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I WALK THE LINE - Black Wave Rising
(Combat Rock Industry/Boss Tuneage - 2008) - CD - AUS$10 / LP - AUS$15
1. Trouble Seeker
2. Stigmatized
3. Black Wave
4. Demonic Verses
5. Paradise
6. The Metro
7. Words Like Knives
8. Way Back Home
9. Fire, Be My Guide
10. Monster
11. Just A Number
"Third album from this Finnish band comprising of members of MANIFESTO JUKEBOX and WASTED and one that is notably different from (their early albums). The influences of that album are still evident but an influx of piano and even brass (specifically on ‘Paradise’ it seems) have replaced them along with a big HIVES sound. Oddly, there is also a very British vibe via MEN THEY COULDN’T HANG and TV SMITH similarities (check out ‘Way Back Home’) being evident along with a WIPERS-esque stridency. The songs are structured, moody in parts (‘Paradise’ has the potential for a major hit single) and on repeated listens make for an enthralling album."
Check out full review at http://www.scannerzine.com/topsoundsi.htm
Please visit http://www.iwalktheline.org or http://www.myspace.com/iwtlfinland for more information and to sample tracks from the album. BUY CD:
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I WALK THE LINE - Desolation Street
(Combat Rock Industry/Boss Tuneage - 2006) - CD - AUS$10 / LP - AUS$15
1. Just Like The Rest
2. The Man Without A Name
3. Grand Collapse
4. Drifter
5. Dead Seeds
6. World On A Pyre
7. When I'm Gone
8. Purity
9. Where Strangers Meet
10. Hollow
11. Forever Nights
12. Ghost On A Tightrope
"Machine-gun drumming, passionate vocals, arresting melodies, and guitars that are at turns cavernous and snarling: Finland's I Walk the Line walks the line between punk, power-pop, and dark garage music, like a band full of Nick Caves."
Please visit http://www.iwalktheline.org or http://www.myspace.com/iwtlfinland for more information and to sample tracks from the album. BUY CD:
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I WALK THE LINE - Badlands
(Combat Rock Industry/Boss Tuneage - 2004) - CD - AUS$10 / LP - AUS$15
1. In Retrospect
2. Capsized
3. Vagrant's Burden
4. Time To Burn
5. Barren Fields
6. Demons Are Forever
7. Bitter End
8. Clean Slate
9. Russian Roulette
10. No Redemption
11. Unbroken
"The guitars on this churn out some seriously cutting & precise chords. It’s all based very much in a traditional style of song-writing - with SOCIAL DISTORTION being an obvious comparison - but it sounds like those guitars are hit with such force that the resulting chords could clear a forest! The band is the latest storming export from Finland, featuring members of both MANIFESTO JUKEBOX & WASTED. While the SOCIAL D. reference is not misplaced, it’s also slightly unavailing as the band offers much more than that, such as the SWINGIN’ UTTERS-esque acoustic Punk of tracks like ‘Bitter End’ & the dynamics of ‘Dear You’ era JAWBREAKER on the album stealing, pulsating ‘Barren Fields’ which is epic in construction & anthemic in completion. Opener ‘In Retrospect’ features some sublime bass breakdowns & the continual use of an organ lends a depth & dimension way beyond the usual Punk rock ‘n’ roll approach to song-writing. A great 10-track release from what appears to be a thriving scene of varied, inspirational & quality Punk Rock."
Check out full review at http://www.scannerzine.com/topsoundsi.htm
Please visit http://www.iwalktheline.org or http://www.myspace.com/iwtlfinland for more information and to sample tracks from the album. BUY CD:
1. Freedom
2. Blue Skies
3. Open Wounds
4. Fight The War
5. Wake Up
6. Washed Away
7. Blacklight
"...As a new band, undoubtedly a more distinct sound will develop as they evolve, but for now this EP is clear evidence of significant promise. The songwriting is a little raw, but the sonic choices are all intelligent and there a nary a misstep across the entire disc. A deft blend of emotion and power, Open Wounds is an excellent debut from a band making all the right sounds. "
Check out full review at http://www.punkas.com/openwounds.html
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/ghostechoes for more information and to sample tracks from the album.
THE ROCKET JOCKS - Next Stop; Moon!
(Deep Red Records - 2007) - AUS$10
1. Crazy For You
2. What Can I Do?
3. Pen 2 Paper
4. Invasion Of The Giant Ants
5. Why My Baby Won't Go To The Movies With Me
6. Nobody Else
7. The Nazgul Hop
8. Judy Jetson, I Love You So
8 Tracks of brilliant pop punk revival. For fans of.. The Ramones, The Lillingtons, The Copyrights, Screeching Weasel etc.
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/therocketjocks for more information and to sample tracks from the album.
5TH THREAT - Threat Or Death
(5th Threat - 2007) - AUS$10
1. Waking The Dead
2. Kidd
3. Revolution
4. Suzzan
5. Phantom
6. Blood Feud
7. High Eden
"...5th Threat are not a band interested in ballads or dirges. Threat or Death is pedal-to-the-metal all the way, with each high energy track leading straight in to the next. The frenetic walking bassline to “Revolution” is characteristic of the blend of catchiness and hurtling enthusiasm that is the trademark of this release. Bubblegum pop with a dark sneer and grit, Threat or Death is top-drawer New Zealand punk rock. "
Check out full review at http://www.punkas.com/threatordeath.html
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/5ththreat for more information and to sample tracks from the album.
NOT OK - Ashtray Ways
(Souls 'n Bones Records - 2007) - out of print
1. One Thousand Hours
2. City Society
3. Deros On The Waste
4. Exchange
5. Failing Generation
6. Tricks
7. Enemies & Friendlies
8. Mind Liberation
9. Ruin Your Day
10. Dear Music
11. Ashtray Ways
12. Green & Brown
"Debut album from this (Gold-Coast by way of) Auckland band and it’s 12 tracks of impressive catchy Punk Rock. Soundwise, this would fit really well beside some of Fat Wreck’s more recent releases by the likes of SMOKE OR FIRE, LOVED ONES and NONE MORE BLACK...."
Check out full review at http://www.scannerzine.com/topsoundsn.htm
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/notokband for more information and to sample tracks from the album.
RITALIN - Roguetown
(Rebel High Records - 2007) - AUS$10
1. War Machine
2. The Haunting
3. Don't Look Down
4. Fux & Friends
5. Don't Forget
6. Party Van
7. Losing Out
8. Pollution
9. Not My Idea
10. Pain Tracks
11. Fear Is Your Disease
12. So I'm Told
"...on this noxious, rocking slab o’ Punk, the band has defined its own sound. That BLACK FLAG comparison is still worthy though as the opening locked-down riffage of ‘War Machine’ or the ‘Nervous Breakdown’esque refrain of ‘Don’t Forget’ prove, but here it’s coupled with a totally insistent modern rage that slices the senses and throttles your eardrums. "
Check out full review at http://www.scannerzine.com/topsoundsr.htm
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/ritalinkids for more information and to sample tracks from the album.
SKAFACE CLAW - The Goblin Church Of Seacliff
(Rebel High Records - 2006) - AUS$15
1. The Toughest Tom In Town
2. Scat Tequila
3. Sourpuss
4. Esta Vida Loca
5. Best Day Ever
6. The Tooth Fairie Stole My DNA
7. Medula
8. Cat Down The Well
9. Fear & Loathing
10. Shutdown
11. Doubulosey
12. Drunk As Fuck
13. Get Zonked
"The Goblin Church of Seacliff", is Skaface Claw's first full album, and was released in late 2006. Recorded in a creepy church and a rusty old shed in the sheltered seaside community north of Dunedin. Scragged-up surf-rock ska-billy Punk with a strong dance beat, for fans of Operation Ivy, The Poisoners etc...
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/skafaceclaw for more information and to sample tracks from the album.
FLAME THE FIRE - Buy Everything
(Good Times Records - 2006) - AUS$8
1. No One To Blame
2. Do Me A Favour
3. Advance Australia Fairly
4. Pound Of Flesh
5. Alcohol Doesn't Make You A Fuckhead (Being A Fuckhead Makes You A Fuckhead)
6. iTuned Out
7. Whores & Hypocrites
8. Suck It Up
9. I Drink, I Think
10. World Peace
HARDCORE
For Fans of: INTERNAL AFFAIRS, LAST NERVE, CRO-MAGS etc.
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/flamethefire for more information and to sample tracks from the album.
ONEBADWEEKEND - Nothing Personal EP
(Souls 'n Bones Records/Harbour City Records - 2006) - AUS$8
1. Nothing Personal
2. Addicted To Lying
3. Hypocritically Ill
4. Throw It Away
5. This Time
"...Nothing Personal shows (Onebadweekend) have evolved somewhat (from their initial straight-up skate punk sound). The breakneck drumming and new school punk guitaring is still present and accounted for, but the band have incorporated some other influences in their sound to subtly augment it. For example, the EP's standout track "Addicted To Lying" sounds closer to contemporaries such as The Bleeders than mid-90s So-Cal punk bands, with the opener (and title track) showing definite traces of hardcore in sound if not the blitzkrieg tempo."
Check out full review at http://www.punkas.com/nothingpersonal.html
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/onebadweekend for more information and to sample tracks from the album.
NOT QUITE RIGHT - Point Of No Return
(Harbour City Records - 2006) - AUS$10
1. That Time & Place
2. Living To Die
3. The World Through One Eye
4. The 21st Of Some Month
5. A Revelation
6. Routine's A Bitch
7. My Morning Paper
8. A Name For Names Sake
9. Switching Off Modern Day God
10. Fight Song
11. That Passing Moment
12. You Didn't Say
"Taking influence from bands such as Sommerset on "Living To Die" (with its brilliant gang vocal chorus), fellow Wellingtonians Brubeck on "My Morning Paper" with a fun 40-second blast, through to overseas acts such as Rise Against on the mid-tempo yet punchy, "The 21st of Some Month", Not Quite Right provide a spectrum of styles and show that they know how to write punk ballads through to classic three chord foot stompers."
Check out full review at http://www.punkas.com/pointofnoreturn.html
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/notquiterightt for more information and to sample tracks from the album.
3 DAYS LATER - We All Die The Same
(Clean Box Entertainment - 2005) - AUS$8
1. Social Disorder
2. Join The Army
3. Highschool Drop Out
4. Kill The Government Clowns
5. Bobs Casino
6. Tattooed America
7. What Do You Want?
8. Drunk & Under Age
9. Sin City
10. The Yucks
11. Stuck In A Flagstaff
12. A Few Things I Just Hate
13. Normal
14. Corporate Discharge
PUNK/THRASH
For Fans of: DRI etc.
Please visit http://www.myspace.com/3dayslater6285 for more information and to sample tracks from the album.
DOWN UNDER: NZ/AUS Punk/Ska/Hardcore Compilation
(Harbour City Records - 2007) - AUS$8
1. THE DISABLES - Damned If You Do
2. WE DUNNO - This Party Sux
3. UNPAID DEBT - Stitches
4. RITALIN - Fear Is Your Disease
5. SPENT SHELLS - Back To Basics
6. NOT QUITE RIGHT - Our History, Our Future!
7. SYDNEY CITY TRASH - Union Boy
8. REAL, REAL SICK - Dogma Eat Dogma
9. THE BLACK MARKET - Walls
10. ONEBADWEEKEND - Nothing Personal
11. YIDCORE - The Truth About David Bowie
12. SKAFACE CLAW - The Tooth Fairie Stole My DNA
13. THE GO SET - Davey
14. BLACK CHROME - Free Peep From The Gutter
15. STOLEN YOUTH - Strong But Few
16. DAMAGED - Destroy Your Destiny
17. EPIC FLAGON - Funnels
18. TWO FAT LADIES - Sadako
19. THE ORDINARYS - Burn It Down
20. SECLUDED BY RIGHT - Jump The Wagon
21. SUBJECT TO CHANGE - GC
22. NOT OK - Deros On The Waste
"...this is an admirable collection of new school punk rock from both sides of the ditch and fair evidence for the world class calibre of acts this back corner of the globe is capable of producing. Definitely worth checking out. "
Check out full review at http://www.punkas.com/downunder.html
1. RUBBERBAND - Side Alley
2. SLIPPING TONGUE - Hypocrite
3. THE DEADBEATS - Let Me Out
4. LOSING FACE - Plausible Deniability
5. STITCHFACE - New Empire
6. SIDECAR FURY - Dawn Parade
7. THE CLERICS - God Of Leisure
8. THE WAR WITHIN - Seven
9. ONEBADWEEKEND - Draining My Account
10. WE DUNNO - Money Makes You Miserable
11. BLAKE - Friends
12. 5TH THREAT - Wicked Things
13. HUNG JURY - Catholic Manipulation
14. NOT OK - Last Place In The Race To Die
15. TROY THE SNAIL - We're On Our Own
16. ROOFDOG - On The Rack
17. NOT QUITE RIGHT - Misspelled Thoughts
18. FROGLETTER - Hate Us (live)
19. CHEAP FOR A REASON - The Olds
"A great snapshot of the early 00's punk rock in New Zealand. Most of the 19 bands featured are now defunct, but the compilation does include some rare tracks from some bands still slogging away at it including NOT OK 'Last Place In The Race To Die', ONEBADWEEKEND 'Draining My Account' & NOT QUITE RIGHT 'Misspelled Thoughts' "
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Hello to all, Just thought we'd stop by and say thank you ,to all the awesome bands that have sent in their material which has been aired on the show throughout the years.
We have had an exceptional response through myspace from some of the most talented underground musicians in the world . It is your contribution to our show that show people that there are still actually real musicians out there [and rap is surely not damn music, neither is that techno crap].
Undergroundsounds airs throughout Australia Thursday/Saturdays p.m.
Bands that would like their music aired on any future shows can forward their material to the address below;
Undergroundsounds Program Manager 44 Bambil St, Crestmead,Queensland. Australia.
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