News


2006-11-15 12:24:10 - VICIOUS - ALINATED CD/LP
- The new Vicious fullength is about to be shipped from the pressingplant. The CD version will be in our hands in the end of November. The LP in early December. 10 New songs in the tradition of bands as Wipers, Damned or Dead Boys. Preorder avalible now, contact us for wholesale! A new webmaster is about to take his hands on the evelop of this site! We are trying to fix all updates at the moment and somewere in the begining of next year we should be back in business for real!

2006-07-27 17:11:09 - Computer Breakdown
- We have had a computer breakdown at the main office. We are having problems sending things out in time therefor and it looks like it will be fixed sometimes next week. Please be patient with us.

2006-03-28 14:55:46 - New Office
- We are currently moving in to a new office, there will be a number of changes in the future and a more efficent handling of mailorder and sentments. Please have patient the upcoming two weeks untill we get everything on our feets again. Yes the 7" will be back up in a week now!

2006-02-27 23:46:25 - Price updates
- We have after calculations been forced to raise the price for US imported LP´s and CD´s to 10euros. This is still really low and we will just break even on thouse records becouse of high import taxes and high postage. This does however just apply to new records coming in for now! So you can still get alot of US fullenghts from us for a bargin! All of our rebates is still functional! Buy records for 120euros and get 20% rebate or buy 10CD´s and we will give you the postage for them for free!

2006-01-19 18:22:04 - Wasted Sounds have moved!
- As many of you have noticed Wasted Sounds have been down for a long time. We have moved to Linköping and are picking up the last pices of the distro. We hope to open up and be abel to get back to you that have emailed us sometime next week! Have patient with us!

2005-11-30 16:11:03 - Regulations in a Strokes video!
- If you look close enough, you can see that the new Strokes music video called Juicebox features a Regulations poster! The video can be downloaded using bittorrent here: thepiratebay.org/details.php?id=3414999

2005-10-28 16:20:49 - We are lowering the prices!
- While mainstream vendors are making music more and more expensive, we are doing the exact opposite thing. We have lowered all our webshop prices, some examples:
CDs and LPs were 10EUR/13USD, they are now 8EUR/10USD!
7"s were 4EUR/5USD, they are now 3EUR/4USD! We really hope you all will like this and BUY MORE RECORDS MOAHAHAHAHA!

2005-10-16 16:01:15 - VICIOUS 12" PREORDERS ARE NOW BEING TAKEN
- Visit our Webshopp to preorder the Vicious 12". This baby is gonna be sold out relly relly fast so hurry up to make shure to get a copys!

2005-09-15 00:43:31 - SMALLTOWN Euro Press to be Released by CMF
- Cage Match Federation and Smalltown has aggred that it´s time to let Europe face the sweet sound of Smalltown! Smalltown is from Oskarshamn in Sweden and there debute record has been released in both Japan and US but of some relly strange reson been overlooked in Europe and there own homecountry. Smalltown delivers melodical early Stiff Litel Fingers punkrock. Check out the mp3 and understand the greatness of the Music...

2005-09-13 23:33:06 - RABID GRANNIES live video footage!
- Wondering what's happening in northern sweden these days?
Watch this live video footage of Umeås RABID GRANNIES pulling off a song at Charlies kiosk not too long ago:
rabidgrannies_-_shareordie_-_charlies_21_august_05.AVI

2005-08-03 18:34:14 - ANA BARATA / SPEEDERGARBEN SPLIT7" OUT NOW
- Everybodys favorite punx from the Norrland D-beat comp is back with new trax! Ana Barata mixing the best of the Swedish 80´s with the best of the late 90´s! Ana Barata is sounding like the perfect mix between Asta Kask and Totalt Jävla Mörker! This is an outburst in rage! SPEEDERGARBEN on the other side is raging punkrocknroll mixing classic punkrock with furyus simple crustpunk. Recording is dirty and good as it´s suits a rocking band. This is blasting out most of the latest years try in making crust rock again!

2005-07-24 14:55:20 - Vicious - Suicidal Generation 7" OUT NOW
- Vicious is starring ex and current members from Tristess, Regulations, DS13, International Noise Conspiracy, Cult of Luna and Dead Ones. They are playing American punkrock influenced by the late 70´s and early 80´s. The debute 7" is a piece of gold! Get it before it´s too late...

MP3: Suspicions

2005-06-16 09:23:39 - Ambulance UK tourdates
- If you're in the UK, don't miss the Ambulance UK TOUR 2005
21 June, London @ Ryans bar
22 June, Sheffield @ DnR live
23 June, TBA
24 June, Bristol @ the Junction
25 June, Coventry @ some houseparty
26 June, Boston @ Indian Queen
27 June, Glasgow @ The Universal
28 June, Scarborough @ Murrays
29 June, Leamington Spa @ Kelseys

Here's the tourposter!

2005-06-10 13:09:57 - Ambulance - End of our Time CD preorders are now accepted
- We are now starting to take preorders of the Ambulance End of our Time CD. Check it out in the Mailorder and listen to the mp3s. Release day is set for 20th of June.

2005-06-03 16:46:58 - New super-hot releases
- Whoa, we had a great releaseparty this weekend, with two great bands, Disconvenience pumped out some serious punk rock 'n' roll to make the venue feel like a german squat and Icos pulled off a magnificent show with their super-dark, Neurosis-smelling, head-smashing hardcore. Just great!

Here's a summer treat for you all, wasted sounds keep putting out records like madmen and this time we have four (!) new releases to announce:
Bombstrike / Reign of bombs - Split LP
Amubulance - The end of our time CD
Auktion - D-beat R'N'R Mayhem CD
Vicious - Suicidal generation 7"

Listen to MP3s from all of these @ the first page

2005-05-20 23:06:45 - OMG! Releaseparty!
- Yeah that's right, June 1st we are throwing a fancy releaseparty for the Disconvenience 7" and the Icos CD here in Umeå! There will be drunks, punks and lots of great music to get your ass moving. So be there! If you are interested in getting laid, wear this t-shirt, it's a chick/guy-magnet:


2005-05-19 11:16:12 - Bruce Banner hardcore insanity mini tour 2005
- Bruce Banner is touring europe this summer! e-mail per.thunell@spray.se if you can help with any dates

May
30: Leeds, The Fenton w/Flyblown (UK)
31: Bristol, The Junction (UK)
June
1: Brighton w/Flyblown (UK)
2: London, Ryan's Bar w/Flyblown (UK)
3: Free. Book us!
4: Free. Book us!
5: Veenendaal, matinee show w/Accelerators, Line Of Defence, Icepick. Info: pureandsimple@hotmail.com (NL)
6: Paris w/Bones Brigade. Info: da_gitan@hotmail.com
7: Giessen, AK44 (DE)
8: Hamburg, Havenklang (DE)
9: Muelheim, AZ (DE)
10: tba w/Hellström (DE)
11: Flendsburg, tba w/Hellström (DE)

Bruce Banner MP3s:
(We Are) Bruce Banner
Nostalgia
Shut the fuck up


2005-05-17 21:30:32 - ICOS Homepage is Online
- ICOS got a homepage and It´s online. http://www.icosonline.com/

2005-05-10 00:12:49 - Knugen Faller get´s massive amount of Radio Time
- the Latest Knugen Faller singel - Inte som ni have been added to Swedish Radios rotation list over Swedish music. This means that you easy can hear Knugen Faller all over Sweden on p3 98,X.

2005-05-05 17:00:05 - New prices
- The swedish post office is ripping us off so we are forced to start having shipping prices depending on where we are shipping.
Buying records from us will from now on be cheaper than before if you buy a bunch of records and more expensive if you just buy one or two 7"s or something, especially if you live outside europe.

2005-04-28 14:52:45 - Go ahead - spread em!
- Who doesn't like free music? I know I don't. Even if it isn't good. For the purpose of spreading kick-ass punkrock, wasted sounds now has a MP3-page, loaded with free noise to blow your ears out. Here it is.

We also have a new release to announce. We will distribute rockin' trio DISCONVENIENCEs first EP and, of course, an mp3 is available: Perfect Defect This is pure power punkrock, play it!

2005-04-24 22:22:20 - Knugen Faller get´s radio time (again...)
- Swedish national radio have finaly understad good music, our favorite radio man in sweden Håkan Persson was ofcourse to blame! Check it out (and to skip the metal acts go directly to 29.40) at: http://www.sr.se/p3/diverse/appdata/rock/sounds/ROCKa.ram 29.40

2005-04-24 16:38:05 - BAMN / BLACK STAR RISING
- BAMN / BLACK STAR RISING split LP is released tomorrow (25th of april) and can now be booked. It´s a powerfull release by two quite different crust bands. BAMN is more in to modern crust and can be compared to swedish metalcrust outfits as AMBULANCE and TO WHAT ENDS. Black Star Rising is more english influenced and more anarcho punk, hevily bas/drum driven and political. Prorder or buy now from us!

2005-04-14 11:54:11 - Knugen Faller review
- We got ourselves a first review on the new Knugen Faller 7" called 'Lägg ner' from fabolous ZONkED zine. Also, the Knugen Faller bandpage have been updated with some fancy photos and a bio. Be sure to pick up the Lägg ner 7" before it's too late!

2005-03-22 18:33:54 - Regulations Debut CD OUT NOW
- We are distributing the new REGULATIONS CD released by NY VÅG. The Record is out from today, an update with cover and mp3 will be up in a short while but you can order it right now from our webstore! Swedish customers please read order info. We are distributing it World Wide exept from USA, please check out Havoc for more info about US presings.

2005-03-22 01:28:21 - Mailorder closed
- The Mailorder will be closed untill the 1st of April due to the Reign of Bombs / Ambulance Finland tour. We might have it started earlier but we can´t promise. All orders that we have recived to this day has gone away. Please continue to order and we will send it asap when we arrive.

2005-03-16 20:51:47 - Knugen Faller - Inte som ni EP
- the Knugen Faller - Inte som ni EP was released this weekend, although the covers for the record has been delayed, although we still have a few of the limeted covers from the part here that we are selling in the meanwhile. So we are sending your record asap untill the limited covers are out, then there will be a short break untill the original covers arrive. So kids keep ordering thouse records and don´t forget that the Reign of Bombs / Earth Died Screaming record is out. Tristess LP is currently sold out, a repress will be made soon, be patient with us.

2005-03-04 00:04:43 - Media pages update
- We have updated some of our media pages and added media pages for Reign of Bombs and Icos.

2005-03-03 21:22:32 - New Signing
- CMF / Wasted Sounds presents a new signing, ICOS. ICOS from Gothenburg plays hevy and melodic metal and got an amazing recording session that evolved in to there debut release on CMF / Wasted Sounds. Icos get´s inspiration and influences that range from Neurosis to A silver mount zion, Catharsis to His hero is gone and Kyuss to Isis. The CD debut will be distribuated by Border Music in Scandinavia and Wasted Sounds over the world in true DIY etic. The release will be followed by touring from the south of sweden to the very north...

2005-03-03 21:22:12 - Knugen Faller
- Knugen Faller releases new 7" on 12th of March. The new ep is a collaboration between CMF/Wasted Sounds and our friends at Ny Våg. A new mp3 and the cover from this amazing Swedish new wave 7" is now up on our site. Contact us for preorders...

2005-02-22 10:59:03 - Big up(date)
- Check the 'new stuff' section. Yeah, thats right, we've started adding the BUSTED HEADS catalogue to our webshop. Only the CDs so far but as you can see, this is a huge task. 7"s and LPs will be added eventually, meanwhile, order some CDs!

2005-02-01 19:42:37 - Tracklisting for Norrland D-beat Comp
- As many of you may already know, the discount comp CD Norrland D-beat Compilation has a messed-up tracklisting on the cover. We're really sorry about this and have put up a correct tracklisting here so you can enjoy this great comp even more!

2005-01-29 13:39:24 - Distro-frenzy!
- This weekend, Kaj will go to Stockholm to pick up the whole BUSTED HEADS distro featuring more than 10000 records. In the meantime, we got a big trade from Portland, with lots of great titles, WARCRY, HARUM SCARUM and BORN DEAD ICONS among others. We have got a busy week ahead of us and you should really check the distro out after the upcoming huge update. Later, punks.

2005-01-22 15:15:35 - Knugen Faller records new EP
- Knugen Faller recorded a new EP last weekend, it´s being mixed as we speak and will go straight away to the pressingplant when finished. Keep your eyes on the WASTED SOUNDS website for more info and an mp3 preview this week. The EP will be released by Cage Match Federation in cooperation with the new record label NY VÅG. NY VÅG is run by Dennis Lyxzen from International Noise Consperacy/Refused and Stefan Granberg from Randy/Problamatix. NY VÅG (translated: NEW WAVE) also exists in the form of a club in Umeå and the new label is also releasing the new Regulations LP/CD. This spring will be awesome!

2005-01-21 23:26:35 - Knugen Faller recives more prais from media...
- Knugen Faller recives more praise from media as the year get´s to it´s end. It´s A Traps guest columnist Navy Keophan got the EP at place three over best records, that is one place before International Noise Consperacy that is, take a look here
Maximum Rock n Roll Radio also keeps puring suger on the cake that we love to call Skellefteå Stadshotell. Down load the latest "BEST OF 2004" episode of the radio program here and listen when Layla Gibbon plays knugen faller.

2005-01-21 19:50:31 - S.I.K.A / KOBRA XI split 7" OUT NOW
- Today finally we got the split from our czech friends and partners in this release, This is a Czech killer that you relly should get your hands on. I saw SIKA a few years back and they were a killer band, on the split the prove that you can make thrashpunk and Crust combined. We only got 200copys of this baby so act fast!!!

2005-01-20 21:31:41 - What the neck?
- What the heck is this??? If you´re finnish, mail us. We'll be grateful to hear about the Madonnas opinions on the norlland d-beat comp!

2005-01-19 17:19:23 - A first review on Norrland D-beat Compilation!
- Just a week since the launch of the icecold discount D-beat bomb 'Norrland D-beat Compilation CD' and we have already got a great review on it thanks to deep dive zine. Sad to say for you foreigners, it is in swedish but the record got a rating of 7 out of 10, and the language of integer numbers is global, right? The review can be read here! Wasted sounds would like to thank all the bands that made this great comp possible and for all of you poor punks, buy the comp, it's only 35kr/ 8 USD/ 5 EURO PPD

2005-01-17 21:35:01 - Degenerated generation, rising up taken it over...
- Yes, it´s true and official, the degenerated kids at WASTED SOUNDS is taken over Busted Heads and will continue to give you the best service from now on. We will fetch all the Busted Heads stuff at the end of the month and would like to thank Busted Heads for all the years you gave us lovely releases and recomended great records. After this corrporate takeover the WASTED SOUNDS catalog will have over 10.000 records for you to buy!

2005-01-14 19:23:28 - Harry the nazi
- Prince Harry was seen wearing a swastika at a party. Prince Charles says embarrassing, we say fucking hilarious! Have an awesome weekend everyone!
Link: www.rockandrollbadboy.com/dcforum/DCForumID1/1945.html

2005-01-13 18:45:27 - Vote or die!
- The swedish rockfestival Hultsfred have put up a page where you can vote for your favorite band to appear on the festival. If you vote for your favorites among the following WS-bands you will get laid by the WS-crew: Knugen Faller, Tristess och Local Oafs
Link: hultsfred.mine.nu/onska_band.php

2005-01-13 11:06:36 - The Norrland D-beat Compilation is out!
- Finally, the record everyone's been waiting for! This comp features 9 head-smashing d-beat bands from northern sweden: Ambulance, Ana Barata, EDS, Uncle Charles, Reign of Bombs, UrUg, 356 Dagar av Synd, Auktion & Human Waste.
MP3s:
Ambulance - Hands out of the pocket
Ana Barata - Liv = Slaveri
UrUg - Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll