2013 Round Up // Other Junk, who's punk?

          2013 surprisingly marked our busiest year, which isn't really saying much, but it does mean we went from doing a single release every year or two, to TWO of them in one year. We've been trying to focus a bit more on the label this year and hope that in the next few years to come we can continue on this path. It's been a rather great time in Halifax for punk music this year with loads of newish bands all releasing killer records and heading out to play some great shows / fests across north america. Napalm Raid, Life Chain, Abject Pax, Outtacontroller, Word On The Street, Concrete Asylum, Dyscontrol etc. all seem to be busy with no chance of slowing down. My friend Greg dubbed it "The Halifax Domination", which I dig. Hopefully it's just the beginning. On that note, Abject Pax are on the road now with Concrete Asylum and should be at about the halfway point of their tour. Be sure to go see them if they're coming through your city.

           As for looking ahead to 2014, there are plans for some new stuff that's in the works but we can't quite spill the beans on yet. A few things that we can mention: Dyscontrol are heading out on tour again in the early months of the springtime and may or may not have a new record to go along with that. The winter has been slow for the band so far with the change out of bass players, but with the new addition of Noel MacDonald (MOON, Long Weekends), they've begun writing some new material which will be recorded sometime in the not too distant future. Also, we're happy to announce that WORD ON THE STREET will be recording some new material for a 7" on Sewercide in the next while. I'm anticipating great things from these guys since they've proved so far that they can do no wrong, recording track after track of Straight Ahead worship that just seems to keep getting better and better. In the meantime, they have a new track on the Winds Of Change 7" comp that should be dropping any day on REACT RECORDS, so do yourself a favor and pick one up.

         As for year end top 10s, not going to happen. Instead, here are a few of my favorite things that came out this year. Thanks for the support...-DB