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(review) Joey Cape-Let Me Know When You Give Up(Fat Wreck Chords)

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Joey Cape known for singing in legends Lagwagon, but also for his solo work just released his new solo album with Fat Wreck Chords and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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Joey did fantastic songs solo acoustic and also acoustic renditions of Lagwagon songs and I love every one of his records. When Tony Sly passed away there was a big void in songwriting and creating fantastic punkrock songs. Now, that void is filled. Joey presents eleven new songs with heart, soul, melody, heartache. Fantastic title song is an ode not to give up when everything seems black and hopeless and piano parts besides guitar, drums, melody and Joey˙s voice make a totally full circle. Someone once said that solo Cape stuff are in fact dropouts from Lagwagon albums and this is not true, on the contrary material of this album is something far better written than most of Lagwagon˙s last albums, although not to get me wrong, I love Lagwagon very much. One of the highlights on this album is also I Know How To Run with so beautiful chorus and darkened vibe to the song. Not every song is acoustic, there are also full blooded punkrock songs like great Before My Heart Attack. One that deserves mentioning too is Possession with beautiful interplay between Joey´s and guest girl´s voices. Andalusia is in my opinion the best of the more guitar oriented songs on this album with mighty melody on chorus. Fall Down has that down and hopeless melody with guitar interwined with synth and topped with great vocal melodies. I would love to see Joey perform this stuff live, I am sure it is a unique experience. Superb record.

9/10

 

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(photo gig report) CJ RAMONE+DEECRACKS-GALA HALA, LJUBLJANA, SLOVENIA

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CJ Ramone, former bass player for the legendary Ramones, built up a cool solo music discography delivering melodic and catchy punkrock. He recently announced that this Europan tour is going to be his last, so it was about time that our sister Irina went to Gala Hala, Ljubljana, Slovenia, to catch up his gig. DeeCracks punkrock band from Austria were playing as a support. Here is the photo report!

 

 

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(review) Tommy And June-Tommy And June(Fat Wreck Chords)

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Tommy and June are two guys, two musicians, which just released their record with Fat Wreck Chords and I listened and reviewed it for our zine.

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The record was produced and released by Fat Mike of Nofx, the owner of Fat, who met the guys while touring with his band and thought that they deserve to be heard and he was right. Tommy is an Israeli musician and June is Colombian Iranian and this music, this record is a proof that music really has no boundaries and no borders. The music of Tommy And June is acoustic, melancholic melodic punkrock with a lot of sadness, lot of personal demons and lyrics that I can sing along, cry along, smile and day dream along. Tommy sings the main vocals and he has an awesome singing melodic voice. June sings harmonies and their voices interplay fantastic. What I love about this record is that the songs are not boring, they are uptempo, lovely and take the listener to some other place on a listening journey. My favorites on this record are Lonely Train, Ghost of Paris, Better Life Story. Those are just some, but all of the songs are just super. Give this one a spin or two and you will se why I love it so much!

9/10