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Reviews, Various

(review) One Armed Joey – Hapiness, To Me (Sell the Heart Records)

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Sonoma County is a place where nineties melodic punk rock existed and thrived with bands such as Tsunami Bomb or Bracket falling to mind immediately. North Bay in California has new and superb melodic punk bands and One Armed Joey is one of those. This trio has been around since 2014 and this is their first full length album after releasing couple of e.p.-s. This one contains ten songs of absolutely beautiful melodic punk rock with some pop punk influences and it is so sweet to listen to. Vocals are such honey and cinnamon sprinkled melodies and backing vocal harmonies deliver such overlayer of beauty to the main melodies. Guitar work is awesome, songwriting is totally great and this album or music does not get boring or repetitive for one second. Lyrics are another story, so carefully and well written and handle with today´s anxieties that any of us have and hold, and teach us to somehow try to turn those anxieties to happiness and cope with that in everyday rush and all day running and trying to catch something. The album as a whole is at the same time melancholic but also full of hope and not giving up. Besides playing pop punk, there are also a bit of reggae influence like in part of one of my personal favorites Mirrors. Also, songs I mention as my highlights are Rot and Lost Dog pt 1 and 2. This is a great album.

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books, Reviews, Various

(knjiga) Everett True – Ramones Hey Ho Let´s Go! – priča o Ramonesima

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Možda kasnim, ali bolje ikad no nikad. Nisam do sada pročitao ovu knjigu, a pošto mi je u zadnje vrijeme pala nekako u pandže, uzeo sam si vremena da to ispravim. No, nekako mi se nije dopalo sve skupa, ostavilo mi je slatko kiseli okus u ustima. Ramonesi su bend koje svi vole, od zadrtijih punksa koji ne fermaju nijedan drugi stil ekstremne muzike i undergrounda osim punka, preko metalaca, pa i takozvane normalne ekipe koja se ne smatra dijelom nikakve subkulture. U međuvremenu se majice Ramonesa mogu naći i u komercijalnim dućanima s tekstilom u šoping centrima i izgledalo mi je da se sjena ovog legendarnog benda jako prostituirala time. No, nakon što sam pročitao ovu knjigu, ispada da su Ramonesi uvijek bili gladni slave i uspjeha i patili na neki način što nisu nikada postigli razinu prodanih ploča kao mlađi bendovi tipa Green Day i Offspring koji su navodili Ramonese kao uzore i inspiraciju. Ova knjiga govori cijelu priču o bendu od početaka do kraja, uz sve trzavice, svađe, opsesivno kompulzivne poremećaje i smrti članova, uspjehe i padove. Ono što me smeta kod ove knjige je da previše skače s timelinea na timeline, od povijesti do sadašnjosti i prilično je neuredno i zbrda zdola napisana, iako ima pozamašan broj stranica. Možda je to zato što je loš prijevod što je bio slučaj i s biografijom Davea Grohla koju sam pročitao nedavno, pa zato više volim čitati takve knjige na engleskom jeziku. Nekada mi je toliko konfuzno bilo s nekim bezveznim intervjuima s članovima ekipe benda, da mi je bilo jako dosadno pročitati neke stvari i nekako sam jedva čekao da završim poneka poglavlja. Šteta, moglo je biti puno bolje.

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New bands announced for SBÄM Fest 4!

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The question marks in our line-up have caused a lot of guesswork and the most interesting conjectures in the last months. Now the time has come to reveal at least one secret and in the process announce both bad and good news: Yes, it would have been Bad Religion … the emphasis is unfortunately on “would have been”, because the punk veterans unfortunately have to cancel. But this bad news is immediately followed by good news, because we have found a worthy replacements and also add three more bands on top!

Pennywise
For more than 30 years, the bros from Hermosa Beach have defended their status as the most important hardcore band from the second wave of SoCal punk. Known and loved for their relentless sound and middle-finger anthems that guarantee the loudest singalongs at SBÄM Fest.
 
Bridge City Sinners
Hailing from the mist-shrouded hills of the Pacific Northwest, Bridge City Sinners span the spectrum from Prohibition-era jazz to Appalachian death folk. Don’t miss this explosive mix of genres at SBÄM Fest either!
 
The Von Tramps 
With powerhouse vocals from Jenny Enemy, screaming guitar riffs from Chelsea Oxborough and thunderous bass from Krissandra Anfinson, The Von Tramps‘ second album “GO” is already the must-have of the year. On top, the trio delivers an incredible live show that will also make a sensation at SBÄM Fest.
 
The Partie
As support of Acht Eimer Hühnerherzen in April 2022 Die Partie has already proven that they are a live banger. Smart punk in German between rock and acoustic straight outta Linz, which you should definitely check out at SBÄM Fest.

Organizer Stefan Beham about SBÄM Fest 4:
We had to postpone SBÄM Fest 4 a total of four times due to Covid-19 – that was pretty tough and painful each time. All the more, I’m looking forward to finally being able to put all our plans into action in 2022. And we have quite a lot planned: In addition to the great line-up, for which fans are even traveling from Australia, we have come up with two side actions to offer the audience a bit more. My youth hero Steve Caballero will be part of SBÄM Sports and in the context of the SBÄM Exhibit I will present my works together with other artists, with which everything actually started. After the past years at the Alter Schlachthof in Wels, the step to the Tabakfabrik in Linz is of course big, but our community is also getting bigger and bigger and I have the best team to make it all happen. We can’t wait for July!