Monthly Archives: October 2018

Reviews, Various

(record review)Sunset Radio-All The Colours Behind You(This Is Core)

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Sunset Radio is a punkrock band from Ravenna, Italy and this is their new album via This Is Core. I listened and reviewed it for this zine.

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These guys have been around for some years blending 90-ies California influenced skatepunk with melodic hardcore with pop punk sensibility into one unique mixture.

The record contains 11 songs of melodic guitar hooks, energetic but still emotional and melodic vocals with nice backing vocal harmonies and great smart lyrics. Personally, my favorite songs on this record are 1957, 9AM, and A Shipwreck In The Sand, because these songs are somehow the closest to No Use For A Name, which is my favorite melodic punk band of all times. I predict that these guys will be big one day in the music scene, they are already touring in Japan soon, also many other places in Europe. This is quality melodic punkrock at its best!

8,5/10

Links:

Follow the band on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/sunsetradiopunk/

Follow the label on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/thisiscoremusic/

 

 

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(news)Drones Release ‘Exiled: B-Sides’ political punks Drones have released a handful of rarer cuts!

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Following the release of their sophomore record ‘Exiled’ earlier this year, political punks Drones have released a handful of rarer cuts surrounding the album, bringing you ‘Exiled: B-Sides’. The digital EP comprises of live versions, acoustic reworkings and a new, previously-unheard track.

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Drummer, Mitchell Thomas explains: “We’ve been blown away with the response from Exiled and wanted to give a little something extra to those who have been enjoying the record. Exiled: B-Sides features an acoustic rendition of ‘Territories’, as well as live versions of ‘Rorschach’ and ‘Inferno’ that we recorded at the SAE Institute in Amsterdam while on tour last April.”

The EP includes an exclusive unheard studio track, ‘Tyranny’, which Mitchell says “… was a favourite of ours, but didn’t quite make the cut in time for the album release.”

This month Drones head to Europe to support Anti-Flag, followed by a co-headline slot on the Upset Magazine’s About To Break Tour with In Technicolour, Bitch Falcon and Haggard Cat in November.

“We’re looking forward to this tour and seeing everyone at the shows! The other bands we’re sharing the stage with on this run are some of the most exciting rising bands the UK has to offer, so we can’t wait to get stuck in with them and tear some venues apart.” Mitchell adds.

The Exiled: B-Sides is available for download with every physical copy of Exiled via the Drones webstore https://drones.tmstor.es/, from Friday 19 October 2018.

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Tracklisting:

1. Tyranny
2. Inferno (Live from SAE Amsterdam)
3. Rorsach (Live from SAE Amsterdam)

4. Territories (Acoustic)
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Tour Dates:

October
20 – Aldershot West End Centre, UK (with Freeze The Atlantic)
26 – Antifest,Harleem, NL (with Anti-Flag)

November
1 – Bristol Mother’s Ruin, UK*
2 – Brighton Electric, UK*
3 – London Boston Music Rooms, UK*
4 – St Albans The Horn, UK*
5 – Nottingham Bodega, UK*
7 – Milton Keynes Craufurd Arms, UK*
8 – Lincoln The Platform, UK*
9 – Leeds Temple of Boom, UK*
10 – Leicester Firebug, UK*

*Upset Magazine About To Break Tour

Links:

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Instagram
Twitter
Website

The Band are:

Lois McDougall – Vocals
Tim Kramer – Guitar / Vocals
Rob King – Guitar
James Kerr – Bass
Mitchell Thomas – Drums

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(record review)CITY KIDS FEEL THE BEAT-Cheeky Heart(Uncle M/Cargo Records)

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German punkrock band City Kids Feel The Beat are releasing their debut album via Uncle M and Cargo Records, so it was about time for me to listen to the album and review it for this zine.

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Hailing from Ulm, these guys have been working hard on their songs and playing live gigs to earn the love and reputation among the fans of the genre and the result is this debut full length album. The record contains 9 songs of melodic punkrock anthems. The music this band plays is a mixture of pop punk happiness and melodic punkrock with a lot of emotions behind it. There are some faster skatepunk influences in the title track which is for me one of the best songs on the album. I also love Rewrite and Coming Home very much. There are a lot of similar bands coming out with their records every month, but these guys somehow managed to stay interesting and not making me say blargh another boring pop punk band with a nice package and inside there is nothing. Fortunately, that is not the case here. The vocals are nice, not poppy but punkrock, back vocal harmonies and anthemic choruses are sure thing to make this material utterly awesome when played live. Nice record!

8/10

Links:

Follow the band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/citykidsfeelthebeat/

Uncle M: https://www.facebook.com/uncle.m.music/

Cargo Records: https://www.facebook.com/CargoRecords/