The May issue of Maximum Rocknroll, #408 is here! Things kick off with the future of Berlin post-Deustchpunk — MÜLLTÜTE, and then we hang with Gainesville shoegazers UV-TV, we discuss Scandinavian hardcore with Minneapolis’ ATAXXIA, uncover the history of Wales’ hidden gemREPTILE RANCH, and hear about Truewave with SF’s own STREET EATERS. We also learn about bobos and squats with France’s ZONE INFINIE, and round things out with Boston peace punks PANDEMIX, Costa Rican grindcore band EXACERBACIÓN, and the debut of a harm reduction column. All this plus tons of fresh zine, record, and film reviews. Get yours now!
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Still available: MRR #407 • April 2017 issue…
Brazil’s FUTURO, L.A.’s GENERACION SUICIDA, OHYDA from Poland, ULTRA from Barcelona, London/New Zealand’s CAVEMEN, CROOKED BANGS from Austin, K9-67, Finland’s KOVAA RASVAA, Iceland’s ROHT, and Cleveland scene report.
War is Over if You Want It
CRASS – Anthem for Doomed Youth
CRASS – How Does It Feel (To Be the Mother of a 1000 Dead?)
Outro:
R.U.G. – Crazy Bomber
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“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: SUB SPACE
We are:
Vocals- Sam Light
Guitar- Joe Z.
Bass- Martin
Drums- Tony Kaplan
Date & location formed:
March 2016 Brooklyn, NY.
Reason for forming:
I really wanted to start a hardcore project. I had a lot of aggression that was consuming me in an unhealthy way, and music has always been an outlet for me, so I thought why not start making some. Around that time there were so many amazing femme-fronted hardcore bands coming out and KILLING IT! It really inspired me to finally start a project and put myself out there.Me and Joe started the project and then asked Tony and Martin if they wanted to be part of it. We have all known each other for the better part of a decade so everything just kinda fell into place as we began to write. We all put an equal amount of effort and creative energy into the songs, so everything we have written so far has been a real collaborative effort.
What are your lyrics about?
The lyrics all have interconnecting themes about standing your ground and the constant struggle of internal and external destruction. It’s about raw femme and queer power, about claiming our space, about confronting anger and actually using it as a source of strength. I wanted to write fem-dom lyrics to assert my dominance and make it very present.
I also made the decision to write some of the songs in Spanish. I chose to do that because I am a mix Latina New Yorker. This is a part of me and the lyrics I wrote in Spanish are actually the most personal and vulnerable.
How would you describe your sound?
Sub Space is definitely hc with punk sensibilities. We found a sound that really represents every single one of our personal styles and we are super excited to continue to grow into that sound.
What’s in the future for this band?
As for the future, we are getting ready to put out tapes of our demo and wanna keep playing shows!
Date & location formed:
Mexico City, November 2016.
Reason for forming:
We wanted to start a Rock’n’Roll band influenced by Garage Punk with a raw Hardcore backbone. We all listen to a lot of different stuff as well as sharing a lot of common interests in music and general. Fun, friendship, punk, and memes.
What are your lyrics about?
Our lyrics talk about having fun with our friends, the boredom of everyday life and the satisfaction of emotional and musical self destruction. Dating, relationships, and anecdotes, want to see the city blow to bits, letting your feelings take control disregarding the consequences. We invite people to dance and go nuts, to enjoy the music and just dance.
How would you describe your sound?
Strong and fast. a No-holds-barred invitation to wobble your head, stomp around a have a good time.
What’s in the future for this band?
Tour, make more music and more memes.
Date & location formed:
I don’t know about date, but some time around May or June 2016 in my flatmate’s room while hanging out with our now singer (Thauer), who was visiting the glorious.
Reason for forming:
Thauer was never in a band and really wanted to sing somewhere so I figured why not. We hit up our two mates Basti (Bass) and Marcel (Drums) and then I wrote the Demo in two weeks cause I still had some riffs leftover from a former band that never really went anywhere.
What are your lyrics about?
It’s mostly about personal stuff which in Thauer’s case involves a lot of social anxiety and disdain towards his peers which – living in Berlin – consists of Tumblr warriors living behind a computer screen. I think if he would live somewhere else, he would be less aggravated but since he’s a graphic designer Berlin is kind of his natural habitat.
How would you describe your sound?
Primitive, simple but effective. In terms of bands I’ve ripped off probably Urban Blight, Negative Approach, SSD or something like that.
What’s in the future for this band?
We just toured so it might be a while before that happens again but definitely writing and recording new stuff. Gonna play some weekends and fests here and there, maybe throw in the occasional one off show.
Reason for forming:
Sick and tired of being sick and tired.
What are your lyrics about?
World/society, scene politics, grieving the loss of loved ones, destruction.
How would you describe your sound?
Fast hardcore influenced by early Italian and finish Hardcore in the vein of Wretched, Puke, Mellaka etc.
What’s in the future for this band?
We just came back from touring Mexico in February, gonna write new songs, play more shows and hopefully release a 7 inch in the future.
Do you have or know of an awesome new band*? It’s easy to submit to be in MRR’s New Blood feature — just email us the following info, and keep keeping’ it real…
1) Band name:
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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TERVEET KÄDET – Pissa ja paskaa
ARMLESS CHILDREN – Leper of Love
THE EX – The Well-Known Soldier
ESKORBUTO – Cualquier Lugar
ANTI-CIMEX – War Machine
TITMACHINE – I Wanna Be Your Dog
DISGUISE – No Chaos?
DISCLOSE – Once the War Started
ENNIO MORRICONE – Magic and Ecstasy
VAMPIRE – At Midnight I’ll Possess Your Corpse
SIDA – Balas de Justicia
DAF – Essen Dann Schlafen
DOLLY PARTON – Mule Skinner Blues
DEMONIOS SALVAJES – Hombre Animal
JIMMY SMACK – I Hate Life
PISS – Stuck in the Gutter
Maximum Rocknroll Radio is a weekly radio show and podcast featuring DIY punk, garage rock, hardcore, and more from around the world. Our rotating cast of DJs picks the best of the best from MRR magazine’s astounding, ever-growing vinyl archive. You can find MRR Radio archives, specials, and more at radio.maximumrocknroll.com. Thanks for listening!
“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:
MALA MENTE
Date & location formed:
We formed in Denver, CO around December of 2016.
Reason for forming:
We’re all close friends and we do a lot of different types of work together. As a brown femme in punk, I would rarely ever see other femmes in bands, particularly femmes of color, so I felt a certain representation was missing and I wanted to help fill that void.
What are your lyrics about?
We wanted to talk about issues we feel passionately about.. that may make some feel uncomfortable. Our lyrics touch on racism, certain forms of assault, police brutality, colonization, anti-borders, heartbreak, machismo. Issues that many people, who may not have a platform to speak on these things, can relate to.
How would you describe your sound?
I’ve heard “Heavy, cathartic, sludgy hardcore” someone compared us to Dystopia and I want that person to know they’re wrong.
What’s in the future for this band?
We are playing Book Your Own Fest, a DIY fest in Olympia that centers Womxn/Queer/Trans/Femme/PoC voices in Punk and Hardcore on April 29th & 30th. We just released our self-titled EP. We have tapes and shirts on the way! We live in different parts of the country but we work around the distance.
Mala Mente (photos by Ethan Hsieh)
Links and contact info:
malamentehc.bandcamp.com
or through facebook as: mala(space)mente.
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Band name:
LACE
Date & location formed:
January 2016//Houston Texas.
Reason for forming:
Creating something with old friends.
What are your lyrics about?
Destructive human behavior.
How would you describe your sound?
Hardcore/Post Punk.
What’s in the future for this band?
A full length LP on Iron Lung Records. Playing San Antonio’s San La Muerte Festival, and looking for select shows around the country.
What are your lyrics about?
Societal pressures, criticism of human behavior, religion, anxiety, romanticization of depression and suicide, selfishness, self-righteousness
How would you describe your sound?
Post-punk.
What’s in the future for this band?
Planning on recording new songs in the next few months, and keep playing shows.
Date & location formed:
Summer/fall 2015 in Berlin.
Reason for forming:
Three friends who wanted to start a band.
What are your lyrics about?
Social issues, fucked up society and weltuntergang.
How would you describe your sound?
The idea was to play angry and raw post-punk inspired by early 80s west-berlin/german and U.K. punk bands from the cold war era.
What’s in the future for this band?
travelling and playing live as much as possible. new songs, records, … and getting more hooked on synths.
Date & location formed:
2015 Raleigh North Carolina @ roach garden.
Reason for forming:
We had the idea floating around for a couple of months before we started writing for it. Honestly, we were just fucking bored and thought it would be cool to play with our favorite local punk bands.
What are your lyrics about?
Our shitty house that we all live in AKA (roach garden) and local weirdos.
How would you describe your sound?
Weird psych hardcore punk, I guess.
What’s in the future for this band?
Records, more speed and touring.
Date & location formed:
Cardiff, Wales, April 2016.
Reason for forming:
I made the demo on this knackered Tascam years ago, and then forgot about it. I’d been back in Cardiff a year, and Max from Joanna Gruesome liked the tracks so much he decided he’d start a band with guys from Artefact and Caramel to play them live. I kindly got asked to join.
What are your lyrics about?
Fragility. Dull stuff. Konbini Boys is about two young guys who worked at the 7/11 near my place when I lived in Japan. They were total dudes, and often worked the same shift. One of them went missing for a while. I asked why, and his friend whispered the guy was ‘too heartbroken’ to come to work, which I liked. Bad Vibes the song is about this deli in Glasgow I eventually got fired from. Behind the scenes it was fucking disgusting, and I’m pretty sure it had ties to organised crime.
How would you describe your sound?
Regressive, largely unhelpful.
What’s in the future for this band?
Regret. New demo in May!
Do you have or know of an awesome new band*? It’s easy to submit to be in MRR’s New Blood feature — just email us the following info, and keep keeping’ it real…
1) Band name:
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:
Along with the answers please send a band photo at least 600px on the longest side (with photo credits), and a logo if you have one, to:
*By “new band” we mean a band that formed within the past year or year and a half.
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Out now! MRR #408 • May 2017
Berlin's MÜLLTÜTE, Gainesville shoegazers UV-TV, ATAXXIA from Minneapolis, REPTILE RANCH from Wales, SF’s own STREET EATERS, France’s ZONE INFINIE, Boston peace punks PANDEMIX, EXACERBACIÓN from Costa Rica, and the debut of our harm reduction column.
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