OKAY SO YESTERDAY HARDCORE SHOW IN ZELE. WAS FUN.
I didn't see the last band, Leagues Apart, cause I had to catch a train and I would see them today anyway, so yeah!
First up was Rebuild, all the way from Get Wood City, ready to play for a crowd of 10 in a place fit for 200 or something. And without a bassist. Silly dudes. They kinda pulled it off. The sound wasn't as strong without the bass and may not have been their best performance ever but I like seeing them play, hearing the songs and sing along every once in a while when I can remember the lyrics. I also moshed. I also was drinking a lot of beer, which could be the reason why I moshed.
Pizza time.
Minus Tree played next. They're from Italia. Hardcore with a somber edge. Not really good, but they had some jams, and Jordi was constantly saying I should mosh so I did. Alone. I guess they weren't bad but kinda uninspired.
Getting more and more shitfaced.
A Strength Within played next. I think they're a really great band, and especially the new songs slay. Great musicians, and Mike's a great frontman. But as always, lousy crowd reaction. quite a shame. People should dance to this.
Sleeping on the train.
17-04-2012
06-04-2012
Putting Off The Charts on the charts
Okay, here's the deal: Off The Charts is an awesome band from Dilbeek/Dildobeek/Chillbeek/... and they became good buddies of mine. They just now put out a new EP, completely DIY and stuff, and it has 3 new songs on it that take a huge step from the demo. I'm having the pleasure to listen to these songs right now so I'm able to do a review. Because I do that kinda stuff. I am good at listening to music.
You should buy the new EP from them for only 2 currency units. 3 songs for 2 coins is cheaper than, let's say, 3 songs for 3 coins. So buy it, it's good and it's cheap. (insert 'your mom' joke here)
So, let's do this in kinda real time. Play. First song. It's called "Final Master A - 01". I'm kidding, it has a different title but I don't know what it is. It's starts slow and dragging, with rung (minor?) chords and a (minor chord?) melody. It sounds sad. I'm becoming kinda sad. And then it becomes steady. Kim starts singing and it's great. Recording sounds bad-ass. Nicolas kicks in. He sounds like one of those Gainesville singers who drank too much whiskey and are now 40 and still drink too much whiskey. Only this guy isn't 40 years old. I now realise I've heard this song quite a few times in their live shows. Oh, it's speeding the fuck up. It's difficult to follow writing this. But the tempo change is something Off The Charts uses a lot so it's becoming a kind of signature thing to their songs I guess? I'm not sure. The little melodies in the transition are proof that they know what the hell they are doing. This isn't simple punk rock. I don't know if it's punk rock anymore. I think it is. But it's peculiar, in a good way.
Vocally, the dynamics between Kim and Nicolas are played out well, balanced. Then there's this instrumental break kind of thing, filled with blasting drums and a pounding bass guiding the riffage, including the famous contrast dynamic where you just can't avoid headbanging or airdrumming. This leads up to the final part, sounding like someone has some deep despair and needs to vent it. You can mosh/stomp to this part, I guess that's okay. It mellows down and with an off-strummed riff they introduce the outro (is it even possible to introduce an outroduction?), which is really powerful and probably the most memorable/catchy part of the song. They are singing "I WILL WAIT FOR YOU", and I guess that makes all the girls' panties wet as fuck.
I'll have to change my pants now.
Second song is the second song. I also don't know the title, but I'll find out soon enough. Another slow-paced intro. These guys love melody, and I love their melodies. They don't make me happy but ultimately they do make me happy because it's good. This is a steady song. I kinda want to make a comparison to other bands but I'm having a hard time pinpointing it. I guess they have a lot of influences, they take some of the gruffy punk rock, some new wave/indie hints, this and that of the pop punk/hardcore thing (the Title Fight, Basement, ... kind) and every once in a while it sounds like a Dillinger Four single played at 33 rpm. I hope that makes sense. This song is definitely more of a grower rather than an instant hit, but it's really interesting in terms of song structure and evolution. Off The Charts are taking their stuff seriously, and they're on a consistent path to finding their exact wanted sound. In my opinion they can still tweak it (but I guess any band in the world will always think they can do better, so that's that really), but I'm digging it already.
Fast part at the end, maybe time for a circle pit? I don't know, they should ask to do a circle pit at shows. After another batch of sincerely sung/screamed "Take me back"'s they break it down with dual guitar riffage and end in a mainstream as fuck WHOAAAAAAAOHOHOH chant. It's not really mainstream actually. I don't think the 'kids these days' would sing along. It's too hoarse for their fragile voices. But if you've been drinking and listening to punk rock for a while you can probably flawlessly sing along to it. Also, this song is almost 5 minutes long. Actual proof that this is not punk rock anymore. It's the sound of (OT)C, the sound which creates a new dimension. This is a new style of music. Although it's 5 minutes and that's a long time for a song, like I said, it's pretty interesting and it stays focused. It doesn't flatten or become redundant. It's pretty damn epic.
Now, the third song is called Imposed Future. I know this because that's what it says on the Facebook. So I guess this is their ultimate hit song. It starts out with a piercing riff just waiting to explode into what is commonly known as a song. Armin (I think?) kicks in with one of his signature guitarsolo/melody kind of things and you could slowmotion-mosh to it. It now sounds like if you want to play a video game and it's "loading ??%" and then suddenly the menu screen pops up and you hit play as fast as you can so you can start. I really hope I'm making some sense right now. This is a very powerful song once Jelle's bass part completes the picture and it gets going for real. Lots of catchy riffing, dynamic/contrastive vocals and powerful rhythms and the variations thereof. The middle part suddenly sounds like a straight-up old school hardcore break, with the hardcore beat pounding and a tough-ish "The anchor holding me down. We'll not let go.", reminding me of Verse or something of that ilk (not the best comparison but I can't think of anything else right now), and going into a raging stomp party where you can sing along and point fingers at the band (at their shows, obviously) and then dance your ass off. And suddenly it's over and that's it.
TOO LONG/DIDN'T READ: Great songs, great band, buy it, buy them beers.
It's funny how it takes me 2 days to come up with this amount of text on "the semantics of discourse-embedded tag question in English" but on the other hand I just have to listen to a few songs and I can write this bullshit in an hour or so. I wish English linguistics was more like punk rock music.
You should buy the new EP from them for only 2 currency units. 3 songs for 2 coins is cheaper than, let's say, 3 songs for 3 coins. So buy it, it's good and it's cheap. (insert 'your mom' joke here)
So, let's do this in kinda real time. Play. First song. It's called "Final Master A - 01". I'm kidding, it has a different title but I don't know what it is. It's starts slow and dragging, with rung (minor?) chords and a (minor chord?) melody. It sounds sad. I'm becoming kinda sad. And then it becomes steady. Kim starts singing and it's great. Recording sounds bad-ass. Nicolas kicks in. He sounds like one of those Gainesville singers who drank too much whiskey and are now 40 and still drink too much whiskey. Only this guy isn't 40 years old. I now realise I've heard this song quite a few times in their live shows. Oh, it's speeding the fuck up. It's difficult to follow writing this. But the tempo change is something Off The Charts uses a lot so it's becoming a kind of signature thing to their songs I guess? I'm not sure. The little melodies in the transition are proof that they know what the hell they are doing. This isn't simple punk rock. I don't know if it's punk rock anymore. I think it is. But it's peculiar, in a good way.
Vocally, the dynamics between Kim and Nicolas are played out well, balanced. Then there's this instrumental break kind of thing, filled with blasting drums and a pounding bass guiding the riffage, including the famous contrast dynamic where you just can't avoid headbanging or airdrumming. This leads up to the final part, sounding like someone has some deep despair and needs to vent it. You can mosh/stomp to this part, I guess that's okay. It mellows down and with an off-strummed riff they introduce the outro (is it even possible to introduce an outroduction?), which is really powerful and probably the most memorable/catchy part of the song. They are singing "I WILL WAIT FOR YOU", and I guess that makes all the girls' panties wet as fuck.
I'll have to change my pants now.
Second song is the second song. I also don't know the title, but I'll find out soon enough. Another slow-paced intro. These guys love melody, and I love their melodies. They don't make me happy but ultimately they do make me happy because it's good. This is a steady song. I kinda want to make a comparison to other bands but I'm having a hard time pinpointing it. I guess they have a lot of influences, they take some of the gruffy punk rock, some new wave/indie hints, this and that of the pop punk/hardcore thing (the Title Fight, Basement, ... kind) and every once in a while it sounds like a Dillinger Four single played at 33 rpm. I hope that makes sense. This song is definitely more of a grower rather than an instant hit, but it's really interesting in terms of song structure and evolution. Off The Charts are taking their stuff seriously, and they're on a consistent path to finding their exact wanted sound. In my opinion they can still tweak it (but I guess any band in the world will always think they can do better, so that's that really), but I'm digging it already.
Fast part at the end, maybe time for a circle pit? I don't know, they should ask to do a circle pit at shows. After another batch of sincerely sung/screamed "Take me back"'s they break it down with dual guitar riffage and end in a mainstream as fuck WHOAAAAAAAOHOHOH chant. It's not really mainstream actually. I don't think the 'kids these days' would sing along. It's too hoarse for their fragile voices. But if you've been drinking and listening to punk rock for a while you can probably flawlessly sing along to it. Also, this song is almost 5 minutes long. Actual proof that this is not punk rock anymore. It's the sound of (OT)C, the sound which creates a new dimension. This is a new style of music. Although it's 5 minutes and that's a long time for a song, like I said, it's pretty interesting and it stays focused. It doesn't flatten or become redundant. It's pretty damn epic.
Now, the third song is called Imposed Future. I know this because that's what it says on the Facebook. So I guess this is their ultimate hit song. It starts out with a piercing riff just waiting to explode into what is commonly known as a song. Armin (I think?) kicks in with one of his signature guitarsolo/melody kind of things and you could slowmotion-mosh to it. It now sounds like if you want to play a video game and it's "loading ??%" and then suddenly the menu screen pops up and you hit play as fast as you can so you can start. I really hope I'm making some sense right now. This is a very powerful song once Jelle's bass part completes the picture and it gets going for real. Lots of catchy riffing, dynamic/contrastive vocals and powerful rhythms and the variations thereof. The middle part suddenly sounds like a straight-up old school hardcore break, with the hardcore beat pounding and a tough-ish "The anchor holding me down. We'll not let go.", reminding me of Verse or something of that ilk (not the best comparison but I can't think of anything else right now), and going into a raging stomp party where you can sing along and point fingers at the band (at their shows, obviously) and then dance your ass off. And suddenly it's over and that's it.
TOO LONG/DIDN'T READ: Great songs, great band, buy it, buy them beers.
It's funny how it takes me 2 days to come up with this amount of text on "the semantics of discourse-embedded tag question in English" but on the other hand I just have to listen to a few songs and I can write this bullshit in an hour or so. I wish English linguistics was more like punk rock music.
Back to the garage
Garage shows are something else. They're DIY. They're cool. They're hella fun. They have a kinda different atmosphere throughout and it's punk as fuck. So good job to Bartje Punk of the Tantras to put on a show with the Respirators in his garage.
Before the show I quickly interviewed the Respirators cause Bart was all like "hey maybe you could interview them" and I was like "yeah, that'd be cool" and so we asked them and they were like "oh yeah, sure" and then I asked some silly questions because I had no idea what to ask but we had a fine chat and it'll be in the next 'zine. So stay tuned for that! The Respirators are really super cool dudes.
De Tantras started the night though, playing a classic Tantra show. They opened with Bitchkrieg, and played a bunch of great songs. TNT show, Danny, Old Generation, ... All the hits, plus some covers of the Ramones, the Trashmen, 2 Misfits songs, and even a Priceduifkes jam! I did a blitzdance, sang along and high-fisted Bart. (I went for the high-five and he went for the bro-fist and it ended all wrong and awkward but that's alright.) Great band!
The Respirators are a great band. They have the whole Off With Their Heads, Banner Pilot, ... Midwest sound and I totally love that. Their singer also kinda looks like Zack from Rivethead/Dear Landlord/House Boat/... And there's two Jakob's in the band, fun fact. Also cool to see a European band do the gruff punk rock thing that cause I don't think there are many like it around. Anyway, they're on tour, from Denmark all over Europe and the show in the garage was super fun. Great musicians, great performance, bass player was incredible, vocals were sweet and the melodies ruled a lot. Just a great band. Get fucking psyched for their full length, which they are writing/recording at the moment. It's gonna rule.
New European sensation right here, putting Denmark on the pop punk map (together with the 20Belows).
Also Peabrain Records rules, buy their shit!
Before the show I quickly interviewed the Respirators cause Bart was all like "hey maybe you could interview them" and I was like "yeah, that'd be cool" and so we asked them and they were like "oh yeah, sure" and then I asked some silly questions because I had no idea what to ask but we had a fine chat and it'll be in the next 'zine. So stay tuned for that! The Respirators are really super cool dudes.
De Tantras started the night though, playing a classic Tantra show. They opened with Bitchkrieg, and played a bunch of great songs. TNT show, Danny, Old Generation, ... All the hits, plus some covers of the Ramones, the Trashmen, 2 Misfits songs, and even a Priceduifkes jam! I did a blitzdance, sang along and high-fisted Bart. (I went for the high-five and he went for the bro-fist and it ended all wrong and awkward but that's alright.) Great band!
The Respirators are a great band. They have the whole Off With Their Heads, Banner Pilot, ... Midwest sound and I totally love that. Their singer also kinda looks like Zack from Rivethead/Dear Landlord/House Boat/... And there's two Jakob's in the band, fun fact. Also cool to see a European band do the gruff punk rock thing that cause I don't think there are many like it around. Anyway, they're on tour, from Denmark all over Europe and the show in the garage was super fun. Great musicians, great performance, bass player was incredible, vocals were sweet and the melodies ruled a lot. Just a great band. Get fucking psyched for their full length, which they are writing/recording at the moment. It's gonna rule.
New European sensation right here, putting Denmark on the pop punk map (together with the 20Belows).
Also Peabrain Records rules, buy their shit!
05-04-2012
punk/no punk
Tuesday night was a great night. i went to Mechelen to check out the punk rock and also not the punk rock.
The punk rock was provided by an opening band I didn't catch because I had dinner later than expected, but also by River Jumpers, a band from Brighton in the UK. They were good. Definitely. Surprised me. Made me nod my head. A real fun band, they wanted everyone to dance but that didn't really work out. Sometimes people don't dance. It's alright.
Next band for the punk rock was Struggling For Reason, a band from Namur I think. It was better than the name made me expect. Kinda the Walloon version of Homer, I guess. Fun show. They play in suits and look kinda goofy but the music was good!
After the punk rock came and went, it was time for dudes with guitars 'n' shit. Mark McCabe started singing and wow. Just wow. This dude's amazing. I wish I had heard about him earlier. Strong, punchy songs with a celestial voice singing words that are as honest as... something that's very honest. He did an Against Me! cover of Reinventing Axl Rose, saying something like that his view on punk rock basically comes down to that song, and I can really relate to that. It's a great song with an amazing message of DIY and punk, and Mark did it justice. I was kinda singing along but I was also reluctant cause I can't sing for shit and I was afraid I'd sing too loud so people would hear me.
Anyway, great dude, great show, check him out!
After Mark, PJ Bond came up. I met PJ on his last trip to Belgium in October/November or something so I was really excited to see him again and chat a bit. Such a nice person. Either way, he started doing his thing and as usual it was great. His songs are nothing short of awesome and he is a great musician. I mouthed/sang along to some of the stuff. he was like "what do you want to hear" and I said "a song" and that's basically it. I just like to hear him play songs, that's enough. Also I'm really excited for his upcoming split with Brian Bond, he played a song off of it and it sounded really good.
This might have been the first punk rock show where I wasn't as stoked for the punk rock as I was for the non-punk rock.
The punk rock was provided by an opening band I didn't catch because I had dinner later than expected, but also by River Jumpers, a band from Brighton in the UK. They were good. Definitely. Surprised me. Made me nod my head. A real fun band, they wanted everyone to dance but that didn't really work out. Sometimes people don't dance. It's alright.
Next band for the punk rock was Struggling For Reason, a band from Namur I think. It was better than the name made me expect. Kinda the Walloon version of Homer, I guess. Fun show. They play in suits and look kinda goofy but the music was good!
After the punk rock came and went, it was time for dudes with guitars 'n' shit. Mark McCabe started singing and wow. Just wow. This dude's amazing. I wish I had heard about him earlier. Strong, punchy songs with a celestial voice singing words that are as honest as... something that's very honest. He did an Against Me! cover of Reinventing Axl Rose, saying something like that his view on punk rock basically comes down to that song, and I can really relate to that. It's a great song with an amazing message of DIY and punk, and Mark did it justice. I was kinda singing along but I was also reluctant cause I can't sing for shit and I was afraid I'd sing too loud so people would hear me.
Anyway, great dude, great show, check him out!
After Mark, PJ Bond came up. I met PJ on his last trip to Belgium in October/November or something so I was really excited to see him again and chat a bit. Such a nice person. Either way, he started doing his thing and as usual it was great. His songs are nothing short of awesome and he is a great musician. I mouthed/sang along to some of the stuff. he was like "what do you want to hear" and I said "a song" and that's basically it. I just like to hear him play songs, that's enough. Also I'm really excited for his upcoming split with Brian Bond, he played a song off of it and it sounded really good.
This might have been the first punk rock show where I wasn't as stoked for the punk rock as I was for the non-punk rock.
02-04-2012
Hasselt rules
I've been to Limburg 3 times in about 1 week. I'm starting to like Limburg.
Yesterday was another show in xHasseltx.
First band was No Solution, straight edge youth crew hardcore something something something from France. Not my cup o' tea. Great energy and such, though. I think they played a Justice cover.
Second band: Truth Inside. Same thing, different continent. They're from Florida. I was more into this.
Violent City closed the evening. Started out with Judge's Fed Up and then played cool songs and I bought a cd. Whoo!
Grim also played. They're a weird band but it's really cool. It's the drummer and singer from Get Wise and Gijs Rebuild on guitar. They play mosh parts. I guess they're not really songs, just mosh parts. It's awesome. I'm confused.
Also hangouts, beers, scored a Just Say Yo zine and stomped to the train station sings Straight Edge Revenge/Kersed.
Yesterday was another show in xHasseltx.
First band was No Solution, straight edge youth crew hardcore something something something from France. Not my cup o' tea. Great energy and such, though. I think they played a Justice cover.
Second band: Truth Inside. Same thing, different continent. They're from Florida. I was more into this.
Violent City closed the evening. Started out with Judge's Fed Up and then played cool songs and I bought a cd. Whoo!
Grim also played. They're a weird band but it's really cool. It's the drummer and singer from Get Wise and Gijs Rebuild on guitar. They play mosh parts. I guess they're not really songs, just mosh parts. It's awesome. I'm confused.
Also hangouts, beers, scored a Just Say Yo zine and stomped to the train station sings Straight Edge Revenge/Kersed.
01-04-2012
Not Frank Turner
I don't know this Frank Turner dude so on Friday the 30th of March I went to a hardcoreshow instead in a venue just a stone's throw from the MOD. Cool venue, actually, 't Paviljoen.
I didn't catch The Homeless but they're a pretty good band.
Rebuild was the first band I could enjoy. Such a great band. People were moshing and all that shit! Gijs is slowly becoming Belgium's best frontman, the dude cracks me up. Also just really good vocals to really good music. Awesome melodies over wack rhythms. I love seeing Chiel play drums cause it looks like he has no idea what he's doing but he actually does. Weird, right? Buy their EP and get stoked for the new songs. They sound great! "Rebuild is den beste build van België".
By the way, I think I drank a beer for every time Gijs yelled "GET WOOD CITY". No surprise I was pretty hammered by the end of the night.
Next band: Midnight Souls. I just want to say one thing: Midnight Souls need more mosh. They have finally made a record people can mosh to but nobody seems inclined to go at it (including myself, I'm a huge wimp). Anyway, they played a great set as always, first day of their tour. Great band, whoo!
Daylight followed and they're basically Title Fight but slowed down, as Dennis managed to tell me and I agreed. But I like Daylight. They have great songs, great melodies and the guy's voice is quite something. Also super lame audience. Hardcore hipsters don't like to move or sing along I think. Maybe I'm just weird. I don't belong at hardcore shows.
Last band was More Than Life. They have a couple cool songs but generally don't appeal to me. The crowd was into it, though, so I guess they're pretty good, or just popular.
After that I got really drunk, a lot a fun stuff happened and it was a good night! HARDCORE
I didn't catch The Homeless but they're a pretty good band.
Rebuild was the first band I could enjoy. Such a great band. People were moshing and all that shit! Gijs is slowly becoming Belgium's best frontman, the dude cracks me up. Also just really good vocals to really good music. Awesome melodies over wack rhythms. I love seeing Chiel play drums cause it looks like he has no idea what he's doing but he actually does. Weird, right? Buy their EP and get stoked for the new songs. They sound great! "Rebuild is den beste build van België".
By the way, I think I drank a beer for every time Gijs yelled "GET WOOD CITY". No surprise I was pretty hammered by the end of the night.
Next band: Midnight Souls. I just want to say one thing: Midnight Souls need more mosh. They have finally made a record people can mosh to but nobody seems inclined to go at it (including myself, I'm a huge wimp). Anyway, they played a great set as always, first day of their tour. Great band, whoo!
Daylight followed and they're basically Title Fight but slowed down, as Dennis managed to tell me and I agreed. But I like Daylight. They have great songs, great melodies and the guy's voice is quite something. Also super lame audience. Hardcore hipsters don't like to move or sing along I think. Maybe I'm just weird. I don't belong at hardcore shows.
Last band was More Than Life. They have a couple cool songs but generally don't appeal to me. The crowd was into it, though, so I guess they're pretty good, or just popular.
After that I got really drunk, a lot a fun stuff happened and it was a good night! HARDCORE
26-03-2012
CROSSBONE FEST - saturdayayayayay
Whoa, man. Must've been the best day of my life.
After waking up on a cold floor I went to the venue. The party didn't start until 5 pm but there were possibilities to hang out and stuff so that was good. Besides the hangouts, the swimming session, the jokes, the anti-hangover beers, the stupid woman at the sandwichbar and the general fun, Saturday was full of awesome bands.
Starting out with Off The Charts. I came in stomping during the second song or something because I love those guys and they play great music. The show pretty much sucked, though, haha. The songs sounded good, I'm superstoked for the new songs. They also played Off With Their Heads' Clear The Air, which is also a great song. Good guys! They also brought me pizza (which I yet have to pay, haha), so that's a win as well!
Next band was Tyred Eyes. Swedish garage punk band with a pretty lady on guitar and a Mario-look-a-like stereotyoe Swedish guy on bass. The bass sounded super bad-ass, by the way. It got my bass-boner going for sure. The songs were great, the show was good, just all-round a great band!
I didn't see Impo & The Tents because I interviewed Mikey Erg. I didn't see International Diamond Thieves because I didn't care about them, sorry. I kinda liked Teenage Gluesniffers but all the songs sounded the same so it wasn't really interesting. They did cover Jawbreaker's Boxcar and that was great.
But then the party started and it literally didn't stop. Every band was a band I wanted to see. Starting out with the Bat Bites. Holy fuck they're such a good band, and they played such a good show. I was singing along while eating pizza and when I finished my pizza I was dancing a bit. Their songs are great, the Joan Jett cover was great and they rule.
The Windowsill played next and they are also really cool. The show wasn't up to scratch, I guess, but I sang along cause the songs are just so dman catchy. Marino's voice rules.
The Dauntless Elite also played, and I was stoked to see them. It was their last day on tour, and they played a fine show. I sang along when I knew the lyrics, and sometimes I also sang along when I didn't know the words. I danced a bit. They definitely deserved more attention, cause they're awesome. Nicolas Cage also thought so. Their new record is amazing, check it!
Next: The Accelerators. They're a great band, but I didn't care to really check them out at the time. Sorry guys.
The Hotlines, though, they killed it. Wow, what a fucking awesome show. Including all their hit songs, 2 Queers covers (Psycho Over You and See You Later Fuckface) and a keyboard player.Song For All The Girls is such a great song. Great show, danced a lot, sang a lot, had a fucking lot of fun. WHOO!
The Real Danger put on an insane show, including OpIvy and Undertones covers, great songs of their own.
The Priceduifkes started World War III, with punk rock music. I think they played a House Boat cover, I could be wrong though. Insane either way, they're sooooo good.
I don't really have words for the show Mikey Erg did. He started out with Introduing Morissey, went on to play Hey Jealousy on request, WHICH WAS THE BEST THING EVER IN MY WHOLE LIFE AND NOTHING WILL TOP THAT. Then hit song after hit song, Ergs! songs, solo songs, covers, and as encore he played some Dopamines songs, while the crowd was on stage singing, he played a Copyrights song, he played all these bitchin' songs and it was the best thing ever. I almost cried I think. Da is echt nen hele goeie mens.
I'm sad I couldn't see his acoustic show yesterday, but I loved every minute of his show.
Thanks a whole fucking lot, Lost Youth Records, Crossbonefest, for my favourite weekend ever.
I don't want stuff like this to end, it's just perfect. I'm watching punk rock shows, I'm hanging out with some of the coolest people ever, I meet so many new people, I get fucking shitfaced, I laugh my ass off, I fall on my baking house (dutchism) a whole lot and I don't give a fuck about anything but having fun.
Punk rock is literally the best thing that happened to me. I'm getting emotional now.
AND I DOUBT THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF ME, BUT IT'S NICE TO PRETEND THAT YOU MIGHT BE.
After waking up on a cold floor I went to the venue. The party didn't start until 5 pm but there were possibilities to hang out and stuff so that was good. Besides the hangouts, the swimming session, the jokes, the anti-hangover beers, the stupid woman at the sandwichbar and the general fun, Saturday was full of awesome bands.
Starting out with Off The Charts. I came in stomping during the second song or something because I love those guys and they play great music. The show pretty much sucked, though, haha. The songs sounded good, I'm superstoked for the new songs. They also played Off With Their Heads' Clear The Air, which is also a great song. Good guys! They also brought me pizza (which I yet have to pay, haha), so that's a win as well!
Next band was Tyred Eyes. Swedish garage punk band with a pretty lady on guitar and a Mario-look-a-like stereotyoe Swedish guy on bass. The bass sounded super bad-ass, by the way. It got my bass-boner going for sure. The songs were great, the show was good, just all-round a great band!
I didn't see Impo & The Tents because I interviewed Mikey Erg. I didn't see International Diamond Thieves because I didn't care about them, sorry. I kinda liked Teenage Gluesniffers but all the songs sounded the same so it wasn't really interesting. They did cover Jawbreaker's Boxcar and that was great.
But then the party started and it literally didn't stop. Every band was a band I wanted to see. Starting out with the Bat Bites. Holy fuck they're such a good band, and they played such a good show. I was singing along while eating pizza and when I finished my pizza I was dancing a bit. Their songs are great, the Joan Jett cover was great and they rule.
The Windowsill played next and they are also really cool. The show wasn't up to scratch, I guess, but I sang along cause the songs are just so dman catchy. Marino's voice rules.
The Dauntless Elite also played, and I was stoked to see them. It was their last day on tour, and they played a fine show. I sang along when I knew the lyrics, and sometimes I also sang along when I didn't know the words. I danced a bit. They definitely deserved more attention, cause they're awesome. Nicolas Cage also thought so. Their new record is amazing, check it!
Next: The Accelerators. They're a great band, but I didn't care to really check them out at the time. Sorry guys.
The Hotlines, though, they killed it. Wow, what a fucking awesome show. Including all their hit songs, 2 Queers covers (Psycho Over You and See You Later Fuckface) and a keyboard player.Song For All The Girls is such a great song. Great show, danced a lot, sang a lot, had a fucking lot of fun. WHOO!
The Real Danger put on an insane show, including OpIvy and Undertones covers, great songs of their own.
The Priceduifkes started World War III, with punk rock music. I think they played a House Boat cover, I could be wrong though. Insane either way, they're sooooo good.
I don't really have words for the show Mikey Erg did. He started out with Introduing Morissey, went on to play Hey Jealousy on request, WHICH WAS THE BEST THING EVER IN MY WHOLE LIFE AND NOTHING WILL TOP THAT. Then hit song after hit song, Ergs! songs, solo songs, covers, and as encore he played some Dopamines songs, while the crowd was on stage singing, he played a Copyrights song, he played all these bitchin' songs and it was the best thing ever. I almost cried I think. Da is echt nen hele goeie mens.
I'm sad I couldn't see his acoustic show yesterday, but I loved every minute of his show.
Thanks a whole fucking lot, Lost Youth Records, Crossbonefest, for my favourite weekend ever.
I don't want stuff like this to end, it's just perfect. I'm watching punk rock shows, I'm hanging out with some of the coolest people ever, I meet so many new people, I get fucking shitfaced, I laugh my ass off, I fall on my baking house (dutchism) a whole lot and I don't give a fuck about anything but having fun.
Punk rock is literally the best thing that happened to me. I'm getting emotional now.
AND I DOUBT THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF ME, BUT IT'S NICE TO PRETEND THAT YOU MIGHT BE.
25-03-2012
CROSSBONE FEST - fridayayayayayay
Without any doubt one of the best weekends I will have this year. (Other contestants are th Groezrock festival and the Summer In October festival)
Let's start off by giving "mad props" (this means "a lot of praise") for everyone who helped to set up Crossbone fest. Holy fuck, it was insane.
It all started on Friday, which is hardcoreday. After eating a pizza that was way too cheesy (no pun) I arrived at the venue in time to catch the first band. That was Trapped Inside. There's a girl singing, and some dudes playing hardcore music. I'm not a hardcorekid, and the hardcore I do listen to will probably be frowned upon by the hardcorekids, so I'm just gonna go with 'good show'. I don't really know. Could've been really great, could've been mediocre. It wasn't bad!
DRS/Dr. Schnabel played next. They're a couple of kids from the other side of the country coming to play fast trashy hardcore. That's cool!
I didn't really get Conviction. Not the cup of tea of mine.
Get Wise was cool. I don't know. they had a good vibe. I was getting pretty drunk. Good music to hit people by.
Shredder was cool and all.
Rebuild played a home game. I moshed and got hit in the head a lot so I stopped. I'm a fragile kid, and Rebuild's fans aren't. Awesome show, this is an amazing band. I finally managed to get the EP, stoked! You should get it too! And if you're a tough dude, you should mosh at their shows!
Insanity Alert was really awesome. Crossover band with Heavy Kevy/Kevin Aper/Kevin Stout. He rules, and the rest of the band as well. Really cool songs, cool performance and all that.
Didn't really see Vitamin X.
Mikey Erg & the Pricepigeons played a set of hardcore and punk classics which was great. Started out with Project X, and further on they covered Descendents, Minor Threat, 7 Seconds, Psyched To Die and Black Flag I think. It was great. It's fun to dance to Straight Edge Revenge while being shitfaced. It's also fun to dance, period. Mikey Erg is a really good person.
Afterparty was good, don't remember a lot. Jelle Gommers took over the DJ booth so it must've been good. Danced, got drunkererer and eventually just left for no reason. Kinda weird.
Slept horribly, but felt really great.
Let's start off by giving "mad props" (this means "a lot of praise") for everyone who helped to set up Crossbone fest. Holy fuck, it was insane.
It all started on Friday, which is hardcoreday. After eating a pizza that was way too cheesy (no pun) I arrived at the venue in time to catch the first band. That was Trapped Inside. There's a girl singing, and some dudes playing hardcore music. I'm not a hardcorekid, and the hardcore I do listen to will probably be frowned upon by the hardcorekids, so I'm just gonna go with 'good show'. I don't really know. Could've been really great, could've been mediocre. It wasn't bad!
DRS/Dr. Schnabel played next. They're a couple of kids from the other side of the country coming to play fast trashy hardcore. That's cool!
I didn't really get Conviction. Not the cup of tea of mine.
Get Wise was cool. I don't know. they had a good vibe. I was getting pretty drunk. Good music to hit people by.
Shredder was cool and all.
Rebuild played a home game. I moshed and got hit in the head a lot so I stopped. I'm a fragile kid, and Rebuild's fans aren't. Awesome show, this is an amazing band. I finally managed to get the EP, stoked! You should get it too! And if you're a tough dude, you should mosh at their shows!
Insanity Alert was really awesome. Crossover band with Heavy Kevy/Kevin Aper/Kevin Stout. He rules, and the rest of the band as well. Really cool songs, cool performance and all that.
Didn't really see Vitamin X.
Mikey Erg & the Pricepigeons played a set of hardcore and punk classics which was great. Started out with Project X, and further on they covered Descendents, Minor Threat, 7 Seconds, Psyched To Die and Black Flag I think. It was great. It's fun to dance to Straight Edge Revenge while being shitfaced. It's also fun to dance, period. Mikey Erg is a really good person.
Afterparty was good, don't remember a lot. Jelle Gommers took over the DJ booth so it must've been good. Danced, got drunkererer and eventually just left for no reason. Kinda weird.
Slept horribly, but felt really great.
20-03-2012
ZINE-O-RINE-O #5
Zine #5 is out today! 50 cents, 20 A5 pages, black'n'white!
Includes:
- interviews with Alex "Jerk Store Zine" Leech, Like Bats, Be My Doppelganger
- write-up about Estonian hardcore by Bram
- various rantings about punkrock and related stuff
- record reviews
- downloadable mix .zip
#3 and #4 are also still available!
Includes:
- interviews with Alex "Jerk Store Zine" Leech, Like Bats, Be My Doppelganger
- write-up about Estonian hardcore by Bram
- various rantings about punkrock and related stuff
- record reviews
- downloadable mix .zip
#3 and #4 are also still available!
16-03-2012
Line Out+F.O.D.
Wednesday night I decided to check out Line Out and F.O.D. in Antwerp punk rock city. Antwerp is far from a punk rock city. It sucks. There were not many people in de Rots. Like, 2 or 3 I guess.
Line Out is an Italian punkrock band, on tour. They were super shy but put on a decent show. Taking sounds from power pop, melodic punk rock and straight catchy pop punk, they played some nice tunes I'd gladly hear again. unfortunately they didn't have any recordings (with them). Real cool band, and they even were kinda excited they got to play for a lousy 3 people, so I think that's admirable. Check them out please!
F.O.D. played a show. It was... "aight". Nothing more to say about it, haha. But they're really great guys and were pretty funny on stage as well. So check them out too, normally they put on a good show!
Line Out is an Italian punkrock band, on tour. They were super shy but put on a decent show. Taking sounds from power pop, melodic punk rock and straight catchy pop punk, they played some nice tunes I'd gladly hear again. unfortunately they didn't have any recordings (with them). Real cool band, and they even were kinda excited they got to play for a lousy 3 people, so I think that's admirable. Check them out please!
F.O.D. played a show. It was... "aight". Nothing more to say about it, haha. But they're really great guys and were pretty funny on stage as well. So check them out too, normally they put on a good show!
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