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       First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Please note that MangoWave is gradually moving from Blogger to WordPress. Click here  to visit the new homepage. Picture Credit: Digital Sex Tooth Paint – Digital Sex Release Date: November 20, 2020 (Digital & Vinyl) | September 15, 2022 (Tape) Label: selfrelease (2020) | It’s Eleven Records (2022) Format: EP | 10“ Vinyl/Tape/Digital Duration: 13:26 | 5 tracks Genre: Synth Punk / Noise Pop Origin: Chemnitz, Germany Continue reading on MangoWave-Magazine.com

     First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Please note that MangoWave is gradually moving from Blogger to WordPress. Click here  to visit the new homepage. Picture Credit: 30 Kilo Fieber Records - except for MangoWave logo by Bloody Larry Summer in Central Europe is the season for festivals, open air shows, skinny-dipping, or getting burned by the sun. Thus, the period from late May to early September is that silly season when releases are rather rare. But whenever this summer hole ends, our record players, CD or tape decks, and sound speakers long for the arrival of brand new releases. For fans of Punk Rock and Hardcore, the season has begun with a big bang since Bavarian label 30 Kilo Fieber Records has provided us with two burning hot new records in early September: „Ultramarin“ by Austrian Punk rockers Anna Absolut and th...

   First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Please note that MangoWave is gradually moving from Blogger to WordPress. Click here  to visit the new homepage. 13 Year Cicada – haha gravity Release Date: September 14, 2022 (digital) / October 14, 2022 (physical) Label: Gandula / tomatenplatten / Blaublaurecords Format: Album | Vinyl/Tape/Digital Duration: 33:08 | 9 tracks Genre: Synthwave / Art Pop / Post Punk Origin: Berlin, Germany Three Berlin-based musicians – Zooey (keys, vocals, samples), Philip (drums, samples), Hotti (bass, samples) – have left the paths of their Jazz education young age. Together, the trio has discovered deep joy in creating sound and noises with analogue and synthetic instruments combined. Their extravagant style was first published on a longplayer when 13 Year Cicada’s debut album „Totem Tongue“ was released ...

    First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Picture Credit: InDecision InDecision - ID Release Date: April 29, 2022 Label: selfrelease (Vinyl) / Krachige Platten (Tape) Format: Vinyl / Tape / Digital Duration: 32:22 Genre: Post Punk / Coldwave  / Dream Rock Origin: Karlsruhe , Germany InDecision are a quintet from Karlsruhe, the biggest city in the German region of Baden. In 2018, they released their first EP " Ghost ", and now their album debut "ID" has followed. The five members of InDecision have played in various bands before, Diego, The Bone Idles, Noisome, to name a few. As they started playing music together in their new-found formation, the lowest common denominator was found quickly - and to everyone's pleasure it is the Wave and Post Punk sound of the 1980s. As these melancholic and velvet sounds are experiencing a ...

First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Picture Credit: Azura Daze Dead Man's Eyes - III Release Date: August 19, 2022 Label: Tonzonen Records Distribution: Soulfood Format: Vinyl/CD/Digital Duration: 32:58 Genre: Acid Folk / Garage Rock Origin: Cologne , Germany The number three, written in Latin letters always has a strong impact. The three vertical lines appear like powerful pillars connecting soil and soil. And thus, as an album title "III" raises certain expectations. Not only due to its optic impact but also because for many artists or bands the third full-length release was a crucial one. So, here we are now with the new release "III" by Cologne's Dead Man's Eyes. The German debuted with the 2013 EP " Meet me in the Desert " and released their first proper full-length album " Words of Prey " ...

First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Picture Credit: Mads Skou Karstens Jorgensen Psychic Seizures - Viral Control Release Date: June 26, 2022 Label: selfrelease Format: Cassette/Digital Duration: 27:47 Genre: Garage Rock / Psychedelic Rock / Noise Origin: Berlin , Germany The album "Viral Control" was recorded in early 2022 when Psychic Seizures-mastermind Mads Skou Karstens Jorgensen  was visited by Codey Corso  who is based in Los Angeles, California. The recording took place in Mads ' living room in German capital Berlin except for the drum tracks of the songs 'My Burned Brain' and 'Dr. Scientist' which were recorded by a person called Rafaele  at Berlin's Wong Studios . The result of these sessions are an eight-track album avalaible for streaming and on cassette tape. It contains six songs written by Mads  a...

First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Picture Credit: Tim and Verena Schulze Sh!t out of Luck - Afraid of Peace Release Date: June 01, 2022 Label: R.O.O.T. Records / selfrelease Format: CD / Cassette / Digital Duration: 36:41 Genre: Punk Rock / Indie Rock / Garage Rock Origin: Stuttgart , Germany Not too long ago, Sh!t out of Luck was still an acoustic duo from the metropolitan area of Swabia. Their Acoustic Punk or Anti-Folk sound can be compared to the works by Harry Gump , and it can be streamed and bought on bandcamp . Nevertheless, things have changed. Sh!t out of Luck are still based in the greater region of Stuttgart and they still play dynamic music with antifascist lyrics. But since the release of " Acoustic as Fuck " SooL have grown to become a quartet. Founding members Quentin  (tambourine and drums) and Tim  (guitars, bas...

First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Picture Credit: Christian Frank Zeremony - Survivin' Rock'n'Roll Release Date: July 01, 20222 Label: selfrelease Format: Vinyl/CD/Digital Duration: 51:22 Genre: Retro Prog / Blues Rock Origin: Würzburg , Germany In 2015, Lower Franconian trio Zeremony was born from the ashes of several half-baked projects and bands. It was a like a rise like phoenix from burned remains. Within short time, a first demo and the debut album " Soul of the Zeremony " were crafted, on which the band presented a heavy, blues-laden, and organ-driven Heavy Rock with tendencies towards Psych and Stoner Rock. A strong caesura or change of paradigms could be spotted when Zeremony released their stunning EP " Cosmic Dystopia " in 2019 - a powerful and heavy Retro Prog banger. Click here for a (German) conce...

First of all, and because it cannot be said often enough: нет войны | ні війні | No War How to help the people in Ukraine ______________________________________________________ Cover photo by  Steffen Albrecht;  Cover parts by  Engin Aykurt  and  Vino Li;  Cover composition by  Eric McQueen The Mountain King - Tsunami of Hope Release Date: July 01, 2022 Label: Analog Scum Recordings Format: Cassette/USB-Stick/Digital Duration: 19:46 Genre: LoFi / Ambient Origin: Mainz , Germany The Mountain King from Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate keeps releasing new music on high frequency. Only five months after the release of the last Drone Doom opus and celebration of palindromes " WolloW ", the latest release "Tsunami of Hope" is here. If you are acquainted with Eric McQueen  and his music, you know that The Mountain King's releases can roughly be categorized in two spheres: the Drone, Doom or Metal releases on the one hand, and the more experimental outpu...