We could use an intern.

Do you want to intern here at Hydra Head? Do you like doing menial tasks for school credit, free records, and usually free lunch? If you live in the Los Angeles area and want to see first hand why a career in the music industry is a bad idea, send an email to sugarbear AT hydrahead.com

Let him know why you are interested, when you're available, what pertinent skills you might have, and why we should pick you.

A beard is not required.

Torche - Healer / Across the Shields 12"+DVD Signed Copies!

The Torche - Healer / Across the Shields 12"+DVD is once again available on two new vinyl colors: clear and pink!

A few signed copies have been mixed in randomly at the Hydra Head Shop, so order it there and you might be one of the lucky recipients. They were signed by all four members who appeared on the release, during their L.A. tour stop with Clouds a couple years ago.

Harvey Milk: A Small Turn Of Human Kindness Vinyl LP Pre-Order!

The Harvey Milk A Small Turn of Human Kindness LP is currently available in preorder state on our webstore.  The official street date is January 25th, but if you order now through the end of the year, you'll receive a code to get 25% off any additional Harvey Milk title or merch item (excluding the aforementioned album you will be preordering).

Head over to our webstore to check it out: here.  There are four colors of vinyl to choose from.  Here are some kind words to leave you with:


"Small Turn airs its grievances to the tune of near-funereal doom metal; tempos crawl, chords hang in the air like stink, riffs unfurl over many minutes, and frontman Creston Spiers' yowl reaches untold heights of lowness." - Pitchfork

"The band's seventh album, A Small Turn of Human Kindness, plays like one long metallic dirge, which chronicles a broken man, his broken relationship and the doubt of grace... A Small Turn of Human Kindness marks somewhat of a return to Harvey Milk's weirdest and challenging music, but with every release, Harvey Milk has brought its disparate sonic worlds closer together." - NPR

"Singular and Absorbing" - Dusted Magazine

West Coast Buzzov•en tour dates

Buzzov•en is coming out west for a few shows. I'm pretty sure you wont want to miss them.  Heres the stats (please note the Los Angeles venue change):

12/13 San Diego, CA @ The Ruby Room w/ Archons, Ritual Torture, + more
12/14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Sex w/ Ancestors, 16, + more
12/15 San Francisco, CA @ DNA Lounge w/ Brainoil, Neurotixicity, + more
12/16 Portland, OR @ Dante's w/ Rabbits, Witch Mountain, + more
12/17 Seattle, WA @ Funhouse w/ Akimbo, Atrairch, + more
12/19 Denver, CO @ 3 Kings Tavern w/ Kingdom of Magic, Il Cattivo

And if you are wondering why we are posting Buzzov•en info, just wait til March 15th. 

Pelican Wooden Box

Still looking for a holiday gift for a Pelican fan (including yourself)? Well, we received a handful of copies of the Pelican Wooden Box from Viva Hate Records. If you are interested in acquiring one, please //edit/ visit www.realtomatoketchup.com /edit// . First come, first served. They are $200 each plus shipping (from California).

The wooden box contains Pelican's entire discography, 10 LPs in all:

Pelican – Untitled

Pelican – Australasia 2xLP

Pelican – The Fire In Our Throats In Our Throats Will Beckon The Thaw 2xLP

Pelican – March Into The Sea

Pelican – City Of Echoes LP

Pelican – Ephemeral

Pelican – What We All Come To Need 2xLP

Limited to 500 pcs.