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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 ______________________________________________________ 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 ...

Picture Credit: The Rant The Rant - vorsichtig optmistisch Release Date: October, 11, 2020 Label: selfrelease Format: Digital Length: 31:11 Gene: Punk Rock / Indie Rock Origin: Karlsruhe , Germany The Rant from Karlsruhe have released their debut album "vorsichtig optimistisch" (German: "cautiously optimist"). And I can tell you that this is an honest independent release. The ten tracks were recorded in the quartet's rehearsal room earlier this year and are now available via Bandcamp for free. And fitting to that The Rant play a melodic and autochthonous mix of melodic Punk and Indie Rock. This is the kind of DIY that I enjoy. Picture Credit: The Rant The songs on "vorsichtig optimistisch" concern issues of our contemporary times and every-day life. That includes every-day racism and stupidity. The track 'Fear of the Quark' is a nice blow against all those "I'm not racist, but..." arseholes. Music-wise The Rant are very melodic a...