Frontier Records

30/08/2024

From Dave Markey & Brian Kehew:

Thanks to your generosity, the Bill Bartell campaign is going brilliantly, but we’re not quite there yet. As an all-or-nothing venture, we need a little more support in order to receive any funding at all.

We have just over one week to raise $4,219

We’d appreciate it if you could share the link with anyone you think might be inclined to consider making a pledge to Dave and Brian's project. No amount is too small.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/billbartell/the-secret-lives-of-bill-bartell

We are a bit over halfway through the basic edit. Editing is by nature a solitary endeavor, your support leaves us feeling motivated and connected.

Wishing you all the very best,
Dave and Brian

A 90-minute documentary by David Markey and Brian Kehew on the enigmatic musician, producer and prankster, Bill Bartell

30/07/2024

Please do what you can to help! 😨

Hey friends, we recently learned that our good friend Mike Roche, founding member and bassist of TSOL, has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Mike has been a pillar of our music community for years, and now he needs our support more than ever. If you are able to help, please consider making a donation. We’ve provided a link in our bio where you can contribute and show your support for Mike during this challenging time. ❤️

09/07/2024

Independence has been declared! Now it's merely July and there's a brand new pressing of LILYS' In the Presence of Nothing aka ITPON. This double LP comes in these sweet, sweet stone fruit colors so scurry on over to Frontier Records' bandcamp page and get you a copy before they're gone!

04/07/2024

Lotta Frontier tracks (or formerly Frontier) on this baby!

18/06/2024

Check out my new card from !

05/06/2024

Look who's wearing a tshirt of the best album cover ever, Eamon Sandwith ftom The Chats!

26/04/2024

Good taste, Duff!

Duff knows.

On the 12th season of “What’s In My Bag”, Duff revealed his Amoeba store favorites, and lo and behold, he chose us! Cheers, Duff! 😎🤘

19/03/2024

For all you punks and/or Girl in a Coma fans, 'Adobe Punk: the concert' continues at 8pm on Friday, March 22 at Lineage Performing Arts Center in Pasadena. This is the FINAL weekend & I'll be doing the Punkast before the show begins so come on down!

Headlining is Nina DIAZ (Girl in a Coma) with the Adobe Punk band! The concert includes songs co-written by Diaz and Theresa CHAVEZ as well as stories from the original Adobe Punk theaterwork which is set in the early 1980s working-class city of Bell Gardens, CA, where punk music finds life in one of L.A.'s oldest adobe homes.

Kicking off each concert is Punkast host Jessica SCHWARTZ in one-on-one conversations with punk music trailblazers still playing a vital role. Each mini session will delve into the meaning & evolution of punk, punk ethos & artistic freedom, L.A. punk geography, punk feminism, and squatting.
Punkast guests include Lisa FANCHER (Frontier Records) Fri. March 22, Teresa COVARRUBIAS (The Brat) Sat. March 23, and Jimmy ALVARADO (Eastside Punks video series) Sun. March 24.

For tickets, venues, & Punkast schedule click here: aboutpd.org/adobe-punk

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15/03/2024

See you on March 22! Can't hardly wait.

Punkast Guest Spotlight: Lisa Fancher

Lisa Fancher of Frontier Records will be joining us for our 4th Punkast mini-session taking place right before our March 22nd performance of Adobe Punk: The Concert at Lineage Performing Arts in Pasadena!

Fancher is a San Fernando Valley native. In high school Fancher wrote about the Runaways and lines from the piece became part of the inner sleeve of their self-titled debut album. Also while attending John H. Francis high school, she mimeographed her first fanzine, Academy in Peril, and went on to publish subsequent ‘zines, Street Life and Biff! Bang! Pow! as well as writing for Bomp!, Back Door Man, New York Rocker and L.A. Times (fired by Robert Hilburn for being “too enthusiastic”) and L.A. Herald Examiner.

In the early ‘90s, Fancher revived the legacy of the great, pre-hardcore L.A. punk label, Dangerhouse Records (X, Avengers, Weirdos, Bags, Blank Randy, The Eyes). Switching gears and morphing into a “punk rock Rhino” (OC hardcore combo, Middle Class; the Stimulators; reissues by Lilys). Fancher now owns a streaming radio station: predictably, the call letters are KXFU! She explains: “After being stiffed again and again over and over by dozens of record distributors over 30+ years, I co-founded Independent Label Distribution with Mike Beer from Beer City Records in 2011.” Visit frontierrecords.com for more information.

Get your tickets at https://www.aboutpd.org/adobe-punk

04/03/2024

Cool hoodie, Aussie guy! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

07/02/2024

this saturday, feb. 10 at Quarry House:

FLASH HITS (ex-Sounds of Kaleidoscope, Lilys) + Dot Dash + False Tracks (ex-Ropers, Saturday People)

Rediscover Fire | Frontier | Country Mile Records | Slumberland Records | Strange Mono

05/02/2024

• False Tracks & Flash Hits •
in february

2/9
w/ John Hoegberg
& Kohoutek

2/10
w/ Dot Dash

18/01/2024

• False Tracks & Flash Hits •
in february

2/2

2/3
w/ Cat’s Eye

2/9
w/ John Hoegberg
& Kohoutek

2/10
w/ Dot Dash

• False Tracks & Flash Hits •
in february
2/2

2/3
w/ Cat’s Eye

2/9
w/ John Hoegberg
& Kohoutek

2/10
w/ Dot Dash

💕see you there!💕

28/12/2023

Spend New Year's Eve with LILYS at Johnny Brenda's! You can also spend New Year's Eve Eve with the combo and opener Buffalo Stance as well. Nearly sold out -- go go go! 🥳💫🥳💥🥳🪐

16/12/2023

Friends & Strangers: Come out to my stands at Long Beach Veteran's Stadium tomorrow am and BUY THINGS!!! You know you haven't even started holiday shopping yet so get it together -- my junk is your junk! We got , , , 45rpm holders... My spaces are H110 and H112! If you're broke, just come by and say-- hey ho, let's go! 🎅🏾🧑🏽‍🎄🌲🪵🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🧸

13/12/2023

Thursday, December 14th @ 8pm! Come listen in to a great interview with Frontier Records' founder Lisa Fancher. Lisa is the unofficial 1970s/1980s Los Angeles punk rock archivist who released iconic punk rock records from The Adolescents, Circle Jerks, T.S.O.L and so much more. You do not want to miss this interview! Go to www.kfok.org or 95.1 in Georgetown CA to listen in! Frontier Records The Circle JerksThe AdolescentsT.S.O.L.

13/12/2023

Go, meeeee!

X Marks the Spot highlights music originating from the Los Angeles punk movement and more.

09/12/2023

Happy Birthday to living legend Rikk Agnew! Long may you run... 🖤🖤🖤💛💛💛 First photo Michael D Thorn.

02/12/2023

Happy from Dolly

01/12/2023

Happy Friday to all who celebrate! We stumbled onto more hidden treasure in Fanch Ranch storage but in truth it's a of the highest order!

We rediscovered not one but THREE different colors of Heatmiser's hard-to-find 1994 10" EP, Yellow No 5. We haven't stocked this since pre-covid! Yellow No 5 lays out five brisk, hook-filled tunes, none of which appear on Heatmiser's two Frontier LPs (also available on vinyl, fyi). Not just for Elliott Smith completists, it's mandatory for anyone who loves top notch punk-pop! Available on clear, transparent blue, or opaque yellow wax. There's even a lyrics insert. Super limited quantities so head to right NOW!

01/12/2023

S A T U R D A Y... NIGHT! It's the Los Angeles premiere of GHOSTS OF THE CHELSEA HOTEL (and Other Rock & Roll Stories) at Cinelounge, 9:30pm December 2nd. I'm a (brief) interviewee via my obsession with Jobriath's pyramid on the roof but the real stars are Michael Imperioli; Author Sherill Tippins; Harley Flanagan, Richard Barone, Neon Leon, Howie Pyro 😢, Cynthia Ross; Warhol Superstar Ruby Lynn Reyner; Actors Ned Van Zandt and Victor Colicchio; Artist Skye Ferrante plus long-time current residents Man-Laï Liang, Tim Sullivan, Susan Kleinsinger, Zev Greenfield and Dahlia/Colleen Weinstein.
The documentary explores the hotel's role in the cultural and artistic movements of the 20th century, from the Beat Generation to the Punk Rock scene. It also touches on the controversies and tragedies that have occurred at the hotel, including the mysterious death of Nancy Spungen, girlfriend of S*x Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious, who called the Chelsea Hotel "an artistic tornado of death and destruction and love and broken dreams”.

14/11/2023

Get in line now to see .flash.hits this Thursday, Nov 16 at the legendary Black Cat whether you live near DC or not!

07/11/2023

VOTE VOTE VOTE TODAY! Looking at you VA & OH. 🌊

27/10/2023

This is the last week to donate to this very important documentary about two unsolved murders of anti-racist punks in Las Vegas. Your donation can make a huge difference! Do it now!

27/10/2023

21/10/2023

See the Flash Hits on Nov 16 at Black Cat DC and pick up their LP, Growths, at your local record emporium!

Thursday, November 16th
Flash Hits

Tickets are on sale now:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/81396134/

25/09/2023

Head to our stories today for a chance to win one of five digital download links of Caesar Salad Days up for grabs!!

22/09/2023

Here’s an oldie from the Adolescents archives… recognize any characters?
Don’t forget to pick up a copy of Caesar Salad Days, out now!

22/08/2023

This will be a super fun, straight edge? hang! Two shows, even!
See you there.

This is it - “We are Fugazi from Washington DC” a screening of crowd sourced, fan recorded live shows and rare archive footage, curated by Joe Gross, Joseph Pattisall and Jeff Krulik. Two showings at 6 and 9pm Thursday September 14th Trust Records X tHISiSNOTaFUGAZIdOCUMENTARY at Brain Dead Studios tickets available now, link in bio. 100% of profits going to charity.

16/08/2023

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO THE UPCOMING STORM!

On Sunday, 8/20 I'm proud to be on a panel with Lucha VaVOOM founder Rita D'Albert, as moderated by Letitia Buckley (LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes CEO) starting at 3:30PM. Talking about Aileen Eaton is just one aspect of the festivities surrounding the release of Steven DeBro's upcoming doc, 18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium. We're on the 4th floor, come on down!

18th & GRAND ROUNDTABLE: AILEEN EATON
At 3:30 PM on August 20th, as part of the opening celebration for 18th & Grand: The Olympic Auditorium, join us for a roundtable discussion on the life of the dragon lady herself Aileen Eaton. LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes CEO Leticia Buckley moderates a conversation with women in the sports and entertainment worlds who have also found success in male dominated fields, including Christy Castillo Butcher, Senior VP of Hollywood Park; Lisa Fancher, founder, and owner of Frontier Records; and more TBA. Eaton dominated the male world of combat sports. The first woman inducted into the , she respected the fans and worked hard to make sure matches were entertaining and competitive. She created an empire that lasted decades.