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(record review)Disconnected Genius-Nirvikalpa Meow

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Disconnected Genius have their second full length album out and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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These guys are hailing from Melbourne, Australia and this is their second album, following Dogs Chasing Fairy Tales. I must admit that this is a rather strange album title and Nirvikalpa means Without Alternative in sanskrit and Meow is a tribute to the singer Jamie˙s cat. The album contains 11 songs. The music of Disconnected Genius sounds basically like emotional punkrock with a lot of indie and alternative influences making it melodic, atmospheric and easy to the ear. Yet, don˙t be fooled, the strongest side of this band besides the music are definitely the lyrics. I like them because they are very smart and poetic, but they also kept smart undertones with the themes like politics and anti religious hypocrisy being themes in some songs. The singing is superb, the production is great, although I would like it to be a bit more dirty, gritty and raw and this band could be one of the new stars in the underground music scene sky. Favorite songs: About Nothing, Kings & Queens, Quietly Into The Night.

7/10

Site: http://www.disconnectedgenius.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Disconnected-Genius-516922998335665/

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(recor review)ISHWARA-Violence Before Quiet

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Italian underground scene gives new releases every single day, this time I listened and reviewed for this zine the new e.p. by Ishwara.

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Ishwara are melodic hardcore/skatepunk band from Venice lagoon area, Italy. This new record contains 6 songs of melodic punk with hardcore influences just made for skating along or enjoying your sunny day. I love the fast, energetic melody and anthemic chorus of Can You Stop Me and these guys really can handle their instruments well. The musicianship is tight, the fast parts along with more mid tempo punkrock parts are nice interwined in the song structures, so there are absolutely no boring parts throughout the whole e.p. The lyrics of the songs are all in English language so you can easily follow what Ishwara are singing about. The lyric themes are more on the personal side of things. Also, I absolutely love the Stranger Things hommage on the cover of the record so, this e.p. is total hit. Check out another jewel in the crown of the mighty Italian underground hardcore punk scene.

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/ishwara.official/

 

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(record review)The Ayilar-Sokaktan Hikayeler(Prof Sny Records)

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Ladies and gentlemen, the readers of our zine, now it is time for a band from the country not often represented in our zines, namely Turkey. The Ayilar are oi/streetpunk band from Turkey and I listened and reviewed their new record out on Prof Sny Records from Czech Republic.

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The name of the album means Street Stories in Turkish language. The album was recorded in Istanbul, mixed and mastered in Germany and Czech Republic. This record contains 14 songs plus bonus and intro/outro. The lyrics are in Turkish language, and the themes are beer, there are no language barriers for the song titles like 1000 lt Bira or Bira ve sokaklar. But, this band also has serious political themes singing about the harsh life under current regime there for example the excellent song Uyan(Wake up) talks about the events that took place in Gezi Park. Also antifascist skinhead lyrics are themes in the songs of The Ayilar. Music is more melodic version of oi/streetpunk with some ska parts, sometimes reminding me of Italian bands like Los Fastidios or FFD, meaning melodic guitars, anthemic choruses just made for singalong and I love this album because this album is the proof that music really has no boundaries, borders and no regime, no matter how ugly or oppressive can stop the mind and body in search of freedom and better life. If you like this record, check out the other stuff at Prof Sny Records, they have great music on their label. Links are below.

8/10

https://www.facebook.com/TheAYILAR/

https://www.facebook.com/TheAYILAR/

https://profsnyrecords.bandcamp.com/