The Shame - The World is Ours EP (2012)

The Shame are Oi band from Tulsa, Oklahoma but they sound like they live in some shitty english town in the early 80s. Even the football on this record is real football, as in european football, not american armor-and-egg-ball football. Musically, it's classic Oi punk with no innovations, faithfull to its roots (on "The Kings Of The Midwestern Plains" I noticed almost identical riff as in Rejects' Oi Oi Oi, but who cares anyway). If you miss old-school classic Oi this record will bring a smile to your face... but it's recommended to drink at least a pint while listening to it.

1. The World Is Ours Tonight
2. Nothing Gained
3. For Football And The Pints
4. The Kings Of The Midwestern Plains

 

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Lion's Law - Watch'em Die EP (2013)

Lion's Law is new Oi band from Paris and it features members from bands such as Maraboots, Komintern Sect and Street Kids. It reminds me of middle-era Perkele, before they started to record some lighter stuff. Lion's Law are the creme of the crops of French scene and this is what they sound like.

1. Watch'em Die
2. Tell the Boys
3. City Streets

 

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Lazy Bastards - Hard Lines and Sweet Sounds (2012)

Lazy Bastards are a 5 piece streetpunk band from Mitterskirchen/Pfarrkirchen, Germany. This record provides mighty sound with lots of singalongs and rock'n'roll guitar riffs. The beginning of Anti Hero is a hit in the gut, with that blues touch on the guitar. Overall, this whole album offers wide range of punk rock songs: some are aggressive, some are melancholic but all awesome.

1 Intro
2 The Boys
3 Anti Hero
4 For U.S
5 Kick Them Out
6 Bastards Crew
7 Get Back
8 His Ruin
9 Soundtrack Of My Life
10 As Long As We Are Still Young
11 Between Love And Hate
12 Woke Up

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Argy Bargy - Hopes, Dreams, Lies & Schemes (2012)

New album by these Oi Punk heroes from Watford, England. Argy Bargy is making furious comeback since their last album "The Likes of Us" from 2009. With the cover artwork that looks like it was made by Banksy, this album doesn't lack actual social commentary as well as classic Oi themes such as localpatriotism or some personal themes. Tracks number 14 and 17 deliver music that's a little bit different than the rest of the album, first being pub rock anthem featuring Frankie Flame (at least I think so) and second being their excursion into Dub waters. A release worth downloading (and buying also).

1) Out with the Old

2) Burning Skies

3) Looking for Glory

4) No Fun at All

5) Homeward Bound

6) Get away

7) These Streets

8) This Is Me

9) I'm Not down

10) We won't back Down

11) People in Power

12) Play to win

13) Don't Stop Believing

14) The Ballad of the Backstreet Hero

15) Be Somebody

16) 30 Years

17) Homeward Bound (Dub Version)

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The Newtown Grunts - Disgruntled (2002)

This release has everything a Punk record should have: a sense of humor, moments of provocation, social critique, soundtrack for beer-drinking nights and the best Angelic Upstarts cover ever - Solidarity.

01 - Get A Life
02 - Nothing To Me
03 - The Bottle
04 - Everywhere She Goes
05 - Victim Of Straight Edge
06 - Live This
07 - Arsehole On The Dancefloor
08 - Toepokes And Tragedies
09 - Working For The War Machine
10 - Straight Outta Saughton
11 - Solidarity
12 - The Newtown Grunts Versus The Insidious Right Wing Conspiracy
13 - Take Your Hand
14 - Out Of The Crowd
15 - The Parting Glass
16 - Oh Ya Cunt Im A Newtown Grunt

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The Newtown Grunts - Day Of The Jakey (1997)

One of Scottish finest bands of all time. The Newtown Grunts, from Glenrothes, started in 1991 as Kicked Pus, playing Ska Punk. This album contains awesome numbers, a mixture of almost all kinds of Punk, sang by male and female vocalist, which, in this case, sounds really great. It concludes with "They Shall Not Pass", an hommage to 1936 Cable Street protests against Oswald Mosley's fascist blackshirts and a cover of Abba song, Super Trooper.

01 - Two Pints Of Lager And A Smack Aff The Pus, Please
02 - Day Of The Jakey
03 - It Could Be You
04 - Mother, Slave And Wife
05 - Dead And Gone
06 - The Best Job In Town
07 - Bleary Eyed At Victoria
08 - Adios Amigo
09 - Buckfast
10 - In Reply
11 - They Shall Not Pass
12 - Super Trooper

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Blackmarket Syndicate - And the Peasants Rejoiced (2012)

Blackmarket Syndicate comes from Houston, Texas. Grown from the legacy of Rancid and Social Distortion and early Dropkick Murphys, their music is a furious street-level Punk Rock that spits in the eyes of bosses, politicians and other creatures from hell. Songs like Plead The 5th, Greed And Hate, Victorious, Household Name or Disenfranchised Rebellions really use their potential. Fully recommended!

01 - Plead The 5th
02 - Great Leap Forward
03 - Greed And Hate
04 - Burn It All Down
05 - Working For Someone
06 - Victorious
07 - Household Name
08 - Unknown Fate
09 - Avalanche
10 - Here's To You
11 - Disenfranchised Rebellions

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The Foamers - The Foamers (2004)

Most recent release by The Foamers. It is a combination of Streetpunk, Ska punk and Crack Rocksteady music. The band is no more, but it's a shame cause they were great.

01 Airs And Graces
02 An Open Letter
03 Erase All Of The Mistakes You Made
04 The Walking Dead
05 Here's To The Death Of Hard Graft
06 Smiles And Suits
07 Pub No.1
08 Our Way
09 Take It Back
10 Untitled
11 Last Of The True Believers
12 My Tv Sucks
13 Wash Your Hands
14 Bonus

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The Foamers - Football EP

This fast Ska Punk Rock band comes from Epsom, Surrey, England. This 2002 EP release contains 3 new songs and 3 live recordings. For the fans of Filaments and Beans this will be jst as good.


01 - Football
02 - Drunks n Punks
03 - Plopstars
04 - Authority (Live)
05 - Six Pints None The Wiser (Live)
06 - Infested (Live)

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The Beltones - Cheap Trickets (2001)

This is the Beltones' second album and maybe even more awesome then the first one. It's basically still the same rudimentary streetpunk music, but cleverly layered and accompanied by vocals that sounds like a monologue of a jaded man who smoked too many cigarettes, drank too much and got into a fight. At the first listening, songs might sounds similar but give it a chance, you won't be disappointed.

01. ain’t no life
02. set ‘em up, stevie
03. weak
04. cheap trinkets
05. (juvenile dub) concrete jungle
06. hellfire
07. shitty in pink
08. better than a kick in the head
09. lullabye
10. mix it up
11. mr. wrecking ball
12. thief
13. garbage picker

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The Beltones - On Deaf Ears (1999)

The Beltones are (were?) a 3-piece streetpunk band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and they make some serious shit. Musically close to Stiff Little Fingers and Swingin Utters with a gruff vocal similar to Frankie Stubbs from Leatherface. Add some Oi! to the mix and personal themed lyrics and there you have the Beltones. If you like The Templars or old pre-nazi Skrewdriver The Beltones will also please your auditory system. Here's a review of this album so I wouldn't have to crap anymore. Review

01. My old man
02. Insipid sedentary girl
03. Naming my bullets
04. Fuck you anyway
05. Shoot the shit
06. Juvenile delinquent
07. Lock and load
08. Casualty
09. Suzi is a heartbreaker V.2 (Newtown Neurotics cover)
10. Let the bombs fall

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South City Locos - Punkrock's Dead (2011)

South City is Malmö, Sweden and "Locos" are a fire-bursting Street punk crew that will make you mosh in your own room if necessary. When I first heard them, I thoght they are from California or US Southwest, because of the name, well-pronounced English and sudden appereance of Mexican Mariachis at the end of the title song. Some great lyrics that song has. White Feathers, Good Times and Punkrock's Dead are, in my opinion, maybe the best songs on this album, but others are not far away. So listen them and remember - Punkrock's dead... we killed it again.

01. Front Towards Enemy
02. Cool Smooth Latino Dude
03. Guilty Party
04. Let The Havoc Shine
05. Bully Beatdown
06. White Feathers
07. Good Times
08. Outlaw For Life
09. Hörnsten
10. Beneath The Underground
11. Punkrock's Dead
12. Sooth The Pain (Bonus)


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Beans - So It Goes (2002)

 This album, with a Vonnegutian title, is the second one by the hands of Beans. Unlike Sundown, from 2006, which I already posted, this album is a bit more hardcore, faster and angrier. But, by no means any worse. It's hard to highlight any songs, but Cold Hearted and Hating Men are extremely uplifting and ass-kicking.


1. Machine
2. No Destination
3. Don't Judge Me
4. Cold Hearted
5. My Generation
6. Carry On
7. Drop Dead
8. Can't Tell You
9. This Town
10. Hating Men
11. Fuck Off
12. Responsibility
13. Falling Back
14. Destructive
15. Can't Trust 'em
16. The Way To Go

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Standard Union - Demo (2010)

Standard union are from Adelaide, Australia and these guys play rudimentary Street Punk-rock with some Folk touch, similar to Swingin Utters. This is the demo release from 2010, although they play since 2002 so you should keep eye on them and their work in the future. For me, an ultimate hit from this demo is a song "As The Bottle Empties". You can hear some of the songs here.

01 - A Worker's Prayer
02 - Born For Hanging
03 - Such Is Life
04 - As The Bottle Empties
05 - The Slide
06 - Les Darcy
07 - Old Boys
08 - The Lonely Victories
09 - Treading On Family Ground
10 - Botany Bay
11 - One Way Fair
12 - Fading White Lines
13 - Tall Poppies
 

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Whiskey Rebels - These Inside Jokes Are Killing Me (2012)

Whiskey Rebels is a streetpunk band from Sacramento and this is their newest release with rare and unreleased material, including 4 tracks from their '99 demo. Streets gave you to me, Yolo bus blues and Final call are really worth to download it.

01 - Live And Die For Those Who Love
02 - America
03 - Sacto United ('99 Demo)
04 - Six Gun Sally
05 - Ward Of The State
06 - Element Of Surprise
07 - Ready To Die
08 - Yolo Bus Blues
09 - Get Lose
10 - Streets Gave You To Me ('99 Demo)
11 - Final Call ('99 Demo)
12 - County Time
13 - Roll The Dice ('99 Demo)
14 - Holiday Master Plan
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Cranked Up - This Is A Weapon (2005)

This is a second full-length edition by Cranked Up!with some songs from their previous album. The band continues to play awesome punk-rock and to write lyrics against US foreign and domestic politics and corporate exploitation.

01 - Get Out
02 - Deal With It
03 - Swindled
04 - You Are The Fool
05 - Make Me Sick
06 - Another Vietnam
07 - Shoutdown
08 - It's Not Right
09 - Change In You
10 - Exploitation
11 - New Regime
12 - On The Attack

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Cranked Up - A Call For Solidarity (2003)

I'm back again with this master-piece. Cranked Up is a streetpunk band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US and consists of ex-members of bands like Violent Society, 2.5 Children, Bomb Squadron and Dead Empty. Their music is pure "in your face" street level punk-rock with anti-fascist attitude (which is obvious judging by the album covers). They call themselves "left wing scum" :D Every song is fucking brilliant, but I would highlight songs like Emo-tionally challenged, Guilty Conscience, Left Wing Scum, Jaded, Don't Need Your Culture and an excellent cover of mod punk band The Cigarettes They're Back Again. Their sound can be described as a mix of Pressure Point and Lower Class Brats so you better download it before mediafire deletes this link!

01 - All Fucked Up 

02 - Emo Tionally Challenged 

03 - Guilty Conscience 

04 - Left Wing Scum 

05 - Jaded 

06 - Follow The Trail 

07 - Under Their Control 

08 - Don't Need Your Culture 

09 - Swindled 

10 - New Regime 

11 - Where You Stand 

12 - Make Me Sick 

13 - On The Attack 

14 - They're Back Again (The Cigarettes Cover)

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Holy Racket - Subliminal Chaos EP (2003)

This band is unfortunatelly no more, they are from Sunderland, UK and play classic street punk rock with a melodic touch, similar to Rancid and other american bands.

01 - Total Attack
02 - Rat In The Pack
03 - UK Hate
04 - Escapology
05 - Wrong ID
06 - Joey Still Ain't Seen It
07 - Stay Down

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Beans - Sundown (2006)

A punk rock deliquatese. Beans are a dutch streetpunk band, but their music reflects likes of such punk legends as The Clash, Bad Religion and Rancid, with unique ska punk and even dub spice brought to mix. Social commentary in lyrics is strong and it blends great with anthemic chourses, awesome music and apocalyptical artwork design. They aren't ashamed to use wide vocabulary and musical abilities, with no loss in roughness. On some of the songs, there is an organ present, ska style. If you find bands like The Filaments, Antidote, Operation Ivy and Bad Religion great, you'll love this band, because it sounds like a bastard child of the aforementioned bands. One of the best records I've heard in a long time - strongly recommended!

1. Radio Silence
2. Tomorrow
3. Halos
4. Circular Reasoning
5. Hey Now, What Now
6. When Governments Clash
7. Answers
8. My Reaction
9. Bad Plan
10. Only Natural
11. Set Sail
12. Down The Line
13. Sundown

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The Rebel Spell - Four Songs About Freedom (2007)

Just discovered this band and it's fucking awesome. Melodic streetpunk + non-generic lyrics and anti-capitalist attitude. Canada strikes again. Highly recommended!

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01 - Can't Fool Me
02 - I Am A Rifle
03 - Please Resist
04 They Know

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