The great Chicago punk label Red Scare Industries is turning 20 this year and it’s celebrating with a 20th anniversary compilation featuring new music from bands throughout the label’s history, including some bands who reunited just to record a song for this comp. Titled Red Scare Industries: 20 Years of Dreaming and Scheming, it features music by The Menzingers, Laura Jane Grace and the Mississippi Medicals, Dead To Me, The Falcon, Cobra Skulls, The Holy Mess, Nothington, No Trigger, Sam Russo, Sludgeworth, The Brokedowns, The Bollweevils, Elway, The Lippies, and more. The description reads:
20 Years Of Dreaming And Scheming is 17 unreleased songs from all across the Red Scare expanded universe. We’ve got some new faces, some Red Scare regulars, some beloved alumni, some guest artists, and even some inactive bands that reformed to give us a new track. Because it’s our 20th birthday, we’re doing a buncha parties and PR around the milestone, but most importantly, we have these 17 songs. Assembling this has been a labor of love and a heartfelt paean to the punks. We love y’all, and these songs are for you. Sure, there’s a couple stinkers in the bunch, but most of them are RAD, and you can only hear these tunes right here. Dreamin’ and schemin’ indeed!
The comp comes out September 6, and you can pre-order it here. Check out the artwork and tracklist below and stay tuned for the music.
The Red Scare 20 parties include currently-announced dates in Chicago, Eae Claire, Portland, Seattle, and Las Vegas’ Punk Rock Museum in September, plus more TBA. Check out the initial list of dates below.
Tracklist
01. The Falcon “Book Of Dead Names”
02. Won’t Stay Dead “Ex Machina”
03. Cobra Skulls “You Know I Know”
04. Dead To Me “Don’t Be Mad”
05. Nothington “Aware”
06. Heart & Lung “Big Yikes”
07. No Trigger “Super Beef”
08. Sam Russo “One Foot In The Grave”
09. Good Friend “Bonzo Goes To Belfast”
10. Laura Jane Grace and the Mississippi Medicals “Baby, Baby”
11. Sludgeworth “Overpromised”
12. The Brokedowns “Cool Ranch”
13. The Bollweevils “DNR”
14. The Lippies “Host Bodies”
15. Elway “Traffic Haze”
16. The Menzingers “Second City”
17. The Holy Mess “Heaven (All Of It)”
Red Scare 20 Parties
9/13 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
9/14 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
9/15 – Eau Clare, WI @ The Plus
9/24 – Portland, OR @ The Showdown
9/25 – Seattle, WA @ Funhouse
9/27 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Punk Rock Museum
9/28 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Punk Rock Museum
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Top photo: The Menzingers at Brooklyn Steel by Stephanie Augello. More here.