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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Opposition Rising - Aftermathematics (2011)

Here's the first LP by Opposition Rising, new Boston City Hardcore Punk act featuring members from Mouth Sewn Shut and Toxic Nartotic. Opening of this album with the hard hitting track Rising will make shivers come down your spine and that notion will continue throughout the second track, The Rich Are Killing The Poor. By the end of this LP there will be unusual appearance of Reggae elements, which I personally find amusing but also ass-kicking.

01 Rising
02 The Rich Are Killing The Poor
03 F.T.W.
04 Pink-slip Murder Suicide
05 Total Annihilation
06 Tell'em Nothing
07 Brick By Brick
08 Debt Sentence
09 Everybody's Lying To You All The Time
10 Destination Apocalypse

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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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The Hitchcocks - Blood Will Follow (2010)

Something’s rotten in the state of Denmark, and it’s called The Hitchcocks. Copenhagen based Horror Punk  quartet deliver some asskickin' graveyard chants. Album begins with explosive "Werewolf" and there's no stopping until the end. "Renegade" and "Space Invaders" are peaks of this album.

01. Werewolf
02. The Fallen Ones
03. Lust For Blood
04. Cold Blooded Killers
05. Renegade
06. Rise From The Dead
07. House Of The Dead
08. Radioactive
09. Space Invaders
10. A Bomb
11. Dead To Me
12. Blood Will Follow
13. UFO
14. Locked And Loaded
15. Wolf Man
16. Wrong Grave Final
17. Mission Accomplished

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Död TV - Fem i Tolv (1993)

Back with the trallpunk, these guys sure konow how to do it. Död TV is a punk rock band from Hofors, Sweden. Now, I'm not gonna pretend like I understand the lyrics but the music is straight-up Punk Rock, with a large dose of melancholy and melody.

1 -  Trotjänaren
2 - Supermannen
3 - Allegori
4 - Mörkrets Män
5 - Fem i Tolv
6 - Var Du Än Går

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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 Lillingtons - Death By Television (1999)

The Lillingtons were a Punk Rock band from Newcastle, Wyoming. Considered a pop punk act by contemporaries, their sound often draws comparisons from punk pioneers the Ramones. It's obvious taht they draw influence from Bad Religion, as well. This album presents 14 melodic journeys at the B-side of the universe: science fiction themes and motifs wrapped in a melodic Punk Rock packing that can easilly be enjoyable during this hot summer.

01 War Of The Worlds
02 Don't Trust The Humanoids
03 Black Hole In My Mind
04 I Saw The Apeman (On The Moon)
05 X-Ray Specs
06 Invasion Of The Saucermen
07 You're The Only One
08 I Need Some Brain Damage
09 Codename Peabrain
10 Phantom Maggot
11 Robots In My Dreams
12 Murder On My Mind
13 Caveman
14 I Came From The Future


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Booze & Glory - Trouble free (2011)

Their second album and even better one. All the kickassing elements of Oi! are here stretched to the maximum. Tracks like Never Return, Always Left Behind and Never Returned are eruptions of working class resentment packed in aggressive yet melodic Punk Rock with frequent uplifting singalongs and simple guitar solos. Common Oi! themes as taking pride in yourself, hard working class life, drinking booze and hating poseurs are accompinied by the critique of online generation. Get some beer to drink with this album and enjoy!

1. Our Passion
2. Always Left Behind
3. Trouble Free

4. Cyber Warrior
5. Never Returned
6. Come You Irons!
7. Payday
8. Until The End
9. Hooligan
10. Weekend In Karlskrona
11. Plastic Skinheads
12. My Girl
13. We’re The Boys
14. Swingin Fuckin' Hammers
15. Alex Go!
16. Online Generation

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Booze & Glory - Always on the wrong side (2010)

Booze & Glory are an Oi! Punk band coming from South East London, the very birthplace of this genre. They are faithfull in following the footsteps of all the classics of a genre, but they do it more than all right. This is their first full-length album and it contains angry Oi! music with all the common tropes but the display of current social climate in the UK, as well.


1. We Don't Wanna Change the World
2. Working Class Hero
3. 'Cause We're Skinheads
4. Antisong
5. Ugly Faces
6. Always On the Wrong Side
7. London
8. We Don't Fight
9. Joe Hawkins

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Rendered Useless - Never Too Old To Die Young (2012)

Another pearl from Portland. This time it's a Punk Rock band with some Folk elements. Recommended.


01. Rose City
02. Bartender
03. No One Knows
04. Take Off
05. Searchin'
06. The Cause
07. Held My Tongue
08. The Sound Released
09. Your Blood Intro
10. Your Blood
11. Fare Thee Well
12. Never Too Old To Die Young


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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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Foreign Legion - Death Valley (2007)

Punk Rock Veterans. Sunset On A Babylon!

01. Lots of Fun
02. Alright
03. Strange Town
04. Rat Race
05. Message from Nowhere
06. Wasted
07. She Loves Me Not
08. Take a Look
09. Party in Prague
10. Where Do We Go
11. Sunset on Babylon
12. Death Valley
13. Lots of Fun (Reprise)



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The King Blues - Punk & Poetry (2011)

Newest album. RIP King Blues

1. Last of the dreamers
2. We are fucking angry
3. Set the world on fire
4. Dancehall
5. The futures not what it used to be
6. I want you
7. Five bottles of shampoo
8. Sex education
9. Shooting fascists
10. Headbutt
11. Does anybody care about us
12. Everything happens for a reason

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The King Blues - Save The World, Get The Girl (2008)

Tremendous band! You better download it quick, before the internet police remove it!

01. My Boulder
02. I Got Love
03. The Schemers, The Scroungers, And The Rats
04. Underneath This Lamppost Light
05. Save The World, Get The Girl
06. For You My Darling
07. The Streets Are Ours
08. Let's Hang The Landlord (Album Version Dirty)
09. Out Of Luck
10. Hold On Tight
11. What If Punk Never Happened
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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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