‘Mutiny At Muscle Beach’ is the Night Birds’ 3rd full-length and the first one released on Fat Wreck Chords. In my opinion, this is their most aggressive and energetic record so far. Their music is heavily influenced by surf punk and classic 80s punk bands like Adolescents, Circle Jerks, Naked Raygun or The Damned. With […]
Vinyl colors Sleeve variations The Great Thieves Escape EP is a 4-way split 7’’ EP. Personally, I’m not too fond of 4-way splits because you only find one new song of a band you might like on it. The big advantage is that you get to know other bands. This EP starts off with […]
Great Collapse is a punk band with vocals by Thomas Barnett from Strike Anywhere, backed by the likes of guitarist Chris Chasse (Rise Against), Joe Saucedo (Set Your Goals) on bass and drummer Kyle Profeta (Comeback Kid). Another “supergroup”? No, not again! Too many so called bands have shot up like mushrooms recently, just to live out […]
What a band! After having released some 7’’s, but only four full albums, there is already a Flatliners collection of B-Sides, compilation tracks or yet unreleased tracks from various recording sessions. Unusually, this collection of random songs is better than a lot of regular albums by other bands. Some of the outtakes are even better […]
Lagwagon‘s ‘Hang‘ is barely a year old and here is already new music from the crooner himself, Joey Cape. His new solo album is titled ‘Stitch Puppy‘, named after a toy doll his daughter gave to him. It comes on standard black or opaque red vinyl. Although Lagwagon is my favorite band and I’m a […]
This is the third 7’’ for Gameface following their latest album ‘Now Is What Matters Now‘. This split 7’’ with Old Flings from North Carolina (USA) contains two tracks of each band. While Old Flings contributed two acoustic versions of already released songs (one in 2013 and the other from their first full-length), Gameface chose […]
Boysetsfire’s new album is called ‘Boysetsfire‘. That might not appear very creative, but this simple title says it all. The album wants to portray the band’s repertoire and history. For me, it’s a great mixture of songs Boysetsfire have always been playing – hardcore/scream songs like ‘Dig Your Grave‘ or ‘Bled Dry‘ as well as […]
The PEARS seem to be the band on the winning streak at the moment. After Fat Wreck Chords had signed the band, the label did not only re-release the debut album worldwide, but it also released a new 7’’ with a follow-up album early next year. The 7’’ is on pink vinyl with black streaks. […]
The Bones are back! That’s the good message. But there’s also a bad side to it. Unlike a lot of other comeback albums of various bands recently, the Bones were not able to return to the quality and standard of former records. There isn’t a lot of diversity among the songs on the album and […]
Here it is, Refused’s first release since one of the most influential (hardcore) albums of all time, the monumental 1998 album ‘The Shape Of Punk To Come‘. But what can you expect from a band that released their last album 17 years ago? A great record, perhaps? Yes, but 17 years? So is it nothing […]
After the release of their debut 7’’ on Fat Wreck Chords, Bad Cop/Bad Cop’s first full length ‘Not Sorry‘ was one of the most anticipated releases this year. The reactions to BC/BC’s first album were ambivalent. While some were quite disappointed, others thought it’s a good effort. With their self-released debut 7’’ in 2013, they […]
‘Hold Your Applause’ is Bracket’s first release in 9 years. Musically, it’s not a big surprise and exactly what you expect when you buy a Bracket album – melodic pop punk with great vocal harmonies. Bracket digitally released their ‘lost’ third album ‘Like You Know’ as well as a collection of B-Sides, compilation tracks and […]
Since the release of their heartbreaking album Every Last Time I’ve been a big fan of Gameface. Last year they released their comeback album Now Is What Matters Now after an 11-year-long hiatus (if you can speak of a hiatus at all). They also released two songs of that album on 7’’. The first one […]
After Lagwagon and Strung Out, the Fat Wreck Chords veterans of Good Riddance have also released their comeback album Peace In Our Time. This is the first proper studio album after 9 years. And Good Riddance are as powerful as they have always been. Musically this might even be the best GR album so far (together […]
I’ve never been into Millencolin that much. I loved their debut EP Use Your Nose and their first album Tiny Tunes, also listened to the follow-up Life On A Plate quite a lot, but then my interest got lower and lower until I completely lost track of the band. As I placed an order at […]
With a long delay of nearly a month, Fat Wreck Chords shipped out the new Strung Out album Transmission.Alpha.Delta on vinyl. It’s the band’s first studio album after the release of Agents Of The Underground (2009). For me, the quality of Strung Out records was kind of down-spiraling with their latest releases. But they totally nailed it […]
Every three years or so, the Real McKenzies take a break from their massive touring and go to the studio to record a new album. The outcome this time is Rats In The Burlap. The album is in the tradition of other McKenzies albums. You will hear a lot of bagpipes, traditional songs and fast […]
“This ain’t no ‘punk goes acoustic’ bullshit.” That’s what you can read on the sticker on the front cover. What can you expect from a record that is labelled and characterized like that? Darius Koski also writes most of the songs for “his” band Swingin’ Utters and they usually turn out really good. So, first […]
So, here it is, the latest release of Teenage Bottlerocket. What you will hear, won’t surprise you at all. Tales From Wyoming is the kind of music TBR have always played – fast and mid-tempo pop punk songs. The album begins with four really strong songs with the band at their best, but it gets weaker […]
Not only did Fat Wreck Chords give us a new Western Addiction 7’’ to make the wait for a new full length bearable, but also a repress of WA’s classic record Cognicide from 2005. The vinyl looks absolutely amazing. It comes on some clear yellow vinyl with blue smoke and is part of Fat Wreck […]
