Dave from Sasshole, at Total Fest IX, August 21st. Picture by Al Goodday The Wantage List is the first place to hear about tours, label news, new releases, limited edition stuff, Total Fest announcements and...not a whole lot more.

July 2010
TOTAL FEST IX LINE-UP ANNOUNCED.
Among luminaries like Vaz, the Lights, Japanther, Miss Lana Rebel, Oneida, TacocaT and lots more are dozens of others. Total Fest is getting ready to get spanked on it's pre-tween behind just about 9 times year, and we'd be remisss if we didn't extend a warm Montana welcome to our regional bros, and those of you from elsewhere too. We've blogged like mad about it over at totalfest.org. There's also the full schedule, a list of the business which help us put it on, and all that.

Head over and take a look! It happens August 19-21 this year. Sasshole are playing.

Chances are, if you're looking for a cheap weekend of high-quality entertainment including live rock and roll, the best record swap for 2300 miles, barbecues, rivers, swimming, friends, and a beer or two you've come to the right spot. Missoula, Montana guarantees the highest rad-local quotient of any western state, and we're pretty sure if you're cool, you can find a yard in which to pitch your tent.

May 6, 2010
The Lights Continue Western Rampage
The Lights, from Seattle, not Canada, Brooklyn or Anwhere Else, have got a new record called Failed Graves on the streets right now. They've announced a Summer (August, west coast) tour with legendarily psychedelic Brooklyn blasters, Oneida and are popping the airwaves of KEXP on a near-hourly basis. It's all true. Oh, and we've got our hands on just a few copies of past releases Beautiful Bird and Wood and Wire, just in time for all this commotion. Have a look in the DISTRO.

April 27, 2010
Happy Lights: Failed Graves Day!
Yes, the Lights New New LP is ready for purchase, friend.

March 16, 2010
Lights Release: April 27
Decided up here to bump the Lights' release just a sliver, to give it time to slither its way into the cosmic collective psyche of the world a little more.

Total Fest IX will happen August 19-21 and now's the time to send in a copy of you and your people rocking, so we can get you on our stage! More info's available at totalfest.org

February 8, 2010
Total Fest Accepting Submissions
New Shit in the Distribution Area
Head to totalfest.org to apprise yourself of the TFIX doings! And while you're heading places, click on the DISTRO link in the Catalog and have a look at about 6 new titles we've recently picked up. We've got a new Bugs LP, a Pygmy Shrews 7", the Inappropriate Tough Guy Behaviour LP, the Reactionaries LP and few other winners. Every price includes domestic postage, friend.

January 25, 2010
KARP LIVES!
Bill's dumped three brand new and righteous teasers for the upcoming Karp documentary onto the internet! They're at http://karplives.com

January 7, 2010.
2009 Best-Of cont.
A lot of sweet records came out last year, and it's hard to remember the early stuff. Here's a handful more:

• Thee Hedons: Lost Tapes CDR
• White Shit: Sculpted Beef LP
• Aavikko Novo Atlantis LP
• Batrider: Bag Wine Forever LP
• Food: S/T LP
• the Blind Shake/Michael Yonkers: Soft Zodiac LP
• Death: For the Whole World To See EP
• Rooster Sauce: Zombies of the Ultra League LP
• Inappropriate Tough Guy Behavior: S/T LP

December 15, 2009
2009 Best-Of, 1st Edition.
Compiling a year end list, and doing it with about 10 days before mega holiday gift-giving's an age-old tradition here at Wantage. So, w/o further ado, some things worth exploring:

• The Bugs: Barbaric, Mystical, Bored. Excellent in each and every way.
• Volumen: Skipper of Reverses. Cohesive, and hook-packed.
• Lightning Bolt: New one. I forget it's name.
• Kylesa: Static Tensions. Way better than their last, in-terms of riffs.
• Love Tan: Miscellaneous Night Feelings. Un-Lights Chambers music.
• the Blind Shake (+Michael Yonkers): Soft Zodiac. Filling my Fed X jones.
• Six Finger Satellite: Half Control. Shiiiiiiiiii, what a scuzz-tone from 2025.

November 29, 2009
Nobody Dogs the Shrews, and Big Boys bring theTexan Skate Punk Fest in the DISTRO section-
Pygmy Shrews have docked at home after a month of tearing up the eastern half of America. Ben, Jeremy and Tia left a wake of smoldering buildings, melted freeways and scorched earth. Now, it's on to work with Zs and Drunkdriver, and the Shrews will take a break. Meanwhile, in the distro section, we've got some hot new titles pokin' in! First up: the Big Boys, who existed between 1979 and 1984, from Austin recently had a double LP re-issued by X-Mist! We've got copies of the  Lullabies Help The Brain Grow/No Matter How Long The Line At The Cafeteria, There's Always A Seat double LP currently for sale. Additionally, we've got copies of This Moment in Black History's  It Takes a Nation of Assholes to Hold Us Back LP. SWEEET! Both are in the Distro section. Finally, we've been working on a Wantage List update for a while here, and finally have the material to do it right! We've got a handful of Narrows LPs somehow, some Miss Lana Rebel LPs and we're only making them available via the WantageList, first.

Saturday, October 10, 2009
White Shit 10" and Pygmy Shrews 12": OUT!
Live and in concert, man. Other news: New VOLUMEN CD is excellent and is distributed. Karp documentary Benefit shows: End of October in Bellingham, Seattle, Olympia and Portland! Go!

Sept. 28, 2009
PYGMY SHREWS, WHITE SHIT: AVAILABLE NOW TO WANTAGE LIST MEMBERS, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC SOON.
That's correct, were you on the Wantage List, you'd have the link to the secret site that would allow you to be the first in your apartment complex to own a White Shit 10" and a Pygmy Shrews LP. The rest of y'all will have to wait until this Friday, October 2 to begin the rush.

Sept. 9, 2009
Total Fest: Excellent.
NEXT UP: JAPANTHER-NINJASONIK 7", WHITE SHIT 10" AND PYGMY SHREWS LP!

August 4, 2009
Total Fest VIII Ticker: Actively Ticking
Recent activities in the world of Total Fest: Drunk Horse has confirmed for Total Fest! This legendary Oakland four-piece outfit has been shredding crowds from Oakland to Ljubljana for the past ten years. Their sound is like Duane Allman partying with Tony McPhee and Billy Gibbons. It's loose, precise and as excellent as hell.

July 9, 2009
TOTAL FEST VIII, JapantherNinjasonik 7" Watch, and Narrows News!
Total Fest VIII happens in Missoula this August 20-22. Follow updates at totalfest.org
the Japanther-Ninjasonik 7" has been pressed, is being mailed and we are on schedule for a release date soon!
Somehow, we came across a secret cache of a stash of some Narrows VINYL! We sold quickly through what we had before, so this is guaranteed to last not long at all.

June 9, 2009
Japanther Tour Relentlessly.
Pygmy Shrews Crush.
Japanther continue to live from the van. Their Ninjasonik project 7" will be out by the end of July. Pygmy Shrews! Pygmy Shrews. 12" in August.

May 6, 2009
Seis de May Una Dia Como Toda Las Dias.
Excepting a couple of things: You can listen to a great podcast of the Red Fang bros on WK radio right here! They play music, talk and answer questions. It's quite entertaining, and you can hear the Whip 7".
Next up: Total Fest's lineup is going to be slow-leaked this year. If you're a band which applied, expect to hear from an organizer one way or another soon. Keep up with our progress at http://totalfest.org

April 6, 2009
Lights, Obits: Touring Together
From the Awesome Shows that Montanans Need to Drive Over 1000 Miles to Attend department comes this exciting news! Seattle's Lights are hopping into the orange van and unleashing their rock and roll onto folks from Vancouver B.C. to San Diego come may. Have a look at the SHOWS button for dates.

March 3, 2009: Muchas Updatas Ahorra
We're on the virge of doing the drawing for the test pressings, and have got a whole crop of new distributed X-Mist titles to plug into the catalog, but in keeping with our promise, we're making these things available to subscribers of the Wantage List first! Hey. "Exclusive content." On the non-exclusive front, Total Fest VIII is open for submissions. Get on it here!

Feb. 9, 2009
Fire Witch's Japan 10" and Red Fang's S/T 12" red vinyl: Ready For Purchase.
Big Business: Done Recording NEW RECORD!
Both of these (Fire Witch and Red Fang) records are wild, white hot examples of focused musical excellence, and you, friend, can now get 'em.
(From Big Business's blog) "Big Business is pleased to announce the completion of their new full length album, entitled MIND THE DRIFT. Big Business are also pleased to announce that they think it turned out great. Quite a few of those millennial types on the internet have been asking the band things like: "What's up with the new album? Why's it taking so long? How come you guys don't play that one song anymore or have merchandise at your shows?" While Big Business don't have time to answer all of those types of questions directly, we at Hydra Head would like to take this opportunity to present you with some True Facts about MIND THE DRIFT. FACT #1: Producer Phil Ek (insert famous bands like the Shins here) has again evolved the band's grandiose sound and taken the Biz into new sonic territories! FACT #2: Guitarist and newest band member Toshi Kasai adds new voice and dimension, and looks good doing it. You can actually hear the handsome. FACT #3: Most of the instrumental tracks were recorded at AVAST! 2 studios in Seattle, WA. in June and July of 2008. FACT #4: Due to the busy touring schedule of Big Biz and the Melvins, most of the vocals, as well as some overdubs and mixing, had to be postponed until late November of 2008. The album was completed in Los Angeles (well, actually, Burbank to be precise). (That's a two-fer.) FACT #5: While recording Jared's vocals, Phil Ek kept a loaded sawed-off shotgun in the control room. FACT #6: Hydra Head Records will be releasing the album on LP/CD/Digital this April. But more news on that later... If you are internet savvy, you can check out a new, never before heard track called "Gold and Final" streaming on myspace.com/bigbigbusiness... NOW!"