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EP Review: Skism - 2021 (2021)

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Picture Credit: Skism Skism - 2021 Release Date: February 08, 2021 Label: Rotten Bastard Records Format: CD / Digital Length: 16:50 Genre: Hardcore Punk / Oi! Origin: Brooklyn (New York) , USA Let's face it. The world we are living in needs a lot of improvement. Even though the fat orange man has left the White House, even in the United States life has not immediately turned to rainbows, green meadows, and free day-drinking. Fascism, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, oppression, injustice are global issues affecting a shit-load of people. Fortunately, there are people who won't take it any more, and who open their mouths to scream and shout against those arseholes. Be introduced to Skism, a four-piece Oi! and Hardcore Punk band from Brooklyn. Skism play rough and violent Hardcore Punk for the streets. The message conveyed in this powerful soundscape is obvious. "2021" is a zeitgeist document praising unity and solidarity. Skism play the music for ...

Album Review: Mad Mulligans - Who are the Mad Mulligans? (2020)

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Mad Mulligans - Who are the Mad Mulligans? Release Date: December 30, 2020 (US) / March 22, 2021 (UK) Label: Rotten Bastard Records (US) / Dammit Records (UK) Format: CD / Digital Length: 16:55 Genre: Oi! / Punk Rock Origin: Brooklyn (New York) , USA Who are the Mad Mulligans? The Mad Mulligans are Rich O'Brien , Wynn Skism , Albee Damned , and Johnny Kray , four veterans of the NYC Oi! and Punk scene. Case closed. Fortunately, there is more to talk about because "Who are the Mad Mulligans?" is not only a question but also the debut album by (you might've guessed already) the Mad Mulligans. So why don't you have a beer, press play, and then commence to read. Who are the Mad Mulligans? by Mad Mulligans In my understanding, there are two major spheres of Oi! and Street Punk. On the one hand, there is that dumb, blunt music for drunken thugs and arseholes (like the German band Krawallbrüder - trust me, you don't wanna listen). And then there honest good music...