Necessary Diversions

It's been a long week, True Believers, but I welcome ya back all the same. It'll be short and quick ones until November comes, as I spend the remainder of October on some necessary diversions, namely being a big Halloweenie. I attended 18 out of the 24 hours of horror madness that comprises the Music Box of Horrors, seeing such choice cuts as Bloody Muscle Body Builder In Hell, Event Horizon, Tetsuo: the Iron Man, and the OG Buffy from '92. In the last 48 hours, I finished the 3rd book of Alan Moore's Saga of the Swamp Thing, Bulgakov's The Fatal Eggs, and the short, but potent, The Lamb Will Slaughter The Lion by Margaret Killjoy. The latter is a little silly at times with its constant reminders of how punk it is, but a fun ride nonetheless. Beyond that, I'm continuing my second run-through of the Buffy television series, and reached the hospital in the first Silent Hill. Most of you freaks are probably into similar shit, so comment below with some recommendations or just how you enjoy spending your Halloween!

In actual NNT news, we're pleased to announce that recording for the new Tums CS, a nasty little number that goes by the name of Old Perverts & Horse Fuckers, is just about wrapping up. 10 or so tracks serving as a proper punctuation mark for this sick outfit. Expect it some next month, presumably alongside bughouse ii (mk. II) and the long delayed HJD demo. The CB Radio Gorgeous EP is past the post-production stage and will be hitting the press at Cleveland's Gotta Groove Records in December. I'm excited to work with our favorite person/label/one-woman powerhouse Grace Ambrose again and it's nice to swing back around to GG for this one, as they handled production on our first two records way back in 2012. And finally, Mister began tracking their EP, Espejismo, this past weekend and it's sure to be a hot one!

We have to thank our good friends over at the Chicago Reader's Gossip Wolf for once again covering the nation's premier purveyors of Hardcore Punk slop. You can read it here or just stare in awe at this incredible picture of yours truly with nary a click.

Those close to us know that co-founder Raven's involvement in the label has long taken a backseat to her teaching career, and her past week has been spent protesting as part of the CTU/SEIU strike, fighting for the rights of Chicago's teachers, support staff, and, most importantly, the children and teens affected by Chicago's history of understaffing and underfunding its schools. Solidarity to all of our friends and family in the streets doing the damn thing.

In distro news, we added the essential demo from OKC straight edge heavyweights End On End, released jointly by Dog Years and NMZ. It's a killer cut of Hard-Hitting Hardcore and we've been blasting it at NNHQ for a while, so follow the link up top and get it while it's hot. We'll be back in seven with the latest from the almighty Advanced Perspective label and two more cuts from the crypt: the vile Raw Nerve and the original Region Rockers, Guinea Kid.