Welcome to the Union Label Group  Sampler!

We've put together 14 killer tracks of pure awesomeness from 14 stellar bands for your listening pleasure. From punk rock to hardcore to ska to psychobilly to country to hardcore and back again...it's all here in one handy dandy spot. For free! Click on the photos section to score album covers. Over there on the right you'll find the tracklisting and under that you'll find links to the band websites and itunes. There's some info on each of the bands below too. Be sure to check back every so often as we'll be randomly adding new tracks over the coming months.

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THE CREEPSHOW
They All Fall Down” is by far the band’s best and most terrifying to date. From the opening explosive chords on “Get What’s Coming” to the deceptively seductive ballad “Sleep Tight” to the knock-down-drag-out punk rock title anthem, “They All Fall Down” is a full throttle hellride into the Creepshow’s dark and wonderful world.

THE DREADNOUGHTS
Musically, the Dreadnoughts travel where many fear to tread, embracing a huge range of European folk traditions. For proof, look no further than their upcoming release, "Polka's Not Dead". This recording is strewn with polkas, gypsy dances and sea shanties, each infused with the raw energy of street punk. The Dreadnoughts take folk tradition seriously, and they take punk music seriously, and "Polka's Not Dead" is their definitive statement.

THE SAINTE CATHERINES
This record takes its cues from the band's early influences like American Steel, the Broadways, Jawbreaker and Fifteen, and strains it through a sieve of 70's rock, like a French Canadian wine that will kick your dick off, get you drunk, eat all your poutine and find you hung-over in the morning humming the most melodic and positive tunes of the bands storied career.

THE BRAINS
Canada’s most insanest, undeadest and bestest psychobilly horror-punks are back with a vengeance and an unquenchable thirst for new blood...Recorded over several months deep underground in a Montreal bunker, ZOMBIE NATION is by far The Brains’ best work to date. Rene D La Muerte’s dirty Gretsch twang melds seamlessly with newcomer Colin The Dead’s blistering stand-up bass stylings all the while held together by Franck O’ Brains who pounds harder and faster than a crackhead’s heart after a fix.

GLEN MATLOCK
Glen Matlock is one of the most respected, if underrated British musicians. In a career that has spanned over thirty years, Glen has made indelible contributions to music as the original bass player with The Sex Pistols, formed the infamous Rich Kids, worked with a variety of artists ranging from Iggy Pop, fellow original School of '76 Brit Punk Rockers The Damned, through to neo-rockabilly singer Robert Gordon, whilst pursuing his own musically distinctive direction where melodic and inventive rock music thrives.

THE KOFFIN KATS
With six years under their belt and countless international tours to prove it, the Koffin Kats show no sign of slowing down. This trio blasted out of Detroit in June of 2003 with the mission to not stop for anything. With songs about drug use, self loathing, and all things evil, The Koffin Kats have cemented themselves as a beloved fixture in the international psychobilly punk scene.

FLATFOOT 56
Hailing from one of punk rock's most traditionally rooted cities, Chicago's FLATFOOT 56 proudly presents their latest full-length Black Thorn on the eve of the band's 10th year anniversary. Produced by the Street Dogs' Johnny Rioux, these 13 tracks showcase Flatfoot 56's working class ethic, anthemic street punk sensibilities and traditional celtic instrumentation . These guys live on the road and own every stage they play.

THE BEATDOWN
Step outside and put up your dukes cuz Montreal's blue-collar road-warriors The Beatdown are set to knock out their debut self titled full-length this summer! This hardworking four-piece outfit has a deep and unyielding passion for roots reggae, ska and Jamaican music while adding their own elements of 60's soul delivered with a gritty and uncompromising punk rock ethic.

SARAH BLACKWOOD
Picking up where “Way Back Home” left off, Sarah Blackwood's sophomore solo album “Wasting Time” is an intensely personal collection of beautifully-crafted, roots-country songs that also touches on elements of gospel, pop and soul. Where her debut was a stripped down, raw acoustic album, “Wasting Time” raises the bar by adding an incredibly talented roster of players, friends and family.

THE HELLBOUND HEPCATS
The Hellbound Hepcats are bringing back the sound of the 1950's with an aggressive, big-beat twist-seamlessly fusing elements of Johnny Burnette, Chuck Berry and Brian Setzer with the pure energy of rockabilly. These hardworking rock'n'rollers combine the rawness and passion of the Sun Studio sessions with a harder, faster, more hip-shaking rhythm that is all their own.

THE VIDEO DEAD
For the past 7 years Burlington's The Video Dead have been thrashing out old-school flavoured punk and hardcore. A sole survivor, and flag-bearer of the southern Ontario scene that has morphed and changed drastically over the last decade. The Video Dead has always maintained strong roots in the kind of rough and tumble, no-frills punk rock that the members have dedicated their lives to.

DEATH BY STEREO
Since their inception in 1998, DEATH BY STEREO has been balancing consciousness and chaos with their unique genre-bending amalgam of hardcore, metal and punk. Spearheaded with the frenetic energy and rabblerousing lyrics of vocalist Efrem Schulz and illustrious chops of guitarist Dan Palmer, Death is My Only Friend finds the band's sound venturing into uncharted musical waters.

THE HYPNOPHONICS
Combining elements of Garage, early '80's Psychobilly and '77 Punk rock, reviewers have had a hard time classifying the band under one particular genre, having been compared to everything from the Seeds, T.S.O.L., the Cramps, the Dwarves, the Kinks and the Dead Kennedys to name a few...and this sits just fine with the band.

RIPCORDZ
Canadian punk rock legends the The Ricordz have been making music since 1980 and have had several releases and a host of club appearances to their credit before the summer of 1988 when they started applying themselves full-tilt to changing the face of music as we know it. Since then, they’ve released 13  full-length albums, several EP’s, and eight self-produced videos. They have also appeared on a host of compilation albums and have racked up over 200, 000 kilometers playing more than 1200 shows across North America.

THE EXPOS
The Expos have been stubbornly blazing their own trail through reggae, roots and ska music since 2003, avoiding obvious influences and opting for more personal reflections on the genre. Heavy bass & drums are offset by a crooning, soft-spoken and soulful vocals. On stage, however, The Expos are a completely different entity, turning the volume up, and crossing the borders between reggae and rock and some third sound that doesn't quite have a name yet.

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