Check out the HoZac Guest Mix download featured on Get Bent!

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Hozac Records started out as a zine that flourished into a ridiculously badass record label. Since 2006, Todd Novak and co. have been putting out some truly stellar releases — their roster includes Box Elders, Davila 666, Dum Dum Girls, Jacuzzi Boys, Wax Idols and Rayon Beach. The mix he made for us today consists of all of the inspirations behind the founding of Hozac, and the bands that got him into this mess in the first place. Download the mix here, and check out some other mixes here. Want to submit a mix? Contact us!

1. Unnatural Axe, “Summertime”
This is one of the first ‘Killed By Death’ type songs from the original series that really sunk in, it’s got that perfect mid-tempo unsettling punk riff and that lackadaisical snarl in the vocals that just oozes everything great about the era and especially Boston (one of the top US cities for punk in the 1970s) during the summer.

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By Zach Braun

Chicago noise punks Heavy Times made a cryptic post on Facebook Tuesday with a Soundcloud link and a comment of “2 tracks”. “Might Not Shoot Myself” appears to be a song from an upcoming LP, the follow-up to last year’s acclaimed Jacker from Hozac Records. The first…

WHO FUCKIN’ SEZ?

IT’S TIME!

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BLAST YOUR SKULL with a pleasant assortment of upcoming tracks from soon-available Hozac releases:

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Thanks for another great year, from Hozac Records!

here’s our annual rundown of releases for 2011:

~~~7” records~~~

XRAY EYEBALLS - ‘Crystal’ debut 7” EP (HZR-081)

WOMEN IN PRISON - ‘Strange Wave’ debut 7” EP (HZR-082)

SPIDER FEVER - ‘Whatcha Gonna Do’ b/w ‘Party Girl’ debut 7” (HZR-083)

WAX IDOLS - ‘All Too Human’ b/w ‘Gooey Gooey (William Says)’ debut 7” (HZR-086)

THE SHRAPNELLES - ‘My Mom Is Hot’ debut 7” EP (HZR-087)

KETAMINES - ‘Line by Line’ debut 7” EP (HZR-091)

PUFFY AREOLAS - ‘Gentleman’s Grip’ 7” EP (HZR-092)

BLACK BUG - ‘Police Helicopter’ 7” EP (HZR-093)

RADAR EYES - ‘Miracle’ b/w ‘Me & My Dogs’ 7” (HZR-096)

Hookup Klub Singles (subscription-only):

DALAI LAMAS - ‘I Want You’ b/w ‘I Lost You’ debut 7” (HZR-067)

RED MASS - ‘Drink My Blood’ b/w ‘Freak Show’ 7” (HZR-068)

TIMMY’S ORGANISM - ‘Scum Revolution’ b/w ‘When the Bottles Break’ 7” (HZR-069)

LE SANG SONG - ‘Art vs. Life’ b/w ‘Paper Rose’ 7” (HZR-070)

RAYON BEACH - ‘Airplane with Tits’ b/w ‘The Libertine and the Happy Slave’ 7” (HZR-071)

READING RAINBOW/SUPER WILD HORSES - split 7” ‘Dead End’ b/w ‘Heard You’re Back’ 7” (HZR-071.5) BONUS SINGLE

~~~~LPs~~~~

K-HOLES - s/t debut LP (HZR-084)

PEOPLE’S TEMPLE - Sons of Stone debut LP (HZR-085)

THE HAPPY THOUGHTS - s/t debut LP (HZR-088)

MICKEY - Rock’n Roll Dreamer debut LP (HZR-089)

FUNGI GIRLS - Some Easy Magic LP (HZR-090)

WAX IDOLS - No Future debut LP (HZR-094)

HEAVY TIMES - Jacker LP (HZR-095)

Check out the mind-bending and Sonic Youth-soaked animated video for South Africa’s most exciting new bashers, MAKE-OUTS. ‘Surf Bored’ coming soon on their debut 7” as part of Hookup Klub Round 3! (subscription details next week)

FUNGI GIRLS and RAYON BEACH tonight in Austin, TX at Beerland! (poster by CM Ruiz)

check out a killer quality OUTER MINDS live video from their Halloween show last weekend