Check out these great digital discount specials we have going on at Amazon for the first half of June:
$6.99 RECENT HITS [until 6/8]
Gallows - Desolation Sounds
New Found Glory - Kill It Live
$5 ALBUMS [until 6/15]
The Trouble - Nobody Laughs Anymore
Underdog - Matchless
$3.99 ALBUMS [until 6/15]
Blue Monday - Rewritten
Some Kind of Hate - Undisputed
Throwback Thursdays: Terror, Alcoa, Ceremony, Strike Anywhere
Throwback Thursdays are up! Get 'em at B9Store.com/rare!
B9B001 - Terror - Live and Death EP - 1st and only pressing - black/500
B9R182 - Alcoa - Bone & Marrow - 1st pressing - translucent red w/ black smoke/200
B9R098 - Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You - 3rd pressing - green/1,000
B9R174 - Strike Anywhere - In Defiance of Empty Times - 1st pressing - yellow/300
H2O 'Four Song 1995 Demo' tape reissue pre-orders up now
H2O's original four-track 1995 demo cassette was recorded just after Christmas 1994 with legendary engineer and producer Don Fury, who had previously sat at the helm of some of the best NYHC records of all time (Victim in Pain, New York Crew, Start Today, etc. al.). The demo would later be released as a 7" by Eyeball Records in 1996. Nonetheless, this tape started it all, and Bridge Nine is excited to remake it for H2O fans who weren't there to pick it up the first time around. This is a yellow cassette limited to 200 copies and hand-numbered on the J-card by frontman Toby Morse himself, and won't be remade when they're all gone. This also comes with an exclusive t-shirt that is only available in this package and will not be remade. Get yours at www.b9store.com/h2o.
Bent Life playing Resurrect Cali Fest with Bold, Blacklisted, more
Bent Life will be part of Resurrect Cali Fest, taking place at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California, this coming Labor Day weekend (September 4th-6th). They'll join the likes of Bold, Blacklisted, Breakdown, Coke Bust, and Destruction Unit among others. Weekend passes will go on sale June 8th. It seems more bands will be announced soon, but check out the full list unveiled so far in the meantime below. Fest updates can be found at their Facebook and Twitter.
ACxDC
Bad Times Crew
Bent Life
Blacklisted
Bold
Breakdown
Clarity
Coke Bust
The Coltranes
Culture Abuse
Destruction Unit
Downpresser
Drag Me Under
Drug Control
Fury
Gag
Happy Diving
Mizery
Mohicans
No Authority
No Limbs
Plead the Fifth
Pure
Reunion
Rise
Runamuk
Sabertooth Zombie
Seizures
Snakeway
Spinebreaker
Take Offense
Treacherouskin
Ultima Victima
Violence to Fade
Lemuria kick off UK/Europe tour, WOAHNOWS replace Dads
Lemuria have just kicked off a tour across the UK and Europe with WOAHNOWS (replacing Dads) and Personal Best in tow. These dates follow the full U.S. tour with Tigers Jaw that Lemuria did in April and May, as they continue to support their landmark release The Distance Is So Big (2013, Bridge Nine) and most recently, their appearance on the new volume of the Turnstile Comix 7". More exciting Lemuria news coming this year - for now, keep up with them on Facebook.
LEMURIA dates w/ WOAHNOWS, Personal Best
May 28 Glasgow, UK @ Audio (16+)
May 29 Leeds, UK @ Key Club
May 30 Nottingham, UK @ Stuck on Name Studios
May 31 Norwich, UK @ Epic Studios
June 01 Plymouth, UK @ Junction
June 02 Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach
June 03 Bristol, UK @ Exchange
June 04 Southampton, UK @ Joiners
June 05 London, UK @ The Dome
June 06 Kingston, UK @ Fighting Cocks
June 08 Tilburg, Netherlands @ Cafe Extase
June 09 Berlin, Germany @ Cassiopeia
June 10 Hamburg, Germany @ HafenKlang
June 11 Cologne, Germany @ Tsunami
June 12 Paris, France @ Espace B
June 13 Antwerp, Belgium @ JH Kavka
Throwback Thursdays: Champion, Death Before Dishonor
This week's Throwback Thursdays are now available. We're starting to clean ourselves out of stuff so we'll be scaling it back a bit for a while. Grab 'em at B9Store.com.
B9B04 - Champion - The Truth - black/500
B9R116 - Death Before Dishonor - Better Ways to Die - 1st pressing - black/200
Crown of Thornz to release new 7-inch on B9
Crown of Thornz were an NYHC mainstay during the mid-1990s alongside acts like Madball, H2O, and Vision of Disorder. Street-wise and charismatic graffiti artist Lord Ezec spearheaded the band in 1994 with high school friend (and future Shelter member) Franklin Rhi, recruiting future Breakdown member Mike Dijan. They would quickly become a live favorite on the scene with energetic and tight performances that ignited crowds with their musically and emotionally heavy style that drew inspiration from Cro-Mags and crossover-era Agnostic Front while ruminating about love and hate dichotomies, senseless violence, and contemplative introspection. Their recorded output was limited: There was only 1995's Train Yard Blues EP on then-hardcore pillar Equal Vision Records, and 1996's Mentally Vexedfull-length on local cornerstone Another Planet. But both releases found attention worldwide, and the band would tour all over on them until their demise in 1998.
Ezec would remain busy in the intervening years with various hardcore and hip-hop projects, but revived Crown of Thornz for 2009's Black N Blue Bowl and have been occasionally playing out live since.
Now, Bridge Nine is excited to present Crown of Thornz's first recorded output since a 1998 split single with Aggressive Dogs. Nothing But Tragedy features two new tracks: "The Kiss of Death", a somewhat more straightforward representation of the CoT sound that nonetheless moves their thudding, mid-tempo hardcore style forward. The B-side is "No Reason Why" (not to be confused with the Gorilla Biscuits classic), an epic, darkly affecting rock song, the likes of which CoT have never quite approached, with a booming, heady chorus to boot.
More info coming soon. Keep up with Crown of Thornz on Facebook.
War On Women playing three shows with Refused
War On Women have been tapped as direct support for three of Refused's upcoming shows next week. The band will be opening the Chicago, Boston (Cambridge), and New York City (Manhattan) shows. Check those out below. The band released their self-titled album earlier this year.
WAR ON WOMEN w/ Refused
May 31 Chicago, IL @ Double Door
June 1 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
June 3 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Cross Me join the fold
Cross Me have joined the B9 roster. "With signing to Bridge Nine, we see the opportunity to push ourselves harder on every level," the band said about the partnership, "musically and with touring. And we couldn't be more excited for it."
Milwaukee, Wisconsin's Cross Me formed in early 2013, bonding over a mutual love of classic and modern NYHC (The Icemen, Madball, Backtrack). They placed a thrashy, dynamic emphasis on the style with memorable riffs and fills and have developed it across several releases since, including their 2014 EP, Paid in Full and, more recently, the Mind Prison / Content flexi 7", both released on Flatspot Records.
The Midwest Blood standouts are currently writing a new EP and will head back into Howl Street Recordings with Shane Hochstetler (Expire, Enabler), who's recorded the band's past work, later this year to track it. Artwork will be handled by illustrator/designer Jesse Schaller (Suburban Scum, Discourse).
The band just made an appearance at this past weekend's Rain Fest and will be doing shows in the Midwest on the way home (dates below). They've previously been seen on the road with bands like Take Offense, Bent Life, and Homewrecker, and at fests like Heart Fest and Southeast Beast. Pick upMind Prison / Content if you haven't already at B9Store.com. Keep up with the band on Facebook andTwitter.
CROSS ME tour dates:
May 26 Cheyenne, WY @ The Old Comm. House w/ Stoic, Violent Testimony
May 27 Kansas City, MO @ The Sandbox w/ Megawave, Worthless, Noisehead
May 28 Des Moines, IA @ Underground Rock Shop w/ Worthless, Submerged, Pipe Bomb, Cut the Tongue
http://www.facebook.com/CrossMeHC
http://www.twitter.com/crossmehc
http://www.instagram.com/crossmehc
http://crossme.bandcamp.com
Throwback Thursdays: Defeater, Polar Bear Club, Wrecking Crew, Gallows
This week's Throwback Thursdays are now available. We figured we'd throw up a few rare bonus 7"s this time around. Limited quantities as always. Get 'em at B9Store.com.
B9R144 - Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights - 2nd pressing - dark red/1,000
B9B010 - Polar Bear Club - Drifting Thing - clear w/ screenprint/500
B9B005 - Wrecking Crew - Why Must They & Live at CBGB - black/500
B9R175 - Gallows - S/T - cross/100
Backtrack to appear on The Life & Death Tour 2015 with Turnstile, Heavy Chains
The second annual premier hardcore tour, Life & Death, has announced its first batch of confirmed bands: Turnstile, Backtrack and Heavy Chains. These three bands will appear alongside two more headliners, which will be announced June 9th, throughout the duration of the four-week-long North American tour spanning throughout August. Check out the dates below.
First announced is one of underground music's most interesting bands: Turnstile. From the release of their 2010 demo to their 2011 Pressure to Succeed EP, the band has walked a path all their own. A path that has quickly brought them a rabid following based off of their groove-driven melodic energies and insane live shows. They released Nonstop Feeling earlier this year on Reaper Records, and the album sounds bigger and louder than anything previous. The bright color scheme represents the idea of raw, unbridled expression, positive or negative, that is delivered in each of the twelve tracks. From the signature artwork to the energy-infused tunes, this record creates a vibrant slam of emotion that defines Turnstile more than ever as a band leading their own way.
Supporting band Backtrack hails from New York and has spent the last year and a half touring relentlessly on their debut album for Bridge Nine, Lost In Life, which was called a "damn awesome slab of modern NYHC" by Decibel Magazine. The band has become known for their insanely energetic and incendiary live shows and their performances will be no different along this Life & Death tour.
Also confirmed is New Jersey's Heavy Chains who have been making waves along the East Coast since their inception. The band has appeared on seminal festivals such as This Is Hardcore, United Blood, Black N Blue and many others and this tour will mark their first out West and back of 2015.
Stay tuned for headline slots to be announced and tickets to go on sale for the Life & Death Tour on June 9th.
LIFE & DEATH TOUR - FEAT. TURNSTILE, BACKTRACK, HEAVY CHAINS + 2 MORE TBA:
8/6 Rochester, NY @ The Harmony House
8/7 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
8/8 Howell, NJ @ Gamechanger World
8/9 Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
8/10 Greensboro, NC @ Greene St
8/11 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
8/12 Jacksonville, FL @ Underbelly
8/13 Atlanta, GA @ The Drunken Unicorn
8/14 Houston, TX @ Walter's
8/15 Dallas, TX @ Sons of Herman Hall
8/16 San Antonio, TX @ The Korova
8/17 Phoenix, AZ @ Club Red
8/18 San Diego, CA @ Epicenter
8/19 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
8/20 Los Angeles, CA @ Jewel's Catch One
8/21 Oakland, CA @ Oakland Metro
8/22 Reno, NV @ Jub Jub's
8/23 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound
8/24 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
8/25 Merriam, KS @ Aftershock Bar and Grill
8/26 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
8/27 Cincinnati, OH @ Legends
8/28 Detroit, MI @ Magestic Cafe
8/29 Toronto, ON @ The Rockpile
8/30 Montreal, QC @ Les Foufounes Electriques
8/31 Amityville, NY @ Revolution
Modern Pain's 'Peace Delusions b/w Kill Yr. Idols' out today
Modern Pain's Peace Delusions b/w Kill Yr. Idols is officially out today! Pick up the 7" at B9Store.com. Digital Age folks can stream and/or download it at the following places:
Bandcamp
iTunes
Amazon Music
Spotify
This release is a teaser EP for the forthcoming full-length by the Texas powerhouse. "Peace Delusions" (which will appear in re-recorded form on the LP) offers a caustic, noisy preview of what's to come, maintaining a traditionally stomping and aggressive, forward-moving fast beat while conveying an eerie, paranoia-ridden atmosphere. The B-side, a cover of the legendary Sonic Youth's "Kill Yr. Idols", from an early EP of theirs of the same name, acts as a sensible referential point for where the band plan on taking hardcore: into the strange and unconventional.
The band is currently on a U.S. tour, with some dates including Dress Code. Check out the itinerary:
MODERN PAIN tour dates:
5/19 Tarpon Springs, FL @ Neptune's Lounge w/ Axis, Necrid
5/20 Miami, FL @ Churchill's Pub w/ Axis, Suicide Ritual
5/21 Jacksonville, FL @ Rain Dogs w/ Rhythm of Abuse, Unified Right, Society Abuse, Crisis Unit, Sleight of Hand
5/22 Atlanta, GA @ Hill St. House w/ Slugga, Nurse, PDC
5/24 Philadelphia, PA @ Ortlieb's w/ Timebomb, Wet Fetish
5/25 Montclair, NJ @ The Meatlocker w/ The Banner, Outer Heaven
5/26 Brooklyn, NY @ The Acheron
5/27 North Haven, CT @ 85F State Street
5/28 Wilkes Barre, PA @ The Lamp Post w/ Haze, Goon, Witness Protection
5/30 Cleveland, OH @ Club Atlantis
5/31 Detroit, MI @ The Sanctuary w/ Eyesore
6/01 Indianapolis, IN @ Haunted Spunkers Haus
6/02 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
6/03 Saint Louis, MO @ Fubar w/ Blindside USA, Perfect People, The Warden
6/04 Springfield, MO @ Outland Ballroom* w/ Dress Code, Free At Last, Traitor K9
6/05 Kansas City, MO @ The Sandbox* w/ Dress Code, Blindside USA, Beta Boys
6/06 Denver, CO* @ Mutiny w/ Dress Code
6/07 Salt Lake City, UT* @ Music Garage w/ Dress Code
6/08 Boise, ID @ Feral House* w/ Dress Code, Lumpy and the Dumpers, Mongoloid
6/09 Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge* w/ Dress Code
6/10 Portland, OR @ Blackwater* w/ Dress Code
6/12 Oakland, CA @ World Rage Center* w/ Dress Code
6/13 Santa Cruz, CA @ 418 Project
6/14 Los Angeles, CA @ Space 42* w/ Dress Code, Hell in the Cell, Haarm, Lost Cause
True Love tapped to support Modern Life Is War's Midwest 'Witness' shows
True Love have been tapped to support Modern Life Is War's forthcoming 10th anniversary Witnessshows in the Midwest. Also appearing at these gigs will be Coliseum and Xerxes. Check out those dates below. (Modern Life Is War also have other regional trios of shows planned for the east and west coasts with different sets of openers. Scope those on their Facebook and the image in this post.)
These shows come a few weeks after the band hit Bricktop Studios (Harm's Way, Weekend Nachos) with Andy Nelson to record their first proper full-length. More info on that soon.
TRUE LOVE w/ Modern Life Is War (playing Witness), Coliseum, Xerxes
July 17 - St. Louis, MO - Fubar
July 18 - Des Monies, IA - Vaudeville Mews
July 19 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
Stream Modern Pain's 'Peace Delusions b/w Kill Yr. Idols' single
Modern Pain's Peace Delusions b/w Kill Yr. Idols is officially out tomorrow, but we're streaming the whole thing a day early. Check that out below and grab the 7" at B9Store.com if you like what you hear.
Peace Delusions b/w Kill Yr. Idols is a teaser EP for the forthcoming full-length by the Texas powerhouse. The A-side, "Peace Delusions" (which will appear in re-recorded form on the LP) offers a caustic, noisy preview of what's to come, maintaining a traditionally stomping and aggressive, forward-moving fast beat while conveying an eerie, paranoia-ridden atmosphere. The B-side, a cover of the legendary Sonic Youth's "Kill Yr. Idols", from an early EP of theirs of the same name, acts as a sensible referential point for where the band plan on taking hardcore: into the strange and unconventional.
Throwback Thursdays: H2O, Polar Bear Club, Defeater, Crime in Stereo
Throwback Thursdays are up! Limited quantities as always. Grab 'em at B9Store.com!
B9R157 - H2O - Don't Forget Your Roots - 1st pressing - black/300
B9R127 - Polar Bear Club - The Redder, The Better EP - 1st pressing - black/300
B9R107 - Defeater - Travels - 1st pressing - gray/400
B9R131 - Crime in Stereo - I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone - 1st pressing - red + black marble/400