Monthly Archives: November 2018

Reviews, Various

(record review)A Pony Named Olga-Ave Maria

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A Pony Named Olga have a new album and I listened and reviewed it for this zine.

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These three guys are from Germany, Berlin, and they have been around for some time, to be precise since 2004. They play a unique nice combination of psychobilly, cowpunk, punkabilly, polka and dirty rock n roll. Of course, there is a lot of irony and black humor thrown in for good measure. This new studio album contains 14 songs of mayhem, just made for your ass to jump, wreck and dance around. The melodies are just enough not to be too wussy and sweet, and the songs structures are just hard enough to be great to make you full of energy. There are couple of gems on this album that are very worth mentioning in my opinion, those are The Law, the title track Ave Maria and 1941. This album is great, I love every minute of it and just listen and spice up your day with some great music.

8/10

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aponynamedolga/

Bandcamp: https://aponynamedolga.bandcamp.com/album/ave-maria

 

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(new single-video)QUITTERS ‘Better Off Dead’ New Single Out!

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Quitters is a Punk Rock indie quartet formed in 2015 in Montpellier After a few dates in France, the band releases their first EP entitled Move On to Honest Things in May 2015 on four European labels (Krod Records, Bad Mood Asso, Inhumano and Dingleberry Records). Then follows several tours that will take them to Chile, Portugal, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland… In 2017, the debut album Good Night Memories released on eight independent European labels including Inhumano, Bad Mood Asso and Dingleberry Records. With the same desire to defend independent culture and Do It Yourself. This year also marks the arrival of Roma in the group and the resumption of tours in England, Europe and the USA.

In January 2019, the second EP Singing Like Nobody’s Listening will be released and we release today the brand-new single Better Off Dead taken from this EP.

This song is about the importance of having a passion and the difficulty of finding a balance between your life and that passion. A passion can help to digest emotions but can interfere with personal and professional life.

Upcoming shows

16.11.2018 – Fidenza, Italy @ Taun

17.11.2018 – Montecchio Maggiore, Italy @ Circolo Mesa

18.11.2018 – San Giuliano Milanese, Italy @ Eterotopia

19.11.2018 – Ajdovscina, Slovenia

20.11.2018 – Zagreb, Croatia @ Surogat

21.11.2018 – Prag, Czech Republic @ Cafe Na Pul Cesty

23.11.2018 – Lausanne, Switzerland @ Swertz

24.11.2018 – Dijon, France @ Deep Inside

https://www.facebook.com/quittersmusic/

 

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(new video)Drones Release Cinematic New Video for ‘Anchors’

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London alternative rock / punk group Drones have released a new video ‘Anchors’, the fourth single from their album ‘Exiled’, which was released on Lockjaw Records earlier this year.

According to the United Nations, 1,651,661 refugees have fled their home countries and risked their lives traveling across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe since 2015. At least 14,000 have died or are missing.

These troubling figures inspired Drones to write ‘Anchors’. Their album ‘Exiled’ offers a direct commentary on the current refugee crisis, which Drones have continued in their video for ‘Anchors’.

Following the release of their sophomore record ‘Exiled’ earlier this year, in October Drones released a handful of rarer versions of album tracks: ‘Exiled B-Sides’. The new digital EP includes live versions, acoustic reworkings and an unreleased track.

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.”

‘Exiled B-Sides’ is available to download with every physical copy of ‘Exiled’ purchased via the Drones webstore: https://drones.tmstor.es/.

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Drones are:

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