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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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Punk rockers from Quebec Downstater release new single!

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DOWNSTATER RELEASES NEW SINGLE!

“Call Me When You’re Dead” – Second single off the upcoming record!

Downstater are set to release a new album later this year. They’ve already released one single, “Thanks For Nothing”, and they’ve now shared the second, “Call Me When You’re Dead”.

Your day will definitely be better with Downstater’s new bouncy banger. “Call Me When You’re Dead” available NOW on all streaming platforms!

About the band:

Downstater is a punk rock quartet hailing straight from Québec City (Canada). Melding the essence of rock music with punk rawness, this melodic achievement exhibits the trail of a spirited and raging youth with words expressed without compromise. While the songs deal with nostalgia, anger and resentment, the band’s introspective writing reveals a will to give sense to all these aches and wounds in order to live, not to say survive. Bringing back honest music to the forefront, Downstater is an illustrative collection of melancholy-fueled indie rock songs pouring with emotion and integrity.

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THE PHOENIX & THE RAVEN BLASTS ENGAGINGLY ZESTFUL NEW SINGLE ‘WAYWARD’!

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Lead vocalist, Benjamin, recounts his feelings at the time of the construction of “Wayward”: “This track, in a way, was a milestone to both me personally and the band, when we wrote it it was one of our first batch of songs we have ever written. It’s a reflection of my life and how growing up with loss affects a young impressionable person. It was also a chance for us to see how melodic we could go at the time. It is one of my favorite songs to play because it carries this energy to it that builds through it”.

“Wayward” is off The Phoenix & The Raven debut EP “Hero” – now available everywhere!

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(book) Stephen King – Revival: King´s return to cosmic horror concept

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When I saw the tagline that said vintage King and read a couple of reviews that said about this one King returned to horror, it was mandatory for me to check out this piece of novel for myself.

Jamie Morton grew up with his family in a small village in Maine, one day a preacher called Charlie Jacobs came into his life and life of other people there. Charlie cured Jamie´s brother Conn with electricity experiments when Conn was left without his voice. Everything was fine and idyllic till one day tragedy struck, Charlie changed and horror spread through coming decades leaving Morton, now drug addicted musician to find Charlie again and stop the madness.

I am sorry but I can´t discover more about story of this novel because that would be spoiler for all those who want to read this beauty. Yes, they were right, King returned to horror with this one, and did it big time. This one is a total homage to old school Universal Frankenstein movies, also, and more being homage to late great Lovecraft and his concept of cosmic horror and what lies behind our world. This one kinda starts slow, like we are used to in many of King´s opus, but evolves into one hell of a tense novel and the ending is such bleak and eerie couple of chapters that leave you depressed and in awe what you just finished. So, first half of the book is Americana King style, with some supernatural signs, but other half of the book is awesome horror for us fiends craving for such work. Because of slowness, the book is not perfect but damn close to highest ranks.

8/10