Dirtnap Records has launched a vinyl-only sublabel titled Green Noise Records. In a statement on their website the Pacific Northwest label announced:

Big news here at Dirtnap! We are excited as hell to announce the launch of our vinyl-only sub-label, Green Noise Records! In some ways this feels like starting over, as Green Noise is gonna be a 7" only label that will focus on (but not be limited to) local NW stuff, much like Dirtnap was the the beginning. Our first release will be a single from Portland's Absolute Rulers, due out this summer! Absolute Rulers (3/4ths of whose members are still in high school) feature two members of the Diskords, the drummer of Autistic Youth, and none other than Fred The Barber (of Vinyl Warning Records fame) on vocals! Think dark, melodic, anti-social punk/hc for fans of The Observers, No Hope For The Kids, etc etc

Green Noise is also the name of a Portland-based punk record store that Dirtnap took over last year.