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Buffalo punks Pentimento are releasing a second issuing of their self-titled album through Paper + Plastick Records. The record has been pressed on gold, silver, and bronze vinyl and is available to order on Paper + Plastick’s website. In support of the second issuing of Pentimento, the band have released a video of a live studio […]

Pentimento Inside The Sea EP Two lines into “Not So Young,” the opening track of the new EP by Pentimento, vocalist/guitarist Jeramiah Pauly sings, “It’s bringing me back to when I was young, but not so young that I couldn’t sort my feelings out.” That’s exactly the emotions that these four new songs by the […]

Reverse The Curse Existent Hiram, Ohio’s Reverse The Curse don’t make liking their band easy. Just when you get sucked into one of their moody, discordant post-punk songs on their sophomore full-length, Existent, they twist and turn away from the part you probably liked the most. It’s not unlike the direction Brand New have gone […]

Reverse the Curse have revealed they will be releasing their second full-length Existent via Paper + Plastick Records on August 27. Existent, which is a follow up to 2011's Hither & Yon, is available to be pre-ordered now. The band is also streaming “Carer” in the form of a lyric video on Paper + Plastick's YouTube account. […]

Nightmare Of You/Nightmares For A Week Nightmares EP Nightmare Of You and Nightmares For A Week share little in common besides a name association and New York residence. Their pairing on this split EP is certainly an oddball matchup, but music fans diverse enough to include post-punk alongside punk in their palette will enjoy it […]

We Are The Union You Can’t Hide The Sun The resemblance between We Are The Union and a ska-punk prototype like Less Than Jake is uncanny—but the similarities in horn-constructed harmonies and true-to-life lyrics don’t define them. There’s freshness to WATU’s approach, one that, since the band’s inception in 2005, continues to push the well-worn […]

Larry And His Flask Hobo’s Lament EP Most of us sigh and roll our eyes at the term “folk-punk,” and justly so: It’s one of the most overused subgenre descriptors of the past several years. And, sure, Oregon buskers-turned-punkers Larry And His Flask definitely fall into that category, but the term really doesn’t do them […]

Today we've got a premiere from Obi Fernandez of a song called “The Color Of Your Voice.” The track comes from his upcoming solo debut, Confessions, Waves and The Garden State, which is due out September 25 via Paper + Plastick. Check out the song and let us know what you think the comments below. You […]

NGHBRS will be releasing a free mixtape on Aug. 30 via Paper + Plastick. In addition, the band will be entering the studio this fall to begin recording their new full-length album. Fans can check out a lyric video for “Love, Come Down” below. The track is featured on the upcoming mixtape. Let us know […]

Paper + Plastick have released a free 15-song summer sampler in their webstore. The tracklist is listed below and the songs can be downloaded here. 1. Work For Them – Flatfoot 56 2. Babe  – What's Eating Gilbert 3. Pills – Obi Fernandez 4. American Amnesia – Russ Rankin 5. The Revolution – Jr. Juggernaut […]

Jr. Juggernaut will release their new full-length Wake on Aug. 28 via Paper + Plastick. A song from the album, “Tonight Come Home,” is available for download here.

Good Riddance/Only Crime frontman Russ Rankin has launched a stream of “American Amnesia,” the first song from his debut solo album Farewell Catalonia. It's due out Aug. 7 via Paper + Plastick. Check it out below.

Kris Roe of the Ataris recently revealed in an interview that the band's long-awaited new full-length, Graveyard Of The Atlantic, should see a summer release via Paper + Plastick. Via AMP: “But for the album, in May/June I am going back into the studio to finish the vocals for the seven remaining songs. Currently all […]

Go Rydell (Black Numbers) and Protagonist (Paper + Plastick) will be touring the east coast next month. Dates are as follows: June 1st Philadelphia, PA- The Cracker Factory W/ Nona June 2nd Queens, NY-The Kicking Corpse w/Up For Nothing, Candy Hearts, Departures and more June 3rd Allston, MA- O’Brien’s Pub (Sunday Matinee 2pm) w/ The […]

New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert will be releasing a new 7-inch under the moniker of his solo project, What's Eating Gilbert. It's called The Nashville Session and it's due out June 19 via Paper + Plastick. Check out the cover art and track listing below. 1. The One 2. Lonely Road

Anthony Raneri (Bayside) will be giving his debut solo EP New Cathedrals the vinyl treatment on June 19 thanks to Paper + Plastick. The label will be pressing powdered coffee into the records, which will create a nice aroma (but probably not an improved taste). A song from the EP, “Sandra Partial,” can be heard […]

Chicago's Flatfoot 56 will release their new album Toil on July 24 via Paper + Plastick. The album was recorded at Atlas Studios with producer Johnny Rioux of the Street Dogs. More information is expected soon.

Hear Nebraska has launched a stream of Red City Radio's new video for “50th And Western,” a song from their 2011 full-length The Dangers Of Standing Still. Check it out below. #71 Red City Radio: 50th and Western from Love Drunk on Vimeo.

Break Anchor, the latest project from Suicide Machines/Hellmouth frontman Jay Navarro, has launched a stream of their debut EP Black Hearts & Blackouts. Check it out below.

The Explosion Bury Me Standing Enthusiastic Boston punkers the Explosion may be long buried, but they won’t go out without one last posthumous shot over the bow. Their long-delayed third album—originally slated for a 2007 release on Virgin Records, then a 2008 release on Paper + Plastick—has finally seen daylight via the Bouncing Souls’ Chunksaah […]