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Hi folks, sorry i’ve not written anything for a while.

The 255s just got back from touring the UK with Unwelcome Guests, the tour went very well, thanks to everyone involved in setting up a show, helping with work permits etc The split between both bands is still available from me, so if you didn’t make a show, be sure to pick it up.

In band related news, Caves just finished a tour with Sundials and their LP on YO YO records is also out now.

Above Them have just finished recording their 2nd album, no word on a label for that yet though.

Ex-BCP band Cannons and Tanks have recorded again, not sure thats been released yet, Lineker played with The 255s in Exeter and they are supposed to be recording soon.

Pure Graft and Calvinball are probably drunk somewhere.

The Amistad are doing a weekender with This Business is Closed and Darwin and the Dinosaur, more details soon.

Thats all I know for now, don’t forget you can pick up releases from the BIG CARTEL page.

Andy

Despite trying to close down the Distro last year, I appear to have a bunch more records again for sale. Please buy them.

LPs – £7 each

SOVIETTES – II LP
UNWELCOME GUESTS – DON’T GO SWIMMING LP
SAMIAM – ORPHAN WORKS – 2xLP
THE GREAT ST LOUIS – IN YOUR OWN TIME LP – £4
ABOVE THEM – BLUEPRINT FOR A BETTER TIME LP – £6
THE AMISTAD – KEPT UNDER BY A GENERATION OF GHOSTS – £6

7″ – £3 each
UNWELCOME GUESTS / THE 255s 7″
1994 7″

10″ – £5
CAVES / PURE GRAFT / BIG CITY PLAN / CALVINBALL 10″ (last couple left)

Prices don’t include shipping. If distros want to take these off my hands for wholesale rates, that’d be better.

email andy@roidh.co.uk

Hey folks, just a quick update. ROIDH4 – ABOVE THEM – Blueprint for a Better Time LP is on its last box. The Band have a small handful left, it will not be re-pressed. If you slept on this fantastic album, then NOW is the time to pick it up. When they’re gone, they will be indeed gone.

The band are currently working on their second album.

You can pick up the LP from here : http://roidh.bigcartel.com

Hi Folks, sorry i’ve not written a proper update in a while, in case you didn’t realise, the Books announcement was an April Fool.

The current release shipping is ROIDH7 – UNWELCOME GUESTS / THE 255s split 7″, this is a co-release with Kiss of Death Records from Florida. I have 2 variants, a light pink and dark purpley swirl. If you’re particular about a colour, drop me a mail.

You can pickup this record RIGHT NOW from our BIG CARTEL PAGE.

Thanks again for your support.

Carpet continues to put on excellent punk rock gigs in Manchester under the Refuse to Lose banner, on top of his month clubnight (first saturday of the month at the Retro bar).

He is also putting on the Wonderful THOUSANDAIRES and IRON CHIC in two seperate shows in the next few months;

THOUSANDAIRES – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182836515090345

THOUSANDAIRES (Brooklyn, NY)
Usually, “members of” information doesn’t really provide any insight into what a band actually sounds like. However, Thousandaires not only comprise of members from BRIDGE AND TUNNEL, HALO FAUNA and GET BENT, but they actually resemble a potent, smooth blend of all those bands – ie fucking awesome.
http://www.ifyoumakeit.com/album/thousandaires/land-seal-demo/
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THE 255S
Noisy indie rock from round abouts these parts, influenced by SUPERCHUNK and THE WEAKERTHANS but seamlessly managing to sound like neither, they’ll be pushing their new split 7″ with UNWELCOME GUESTS on Kiss of Death.
http://the255s.bandcamp.com/

ZAPIAIN
They played a blinder at NYNS and it’s way past time they came to Manchester, awesome JAWBREAKER inspired punk rock from Leeds.
http://www.bombedout.com/bands/zapiain

CYNICS
Stripped back punk rock, a bit like early AGAINST ME with a southern twist and big sing-along choruses, the usual one man show will be joined by at least a drummer, and possibly more!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cynics/142964452409826?v=app_178091127385

This is Thousandaires only northern UK show, the venue is within walking distance of Piccadilly train station!

£5 from 8PM at Gullivers!

IRON CHIC – http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=151466471576794

IRON CHIC
Anthemic punk rock from members of LATTERMAN, GET BENT and SMALL ARMS DEALER, if you didn’t hear their debut album Not Like This last year where were you?
http://www.ironchic.net/

ABOVE THEM
They’ve got the biggest riffs and choruses in the UK and have promised to come back to Manchester with a load of new songs (and plenty of old) for you to wrap your ears around.
http://www.myspace.com/abovethem

CALVINBALL
Party punk doesn’t get much better than this, get boozy and sing your hearts out!
http://calvinball.tumblr.com/

DIVIDERS
Incredibly good HWM inspired melodic punk from Swansea.
http://dividers.bandcamp.com/

From 7.30, first band at 8.00 – get down early, you don’t want to miss any of them!

Then party with RTL! DJs until 2am, LETS GET BOOZY!

£5 advance tickets, £6 on the door, tickets details will be available soon!

The Night and Day Cafe is a short walk away from Manchester Piccadilly station: http://bit.ly/ePd3H7

In other news, ROIDH7 will be out soon, its all been paid for and is currently winging its way to me from the US, UNWELCOME GUESTS / THE 255s split 7″, order a copy now from http://roidh.bigcartel.com

Its been a while since i’ve released a 7″.

ROIDH7/KODXXXX

Unwelcome Guests play replacements style pop-punk, their recent album “Don’t go swimming” found itself on quite a few “best of 2010″ lists, from Buffalo, NY (home of Failures Union and Lemuria) they follow a similar style. For fans of Replacements, Husker Du, and other mid-90’s indie rock bands.

http://unwelcomeguests.bandcamp.com/album/255s-split

The 255s play noisey indie-rock, aimed for Superchunk but missed. “Broadcasting” found itself on 1 “best of 2010″ list depsite being released in 2009. Recently toured the UK with Brothers. For fans of Superchunk, Archers of Loaf, Ted Leo, Bedford Falls.

http://the255s.bandcamp.com

The split is a co-released with ROIDH and Kiss of Death, so i’m not getting my copies until early Feb, but early orders really help me and the band out. We have so much stuff to repair after our tour.

You can order the record from here;

http://roidh.bigcartel.com

Its £3 + Shipping.

Thanks
Andy
ROIDH

Hey folks.
Hope you all had a good christmas, there isn’t much news on the ROIDH front, most things are down to their last box or two now, hopefully 2011 will bring some nice new releases from us.

I have reduced prices on all releases. If you got some christmas money it’d be good to get yourself that LP you’d always said you’d pick up.

You can buy all the releases from http://roidh.bigcartel.com

Hey folks, so ABOVE THEM went to Europe and wrote about it on a blog; you can real about it here – http://destroybeforereading.com/above-them-tour-diaries/

First bit of news, I closed down the ROIDH distro arm, so i’m only running the label from now on, i’ll occasionally get trades or other things to sell, but mostly at shows it’ll just be me and not 3 boxes. I sold pretty much everything to the guys at all in vinyl, so if you missed anything, you can buy it from there – http://www.allinvinyl.com

Secondly, ROIDH4 and ROIDH5 are nearly sold out, I only have a box left of Amistad records and probably 3 boxes of Above Them records, so get yourself over to http://roidh.bigcartel.com and grab something quickly.

People in the states can buy ROIDH4 from Kiss of Death Records as well now.

Thats all that qualifies as news for the time being.

Andy

Above Them are off to Europe with The Living Daylights; check out the dates.

9 Oct – Mac Daid’s – Le Harve, France
10 Oct – TBC – Paris, France
11 Oct – TBC – Luxembourg, Luxembourg
12 Oct – Tikis Bar – Geneva, Switzerland
13 Oct – Walfisch – Freiburg, Germany
14 Oct – Subway to Sally – Chemnitz, Germany
15 Oct – Kafe Marat – Munich, Germany
16 Oct – Tikolor – Erfurt, Germany
17 Oct – Emil – Zittau, Germany
18 Oct – Wild At Heart – Berlin, Germany
19 Oct – Morph – Bamberg, Germany
21 Oct – Cafe Aloys – Eindhoven, Netherlands
22 Oct – TBC – Lueven, Belgium
23 Oct – JK Zomaar – Itterbeek, Belgium

Above Them’s split 7″ with Cheap Girls is now available from All In Vinyl (limited pressing).

Kieran moved up to Manchester last year to start Uni and has since got very involved in the Punk Scene around here, he’s put on a couple of shows and writes a blog which covers a wide aspect of the UK scene. He’s also a massive above them fan. Can’t win ‘em all I guess.
He’s written a preview of sorts on the new ROIDH release, you can read it here;

http://movingnorthuk.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-release-caves-pure-graft-calvinball.html