NW Punk and Power Pop - NWPPP

03/04/2025

Just catching our breath for a minute to pop on here and let you know that our first release on the new NWPPP label is out now! THE HEATS - LIVE AT THE SHOWBOX 1979 on double LP (Lavender with purple streaks, or black vinyl) and CD. The complete radio show remastered. If you preordered either in advance, all have been shipped out now to everybody. If you have not yet ordered a copy you can do so here:

https://nwmetalworxmusic.com/collections/2014953-record-albums-lps-and-cds-by-nwppp

03/01/2025

Have you had the chance to catch The Heats Reignited yet? They have a new self titled album with 10 new studio tracks available through their fb page.
NW Power Pop & Punk have a new release my The Heats called, Live at the Showbox 1979. It is a double live album featuring a live show from Thanksgiving Night 1979. Eighteen energetic dance rock tunes available on limited vinyl and CD. Buy here: nwmetalworxmusic.com

02/13/2025

The HEATS - LIVE AT THE SHOWBOX `79 CDs are here now and starting to pack up and ship out preorders today and tomorrow, etc. on down the line. The LPs are also done and got the invoice to pay now and picking up next week. So if you pre-ordered a copy of either or both, look for a shipping notice soon and thanks to everybody for your patience on this one taking a little longer. And if you have not yet ordered either you can do so here:

https://nwmetalworxmusic.com/collections/2014953-record-albums-lps-and-cds-by-nwppp

02/04/2025

We just got word that the HEATS Live at the Showbox `79 vinyl has been pressed now and getting the QC ok, and also the LP jackets are done and both should be there and ready to pick up from our pressing plant hopefully next week. The CDs are also slated to be done and shipping out around the 11th or 12th range. So we should be starting to fulfill all the preorders around mid-February or so. Thanks to everybody who preordered for your patience and for anybody who has not yet order the LP and/or the CD you can still do so here:

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12/31/2024

Very cool! Here's a brand new interview with founding HEATS members Steve and Ken on KIRO radio from yesterday here: https://the-heats.com/news/blog/7507557/kiro-newsradio-interview-with-steve-pearson-and-ken-deans?

Steve Pearson and Ken Deans spoke with KIRO host and resident historian Feliks Banel to talk about the band’s return in 2023, recent shows and new album.

12/22/2024

The Heats - Live at the Showbox 1979 test pressings are here! They sound fantastic! During playback it makes you feel like you were there on that Thanksgiving evening in 1979.
We will be approving these on Monday. And will hopefully go to press very soon. Fans of The Heats and the Pacific Northwest Power Pop and Punk scene should really get off on this one. This is a good way to begin our Power Pop and Punk label with this inaugural release. Pre-orders are available at:
nwmetalworxmusic.com

11/28/2024

Hello everybody. Well, we didn't quite meet our goal on Kickstarter for our new label launch for NWPPP, but don't despair. We're still doing the albums and label and if you pledged the campaign there, you won't be charged and you can just purchase from us directly instead. The HEATS Live at the Showbox 1979 album is in production now and we should have test pressings soon from the plant in early December, and the rest of the LP and CD production should be done late December or so. We estimate with the holiday slowdowns fulfillment to happen in early-to-mid January for both. The Volume 1 NWPPP compilation should start into production also early next year as we're just waiting on the engineering and restoration work to be completed on that one.

We just launched the official preorder now on Thanksgiving for the HEATS Live in `79 LP and CD, along with the brand new self-titled album from the HEATS also due out in January of 2025. The band was kind enough to let us carry some on our site and vice versa and help promote our release as well as their own. How cool is that? Two HEATS albums coming out of great new and old music.

So head on over to our website and you can pre-order those now and if you pledged for one of the combos, we can still cover you there. Just email us directly and we can invoice you directly for those so nobody snatches them off our site before you can get them.

Thanks so much for your interest and support for our new record label venture and have a Happy Thanksgiving!

- Brian Naron and James Beach
NWPPP and NWMW

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11/17/2024

there are some great bundles available!

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11/12/2024

Those of you that have not yet checked out our new NW Power Pop and Punk record label launch via the Kickstarter campaign have not yet seen the album covers for the HEATS - LIVE AT THE SHOWBOX 1979 and the VOLUME 1 NWPPP Compilation album. We do have those designed and work is being done on the rest of the record designs now. Here's the covers for everybody to see and more to come!

11/12/2024

Our first album is in production now for our new NWPPP record label - THE HEATS LIVE AT THE SHOWBOX 1979. Our second release, the volume 1 compilation (featuring tracks by THE HEATS, THE COWBOYS, THE ENEMY, GIRL TROUBLE, THE MEYCE, HESTER PRYNE, LIES OF LIBERTY, STRYPES, PROTEST, EAGERTONES, DEBUTANT, LE MAX and PUGET SOUND) is also pretty much ready to go now too and heading into production around the end of this year. So since it is a new label, with two new releases right out the gate, we decided to add some new NWPPP shirts and other merch to the mix and do a special campaign with a bunch of exclusives (repro concert poster, repro original promo photo, etc. etc.). This is the only way to preorder the two albums, as well as some of the exclusives so don't wait to get in on it. Thanks for your support as always for our NW music archival releases!

NW Metalworx Music & Books launches a new offshoot label

09/21/2024

Hello NW Power Pop and Punk fans. Some cool stuff is coming this fall. What bands from the 1970's, 80's and early 90's did you really like? Who put on the best show's? What bands do you wish had a tape or record out in the day?
I'll start... The Blue Baboons were a great Tacoma band that were very energetic live and wrote catchy, sarcastic pop songs. They only had a single but an album would have been great. Dennis Porter went on to form Running with Scissors.

09/08/2024

We are in album cover design mode for the "The Heats Live at the Showbox 1979" album. The masters sound great and we have the full support of Ken, Keith and Steve on this release. Speaking of releases, the newly reformed HEATS competed their album of new music that should see it's release this year too. Stay tuned!!