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(record review)TEN MINUTES LATER-“S/T”

You gotta love the French hardcore scene giving us so many excellent bands and TEN MINUTES LATER from Saint Étienne is definitely one of them. This is their album, and if you love melodic and fast, energetic hardcore, you should definitely check out this one! I listened the album and reviewed it for this webzine!

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The record contains 10 songs of awesome hardcore and these guys have been around delivering the fast hardcore since 2016. The songs are awesome and fast. The lyrics are a fine mix of politically engaged and personal and these guys have their hearts and beliefs in the right places. I love “Her Smile” with nice emotional lyrics and melody. There are also some ultra fast almost chaotic songs like “Too expensive” about the price of work. The whole record is an awesome mix of European fast political hardcore punk with American hardcore from the 80-ies. The short and sweet “Pepsi Generation” brought the point in less than a minute. This whole album is an energy hardcore bomb just waiting to strike, so check it out!

8/10

Bandcamp: https://10minuteslater.bandcamp.com/releases

 

(record review)VARIOUS-“The quarter hour of power compilation”

This is an excellent 7 inch record compilation featuring 14 bands from St Louis area all delivering songs one minute long or less. I listened to it and reviewed it for this webzine.

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The record contains some new, some older bands all delivering previously unreleased tracks. As it usually is, some bands are better, some are not so good, depends on the personal musical taste. I personally liked the more melodic bands on this record like Horror Section, Sink the Bismark and Braddock. There is something really for everyone, from the more brutal hardcore punk of Hell Night, the new band featuring Brian Fair of Shadows Fall on the vocals or the debut of hardcore Chalked Up. I really love how this record sounds and gives us insight to the great and less known hardcore punk scene, not usually mentioned in many zines, blogs and stuff… Get this record if you can!

9/10

Links:

Label: www.encapsulatedrecords.com
1. Antithought – https://www.facebook.com/AntiThoughtSTL/

2. Better Days – https://www.facebook.com/betterdays314/

3. Braddock – https://www.facebook.com/braddockstl/

4. Breakmouth Annie – https://www.facebook.com/breakmouthannie/

5. Bruiser Queen – https://www.facebook.com/bruiserqueen/

6. Chalked Up – https://www.facebook.com/chalkedupstl/

7. Fister – https://www.facebook.com/fisterdoom/

8. The Haddonfields – https://www.facebook.com/thehaddonfields/

9. Hellnight – https://www.facebook.com/hellnightus/

10. Horror Section – https://www.facebook.com/horrorsectionband/

11. Not Waiving But Drowning – https://www.facebook.com/NWBDSTL/

12. Sink The Bismark – https://www.facebook.com/sinkthebismarkstl/

13. Sweat Shoppe – https://www.facebook.com/sweatshoppemusic/

14. Suicide Dive – https://www.facebook.com/suicidedive/

 

(new video)WATCH SHARP/SHOCK’S RAUCOUS MUSIC VIDEO FOR “DANCING ALL NIGHT”

Sharp/Shock may be hot off the heels of a support slot for Against Me! and the release of their stellar sophomore album Youth Club, but that doesn’t mean they’re slowing down any time soon. Inspired by their time on the road, the punk power trio, comprised of Davey Warsop (Beat Union, Suedehead), Dan Smith (The Dear & Departed; world-renowned tattoo artist) and Jared Shavelson (The Hope Conspiracy, Paint It Black), have released a found footage video for “Dancing All Night.” Watch the video for the punchy punk track via New Noise today.
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Sharp/Shock is a band that was brought together by serendipity and stayed together thanks to a reverence for British and American subculture. Singer/guitarist Davey Warsop and bassist/vocalist Dan Smith are both UK exports, but they didn’t cross paths until they were both transplanted to California. Jared Shavelson, a jazz-trained drummer hailing from New Jersey, would end up completing the trio perfectly. Despite their dissimilar geographical beginnings, they quickly realized they were all very much from the same place.
The band’s second LP, Youth Club finds Sharp/Shock’s three players settled in an undeniable equilibrium both personally and sonically. From the fiercely cogent lyrics of “I Don’t Want A Nuclear Family,” to the brazen honesty of “Bad Lad,” the tracks featured on Youth Club combine classic American punk pillars with a nostalgia-driven approach and British lip. With vocalist/guitarist Davey Warsop doubling down as the album’s producer (he has previously served behind the board for Green Day, Foo Fighters, Bad Religion, and more), Sharp/Shock’s sound is more fully realized than ever before.
Youth Club is available now via Matt Skiba’s Heart & Skull Records—order a copy here. Catch the band at Making Punk Great Again in Pomona, CA, on July 9.
YOUTH CLUB TRACK LISTING:
1. Real Life
2. Superficial
5. Thingy pt. 1
7. Dead End Town
8. The Reds
9. I Just Can’t Get My Head Around It
10. Thingy pt. 2
11. Steps
12. Walking A Thin Line
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