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Interviews, Reviews, Various

Interview-Farewell In Vegas

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Farewell in Vegas come from Lille, France and they play an interesting version of hardcore, so it was nice to interview them for my zine.

Hello and welcome to my webzine! For start, how would you describe FAREWELL IN VEGAS to the readers of this zine that didnt hear your band yet.

FIV is a band of true friends that make their music. As simple as that!

How did you get in touch with the underground music scene? Why is this diy underground scene and ethics so beautiful?

We like to see our friends and other people we don’t know at shows! Seeing them enjoy that moment with us is one of the best thing to live in life!

Where do you get the lyrical inspiration?

Scars! The ones we got deep inside ourselves.

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What is more important in your music, the lyrics or the riffs, what comes first when you are making a song?

First I need an instrumental, then lyrics come. Its my way to make music. Instrumental is as important as lyrics for me.

You recently released a new ep. Its rather early for the feedback, but what can you say about the ep?

We are very happy that this EP finally came out! We hope people like it!

How big is the scene in your hometown? Are there venues and clubs and fanzines, bands?

Yes! We almost know evryone in the local rock scene! Some are very good friends of us!

How is living in France in general? Do you have daytime jobs?

Ahah! Living in France is cool! But we’d like to go on tour in different countries! And yes we do!

What do you think about the rising right wing tide in the world? Did the recent terrorist attacks only increase the hatred among people?

Sadly we live in a world of hate… But Love will save our souls one day. It has to!

When are you planning to release the new material? Will it be different compared to the stuff you have done until now?

Early 2018! Oh yes! A new vibe is coming for that new stuff!

Thats it for the first time, thank you for your answers. For the end, tell me one thing. What do you guys know about Croatia? Maybe you heard for some Croatian band from our scene?

Sadly we don’t know much about Croatia! But it would be a pleasure to come and party with you guys!

https://www.facebook.com/farewellinvegas/

https://farewellinvegas.bandcamp.com/album/serenades

 

 

Reviews, Various

(record review)ALLOUT HELTER-“The Notion of Control”(Bird Attack Records)

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Allout Helter come from Denver and this is their new album, second full length and first one done for awesome Bird Attack Records.

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The album contains 12 tracks of great melodic hardcore punk done with balls and emotion. The album is produced by Trevor Reilly(A Wilhelm Scream).

What I like about this band is that they are really tight with their instruments and there is a lot of metalic influence and riffs in the song structures. The vocals kinda remind me of A Wilhelm Scream and Authority Zero, meaning the singer shouts but also does great melodic lines and this album is so fast paced that the music is one great melodic energetic bomb!

For me the highlights of the album are “Andromeda IV” having great melodic lines in the chorus that made me wish I wrote them, and also “Anthropocene”but all of the songs are excellent and it is really hard to pick some highlights, but of course, everyone will have their favorites, depending on taste. This is an awesome album!

8,5/10

https://www.facebook.com/allouthelter/

https://www.facebook.com/birdattackrecords/

https://birdattackrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-notion-of-control

 

Reviews

(record review)Radioactive Chicken Heads-“Tales From The Coop”

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Now, this is one of the more original bands in the scene. Coming from California, these are Radioactive Chicken Heads and this is their new album “Tales From The Coop”.

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The album contains 13 hilarious songs of horrorpunk mixed with some rock and surf influences and old school horror movie vibe.

Now, lyrically the album deals with tales from the coop. Done in a parody way, but I am not sure if it was meant to be parody. You cant go wrong with song titles like “Wiccan Chicken” with great female vocal melodies or “Frankenchicken” or an excellent cover of “Somebodys Watching Me” by Rockwell and Michael Jackson. I really enjoyed the song structures varying from almost cabaret singing and melodies to more punkish stuff. I am usually very careful considering the bands that are original an unique but this one is definitely something new, fresh and different. I would like to see and listen to this band live because I am sure that their live show would be awesome. I really enjoyed this record.

7,5/10

https://www.facebook.com/radioactivechickenheads/

https://radioactivechickenheads.bandcamp.com/album/tales-from-the-coop