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Crime Waves is a collaboration between Philadelphia-producers Moor Mother and Mental Jewelry. The EP features six tracks recorded during a session at Philadelphia's Kawari. The music speaks about systematic violence and racism. From a productions standpoint, these songs bridge avant-classical sounds with modern broken beat/sample based technologies and live instrumentation implemented via laptop. "Two of these tracks - "Hardware" and "Death Booming" - were meant for Fetish Bones but I couldn't get them to sound how I wanted," writes Moor Mother. "I really loved Mental Jewelry's production though, so I suggested that we make an EP. We had bonded over free jazz, drum and bass, and heavy dub - we just spent hours talking about music before we even recorded a track." Moor Mother's debut album Fetish Bones was named one of the top experimental albums of the year by Rolling Stone and Pitchfork as well as one of the best albums of the year by The Wire and she was named Artist of the Year 2016 by Bandcamp.

The newly remastered RVIVR s/t (2010) is the Don Giovanni debut collaboration with RVIVR. Olympia, WA, USA's RVIVR has been relentlessly touring the planet for the better part of the past decade. They've played sweaty, inspired DIY shows across North & South America, Asia, Australia & Europe and have released eight records since 2009. They're known for their genre bending catchiness, earnest, irresistible dual vocals and their outspoken desire for inclusion and accessibility at their shows. Especially advocating for women, queer and trans access to the stage and show space. RVIVR have a sparse internet presence and have done all this without the use of agents or managers, in collaboration with a network of underground punk rock scenes from around the world. Founded in 2008 by Mattie Jo Canino (guitar/voice), Erica Freas (guitar/voice) and Kevin Rainsberry (drums), RVIVR loves to play punk rock and is pretty good at it. "A band bent on complicating the meaning of pop-punk." - NPR "RVIVR is one of the best pop-punk bands of the decade. It's hard to recommend a band more strongly." - Maximum RockNRoll "Olympia, Washington's RVIVR is reputed for its catchy, thrashy, and triumphant take on socially conscious pop punk." - She Shreds

It’s The Ones Who’ve Cracked That The Light Shines Through is the second album from Jeffrey Lewis, originally release on Rough Trade in 2003. This marks the first time the album has ever been on vinyl and continues Don Giovanni Records series of vinyl issues of Jeffrey’s early albums after previously issuing his debut.

Blueprint is the second full-length solo record by Alice Bag. Based in Los Angeles, Bag is a punk rock singer, musician, author, educator and feminist archivist. She was lead singer and co-founder of The Bags, who were among the first wave of punk bands to emerge from that city during in the mid-1970's. Recorded last year, the album includes a revolving cast of friends and Los Angeles-based musicians, including the members of Bags current backing band, as well as guest vocals from Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, The Julie Ruin), Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile, Sex Stains), Francisca Valenzuela, and Teri Gender Bender.

Chris Gethard: Career Suicide is a new comedy about depression, alcoholism, suicide, and the other funniest parts of life. Chris holds nothing back as he dives into his experiences with mental illness, psychiatry, and finding hope in weird places even northern New Jersey. From devastating lows to manic highs, Chris Gethard: Career Suicide is a painfully honest journey into the mind of one of the most original and exciting comics at work today. Limited 2xLP pressed on purple vinyl! Sometimes comedy allows us to deal with stuff that we arent quite ready to deal with. And depression is something that people still dont like to talk about it. Luckily, Chris is a hilarious storyteller and is willing to talk about all of it, to what can only be referred to as an ill-advised degree. Judd Apatow

Keith Secola is an icon of Native music and is one of the most influential artists in the field today. Critics have dubbed him as the Native versions of both Neil Young and Bruce Springsteen. NDN Kars (Indian Cars), his most popular song is considered the contemporary Native American anthem, achieving legendary status and earning him a well deserved cult following. It has been the number one requested song on tribal radio since 1992! In 2011, he joined the ranks of Jimmy Hendrix, Hank Williams, Crystal Gale, and Richie Valens, and was inducted into the Native Music Hall of Fame. Remastered for the 25th Anniversary and available for the first time on vinyl! Liner notes by Amy Ray (Indigo Girls), The Edge (U2), and John Densmore (The Doors).

Complete collection of every song recorded by Kamikaze, the short-lived but well remembered post-Degenerics band with Craig Woodhull on vocals backed by member of Down In Flames and Fanshen. Limited, one-time pressing!

Brand new 2-song 7" from Alice Bag! Limited, one-time pressing of 500 units worldwide. "Alice Bag changed my life." - Pitchfork "Trailblazing" - Los Angeles Times "Alice Bag is a Latina punk rock pioneer and a product of the same scene that gave us Black Flag and the Germs." - Stereogum

Freas has spent much of the last decade touring and performing as a singer and guitarist in the Olympia, Washington-based punk band, RVIVR. On Patient Ones, Freas is a solo artist, operating at a lower volume with an acoustic guitar and minimal accompaniment from cellist Jen Grady. The music is pared down and raw, revealing a skillful guitarist unafraid to tread into dark waters with her lyrics. If you have followed Freas' work, you will recognize sparse arrangements of songs which have previously appeared in anthemic form in RVIVR ("Goodbyes") and her dream-inspired collaborative project, SOMNIA ("Silver"). Possessing dynamic and lyrical variations, her songwriting is presented from a different angle, creating a compliment to the full-band versions. In 2007, Freas founded Rumbletowne Records, which has, up to this point, released all of her music, whether solo, as a member of RVIVR, or in SOMNIA. She's been an outspoken advocate on the mic and in interviews for the visibility of women, queer, trans and otherwise underrepresented identities in music, production, and performance.Freas continues to adapt this conversation through touring punk and underground music scenes around the world, having played successful shows on five out of seven continents with more tours stretching into the indefinite future.

With influences ranging from The Lemonheads, Liz Phair, and The Replacements, to early Weezer and the Smoking Popes, Cocksure maintains Stevenson’s unique vulnerability, and steadfast devotion to a solid and honest melody. In the writing process, she challenged herself to be true to whatever was going to come out of her, with many of the tracks featuring melodies that were purely stream of consciousness.

Infectious pop-inspired punk from Cincinnati.

Screaming Females had such a clear goal for their new album that it became almost a mantra: they wanted songs that were concise, crisp and melodic. That’s exactly what the New Jersey punk trio delivers on Rose Mountain, their sixth LP, due in February on Don Giovanni Records.