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As some of you may know, David Jones of Enemy You has passed away. He was our good friend and we are totally devastated. David, Enemy You and Fat go back a long way. Chicken and Ken (Dead To Me and Western Addiction) both played in Enemy You, Ken as a founding member with David. Enemy You contributed an amazing record to our Fat Club 7” Series in 2001, a record which contains one of the great Enemy You songs: “Kind Hearts.” David was truly a kind heart and one of the raddest people you could ever hope to know,...
We’ve loved the Swingin’ Utters since we first heard them tearing up the streets of our beloved San Francisco, and part of the reason why we loved them was the inspired and unique songwriting of Darius Koski and Johnny Bonnel. So when the Utters slowed down in 2004, we were more than happy to ride it out with Filthy Thieving Bastards, the wonderfully folky outfit that included both Darius and Johnny, each still writing incredible tunes. When they returned with a creative burst in 2011, we were let in on a little secret from Darius Koski: he had been sitting...
Pre-order Friday! Snatch up your copy of The Flatliners’ brand new 7”, Resuscitation of the Year, with an exclusive and killer b-side song. Western Addiction is offering a brand new 3-song EP with what is essentially the companion record to 2013’s Pines. AND, since their original Cognicide colored vinyl LP was so rare, we decided to press up an even more limited color run, as the next entry in the Fat Classic on Color series! Only 176 pressed, get yours now! If you live in San Francisco, come out to The Hemlock for Western Addiction’s I’m Not the Man I...
Last week, we announced Good Riddance’s hotly anticipated full-length, Peace in Our Time. Today, the band announced a grip of record release shows in California (sorry rest of the world, you’ll have to wait to get your dates!), culminating in their hometown of Santa Cruz! Our very own Bad Cop/Bad Cop will be joining them. Stay tuned as we’ll be premiering a new song very soon!
Get ready Europe! Banner Pilot is heading your way this April with their new guitarist, Jeff Matika. Check out the dates and read what bass player, Nate Gangelhoff had to say about the upcoming tour and plans for 2015: We are super excited to get back to Europe, both to play some of our favorite cities and festivals in the whole world, and to be able to play in new countries we’ve never been to before. Can’t wait. Also really looking forward to playing our first shows with Jeff Matika on guitar. We have some Midwest shows coming up shortly...
