We were honored to have Bandcamp write an article about us celebrating our upcoming 30 year anniversary. The article highlights highly influential B9 releases and takes a look at the history of the label. Featuring insights on artists like Have Heart, War On Women, Crime In Stereo, and many, many more. (We do feel obligated to respectfully correct two small errors in the article: Terror is based in Los Angeles, not NYC, and while Youth Code’s Ryan George sang for Carry On, the drummer on their album A Life Less Plagued was Lucas McFadden.) Click HERE to read the article. If you don’t feel like reading, you can still press the play button on the top of the article and listen to Bandcamp’s selection of B9 titles!
Crime In Stereo "Explosives and the Will To Use Them" LP - limited to 123 copies on silver vinyl
Bridge Nine’s limited-to-100 silver vinyl variant of CRIME IN STEREO’s “Explosives and the Will To Use Them” LP on Blackout! Records
Crime In Stereo's first album Explosives and the Will to Use Them turns 20 this year! To celebrate, Blackout! Records pressed the album to vinyl for the first time ever. There are four variants available from Blackout!, Indie Retail / Distro, Bridge Nine, and the band's own label, House of Commons. This pressing features restored artwork originally created by Ryan Patterson as well as spot varnish on the album cover.
Bridge Nine is proud to offer a B9-exclusive silver edition of this record, in conjunction with Blackout! Records, limited to a pressing of just 123 copies on silver vinyl.
Tracklist:
1. Amsterdamned!
2. Warning: Perfect Sideburns Do Not Make You Dangerous
3. Play It Loud Fuckers
4. What A Strange Turn Of Events
5. Compass And Square
6. If You Think Were Talking About You, We Are
7. Barfight On Bedford Ave
8. It Ain't All Hugs And Handshakes
9. Here's To Things Gone Wrong
10. No Gold Stars For Nationalism
11. Terribly Softly
12. Arson At 563
Reserve your copy HERE!
Bridge Nine Alumni Crime In Stereo Sign to Pure Noise Records
Long-time Bridge Nine band Crime In Stereo has just announced that they have joined the Pure Noise roster! We are lucky to have been a part of their journey, and happy to see them start a new chapter in their careers. Check out their new single, Hypernormalisation, and pre-order their forthcoming record and merch HERE!
Chris B9 on Podioslave Podcast (episode 169) to discuss 5 of their favorite B9 releases
Chris Wrenn joined a discussion of five Bridge Nine releases picked by the staff of Podioslave Podcast. In this episode (#169), Chris gives background on Have Heart’s The Things We Carry, Frank Turner’s Beverly, New Found Glory’s Tip Of The Iceberg, Crime In Stereo’s Is Dead, and Outbreak’s You Make Us Sick. Link to give it a listen HERE!
H2O Supporting Gorilla Biscuits this July & A September Show with Crime In Stereo
H2O will be joining Gorilla Biscuits for a Denver show and a run of California shows! They will also be performing with support from Crime In Stereo (their first show in nearly two years) this September in Brooklyn.
Finally Acknowledging These 5 Records
When the Raid The Archive box was announced, all five vinyl releases contained within remained a mystery and we vowed to not say what was inside. Just that if you liked Bridge Nine’s output in the mid-2000s, that this would be up your alley. With the label having to make the tough move from our old office into our new space, this was designed to help us weather the storm. Thankfully, the boxes were a hit, and the feedback was great. One of the records was pressed in a different quantity than the rest, so it threw off our ability to finish the boxes. So, we’ve broken them out and they’re now available for individual sale, while supplies last! If you grabbed a box originally and now want the other color of a record, now’s your chance! Missed it the first time around but one of your favorite bands was in the mix? Pick up their record now and help us keep buttoning up the new HQ! Click a record to grab one in the B9 Store:
Crime In Stereo announce West Coast shows
Crime In Stereo have announced a West Coast run this May with Elder Brother and City Ghost. See dates below:
5/23 @ Space in San Diego, CA
5/24 @ Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA
5/25 @ The Roxy in Los Angeles, CA
Amazon specials for November and December
We've got a ton of digital download specials happening at Amazon Music this month. Check them out:
CLASSICS & ESSENTIALS [until 12/31]:
Defeater - Empty Days & Sleepless Nights
Have Heart - Songs to Scream at the Sun
Agnostic Front - Victim in Pain
Ceremony - Rohnert Park
Crime in Stereo - Is Dead
Champion - Promises Kept
Carry On - A Life Less Plagued
Expire - Pretty Low
$6.99 RECENT HITS [until 11/16]:
Hierophant - Peste
$5 ALBUMS [until 11/26]:
Defeater - Travels
$3.99 ALBUMS [until 11/26]:
Test of Time - The Price EP
Amazon digital music specials for September wrapping up
Our Amazon digital download specials for September are wrapping up soon. Amazon's 8th Birthday Sale kicked off on September 25th as well and will run through October 1st, which is when the rest of these sales end as well:
8th BIRTHDAY SALE
Crime in Stereo - Is Dead
Ambitions - Stranger
$6.99 RECENT HITS
Expire - Pretty Low
Candy Hearts - All The Ways You Let Me Down
Test of Time - By Design
$5 ALBUMS
H2O - Nothing to Prove
Ceremony - Still Nothing Moves You
Verse - Aggression
$3.99 ALBUMS
No Warning - S/T EP
Betrayed - Addiction EP
Throwback Thursdays: Have Heart, Defeater, Crime in Stereo, Ruiner, International Superheroes of Hardcore, Polar Bear Club, Gallows
This week's Throwback Thursdays are up! Grab 'em at B9Store.com! If you missed it last week, we're doing 8 different record variants now, with some available at a special discount.
B9R096 - Have Heart - Songs to Scream at the Sun - 2nd pressing - green/1000
B9R107 - Defeater - Travels - 1st pressing - brown/900
B9R131 - Crime in Stereo - I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone - 1st pressing - red + black marble/400
B9R125 - Ruiner - Hell Is Empty - 1st pressing - clear/500
B9R091 - International Superheroes of Hardcore - Takin' It Ova! - 1st pressing - red and black spatter/2000
B9R110 - Polar Bear Club - Sometimes Things Just Disappear - 1st pressing - aqua blue/2000
B9R127 - Polar Bear Club - The Redder, The Better EP - 1st pressing - white/400
B9R175 - Gallows - S/T - 1st pressing - white w/ black spatter (Hot Topic exclusive)/500
Throwback Thursdays: H2O, Polar Bear Club, Defeater, Crime in Stereo
Throwback Thursdays are up! Limited quantities as always. Grab 'em at B9Store.com!
B9R157 - H2O - Don't Forget Your Roots - 1st pressing - black/300
B9R127 - Polar Bear Club - The Redder, The Better EP - 1st pressing - black/300
B9R107 - Defeater - Travels - 1st pressing - gray/400
B9R131 - Crime in Stereo - I Was Trying to Describe You to Someone - 1st pressing - red + black marble/400