Monthly Archives: March 2019

News, Various

Serbian melodic punks Čovek Bez Sluha and JeboTon Ansambl just added to the line-up of this year´s Ferragosto Jam Festival 12

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Čovek bez sluha

This year really started big for Serbian melodic punk legends Čovek Bez Sluha, led by their charismatic singer Miki, known also as frontman of another legendary punk band Six Pack, the guys released their awesome new album earlier this year and following the series of great gigs, they are just announced in the line-up of this year´s Ferragosto Jam Festival.

JeboTon Ansambl

Also, the cheerful collective JeboTon Ansambl will grace the stage of this year´s festival with their happy and melodic street music. They will be joining the mighty line-up made of Edo Maajka, Partibrejkers,  Vojko V, Brkovi, Ogenj and many others in this years 12th edition of this festival set in beautiful surroundings and bringing smile to the faces of many old and new fans. Stay tuned for more announcements and go get your ticket.

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Reviews, Various

(record review)Wolfrik-Skeleton City(Lockjaw/Thousand Islands Records)

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Canadian whirlwind of energy named Wolfrik have released their debut e.p. called Skeleton City with Lockjaw Records(EU) and Thousand Islands Records(Canada).

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Hailing from Edmonton area, Canada, these guys took the scene by storm delivering a blast bomb with their material mixing skatepunk and thrash metal delivering one soundscape that is a whirlwind of melody, energy, guitar driven madness and positivity. This e.p. contains 5 songs of mainly blistering fast, guitar shredding songs with screaming, yet fine melodic vocals that are fitting just nicely into the song structures. For me Predator and the title track are somehow the songs that stand out more above the rest of the material on this record, but don´get me wrong, the whole e.p. is just perfect if you love your skatepunk delivered with metalic technical precision, smart solutions in the songs, great melody and force drive. The band is on European tour this spring, so be sure to catch them somewhere live because I can only imagine how this might sound live, I get goosebumps on my skin immediately.

9/10

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(record review)BLOWFUSE-Daily Ritual(Morning Wood Records)

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Blowfuse are punkrock band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 2013. I am happy that I listened and reviewed their new album for our zine. The album is out with Morning Wood Records.

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These guys have been famous for their ferocious live energetic shows playing more than 250 shows and becoming one of the most important younger Spanish punkrock bands. This new record contains 11 anthems of melodic punk. Don˙t expect your usual fast skatepunk Nofx style here, this material is much more complex than that. There are many influences with Blowfuse music, mainly skatepunk, but also garage punk, hardcore and even indie noisy stuff. There are fast songs like awesome Dreams or Grand Golden Boy, punk anthems like Angry John, for me one of the highlights of the album, but this album also has one of the best lyrical side of things in a long time. It is too much to say that this is a concept album, but all of the songs talk about little stuff you have to do every day to survive in this rough and ugly modern world, battling with depression and anxiety packed into smart lyrics I can relate to. The vocals are also important for me in such bands and these guys have specific voiced singer which made me love this band even more. This is a great modern punk album!

9/10

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https://morningwoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/daily-ritual