Part of the DIY community. We release records, promote shows and more. Active since 2011. life is hard, music is good.
Due to the sudden closure of the 13th Note this show will now happen at The Flying Duck. Its gonna be class and you should come. There will be a collection for 13th Note staff who have lpst their jobs with no notice. They are also welcome at the show, free of charge.
The 13th Note has been ordered to close until the owner resolves massive health and safety issues. As a result Sunday's show is now being held at The Flying Duck. Door times and price is the same. I would like to thank Kay at the 13th Note for her help in sorting this out during a stressful week for me and offer our support to the staff at the Note. Come down and enjoy some of the best music Scotland has to offer right now.
Amazing illustrations by Nikolai Lutohin (1970s Yugoslavian Sci Fi Illustrator).
Putting on a show on Sunday. Some lovely mates coming together to make a racket.
Another sick lineup coming through
An absolute belter in three weeks.
This Friday, our good friends The Last Mile from Montreal are coming to The Flying Duck with support from Derry's Parker and Glasgow's latest hardcore supergroup Seer. Cheaper tickets can be secured at struggletown.co.uk
The Last Mile are on tour right now, with melodic punks Parker - Band. They hit Glasgow on Friday 30th September at The Flying Duck. Come down and have a nice time.
Struggletown Records shared a post on Instagram: "Here's the story of our friendship with and his band were excited to bring them to Glasgow on September 30th.". Follow their account to see 179 posts.
In case you didn't know we're back in action as a promoter and what we're promoting is a show featuring our old friends from Montreal - The Last Mile, soon to be friends Parker from Derry and a supergroup of Glasgow DIYs finest in the form of raging hardcore punks Seer. This show takes place on September 30th at The Flying Duck. Please come, have fun, see bands and show our friends that Struggletown is still a hing.
New emo from Glasgow and Dundee. If you like that early 2000s stuff, get on this. They're on tour this weekend, get involved.
https://struggletownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/catknives-chauslash-split
4 track album
Get tuned into this! Raging hardcore punk from Bleaks, not many copies available, grab one quick.
New tape from BLEAKS - local hardcore punk with NYHC riffs and venomous vocals. Split release with Gold Mold & Negative Hope.
10 copies each label - act fast.
https://struggletown.limitedrun.com/products/725453
It's which means everyone is gonna be pushing links to music to buy on Bandcamp, but I am also doing that, so yeah.
We haven't put out a digital release in 5 years! This one is amazing:
https://struggletownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/g-os
głos - grand forward
An EP of warm, introspective songs built around classical guitar with flute, viola and harmonies. Piotr makes pickles and rad emo jams. All proceeds from our sales will be donated to Refuweegee.
We're releasing this record in collaboration with friends from Toronto, Must Be Nice Records who have made the EP available via your favourite streaming services.
Any shares or purchases would be very welcome.
4 track album
https://youtu.be/Px6P8lcTnso
Wow, look! A video premiere for the grand forward EP that's coming out on this week. Give it a watch and get ready to buy the full record on Bandcamp Friday 6 August.
Cry All Night appears on the grand forward EP - głos which is out now on Struggletown Records. Pick it up from our bandcamp: https://struggletownrecords.band...
10 YEARS OF STRUGGLE
For me, the first Struggle show represents the real kick off for the label. Nick had been approached by Bloc to see if he was interested in a monthly slot and he thought it would be a good idea to showcase the label and build a community around it by hosting bands and friends.
This first show was crazy, Yeah Detroit opened, followed by the sadly shortlived Flags Raised.
The reaction to Wolves at Heart's set was amazing, crowdsurfing, shoeys and constant singalongs from the assembled crew. Folk had come down from Aberdeen for the show and it felt like we had something exciting on our hands.
From then on 2011 was a crazy first year, we booked shows at Bloc every month, plus a few elsewhere. We worked with a bunch of amazing bands on releases, physically, digitally and through distro. I was doing something Struggletown related every single day, including serving burritos to bands in Taco Mazama which turned into a bit of a hangout for the punk scene.
Looking back, it felt like we were doing something for ourselves, adding our friends music into the massive global movement around DIY punk, pop punk, hardcore and indie that blew up at the time.
We went on to book 60+ shows at Bloc+, and plenty more in other venues. The space to bring people together and the financial support to do so from them was essential to keeping the label going, without Bloc, there would have been no Struggletown.
📷 Neil Jarvie
🎸 Wolves at Heart
To celebrate 10 years of Struggletown, we have put together this 'coffee table' zine with 72 full colour, digital pages, and over 130 photos, flyers, covers, graphics, and more chosen from the past decade.
Since the label began, we've been lucky enough to give a platform to hundreds of amazing bands, releasing records, distro-ing other labels, putting on shows, and designing merch and record covers for countless others. This zine could never hope to cover every awesome thing we got to be part of, but it's a great slice of the community that grew around our DIY label in Glasgow.
Photos by: John Farrell, Shaun Murawski, Neil Jarvie, Kashif Saghar, Keir O'Donnell, Christina Riley, Calum McMillan, Julia Steiner, Aimee Young, Flo, David Tan & In The Woods.
Bands include: Wolves At Heart, Carnivores, Thin Privilege, Koji, Prevenge, Bad Luck, Into It. Over It., The Great Albatross, Slowlight, Carson Wells, No Island, Bear Arms, Veto., Nai Harvest, Prawn, football, etc, Drug Church, Ratboys, Flakes & Chrissy Barnacle.
There are very few words, aside from a huge list of bands, venues, labels, and names that was a terrible idea and I am sorry if I missed you out.
All profits will go towards a DIY show or two once it's safe to do so - supporting bands and venues as we start to work out how to rebuild our music scene in a post-COVID world.
If you would like to look through the zine, but don't have the funds to buy one - email [email protected] and I will send you a digital link.
http://struggletown.limitedrun.com/products/701018-struggletown-a-selected-visual-history-2011-2021
I have somehow managed to make 10 episodes of Struggletown Community Council, the latest chat is with the awesome Lew from Nai Harvest, Thumbuster, and more including creating amazing artwork for loads of bands, labels etc.
https://struggletown.limitedrun.com/podcast
Does anyone have photos of Dowsing, or Ratboys playing at Strugglefest in 2016, football, etc. or Prawn playing at Audio in July 2015, Tigers Jaw playing at Audio in August 2015?
Thanks in advance!
Shipping now! Loads of freebies with every order. Get it at struggletown.co.uk
Not our wheelhouse of expertise, but this is absolutely manky (in the best possible way).
https://coffinmulch.bandcamp.com/album/septic-funeral
6 track album
Today's slice of Struggletown nostalgia, brought to you buy Maycomb.
https://struggletownrecords.bandcamp.com/track/hell
from the album Everyday Struggle Vol. IV
So when the first gigs happen again, I assume we're gonna see queues round the block for tiny venues. People asking to pay double the door price. Merch stands selling out before the first chorus is played. Hordes of screaming fans forming for even the most obscure local bands, et cetera.
Our longtime buddy and collaborator Calum Doris' band Bad Luck have released a set of demos, ideas and new 'Old Songs'. This band is a who's who of excellent local musicians. Check it out at badluck1987.bandcamp.com/album/old-songs
10 track album
Open call
Do you love DIY music?
Are there parts of booking, playing and hosting live shows that are difficult?
Why do you ask?
We want to hear what you have to say.
We want to make the DIY music scene as amazing as it possibly can be.
The Project:
Think of ideas to share that make DIY gigs safer, more accessible, sustainable and fun.
Get in touch
Email [email protected] with a short introduction.
What for?
A community project, working together to learn from each other and come up with and share ideas.
What next?
We want to fund a group of people from different backgrounds to work together on this non-profit project.
Why though?
Covid-19 has badly damaged our music scene, we need to come back better than ever when it is safe.
Struggletown
*NEW EPISODE KLAXON*
Origin story!
I caught up with Keir O'Donnell from Wolves At Heart to talk about how he got started in music, being the only mosher in his school, starting the band and the origins of Struggletown. Without meeting Keir as a barista back in the day, I doubt I would have made the leap to running a label. It's a really cool conversation, check it out on the website and available on Spotify etc.
These photos predate Struggletown by a year, taken by Shaun Murawski in 2010, while shooting photos for the cover of the Be Your Own Best Friend EP.
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Another sick lineup coming through
Get tuned into this! Raging hardcore punk from Bleaks, not many copies available, grab one quick.
10 YEARS OF STRUGGLE For me, the first Struggle show represents the real kick off for the label. Nick had been approached by Bloc to see if he was interested in a monthly slot and he thought it would be a good idea to showcase the label and build a community around it by hosting bands and friends. This first show was crazy, Yeah Detroit opened, followed by the sadly shortlived Flags Raised. The reaction to Wolves at Heart's set was amazing, crowdsurfing, shoeys and constant singalongs from the assembled crew. Folk had come down from Aberdeen for the show and it felt like we had something exciting on our hands. From then on 2011 was a crazy first year, we booked shows at Bloc every month, plus a few elsewhere. We worked with a bunch of amazing bands on releases, physically, digitally and through distro. I was doing something Struggletown related every single day, including serving burritos to bands in Taco Mazama which turned into a bit of a hangout for the punk scene. Looking back, it felt like we were doing something for ourselves, adding our friends music into the massive global movement around DIY punk, pop punk, hardcore and indie that blew up at the time. We went on to book 60+ shows at Bloc+, and plenty more in other venues. The space to bring people together and the financial support to do so from them was essential to keeping the label going, without Bloc, there would have been no Struggletown. 📷 Neil Jarvie 🎸 Wolves at Heart
I made a scrolling list of the bands who played Struggletown shows, like one of those infomercial 10 CD ads. Buy now and save £300 List is in order of: No of shows played / alphabetical. Music is by Commonplace - No Avoid from the split with Slowlight: https://struggletownrecords.bandcamp.com/track/no-avoid
