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Fresh Mango: December 31, 2021

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  Fresh Mango 15 new releases that are worth checking out! 15 short reviews.  If available on Spotify, one song each will also be added to the  MangoRotation playlist  (MR) for 14 days. Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send a request to rmangowave@gmail.com First Frontier - Jagged Line   ( MR ) London's First Frontier end the year 2021 with a series topic. Their new single 'Jagged Line' deals with the vicious spirals of drug and alcohol abuse. Melancholic Alternative Rock meets dynamic Indie Rock and the compromiseless sound of Garage Rock as the English band plays the soundtrack of flashing images of a night that seems endless. First Frontier manage to create the sound that represents the dichotomy of feeling invincible and fragile at the same time. Foundry Town Survivors - Foundry Town Survivors   ( MR ) The Foundry Town Survivors from Ann Arbor, MI have released their selftitled EP in November 05, 2021. Tommy and Mark  share their love for Rock and...

Fresh Mango: December 28, 2021

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  Fresh Mango 18 new releases that are worth checking out! 18 short reviews.  If available on Spotify, one song each will also be added to the  MangoRotation playlist  (MR) for 14 days. This coverage was created via Musosoup  #Sustainablecurator De Arma - Strayed in Shadows   ( MR ) With their newest album "Strayed in the Shadows", Swedish band De Arma hark back on their roots. Thus, the shadows of twelve years band history come to life on this seven-track release published via Trollmusic this June. Hence, De Arma let the emotional and anthemic sounds of Gothic Rock become even more imposant by merging them with the atmospheric air of Alternative Rock and the gentle cold of Post Rock. _ Echoseven - Every-Thing   ( MR ) _Echoseven from New Brunswick, Canada present their new sound as they re-released the 2020 song 'Every-Thing'. With newfound strength and finesse, the quintet lets the audience enjoy the sonic journey up from rock bottom like a phoeni...

Mango Monday Mixtape #023

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Mango Monday Mixtape #023   Every Monday, I present a collection of 18 tracks that I find worth listening to. If the songs are available on Spotify, they will also be added to the  MangoRotation playlist  (MR)  for 14 days. Yet, there will be no extra playlist. Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send a request to rmangowave@gmail.com Güner Künier - Party   ( MR ) Post Punk / No Wave - Berlin, Germany FLEXEL by Güner Künier Black Inked Ocean - Strangers   ( MR ) Metalcore / Hardcore - Toulouse, France All Together - Metalcore Compilation by Black Inked Ocean Learn to Speak - 3:53 AM   ( MR ) Alternative Rock - Boston, MA, USA 3:53 AM (Demo) by Learn to Speak Oskar's Mum - Sun   ( MR ) Alternative Rock - Thuringia, Germany Spuren 2 by LAG Songkultur Thüringen Hammada - Nox   ( MR ) Heavy Psych / Stoner Rock - Freiberg, Germany Atmos by Hammada Paris Under Fire - Shake Me Down Emo Punk - Toms River, NJ, USA Sideshow Ep by Paris Under Fire Gl...

Single Review: Es War Mord - in der miesosuppe (2021)

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  Es War Mord - in der miesosuppe (Four Track Mind Vol. 04) Release Date: December 17, 2021 Label: Tomatenplatten Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 09:20 Genre: Düsterpunk / Punk Rock Origin: Berlin , Germany The 7'' record yiu can see on the picture above contains six tracks that were recorded by Berlin's Düsterpunk band Es War Mord (German: It Was Murder) during one afternoon. It is the fourth part of the Four Track Mind singles series by Berlin's label Tomatenplatten (previous parts: Vol 01 - Black Heino , Vol 02 - Mir Express , Vol 03 - 13 Year Cicada ). With the 01:48-minute-song 'in der Hitze' der Küche (German: 'in the Kitchen's Heat') being the single's longest track, you can imagine that this release is extremely diverting and entertaining. Es War Mord call their sound Düsterpunk which can be translated to Dark Punk or Grim Punk. The sound reminds of legendary 1980s Punk Rock from Germany played by bands such as Razzia, or Upright Citizen...

Fresh Mango: December 19, 2021

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  Fresh Mango 15 new releases that are worth checking out! 15 short reviews.  If available on Spotify, one song each will also be added to the  MangoRotation playlist  (MR) for 14 days. Want to advertise on MangoWave? Send a request to rmangowave@gmail.com Her Highness - Visions of a lower Life   ( MR ) K.T. and K.A. from Hungarian capital Budapest are Her Highness. The duo has recently released their first full-length album which contains six songs written between 2016 and 2019. On these tracks, Drone, Sludge, Ambient and Doom create an unbreakable alloy. Russian [addicted label] presents an album on which darkness, melancholy, claustrophobia, and desparation are musicked via heavy and slow notes (and a bit of Sabbath worship). Mouth Congress - Waiting for Henry   ( MR ) On LP and CD, Captured Tracks presents an album that is more colourful than an army of rainbows. Mouth Congress from Toronto, Ontario artistically break through genre borders, and re-i...