EUTANASIA – “Sentimiento de Agitación” LP
Here is the first vinyl rendition of a classic Peruvian punk tape recorded in 1990. Somewhere at the intersection of the RAMONES and RIP, EUTANASIA distills punk into its raw rock material essentials: catchy, pogo-friendly, yet serious and angry punk. Their commitment to carrying the torch of local underground rock is demonstrated by the covers of both LOS SAICOS “Demolición” and LEUSEMIA. Informative insert made for English speakers outlines the challenges of playing underground music during turbulent times. While your country is busy waging a bloody war between Maoists and a brutal state, one option is to go on creating something amidst the wreckage. This record is that plebian answer to the senseless violence. Forming in 1986, those members who stuck it out in Lima recorded this record in 1990, and then they too fled the country. Crucial recording for Peruvian punk history and a must have for anyone even remotely interested in Latin American punk. (Lena T)
(Rock SVB)
Reissue of the Week: EUTANASIA Sentimiento de Agitación LP
October 22nd, 2015 by MRR
Categories : Record of the Week, Record Reviews, Reissue of the Week
New Blood! URSULA, ALIEN BOY, and LYSOL
October 22nd, 2015 by New Blood
“New Blood” is our weekly feature spotlighting new bands from around the world! See below for info on how to submit. Now, check out some killer new shit…
Band name:
URSULA
Date & location formed:
last summer??? Boston.
Reason for forming:
Bored + angry + horny + got free instruments from dude on crack (true story).
What are your lyrics about?
Lots about sex and different fears.
How would you describe your sound?
Fucked up punk or noise or something. some people say we sound like nails on a chalkboard. not bad.
What’s in the future for this band?
Touring, putting out a real record, corny ass band tattoos, moving
the fuck away from Boston ASAP.
Links and contact info:
ripursula {at} gmail(.)com
www.ripursula.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/ripursula
Band name:
ALIEN BOY
Date & location formed:
We formed in Portland Oregon. Me (Sonia) and Derek started playing the songs together in the summer of 2014 and Mac and Caleb joined in January 2015 after our first show.
Reason for forming:
I had never done a band with songs I had written before because I was too nervous about it. After secret practicing for months it ended up being something we were more excited about than I expected so we started demoing songs which is how Caleb got involved. It was almost like a challenge for myself, I had this really specific idea of what I wanted this band to be like and I wanted to see if I could pull it off.
What are your lyrics about?
For the most part their about being obsessed with The Smiths, drinking a lot, and being in love with one of
your best friends for years
and never having it work out
the way you pictured it.
How would you describe your sound?
If Alkaline Trio wanted to sound more like The Wipers and had a really shitty Johnny Marr playing second guitar and a queer-wanna-be Morrissey singer.
What’s in the future for this band?
We’re touring the west coast in November with Drunken Palms in support of our first full length “Never Getting Over It” and just started demoing new songs for an EP or a split.
Nov. 5th – Portland, OR @ Reed College
Nov. 8th – Portland, OR @ The Know
Nov. 12th – Boise, ID
Nov. 13th – Salt Lake City, UT @ Diabolical Records
Nov. 15th – Tucson, AZ
Nov. 16th – Phoenix, AZ @ Trunk Space
Nov. 17th – LA, CA
Nov. 18th – LA, CA
Nov. 19th – Santa Barbara, CA
Nov. 20th – Santa Cruz, CA
Nov. 21st – San Francisco, CA @ House Show
Nov. 22nd – Bay, CA
Nov. 23rd – Arcata, CA @ The Bat Cave
Links and contact info:
alienboypdx {at} gmail(.)com
soniaweber900 {at} gmail(.)com
http://alienboypdx.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/alienboypdx
Band name:
(until we get sued)
Date & location formed:
June 2015 Seattle, WA
Reason for forming:
3/4 of us were in another band together which imploded on itself so we started a new band.
What are your lyrics about?
Social anxiety, stress, sex, standing on the corner, walking down the street… general rock n roll topics.
How would you describe your sound?
We can’t agree on what to say here except the Stooges is a band we all like.
What’s in the future for this band?
Just had an eight song cassette come out on Perennial that will soon be released as an LP on Deranged called “On The Corner”. Perennial is also doing a single called “Night Fever”. We are about to do a tour with Beta Boys from KCMO and will be doing many more after. Stay tuned.
Links and contact info:
http://lysolpunx.bandcamp.com
http://www.perennialdeath.com
stainedwithbleach {at} gmail(.)com
psychedtodie {at} gmail(.)com
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2) Date & location formed:
3) Reason for forming:
4) What are your lyrics about?
5) How would you describe your sound?
6) What’s in the future for this band?
7) Links and contact info:
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Categories : New Blood
Record of the Week: Stress SS Fest EP
October 21st, 2015 by Dan
STRESS SS – “Fest” EP
Oh my god, this record is a musical painkiller. All you really need to know is that Poffen from TOTALITÄR handles vocals, and that the power and riff-writing is not to far off from his best-known band at their most pounding and straightforward, albeit played even faster and tighter here. This does sound like a product of 2015, in that this would not be mistaken for lost tracks on production grounds, but this is in no way a negative, and not a second of this 7” is anything less than a certified banger. In a world of (ex) straightedge fancy lads, art school pretenders, Dreading While White metrocrusties, and fest-hopping socialites failing at feeble stabs at this style, accept no substitutes. This record has killed Spikey Jacket, along with Dangly Earring. Please play California, if not the entire world. And fuck you Adult Crash for not sending a reviewer copy. (Dan Goetz)
(Adult Crash)
Categories : Record of the Week, Record Reviews
Reissue of the Week: Bikini KIll Revolution Girl Style Now LP
October 15th, 2015 by Layla
BIKINI KILL – “Revolution Girl Style Now” LP
BIKINI KILL was my gateway band into DIY punk. I got into them when the first 12” came out, and then the year after they toured the UK with HUGGY BEAR, which was a life-changing experience for fourteen-year-old me. The fact that I have never heard these recordings at all is sort of funny to me now—I was such a maniac fan as a teen and I don’t get why I didn’t try and track this tape down! It’s so fucking incredible! This beautifully done reissue has the songs from their infamous demo and you can clearly see why this recording enabled BIKINI KILL to tour extensively without a record, exactly how they got so much notice/press in the pre-internet age. It’s simply incendiary. Like the Situationist and S.C.U.M. manifestos cut up with added teen girl diary fire. The music sounds eternal yet fresh, referencing early CA punk sounds—the AVENGERS, SIN 34, BLACK FLAG with added X-RAY SPEX. There are a million bands that pay homage to such possibilities and don’t get close to what this band achieve. I mean, it seems almost pointless to write about BIKINI KILL sounds. They are pretty much the MINOR THREAT of the ’90s, a band that transcended genre and had a global reach because of the true and total power and strength of their sound and message. They were a band that made girls and queers want to create their own version of the punk rock ideal, reaching lonely kids in isolated communities that maybe didn’t know about DIY punk. They were charismatic and cool, and listening to this it’s obvious why they were the catalyst for a new feminist punk reality. Kathleen’s voice sounds absolutely incredible, a totally incandescent force of power and fire. This may be the best recording of it I have heard, one that fully demonstrates how this band burned through the world and took over hearts and minds…It just sounds so good! There are two songs that made it onto vinyl back then as compilation tracks (on Give Me Back and one of the Yo Yo comps—and maybe a KRS comp too?!), plus demo versions of some classic songs from the split LP and the first 12” and three insane unreleased songs, which either didn’t fit on the demo tape, or were rejected for sounding unlike the other songs, depending on what you read. It’s really cool listening to these songs in light of what BIKINI KILL became. They very much situate the band’s sound in the context of the Pacific Northwest, providing an idea of them potentially being an almost FLIPPER-esque grunge group! The group love for BABES IN TOYLAND guitar tricks is real…At any rate it’s clear this LP is a must have for all punks, so grab one and then start your own feminist punk action force. This record is an instruction sheet not a rulebook! Make your own. (Layla Gibbon)
(Bikini Kill)
Categories : Record of the Week, Record Reviews, Reissue of the Week
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