[engl] from the swamps of Haifa-Tel Aviv's underground filth, this is the finest punk / hardcore / d-beat of contemporary israeli punk music

[engl] split of 2 rocknroll driven garage / psychadelic rock bands Balagan from Berlin and Suck form Kassel

[engl] “Imposition Man’s newest extended player takes the unique blend of desperation and cynicism littered throughout their sporadically released demos and EPs and transforms it into an official statement. 8 tracks of isolated music for isolated people, this is impeccably executed dystopian post punk. Menacing basslines that bounce and wriggle through the barbed wire, urged mercilessly forward all the while by that relentless Alesis snare as, marched forward like all of us, against our will, into the roaring twenties. Vocals echo detachment while a chorused guitar still somehow emits hope of a silver lining. Tough times are ahead but at least Imposition Man provide the vessel to express whatever the fuck it is we’re all going through. Out now on Zoom." (Onton / Diät, Clock of Time

[engl] Your speakers are fine.. this is the sound of Los Kikes - thrash, filth, hardcore, surf, d-beat, punk tunes straight out of the dungeon. This album, recorded back in 2004 by Charlie Megira became a cult within the Israeli hardcore/punk scene. the vinyl edition. comes with a b/w 20 pages booklet including original drawings and collages from the original CD version (sShaking RecordSs, 2006), A1 double sided poster and a digital download code

[engl] This album contains 8 songs that have been recorded along the years, in rooms with an average size of 15 square meters. It's a compilation of songs that were picked up for their sincerity. kind of if you took out the best pages of a diary and tried to make up a music album with it."" - Odd house"

[engl] Thrashy hardcore punk from Israel influenced by  Negative FX, Infest, Koro, Sons of ishmael, Cryptic slaughter, D.R.I, Scholastic deth, Nuclear assault, Brutal truth, Tear it up, Cut the shit, Out cold

[engl] Angela, Davide and Juan - Nunofyrbeeswax, write and play pop songs in a minimal setup - as raw as their heart beats. Their sound has been described as idiosyncratic blend of garage rock, post-punk, and proto-punk. Their music escapes easy associations , however, they have reminded audiences of bands such as Half Japanese, the Velvet Underground, The Ex, The Fall, B52's and The Cramps. limited to 300 copies

[engl] "Princip’s debut LP translated from Hebrew - “You Are Here”, is what Dean Klein’s (vocalist & guitarist) managed to abrasively sum up as his personal take on modern existence, along with the frustration that creation and creativity may bring with them. Together with Sefi Akrish (bass) and Ben Tversky (drums), that forms a prominent, dancy yet sledgehammer pounding rhythm section - Princip conflates an honest outcome of their natural musicianship bound. Melding together boldly vocals in Hebrew, angular guitars, bits of shrieking saxophone and cathedral-like organs & synths is what Princip’s quirky mix of loosey, chaotic and rebelliously groovy post-punk consists of. 24 minutes within 12 tracks that lingers on with the unique high’s and low’s of the band that might make you realize that - You Are Here.

[engl] Quiet achievers Red Gaze from Austria return with their second 12“ vinyl release. One can clearly tell they have been around for a while and know their trade. Less (post-)punk anthem flavor, more anger, snot and eagerness to experiment, still taking cues from anarcho punk, Institute and maybe adding a bit of Arnold Schönberg? Maybe not, I don't know, but it would be coherent considering the potential origin of their band name. Be that as it may, what one gets here are great marching beats, mean riffs, subtle bass lines, and a singer calmly but still angrily philosophizing about the current state of affairs combined with dissonant sounds that may remind you of that former friend of yours who is now marching in the streets together with fascists or that online meeting you couldn't attend because you wouldn't update to that pro account. (Marian, Constant Cold War)

[engl] Genre defying and explosive, Jerusalem’s Ryskinder melts together Psych Rock, Hip Hop and electronic music. Pulsing with lo-fi Middle Eastern groove And Hebrew lyrics touching both the political and the surreal in a trademark poetic style ""Rak Lhitim"" (meaning ""nothing but hits"" in Hebrew) is his first compilation album.

[engl] A year characterised by a pandemic, lockdowns, political ineptitude and oh, so much staying the fuck at home is enough to make anyone want to blow off a little steam. One overused piece of glib idiocy at the start of the Trump era was ‘at least punk will be good’, as though punk can only be good when it flips the bird to right-wing, authritarian shit-headery rather than amplifying anything else. Sure, there’ve been plenty of great records over the last four years, but sometimes (across the whole of 2020, for instance) the levels of anger, fear and frustration can be overwhelming and you need a little space to goof around. For some of us, though, goofing around is serious business - and here’s a record to illustrate that perfectly. Smirk is the solo project of Public Eye’s Nick Vicario, and while you’ll hear similarities to his main outfit across these 12 excellent tracks (from the off, you can imagine how PE might refine garage-carved nuggets like ‘S Construction’), here there’s less sang-froid and more… well, fun. The reference points you might expect are still there (Killed By Death comps and Wire, especially their 80s period, to name a couple), but with added scuzz and something even approaching joy - the whirling synths of ‘Eyes Conversing’ feel ominous, but they also convey a sense of delirious excitement. And dammit, it’s all fucking cool too. With a name like Smirk, your first instinct might well be to wonder whether Vicario is laughing at us. The first line of the album (a defiant ‘it’s not funny’) should tell you that this isn’t the case, but the album certainly finds him in playful mood. The tasteful acoustic instrumental ‘Lude 2’ descends deliberately into farce as it speeds up and slows down like a turntable alternating speeds, or a record warping in real time. Obviously you’re gonna play this on vinyl, dear reader, purchased directly from Drunken Sailor or Feel It Records, but we all know that those other listeners - not us, the other guys - are gonna chiefly listen on phones or through laptop speakers. It’s a 37-second sketch, but it prompts questions of what it means for technology to fail nowadays - can a record warp when it’s all bound up in digital files? Where does the disconnect lie between the player and the record; when the objects exist only virtually? Am I overthinking this? Oh, almost certainly, but it’s a record that’ll kick that noggin of yours into overdrive. Get involved, get addicted and laugh along.

[engl] “Let’s be brutally honest here: we fell in love with Sonic Avenues when they released ‘Television Youth’ back in 2012. It was a perfect blend of power pop, garage punk and something that felt strangely 80’s, yet refreshingly modern. 2014’s ‘Mistakes’ somehow didn’t live up to its predecessor’s catchiness and quality. It just wasn’t as good. Enter ‘Disconnector’, 12 tracks on which the Montrealites take their love for new wave a step or two further. Absolute highlight is the slower paced ‘Tunnel Vision’, which almost sounds like Devo beating the hell out of Bloc Party with a barb wired baseball bat. Don’t worry: the result is way more beautiful than – spoiler alert - Glenn’s face in the Walking Dead. Anyway, it’s obvious Sonic Avenues matured way past their power pop and garage punk beginnings. It’s still there, but their current ‘direction’ is more defined, surprising, refreshing and recognizable. And one can only wonder where they’ll end up next.” - Punk Rock Theory screen printed, double packaging sleeve. Limited to 150, numbered

[engl] Straight forward hardcore punk with members of Mondo Gecko, Kids Insane and Useless ID

[engl] Debut LP from the Serbian duo from Belgrad, Serbia - that throughout the last few years became already an integral band of the Twintoe family. With pleasure and warmth, we are glad to present the first full length which draws out brilliant wall of sounds, bright voices and wide ambiances with a punchy good ol' punk rock attitude. 3rd Release of VVHILE so far, though the first one to reveal MORE