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Reviews, Various

(record review)The Shorts-Bunker Money(Thousand Islands Records)

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Canadian label Thousand Islands Records, although small, continues to release excellent records by the awesome bands. This time, we listened and reviewed the new record by the Australian punk band The Shorts. Read the review!

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The record contains 9 songs of melodic punk with hardcore and skatepunk influences. This record is very diverse. There are some reggae influences in “Lenny the Shark”. My personal favorites on the record are “I don´t know why I do this anymore” being superb fast skatepunk anthem with the lyrics I can relate to, the other being “Wall Street” with the unusual but fine melody in the chorus and mid paced rythm. I also love the fast punkrock hymn “Silo”. This record is another proof that Australian punkrock/hardcore scene never ceases to amaze.

8/10

Links:

https://www.facebook.com/TheShortsBand/

https://www.facebook.com/thousandislandsrecords/

https://thousandislandsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bunker-monkey

 

 

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(record review)THE PHOSPHORUS BOMBS-“Blank Slates”

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I never cease to be amazed with the Australian punk hardcore scene. So many awesome bands, so many awesome people and although we live across half the world from each other, I feel connected to them by the magic of music. The Phosphorus Bombs from Sydney have a new record out and I listened and reviewed it for this webzine.

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“Blank Slates” contains five songs of refreshing yet somehow nostalgic hardcore punk. The music is very harsh and energetic, angry and noisy, yet it still contains enough hidden melody underneath to keep it catchy and excellent. Don´t get me wrong, this guys really know how to handle their music instruments and play well and thought out punk. The lyrics are personal, somehow self deprecating but still enough political and smart between the lines. The song that I loved the most while listening this record a couple of times was “Overdue”, being the most melodic and energetic song on the record for me. This is an excellent record by the excellent band, so go get it, write to the guys in the band, tell them how you loved and why you loved their music, I am sure it will mean tons to them!

8,5/10

Links:

Like and follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thephosphorusbombs/

Get the album on Bandcamp(listen to all of their stuff, it˙s awesome)

https://thephosphorusbombs.bandcamp.com/album/blank-slates

 

 

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(record review)COLUMBUS-“A hot take on heartbreak”

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Summer is on, the best season of the year is on, and how better to accompany the barbecue party on a sunny day than with the new, second studio album by Australian trio Columbus.

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This Brisbane, Australia trio just released their brand new studio effort which contains 10 songs of nice melodic punkrock, almost pop punk with a slight touch of indie rock. Don´t let that scare you when you see pop punk added to these guys band name. Quite the contrary, the set of songs on this album provided by this band is just awesome as a soundtrack for daydreaming on a hot, summer day and riding on your bike or just having a lazy beer in someone´s backyard. The songs are not fast, they are punkrock mid tempo but I personally love “Care at all” having a nice harmonic chorus. “Give up” is also one of my personal favorites on this record. This is a feelgood record. I couldn´t listen to is every day, that´s true, but I loved it today!

7/10

Columbus Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/columbusbne/