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NEWS UPDATE: May 23rd, 2025

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Hi Everyone! 

It's Mark writing.  I just got back from the first show of KOENJIHYAKKEI's European tour here in Vienna and I can't find the words to tell you how fantastic it was!  SKiN GRAFT has been working with KOENJIHYAKKEI for over 20 years now and my relationship with Tatsuya Yoshida goes back even further than that, but this was the first time I got to meet the rest of the band and see them play.  The tour dates are below. If you have any chance to see them perform - this very well may be your once in a lifetime opportunity (or in my case, once in 20+ years). Don't miss it.
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PILI COÏT and YOWIE "Split"
Two-Song 7" / Full-Length CD
- OUT NOW -

 “Split”? There’s nothing divisive about it. Two tremendously inventive bands have reinvented themselves once again, premiering new music in two distinct permutations – as a deluxe two-song 7” colored vinyl record and as a full-length glass-mastered compact disc.... (continued at link)

> Go to the May 16th, 2025 News Page
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CHEER-ACCIDENT Announce Tour and Their Best Album  
  "Admission" out June 27th, 2025  

From Cheer-Accident's liner notes:
It’s weird to have so few words to say about our best album to date, but… well…
 
Our Best Album? Out of 26?
That’s not nothing.
 
What makes it “our best?” Is it the songs? Is it the production? Is it the convergence of those two elements? What if... (continued at link)

> Go to the May 9th, 2025 News Page
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U.S. MAPLE's "Long Hair In Three Stages" Returns June 13th
Cliff Notes: U.S. Maple's first album, before they fell all apart on "Sang Phat Editor". This is the album that "rocks". Disjointed machinations, poppy locksteps and jarring sideways excursions - all leading down a path to nowhere's-ville. Engineered by Jim O'Rourke with a cold.... (continued at link)

> Go to the May 2nd, 2025 News Page
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Japan's Progressive Post-Math Rock Powerhouse KOENJIHYAKKEI announce Double Live Album! Following the release of their album “Dhorimviskha” (one of Bandcamp Daily’s albums of the year) and during the height of the covid pandemic, Japan’s Koenjihyakkei played a rousing set to an empty Club Goodman and live-streamed their performance around the world... (continued at link)

> Go to the April 11th, 2025 News Page
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Math Rock Pioneers Dazzling Killmen Re-form!
- Press Release: April 4th, 2025
Foundational math rock / post-metal / jazz-core band Dazzling Killmen have announced they are re-forming and will perform at the Dark Days Bright Nights Fest in Richmond, Virgina on September 26-28, 2025... (continued at link)

> Go to the April 4th, 2025 News Page
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Hi Everybody!
This is Mark writing.  There is a lot to share - and I can't wait another minute to announce SKiN GRAFT's next release for 2025, so this is the first of two News Updates I'll be sending out today (!).  

Ready? ... (continued at link)

> Go to the April 4th, 2025 News Page
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Hi Everybody,

At the moment SKiN GRAFT is hunkered down readying no less than SIX new releases (across multiple formats!) and these are not coming cheap to produce, so please lend us a hand by lending us your ears - and opening your pocketbooks!... (continued at link)

> Go to the March 7th, 2025 News Page
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Hi Everybody,

This Friday, February 7th, from midnight to midnight PST, 100% of Bandcamp’s proceeds will go toward supporting those affected by the recent Southern California wildfires... (continued at link)

> Go to the February 7th, 2025 News Page
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Your Happy New Year Starts Here! 

Hi Everybody! It is my honor to announce today that before the month is over, we are bringing out KOENJIHYAKKEI "Angherr Shisspa: Revisited", a very special resissue of KOENJIHYAKKEI's fourth album which SKiN GRAFT originally released way back in 2005... (continued at link)

> Go to the January 10th, 2025 News Page
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SKiN GRAFT Records' Best of 2024! - Here’s some news and reviews from around the world... (continued at link)

> Go to the December 20th, 2024 News Page
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SKiN GRAFT Records' 2024 MINT CHRISTMAS Blood Drive
Now is a great time to buy some music and encourage your friends to do the same! All proceeds go toward the bands and the record label... (continued at link)

> Go to the December 6th, 2024 News Page
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Knock 20% off (almost*) everything (Digital & Physical) at the SKiN GRAFT Records Bandcamp Store!... (continued at link)

> Go to the November 29th, 2024 News Page
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As if Friday's update celebrating the digital release of BUNUEL's "Mansuetude" wasn't enough (2xLP/CD/Tape is coming November 15th!), here we are again - SQUID PISSER have just unleashed a new music video!... (continued at link)

> Go to the October 28th, 2024 News Page
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BUÑUEL "Mansuetude" is out today and the internet is already awash with write ups!  If you pre-ordered it on Bandcamp, your digital copy is ready and waiting to be downoaded or streamed. If you haven't heard it yet, go here and remedy that right away.  You can try to read on while the music plays, but I think you'll find that the music will demand your attention. No worries, we'll be here when you get back.... (continued at link)

> Go to the October 25th, 2024 News Page
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On October 15th, HYPER GAL will embark on an ambitious EU & UK run supporting their new album “After Image” released on September 13th by the acclaimed SKiN GRAFT Records (Yowie, Melt-Banana, U.S Maple). The band will perform the MV Festival in Dijon, the Left Of The Dial Festival in Rotterdam, and Les Nuits Weekender Festival in Brussels... (continued at link)

> Go to the October 14th, 2024 News Page
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Hi Everyone!
BUNUEL's Eugene S. Robinson writes -
"America is schizophrenic about class and class attributes. On the one hand we claim it doesn't exist here, on the other hand, like Paul Fussell lays out in his book on class, it works its way through every aspect of American life and living. The song itself eviscerates the notion by placing it where it most needs to be placed: in the iD fuelled underworld."

"Class", the new single from BUNUEL's upcoming album "Mansuetude" is now streaming on all platforms... (continued at link)

> Go to the October 4th, 2024 News Page
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Hi Everyone!
Good news!  HYPER GAL "After Image" is out now (!) - so FLY, don't run, to your local record store and secure it in the format of your choice - the Deluxe GHOST colored vinyl LP, which comes complete with a two-sided "footlong" OBI and a double-side POSTER to boot - or - the Glass-Mastered CD, which comes in a six-panel tri-fold sleeve, includes an OBI of it's own, plus a photo insert folder!... (continued at link)

> Go to the September 13th, 2024 News Page
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Hi Everyone!
It's the first Bandcamp Friday in good long while and I'm pleased to announce that we've got the goods to mark the occasion!  We know money is tight - and the forces that be have not made our job any easier. The cost to bring these records to life has increased tremendously since we first started doing this... (continued at link)

> Go to the September 6th, 2024 News Page
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Hi Everyone!
Last month, frontman and founder Eugene S. Robinson announced his departure from the band OXBOW in the midst of their European tour, leading to the break up of the band after an incredible 36-year run - and leaving everyone wondering what would happen next.... (continued at link)

> Go to the August 23rd, 2024 News Page
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Hi Everyone!
- It's Mark writing. Hope all is super with you!  - - - All is well here!
- In our last update we announced that HYPER GAL's new album "After Image" would be out on September 13th. Today we've got more good news to share - the band has just released "dot dot dot", the album's new single, to streaming services worldwide!... (continued at link)

> Go to the August 13th, 2024 News Page
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Hi Everyone!
- Earlier this year, SKiN GRAFT released HYPER GAL's "Pure" album - making it available outside of Japan for the first time ever. Now, it is our pleasure to announce the band's new full length "After Image" and the debut single "OVER FUSSY"... (continued at link)

> Go to the July 19th, 2024 News Page
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Hello!
- Whew!  Here we are with our SECOND release this month - UPRIGHT FORMS "Blurred Wires"!  If you're not familiar with UPRIGHT FORMS, then just skip down to Hank Shteamer's write up below and he will bring you up to speed.... (continued at link)

> Go to the June 28th, 2024 News Page
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Hello!
SQUID PISSER "Dreams Of Puke" is out today! You'll find heaps of reviews across the printed page and the worldwide web, but you can let your ears do the talking and take in it all in here... (continued at link)

> Go to the June 14th, 2024 News Page
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Hi Everybody,
This is Mark writing. Both SQUID PISSER and UPRIGHT FORMS' new albums are out later this month - and we've got some news to get those pumps primed! Here goes...(!) (continued at link)

> Go to the June 7th, 2024 News Page
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Hello, This is Mark writing. I'm very excited to announce that Osaka's HYPER GAL will be touring Europe this Fall, beginning October 16th!!! Here is a complete run down of the dates!... (continued at link)

> Go to the May 15th, 2024 News Page
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“I love anthemic, tug-at-your-heartstrings kind of music. I really do. And I think these guys do too…” That’s Nick Sakes speaking on a joint Zoom with bassist Noah Paster and drummer Shaun Westphal, his bandmates in Upright Forms, about their upcoming debut album, Blurred Wires... (continued at link)

> Go to the May 3rd, 2024 News Page
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In the wake of SQUID PISSER’s “Vaporize A Neighbor” EP and Comic Book Set and “Vaporize A Tadpole” collection comes “Dreams of Puke”, the band’s second full length album. Weighing in at a meaty 12 songs and cut at a lean 45 revolutions per minute, “Dreams of Puke” refuses to let up or let down - emitting climax after scintillating climax - a bounteous bouquet of dayglow viscera and tumor-filled sonic snot.... (continued at link)

> Go to the April 5th, 2024 News Page
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10% Off Sale this weekend only! Plus - We've got some shows here - ( ! ) - and Lovely Little Girls' own Gregory Jacobsen has created an incredible collection of full color flyers to promote them! We've uploaded high resolution, suitable for sharing (and framing!) copies of each to our website... (continued at link)

> Go to the March 29th, 2024 News Page
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SQUID PISSER's “Vaporize A Neighbor” Four Song Vinyl EP and Comic Set and “Vaporize A Tadpole” 15 Song CD collection are OUT NOW! - Digital Editions Too!... (continued at link)

> Go to the March 8th, 2024 News Page
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Hello -

I was lucky. I grew up surrounded by an abundance of record stores and spent a lot of my teenage and young adult years flipping through stacks of longboxed CDs, tapes and LPs, soaking up knowledge (thank you Jim Utz!) and just killing time. 

It's different today… but there are STILL plenty of phenomenal record stores out there. I hope that you are fortunate enough to live in the proximity of one (or more) - and that they keep you and your friends awash in all of those of crucial SKiN GRAFT releases of the past and present... (continued at link)

> Go to the March 1st, 2024 News Page
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"Cuntroaches", the debut album from Berlin's Cuntroaches is out today! You can read all about in the updates below and on the one-sheet. - Here is what others are saying...... (continued at link)

> Go to the February 23rd, 2024 News Page
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Hi Everyone!
There's lots to do so let's keep this short! HYPER GAL "Pure" is out today! You can read The ORGAN's feature review of the Osaka duo's SKiN GRAFT debut... (continued at link)

> Go to the February 16th, 2024 News Page
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Hey Europe and the UK!
We are very happy to announce that we will have a limited # of our new and upcoming releases available to be shipped to you from within Europe! You can pre-order and reserve copies now. 
Titles available include... (continued at link)

> Go to the February 3rd, 2024 News Page
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SKiN GRAFT Records first made it's mark with a series of 7" vinyl record and comic book sets begining with a split single from DAZZLING KILLMEN and MOTHERS' DAY back in 1991.  Over the years, the likes of ZENI GEVA, SPACE STREAKINGS, HIGH ON FIRE, UFO OR DIE, MOUNT SHASTA, MELT-BANANA, PALACE, YOWIE, KILLDOZER, RUINS, SHELLAC and many more have lent their audio to our visuals.

Today SKiN GRAFT and SWEATBAND Records are thrilled to announce a brand-spanking-new FOUR SONG EP and COMIC BOOK set - AND - a campanion FIFTEEN song glass-mastered CD from North Hollywood's seismatic sci-fi shredders SQUID PISSER!... (continued at link)

> Go to the January 26th, 2024 News Page
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New! YOWIE & PILI COÏT T-Shirts
join the UNFIT Apparel Collection
at the Dark Slide!

The UNFIT Apparel Collection over at the Dark Slide skate shop is now taking orders for our two latest designs - YOWIE "Synchromysticism Lumbers" by Arnulf Rödler and PILI COÏT  "Love Everywhere" by Gregory Jacobsen.  You can see the entire in-stock collection - including SKiN GRAFT Hoodies, Tees and Shirts from the likes of U.S Maple, Lovely Little GIrls, Terms, Shorty and many more!... (continued at link)

> Go to the January 23rd, 2024 News Page
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Hi Everyone -
Batten down the hatches, slap those tarsi together and join us in giving a warm welcome to Berlin's beloved beacons of bedlam... CUNTROACHES!! ... (continued at link)

> Go to the January 12th, 2024 News Page
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