Franz Nicolay "Major General" CD - NOW AVAILABLE!

     Franz Nicolay is that dapper, mustachioed multi-instrumentalist and man-about-town you’ve seen with such groups as The Hold Steady and World/Inferno Friendship Society. On Major General, he steps up to the spotlight with a melodramatic grab-bag of full-throated songs, stories, and days of wine & roses; shamelessly strident, stentorian and more than a little sentimental.  Major General is rich with tales of punk-rock disillusionment, redemption, nostalgic regret, ruthless self-interrogations & reinvention, and defiant yet affectionate apologies. It’s a new look for the stylishly vaudevillian jack-of-all-trades with the Jimmy Durante and death’s-head-accordion tattoos.  A new stop on a hobo’s-trail of intelligent, incisive hedonism that’s taken him through anarcho-circus punk, Balkan-gypsy, new chamber music, and anthemic classic rock.

$12 post-paid in the U.S./$13 Canada and Mexico.  Overseas: see info at top of page. 

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Post-paid U.S. $12.00Post-paid Can/Mex $13.00

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 Crafty/Fistolo "Partners In Crime Series #2" 4-way Split 7"

    Featuring Mischief Brew, Wingnut Dishwasher's Union, Endless Mike and the Beagle Club and Guitar Bomb, this 4-way split 7" has all four corners covered.  Released as a split with our friends at Crafty Records in Bronx, NY (www.craftyrecords.net), this is a nice sampling of friends and bands that continue to cross paths in this zany vibrant underworld of DIY punk rock.  The Mischief Brew song is "Patches," finally seeing official release after years of being a live favorite.

$5 post-paid in the U.S.

 Mischief Brew/Joe Jack Talcum "Photographs from the Shoebox" LP/CD

    Two Philadelphia artists/bands team up: Mischief Brew delivers six songs, none of which sound anything alike!  Meanwhile, Joe Jack Talcum (of The Dead Milkmen, The Low Budgets, more...) lays down seven... meanwhile, BOTH ARTISTS do modern renditions of Dead Milkmen songs!  This is a great Philadelphia split.  Erik (from MB) grew up skateboarding to "Big Lizard in My Backyard," so it's fitting and a true honor to share vinyl with Joe.

    A European 10" version will be split-released by Gunner Records and Klownhouse Records sometime in the near future, with completely different artwork.

$12 post-paid in the U.S. (Please specify LP or CD!)

 Mischief Brew "Jobs in Steeltown" 7"

     Between sessions for the split LP with Joe Jack (see above) and demos for future proper recordings, Mischief Brew banged out two gritty, bluesy, somber ditties about the ups and downs of decay.  The a-side ("Jobs in Steeltown") paints a grey picture of working class towns robbed of their work... yet that is only the first verse and feeble "revitalization" attempts follow.  The b-side ("The Barrel") is for anyone that loves the sight of weeds growing through pavement cracks.  Or, old lengths of wood found in old barns.  Or, vacant lots turned into gardens.  The list goes on.  Front cover pic by Erik Petersen, all other photography by Christine Boarts-Larson.

$5 post-paid in the U.S.

Mischief Brew "Boiling Breakfast Early" (online exclusive release)

     Seekers of the first Mischief Brew demo ("Mirth") and lovers of raw scratchy cassette recordings unite.  The long-talked-about "demo discography" is finally available.  From both ends of the spectrum, of course: a physical version available on cassette only from Dead Format (a cassette-only label from Bethlehem, PA), and an online exclusive version available from Fistolo Records and Downloadpunk.com.  Both versions will have an extra bonus track, exclusive to each release.  The "Mirth" demo is included in its entirety, along with songs from both WKDU sets, "Don't Spoil Yer Supper!", old compilations...and a few never-before-heard songs.  An important chapter in the Mischief Brew story...

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 Meisce "Shipwrecked in a Bottle" CD

     File under "ANARCHO-CELTIC-PUNK!"  Seattle's Meisce ("mesh-key-ah") formed October 2002, a seven-piece collective featuring members of Wormwood, Inhaste, Countdown to Armageddon, and Slightly Less Than Nothing. The result is a mix of Irish folk, klezmer, gypsy music... all with a heavy crust/punk influence. A follow-up to the "Bored of the Dance" 7", "Shipwrecked in a Bottle" is rollicking and festive enough for Pogues and Tossers fans - yet perfectly pissed off and beautifully dark, for fans of...Amebix?  No cop-lauding ballads here... just pure rebel music with fiddles and accordions - by the punks, for the dancers.

$10 post-paid in the U.S.

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 The Can Kickers "Live at Lavazone" CD

     In January 2007, New London, Connecticut's old-timey trio The Can Kickers embarked on a full U.S. tour with Philadelphia as their kickoff show.  We had it recorded (thanks to Red Planet Recording).  On a seemingly random night in West Philadelphia, a roomful of drunken punks stomped, clapped, and screamed to a fiddle, banjo, and washboard... and here's the artifact to prove it.  Old-tymey, bluegrass, country... whatever you want to call it, this is punk rock even if it sounds like a barnyard stomp.  100% organic and more importantly, locally grown in West Philly at LAVAZone (www.lavazone.org).

$10 post-paid in the U.S.

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 Stockyard Stoics/The Filaments "The Special Relationship" split 7"

     Along with labels like Fight For Your Mind (France), Household Name (UK), Carnus (Spain), Concrete Jungle (Germany) and Roots Rock Rebel (NYC)... we've teamed up to bring you the final recordings from NYC's anarcho-street-punks Stockyard Stoics and UK ska-punkers The Filaments.  Three agressive songs from both bands, covering the topical gamut of the Christian Right to class issues within the punk scene.  Comes with a Stoics sticker and a mini-zine.  No bullshit DIY punk rock.  This shit rules.

$4 post-paid in the U.S.

Overseas distros: please deal direct with one of the labels listed above.

 Witch Hunt "Blood-Red States" CD

     The second full-length from Philadelphia's Witch Hunt brought not only a line-up change (with Rob moving to guitar and new drummer Vince joining up), but a louder, heavier, grittier, crustier, and more pissed off sound.  Ten tracks that blast over you like a burning locomotive then leave you for dead.  "Blood-Red States" shows the growth of this band, both musically and lyrically... recorded in West Philly by Steve Roche at Permanent Hearing Damage.  A newly remastered vinyl version is being released by the band themselves.  

    This CD has been split-released by Fistolo and Witch Hunt.

$10 post-paid in the U.S.

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 Bread & Roses "Deep River Day" CD

     This is the long awaited full length CD from Boston-based dust-raisers Bread & Roses, who up til now have only produced many live and demo recordings, and a split 7" with Mischief Brew.  12 songs in all wrapped with amazing illustrations, recorded in an old church using upright bass, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, tin whistle, and a whole lot of singing and banging.  In addition to the original and previously unheard songs, there are also renditions of Merle Haggard and Utah Phillips songs...all with stories behind them.  Bread & Roses are somewhat of a folk punk orchestra with many members, their shows an intimate acoustic experience...and this recording is about as close as one can come to seeing them live, completely self-produced using the olde "crowd around the mic" style.  You can almost feel the strings being plucked, picked, and sawn...

$10 post-paid in the U.S.

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Witch Hunt "This is Only the Beginning..." CD

     This is the newest and oldest CD by Philadelphia's Witch Hunt, documenting their first few years as a band.  24-tracks in all, it includes their first LP ("...As Priorities Decay"), their first self-titled 7", their split 7" with Deathbag, unreleased demo tracks and more.  All remastered from the original mixes by Don Grossinger, this is a diverse feast of crust, hardcore, anarcho-punk and traditional punk rock...layered with dueling female/male vocals attacking issues of sexism, racism, reproductive rights ("Legislative Bodies Legislating Bodies"), just to name a few.  Witch Hunt wield a unique sound, as well as a unique lyrical style that is both pissed off and proud, full of rage and full of hope all at once.  They are not to be missed...and if you have been wanting to check them out but don't know where to start, well, this would (chrono)logically be a good place!  They're not stoppin' anytime soon...

$10 post-paid in the U.S.

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Meisce "Bored of the Dance" 7" 

      Seattle's Meisce (pronounced 'mesh-key-ah') has been together since October of 2002, combining elements of Irish folk, gypsy, Eastern European klezmer, and punk rock, among other influences.  It is with great pleasure that Fistolo and Aborted Society Records are split-releasing their first vinyl release..."Bored of the Dance," which those disgusted with Michael Flatley's ego will find oh-so-amusing!  Imagine a more crusty Flogging Molly...nah that doesn't even do it justice.  How's this: this includes members of Countdown to Armageddon, Wormwood, Inhaste, and Slightly Less Than Nothing.  Oh yeah, and this record LOOKS freakin' awesome.  Trust us.  Drink the alehouse dry!

$4 post-paid in the U.S.
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You can also get this from Aborted Society Records in Seattle, WA.

 Mutiny "Co-op Brewery" CD

     The newest recording from Melbourne, Australia's finest parcel of rogues.  How could you go wrong with a record based around the tale of a co-operatively run microbrewery?  Other songs include stories of boat-shows, soup kitchens, dirty bars, and locomotives.  Basically, the lyrics are amazing, painting a gritty picture of down-and-out drifters, free-spirited travellers, and the seekers-of-a-better-world...all put over catchy colonial-Australian folk-punk melodies.  What does that mean?  Well, think less fiddle and more accordion/mandolin (although there is fiddle and tin whistle on this too).  If you're a fan of The Pogues, The Clash, Swingin' Utters, The Tossers...all that...then you should hear this band.

$10 post-paid in the U.S.

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Available in Australia and thereabouts from Missing Link Records.

Mischief Brew "Songs From Under the Sink" LP (CD out of stock!)

     Anarcho-bard Erik Petersen casts forth another full-length to follow up 2005's "Smash the Windows," a collection of songs written between 1997-2002.  As opposed to the gypsy-punk epics on "Smash," the songs on "Sink" are more stripped down, returning to Mischief Brew's roots with percussive acoustic guitar-abuse, mandolins, and junk percussion.  The lyrics are twice as vicious, covering topics such as the Iraq War, the death penalty, police brutality, prisons...and of course alcohol and pyromania.  Previously performed solely at basement shows, punk bars, and protests...and now on Mr. Yuk-green vinyl once and for all (500 green/500 black).  The LP version also wields a unique rendition of "A Rebel's Romance" that will not be on the CD.

 $10 post-paid in the U.S. (LP only right now!)

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PLEASE SPECIFY LP or CD or YOU WILL GET THE LP and be forced to buy a record player.

Mischief Brew/Bread & Roses "Loved But Unrespected" split 7" EP

     Bread & Roses are a Boston-based folk punk orchestra of sorts that has managed to spread countless demos here and there over the years...and we're excited to have put out their first official release, a split 7" with Mischief Brew.  Each band contributes one original song and one traditional labor song (with Bread & Roses spicing up the Wobbly anthem "Dump the Bosses Off Your Back" and Mischief Brew arranging/rearranging Joe Hill's "The Preacher and The Slave").  Originals?  MB delivers a unique acoustic version of "Nomads Revolt" while B&R play an original song that The Pogues wish they could have written.  Yes, I'll stand by that even as I'm getting pummeled by a mob of paddy punks.  The title is a salute to the great Utah Phillips who defined the versions of both of the aforementioned labor songs.

****CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE FOR MAILORDER****

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 Guignol/Nanuchka "Drink the Best Wine First" CDep

     Not so much a traditional split as a collaboration by two World/Inferno Friendship Society sideshows! Also features Franz Nicolay of The Hold Steady and Peter Hess of Balkan Beat Box and The E Street Band.  Heh heh.  Guignol's accordion/clarinet waltz "Agada"  features Yula of Nanuchka on lead vocals (sung in Hebrew, nonetheless), while Nanuchka's swingy "Captain Sensible Calling" features Franz of Guignol on piano, and a special guest appearance by Jack Terricloth of the aforementioned World/Inferno.  It has to be heard to be believed!  This is klezmer for Coney Island fire-breathers, sea-shanties for grease-painted gutterballs, and jazz for punk kids that joined the circus.

$6 postpaid in the U.S.

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Listen to "Captain Sensible Calling" by Nanuchka

Also available: Guignol s/t CD.  $10.

 Mischief Brew "Smash the Windows" CD

     The newest full-length by Erik Petersen and his array of minions.  "Smash The Windows" is an experiment in insanity, an attempt to blow the folk-punk template to pieces! Instrumental cameos include accordion, clarinet, marimba, and various metal objects clanged/banged upon. Guest appearances by members of World/Inferno, Guignol, Evil Robot Us', and Leftover Crack.  The "Bakenal" EP set the stage: here, we have more tales of jaded drunkards, anarchist witches, and revolting nomads.  Recorded at Vibromonk in Brooklyn (which has produced such acts as Gogol Bordello, Balkan Beat Box, Firewater, Big Lazy....).

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE AS A PHYSICAL RELEASE.  Download links below...

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David Dondero & Mischief Brew "Two Boxcars" 7" EP

     Love songs, rage songs, and everything in between on this split EP by two artists who are good friends. David Dondero plays twangy drunken ballads, telling stories collecting from tours and travels. Erik Petersen (Mischief Brew) belts out two anti-war, anti-folk, anarcho-acoustic anthems. Altogether, it's four stories with something for everyone.

$4 post-paid in the U.S.

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Mutiny "Rum Rebellion" CD

     Since its initial release, many a crusty pirate punk has hunted for a mere cassette copy of this record. Now, these Australian reveling rebels and Fistolo have teamed up to bring you the official CD reissue of Mutiny's "Rum Rebellion." Imagine a band of squatters strappin' on some accordions and mandolins, singing raspy anthems about alcohol, anarchy, shoplifting, baklava, fiddles, and fading punk tattoos. Drink to better days!

$10 post-paid in the U.S.

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Listen to "Here's to Adventure" by Mutiny

Evil Robot Us' "In Song and In Dance" 7" EP

     Five songs of danceable folk punk with great lyrics to match.  Starting as an acoustic duo, then soon recruiting legendary chaos punk Benji to bang on some buckets, the trio grew into the amazingly catchy and energetic band they are today.  Female/male vocals over an assault of acoustic guitars and drums, straight out of Buffalo, NY.

****OUT OF PRINT****

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Mischief Brew "Bakenal" CDep

     Django Reinhardt meets Shane MacGowan in a dark alley. Five songs about carnivals, hoboes, lovers, drunkards, anarchists, witches, and rebellion. From the gypsy-swing of “Devil of a Time” to the marching-style “Anti-Lullaby”, this EP will leave you with an even stronger desire to hear a full-length Mischief Brew LP ("Smash the Windows" - see above). Honest folk-punk.

****OUT OF PRINT****

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Listen to "Devil of a Time" by Mischief Brew

PINS (50 cents each, minimum order $1):

MISCHIEF BREW - Pirate style pin

MISCHIEF BREW - Woodcut logo pin

MUTINY - Pirate ship pin

ORPHANS - Molotov pin

UP THE PUGS - BACK IN STOCK!

STICKERS: (prices include postage in U.S., Canada, Mexico).

BREAD AND ROSES - Ashes rise logo sticker (3.5" circle). $1.

MEISCE - Logo sticker (5.5" x 1.42").  $1.

MUTINY - Folk punk sticker (4.5" x 3") - 50 cents, minimum order $1.  Free inside "Rum" CD.

THE ORPHANS - Logo sticker (4.25" x 1.38").  $1.

WITCH HUNT - Peace logo sticker (8.5" x 1.38").  $1.

OUT OF PRINT FISTOLO RELEASES: (Which means that they're NO LONGER AVAILABLE).

Mischief Brew - "Don't Spoil Yer Supper!" cassette (FISTOLO-003)

Erik Petersen - "Live on WKDU" CD-r (FISTOLO-002)

Mischief Brew - "Mirth, or, Certain Verses Composed and Fitted to Tunes, For the Delight and Recreation of All" cassette (FISTOLO-001)