Kiss of Death Records

For all of you that attended Harvest of Hope, I don’t really have to go into detail about how awesome it was. However, this post is NOT for you (It’s for those of you who didn’t make it), but I’ll do my best and keep it brief by letting some pretty images do the talking. Bryne from PUNKNEWS.ORG was there covering the festivities and took some cool pictures of most of the KOD bands that preformed.

Anchor Arms

How Dare You

Bomb the Music Industry!

Virgins

O’ Pioneers!

The Measure (SA)

There you have it! All the fun of Harvest of Hope without the muddy shoes, ringworm and week long hangovers.

– Alex

In anticipation of their upcoming EP to be released on Kiss of Death, Orlando/RVA based NO FRIENDS, have booked an east coast tour with DEEP SLEEP. No Friends features Tony Foresta of Municipal Waste and 3/4 of the now defunct New Mexican Disaster Squad. The jaunt kicks off April 2nd in Raleigh, NC and continues up and down the eastern seaboard before ending in Richmond, VA on April 10th. Check out the dates below:

4/02/10 Raleigh, NC @ The Pourhouse w/ Deep Sleep, Double Negative, Pollution
4/03/10 Harrisonburg, VA @ Macrock w/ Deep Sleep, Double Negative, Wasted Time, Valkaryie
4/04/10 Washington DC @ TBA
4/05/10 York, PA @ The Skid Row Garage w/ Deep Sleep, Common Enemy, and Olde Tiger
4/06/10 New Brunswick, NJ @ Bosnia w/ Deep Sleep, Nightbirds
4/07/10 Boston, MA @ Church of Boston w/ Deep Sleep, Ramming Speed, Hellbent Hookers, Livver
4/08/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Bruar Falls w/ Deep Sleep, The Bombettes, Nightbirds
4/09/10 Philadelphia, PA @ The Terrordome w/ Deep Sleep, Affirmative Action Jackson, John Wilkes Youth
4/10/10 Richmond, VA @ The Bikelot w/ Deep Sleep, Cloak/Dagger, Dry Spell, Freeman

– Alex

new records for sale the weekend after Harvest Of Hope, friday at NOON. (hopefully)

Pretty Boy Thorson and The Slow Death/The Strait A’s – Split 7″
Thousandaires/Fellow Project – Split 7″ (members of Get Bent and Bridge & Tunnel)
O’ Pioneers/The Anchor – Split 7″ (reissue)

Coming soon releases from: No Friends, Mayflower, In The Red, The Anchor, New Bruises, The Measure (SA), O’ Pioneers, and Bomb The Music Industry.

we got a few Banner Pilot – Resignation Day lps back in stock. As well as a hand full of the Closet Fairies/Party Garbage – Split 7″ some from the first pressing and second. Too Many Daves – 2008 a shit faced Odyssey back in stock as well not many left and this is going out of print after they are gone. Also restocks on Dukes Of Hillsborough CDS, Andrew Dost – Columbus LP, Landmines – S/T LP and Fun – Aim & Ignite LP

-Glenn

Hey! You there! I just updated a bunch of shows in the show section from bands like UNWELCOME GUESTS, THE MEASURE (SA), DELAY, and MOUTHBREATHER. Click on “Shows and Tours” to check them out!

– Alex

NATIONAL UNDERGROUND just posted an article today listing 5 bands you need to know for this year’s HARVEST OF HOPE FEST, and guess what? 3 of them are bands that have released music with Kiss of Death. We thought that was pretty cool (and I especially did because I’m in one of the bands). Check out the write ups on ANCHOR ARMS, HOW DARE YOU, and the incredibly talented and handsome GATORFACE right HERE. The article includes streaming tracks from each of the bands, so go there, read their kind words and check out some songs so you don’t miss the boat on what should be some rad performances this coming weekend.

Then if you like what you hear you can pick up records from each of the respective artists in our STORE.

– Alex

we got 50 lps back from no idea and they are now up in the store. we have been sold out of them for quite awhile. turns out no idea had a few we could nab! get before they are gone. don’t know when we will be repressing this record.

-Glenn

HARVEST OF HOPE FEST is right around the corner and we wanted to do our part in getting the word out one last time about the event because A. It’s awesome and B. It’s for a really great cause. The three day event is taking place March 12-14 at the St. Johns County Fairground in Elkton, Florida (Right near St. Augustine) and features a ton of great bands from an array of extremely diverse genres for an extremely low price. Sounds awesome already right? Well to top it off, all of the proceeds go to help support migrant farm workers all over the country. I’m sure I couldn’t do justice to all of the great work the Harvest of Hope Foundation does, so I’ll leave it to you to go check out their WEBSITE.

This year at HOH, a bunch of current and past Kiss of Death bands are going to be performing over the long weekend including:

Virgins
New Bruises
Bomb the Music Industry!
The Measure (SA)
O’ Pioneers!
Anchor Arms
How Dare You
Too Many Daves
and Gatorface

We’ll also have a booth set up with records to sell. I’ll be hanging out there some and you can bring me beers. Or if Bryon is there you can bring him coffee because he’s nailed to the X like it’s 1995.

ALSO on an added fun note. 3/4 of New Bruises will be filling in for O’ Pioneers! on this little trip as Eric’s backing band, so get ready to watch them butcher all of his great songs at HOH as well as at these shows:

3/10/10 Orlando, FL @ The Social w/ Small Brown Bike, Young Brother
3/11/10 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds w/ Small Brown Bike, Cheap Girls, The Measure (SA), Grabass Charlestons

-Alex

Junnnktank.com just posted a super interesting interview with our buddies BANNER PILOT. They go over everything from the beginning through their days at Kiss of Death and their new home at Fat Wreck Chords. They also get into some juicy tidbits about Florida’s favorite annual weekend of debauchery and punk music when asked about THE FEST. Click HERE to read all about it! Then go to our STORE and buy some of their badass records.

– Alex

I just got the No Friends – Traditional Failures 12″ test pressing. This thing fucking rips. Old school DC influenced hardcore. If you don’t already know it’s Tony Foresta from Municipal Waste on vocals with yr fave Orlando, FL punks from Gatorface, New Mexican Disaster Squad and Virgins: Sam, Alex, and Richard backing it up with the solid riffage and beats. Turn this shit on blast cause this record is LOUD and meant to be played that way.

Little over 8 minutes on a 45 speed one sided 12″ with full printed inner sleeve and art by Richard Minino AKA Horsebites http://www.horsebitesdesign.com/

This should be out in time for the TOUR!! That’s right they are actually going to play some shows. Keep yr eyes and ear peeled cause Virgins has some shit coming up next!! All i can tell you right now is this record is gonna blow yr mind.

-Glenn

For the first time since 2008, the Kiss of Death website is now up to date with current show listings. Let that soak in for a second… Now pick your jaw up off the floor, click on “Shows and Tours” to find out where all the coolest KOD bands will be partying their asses off (and possibly playing some songs).

– Alex