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Black Raven Records--New record store in Victoria!!! Specializing in Punk/Metal/Grind/and Crust!
| Message Board > General Chitchat > Black Raven Records--New record store in Victoria!!! Specializing in Punk/Metal/Grind/and Crust! |
| anarchoblitz User Info... |  We also carry Military Surplus at VERY reasonable rates! this includes combat boots, jackets, shirts, backpacks, rain gear etc. we have a lot of things by donation as well! In addition to all of that, we are also a new/used bookstore! we specialize in radical literature but also carry classic fiction, punk zines, fantasy etc. We will be putting a "wish-list" on the wall for people looking for specific things, so keep that in mind. So far as we know this is the first store of its kind in Victoria and will need your support to survive as it is rather "specialized." We are not doing it for money; you will find that our stuff is the CHEAPEST in town. We will be getting new records/books/clothing in every week! Please feel free to contact us for distribution at shows or more information. email: [email protected] [email protected] - Wed, 20 Feb 2008 8:00pm | ||
| BBJones User Info... | awesome - Thu, 21 Feb 2008 8:21am | ||
| Pierce User Info... | Fukkn A - Thu, 21 Feb 2008 9:42am | ||
| Dr.DoomXXX User Info... | What are your hours? I would love to pop in for a look but I work graveyards and live out in colwood so I'd need to know when I could get in and drop some cash and fill out a wish-list\m/ and thanx for appealing to the punks and metal heads. Now all ya need is a booze section! *shotguns* - Thu, 21 Feb 2008 9:43am | ||
| Bryn User Info... | Sounds pretty awesome! Can't wait to check it out... I saw a super sweet Morbid Angel picture disk that was recently purchased at your establishment. - Thu, 21 Feb 2008 2:48pm | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | Neat! Reminds me of that military surplus place downstairs off Fort street, and then moved upstairs to the Inner City Youth Centre. Forgot the name - Eric Boros used to run it. - Thu, 21 Feb 2008 4:55pm | ||
| anarchoblitz User Info... | Carmudgeon Rocker: perhaps you are thinking of Sabat--it was a little store in the back of John's Military Surplus store on View St. back in the mid 1990s. it was actually run by an anarchist collective started by members of the old Victoria band "Black Kronstadt". The collective, of which Eric was a part of, wanted a bigger store(the room in John's Surplus was actually an old bathroom!)but then went out of business(along with Inner City Youth Works....or something like that! I was a part of the original 5 person collective(Black Kronstadt) and this new space is in fact styled after Sabat. good call! we are open 11-5ish. see you soon! - Thu, 21 Feb 2008 7:45pm | ||
| Dr.DoomXXX User Info... | I thought sabat was next door to the exit cafe on pandora back around 97-98. - Thu, 21 Feb 2008 9:54pm | ||
| anarchoblitz User Info... | yes, but it started in 96 in the basement of "john's military surplus" on view! - Fri, 22 Feb 2008 8:27am | ||
| Tyler User Info... | you should look into getting releases from robotic empire (ed gein, pg 99, transistor transistor, many more), denovali (la quiete, celeste, cease upon the capitol), level plane, bridge 9 records, deathwish, revelation, etc. screamy stuff and hardcore. stuff for us kids not so into metal and crust/grind. nobody else really gets this kind of thing in here and there are a lot of hardcore kids. I always have to use mailorder or go to vancouver, even seattle, just for the chance to score something cool. just a suggestion for some genre expansion, I'm pretty sure most of what I mentioned is very supportive of punk distros and DIY. - Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:07am | ||
| Dr.DoomXXX User Info... | "We are not doing it for money; you will find that our stuff is the CHEAPEST in town." No joke. I went in there and got a C.D. and D.V.D. and the prices are like $13 here $10 there. I'll be going back there again fore sure \m/ - Sat, 23 Feb 2008 8:42am | ||
| The Other Nick User Info... | HOLY SHIT this gets the Bad Ass seal of approval!!!! what are the hours???? - Sat, 23 Feb 2008 7:21pm Edited: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 7:21pm | ||
| anarchoblitz User Info... | we're still working out the hours. this week(our first)we were open 11-4:30ish. we'll probably stick to that for a while.... - Sat, 23 Feb 2008 7:23pm | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | Sundays? - Sun, 24 Feb 2008 9:16am | ||
| mikey User Info... | Not today at 11:30, that's for sure. - Sun, 24 Feb 2008 9:39pm | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | So checking this out on Tuesday!! - Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:15am | ||
| trevor corey User Info... | I'm happy for you guys. Must be like finding an oasis in the desert. - Mon, 25 Feb 2008 1:30am | ||
| LivevicScott User Info... | Remember to post your store's information (email/phone, hours, etc) in our database as a "resource" so more people can find you. As always it's free to list =). - Mon, 25 Feb 2008 2:20pm | ||
| anarchoblitz User Info... | We've changed our hours since many people can't make it till after work. new hours will be: 12-6pm tues-sat.I hope that works better for some people! - Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:05am | ||
| Troy User Info... | Nice. I will be able to come on weekdays then. But i will be in on Saturday. Stoked - Fri, 29 Feb 2008 3:57pm | ||
| Tyler User Info... | I'll come in sometime soon. money's really tight for me right now but I want to financially support this place. I'll raid the ebullition/"screamo" stuff. - Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:28am | ||
| Mutilashawn User Info... | this place rules!! SUPPORT! - Sat, 1 Mar 2008 12:34am | ||
| Zedius User Info... | I can't wait to check this place out! How's your attitude towards electronic/industrial music? Any chance you'll stock D-Trash, mile329 etc? - Sat, 1 Mar 2008 7:49pm | ||
| Curmudgeon Rocker User Info... | You just BETTER have some fuckin' S.O.I.A., Gorilla Biscuits, Cro-Mags, Screwdriver and Danzig there, duuuuuuude... ....orelse..... /sooo j/k - Sun, 2 Mar 2008 8:39am | ||
| Tyler User Info... | I'm sorry, but what's wrong with Sick Of It All, Gorilla Biscuits, and Cro-Mags? I haven't been to the place yet but I hear there's a really really heavy slant towards crust/grind. that's cool and all but you should consider using Singles Going Steady in Seattle as a model. they've been around a long time and they have a ton of subgenres including "modern hardcore" - post-85 stuff that slowed down a bit. if there are enough hardcore kids to have regular hardcore shows, often more often than crust shows, than surely there's enough kids around to stock up on their kind of hardcore. - Tue, 4 Mar 2008 3:19pm | ||
| Bryan User Info... | Dude, I'm pretty sure it's logical for Wolf to have a slant towards the kind of music that he enjoys most and wants to be selling. Maybe you should actually try checking out the store and even talking to them about this in person rather than just being some random figure on the internet insisting that they carry more of a style I'm pretty sure they don't especially care for. If you actually go in quasi-frequently and show somewhat of an interest in buying shit from the store Wolf will be far more likely to consider getting your kind of music in (I know he's ordering more powerviolence and the like because my friends and I buy all the PV-related stuff he gets in). - Wed, 5 Mar 2008 12:40pm | ||
| Troy User Info... | What is wrong with SOIA , GB and Cro-Mags We know it is going to be mostly stuff he listens to start with and wants to sell Tyler will eventually find time to get in there and will most likely pick up a bunch of stuff and also talk to wolf about possibly getting in there, but as he stated he hasn't had time. I have only got to go in once due to working weekdays. Tyler goes to school and is a recording tech and has had a lot of homework in the last week. After i left the store i remembered some more stuff i saw there that i want to pick up like Yage, Bread and Circuits More Gather after listening to the split i picked up there. - Wed, 5 Mar 2008 1:04pm | ||
| Bryan User Info... | I'm not blaming Tyler for not having been able to go in yet or anything, I'm just saying he'll make far greater progress towards getting more of his kind of music carried there if he actually goes in than by posting it on livevic repeatedly. - Wed, 5 Mar 2008 1:17pm | ||
| anarchoblitz User Info... | thanks for everyone who's been coming in! the store is going well, which means Danielle(my partner who also runs this store, in fact she does over half the work) and I can order more stuff(we are volunteers at this point, i.e not paying ourselves so we can get more music and such). So far as styles go, we hope to cater to everyone we can. We certainly will track down things people are looking for(hardcore, crust, noise, metal etc.). any bands looking to get buttons done get in touch as well, since we are doing a lot of that now! also, bands bring demos down. eventually we'll have a "local" section(yes, a new arrivals as well!). all for now. - Fri, 7 Mar 2008 9:13pm | ||
| joni User Info... | If you're looking to stock noise stuff, Forced Exposure is probably your best bet in terms of distributors. Great selection, reasonable prices, solid company. - Sun, 9 Mar 2008 6:33pm | ||
| Tyler User Info... | good points Bryan! - Sun, 9 Mar 2008 11:08pm | ||
| J. Peatman User Info... | Great initiative Wolf! Unfortunately my work hours/days coincide with your opening hours haha. But I'll find a way to check it out soon. - Mon, 10 Mar 2008 11:25am | ||
| The Other Nick User Info... | do you have a Noise section now?? Fuck!! Noise on Vinyl is the way to go - Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:51pm | ||
| jordan f. User Info... | i'm going to try and make it in soon. I'd love to see some hardcore records in there. - Tue, 25 Mar 2008 9:35pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I heard about the store weeks ago, though I went to Old Fernwood and couldn't find the store. Now I have an address I'll check the store out. - Thu, 27 Mar 2008 9:21pm | ||
| Jeff User Info... | I was stoked to find some '77 and oi! vinyl earlier this week. It's great to see subculture is not just alive but thriving in Victoria. - Mon, 31 Mar 2008 6:09pm | ||
| _Griphin_ User Info... | I was down there this afternoon, I remember buying vinyl from him before at the Anarcist Book Fair (where I got Poison Idea-Feel the Darkness). I see he still has both the new Poison Idea album but also still has Rebel Spell on vinyl (gotta get that when I can afford to buy records again; last thing I bought was Sepultura-Chaos AD on 180 gram Roadrunner vinyl). But I was shocked to see another copy of Punk and Disorderly on vinyl, I bought it years ago, good comp! I wonder if he'll be selling local CDs in the future?!? - Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:42am Edited: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:45am | ||
| jeff User Info... | Black Raven Records is now open on sundays!!!!!! PS - check out the show there putting on, on Saturday April 19th(at the Bayanihan Cultural Center 1709 Blanshard) with Mudlark(Sludge Grind), Haggatha(Bone Crushing Sludge), Griefer(Harsh Bastard Noise Attack!!!) and Colombian Necktie(Grinding Cyber-disnoise thrash). - Wed, 9 Apr 2008 7:27pm | ||
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