B A L L P E E N ( ! ) B U L L E T I N S

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NEWS UPDATE: September 30th, 2022

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CHEER-ACCIDENT
"Here Comes The Sunset" T-Shirt
Design by Mark Fischer / UNFIT #15 / Double-Sided T-Shirt
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Look out below! Next month, CHEER-ACCIDENT may be coming to a town near you! If not, fret not! You'll still be able to pick up SKiN GRAFT’s official FULL COLOR (!) UNFIT Apparel T-Shirt from our partners at The Dark Slide Skate Shop!

CHEER-ACCIDENT “Here Comes The Sunset" T-SHIRT
- Design by Mark Fischer / UNFIT #15
Hailing from the singularly vibrant musical hotbed known as Chicago, CHEER-ACCIDENT has been a creative, vital force in rock music for over 30 years. They constantly strive to surprise their audiences and themselves through relentless reinvention. From dreamy pop to angular art-rock, CHEER-ACCIDENT strikes a powerful balance between unique studio wizardry and the visceral excitement of a well-honed, explosive live rock band. This T-Shirt commemorates their 2022 album “Here Comes the Sunset” and comes complete with a SKiN GRAFT Records Logo on the back. Place your orders here:
https://thedarkslide.com/collections/skin-graft-unfit-apparel

CHEER-ACCIDENT "Here Comes the Sunset"
LP / CD / Ult-ED / Digital at Bandcamp:
https://skingraftrecords.bandcamp.com/album/here-comes-the-sunset

Check out the entire line of SKiN GRAFT's Unfit Apparel, including shirts from U.S. Maple, Terms, Dazzling Killmen and more HERE.

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C H E E R - A C C I D E N T
“Here Comes Tour" Summer 2022

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Friday, August 5th
Seaprog Festival at Madame Lou’s
Seattle, WA

Thursday, August 11th
Healer
Indianapolis, IN

Friday, August 12th
The Pilot Light
Knoxville, TN

Saturday, August 13th
The Wormhole
Savannah, GA
- with Star Period Star

Sunday, August 14th
Uncle Fester’s.
Columbia, SC

Monday, August 15th
Rhizome
Washington DC

Tuesday, August 16th
Shadowbox
Durham, NC

Wednesday, August 17th
Southgate House.
Newport, KY

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"The reality of Cheer-Accident is that they are continually adding to an ongoing poem of America, a Chicagoan Leaves Of Grass, done in many accents, embracing every stylistic region, unfinishable - but growing larger and more ineffable with every record". - The Wire

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The SKiN GRAFT Records bandcamp page is HERE.

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NEWS UPDATE: July 1st, 2022

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 Out Now:
DAZZLING KILLMEN
"Face Of Collapse: Special Edition"
Special Edition CD / Gatefold Double Vinyl LP / Ult-ED / Digital
- PREVIEW & ORDER at BANDAMP -
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DAZZLING KILLMEN PDF One-Sheet cat #: GR120LP/CD

“ Most of the great progressive underground bands of the ‘90s would not exist if it weren’t for them.” - Ben Weinman, lead guitarist & primary songwriter of The Dillinger Escape Plan

"Was DAZZLING KILLMEN a hardcore band? A metal band? The world’s gnarliest progressive-rock quartet? “Yes” is the easy answer, but only because it’s easy to rewind through two decades of genre fragmentation to hear Dazzling Killmen’s influence on any number of “math-metal,” “progcore” and similarly classified bands. At the time, however, this St. Louis quartet occupied a genre of one. When SKiN GRAFT released the Killmen’s1994 sophomore LP, “Face of Collapse”, that genre had its touchstone.“ - Excerpt from Aaron Burgess’ liner notes

"The band formed in the St. Louis, MO area, and forged its singular sound with almost no music scene support for such a fringy concept - technically impeccable playing enabling whiplash stopstarts that recalled John Zorn’s Naked City more readily than any rock group one could name, cathartic and discordant guitar stabs, a jaw-dropping rhythm section, arrangements of baroque complexity, and a harrowing, overbearing, inescapable sense of pure dread”. - Dangerous Minds



Loud Life at Alternative Press magazine declared it the top album of the 90's based on the following criteria: 1) Avoidance of formula or cliché. 2) Dexterity of rhythm section, 3) Quality of album’s production values, 4) Lack of predictable lyrical subjects - Satan, Straightedge, Viking folklore, etc. “Sounds like Dave Bruebeck’s Time Out played through Carcass' PA system."

Engineered by Steve Albini. Remastered from the original analog tapes and packaged with a 16-page booklet of liner notes, interviews and comics. Includes three bonus tracks. Collects every studio track recorded by the quartet version of the band.

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TRACK LISTING:
Staring Contest / Bone Fragments /
My Lacerations Blown (Face Down) / Windshear /
Painless One / In The Face Of Collapse / Agitator
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- and BONUS TRACKS:
Medicine Me / Poptones / My Lacerations (alternate version)

The SKiN GRAFT Records bandcamp page is HERE.

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NEWS UPDATE: June 17th, 2022

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From the Bandcamp website:
On June 17, from midnight to midnight Pacific Time, bandcamp will hold its third annual Juneteenth fundraiser, where they donate 100% of their share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund to support their ongoing efforts to promote racial justice through litigation, advocacy, and public education. For more information, visit HERE.
The SKiN GRAFT Records bandcamp page is HERE.

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NEWS UPDATE: May 27th, 2022

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DAZZLING KILLMEN
"Face Of Collapse: Special Edition"
Special Edition COMPACT DISC / ULT-ED:
 Out JULY 1st, 2022
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  Available Now: Gatefold Double Vinyl LP / Digital
- PREVIEW & ORDER at BANDAMP -
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Coming July 1st, 2022:
Now in a DELUXE Six-Panel DIGIPAK Gatefold CD Edition, packaged with a commemorative 16-page book packed with exclusive liner notes from Aaron Burgess (former editorial director of Alternative Press), an oral history of the album from Hank Shteamer (senior music editor, Rolling Stone) plus artwork and comics from Mark Buckheit, Mark Fischer, Paul Nitsche, Miles Rutlin and Rob Syers.

Engineered by Steve Albini and remastered from the original analog tapes. Comes complete with three bonus tracks. Collects every studio track recorded by the quartet version of the band.  Pre-order link above.

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NEWS UPDATE: May 6th, 2022

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CHEER-ACCIDENT
"Replay From The CheerAx Basement"
Streaming Worldwide from BANDCAMP
Friday, May 13th, 2022
- TICKETS ON SALE NOW -
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CHEER-ACCIDENT PDF One-Sheet cat #: GR146LP/CD

Back by nearly-popular demand, we bring you the rebroadcast of CHEER-ACCIDENT’s basement livestream of their "Here Comes The Sunset" record release show! This time we’re comin’ atcha Midnite-Movie-style as Friday the 13th spills over into Saturday the 14th: Eight humans in a room playing music together, unmasked, almost as if 2020 and 2021 never happened… which they almost sort of didn’t. Plus: international premieres of two music videos.

• Oh, and - be sure to not miss the intro!
• Oh, and - a live chatroom, featuring several of the key players! Chat will open 30 minutes before show time.
• Oh, and - if you paid for the original broadcast back on April 15th you are automatically on the guest list! Just sign in to bandcamp with the same email address / Bandcamp ID as you did back on April 15th and drop in!
  

Live stream showtime varies depending on location...

• San Francisco / PDT (UTC -7) / Friday, May 13th / 10:00 PM
• Denver / MDT (UTC -6) / Friday, May 13th / 11:00 PM
• Chicago / CDT (UTC -5) / Friday, May 13th (into 14th) / Midnight
• New York / EDT (UTC-4) / Saturday, May 14th / 01:00 AM
• London / BST (UTC +1) / Saturday, May 14th / 06:00 AM
• Berlin / CEST (UTC +2) / Saturday, May 14th / 07:00 AM
• Tokyo / JST (UTC +9) / Saturday, May 14th / 02:00 PM

To see the show and participate in the chat, you must purchase your tickets in advance or during the livestream. By doing so, you will also be entitled to a 48 hour replay.

TICKETS available HERE.

- Also - in Chicago - on Friday The 13th -

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NEWS UPDATE: May 6th, 2022

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- BANDCAMP FRIDAY SALE -
Take 15% OFF all weekend long with the code:
BITEITOFF
VISIT THE SALE HERE
Sales Ends on Sunday, May 8th at Midnight
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NEWS UPDATE: April 15th, 2022

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Streaming Worldwide LIVE at BANDCAMP
Friday, April 15th, 2022

CHEER-ACCIDENT
"Here Comes The Sunset" Record Release Show"
Streaming Worldwide LIVE at BANDCAMP
Friday, April 15th, 2022
- TICKETS ON SALE NOW -
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CHEER-ACCIDENT PDF One-Sheet cat #: GR146LP/CD

After two and a half years, CHEER-ACCIDENT are crawling out of their pandemalaise to make their way toward the Sunset. "Here Comes The Sunset", their 24th full-length album has been released to the public and this is how we all get to celebrate: nine humans, unmasked, singing and playing in the CheerAx Basement.

Shot with multiple cameras and broadcast (on a delay) from the SKiN GRAFT Records Bandcamp page for maximum impact and clarity. The show will also include some pre-recorded suprises. Tell your friends!

Note: The show will be streamable for 48 hours after it airs, so even if you don't catch it on the initial broadcast, you'll be able to stream it all Easter weekend long!

TICKETS available HERE.

"On its 24th album, long-running Chicago institution Cheer-Accident, helmed by singer / drummer / trumpeter Thymme Jones, reaffirms its position as one of the world’s best prog rock bands.

But for the ensemble, the stylistic markers of “prog rock” the genre are less important than being progressive in general. While the group has often incorporated wildly complex time signatures, elaborate arrangements, and breathless technical execution, Jones, guitarist Jeff Libersher, and an ever-shifting cast of collaborators are more interested in experimenting with new formats and approaches than strictly hewing to the hallmarks of prog. Over time they’ve produced hooky piano-driven pop, needling noise excursions, and, of course, ridiculously overwrought art-rock. The band has exhibited relentless craftsmanship and precision, but it has never taken itself too seriously..." - Peter Margasak for BANDCAMP DAILY

Read BANDCAMP DAILY's complete Review of CHEER-ACCIDENT “Here Come The Sunset” HERE.

HEAR & BUY the album HERE.

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( ! ) LAST CHANCE ( ! )

CAMP SKiN GRAFT
"Now Wave" Compilation
MOD CD / Digital
( OUT NOW ) 

• PANDEMIC PRICING! - Digital Download: "Pay What You Want"
  Last chance - Sale Ends Easter Monday
• MOD Compact Disc is just $12.85.

It's been a good run, but after the Easter weekend, we're pulling the plug on Camp SKiN GRAFT's "pay what you want" pandemic privce point. Never fear, if you would prefer to pay full price for this essential compilation, you do not have to wait until Monday, April 18th - - just put $8.75 USD in the "Name Your Price" field and click!

Collects rare and exclusive tracks from bands such as Brise-Glace (Jim O'Rourke), Zeni Geva, Dazzling Killmen, Bobby Conn, The Flying Luttenbachers, Cheer- Accident, The Scissor Girls, Quintron, Ruins, UFO Or Die (Boredoms), U.S. Maple The Denison Kimball Trio, Omoide Hatoba and many more!

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TRACK LISTING:
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SIDE ONE:
The Browns: My Name In Italics
U.S. Maple: Missouri Twist
The Flying Luttenbachers: Demonic Velocities
Lake Of Dracula: Plague Of Frogs
Yona-Kit: Skeleton King
You Fantastic!: Riddler 5
UFO Or Die: Zombie Tube
Zeek Sheck: The Beeper Gets Digested
Chuck Falzone, Telepath: You're Just Too Scared Boy
Shakuhachi Surprise: Nande
Melt-Banana: Zoo, No Vacancy

SIDE TWO:
Strangulated Beatoffs: Satan's Pool Party
Monitor Radio: Insouciance
Colossamite: Bewilderbeast
Flossie and the Unicorns: Chewing Gum
Shorty: Mitzy Lodge
ZZZZZ: One Two, May
Cheer-Accident: Filet Of Nod
Denison Kimball Trio: Framed
Ruins: Hydromasgroningem
Akaten: Latham's Snipe
Omoide Hatoba: Pikadom

SIDE THREE:
Last of SG's: Bye To Bags
Mount Shasta: S171
Dazzling Killmen: Windshear
Quintron: Bug Attack
Bobby Conn: 69 Annee Erotique
Nood Ham: Tokyo Santa
Tortured Machine: Flash Fire
Space Streakings: F.O.J.K.
Zeni Geva: Terminal HZ
F-Stein: Mighty Fuckin' Robots
Brise-Glace: Likeness

Check out "The Browns: My Name In Italics"
- and order at the SKiN GRAFT Records Bandcamp page.

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NEWS UPDATE: April 1st, 2022

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PSYCHIC GRAVEYARD / USA NAILS
"Split"
Vinyl LP / MOD CD / Ult-Ed / Digital
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CHEER-ACCIDENT
"Here Comes The Sunset" Record Release Show"
Streaming Worldwide LIVE at BANDCAMP
Friday, April 15th, 2022
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PSYCHIC GRAVEYARD / USA NAILS One-Sheet cat #: GR148LP/CD

PSYCHIC GRAVEYARD
and USA NAILS "Split"
"This unholy marriage that SKiN GRAFT Records is officiating (along with Box Records) is one of the best things you will hear this year- Psychic Graveyard and USA Nails have been releasing some of the best noise rock/punk over the last few years. I have been with both bands since day one and have heard their sounds slowly evolve: Psychic Graveyard has become more chilling and esoteric, and USA Nails more feral and noisier. Both bands are making their best music right now, and this split is a must-have.

Let’s start with Psychic Graveyard. Their brand of mechanical post-punky, noise rock is alive and well (“Building You A Rainbow”, “What Happens At Zero”). The other tracks have an added creep factor: “Strangest Hobbies” and “Love My Skeleton Too” sound like some Cronenberg-esque bio-machinery on the fritz, lying somewhere between Arab On Radar, Helios Creed, Flesh Narc, and Chrome.  Of course, all of this is completed with the unhinged vocal stylings of Eric Paul (the clever sarcasm and social commentary are always an added bonus).

As for USA Nails, my favorite thing is how they manage to make every release sound different while maintaining their energetic and raucous sound. They are one of my favorite frontrunners of the current noise rock revival and would fit in comfortably with bands such as Tongue Party, Metz,, Spectres (UK), Girl Band, etc. Here on this split, there is something dirtier about these tracks than previous releases—such as the recording quality and overall songwriting—and it really works well for this band.  The songs range from galloping, fractured, spastic shards of noise-punk (“It’s All In The Context”, “Two Footed Jump Into A Wall Whilst Chewing On Fingernails”, “Tooting Broadway”) to plodding rhythm sections that slowly accumulate swaths of noise, jagged guitar riffs and distorted vocals (“What Have We Become”, “God Help Us If There Is A War”, “Love Embassy”)".
- Brandon Perras for BEARDED GENTLEMEN MUSIC

Read Brandon's complete Conversation with Psychic Graveyard and USA Nails over at BEARDED GENTLEMEN...

...and then set phasers to "buy" and get that order placed post-haste at the family-friendly SKiN GRAFT Records BANDCAMP Page (UK & EUROPE order from BOX Records UK)!

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