MAKE-A-MESS

GET SHOT: A VISUAL DIARY 1985-2012 Martin Sorrondeguy has been...

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:48:00 -0400

GET SHOT: A VISUAL DIARY 1985-2012

Martin Sorrondeguy has been photographing the punk underground for over 25 years. His role as a vocalist for hardcore bands including Los Crudos and Limp Wrist, has shaped a unique and vivid portrait of punk culture. This collection features over 400 largely unpublished images documenting his continual engagement with the local music scene, a journey returning to Uruguay, as well as touring over ten countries on five continents. Sorrondeguy’s visual diary captures both the bands and the countless individuals devoted to the spirit of a movement.

Get Shot: A Visual Diary 1985-2012
244 pages 12”x9” first edition hardcover.

$28 plus shipping

Please note that shipping may take weeks. So what. Deal man, you’ll get it.

Sounds Good I Want It

CK forever! flatofangles: Culture Kids

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:24:26 -0400

CK forever!

flatofangles:

Culture Kids

a handy list from our friends at ooga booga of newsprint/art...

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:01:47 -0400

a handy list from our friends at ooga booga of newsprint/art printing resources for all those inquiring and inspired by the recent make-a-mess zine…this is how we figured it out!

printer resources for independent art publishers

press-ish

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:58:00 -0400

Many local labels are offering obscure reissues and innovative new releases on all conceivable formats. Label Sampler is a new column that will profile a different Bay Area record company every other week.

Name: Make-A-Mess Records

Headquarters: Outer Sunset, San Francisco

Owner/Operators(s): Eric Butterworth and Jess Scott.

Musical focus: Jess Scott is quick to describe the label’s genre orientation as “punk, or pop made by punks.” A strong sense of community is present throughout our interview, as Jess and Eric discuss the label’s role within San Francisco’s punk scene and their personal group of friends, both of which seem to be intrinsically intertwined. So the musical disparity between Nodzzz’s straight-ahead pop, the oblique post-punk of Rank/Xerox, and Culture Kids’ effervescent hardcore makes sense, considering the overlapping personal relationships between Jess, Eric, and the band members. Eric even claims that nearly every record Make-A-Mess has released has been by friends of his.

Creation story, or the great Sex/Vid coincidence: On Eric’s birthday, June 21st, 2006, he had lunch with his ex-girlfriend and then went by himself to see Sex/Vid perform. As he recounts, “They were friends of mine, so we went drinking afterwards, eventually met up with more friends, and I got super trashed. I had heard Nodzzz songs, thought they were a really good band, and had an extra two or three grand in my savings account, so I just offered to do their record.” A drunken offer to release his friends’ music established Make-A-Mess Records with Nodzzz being his first release.

Jess Scott didn’t become involved until the summer of 2010, but it wasn’t initially as a label partner. First, Make-A-Mess released the debut 7” of her band, Brilliant Colors, and somehow another Sex/Vid show enabled the connection. Naturally, their memory of the connection differs slightly. But Jess does recall that Sex/Vid was playing in her backyard and she missed the show on account of work. Upon returning home, however, she was able to hand off Brilliant Colors’ demo to Chris as he was leaving. Jess has helped facilitate label activities since then.

Origin of label name: ”The first time I came to San Francisco I was 17 and I came with a friend to skate. We were walking downtown where the sidewalks are brick so when you skate it’s really loud and it was in the middle of the day, so there were a lot of assholes around. So, we were walking with our boards and these punks said “Why aren’t you skating? Why are those boards in your hands?” We told them that it was bumming people out, and this crusty punk screamed “FUCK THAT! MAKE A MESS!” We were young, so it felt really cool to be skating through all these assholes, crackheads, and crazy people, and that phrase just always stuck with me.”

Living with artists on the label roster: Eric’s Sunset abode and label headquarters is also home to members of Rank/Xerox and The Traditional Fools, both of which have records on Make-A-Mess. When I interviewed two-thirds of Rank/Xerox earlier this year, it was in the same living room where I chatted with Jess and Eric. It seemed appropriate that I should find myself in the same locale to interrogate proponents of the local music scene, considering their enduring commitment to their artistic community.

Most recent release: The label’s newest record is Culture Kids’ self-titled LP. It is positively blown-out hardcore from a trio of esteemed locals who’ve consistently proved their live prowess and now have a solid LP to back it up. Their music is burly with class, and harkens back to ’80s hardcore with a knowing glance, while asserting their music’s relevance to their own scene and their own era. It’s tempting to drop the adage, “recorded in a garbage can,” but that wouldn’t quite do it justice. This record sounds more like it was recorded in a plummeting elevator, with all the urgency of impending doom.

Future plans: Martin Sorrondeguy, founder of Lengua Armada Discos and singer of Needles, Limp Wrist, and Los Crudos, is also an avid photographer. Outside of a book released in Japan to accompany an exhibition of his, there has been no official collection of his photographs published, many of which illustrate his zealous interest in punk and hardcore. Naturally, Eric considers Martin a friend, and approached him about handling the U.S. release of the Japanese collection, but Martin opted to arrange an entirely new book instead. Featuring over 200 pages of unpublished black-and-white photographs taken by Martin of punk and hardcore bands since 1985, the book is slated for release this summer.

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Fanzine PO Box 7302 Olympia, WA 98507 ben rules.

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:56:16 -0500

Fanzine

PO Box 7302
Olympia, WA 98507

ben rules.

hear the mess

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:47:00 -0500

Here are some tracks from our still-in-print selection.

Bring the mess to your door.

And for your consideration, the full Culture Kids LP. Will leave it up for a bit. And then you’re hooked!

CULTURE KIDS s/t LP has arrived! Released: February 7,...

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:22:00 -0500

CULTURE KIDS s/t LP has arrived!

Released: February 7, 2012 MAIL ORDER

Our buddy writes:

CULTURE KIDS – SELF-TITLED LP (Make-A-Mess):

Those friendly neighborhood skaters in Culture Kids have not only built a quarter-pipe in the garage, they’ve also brewed up a goddamn great record—a whole album’s worth of raging, infectious hardcore honoring and exceeding their Southern California roots. Following a self-titled seven-inch and two split cassettes, this LP, their first release for Make-A-Mess, is fresh, pure, and clear in its intensity and focus. Their “CK” back patch is omnipresent at punk gigs in California, and one need only listen to this album to find out why.

Culture Kids came together five years ago, back when they all lived in Orange County, recording their half of the first split cassette before moving to San Francisco in 2008. A welcome anomaly in the scene ever since, they’re throwback in their hardcore sensibilities, channeling the careening fury of their skater forebears in JFA as well as the speedy, arresting fervor of early Bad Brains. One can hear tinges of the legendary OC punk compilation Beach Blvd. in there too, but the energy there is rendered darker and more menacing in Culture Kids’ able hands.

The 14 tunes documented herein, 18 minutes in all, are lent a psychedelic, reverberating edge by their good friend Ty Segall, who recorded the album with the band and helped them mix it with Eric Bauer. Rarely can a hardcore band captivate and excite over the course of an LP, but Culture Kids have done a bang-up job of it, and in timeless fashion to boot. Now listeners everywhere can experience the joyous intensity of a CK gig in the comfort of home, with minimal risk of broken furniture or neighbor complaints—just depends how loud you crank it.

BCs/VFs tour was a fun time. photo:RC

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:49:47 -0500

BCs/VFs tour was a fun time.

photo:RC

OH MAN! Finally a new issue of the Make-A-Mess fanzine,...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:35:54 -0500

OH MAN! Finally a new issue of the Make-A-Mess fanzine, including chats with: Limp Wrist, Bleached, Hysterics, Culture Kids, Dunes, Gun Outfit, and a half-page poster by Matt Volz of The Beets. Most issues come with a silk-screened limited large-format newsprint poster of your Brilliant Colors. Fun at your fingertips!

maximum rock n roll radio to the maximum

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:02:00 -0500

yes! i want to enjoy some laughs, with and at the hosts, plus some great tunes, both of old and today.

no! i’m totally a grumpy hater and can’t be bothered by anything fun.

everything to the maximum rock n roll

life worth living, pt. 10

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:59:48 -0500

life worth living, pt. 10

life worth living, pt. 9

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:52:18 -0500

life worth living, pt. 9

life worth living, pt. 8

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:49:52 -0500

life worth living, pt. 8

life worth living, pt. 7

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:37:41 -0500

life worth living, pt. 7

Rank/Xerox debut LP going...going...

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:05:34 -0500

The recently released Rank/Xerox LP is doing quite well and we thank you for your orders. If you haven’t gotten in on them yet, read a nice collection of reviews and high-res art on their website.

Snag me one dude

life worth living, pt. 6

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:00:38 -0500

life worth living, pt. 6

hello! brilliant colors will be going on a small tour in FEB...

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:09:00 -0500

hello!

brilliant colors will be going on a small tour in FEB 2012 with our buddies veronica falls, from london. we hope to see you out in your town, and fingers crossed the new make-a-mess zine will be in tow! we’ll have a handful of our catalog at the merch table.

please note we’ll be taking a short break from sending mailorders during this time!

02/08 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat * (tix: http://goo.gl/xjqTD)

02/09 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * (tix: http://goo.gl/xjC7D)

02/10 – Philadelphia, PA @ Voyeur Nightclub * (tix: http://goo.gl/kuH6o)

02/11 – Somerville, MA @ Radio *

02/13 – Montreal, Canada @ Belmont * (tix: http://goo.gl/T872M)

02/14 – Toronto, Canada @ The Garrison * (tix: http://goo.gl/aPgaV)

02/16 – Chicago, IL @ The Empty Bottle * (fix: http://goo.gl/AP4Ya)

and then Veronica Falls will continue out West with the great band from L.A., Bleached!

life worth living, pt. 5

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:59:23 -0500

life worth living, pt. 5

life worth living, part 4

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:31:50 -0500

life worth living, part 4

life worth living, part 3

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:23:02 -0500

life worth living, part 3