8.3
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Black and blue: Madam Mayor and BY MY SIDE review

BY MY SIDE – Face The Sun Genre: Punk Similar artists: Turnstile, Hot Water Music, Hatebreed Having so much angry music at our disposal is both a blessing and a curse. For many of us, such sounds are needed to simply get through the day. It’s a…
7.5
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Caught up: The Stupid Reasons and Crash Cadet review

Crash Cadet – Better Me Genre: Grunge, Math Rock, Alternative Rock Similar artists: Idles, Swans There’s a season for love and a season for hate. And, early January happens to be the season of empty promises. Stick your head out the window and…
7.5
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Mind’s eye: Sophrosyne and SALÒ

SALÒ – Glock 17 Genre: Post-Punk, Pop Punk, New wave The music grouped under the “post-punk” umbrella is all about discomfort. It’s not the kind with which noise artists operate. It’s the anxiety of regular life, of bad conversations, bad…
8.5
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Punk du jour: Missing Fingers and SPRINTS review

Missing Fingers – Rat King Genre: Punk, Post-Punk, Grunge Similar artists: Fear, Agent Orange, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag Missing Fingers shine a dim light on the squalor and decay on the single Rat King. Some people are able to make good use of the anger…
8.0
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New set of eyes: Ditz and The Planes review

The Planes – Unglued Genre: Shoegaze, Indie Rock, Dream Pop Similar artists: My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver The Planes search for the language of love in the highest places on the song Unglued. It gets easier to ignore rock n’ roll these…
7.5
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Distorted view: Chiliocosm and Bad Sauna review

Bad Sauna – Kun nään koiran (mun sydän sulaa) Genre: Punk, Alternative Rock Similar artists: Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Fontaines DC, IDLES Bad Sauna make a blissful distortion drenched racket on the single Kun nään koiran. People who oppose their true…
7.0
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Distort yourself: Ms. america and Concrete City review

Concrete City – Night Tremors Genre: Post-Punk Similar artists: Hot Snakes, Wolf Parade Guitar riffs are a special thing. Most of them, unless you’re busying yourself learning Joe Satriani and Steve Vai’s oeuvre, are easy to learn. Try not to get…
7.8
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No soul, no punk: Yolk and Pep Talk review

Pep Talk – Next To Me Genre: Punk, Pop Punk, Pop Rock Pep Talk bring casualness and fun to their pop-punk mix on the single Next to me. Being on a stage, in front of people is unnatural. And, that’s one of the reasons why we love it so much. We all…
7.5
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Prove it: Jukka Westhues and Dribbler review

Dribbler – Biglife! Genre: Punk, Grunge, Garage Rock Dribbler create loud, fast, pummeling garage-rock on their single Biglife! Somebody must be still buying those Nirvana records and merch, otherwise, the kid that appeared naked on the cover of Nevermind…