DS Record Radar: This Week in Punk Vinyl (Common Rider, The Ataris, Frenzal Rhomb, Fake News & More!)

Australian melodic punks Fake News have a new record coming out on May 7th. It’s called Dead Set and you can pre-order it now from Thousand Islands Records in North America, as well as Disconnect Disconnect in the UK and Bearded Punk Records in Europe. Limited to 200 copies on purple w/ black splatter colored vinyl!

Montreal melodic hardcore band Bring the Light released their debut EP Building Chaos digitally in 2024, and a year later People of Punk Rock Records is giving it a vinyl release with 100 copies on Black & Canary Yellow colored wax. Get it here!

HUGE NEWS!!! Common Rider’s 2nd album This is Unity Music is back in print for the first time in 23 years and their 2005 split with the almighty Against All Authority is being released on vinyl for the first time ever! These reissues are exclusive to Le Noise and are limited to 500 copies each. Get your copies here!

Aussie melodic hardcore punks Away From Now’s debut album Blackout is being released on vinyl for the first time ever in honor of its 20th anniversary. You can get it on two color variants – clear vinyl (100 copies) and transparent yellow w/ black & grey splatter (150 copies) – riiiiiiiiiiiight here.

Some more massive news coming out of Australia this week! Our friends at SBAM Records have been on a heater lately and they’re staying hot, teasing some big time Frenzal Rhomb reissues. Specifically, they’re gonna be reissuing Not So Tough Now (out of print since 2021) and Meet the Family (out of print since 2019), and releasing their 1994 Dick Sandwich EP on vinyl for the first time ever! These aren’t up for pre-order yet, but they will be soon so keep your eyes peeled!

Another big time release from People of Punk Rock Records: SoCal skate punk veterans Dogwood’s debut Good ol’ Daze is getting its vinyl cherry popped nearly 30 years after its original release. You can get it on 5 color variants – each limited to 100 copies – right here.

Hailing from the greatest city known to modern civilization (otherwise known as Tampa, Florida), The Eradicator’s got a new 8 song 12″ EP called You Can Hate The Eradicator due out September 12th! Check out the lead single below and pre-order the record here.

Those good Ontario boys The Dirty Nil have a new album due out July 25th on Dine Alone Records. The lead single “Gallop of the Hounds” is streaming now, and you can find links to pre-order The Lash on various color variants which are varied right here. There’s a 7″ for the single as well, featuring an exclusive B Side called “I Wanna Be Your Dog”.

The Dwarves have been cranking out records lately and their latest is a new pressing of 2018’s Rex Everything, a career-spanning compilation re-recordings with Queens of the Stone Age’s Nick Oliveri on vocals. There’s an indie variant on orange colored vinyl and the band’s got signed copies up for pre-order on their store for $25 (not sure if this is the same variant).

Interscope Records is reissuing Angels & Airwaves 2007 album I-Empire on a beautiful new blue / black marble color variant with updated cover art to match. This is part of the Interscope Vinyl Collective subscription thingy, so if you want it you’ve gotta be subscribed for the month of May. Go here do to that.

Here we go, here we go, here we go grab the Bouncing Souls’ brand new 7″ single! Available now on maroon/blue (500 copies), clear (300 copies), and black vinyl (200 copies – pro gamer move making black vinyl the most limited). Check out “United” below and catch the Bouncing Souls on tour now with H2O!

After many years of waiting, Ataris fans are on the cusp of getting some new music from Kris Roe and co. The band has signed to Double Helix Records with plans for a brand new LP – their first in 18 years – due out later this year. The lead single “Car Song” is due out May 2nd and you can pre-order the 7″ featuring a full band acoustic recording of the classic “In This Diary” on the B Side. This 7″ is a tribute to Kris’ dad William Charles Roe, who passed in 2014 and… quite interestingly… there’s a variant that has his ashes pressed into the record.

Ska-funk legends Fishbone have a brand new 12-song LP called Stockholm Syndrome due out June 26th and available to pre-order now on “Blood Red” colored vinyl – and CD! (featuring a bonus track). Get the record here and catch the band on tour now in Europe, or on their upcoming US tour with Less Than Jake and the Suicide Machines; peep the dates here.

Los Angeles punks Ways Away (members of Stick to Your Guns, Samiam, BoySetsFire, Joyce Manor, etc.) will be releasing their new album I’m Not You on July 18th. The new single “Fixed From The Jump” is streaming now – check it out below – and you can pre-order the album on four color variants from the band’s webstore, along with an exclusive splatter variant from Smartpunk Records. The album will feature guest appearances from Hot Water Music’s Chuck Ragan, Donots frontman Ingo Knollman, and Eric Egan of Heart Attack Man.

Colorado punks The Sleights (members of the Nobodys!) just put out a new record on Rad Girlfriend Records and it’s fuckin bad ass! Grab This One’s Gonna Hurt on red, clear, and/or lime green colored vinyl right here. For fans of: The Dopamines, Dear Landlord, Civil War Rust, Rhythm Collision, etc.