The Shorts – Ballarat, Victoria, Australia The Shorts and the Tango EP enter 2020 their way and by that, I mean clad in shorts and patterned flat caps surrounded by an amalgamative mix of Skate Punk, Garage Rock and an occasional Ska tidbit. Such a sonic foray into this very year was made possible by
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Zombies No – Paris, France Zombies No are a band from everywhere. Well, Venezuela, France and Italy with a home in the city of Paris. Zombies No entered 2020 with ALL YOU CAN HATE. An EP acting as the latest of the band’s forays into the fast Punk scene with their brand of Skate Punk,
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Our Souls – Leicester, England, United Kingdom Parallel to the rise in fast melodic Skate Punk, “Gruff-Punk” has also risen in prominence. This is where Our Souls and I’ve Made A Terrible Mistake finds itself in the fuzzy-cathartic mood-lighting. The band’s debut can be found – Here – comprehensively (I think) broken down for your reading and listening
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Knife Club – The Knife Cave, England, United Kingdom Now the dust has settled, it is a time as good as any to weigh in on the “what was all that about” event that was the emergence of We Are Knife Club. Now, chances are, you know who this six-piece are so I won’t go
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CF98 – Kraków, Poland We near 50% of 2020 and CF98 and The Dead Inside EP enter. Admittedly, it hasn’t been the best year but something that has indeed been consistent is the transcending steady flow of Punk-Rock music. CF98, it is fair to say, have become one of the rising stars of the European melodic Punk
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afewyearslater/Trophy Jump – Budapest/Zagreb, Hungary/Croatia If there is one thing we can hold on to in these times, its music. This is where afewyearslater/Trophy Jump and their Split EP comes into play. The release is one part Hungary and one part Croatia and was unveiled to the sound waves at the end of March. So
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Ructions – Newcastle, England, United Kingdom Ructions and their debut single ‘Design Accident’ publically and sonically manifest early this very month. Now, you may think that we couldn’t possibly need another fast melodic Punk band but you’d be wrong. The global, as well as the European and UK fast Punk scenes respectively, are propagating the
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Paper Tigers – Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom In January, I speculated where this four-piece would stylistically go next. Now, later in the year, Paper Tigers answer with ‘Flames’. If you mosey on over – Here – you will find an introducing piece on the Belfast band as well as some words on their debut ‘Gucci Smiles’.
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Bobby Funk – Falmouth, England, United Kingdom Where do you even start with Bobby Funk? Well, in 2020 at least, with: Bobby Funk – Longing For The Bonging. Such a collection of words alone incites maximum intrigue by its own merit of literary collation. Bobby Funk are from Falmouth and to be blunt, are soundly
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Maybe Later – South Bay, California, USA “Maybe Later – The Debut EP”. Another fast Punk band from California set to soon release their debut EP. Maybe Later, eh? Wrong! We are doing this now. At this stage in ’90s Skate Punk evolution, there is an abundance of such bands. And yes, because of this,
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