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(news)No Fun At All’s North American Tour is less than a month away! It’s been over 20 years since NFAA has toured the USA!

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Sep 7 Quebec City QC – Envol et Macadam (Festival)

Sep 8 Brooklyn NY – Saint Vitus Bar w/ The Drowns

Sep 9 Philadelphia PA – The Boot and Saddle Club w/ The Drowns

Sep 10 Washington DC – DC9 Nightclub w/ The Drowns

Sep 11 Cambridge MA – Middle East Restaurant and Nightclub w/ The Drowns

Sep 13 Toronto ON – Lee’s Palace w/ The Drowns

Sep 14 Ottawa ON – The 27 Club Ottawa w/ The Drowns

Sep 15 Sainte-Therese QC – Music 4 Cancer (Festival)

Sep 19 Santa Cruz CA – The Crepe Place w Sederra & Give You Nothing

Sep 20 Sacramento CA – The Press Club w/ Sederra

Sep 21 San Francisco CA – Great American Music Hall w/ Lagwagon, @Western Addiction & A Vulture Wake

Sep 22 Los Angeles CA – El Rey w/ Lagwagon, Western Addiction & A Vulture Wake

Sep 23 Santa Ana CA – The Observatory Orange County w/ Lagwagon, Western Addiction & A Vulture Wake

Sep 24 San Diego CA – Soda Bar w/ Sederra & CHASER

Sep 25 Phoenix AZ – The Rebel Lounge w/ Sederra

Sep 29 Mexico City MX – OFF Limits (Festival)

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Formed in 1991, Sweden’s No Fun At All quickly carved out their own brand of fast, melodic hardcore-punk with their debut EP Vision (1993) and the subsequent album No Straight Angles (1994). Establishing a sound of their own and, alongside contemporaries Millencolin and Satanic Surfers, themselves as one of the biggest Swedish acts of the 90’s skatepunk scene.

The band’s new album, Grit, recorded and produced by Millencolin’s Mathias Farm in November, along with a bunch of well-received European shows this past summer, shows there are no signs of slowing down for No Fun At All.

Since Lowrider (2008) they’ve done festivals and club shows in Europe, South America 3 times, Australia 2 times, Japan and Canada. In the fall of 2016, Christer Mähl (ex. Johansson) and Stefan Neuman announced to the rest of the band that they intended to quit the band. They did a tour of Chile and Brazil in the spring of 2017 as a goodbye tour with them. Now solidified, new members Stefan Bratt (Atlas Losing Grip) & Fredrik Eriksson bring a new level of ripping to the punk veterans.

Ingemar Jansson ¬ Vocals | Stefan Bratt ¬ Bass | Frederik Eriksson ¬ Guitar | Kjell Ramstedt ¬ Drums | Mikael Danielsson ¬ Guitar

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(record review)KURVE-Na Obali Sreće

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It took a couple of years but here is the new, third release by Kurve. I listened to the record and reviewed it for this webzine.

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Kurve are hailing from Zagreb, the capitol of Croatia, and they have a somewhat unique musical expression compared to the other bands from the Croatian punk hardcore scene. By combining hardcore, fast rocknroll and punkrock with poetic lyrics, they manage to achieve an intensive musical experience. Not to mention their highly energetic live shows which I recommend for you to check out. This record contains 5 songs, all of them having lyrics in Croatian language. As I said before, the lyrics are personal and at the same time they possess some gorgeous, drunk and obnoxious charm. The title song  is an anthemic fast paced punk n roll anthem with raw riffs but charming subtle melodies underneath it all and this one, along with Ispovijed is my favorite song on this record. This is a very strong record for all of you who love to try something a bit different. Check it out!
8/10

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(record review)WISDOM IN CHAINS-Nothing In Nature Respects Weakness(Demons Run Amok)

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It is fascinating how Wisdom In Chains grew from the international project band that couple of friends founded in 2001. to have fun, to a full fledge hardcore machine seventeen years later and one of the most beloved and respected bands in the today´s scene. This is their new album that came out via Demons Run Amok and I listened to the record and reviewed it for this zine.

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The album contains 13 songs of pure blooded hardcore. What I love about this band is that they stayed true to their roots. Although there are some metallic influences in some songs like for example Slow Drown, they kept that original melody and anthemic choruses just made for sing along because of which I love this band so much. There are lot of punk rooted songs like  Better Than I Was and The Boy And The Cave. The lyrics of Wisdom In Chains tell the story for themselves. They are personal but done with so much passion and I can totally relate to most of the songs and that is indeed the meaning of hardcore music. One of my personal favorites that made my heart full and made me jumping and pogo is Palisade Cliffs and I listened to it again and again. Other songs that I love really much are Turn My Back and Someday. This is definitely one of the best hardcore records that came out this year!

10/10

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