Richmond, Virginia's Cloak/Dagger somehow straddle a wonderful line between hardcore punk and raging garage rock, like a bastard child of Hot Snakes, Regulations and Circle Jerks. The result is a body of work that can give the right person goose bumps. "Don't Need A", the debut track from the band's sophomore record, demonstrates that perfectly. Armed with a chord progression and lead guitar line that will have you pogo-ing in your computer room, the song is pushed into raw perfection by vocalist Jason Mazzola's strained vocal delivery. It's been a while since the cross-over of hoarse hardcore and pop song melody sounded this badass. Black Flag meets Fucked Up meets Fugazi. Ltd. to 500 copies!
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Demenzia Kolektiva/Dim Prospects - Split EPDemenzia Kollektiva: after their album they have now finished 2 great punkrock-songs with catchy melodies, carried by the wonderful voice of singer Caro. Somewhere between classic punkrock, early anarcho-punk, 77-stuff like Buzzcocks and nowadays-bands like Baboon Show, Terrible Feelings and No hope for the kids. Dim Prospects is a punk/hc band from Vienna/Austria. The six members have… 4,95 € (19 % VAT incl. excl. Shipping costs) |
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Neura - Escapar EP (ltd. 500)Limited to 500 copies! After their debut demo here comes the first vynil on 7" from this Gijon (Asturias) quartet with 2/3 of my lovely Gobierno Militar band. 4 new songs with a strong edge on 80s sound. Not far from the rawest UK82 sound like CHAOS UK and DISORDER or GBH in the less chaotic parts, but mixed with a classic spanish 80s punk sound of bands like LARSEN. 4 perfect… 4,95 € (19 % VAT incl. excl. Shipping costs) |
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KPX - Freedom In Fences EPThese kids are pissed. KPX from bielefeld, germany show up with their debut-7" containing five angry and political hardcorepunk-tunes. The threesome recorded a bunch of songs at Rec-O-Rob's hip studio and chose the best of it for this fierce E.P.. KPX write typical but reflected, political lyrics in german and english, that really puts me in a delightful, pugnacious and powerful… 4,00 € (19 % VAT incl. excl. Shipping costs) |
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Cheap Drugs/Sunpower - Split EPThe european hardcore-punk spearhead combines forces to form a two-headed bastard for a split single, that delivers 7 tracks for all lovers of ripped shirts and pissed pants. The songs of Sunpower could easily be grabbed from Jello Biafra‘s Dawanda shop: a self crocheted wool blend cardigan out of NEW BOMB TURKS, ANGRY SAMOANS and POISON IDEA sewing cotton, that smells like swedisch… 4,50 € (19 % VAT incl. excl. Shipping costs) |
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Kick It! - s/t EPNice debut EP by KICK IT! Their first recording even though teh band has been aroudn for years now! Rough punk-rock with some slight 77 influence. Somewhere between Dean Dirg and Angry Samoans! 4,00 € (19 % VAT incl. excl. Shipping costs) |