records! In some ways this feels like starting over, as Green Noise is gonna be a 7" only label that will focus on (but not be limited to) local NW stuff, much like Dirtnap was at the beginning. Our first release will be a single from Portland's Absolute Rulers, due out this summer! Absolute Rulers (3/4ths of whose members are still in high school) feature two members of the Diskords, the drummer of Autistic Youth, and none other than Fred The Barber (of Vinyl Warning Records fame) on vocals! Think dark, melodic, anti-social punk/hc for fans of The Observers, No Hope For The Kids, etc etc.

Many, many, other projects are in the works, but we can't tell you about them just yet!

04/06/06

As promised, here's the first (uh, actually only) preview of our next release, the 3rd album (first on Dirtnap) from Milwaukee's fabulous Modern Machines! Visit our MP3 page to check it out!

04/01/06

Check out our shows page for up-to-the-second tour dates for Modern Machines, Black Sunday, River City Tanlines, Epoxies, and more.

In the next day or two, we'll have the first Mp3 from The Modern Machines upcoming CD, Take It, Somebody. Stay tuned!

03/13/06

annoucing our next two releases, both of which will be out May 30th:

Milwaukee, WI's have recently completed recording their debut (and 3rd album overall) CD for Dirtnap, entitled Take It, Somebody. We just got it back from the mastering plant, and it turned out better than we ever coulda hoped! look for an Mp3 in the next week or so.

also, Dirtnap alumni The Epoxies are returning to their roots to release the Synthesized EP. long-time fans might recognize this as the homemade CD they've been peddling at shows the last year or two, we've decided to pick it up and give it a proper release. This is a 5 song EP which compiles both of The Epoxies loooooong out of print Dirtnap 7"s, both of which sell for not-inconsiderable sums on eBay.

02/20/06

Soviettes and New Town Animals 7"s back in stock!

This will be the last small (100) pressing of the Soviettes 7", then it's outta print 4-ever!

Also, ZZZ-19, The New Town Animals - Fashion Fallout 7" has been out of print for years, but we found a box of them while moving recently. So we're selling them here for normal price, get a copy before it goes out of print again!

02/18/06

Dirtnap T Shirts have arrived! It's the cat logo on the front page, yellow and red on black. Available in youth medium, medium, large, or extra large. Paypal $12 (ppd in the USA) to sales@dirtnaprecs.com or visit the RELEASES page to use the shopping cart.

02/13/06

The Returnables are playing their last show on Feb 18th at the Metro in Chicago. It's a benefit (as is their upcoming CD on Dirtnap) for the John Glick Memorial Fund, so you should go.

01/31/06

RIP Charming Snakes. They were supposed to record a new album, but decided to break up instead. Their music lives on, but they are dead to us.

01/23/06

cool new Dirtnap Records banner ad! feel free to steal this and post it on yer website! do it for the scene!

01/20/06

RIP Sid. We'll miss ya, buddy.

01/14/06

an advance song from the upcoming Returnables CD is up now on our Mp3 page. check it out, it rules.

look for the CD in stores 3/21/06, but we'll have copies available in about a month.

01/08/06

The Charming Snakes are recording their 2nd album starting on Friday Jan 13th! They're going on tour in March and hitting SXSW. Dates to follow........ We are really bummed that we missed their new years eve party (thanks for the 5AM reminder call!)...........

01/06/06

The ever-elusive High Tension Wires are (gasp!) playing some shows in Texas in late Jan/early Feb! This is kind of a big deal since the band never really plays live, what with members split between Texas and Japan. Also around the same time, the band'll be recording a new LP/CD, to be released on Dirtnap in Summer '06!

01/05/06

River City Tanlines make Jessica Hopper's Top Ten List in the new issue of Chicago Reader! CLICK HERE to check it out. You better order the CD now.

 

01/01/06

Ken Dirtnap speaks! CLICK HERE to read brand new interview in Left Of The Dial zine.

12/27/05

introducing the two newest additions to the Dirtnap slave-labor-mill, er, I mean "family":

Atlanta '77 miscreants Beat Beat Beat are recording their debut CD for Dirtnap right now! (I think!) Look for a release in late March/early April. Should have an Mp3 up pretty quick, check back cause it's gonna rock for sure!

The Returnables from Chicago, IL recently suffered the loss of singer/guitarist John Glick in a really messed up car accident/vehicular homicide. John (and his wife Becky of the equally cool Dials) are old friends, plus we were big fans of the band, so we are going to release the last 4 songs they recorded (as well as 3 live cuts) as a benefit EP. Really great geeky punk/power pop/garage kinda stuff. (John used to play in an Undertones cover band called The Underclones, if that tells ya anything!) These guys weren't around long enough...............................

12/24/05

Black Sunday are now officially a "real" band (the fabulous Tronic Blanc LP is a collection of recordings mostly played by Alicja)and are playing some SHOWS!!!! Full tour coming in April!

11/28/05

this just in: our next full length will be from Montreal's Mind Controls! Mind Controls features Mark Sultan of BBQ, Spaceshits, Les Sexareenos, King Khan BBQ etc fame, plus members of Demon's Claws, The Confusers, and more.

LP/CD in stores February (although we'll have a website-only color vinyl version available sometime in January), European tour in late winter '05. (along with a limited-to-500-pic-disc-LP European-only edition on P Trash)

Here's an MP3 to get ya in the mood.

10/19/05

New tour dates added for The Spits, River City Tanlines, Charming Snakes, and more. check here for details.

10/17/05

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Dirtnap Records is proud to be sponsoring a couple of stages at Fest 4 in Gainseville, FL this November. Dirtnap-related bands playing include Beat Beat Beat, Marked Men, River City Tanlines, Epoxies, Soviettes, and more! check here for a complete schedule.

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09/16/05

Charming Snakes West Coast Tour! Sorry for the short notice, but the Charming Snakes are hittin' the road next week! Here's the damn dates!

9/21 @ Towne Lounge, Portland, OR w/ The Swimmers

9/23 @ Hemlock, San Francisco, CA w/ The Chromatics, So So Many White Tigers

9/24 @ Haunted House (110 Yale St), Sacramento, CA w/ Hot Girls, Cool Guys

9/25 @ Parkside, San Francisco, CA w/ Residual Echoes, Nuke Infusion

9/26 @ Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA free show!

9/28 @ Jugheads, Phoenix, AZ

9/29 @ TBA, San Diego, CA

10/01 @ Warehouse 1310 (1310 Potero) w/ Gris Gris, The Intelligence, The Pets

09/05/05

New website coming soon! Yep, it's been 6 years, figured it was about time for a "real" website. Anyways, look for a new one courtesy of Ryan Patterson of Auxiliary Design sometime in the next couple of weeks.

8/24/05

THE PULSES, CRIPPLES, and RIVER CITY TANLINES CD's won't be in stores till next month, but you can order them from www.dirtnaprecs.com today! In fact, PayPal over $25 to sales@dirtnaprecs.com and you can get all 3, including shipping! That's a savings of literally $7!

8/12/05

new Mp3's are up from THE PULSES, CRIPPLES, and RIVER CITY TANLINES, all of whom have CD's out on Dirtnap in Sept. Hope you dig 'em.

08/10/05

well, the Dirtnap News Page is back, to replace the Dirtnap Message Board. Kinda funny, since the Dirtnap Message Board is what replaced the Dirtnap News Page a couple of years ago, but whatever. We were having lots of problems with it, and not many people were posting due to technical and spam issues, so we said fuck it for now. Maybe one of these decades we'll bring it back.