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Bands: Big Joanie joins Kill Rock Stars
News — October 3, 2020
On November 27, Big Joanie and Charmpit will release a 2-song split EP on Kill Rock Stars, kicking off the relationship between Big Joanie and the Kill Rock Stars label. Following the split, Big Joanie will also release their second album in 2021, the follow-up to 2018's Sistahs. …
Labels: Kill Rock Stars 30th anniversary celebrations
News — January 3, 2021
Kill Rock Stars is celebrating thirty years throughout 2021, kicking things off with a subscription-based covers series. Fans who subscribe will receive 30+ covers throughout the year, starting with Mary Lou Lord and Mikaela Davis performing "Song Song," originally by Elliott Smith. Additional artists will include Mike Watt …
Labels: Kill Rock Stars Adds Caleb Nichols to the Roster
News — December 2, 2021
Caleb Nichols has joined Kill Rock Stars and released a new EP. The Clarion EP is available for streaming now, and you can check out the video for the title track below. Caleb comments on the track/video: The lyrics to the song, which I sort of wrote …
Records: A Kill Rock Stars christmas
News — December 12, 2021
Kill Rock Starts has teamed up with friends of the label for It's Hard To Dance When It's Cold And There's No Music: Kill Rock Stars Winter Holiday Album Volume 2, a 15 years after the original follow-up to Volume 1. The 14-track compilation of holiday themed muck …
Labels: Kill Rock Stars covers (and a new signee)
News — April 24, 2022
Last year Kill Rock Stars celebrated 30 years in the biz with a year-long subscription featuring covers of label classics and deep cuts. That series is now available on all platforms, as of Friday April 22, for everyone. The label also shared news of a new roster …
Labels: zannie joins Kill Rock Stars
News — June 1, 2022
Kill Rock Stars has shared a song and video for "a rose for every puppet," the lead single from an upcoming debut album form the New York, NY artist. zannie will release How Do I Get That Star on August 19. The record is conceived as an homage to …
Labels: Kill Rock Stars signs Ron Gallo
News — September 20, 2022
Philadelphia, PA native Ron Gallo has shared a new single called "Entitled Man," which comes with the news of Gallo joining Kill Rock Stars record label. “I wrote this song after hearing female friends talk about their experiences with men. Infuriating, creepy, weird shit they deal with on a …
Labels: Little Punk People's Elliott Fullam joins Kill Rock Stars
News — October 23, 2022
Youthful musician Elliott Fullam has joined Kill Rock Stars, sharing a new single for the label: “Kick You Down” b/w “On and On,” which is fittingly described on the press release as "tranquil and lo-fi." Fullam recently released What's Wrong on Sept. 2, 2022, his debut album on his …
Labels: Trap Girl now on Kill Rock Stars
News — July 2, 2023
Hardcore Los Angeles band Trap Girl has announced that the band, formed in 2014, has signed with Kill Rock Stars. The band played classic LA style hardcore with a queercore perspective. The band will release a new EP next month, Diva's Inferno, on July 14. Diva's Inferno by …
Records: kill kill kill with Oh Telephone
News — October 5, 2024
Oh Telephone, a blown-out speaker garage punk band from Bern, Switzerland, will release debut album kill kill kill in one week, out Oct. 11 via Voodoo Rhythm Records. The 12-song debut is loud, aggressive, and a little bit psychedelic too.
MP3s: Mike Watt + The Black Gang cover Bikini Kill
News — January 23, 2021
2021 is a lot of things already. It's also the 30th anniversary of Kill Rock Stars and one way that the label is celebrating is to release a subscription-based series where contemporary artists cover classics songs released by the Olympia, WA/Portland, OR label. The series kicked off with Mary Lou …
Music / History 101: Kill Rock Stars 30th anniversary: History 101
Feature — October 18, 2021
It’s hard to state the impact Kill Rock Stars has over its thirty year history. While long-associated with the Riot Grrl movement, the label is much more than that, with a diverse roster covering punk to singer-songwriter to impossible-to-classify experimentation. Besides introducing influential artists like Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney and Elliott …
One Question Interviews: Kill Rock Stars
Feature — July 28, 2021
Slim Moon (Kill Rock Stars) SPB: Which of the anniversary covers, so far, has surprised you the most – either in song choice or in how the covering artists reimagined the original (or replicated its magic)? Moon: It isn’t out yet but TEKE::TEKE’s cover of Unwound’s “Corpse Pose” …
Shows: Punk Rock Saves Lives and Punk Rock Bowling
News — May 7, 2023
Punk Rock Saves Lives has announced a 4-day, Punk Rock Bowling-sanctioned, series of shows at Hogs & Heifers Saloon in Las Vegas over Memorial Day weekend. The lineups include Jughead's Revenge, Urethan, Middle-Aged Queers, Deviates, Cliffdiver, Hans Gruber and the Die Hards, and more. Proceeds will benefit wellness and …
One Question Interviews: Shaylee
Feature — September 27, 2022
Shaylee SPB: What song would you want played at your funeral? Shaylee: Hmm, my funeral? I've never given it much thought, but the first one that comes to mind is "Motion Picture Soundtrack" by Radiohead. The organ on the track feels very reminiscent of a funeral procession, and …
One Question Interviews: Chateau Chateau
Feature — July 5, 2022
Bleu (Chateau Chateau) SPB: How much space in your home is dedicated to music storage (instruments or records)? Bleu: Most of our house is dedicated to music storage. Our “master bedroom” is actually our recording studio now, so it houses our day-to-day equipment, writing and recording computers, pianos, …
One Question Interviews / What's That Noise?: TEKE::TEKE
Feature — May 11, 2022
Serge Nakauchi Pelletier (TEKE::TEKE – guitar) SPB: You use a variety of instruments. Were there any mic challenges or unique studio setups to require the sounds you achieved on Shirushi last year? Nakauchi Pelletier: I don't recall any “challenges” per se in terms of set ups or even …
One Question Interviews: Caleb Nichols
Feature — April 26, 2022
Caleb Nichols SPB: What is the best pop song of the last 10 years? Nichols: I’m going to answer this question via a “first thought = best thought” method, and my honest first thought when I read the question was “Cranes In The Sky” by Solange. When …Records: Quasi will release Mole City on Oct. 1
News — July 21, 2013
On Oct. 1, Quasi will return to release Mole City on Kill Rock Stars. The record is the duo's ninth and comes in their 20th year of making music together. A track listing is provided below, and you can check out a song here.
