Close Only Counts Update

Fort Wayne pop-punk champs Close Only Counts are finally finishing their full length "Do Bad Things" which should be released before the end of the year.  In the meantime, they've put out a free acoustic EP entitled "The View From Down Here" which includes an acoustic version of "She's Lying I'm Dying" and a cover of Saves The Day's "You Vandal"  Support those dudes and download this.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C2Q9ZXLG 

News Update

The comp, damien johnston, close only counts, and other releases are all still coming out.  Logistics, and saving for a baby have gotten in the way a bit but I'm too stubborn to let it get me down.  More news soon!

Shitlist

New 260 grinding metallic hardcore, how's that for a description.  Featuring dudes, myself included, who are already in a few bands (Parasitic Twins, Na'Kay, Daisycutter) playing fast and pissed.  How's that for a description?  We recently recorded eight originals and two covers that should be out in tape form in the near future.  The recordings were done with Geoff at The Ensomber Room, who is always an awesome dude to work with and we're glad he could make time for us.  Dude's been working on some really great stuff including the latest Macabre record!

We've got two songs posted on our facebook profile, and we're looking forward to writing and playing more shows.

Life After Death (Ex Iceberg, Karloff)

With Karloff on indefinite hiatus and Iceberg currently split up, some of the dudes from each band decided they still had something to say and have come back even stronger with their new band Life After Death.  Taking their name from the Biggie Smalls record and telling tales of the hardships of the daily grind, the bleak outlook is matched with an attack informed by Hatebreed and Crowbar.

You can listen to their debut EP "Respect is Collected" at their stereokiller site.

Also, find them on facebook here.

Close Only Counts In the Studio

Close Only Counts studio update from Eric Pennycoff on Vimeo.

Close Only Counts working on "Do Bad Things".  Out soon.

April News (Comp update, reviews, new stuff, and more)

Just a bit of quick news to catch everyone up on what's been going on with MXD lately.

The compilation I mentioned a little while back is finally starting to come together.  I originally wanted to have all of the tracks by the end of February, but punk rock time is a very real thing, and I'm still waiting on a few of the songs to get to me.  So far I have tracks from Picked Clean, Chaotic Neutral, Parasitic Twins, Disconnected, Cloud Rat, Kata Sarka, Karloff, and Na'Kay. More bands will be announced soon, and as soon as I get everything together I'll post details on the release.  This should be out by late spring/early summer for tour time!

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Parasitic Twins got their demo reviewed at Devd Formats, a blog written by Damien Johnston, who I believe also runs or has a hand in the excellent Seattle based Dead Accents label.  Damien had some nice stuff to say about the tape, and he also happens to make some noise of his own.  Check that out here.

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Coffin Maker posted a rough demo of a track from their upcoming cassette on their bandcamp.  The cassette should be out sometime in late summer or early fall and will have 8 new songs.

March News Update

I'm sure it's a lame excuse, but March has been a busy month at work and since I sit at a desk and stare at a computer all day there sometimes I just don't feel like it when I come home.  I finally found some time so here goes.

Close Only Counts CD Re-issue

I sent a tweet out on @MXDRecords last Friday the 4th stating that the cd's had arrived.  They have indeed, but the track listing on the discs themselves is all messed up, read completely out of order.  I'm trying to get a hold of someone at the pressing plant to figure out what can be done about this, so if you were wondering why your pre-order didn't get to you this week that's why.  I apologize for the inconvenience and am trying to get it fixed a soon as possible.  Ideally I will be able to send the old shipment back and get a new one with the correct track listing.  If not, they may have to be sold as is which I suppose would be sort of punk rock and make them a little bit of a collector's item.

At any rate, I'll update everyone as soon as I figure out what's going on.

Upcoming Releases

It's been a couple of months since the last MXD releases came out, and I'm finally able to announce some of the new stuff that's coming up.
I've been working on a cassette compilation of Hardcore, Grind, and Punk from the midwest that will include some killer tracks and a few rarities.  As soon as I have all of the tracks, I'll post the track list and release date.  It should be out by late spring/early summer though.

Also coming soon, is a cd from Fort Wayne's Castles who play some surprisingly heavy indie rock and feature current and former members of Metavari, All Nite Skate, and Graves of The Endless Fall.  This will be a follow up to their debut EP which was released in late 2009 and will be a spring release.

Parasitic Twins has been writing and are planning to record a bunch of songs this spring, some of which will see release on a 7", the rest of which will be kept around for splits, comps, etc. Expect to hear more old school hardcore with as little slow as possible.  Coffin Maker is also currently recording 8 songs for a cassette that should see release sometime this summer.  Expect more dark, sparse, ominous tones with occult themes.

I've got one more under wraps that I should be able to talk about shortly, just don't want to announce anything and then have it fall through.