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Reviews, Various

(record review)The Bare Minimum-Where The Buses Don`t Come

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The Bare Minimum are a four piece punk band from Toronto, Canada and they have a new record due out any time now. I listened and reviewed their new record for this zine.

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This record with funny but also great title contains 7 songs of energetic fast paced punkrock. I can hear a lot of garage punk influence in the songs of this band, so I would describe their music as a mixture of hardcore punk old school and garage punk with a lot of energy and aggression. I really like this record! Somehow, the song I like the most on this record is Safety Pin being a true fast punkrock anthem, the one for enjoying live and I can only imagine how these guys sound like live. I bet they˙re awesome. This record is fast and short and leaves you desperate for more, so I think this is the marking of an awesome music and awesome record!

8,5/10

https://www.facebook.com/thebareminimum/

https://thebareminimumband.bandcamp.com/

 

 

 

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(record review)TWENTY2-Nice Knowin Ya(Morning Wood Records/New School Records)

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After more than ten year hiatus Twenty2 released the new ep via Morning Wood Records (Europe) and New School Records(USA/Canada). I consider myself lucky being able to listen and review this record for our zine.

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Coming from Montreal, Canada, Twenty2 have been active from 1997.until 2007. In 2013.they regrouped and slowly started to work on the new material and here it is. This record contains 6 songs of melodic punkrock/skate punk with great melodies, uplifting guitar hooks and anthemic choruses made for you to pogo, love, dance and sing along. If I must compare the music to some bands, it would be like my favorite No Use For A Name crosses paths with Good Riddance(another of my favorite bands) and here it is! There are some guest performances by Stephen Edgerton(The Descendents) on I´d rather die which is my favorite song on the record, totally reminding me of NUFAN and Tony Sly´s songwriting style. There is also a guest performance by  Al Nolan from The Almighty Trigger Happy. This is not fast, hardcore stuff, this is punkrock with emotions and heart to back it up. Great stuff!

8,5/10

Links:

Follow the band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/twenty2intl

Morning Wood Records: https://www.facebook.com/MorningWoodRec/

New School Records: https://www.facebook.com/newschoolrecords/

 

 

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(record review)ARISING FROM-Contemplating the unknown(Thousand Islands Records)

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Thousand Islands Records never ceases to amaze me with the bands they release and this time I listened and reviewed the new Arising From e.p. so read the review.

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This Montreal punkrockers already released one e.p. and the music these guys play is strongly inspired by the 90-ies melodic punkrock, mostly all the Californian punkrock bands you know so well, but the guys managed to stay fresh and retain a certain dose of originality not to sound like anyone˙s clone. The record contains 5 songs and I personally liked Return to sender the most. It is totally melodic, ultra harmonic in your face punkrock anthem and I enjoyed it a couple of times in a row. There are also some pop punk influences on this album like for example in Your beliefs or One life. The lyrics are personal as I understand and I love them, they pass just perfect with the song structures. This is an awesome e.p. and one more proof of the beauty, versatility and the talent of the Canadian punkrock scene.

8,5/10

Links:

Follow the band on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arisingfrom/

Follow the label on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thousandislandsrecords/

Web: https://thousandislandsrecords.com/