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TRADE WIND released their new single from the forthcoming new album on End Hits Records. Featuring members of Stick To Your Guns and Stray From The Path

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Trade Wind are punk/indie band featuring members Jesse Barnett (Stick To Your Guns) and Tom  Williams (Stray From The Path) just released their first single from their forthcoming new album  Certain Freedoms. The album is due out April 26th from Other People Records (North America) and End Hits Records (EU/UK). Check out the single and the tour dates in Europe!

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26.04. BE – Merhout, Goezrock Festival
27.04. DE – München – Impericon Festival
28.04. AT – Wien – Werk
29.04. DE – Nürnberg – Z Bau
30.04. DE – Münster – Uncle M Fest
01.05. DE – Hamburg – Hafenklang
02.05. DE – Berlin – Musik & Frieden
03.05. DE – Leipzig – tba
04.05. DE – Köln – Volta
08.05. DE – Wiesbaden – Kesselhaus
09.05. CH – Aarau – Kiff
10.05. DE – Stuttgart – Keller Club
11.05. DE – Iserlohn – Dechenhöhle
Booking: Kingstar

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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/

Twitter: http://twitter.com/Zen_Rockstar

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUAkxjMmZiSCvKW5Mb9jdqQ

 

 

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FAT WRECK CHORDS SIGNS CLOWNS! NEW SONG IS HERE TO LISTEN! PRE-ORDER THE NEW RECORD!

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Get ready to have a new favorite FAT band, y’all! We signed Clowns! Straight outta Straya (that’s Australia for all you squares), they’ve been tearing it up for years. As long-time fans, we’re stoked to welcome them into the FAT fold and release their brand-new album, Nature/Nurture on April 12th. FAT’s got you covered worldwide, except in Oz, where Damaged Records will be doing the honors.

Vocalist, Stevie Williams expounds on their latest effort: “Nature/Nurture is an amalgamation of our last three records, which we’ve made over the last 6 or so years,” he says. “Our line-up has been a little bit fluid over the years, but this record is the band really coming to fruition with this line-up and with all the different sounds that we’ve experimented with over the years – everywhere from super-adolescent punk rock to nine-minute long psych jams.”

Don’t let “psych jams” throw you; Nature/Nurture is a ripper. So, whatcha waiting for? Bounce over to our YouTube channel and listen to the first blistering track, “Prick.” Then, pre-order your copy today! Aussies head here to grab yours!