Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Punk rock record label Hopeless Records has closed on a deal to acquire the catalog of Fat Wreck Chords — the label co-founded by ...

Partly because half the band hails from Fargo and partly because they flat-out rock, Minneapolis' The Soviettes have been a local fave for the past few years. The problem is they've often played only ...

As part of the acquisition, Fat Wreck Chords' roster's unrecouped balances will be waived, and Hopeless has agreed to a no-new-signings policy to keep focused on Fat Wreck's current roster. By Ethan ...