Category Archives: Reviews

(fanzines) Croatian hardcore punk zine OOPS #4 is out!

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During my growing up and formative years in the scene, there was no Internet, only letters, tape trading, later first cd trading and fanzines with their flyers, interviews and reviews were the only real source of information.

There are not much physical copies of the zines made in Croatian scene, heck even I am doing a webzine, which is easier and much more comfortable way to reach out to the scene, but I totally support the people who do old school zines because I did quite a number of them back in the days and I know how much work it takes to diy cut paste and copy those little fuckers hehe.

OOPS is short for Oštrom olovkom protiv sistema(English: Sharp pencil against the system) and it is done by dedicated hardcore punx from Pula, Croatia, younger generation which carries the flame of the scene on and on forward, never to get lost.  Zine is classic made, in black and white cut/paste style, and it looks really good. There is a Spermbirds review, an interview with excellent Spanish band Blowfuse, political non music piece about utopia and leftism, Pula hardcore punk bands info scene report, I didn˙t know there are so much new bands there and I am so happy for that fact. There is also a non music text about punk and fashion and that is about it. Short but sweet. The zine is in Croatian language, so if you like it, order your copy and write to:

lukasardoz@gmail.com

Instagram: pulahc

(review) Lovecraft-Dark Ages(PCT Musique)

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PCT Musique, a label from Montreal, Canada always surprises me with their great releases. How do they find all those excellent bands?

This time, it is Lovecraft from south west of France, formed in 2017. How not to listen to punk band which carries the name of my favorite horror writer and one of my all time favorites for reading? I expected something melodic, yet dark and I got it. There is kinda mistic feeling in the music of these guys. This record offers ten songs of melodic punkrock, with English speaking lyrics, at times noisy, at times poppy and at times very, very atmospheric. I love Last Day Of My Youth, showing straightforward punkrock, and then turning into something darker with that wicked and catchy guitar melody of the title track which is absolutely one of my highlights of this record. There are no lyrics enclosed but as I understand, they are personal and inspired by the nineties, nature, love and similar themes. Sometimes the songs of this album make me sad, but that is okay. This is a very strong debut album.

8/10

https://pctmusique.bandcamp.com/album/dark-ages

(review) Jodie Faster-Blame Yourself

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Wow! This is the only thing that I can say after listening to new Jodie Faster record. My friend Karlo told me last Summer about these guys, but somehow they went  under my radar until now. Jodie Faster are from Lille, France and this new release contains 17 songs. The music of Jodie Faster is old school fast hardcore with screaming shouting vocals and fast drumming, coupled with great hardcore songs with some melodic catchy parts here and there. Add to that great lyrics and you get really super band and I can only imagine how this band sounds live, pure fuckin hardcore energy to feed on. Songs like Punk Police, Gloucester`s Finest and Your Gods=Outta My Way, also No Gain Just Pain are my personal favorites. This is fast hardcore old school the way I love it.

10/10

https://jodiefaster.bandcamp.com/album/blame-yourself