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Picture Credit: Paul Cafcae   Paul Cafcae - Longest Day of the Year Release Date: June 25, 2021 Length: 03:53 Genre: Protest Rock / Blues Rock Origin: Vaughan , Ontario , Canada The past 15 months have been quite weird, haven't they? The happenings on our planet surpassed some ideas for film scripts written by Emmerich , Lynch , or Spielberg . And yet, it has happened. In his latest single, Vaughan's Paul Cafcae is recalling the first year of the coronacene, beginning with the virus itself changing all of our lives, the brutal murder of George Floyd  by white police men, the global protests for equal rights, the dirty election campaign in the United States, the storming of the Capitol,... As hard as it sometimes seems to imagine that this is actually real, Paul Cafcae  has managed to wrap these happenings into one song. The focus of "Longest Day of the Year" is not solely set on 2020, but is getting connected to protests for freedom, liberty, and equality within the ...

Picture Credit: Kill My Coquette   Kill My Coquette - Coffeebean Song Release Date: May 07, 2021 Length: 03:19 Genre: Pop Punk / Garage Rock Origin: Los Angeles , California , USA Mike Evans  (bass), Adam Smith  (guitar), and Natalie Denis Sperl  (vocals) are Kill My Coquette. The Californian trio mixes Punk and Rock music from all ages in a giant melting pot, extracting a precious alloy of boppy Pop Punk, butt-moving Garage Rock and some Rockabilly. Further ingredients that you can hear in their single "Coffeebean Song" are wit, talent in drama, humour, and plenty of energy. The dynamic song will most likely remind many listeners of No Doubt. And yes, Kill My Coquette really sound like what Gwen Stefani 's band could sound like if they were founded in contemporary days. Nevertheless, "Coffeebean Song" is a very dynamic and rolling Pop Punk track that has the potential to get stuck in your inner ears for the next days. Halfway through the song, vocalist and act...

Picture Credit: Penelope's Thrill   Penelope's Thrill - Twilight on Tunnel Road Release Date: April 30, 2021 Label: selfrelease Format: CD / Digital Length: 68:03 Genre: Rockabilly / Americana / Surf Rock Origin: Madison , Wisconsin , USA After poet and writer Timothy Walsh  took several years off from his second passion music, he is now back under the pseudonym of Penelope's Thrill. Founded in 2015, the band has released their debut album in 2021 which was recorded during the lockdown. But this is not just a regular album of a writer of stories, tales, and poems who likes to play music as well. Timothy Walsh  has united his passions and has hence created an impressive concept album - or rather a thrilling short story told via music. Think of GRIOT and you will get an idea of what we are talking about here. "Twilight on Tunnel Road" is the tale of Lonnie  and Chloe , both growing up in rural South Wisconsin. It is a story about coming of age, about getting to k...

Picture Credit: The Shrieks The Shrieks - Killer's Kiss Release Date: December 15, 2020 Label: selfrelease / Manolito Music Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 10:33 Genre: Psychobilly / Punk Rock Origin: Helsinki , Finland The Shrieks? The Glam Rockers from New York City ? Not today! "Killer's Kiss" is the newest EP by Helsinki's Psychobilly and Horror Punk quartet The Shrieks. Half a decade after the release of their album "Get over here", the wild band from Finland is back with four killer tracks. Super fast and driving drums beats interlock with a dominant upright bass and shake your whole body. The guitars add to these gorgeous dynamics with little distortion by crazily high motion and create a highly exciting mix of 77 Punk and Psychobilly. And on top there are the powerful vocals that are almost always supported by the whole band's backing voices. That's where The Shrieks show they are not only four musicians, but they work as a band. The res...

  Billy Barfly - Horror Stories Release Date: October 02, 2020 Label: KBH Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 24:07 Genre: Horror Punk Origin: Germany Well, Halloween is over. But it is most likely to come back, right? Also, this review fits quite well after yesterday's post about Italian Horror Doom release by Bretus . Furthermore, I listened to the newest podcast by Movie Punx on Horror Movies . For those of you who understand German, it is worth listening to what these two lads have to say. And speakin of German language, the lyrics on Billy Barflies newest EP "Horror Stories" are in German, too. Horror Punk with German lyrics might be rather rare as far as I know. Billy Barfly is a one-person army from Germany. On seven tracks he plays melodic but raw Punk Rock with creepy content. The rhythm and the musical themes are influenced by Hillbilly and Rockabilly. Thus, a beautiful eerie atmosphere is created. And the best part about it, "Horror Stories" does not...

There's a few good things that will never go extinct: gory Western films, vampires, Horror romantic, Rockabilly and Surf Rock . Did I get your attention? Hope so, because we are lookin at the X Ray Cat Trio's newest album "Love, Blood Monsters" today. The three musicians from Leeds are back with a beautilfully trashy mix of Surf Rock, Rock'n'Roll and the atmosphere of a Vapmire Western Horror film. Meaning, "Love, Blood & Monsters" is situated somewhere between Lucio Fulci, Bram Stoker, run-down bars with cheap beer and the Great Barrier Reef. Rolling Surf Rock meets scary aesthetics and a sweet fascination for death and the afterlife. On 14 tracks the X Ray Cat Trio plays the swinging dance tunes for those who aren't tired or dead enough to go home. "Love, Blood & Monsters" features the perfect soundtrack for long nights in gloomy pubs, for concerts at Halloween, and for your next horror movie night. The new album of ...

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...

In drei Wochen ist es soweit: The Sensitives , Death by Horse , und The Bloodstrings gehen zusammen auf Tournee! Das Motto heißt " Female Fronted Boy Bands ". Gemeinsam werden die drei Gruppen vom 21. bis 30. November nahezu täglich eine Venue abreißen. The Sensitives Punk Rock aus Schweden mit einem galanten 77er-Einschlag. Innerhalb der letzten acht Jahre haben The Sensitives drei flotte, tanzbare Alben voller Rock'n'Roll, Punk Rock, und Party herausgebracht. Fans von Ebba Grön oder Asta Kask werden viel Freude mit dieser Truppe haben. Death by Horse Ebenfalls aus Schweden kommen die fantastischen Death by Horse, die mit ihrer dynamischem Crossover aus Punk Rock, Hardcore und Ska gewaltig auf den Putz hauen. Wer gerne zu The Baboon Show oder The Distillers das Tanzbein schwingt, ist hier bestens aufgehoben. Für das zweite Album "Reality hits hard" habe ich Anfang des Jahres auch eine Review geschrieben . The Bloodstrings Zu guter L...