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Black and blue: Madam Mayor and BY MY SIDE review
February 13, 2022
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…
Caught up: The Stupid Reasons and Crash Cadet review
January 30, 2022
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…
Mind’s eye: Sophrosyne and SALÒ
January 30, 2022
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…
Punk du jour: Missing Fingers and SPRINTS review
January 17, 2022
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…
New set of eyes: Ditz and The Planes review
January 14, 2022
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…
Distorted view: Chiliocosm and Bad Sauna review
January 10, 2022
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…
Distort yourself: Ms. america and Concrete City review
December 24, 2021
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…
No soul, no punk: Yolk and Pep Talk review
December 24, 2021
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…
Prove it: Jukka Westhues and Dribbler review
December 10, 2021
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…