Brutti e Ignoranti - Finche c´e´ Birra c´e´ Speranza(2013) - Review

Tracklist:

1. Non ce n' e uno sano
2. Ora!
3. Carro di buoi
4. Coglione
5. Alcooltest
6. Catnen
7. Vaffancule
8. Falsi Amici
9. Savant
10. Torno a casa
11. Non passa mai
12. Spille E toppe
13. Finche c' e' Birra c' e' Speranza
14. Birra Whiskey & Vino

Damn i got the same problem with this one...don´t understand any word. The only thing i know is that this guys can play.  14 songs in just about a half an hour, catchy fast and full of great refrains. Another good point, they just play skinheadmusic without any red banner shit like many new bands from italy.

Google translator helps a little bit so i think most of the songs are about the scene, drinking and just having a good time. Vaffancule and also Coglione which means lick my ass and asshole is a statement, these guys chose the direct way to make a stand against their enemies. "Torno a casa" leaves a little bit of western feeling in my heart....maybe i should watch The Good, The Bad and The Ugly again.  My favorite song is "Non Passa Mai", full of passion, melody and a great ska part.

Brutti E Ignoranti is the faint hope that italy is not that left-flooded like i felt in the last years. So come on skinheads from Rome,Milan, Torino and so on, fuck off politics and get back to your roots. The album was released on Rebellion Records(DigipackCD and LP)

Brutti e Ignoranti @ Facebook

Maraboots - Dans La Nuit(2013) - Review

Tracklist:

1. Dans La Nuit (3:56)
2. Heros De La Oi (3:29)
3. Ton Choix (4:54)
4. Soldat Perdu (2:28)
5. Plus Rien (3:09)
6. Shlag Station (4:06)

Maybe i should go to school again or make a french course as well...Maraboots is such a great band, but i don´t understand what they are singing about. First time i heard of them, was on the split with the german legends Stomper 98. And their sound really compares with them, especially the saxophone parts.

My favorite song? Everyone(ok if you really wanna know...Heros de la Oi is outstanding). Songs i don´t like? No one. Maraboots is beyond any doubt the best french Oi-Band in the last 10 years. Hope to hear from them again and again and again.....

Very short review, but it´s easier to write more about bad releases than good ones. "Dans La Nuit" is a must have Vinyl! Nothing more to say

Maraboots @ Facebook

Bronco Army - Young Warriors EP(2012) - Review

Tracklist:

A1 - Young Warriors
A2 - Are You With Us
B1 - Anthems Of The Streets
B2 - The Shape Of Things To Come

Templars,45 Adapters and Sydney Ducks, these are the bands i was thinking of, when i started with this EP.
Bronco Army comes directly from the streets of Sao Paulo, and their sound is really rough and low-fi.

The first song is about becoming a skinhead, with some female vocals in the background.  "Are you with us" is an announcement to the whole scene, take it serious or get the fuck out of it. The B-Side starts with a song about the music THEY!!! love(come on guys...Kill Baby Kill...i hope Dieter burns in hell). The last one is a cover from the 1968 movie "Wild In The Streets" which i´ve never heard of before.

Sry guys but this one is not my cup of tea. Don´t like the sound and the Kill Baby Kill thing...EP was released on Stratum Records.

Bronco Army @ Facebook

Badlands - World Of Pain EP(2013) - Review

Tracklist:

A-Side Open Road
B-Side Way Of The World

Fuck yes!!! After long years of waiting and the first teaser with two acoustic songs on the EP Capital of Spirit they are back. Badlands ladies and gentleman, with one of the best singers(not just in the Punk/Oi scene) i´ve ever heard.So much melody, so much passion....if we we were in Whatsapp i could paint some heart smilies.....ok enough.

Unfortunately it´s just a 2 Song EP, but better 2 fantastic songs than nothing. On the first side, we have "Open Road", a song about corruption in government and the greed in the business which destroys everything so we have to go our own way. It´s maybe a rocky road but the right one. "Way Of The World" is a very melancholic song about the world be live in today. Painful, dark and full of hate, not the best future for our kids. Viktor´s voice is just perfect for songs like this one.

Ok as a Badlands fan i just have to say......Buy or die!!!! The EP was released on Rebellion Records in different colors

Badlands @ Facebook

Kids of the Streets - Burn It Down(2013) - Review

Tracklist:

01. This is a Riot [03:15]
02. Headshot [02:58]
03. A Good Day [01:55]
04. Burn it Down [02:49]
05. Tales of the Honour [04:36]
06. Bastards [04:41]
07. Boris [03:42]
08. Mountain River [03:42]
09. Kids of the Streets [05:01]
10. Paradise & Hell [02:37]
11. One of Us [03:08]
12. We'll Stay Alive [04:04]

To be a antiracist skinheadband in russia is not the easiest way to live. Kids Of The Streets from Moskau is 100% proud of that. Fighting against the big naziscene in their homecountry is their mission. And they shout it out loud and agressive. So put up your volume mates.

The music is a little bit of  Street Dogs, Cock Sparrer and a good piece of  Rockn Roll. Sounds like a band from the streets of Boston, the feeling is supported by the singer....of course his english is better than mine hehe.

The 12 songs vary in their sound and speed, on one side we have typical streetpunk songs, like "Headshot" or the smasher "A Good day" on the other we got the folkballad "Tales of the Honour" and the folkpunksong "Boris".  Nothing bores me more than songs which sound all the same. So big plus for the russian guys. The lyrics are....well what do you expect from a antiracist skinheadband? Ok so nothing more to say.

Last words for this one? Hmm good album but not the best i heard the last years from russia. They should work on their lyrics for the next one, the music is already on a good level. Release was on Aggrobeat in 2013(digipack)

Kids Of The Streets @ Facebook

Ten Beers After - Bootboy Rock´n Roll(2012) - Review

Tracklist:

1 Fight Back
2 This Battle
3 Together We Are Strong
4 Kaθe Kypiakh
5 One Is Never Enough
6 Bootboy Rock'N'Roll
7 C'Mon Lads
8 Ayteε Oi Mepeε
9 The Flame
10 Raise Your Glasses

Well when you talk about the european skinheadscene, greece is not one of the first countries you think about. Maybe you know Bootstroke or Soberphobia, but thats it.

Ten Beers After comes from Athens and was founded in 2011. Their style is a mixture of Punk,Oi and catchy melodies. Unfortunately 8 of their 10 songs are in english, i like bands singing in their native language as well!! 

The Songs have typical lyrics, nothing new but nice played old school stuff about drinking, solidarity and the daily problems of the scene. I got two favorites on this one, "Bootboy Rockn Roll" is a very melodic song about the good times having with your friends. Break out of the daily routine, live for now till the morning comes!!! "Aytee Oi Mepee" is one of the songs on the album in greek and sounds just great, with the singalongs, the drum-part and of course the language.

Hope to hear more from this guys in the future,maybe with some more songs in greek. The release was on Rebellion Records in 2012 and limited to 250 copies.

Ten Beers After @ Facebook