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(record review)NO REAL HERO-The Forest(Thousand Islands Records)

Canada is for me still unexplored territory with so many awesome bands coming to my attention every month and this time it was my pleasure to listen and review for our zine the new e.p. by No Real Hero from Montreal, out on Thousand Islands Records. Read on!

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This record contains an intro called Opening and five songs of melodic punkrock. What immediately comes to mind how tight musicianship sounds on this record. The first song Comfort in Sorrow is a nice, personal mid tempo punkrock song with a memorable melody, beautiful chorus and energy. The vocals are very important to me in this genre of music and the vox on this record are just awesome, neither too sweet or snotty which I don´t like, nor too harsh which I also don´t like in this kind of music, meaning these are just right. Broken Waters keeps up in the same pace as the first song, but has some interesting tempo changes and some grooves which make it an interesting song to listen to. This Is Home is musically and lyrically top song on this record for me. Rather dark lyrics which I can relate personally to, and excellent sing along fist pumping chorus make this song a killer! The Forest For The Trees is yet one more killer song on the record, fast paced and it kinda reminded me of Propagandhi, I don´t know why. Red And Black is fast paced and awesome track, a bit dark in lyrics and music, but fantastic to hear. This record is just great, I recommend it.

9,5/10

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(news)Greg Rekus (Canadian punk) announces new tour Canadian / US tour dates!

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With an acoustic guitar in his hands and a giant stomp box under his feet, Winnipeg’s GREG REKUS delivers his own unique brand of punk rock-infused folk music guaranteed to shake rafters, move floorboards, and get even the most stoic of concert-goers out of their seats.

Rekus’s latest full-length album, “Sibling Cities”, once again enlists the genius of John Paul Peters (Royal Canoe, Comeback Kid Propagandhi) as engineer / producer. With more mature and insightful lyrics, tasteful arrangements, and diverse tempos, Sibling Cities is evidence of a musician devoted to refining his craft and can be considered among Rekus’ best work to date.

After a successful European tour, Greg is now ready for a huge tour through Canada and the United States! All dates can be found on the official tour poster.

My past Europe tour was great! I hit a lot of usual places in the UK, France, Italy, Western and Eastern Europe (…), but also did a few new places, like Greece, or places I don’t get to enough like Czech! I also got to tour with some wonderful friends and always reminded how awesome the DIY scene is. The hospitality in Europe was like no other places.

For me, playing live is everything. I mean, I’m very, very proud of my records and every time I hear them, I still can’t quite believe it’s me and stuff. However, playing live is where the extra bit of magic between you and the audience lives. Where it goes from playing songs to becoming an experience for the audience as well as myself. My live show is all about the crowd and they play a huge role which not only makes each show unique for them but myself also.

Playing in other cities, especially places you have never been, is just an extension of this. There have been so many times I’ve played in front of people that not only I don’t know, but I don’t think they really understand English. And somehow virtually, every time, we still connect on some level.

Check out the tour dates here:

Greg Rekus - Fall Tour 2018 Poster

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(record review)COLORSFADE-In Real Time(Thousand Islands Records)

Colorsfade released their new record through Thousand Islands Records and I enjoyed to listen and review the record for our zine, so read on.

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I love Canadian punk hardcore scene so much! So many awesome bands coming out, besides the old legendary bands, so many new and still unexplored music and awesome bands put out their records constantly and I really enjoy to discover new bands.

Colorsfade play melodic and fast, but very tight hardcore punk. This record contains 11 songs of highly contagious melodies, memorable choruses just made for singing along and jumping around at the gigs. The guitar work is awesome and there are so many beautiful hooks in the songs and I love every single minute of this album. There are couple of guest performances on the album like Vince from Our Darkest Days and Doowy from Down Memory Lane. The lyrics are pretty politically engaged and I love that because many bands discard that punk should be political at some times. This band managed to find a perfect mix between politics and personal. There are some songs that I must mention here that somehow stand out for me as the highlights of this album. Those are Take Your Time, Loaded For Peace and Frozen In Time. This is a very strong album and I reccomend thjs one to all of you who love your music fast and melodic.

9,5/10

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Bandcamp: https://thousandislandsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/in-real-time