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Active member of alternative underground scene and culture since early 1990-ies. Underground is a way of life!
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(record review)Radioactive Chicken Heads-“Tales From The Coop”

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Now, this is one of the more original bands in the scene. Coming from California, these are Radioactive Chicken Heads and this is their new album “Tales From The Coop”.

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The album contains 13 hilarious songs of horrorpunk mixed with some rock and surf influences and old school horror movie vibe.

Now, lyrically the album deals with tales from the coop. Done in a parody way, but I am not sure if it was meant to be parody. You cant go wrong with song titles like “Wiccan Chicken” with great female vocal melodies or “Frankenchicken” or an excellent cover of “Somebodys Watching Me” by Rockwell and Michael Jackson. I really enjoyed the song structures varying from almost cabaret singing and melodies to more punkish stuff. I am usually very careful considering the bands that are original an unique but this one is definitely something new, fresh and different. I would like to see and listen to this band live because I am sure that their live show would be awesome. I really enjoyed this record.

7,5/10

https://www.facebook.com/radioactivechickenheads/

https://radioactivechickenheads.bandcamp.com/album/tales-from-the-coop

 

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(record review)ANTI FLAG-“American Fall”(Spinefarm Records)

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I saw Anti Flag play live for the first time in my life this year at Punk Rock Holiday festival in Slovenia. It was an awesome experience and I still get goosebumps when I remember their set because they were totally the winner that day and one of the festival definitive highlights.

The fans of the band including me were eager to listen how this new album will sound like and it did not disappoint me. After the last one, “American Spring” comes “American Fall” and it is an awesome package of 11 songs. The music is as before melodic punk with some hardcore influences and ultra political lyrics dealing with racism, homophobia, current situation in America and the world which more and more becomes the slave playground for the rich and poorer get poor, so the world is just the baloon waiting to blow up and what will become of it, nobody knows.

As always, there are tracks that are for us who listen highlights and for me “Racists” and “The Criminals” are total standout tracks on this record and I hope that the band will include it in their live set because I am sure it will be fantastic live. This is an awesome album so check it out!

9/10

https://www.facebook.com/anti.flag.official/

 

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(double record review)CREEPY LITTLE THINGS-“Forever More e.p./Halloween Special 45”

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Creepy Little Things was formed in 2016. The band is headed by Scotty Damned, as he says, as a kind of outlet for his tortured soul. Creepy Little Things play a nice mixture of horrorpunk, goth and rock with some metal thrown in here and there.

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This time I will review two records by Creepy Little Things because they came out relatively at almost same time with only ten days between. “Forever More” e.p. consists of 4 songs filled with darkness, sorrow, melody and night. The first two tracks “Already Gone” and “Anything But You” are dark gothic punk anthems with nicely sung vocals and lyrics dealing with some personal demons and lycanthropy. “Ghost” is a song which brings creepiness with its piano lines and ghostly vocals and for me is a highlight of the record. “The End Of Me Begins With You” is a beautiful dark love song. I must say that this record is not for the lovers of upbeat Misfits like horrorpunk because this is a darker and much more creepy music. There are no hits and anthems on this record but it is nice to listen to it in darkness.

7/10

https://creepylittlethings.bandcamp.com/album/forever-more-ep

https://www.facebook.com/creepylittlethings/

“Halloween Special 45” is a brand new output that came out, you guessed it on Halloween.

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It consists of three songs. First one “Locked in a Box” is a way more guitar oriented and more rockish while some goth influences remained on the record. “Every Day and Night(With Her is Like Halloween)” is for me the best song on this record and it is an ode to feminine nocturnal Goddess which I fortunately already found in my life. “Lick Your Soul” is a bonus track and I loved the upbeat souleating song so I listened it on repeat a couple of times. I am looking forward to the future material by Creepy Little Things. 7/10

https://creepylittlethings.bandcamp.com/album/halloween-special-45