Now playing on A-POP! on NOISEBOX RADIO: Paula Kelley - The Girl Who Never Was paulakelley.bandcamp.com || @paulakelley9.bsky.social || instagram.com/divinepk wharfcatrecords.bandcamp.com || @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social || instagram.com/wharfcatrecords noiseboxradio.com

Thanks to @soundbitesnyc.bsky.social for the great look at @paulakelley9.bsky.social's new LP in Indie Basement!

Today is finally release day for “Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out.” Thanks to everyone who helped bring this beast to bear. Here’s the video for The Girl Who Never Was, the track Brett Milano calls “the beating heart of the record.” @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social @bettygoo.bsky.social

Paula Kelley's new album 'Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out' is out today! Score LP / CD / digital via the link. Record stores have an exclusive orange vinyl edition via Secretly Distribution. Congrats Paula! wharfcat.lnk.to/partyline

Thanks to Pat Place from the great Bush Tetras & Contortions for contributing to the book that accompanies our new comp! La Peste played with Contortions in South Boston in 1978 and there are pictures of the show in the book as well!: wharfcat.lnk.to/colorscheme

Our own Pat Place contributes a piece about La Peste in the booklet that comes with this comp on @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social !

The last preview from our forthcoming comp is "Color Scheme"! wharfcat.lnk.to/colorscheme

"Color Scheme" by La Peste ( @lapeste76.bsky.social ) is out today! Score 2XLP / CD + book & tons of extras here: wharfcat.lnk.to/colorscheme

Hear Lily Konigsberg's "Is It Over?" from Wharf Cat's new ‘Scribble Benefit Compilation’

Thanks to Danielle Chelosky for writing up Lily's new track and spreading the word about the Scribble Benefit Compilation on @stereogum.com! stereogum.com/2488062/lily...

OUT TODAY: "Is it Over" by Lily Konigsberg from the Scribble Benefit Compilation (out 3/6). Scribble is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) that provides sliding-scale psychotherapy while also operating as a music venue & creative hub. Order LP & digital here: wharfcat.lnk.to/scribble

In advance of their show together in San Francisco Friday 99 Records alumni @bushtetras.bsky.social and ESG chop it up for @talkhouse.bsky.social!

"Acid Test" by @lapeste76.bsky.social from their 1979 session with Ric Ocasek is out today! Check it out and order 2XLP / CD / digital here: wharfcat.lnk.to/acidtest

Now playing on A-POP! on NOISEBOX RADIO: Paula Kelley - Static paulakelley.bandcamp.com || @paulakelley9.bsky.social wharfcatrecords.bandcamp.com || @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social || instagram.com/wharfcatrecords noiseboxradio.com

New @paulakelley9.bsky.social single "Static" is out today! Listen and order Paula's new album 'Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out' here: wharfcat.lnk.to/static

Thanks for the mention, @vulture.com ! New single coming out 1/21 on @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social Stay Tuned! www.vulture.com/article/upco...

@paulakelley9.bsky.social's new LP is one of @brooklynvegan.bsky.social 's most anticipated of 2026! www.brooklynvegan.com/94-albums-we...

Great to see @openheadltd.bsky.social on @post-trash.bsky.social's list of 2025's best LPs!

Thanks so much to @1000timesjeff.bsky.social for this great review of P.E.'s new record on @treblezine.bsky.social! www.treblezine.com/pe-oh-review/

P.E.'s 'Oh!' closes out their tenure with a fantastic set of pop songs, feeling less like an ending than the completion of a cycle. @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social @1000timesjeff.bsky.social reviews www.treblezine.com/pe-oh-review/

Listen to "Come & Go" by NYC's CS Cleaners! Fans of egg punk & no wave will dig: wharfcat.lnk.to/ayecomego

It is time! Parts one and two of Rosy Overdrive’s Top 100 Albums of 2025 are up today! Here is part one!

Our Bandcamp store is stacked with pre-orders, new releases, new colors, new merch & rare items. Happy Bandcamp Friday! wharfcatrecords.bandcamp.com

Paula Kelley's holiday single is out today! Perfect for crying in the shower over the holidays. 🎄🌲 @paulakelley9.bsky.social wharfcat.lnk.to/citieslight

Wanna cry over bad socks from your aunt? Check out my new xmas single, "Cities Light the Streets for You" out today on @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social . Mixed by the inimitable Samur Khouja, mastered by the indomitable Pete Weiss , and artwork by the incomparable Chad Yenney wharfcat.lnk.to/citieslight

“Cities Light the Streets For You”, out today via @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social, is Paula’s third Christmas single, the first being her debut solo release some years ago, the Phil Spector-inspired “Why Christmas”…

30% off everything including new releases from La Peste, Paula Kelley, Drop Nineteens, P.E., Gong Gong Gong & Dougie Poole + specials! www.wharfcatrecords.com

Our double LP / CD / digital compilation is finally here. This wraps up all of our unreleased studio sessions and loft recordings from 77-78, all mastered & sounding great. Order here: wharfcat.lnk.to/rightfromwrong

'I Don’t Know Right From Wrong' tells the full story of La Peste including their 1978 session with The Cars’ Ric Ocasek & studio and loft recordings from 1977-78. Order here: wharfcat.lnk.to/rightfromwrong

The great Big Love Records has a super limited Japan Edition of P.E.'s new LP that comes with a pin and an obi strip. 50 only!

🟢The 3rd & final P.E. LP is out today! Order the wax and listen everywhere today: wharfcat.lnk.to/ohalbum

🎸 @abbyfjones.bsky.social writes up @paulakelley9.bsky.social's new track and LP announce on @stereogum.com!

Thanks to @soundbitesnyc.bsky.social & @brooklynvegan.bsky.social for spreading the word about Paula Kelley's new single & LP!

Drop Nineteens' Paula Kelley announces first solo album in 20 years, shares "Party Line" www.brooklynvegan.com/drop-ninetee...

I’m pleased to announce my forthcoming album “Blinking as the Starlight Burns Out” on Wharf Cat Records. @wharfcatrecords.bsky.social Thank you to all who helped me bring this opus to fruition. Here’s the first single, “Party Line,” click to preorder.

On her 1st LP in 20 years Paula Kelley of Drop Nineteens explores her reverence for the dark edges of pop music. Listen to "Party Line" & order LP/CD here: wharfcat.lnk.to/partyline

Starring @sugarcopperblue.bsky.social, Drop Nineteens, and more...

Thanks to @chrisdeville.bsky.social for this great write up of new Drop Nineteens single "Fools" on @stereogum.bsky.social!

Drop Nineteens share new single "Fools" www.brooklynvegan.com/drop-ninetee...

Drop Nineteens are back in the studio working on a new album; in the meantime they've given us the brilliant new single "Fools"

New @drop-nineteens.bsky.social single on @brooklynvegan.bsky.social today with words from Bill Pearis!

Today Drop Nineteens release "Fools" from an album to come in 2026. Stream / watch / order the 7" here: wharfcat.lnk.to/fools

Today P.E. release their last single “The Fiction Writer,” a moving slow jam featuring vocals from long time collaborators Veronica Torres & Jonny Campolo. Listen/order LP: wharfcat.lnk.to/fictionwriter

Dougie Poole makes an excellent case for the official live album, turning a tape of his show at revered Upstate NY venue Tubby's into an ultra vivid memory with an 8 track treatment. Poole’s stripped down odes glint off the disco ball & soak the Narraganset sweat from the stage rim. bit.ly/4mnMZ0g

Thanks to @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social for this thoughtful look at Dougie Poole's new live album 'At Tubby's.'

We are thrilled to be giving Mongkok Duel by Gong Gong Gong & Mong Tong an expanded release in The Americas and Europe. Mongkok Duel showcases the aesthetics of both groups, building a shared language of cyclical motorik rhythms, evolving drones & textures: bit.ly/3IsuWbl

Today P.E. drop the title track from their 3rd album 'Oh!' Stream and order the wax here: wharfcat.lnk.to/ohtrack

BBC Radio 6 Music Lauren Laverne Now Playing P.E. Color Coordinator (feat. Eleanor Friedberger)

Pavement's Mark Ibold and Dan Wise from Cool Whip (@wharfcatrecords.bsky.social) taste test some potato chips