Cock Block is an L.A. band that needs no explanation. Look at the cover of this swank new lathe-cut 5″ from Faggot Rights Records. “Fuck you!” it screams as it punches you in the dick. Musically, aesthetically, physically—this is the big ouch.

Speaking of lathe cut vinyl: Folktale Records is really rocking the format, too.

Tonight label boss Chris Payne, aka Whitman, hosts a lathe-cut record release party in Echo Park for Arizona’s magnificent folk rockers French Quarter.

Other guests include Dos (featuring Mike Watt of fIREHOSE & Minutemen fame), the always-triumphant sonic spatialists Married in Berdichev, and Tsigoti.

Get the full info here.