MEDITATIVE SECT "Laceration Points" LP

Meditative Sect is a band I do with Graham Scala, Mike Haley, and Sean Connolly.  This past winter, we put together a full length that will be coming out on LP format on the label.  Been busy editing that and doing drawings for it.  Test presses have been approved and I just sent off the covers to be silkscreened, so be on the lookout for that soon.

You can preview some of the tracks and "like" us at: http://www.facebook.com/meditativesect

Here's a preview of the cover:

FORENSICS "You Don't Have to Win, But You Have to Fight"

Notes on Forensics "You Don't Have to Win, But You Have to Fight." 10"/CD/Digital: This is the latest recording from the band I've suddenly been doing for the last 7 years. I say "suddenly" because the last full length we did was in 2004, yet it doesn't feel like it at all. This 10"/CD is four songs and, this time around, we wanted to retain a lot of the heaviness that most of our music has had in the past, yet try out some more traditional song structures. Verse-chorus-verse type shit. I also wanted to actually spend some time working on the vocals and NOT just have them be an afterthought scrawled onto notebook paper in the driveway of whatever studio, literally minutes before recording them on the last day booked. So we did all that, recorded the tracks, did the vocals, mixed with John Congleton, mastered with Nick Zampiello, and sent it out to be made. I'm really happy with how it all turned out and I hope you dig it. Being able to still write songs, play them with friends, and make records after all these years is literally the only thing keeping me from driving tanks through shopping malls, so I certainly appreciate each and every opportunity to keep doing these things.





MBL125-1 : FORENSICS "YOU DON'T HAVE TO WIN, BUT YOU HAVE TO FIGHT" 10"/CD/SHIRT/STICKERS BOX SET

DOWNLOAD THE MP3 "SHOULDERING" HERE
STREAM THE FULL 10" HERE


- 100 box sets made. Each box contains a limited copy of the 10" w/download code, the CD, an exclusive shirt, and a sticker assortment.
- Shirt sizes: Adult Small - 2X Extra Large
- Shirts feature grey ink on heather grey material. They feature the band's logo, as rendered by master illustrator Aaron Horkey.
- In the box, you will either receive regular red vinyl (limited to 300 copies) or a red TEST PRESS edition leftover from tour (#'d to 75 and randomly inserted)
- Mixed by John Congleton
- Mastered by Nick Zampiello
- Album artwork by Daniel Danger
- Guest vocals on last track by Tracy Wilson
- $18.99 ppd in the US.


• To order this box set online, please visit the Magic Bullet Webstore
• If paying by cash or money order, write info@magicbulletrecords.com for instructions


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MBL125-1 : FORENSICS "YOU DON'T HAVE TO WIN, BUT YOU HAVE TO FIGHT" 10" AND CD

DOWNLOAD THE MP3 "SHOULDERING" HERE
STREAM THE FULL 10" HERE


- Mixed by John Congleton
- Mastered by Nick Zampiello
- Album artwork by Daniel Danger
- Guest vocals on last track by Tracy Wilson


Vinyl info:
- 10" on Red vinyl: we made 300 of these. Comes with a jacket and poster insert + download code.
- 10" on Black vinyl: we made a dickload of these, so if you're like me and don't care about colored vinyl, this is your jam.
- Both versions are $9.99 ppd in the US.


CD info:
- We ran all of the ecopaks at Stoughton Printing - really killer results. No generic jewel case bullshit - you'll be stoked to own the packaging.
- And for $5.00 ppd, you can't really go wrong.


• To order the 10" or CD (non box set versions) online, please visit the Magic Bullet Webstore


• If paying by cash or money order, write
info@magicbulletrecords.com for instructions


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MBL125-1 : FORENSICS "YOU DON'T HAVE TO WIN, BUT YOU HAVE TO FIGHT" SKATEBOARD DECK/CD COMBO


- Deck limited to 100 - we only have 15 left as of this writing
- Each deck comes with a free copy of the CD
- Art by Daniel Danger
- Available in 8" or 8.12"


• To order the deck/CD, please visit the Magic Bullet Webstore
• If paying by cash or money order, write info@magicbulletrecords.com for instructions


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iTunes Downloads: go here.




Thank you.

BALBOA & PLAGUE SERMON split LP up in the webstore now

Notes on Balboa & Plague Sermon "Split" LP : In a transatlantic collaborative effort, Philadelphia's BALBOA and Virginia's Magic Bullet Records team up with Brighton's PLAGUE SERMON and Midmarch Records put forth a split LP featuring exclusive tracks from both bands. Building upon previous output on the now-defunct Level Plane label, BALBOA deliver 4 passionate and politically-charged bouts of unfiltered rage and discontent with a tight brand of pinpoint precision and wide open sonic force. PLAGUE SERMON complements BALBOA well, playing an emotionally-charged brand of hardcore that you'd expect to find in a sweaty 90's basement somewhere in the midwest. Limited to only 100 domestic copies, I've only got 32 of them left for mailorder.



MBL120-1 : BALBOA & PLAGUE SERMON "SPLIT" LP

- Only 100 copies available in the United States
- Only 32 copies left in the Magic Bullet webstore
- All copies on this weird amber-ish/red vinyl

• To order this LP online, please visit http://www.magicbulletrecords.com/mailorder.html
• If paying by cash or money order, write info@magicbulletrecords.com for instructions
• BALBOA on the web: http://www.myspace.com/balboa
• PLAGUE SERMON on the web: http://www.myspace.com/theplaguesermon

RORSCHACH Reunion prints now up for mailorder

RORSCHACH
2009 Reunion Tour Print
by Brent Eyestone

- 19" x 24"
- 5 color silkscreen
- French paper stock
- Signed/numbered edition of 200
- 150 originally sold on tour, 50 copies stashed for mailorder customers

To order this print online, please visit the Magic Bullet Webstore Auxiliary Section
For Vinyl and CD's, please visit the Magic Bullet Webstore

Thank you.

Stephen Brodsky : "Stolen Echoes Won't Return" archival video

Here's one from the vaults: beautiful music video shot by Matt Tarle for "Stolen Echoes Won't Return," a track off of the "Olé Sunday" CD/LP. Enjoy!

Sigur Rós Radio Special available on Podcast

A few weeks back, I "curated" a special tribute to Sigur Rós for my friend Tracy's radio show (that she does with her friend Alex). Lots of rarities and such... it was fun. You can now download the whole thing from:

http://wrir.org/x/modules/news/article.php?storyid=10678

Enjoy.

INTEGRITY BOX SETS!

MBL126 : INTEGRITY "VVALPÜRGISNACHT" BOX SET

- Hand-screened and #'d Vvalpürgisnacht CD
- 5-color spot printed "Sandra Good" organic cotton ringspun T-shirt
- Shipped to you in a hand-screened box numbered 1-100
- A collaboration between Magic Bullet Records and Shirts & Destroy limited to a strict edition of only 100 boxes
- 50 available from Magic Bullet, 50 available from Shirts & Destroy
- Sizes = Adult Small - Adult XXL

• To order this Box Set online, please visit http://www.magicbulletrecords.com/august09.html
• If paying by cash or money order, write info@magicbulletrecords.com for instructions

9/23 : RVA : RORSCHACH | PULLING TEETH | FORENSICS

AUSTIN LUCAS "Hammer" LP repress, THE PAPER CHASE "Someday..." LP (180 gram)

Notes on Austin Lucas "Putting the Hammer Down" : In keeping with the theme of going back and repressing killer Magic Bullet titles of both the distant and recent past, I decided to revisit the first record Austin did for the label. When we first agreed to do it, there was a tour coming up quickly and the focus was on getting CD's out for it, plus 200 tour edition LP's. The cover design for the tour LP was simple and functional. While it did the job, it was far from what I wanted to be able to put the time into. Well, that's all remedied now. 400 more copies of this LP now exist and it finally comes with a silkscreened cover design that I'm totally stoked on. Metallic gold ink on a "hot fudge" stock, plus all kinds of different colors of vinyl (6 to be precise). 4 are available in the webstore now, 1 is only available from Austin on tour, and 1 is only available in independent record stores. Enjoy.






MBL103-1 : AUSTIN LUCAS "PUTTING THE HAMMER DOWN" LP

- Reissue of the classic full-length
- Comes with complimentary digital download coupon of entire album
- You can try out/download the entire recording for free at: http://www.gimmesound.com/AustinLucas
- Exclusive silkscreened covers designed by Brent Eyestone
- Add the fully packaged CD version for only $3.00

• To order this LP online, please visit http://www.magicbulletrecords.com/august09.html
• If paying by cash or money order, write info@magicbulletrecords.com for instructions

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Notes on The Paper Chase "Someday This Could All Be Yours" : I first met John Congleton a bit over a year ago when we were recording the This Will Destroy You/Lymbyc Systym split down in Dallas. We both started playing in bands around the same time and have been through a lot of the same circles and have both endured the bizarre "evolution" of the underground ever since, so it wasn't hard to hit it off at all. When I left Dallas, a pact was in place to continue crossing paths and collaborating on projects down the line. So a few months later, when word came down that Kill Rock Stars wasn't going to do the vinyl version of The Paper Chase's newest record, it just seemed like a no-brainer that it should come out on Magic Bullet.



MBL114 : THE PAPER CHASE "SOMEDAY THIS COULD ALL BE YOURS" LP

- The Paper Chase's latest full length
- 180 gram vinyl

• To order this LP online, please visit http://www.magicbulletrecords.com/august09.html
• If paying by cash or money order, write info@magicbulletrecords.com for instructions

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Next:

Christie Front Drive "Stereo" LP+DVD, CD+DVD, digital
Christie Front Drive "Discography" CD, 2xLP, digital
Forensics "You Don't Have To Win, But You Have To Fight" 10", CD
Integrity "Vvalpürgisnacht" CD/shirt box set
Integrity "Vvalpürgisnacht" skateboard deck
Loser Life "My Hell + More Hell" CD
Made Out of Babies "The Ruiner" LP

Thank you.
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Sigur Ros radio special airs tonight

I put together a playlist for my friend Tracy's radio show tonight - a two-hour special on Sigur Rós. Included will be some Sigur Rós rarities and live tracks, side projects, an interview, some of their peers, and some of the bands they've gone on to inspire. Very comprehensive, very fun.

Tune in tonight from 7-9PM EST on http://www.wrir.org

If you're in RVA, tune to 97.3.

Thanks.