Compa are hardcore punk band hailing from Brooklyn, New York. This is their new release containing 6 songs of noisy, fast and ferocious hardcore punk with great lyrics covering themes of migrants, being poor, trying to survive in this wild capitalist world of slavery, fighting fascism and similar themes. The music is very dark and vocals are screaming but there is an occasional nice guitar melody behind all the harshness like in my favorite off this record called Brown. This is a short but sweet e.p., it is name your price on Bandcamp so go get this one and support your scene.
A Few Good Losers are hailing from Atlanta, Georgia area and this is their new record. I love this one. Why? Because this is no bullshit old school nineties melodic skatepunk, fast and anthemic, like we are used to from all those old school Epitaph and Fat bands and these guys remind me a lot of a mixture between old Nofx and first Propagandhi album. The songs are cool and I love the vocal harmonies, cutting guitars and fast drumming with good lyrics and the songs I somehow like the most on the record are Grim Reaper, Miller Killer and Love Song. This is one the good ones I have been listening to lately. Go get this one if you are a fan of old school nineties skatepunk with a splash of hardcore here and there.
Who said that punkrock and symphonic orchestra dontgo together like cheese and ham sandwich? Well, they do! At least in case of Nofx. Legendary Fat Mike and his gang recorded their most epic and longest song ever live with the help of orchestra and it sounds just phenomenal. So, besides being epic and melancholic like this song is in its original version, this live rendition makes it even more fantastic with all the brass instruments thrown in, symphonic atmospheric parts and overall kinda sad, melancholic vibe that this song always had one me while listening. But, the real jewel also lies in the second half of the record with the new song Linewleum being partly cover of the band´s most known song Linoleum, but with awesome, sarcastic and cheesy lyrics, yet still serious, like we were used to in the best days of this legendary skatepunks from California. The guest features Avenged Sevenfold on guitars and it sounds awesome! Go get this one!
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