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Swedish punk band Acid Blood has a brand-new video out!

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Acid Blood. Photo by RG.

Acid Blood is: Jojo Anderbygd – vocals, Karl Backman – guitar, Emil Fjällström – bass, and Isak Mörtzell – drums.

Swedish punk band Acid Blood has a brand-new video out for the song “Tombstone World”. The track was taken from the debut album “Acid Blood” and it is the 8th video released from the album. Like all the previous videos, it was directed by Nicklas Viberg. The Swedish government is lifting its audience restrictions on September 29th and the band is gearing up for their first proper post-covid gig at the Last Mosh For Charlie punk festival in their hometown Umeå on October 2nd.

Acid Blood on Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/acidbloodumea
Acid Blood on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/acidbloodumea
Acid Blood on YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/acidblood

Ltd ed “Acid Blood” LP in Europehttp://www.janml-records.de
Ltd ed “Acid Blood” CD in the USAhttp://www.dead-beat-records.com

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Crazy Arm belated album launch tour in October!

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Devon punk-roots trail-blazers, Crazy Arm, head out this autumn on a belated UK mini-tour in support of their new album ‘Dark Hands, Thunderbolts’. The album, their fourth on Xtra Mile Recordings, was released this January to rave reviews from critics and fans alike. This short UK tour includes two dates with their good friends, The Skints, while the London date is part of Till The Fest: a three-day independent punk festival featuring many luminaries of the UK underground. Crazy Arm headline the other four shows.

TOUR DATES 25th Sept – Junction, Plymouth (w/Okay, Bye + Bus Station Loonies + Heavy Heavy Hands) 5th Oct – Exchange Basement, Bristol (w/Erica Freas + Okay, Bye)6th Oct – Waterfront, Norwich (w/The Skints)7th Oct – MK11, Milton Keynes (w/The Skints)8th Oct – The Exchange, Keighley (w/Sounds Of Swami + Homonym)9th Oct – Labour Club, Lincoln (w/The Capital + Other Half)10th Oct – Till The Fest, New Cross Inn, London (w/AIHN + Lightyear + WACO + more)

ALBUM REVIEWS “Staggeringly ambitious” 9/10 Classic Rock Magazine “A clever, expansive version of punk rock” 4/5 RNR Magazine”Tales of alienation wrapped up in a succession of ferocious riffs” Uncut  “A propulsive, explosive return” 8/10 Vive Le Rock “A unique band at their very best” Punktastic “A fabulous collection” 5/5 Morning Star “A stunning album” Razorcake “Totally visceral and vital” 9/10 The Soundboard “Could already be one of the best albums of the year” 9/10 Noizze “A remarkable piece of work” Shout Louder “Some of the most outstanding music from these shores in a long time” 5/5 The Punk Site

‘Dark Hands, Thunderbolts’ is a return to the rowdy guitars, epic choruses and Americana twang of Crazy Arm’s first two albums. This collection of songs finds the band in a reflective but no less indignant mood. It features the heaviest, the lightest and the most expansive songs that the band have recorded, with a strong cinematic influence at play, betraying their fondness for Ennio Morricone, Murder By Death and Constantines. Of course, their stock-in-trade – breathless punk rock riffola, Appalachian harmonies, syncopated rhythms, anthemic singalongs – are still very present and correct.

Watch video for ‘Fear Up’ single: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbk9Gn2UQqc

Watch video for ‘Brave Starts Here’ single: https://youtu.be/MebRqZWs_lo

http://www.crazyarmband.com

http://www.crazyarm.bandcamp.com

http://www.facebook.com/thecrazyarm
http://www.xtramilerecordings.com

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Bankrupt Release International Collab Video to Free Hostage

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Michael Kovrig, one of the Canadians arbitrarily detained in China for almost 1000 days known as the Two Michaels, was living in Budapest, Hungary in the ’90s and he was the singer of a local band, Bankrupt.

The band says:

We released the song The Plane To Toronto in July to raise awareness of his situation. The overwhelmingly positive feedback we received inspired us to take this project a step further. We invited people from around the world to collaborate with us on a music video for this song. We wanted to demonstrate that people around the globe are willing to stand up for Michael and send a clear message to all governments involved. This nightmare has to end. We want Michael to be released now.

We have received over 60 videos from 15 countries on 4 continents. From Times Square to the Red Square, from the beaches of Sydney to the mountains of Colorado, from the Eiffel Tower to CN Tower, people of various ages, nationalities and backgrounds stood in solidarity with Michael. The video also features Michael’s family members and friends.

The video features some well-known figures of the international punk scene such as Stefan from punkrockers-radio.de, Dmitry Spirin from Tarakany, Rob from Punk Outlaw Records, and Shahab from Geykido Comet Records, who released our first demo with Michael on a compilation back in 1999.

And we won’t stop until Michael’s free. We invite everyone to create selfie photos or videos holding our Free Michael Kovrig poster or a handmade one and upload it to Instagram / Facebook / Twitter with the hashtag #freemichaelkovrig
They can also send them to us, and we’ll share the best ones.

We feel like we’re in the 24th hour to turn this around, and we’d like to do everything we can. We believe the more people hear about this story, the bigger the pressure will be on the politicians to make the necessary compromises and bring the Two Michaels home.

All profits from the song will be donated to Hostage International.

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