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(record review)The Mighty Mighty Bosstones-“While We´re At It”(Big Rig)

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The new studio album of Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the legendary ska core band is upon us! I listened and reviewed the record for this webzine!

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The legendary purveyors of ska core, a mixture of ska, punkrock and hardcore are now celebrating their 35 years anniversary.  This brand new album contains 14 songs of melodic skacore at it´s best. The record is diverse in mood and vibe, from the more energetic “Green Bay, Wisconsin” to the more calm punkrock vibe of “The Constant”. One of my personal favorites of this record is “Wonderful Day For The Race” being the true anthem just made for live singing along and dancing to the ska punk beat. Reggae beat of “Unified” is an anthem of unity and the scene that we all love so much. “Closer to Nowhere” is a classic ska song for the 21st century and I would love to hear this song on some open air festival on the warm Summer evening dancing with my beloved to this awesome ska rythm. “Walked Like a Ghost” is for me the most emotional song on the record with the lyrics that totally touched my heart. “In Honor Of” and “After the Music is Over” are the songs that will make your day and put a smile on your tired face. Good album.

7,5/10

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(record review)UK SUBS-“Subversions”(Cleopatra Records)

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Legendary UK punks released their first ever cover album. Led by invincible punk icon vocalist Charlie Harper, along with longtime member Alvin Gibbs on bass, Jamie Oliver on drums and newcomer Steve Straughan on guitar, the guys kick ass and I listened and reviewed the record for this webzine.

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I must say that unlike my sister I never grew up on UK 77 style punkrock. Since I was a kid I was more into faster, hardcore stuff, so UK Subs always went under my radar. This album has 12 songs, all covers, from some of the more unusual like Ray Charles Via Humble Pie to Motorhead, David Bowie and Queens of the Stone Age, of course done in noisy and energetic punkrock style with Charlie˙s trademark vocals topping everything. Somehow, MC5 and The Stooges covers went the best for me and those are in my opinion the best songs on this album. I am not a fan of cover albums per se, but this one is an okay punkrock album and tribute to some of the artists that influenced this long time running punk icons!

7/10

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(record review)Sorry for Escalating-“Losing sleep”(Horn and Hoof Records)

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I love European underground punk hardcore scene and I love discovering new bands that are great and I often wonder where I was that I didn´t hear some bands. Fortunately, there are many labels that do fine job putting out great underground music, so there is no fear, the scene continues to thrive and grow bigger like a giant living thing.

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Sorry For Escalating were formed in 2014.and are coming from Karlsruhe area, Germany. This is their second e.p. out on Horn and Hoof Records, so I was happy to listen to the record and review it for this webzine. The guys were formed as a band to celebrate their love of freedom and feeling. This record contains 4 songs of melodic, mid tempo emotional punkrock. This music is not for the fans of some faster aggressive stuff, because this record is a celebration of humanity, life, emotions and inner self. Personally, “Think twice” is somehow my favorite song on this record. This is not the music made for moshing to or stage diving, this is punkrock made for daydreaming, emotional catharsis and meeting with yourself and the strange ways your mind is traveling to and from. Good record!

7/10

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Bandcamp: https://hornhoofrecords.bandcamp.com/album/losing-sleep

Web: http://hornandhoof.co.uk/