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Concert Review: Death by Horse / The Bloodstrings / The Sensitives @Immerhin Würzburg, 28/11/2019

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Let me tell you about the kick-ass Punk Rock Show I attended yesterday. The Sensitives , The Bloodstrings , and Death by Horse played at the Immerhin in Würzburg on their Female Fronted Boy Bands Tour . This is the story of three concerts, around three hours of amazing Punk Rock and  apparently more than three bottles of beer. Death by Horse Introduced by France Gall's biggest hit Death by Horse entered the stage. The Swedish power quartet jumped into action immediately and singer Jahna spent most of the time in front of the stage. Amongst the front rows of people and moshpits she directed the concert perfectly and with sheer power. As far as I can tell, their song ' Dear Jim ' was played with an alternative ending which I liked a lot. The looped chorus filled the whole venue, and at latest with their smasher "'Straight Edge' the band totally killed it. Also, during ' Burning the Witches ' the probably smoothest change of guitars in t...

LP Review: Hands off Gretel - I want the World (2019) (German)

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Yasss! Hier geht's rotzig, laut, bunt, rebellierend direkt in Gesicht! Hands off Gretel haben ihre zweite Langspielplatte "I want the World" rausgebracht und es ist ein absolutes Meisterwerk geworden. Die Band spielt rauen, melodischen, schnellen und gefühlvollen Grunge Punk. Hier und da spürt man etwas New Wave oder Crossover und generell steckt unheimlich viel Power in der Musik. Das Trio aus Southern Yorkshire wurde vor vier Jahren gegründet und besteht aus Sam, Seán und Mastermind Lauren. Hands off Gretel sind die farbenfrohen Punkrocker , die nicht übersehen werden können, weil sie auf jeder Veranstaltung das laute, sympathische, attraktive sowie mitreißende Epizentrum darstellen, sobald sie auftauchen. Ihre Musik ist aggressiv und doch feinfühlig, schroff aber melodisch, laut aber nachdenklich. Schlicht ein Meisterwerk. Hands off Gretel bezeichnen ihren Stil als Sugar-Coated Grunge-Punk. Die Beschreibung gefällt mir sehr gut und obwohl ich ein besserwisserisch...

LP Review: Hands off Gretel - I want the World (2019) (English)

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Yesss, this is kick-ass, loud, snotty, colourful, and rebelling music. Hands off Gretel have released their second full-lenght album "I want the World" and this is an absolute masterpiece. Hands off Gretel play rough, melodic, fast, and emotional Grunge Punk with some New Wave, Cross-Over here and there, and a lot of power. The trio from Southern Yorkshire, UK was founded four years ago and consists of Sam, Seán and mastermind Lauren. Hands off Gretel are the gaily coloured punk rockers you cannot unsee since they are the colourful, loud, sympathetic, attractive, inspirational epicenter of every event they participate at. Their music is aggressive but still emotional, rough but melodic, loud but reflective. All in all this a masterpiece. The band describes their own style as Sugar-Coated Grunge-Punk. I really love this expression, and despite me being a smart-alecky creator of neologisms, I cannot come up with a better titling for Hands off Gretel's music. Their st...