ACCIDENTE Cassette release and Distro Update!

Greeting!  We've been heck of busy lately with all sorts of bullhonky, but not too busy to drop some fresh news on you.

ITEM ONE.
ACCIDENTE cassettes are HERE and available NOW.  They took months and months to finally come together, but believe us, it was worth the wait.  These things are sweet as hell.  Imprinted and duped on pro-tapes, they sound clear as a digital file, but with that warm fuzzy analog halo!  Lyrics were printed in both Spanish and English for maximum efficiency, and graphics adapted to cassette format by the band themselves.  We can breathe a sigh of relief, because these things are ready just in time for Accidente's Mexico/US tour!  Dates can be found HERE.  Be on the lookout, folks in warmer climes!

Accidente cassettes are $4 / $5 postage paid.  Send us a message.

ITEM TWO:
The distro has been restocked and is itching for your dirty fingers to poke through it.  Most excitingly, we have the brand new SWAMP APE Valhalla tapes!  Swoop em up now!  New additions include: Dropdead, Crudos/Spitboy split, Cola Freaks, Bastard, Warhead, Systematic Death, Templars, Adicts, Sickoids, La Fraction, Citizens Arrest, Assfactor 4, Filth, Totalitar, Burial, Carrie Nations and more!

ITEM THREE:
One third of the Cesspool Sounds organization has been going through some UTTER BULLSHIT, including, but not limited to, a home invasion in which a cracked-out intruder bit a chunk out of our protagonist's arm, a knee-injury that won't stay dormant, oh and he was ran over by a minivan dad in a gas station parking lot and has missed over 2 weeks of work because of the damage to his leg.  The cops in this last incident were nothing short of totally impotent and worthless as they didn't charge the offender with anything, and let him go without breathilizing him.  Long story even longer, Paddy is seeking legal action and we are raising money for his legal expenses, medical bills and the regular ass bills he has been unable to pay because of all this.  A benefit show will be held at the Odditorium on the 12th of September.  Details can be found HERE.  If you can't make it to the show, you can donate via this paypal button at the bottom of this post.  Thanks from all of us in advance for your love and help.  We shall prevail.

CLICK TO DONATE!  any amount helps.

TOXIC NOSTALGIA TAPE RELEASE!

We are incredibly happy to announce the release of our second tape.  TOXIC NOSTALGIA has been ripping it up here in Asheville for the last several months, and now, those unfortunate enough to have not witnessed them in action can enjoy the pulverizing qualities of their debut cassette.  I ain't callin this one a demo, because it sounds just so damn good.  The production is raw, yet clear, and I still haven't been able to get over how ferocious Lauren's vocals are on this recording.  Get ye with it, while you still can, cuz half the band is Austin, TX bound next month, but don't you fret...the remaining members will be tearing it up with new projects before you can say "move back to Asheville, Skylar and Lauren and Ryan and Justin, you traitorous fucks...we just love you too much!"  Anyhow, if you are in Asheville tonight, the place to be is Static Age Records.  Toxic Nostalgia will be getting down alongside of the fantastic SIDE EFFECTS from the Bay and DIVULGENCE from SC.  We can dry each others' tears because apparently living here means our souls are doomed to an eternity in the FIRES OF HELL.  Oh well, can't win em all.

check out the beautifully screened tape cover by Ryan!

OUR FIRST RELEASE!

The Sounds from the Cesspool tapes are here!  44 bands, just under 90 minutes.  Amazing art by B. Menace, Madd Maxx, Sarah Cav, Ryan Deloach and even our own Paddy Jones.   We are damn proud of these things and recommend that you buy one

If you live in Asheville, they are $4
If you were in a band on the tape they are only $2 (and ya get a special purple tape)
If you live outside of Asheville they are $6 postage paid.
If you wanna buy some distro stuff and a tape, we'd think you were real cool and will combine postage.
We can do wholesale too, just send us a message.

ordering and questions: cesspoolsounds@gmail.com

Don't know if you're in a band or not?  well here's the friggin list:  Dead Things, The Budget, Pox Americana, Something's Wrong, Blood Summer, Negative Feedback, Tent City Rollers, The Bite, Grouch, Princess Thunderstorm, Kakistocracy, Descolada, Nasty Ponies, Resurrectum, Sunshine SS, Bomb Threat, Flies Around It, Gut Wrenching Terror, Weapons of Masturbation, The DiMarcos, Ataxia, Party Grave, Endless Bummer, PC Penis, Killing Solves Everything, Excessive Defiance, Drunk In A Dumpster, B.A.C., Autarch, Ents, Jacuzzi Suicide, Just Die!, Black Lung Brass Band, Bill Maltba Experience, Megahurtz, Babies, Angry Tribe, Raccoon Party, Wartorn Babies, Lucrative Offer, Reagan's Bones, Studz, The Treatment and Common Visions.

Also!

ACCIDENTE tapes are just around the corner, I'm gonna guess they are less than two weeks away from release! 

We are gonna release TOXIC NOSTALGIA's debut tape as well!  tapes are ordered and I'd guess these are also less than two weeks away from release!

New Asheville band BAD FOG has been mesmerizing us with their dark, grungy, riffy sounds and has provided a much needed injection of ladydom, and we'll be releasing their first tape!  This one should be out in August!

Keep your ears open.  Exciting Times Ahead!

bad electricity

check out my new music blog, bad electricity! i'm a pretty big freakin nerd and i take immense pleasure in sharing music with people...the blog will feature mostly (but not exclusively) punk and mostly stuff that's out of print, cuz i feel weird about sharing music if you can still buy it from the people who made it...i'm not sure how much energy i've got to put towards the thing and these music blogs get shut down pretty frequently, so get on it while it's alive!

BAD ELECTRICITY 

p.s. the Sounds from the Cesspool tape will be out real damn soon.  If you were in a band on the tape, you can have it for $2, $4 for the rest of ya, and we're going to have a release show where you can get it for a one-night-only price of $3.  keep your ears open.

-chris

ACADrunkB

Finally, something to tell you all!

We've added just way too much stuff to the distro to list it all here, just go check it out.  I will mention that we just got some copies of the inaugural issue of THRASHEVILLE.  It rules, if you haven't seen it yet.  You've probably seen Eron at shows over the past few months and you've probably had a conversation with him, cuz the guy talks to everybody, which is great...but yeah, this zine is the result of his immersion into our town's DIY music scene, and it's impressive to say the least.  I dig his very quirky and tongue-in-cheek writing style and his coverage is quite in depth, and there's tons of photos. There's really no reason not to read this if you live here...you like reading about yourselves, right?

Aside from that, we're just waiting on the Sounds from the Cesspool comp tapes to arrive in the mailbox, and we're finishing up the inserts right now, so expect it to be released really really soon.  The Accidente tapes are going to look and sound freaking amazing and should be done within a month...and I'm hoping to take a trip to Austin to hand deliver them to the band when they play there in September.   We also have gotten our handy dandy cesspool tape duplicators of sound fixed and running, and we've manufactured tapes for Night Dogs of Chicago who are playing a couple of shows in town this weekend, so go to those shows and pick up a locally manufactured free range organic cassette punk music tape...check out the Asheville punk rock community networking machine over in the links on the right for details of those shows. 

Hell yeah, life could be worse, right?

oh yeah, and check out Paddy and Skylar 's button and patch operation Foxtrot Tango Whiskey (FTW)

Immense Distro Times

Well, i can't fit anymore records into my distro crate...so I suppose it's time for you to order some new tunes!  Your life needs it!  I could always just get another box though...Seriously, the distro is packed out with some amazing records...I'm pretty sure most of them are the cheapest copies out there, wink wink.  That's my style, though, I buy em cheap so I can pass the savings on to you!  In the last two weeks we've added records/tapes by:

POISON IDEA, THE COMES, CIRCLE JERKS, SPITBOY, TOWNES VAN ZANDT, THE GITS, DIE KREUZEN, SHELLSHAG, RED THREAD, ECONOCHRIST, AMERICAN CHEESEBURGER, ALL YOU CAN EAT, YOUR MOTHER, CONGA FURY, BAD RELIGION, TOM WAITS and BLACK SABBATH

Don't take any shit and keep your heads up!  Spread love, Ignore hate, The end is nigh!