Sweden has been the place with many awesome melodic punk bands all throughout 90-ies when I was a kid. Some of the bands reached legendary status and respect in the scene like No Fun At All, Satanic Surfers for example. This time we reviewed the record by De Lyckliga Kompisarna.
The record contains 12 songs with all of the lyrics being in Swedish, so I can˙t understand a word what they are singing about. The music is punkrock, but it gets a bit weird sometimes like in Ostronskal, mixture of ska and punk with some atonal even stoner melodies. There are some folkish/polka songs like Olika kulturklubbar that are for sure fun to dance to and listen, maybe live also fun as hell. Don˙t get me wrong, there are awesome straight forward punkrock songs on this record like Johanna for example. This record has some great moments, besides the weird ones, but that versatility makes this record good.
Wow! That is only thing I can say after listening to the new Fat Bastard record! Read the review in our zine!
Hailing from Belgium, Antwerp area these guys have been in the scene for a while and this is their new e.p. The music of Fat Bastard is not rocket science, it is nothing new, but they do it with style and passion that makes your heart dance in the chest. The energy this band provides on this record is incredible. Fat Bastard play Motorhead like punk n roll with dirty, but still melodic greasy riffs, guitar hooks, great vocals and awesome song structures. Yet, the guys managed to retain that original, primal rock lust for life and energy that makes this record so good. The record contains 7 songs and in my opinion, for me the best on this record are Dead Man Charlene, Blood Sweat and Beer and Dead Man Walking. Check this one out, you won´t regret it!
A Pony Named Olga have a new album and I listened and reviewed it for this zine.
These three guys are from Germany, Berlin, and they have been around for some time, to be precise since 2004. They play a unique nice combination of psychobilly, cowpunk, punkabilly, polka and dirty rock n roll. Of course, there is a lot of irony and black humor thrown in for good measure. This new studio album contains 14 songs of mayhem, just made for your ass to jump, wreck and dance around. The melodies are just enough not to be too wussy and sweet, and the songs structures are just hard enough to be great to make you full of energy. There are couple of gems on this album that are very worth mentioning in my opinion, those are The Law, the title track Ave Maria and 1941. This album is great, I love every minute of it and just listen and spice up your day with some great music.
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