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(record review)CRNI DANI U VATIKANU-“S/T e.p.”

With a name like this, in Croatian language meaning Black Days in Vatican, this Croatian band hailing from Virovitica could be easily mistaken for some wicked black metal or death metal band.

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Well, wicked they are, but the music this band plays is total avantgarde and experimental kind of punkrock mixed with pop and some subtle indierock and death metal elements. If I should compare their music with someone, Dekubitus and Schmrtz Teatar come to mind, only this guys handle their instruments and have song structures way better than aforementioned bands.

The ep contains 8 songs with lyrics in Croatian language. The vocals are done in a weird way with singer singing the lines in some bizarre upper regions, shouting but also kinda chanting. Throw in some disturbing keyboard backgrounds and you get an original and memorable piece of music. I would really like to hear and see this live, because I am sure that would be an awesome experience.

6/10

https://crnidaniuvatikanu.bandcamp.com/album/crni-dani-u-vatikanu-ep-2017

https://www.facebook.com/Crni-dani-u-Vatikanu-947726545305078/

 

 

(gig report)Održan još jedan In Memoriam u Prostoru Čakovec

Kao i svake godine, jučer je u Prostoru Čakovec održan sad već tradicionalan In Memoriam koncert posvećen svim prerano preminulim ljudima sa čakovečke scene.

Dvorište pred Prostorom je bilo solidno popunjeno prije koncerta, gdje su ljudi kratili vrijeme svom pratećom punk ikonografijom koja ide uz ovakve koncerte. Kada sam ušao Prostor se već solidno popunio i na binu je stao prvi bend večeri, zagrebačke PIČKE VRIŠTE.

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O ovom bendu sam u zineu pisao već nekoliko puta, tako da neću suviše trošiti riječi, pošto mi je to jedan od najdražih bendova domaće scene, uz to i prijatelji, pa je jako teško napisati nešto objektivno. Gledao sam ih uživo već nekoliko puta i čini mi se da mi je ovo bio jedan od boljih njihovih setova koje sam vidio do sada. Set lista je bila lukavo sastavljena od dobro iskombiniranih pjesama sa novog nadolazećeg albuma i starih provjerenih hitova sa prvijenca “Nedovršena priča”. za sada jedinog njihovog albuma. Za kraj, kao i uvijek provjereni hitovi “Oprosti” i “Sjeti se”.

Drugi bend, slovenski MUŠKAT HAMBURG sam nažalost propustio. Kao što je slučaj sa ovakvim koncertima, dođe dosta ljudi koje ne vidiš inače i ne pohode gigove često, pa se zapričaš, podružiš, a vrijeme prođe tako da niti ne skužiš da je već prošao cijeli set benda. Proveo sam vrijeme ispred u dvorištu Prostora družeći se s nekim ljudima. Biti će drugom prilike za čuti ovaj bend.

DEBELI PRECJEDNIK iz Osijeka nastupio je kao headliner koncerta, a pošto se radi o bendu kojeg pratim uživo već 22 godine, a samo u zadnjih dvije tri godine sam pohodio njihove koncerte barem pet puta, teško je napisati nešto objektivno o jednom od meni najdražih bendova.

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Set su otvorili sa “Marionette”, a nastavilo se uz “Guilty Conscience”, “Another Day Conquered”, “Still Breathing”, “Surrender Now”, a jako me iznenadilo što su svirali pjesmu koju od njih jako dugo nisam čuo live, a to je obrada Misfits “Ive Turned Into A Pastir”. Publika je bila razularena, pogo, stage dive, slam i cijelo vrijeme pjevanje s Kocom na mikrofon. Bend je bio vidljivo sretan ovakvom interakcijom na razini Debeljaci-publika. Naravno svi su čekali onaj dio seta koji čine stvari na hrvatskom jeziku, u sklopu kojeg su odsvirali novu stvar “Nema me..u apotekama” koja je meni fenomenalna. “Zaredali su “Subotom Kićo, nedjeljom Slabinac”, “Zaboravi” kojeg je Koca posvetio Luki Modriću hehe i naravno za kraj “Puška ne ubija ljude”, “Moja su koljena…”, a naravno gig Debeljaka ne bi bio to bez “Farmersko srce” za trijumfalni kraj koncerta.

Tako je završio još jedan In Memoriam, bilo je kao i uvijek odlično. Naši dragi preminuli prijatelji su dobili opet dostojno sjećanje na njih. Vidimo se dogodine.

(record review)The triumphant return of Propagandhi-Victory Lap(Epitaph Records)

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In the second half of 1990-ies, we first heard Propagandhi through their albums How To Clean Everything and Less Talk More Rock.  Then they went more metallic and lost that skate punk feeling of their first two albums and the lyrics remained ultra political speaking against fascims, multinational corporations, slavery, homophobia…

Fast forward to 2017.and couple of studio albums later. This Summer I went to Slovenia to Punk Rock Holiday which is the best festival in the world that I have ever been in my life and I have been to many, believe me(you can read Punk Rock Holiday festival report here). There I saw Propagandhi live headlining the last day of the festival and they melted my face off and their gig was awesome. They played one song off their new album coming soon and I waited eagerly for the album.

Finally, here it is. The album contains 12 songs of political melodic hardcore punk. They somehow managed to hold on to metallic touch that they had on previous albums but they also have a lot of melodies and that primal hardcore punk energy off the first two records, making it the best Propagandhi record in last ten years. The lyrics are smart, but also in your face tactics recognizable as a punk shock tactic. For me, the best song on this album are the title track and of course Failed Imagineer for which they released a video and last but not least In Flagrante Delicto.

This album has no weak side and no fillers and I listen it on repeat since I got it, so this sure is album of the month September in this zine.

10/10

Listen to the full album: http://bit.ly/2xyjepf “Failed Imagineer” by Propagandhi from the album ‘Victory Lap,’ available now Order at https://propagandhi.com/

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