This Saturday at the Galaxy in Santa Ana!  This is an all ages show, so bring the kids!  More information here.

2012 is starting out just fine!  More info on facebook!

That’s right! Middle Class’ first San Francisco show in nearly 30 years!  And you can be there!

After re-uniting in 2010 for The Frontier Records 30th Anniversary show and playing a second super successful show at the Echoplex in June 2011, they decided to go on a one city tour.

Their city of choice – San Francisco – always a Middle Class favorite!

Buy tickets here:  Bottom of the Hill.

RSVP to their Facebook invitation and find more information here!

Frontier Records, Beer City and Tribunal Records Take Over Ownership of Physical and Digital Distribution from ILC and Take Control of Their Own Destiny

LOS ANGELES, CA & RICHMOND, VA. (MONDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2011) – Call it punk, call it gangsta or simply call it good business – Independent Label Distribution (www.ildistro.com) announced today the formation of a new indie record label-run company for physical and digital distribution of some of the best-known independent bands and labels in music today.

Independent Label Distribution (ILD) sprang from a need for solid distribution for independent labels – some in business for more than 30 years – which had been perpetually stiffed, left in the lurch, sold to less than reputable companies or left in ruins by their disreputable distributors. ILD’s goal is to provide quick, efficient service to their customers while providing them with top-sounding and top-selling records at a fair price. Labels Frontier Records, Beer City, and Tribunal Records formed a new business model: a record distributor run by a faction of independent label owners. Faced with the prospect of being stiffed two times in four years, label vets Lisa Fancher, Mike Beer and Matt Rudzinski, took over their failing distributor in Richmond this summer and rebuilt it from the ground up.

“Of all the things I never thought I’d do, taking over my distributor is probably number one on my list,” said Lisa Fancher of Frontier Records and Independent Label Distribution. “Loser distributors have burned me for hundreds of thousands of dollars since Frontier started in 1980, so at this point I know what it takes to make one succeed. Mike Beer from Beer City, Matt Rudzinski from Tribunal Records and I share the same DIY ethic and we’re not just doing this to save ourselves, we’re interested in helping a couple dozen other labels survive after the previous owner was running the company into the ground. If taking his company over to run it ourselves isn’t punk, I don’t know what is!”

Titles currently distributed by Independent Label Distribution (ILD) include Adolescents, D.R.I., Les Baxter, Bouncing Souls, Cannabis Corpse, Larry & his Flask, Kill Whitney Dead, August Burns Red, Circle Jerks, MDC, The Dils, Hole, Naked Raygun, Rocket From The Crypt, Spacemen 3, Turbo Negro, The Weirdos and more. A full list of ILD labels includes Alton Village & Mine Records, Anchorless Records, Beer City Records, Cavity Records, Chunksaah Records, CI Records, Corrosive Recordings, Dionysus Records/Bacchus Archives, Frontier Records, Init Records, No Way Records, Riot Fest Records, Rodent Popsicle Records, Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club/Springman Records, Six Weeks Records, Sympathy For The Record Industry, Tankcrimes and Tribunal Records/Divebomb Records.

With a solid back catalog and a diverse, new roster of current bands and titles expected each month, ILD is poised to provide chains, one-stops and independent stores with superior service. Following a credo that quality counts, ILD is not your typical distributor with an uncertain shelf life – its goal is to offer quick, efficient service to customers while providing them with great fill on top-selling classic catalog and new releases at fair prices, no matter the size of the account.

To contact ILD Sales Reps, please email:
Andy King andy@ildistro.com Chris Pease chris@ildistro.com

ABOUT INDEPENDENT LABEL DISTRIBUTION
Independent Label Distribution (ILD) was formed in Richmond, Virginia in Summer 2011 as the first and only American music distribution company run by independent record label owners. Founded by three independent record label veterans, Lisa Fancher of Frontier Records, Mike Beer of Beer City Records and Matt Rudzinski of Tribunal Records, ILD provides quick, efficient service to customers from some of the world’s best catalog and new releases.

For more information on Independent Label Distribution, please contact Josh Mills, It’s Alive! Media, 323-464-6314, josh@itsalivemedia.com

Mojo takes another look at one of the best albums in all of recorded history.

Looking to replace your copy of Moonhead?  We’ve got ‘em in stock.  Vinyl too!  Get you some here!

The West Memphis Three are FREE!

Where:  Blue Cafe, 217 Pine Street, Long Beach CA 90802

With:  Fifth Story Tenants, Good Fiction, The Things

More information:  Facebook

photo courtesy of Falling James

If you weren’t able to make it to the Echoplex to see Middle Class kill it live on 06/24, you can read Falling James’ review of the show in the LA Weekly.  And if you were there but didn’t bring along enough cash for one of the original Homeland LPs, or the Out of Vogue EP, or the compilation LP, fear not, they are all still available directly from us!

Top off your Bats Day weekend with Frontier Records and Part Time Punks to celebrate the resurrection of Christian Death’s Only Theatre of Pain on vinyl LP + bonus 7″ (remastered by Paul duGré). With special live performances by 45 GRAVE + DEATH PARTY + we can now announce that at least one of our very special guests is none other than the man who wrote the songs on Only Theatre of Pain…RIKK AGNEW…and he’ll be playing an entire set of Christian Death tracks!

Posters and other giveaways!

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Get your advance tix here!