Forced Listening

[Brain Toad]

Alright folks, we're back with the forced listening. You should know the rules, but here's an outline.

You must review the song the user suggests. Do a decent overall review of the song. You should also give it a rating, although it is not required. The purpose of these reviews is for you to check out new things, so don't review a song you have already heard.

After you review you should list a few songs for the next person to review. Give artst, title, and a gist of the genre. If a song is hard to find, point the person to the song. Most songs can be found on Soulseek quite easily (http://www.slsknet.org)

If you would like to do the next song, you must call dibs. Your dibs last 2 hours, and after that, it can be taken. When you finish your review and are ready to post, post the reivew, then go back and delete your dib post. If you lose dibs, or forfeit your dibs, then delete your dib post. This keeps the thread cleaner.

Please keep all spam and non-related posts out. You will be banned.

Here is a list of songs already reviewed, with reviewers:
Reviewed List (http://www.musicgypsy.com/misc/flsongs.htm)

Since we are starting over, I will pick the songs.

Against All Authority - Daddy's Little Girl (Skacore)
Creedance Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son (Rock)
The Real McKenzies - King O' Glasgow (Scottish Punk)
Manic Street Preachers - Of Walking Abortion (New Wavy britpop)
On File - Used to be a Bootboy (Oi)

NEW RULE

A new rule has been put into place on MX. There is to be no songs illegally uploaded anywhere (this includes YouSendIt, MegaUpload, and others) and a link posted on this site. This is a safety measure inacted by the owner of these forums to keep himself and the users out of trouble. To prevent a lot of confusion, all songs uploaded is illegal, even if the band is not on an RIAA label. Unless you have written permission from the owner of the song, you cannot upload it. Instead you can trade the songs via email, via an Instant messenging service, or soulseek. You can put this information at the end of your post near the songs.
Sorry for any inconvience this may cause, enjoy your Forced Listening.

[Bartender]

Don't spam or post off-topic in this thread. The first three people to do so have already been banned.

[MalcolmXInTheMiddle]

Real McKenzies - King Of Glasgow

There's a short drum intro before the guitars kick in witht he sound of someone whooping the background. Then the vocals kick in. The guys voice sounds a bit like Shane McGowan's at times and the music is reminiscent of bands like The Pogues and Flogging Molly but has it's own style. It's quite slow but is bouncy. The lyrics are okay and the guy's voice is good. At points there's some background vocals which work well. I liked this song although I kept thinking it was going to speed up and it never did. It's quite short but it was short and sweet. 7/10

Choose from:
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (Post-Punk)
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (Reggae)
Dead Kennedys - Chicken Farm (Punk)
The Valentines - Blam Blam Fever (First Wave Ska)
Chuck Berry - Johny B. Goode (Rock 'n' Roll)
Stiff Little Fingers - The Message (Rap/Punk)
Devo - Whip It (New Wave)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (Funk)

[MechanicalClockworkOrgy]

Chicken Farm- Dead Kennedys

Starts out with a little guitar intro and bass line to set the groove for the rest of the song, then comes drums and more guitar, then vocals, jello wisphers the lyrics quite slow and soft compared to DKS other songs, this song sets up citizens as chickens and corporate mosters running the chicken farm. then the chorus that leads into a louder chorus and then a little solo riff and somemore verse, 'going dooooooooooooowwwwwwnnnn to the chiocken farm" repeated a few times with different chords, then another solo and more, this song is pretty boring accually

6/10 , i was disappointed, nothing compared to anything of FFFRV
i would reconmend some true classics for anyone who is interested in Dead Kennedys
such as : holiday in cambodia, viva las vegas, or california uber alles
basically anything off Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegatables

Choose From........................
U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday (rock)
Public Enemy- 911 is a Joke (rap)
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight (smashing pumpkins, thats all i can describe of them
Bob Marley- No Woman No Cry (reggae)

[DrunkenPirate]

No Woman No Cry.
Starts off with a smooth Organ? part, then the bass drum and hi hats join in with a bit of rythm, solid bass groove aswell.
i feel Bob Marley is an increble lyricist and his singing is pretty good aswell, but its his emotion that i feel makes him one of the best singers / songwriters about, although i love NWNC i find this song one of his less great songs, it gets a little repetitive and for the only thing that breaks the repitiveness is the guitar solo, but then again practically everyone can sing along to this song so the simpleness has obviously made this song a legendary!

8/10 - its a great song dont get me wrong, but i suggest listening to some of his other stuff, Buffalo soilder, Three Little Birds, and my favourite - Redemption Song


Listen to -

The Littlest Man Band - Always Sayin'
http://littlestman.dmusic.com/
Rolling Stones - Paint it black
The Pogues - The Irish Rover
Flogging Molly - The Rare Ould Times

;)

[MechanicalClockworkOrgy]

Littlest Man Band- Always sayin

wow, im listening to this song, pretty **** good, i love the vocals, the horn section is good, good rythem, nice guitar tone.
drums come in with a scampering beat, then he talks about doodie, doodie, heh, horns come in, one trumpet and trombone, then guitar and whinin horns, same basically throughout song

pretty ****ing ausgezeichnet! ich bin doofarse btw.
9/10 :thumb: very nice and mellow




Songs to choose from.....................
U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday (rock)
Public Enemy- 911 is a Joke (rap)
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight (smashing pumpkins, thats all i can describe of them
Sicko- Whats on? (pop punk)
Voltaire- Shalom ~OR~ When your Evil (goth/classical)
Operation Ivy- Bad Town (ska punk)
The Beatles- I Feel Fine (rock)
The Cure- The End Of The World (new wave/goth rock)
Nirvana- Lithium (grunge)
Neil Young- Ohio (folk rock)

[SantaDuJuan]

Operation Ivy - Bad Town


This band got me into ska and punk. This also happens to be my favorite songs by them. The song starts off with some good ol horns and sonds very well. The drums kick in and it starts off. The song is slow and mellow but with a good mood. As far as it goes with ska - punk I all ready know this band does it well. :wave:
10/10

Songs for to Choose From


NWA - Fuc.k The Police ( hardcore rap)
Prince Buster - 10 Commandments ( first wave ska)
Prince Buster - Texas Hold Up ( first wave ska)
Disorder - Complete Disorder ( street punk)
Electro Hippies - Am I Punk Yet? ( anarcho punk)
Omega Tribe - Duty Calls (anarcho punk)

[Gotkookie]

Review : NWA - **** the police
8/10
Im not a usual fan of rap, but I really like some rap, Nwa just happens to be one of the artists I like. This song feats. Ice cube in it too. The rhymes in this song are phat. Its starts off saying **** the police, then it has a little intro thing, then it strats off with ice cube laying down his rhymes. The beat to this song is awesome too, then Nwa starts laying down their rhymes. This song is a good song, reminds me how much the police suck.

You can choose from :
Haste the day - Blue 42 (Tech metal)
Saves the day - Jukebox breakdown (Pop punk)
Shai hulud - Being exemplary (Hardcore)
The specials - Ghost town (ska)
Between the buried and me - Mordecai (metal)

[Happymeal]

dibs(I'll edit this when I'm done)


Saves the Day - Jukebox Breakdown

A nice little drum roll starts this one off. The guitars in the verse are quite crunchy and catchy and very lively. The beat reminds me so much of Weezer, which is a bit odd. So far so good. Chris' voice is in its usual level of whinyness that I find tolerable and better than a lot of other whiny singers.

What strikes me the most about STD is how they can pull off seemingly generic songs like this(especially when they got a tad poppier) with charm and honesty. I like how the backup "aooooohh"s in the bridge is used, it heightens the song's teenybopper lightheartedness. There's not much to say about the structure, 'cause it's fairly straightforward and formulaic. But still, it's a very good song.

7.5/10

Songs:

Carrion - Beggar (http://www.mccarthyism.org/mp3/carrion-01-Beggar.mp3)(punk/hardcore)

Sadaharu - It's Not Paranoia if They're Shooting Live Bullets (www.purevolume.com/sadaharu)(dancey punk)

The Mass - Mostly Michael Schenker (http://www.themass.us./MostlyMichaelSchenker.mp3)(stoner rock/punk with saxophones)

Medic - Splitting Atoms (http://www.mccarthyism.org/mp3/medic-02-splitting%20atoms.mp3)(hardcore)

[MalcolmXInTheMiddle]

Sadaharu - It's Not Paranoia If They're Shooting Live Bullets

There's a quick intro on guitar before the vocals kick in. The intro riff continues with the vocals over it which works well but I immediately didn't like the vocals as they just sound really generic. At about 0:30 there's a change in the music with some ambient sort of sound in the background. Again this sound really generic and predictable to me. There's an improvement at about 0:50 with a heavier section featuring a really cool simple riff which goes straight back into the verse which spoils it again with the shitty vocals. A 1:30 there's another (different) cool heavy section which drags on for a bit changing riffs every now and then before coming to a stop at about 3:15. Then it's straight back to the generic stuff which carries on to the end of the song. There's some good stuff in this song but also a lot of **** stuff. If you like alternating between headbanging and being mind-numbingly bored you'll love this song. 5/10

Choose from:
King Prawn - Viva Devi (Ska/Hip-Hop)
xOne Wayx - Generic Hardcore Song (Hardcore) Available at www.purevolume.com/xonewayx
Atom & His Package - Snowshoe BBQ (Pop-Punk)
Sham 69 - Tell The Children (Oi)
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (Post-Punk)
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (Reggae)
The Valentines - Blam Blam Fever (First Wave Ska)
Chuck Berry - Johny B. Goode (Rock 'n' Roll)

[albert_bass]

CHUCK BERRY - JOHNNY B. GOODE

Well, what to say about this song...It starts with a catchy and known by all guitar riff that could be called a little solo, then he starts singing. The vocals are quick and catchy. This song is very old as you all know and the rythm is quite hmm...not slow but don't know how to explain, there's a piano, a bass and drums, and no guitar except the soloing that Chuck Berry does, so the sound is very clean, and seems to be slower than the rock average. The song is extremely catchy, what is more catchy is the chorus (go, johnny go, go), and the guitar is pretty good with some little fills and solos. Well, the truth is that a more energic version could kick *** (and kicks, it has been done), but it's a very good and catchy one. And the original, yay!

8.5/10

My songs:

Mad Caddies - Silence (Ska-punk)
Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles (Punk)
Bigwig - Numbers (Punk)
Ignite - Bullets Included No Thought Required (Melodic Hardcore)
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Higher Ground (Funk)
Toy Dolls - Drooling Banjos (Banjo...and little punk at the end)
Rancid - Detroit (Punk)
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire (Funk-rock)
Against All Authority - Walking Revolution (Ska-core)

[AIRIC]

Rancid - Detroit (2:24)

This song starts off with an awesome bass line, going with a little bit of high hat until about 10 seconds in, and then some guitar starts. The guitar is going off on it's own. Great guitar riff, just great. Then more drums kick in, going VERY FAST. It sounds like everything speeds up right now, bassline still standing good though. Guitar still sounding great also, I really love this little riff he's playing, it's great. Then the vocals cut in, standard Tim vocals. Aww, vocals sound like he lost a girl... :upset: ... :) . Stuff slows down for the chorus. After the 2nd verse, theres a little guitar solo. Standard Rancid solo, go nontheless. After the solo it picks right back up into verse. Then one more chorus, and end. 8/10


Endicott - Chain Letter (melodic hardcore)
Capdown - Pound for the Sound (3rd wave)
Nick Drake - Know (folky stuff)
Specials - Concrete Jungle (2nd wave)
Agnostic Front - Riot Riot upstart! (NYHC)

[Brain Toad]

The Specials - Concrete Jungle 3:21

Starts off with claping and chanting at first. The drums join 10 seconds in, then the guitar 15 seconds in. Straight into a ska riff. A very nice one, a nice groove. Chrous comes in. The riff stays the same but the vocals change a bit. After the chrous the drums and clap come, then quickly go. It seems as one guitar plays the riff, there is another one in the background doing a tiny little solo thing. Back to the chrous. Song is very good, awesome ska. Drums come again after the second chrosu, then glass breaking. Now a small solo from the second guitar and with the bass becoming a little promident in the song. Back to the other riff for the verse. Continues like this for a bit. Third chrous, to the drums and clapping. The song does a end riff, and its over. Pretty good song 8/10

My Picks
Die Arzte - Nicht Allein (German Pop-punk)
Dick Dale - Bandito (Surf)
Polkacide - In Heaven There is No Beer (Polka Punk, yes it exists)
Manic Street Preahers - Of Walking Abortion (New Wavy Britpop)

[DrGolovaCroxby]

Dick Dale - Bandito

I've heard the song he had on Pulp Fiction before, so Dick Dale wasn't completely foriegn to me. This song wasn't quite as good, but there was one riff near the beginning that was pretty rad, I think it was at around 15 seconds into it. I liked it a lot, though. Mr. Dale plays a mean surf guitar. Anyone who likes surf rock should be digging Dick Dale. 8/10

my recomendations.
the Unseen - Beat It [street punk (Micheal Jackson cover)]
Subhumans - Mickey Mouse is Dead (crust)
Skrewdriver - Boots and Braces (RAC Punk)
GWAR - Immortal Corruptor (Cheese Metal)

[Evanw]

the Unseen - Beat it cover

orignaly a good song. the cover was not so brilliant. its off time, out of tune at times and out of key sometimes. but i give them credit for trying to play an awsome song. they didnt toaly butcher it, it was an alright cover. its worth taking a listen if youve never heard it before.

my recomendations:
cro mags - world peace
cro mags - show you no mercy
nausea - fallout
behind enemy lines - out of sight, out of mind
caustic christ - frat boy

[AIRIC]

Nausea - Fallout (1:47)

I've had this album for a while, never gave it a listen though. Starts out with a little guitar and some yelling vocals. "Death to the population...". Then starts a nice little guitar riff, I like it. Drums are going already also. Then drums speed up as the verse starts. Basic punk drum beat, but I like it. Then a short little chorus, not to catchy. After the second verse and chorus, theres a nice little guitar solo. After that it sounds like everything speeds up again. One more verse, and then end. Alright song, not really up my alley though 5/10


Recomendation:
Aus-Rotten - Tedium (Crust)
Bouncing Souls - The Freaks, Nerds, Romantics (Pop-Punk)
GBH - State Executioner (Street)
Streetlight Manifesto - Everything Went Numb (3rd Wave)
4 Skins - Plastic Gangsters (Oi!)

[Evanw]

4 Skins - Plastic Gansters

well, this song is NOT oi. its one of their ska song. the beat is amazing and the bass and drum involvement is amazing. the piano parts real good. the vocals are amazing as well. basicly, this song is amzing. listen to it. 10/10

Recomendation:
econochrist - invertebrate
tradegy - beginning of the end
attak - demon
avskum - fight back racism
confuse - absolute power of armanents

[AIRIC]

Dibs nigga

[RevengeOfTheVillageIdiot]

Econochrist - Invertebrate

starts with just bass and feedback. drums and guitars kick in quickly after, along with shouted vocals. good song nothing special, standard hardcore stuff.

at about 1.30 the song changes, it's not a breakdown, but the beat changes, and a new riff, more single notes than chords and the singer still doing vocals. it comes to end with feedback again, but just the drums start, playing a faster beat than before. bass, vocals and guitar al start up again, until the song ends.

like hardcore? you'll like this

8/10

Recommendations

The Wildhearts - Get Your Groove On
Anti Pasti - No Government
The Restarts - Frustration

[MILF Hunter]

Anti Pasti - No Government

Starts off with what sounds like a plane, followed by gunfire.The guitar comes in a few seconds later. Pretty generic Uk82 sound but in a good way, accompianied by lyrics about life in thatchers britain. Good song, pretty catchy. It ends with an air raid siren at around the 2 minute mark. Overall good song - 8/10


My Choices

Stiff Little Fingers - The Roaring Boys (pt2)
Neck - Loud Proud And Bold

[sketchyjoe]

Neck - Loud, Proud and Bold

From the outset it's obvious this is Irish music with the flutes and guitar creating an image of an irish coastal village. It's got a sort of spooky vibe to it as well. The guy's vocals are quite soft and unmistakably Irish. It's all quite quiet until about 30 seconds when the music kicks in properly. It's very Flogging Molly but the guy's boice is very different. THe flutes are really stand out and sound really good but the other music is fine as well. There's some background vocals on the chorus section to emphasise it. At about 1:20 there's an instrumental section with some really cool string stuff. After this it just repeats the chorus a few times in different ways before quickly stopping. I liked this song. It was really catchy and well arranged. If you like Flogging Molly or Dropkick then you'll like this. If you don't then you should still check it out. 8/10

Choose from:
Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk? (Pop-Punk)
Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman (Soul)
Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Love Me, I'm A Liberal (Pop)
Baldhead Growler - The Sausage (First Wave Ska)
Toy Dolls - Yul Brynner Was A Skinhead (Pop-Punk)
Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone (New Wave)
Wire - Outdoor Miner (Post-Punk)
Prince Buster - Ghost Dance (First Wave Ska)

[MechanicalClockworkOrgy]

dibs

Blondie- Hangin on the Telephone
Blondie kicks, this song right off the back sounds like a song youll hear at a gas station for some reason, at least to me it does, so yea, debbies waiting for a call, but somehow they make it interesting, i dont like the vocals on this song though, guitar is VERY cool, the drums literaraly keep everything together, but yea, this songs downfall is on the verse, debbie harry just sounds whiny and kind of anoying, BUT WAIT, then the course comes in and its all worth while

7/10
as far as other blondie songs go
get the best of cd from chrysalis, this has Rapture (a song about the rise of hip hop in the 80s) and heart of glass (GOOD disco, kinda, yea)

Suggestions:..........

The Beatles- I Feel Fine (rock n roll)
The Cure- Friday Im In Love (new wave)
Smashing Pumpkins- Rocket (dream pop/hard rock)
Sonic Youth- Superstar (carpenders cover)
U2- Sunday Bloody Sunday (rock)
Unwritten Law- Cailin (pop punk/hardcore)
ONZONE- Dragoste din tei (Techno, southeast asia techno, VERY GOOD, i recomend)
Counting Crows- Mr. Jones (hard rock)

[Johny_B_DeMented]

OZONE- Dragoste din tei

This is a techno song singed in Romanian or Moldavian. It was the summer music in Europe and it has one of me most annoing chorus invented in the history of music. The suumer music is a song that have a huge hype on the summer months raching the top of the charts and beying played at all time in the discos, pubs and clubs.
The lyrics are about a guy that loves a girl and she wants to leave him and he's asking her to stay.
The music is a simple techno with the same beat all the time.
A short review to a music short in essence.

Note:
2/10

Choose from:

Cult Of Luna - Echoes (sounds like Neurosis)
Indecision - Purgatory
Earth Crisis - Firestorm
Most Precious Blood - The Great Red Shift
Children of Gaia - Straightedge Revenge (Brasilian SXE New school hardcore)
Renewal - Dead Men Can't Fly (Portuguese New school hardcore)
Fernanda Porto - Só Tinha de Ser com Você (Brasilian Mangue Beat---» a mix of Drum&Bass, Samba, Brasilina Popular music)

P.S- Sorry 4 my bad english.

[blueyxd]

Cult Of Luna - Echoes

Ambient start, sparse guitar notes echo through this foggy soundscape. Soft drums join in at about 2 minutes. At 3 minutes the guitar changes to some higher stuff for a bit, returns to the usual riff.

After 4 minutes things start to pick up, thick bass and tribal drumming. It stops for a beat, then returns with a heavy slow moshy bit. 6 minutes in and the the vocalist starts, he screams hc style, and it's kind of deep for screaming. The music seems simple but not basic, if that makes sense, a bit like The Gathering. It chugs on slowly for another 4 minutes with various riffs, high ambient notes, and screams, then quietens down for the last 2 minutes and fades out to the end.

The music was somewhat interesting, simple but good. Unusual to hear the vocals its matched with, I don't like screamed vocals to start with, but it wasn't overpowering.

7/10

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Priority song:
Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe - punkish sea-shanty about cannibalism, 7 mins

Custard - Monkey - tacky-modem-experimental-pop

DJ Soup - Porthole To The Future - laid back sample-based electronic

Mogwai - Dial: Revenge - atmospheric/acoustic indie rock


If you can't find any, I'm Blueser57 on Soulseek

[sketchyjoe]

Mogwai - Dial: Revenge

It's starts off with an acoustic intro that was technically okay but pretty generic. It sort of gave off a spooky feel and after about 40 seconds there's some weird vocals that fade in in the background and continue the spooky feel. The drums also kick in around here. After this the vocals come in. These too are really weak and crappy. Tis whole song is just too wishy-washy. The floaty vocals continue into a section with some cymbals and something else in the background. This song is just far too bland. The lyrics just bore me along with everything else with this song. The whole song just screams out "thirtysomething trying to look cool by buying a chill-out album." It was a struggle to make it to the end awake. A great song for curing insomnia. Safe to say it isn't taking up any of my hard-drive space any more. 1/10

Choose From:
Harry J All Stars - Liquidator (First Wave Ska)
Bow Wow Wow - C30, C60, C90, Go (Punk)
Johnny Cash - A Boy Named Sue (Country)
Dick Dale & His Del-Tones - Banzai Washout (Surf)
I Ludicrous - Preposterous Tales (Alternative)
Lonnie Donnegan - Rock Island Line (Skiffle)
Spizzenergi - Where's Captain Kirk? (Pop-Punk)
Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman (Soul)
Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Love Me, I'm A Liberal (Pop)

[AIRIC]

Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon - Love Me, I'm a Liberal. (4:01)


Starts off with a pretty nice poppy riff, I really like it. Then a soft soft symble note and some synth, or maybe it's an effect. Whateva d00d. Then more drums kick in and the bass kicks in. Pretty nice bass riff too. The guitar starts to sound more countryish as the song starts to pick up. Then theres some keyboard. Sounds real real nice. Playing along the same lines as the guitar. Then at around 0:20 Jello starts in with the vocals. "I cried when they shot John Lennon". You don't really notice the chorus, it's basically "Love me, I'm a liberallllll". Then right up into the next verse. Then another chorus, then verse. I really like the lyrics of this song. And this whole duet album thing in general. All the songs are well thought out and f'ucking hilarious. Typical Jello, awesome. Chorus after chorus, verse after verse. But! Its not boring yet, because the lyrics are pretty dayum good. Then it goes into a type of breakdown type thing, then right back into a keyboard solo. Back into verse, then chorus. Then last chorus, a bit extended. Jello and I guess Mojo yelling i'm a liberal and stuff. Overall 7/10


My Recomendation:
Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon - Will the Fetus be Aborted? (Pop)
A Global Threat - Work or War (Street Punk)
Descendents - 'Merican (Pop-Punk)
Earth Crisis - All Out War (Hardcore)
Aquabats - Pizza Day (3rd Wave Ska)

[sketchyjoe]

A Global Threat - Work Or War

There's a short quiet guitar intro before the music kicks in properly. There's a really riff that goes on til about 0:20 before the vocals kick in. They're typical punk bu they work well. With each line being followed by a cry of "Work! Or War!" There's a short bass section then some more vocals. A scream leads into a different section which is just as furious and just as cool. Then there's another break which goes back to the intro. Then it just repeats most of the song again. This is a really cool song. 9/10

Choose from:
Ozomatli - Don Cosas Ciertas (Latin)
King Prawn - Viva Devi (Ska/Hip-Hop)
xOne Wayx - Generic Hardcore Song (Hardcore) Available at www.purevolume.com/xonewayx
Atom & His Package - Snowshoe BBQ (Pop-Punk)
Sham 69 - Tell The Children (Oi)
Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime (Post-Punk)
Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Are You Drinking With Me Jesus (Country)
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (Reggae)

[blueyxd]

should have guessed Mogwai wouldnt have gone well in Punk.. oh well

Talking Heads - Once In A Lifetime

Sounds bouncy and almost electronic at the start, just drums/percussion and some bubbly bell sound. A guy talks about possiblities in the future, and asks "how did I get here?"
Then some bouncy guitar and melodic singing, something about water flowing and not letting the days go by.

The second spoken verse is a contrast to the first one, things are not so good in this future, he questions everything. Same chorus again. Then a new part, same drums and stuff but a new guitar and synth melody "Same as it ever was" is repeated a few times. He starts saying more stuff about water and theres lots of echo on his voice in parts.

Chorus. More spoken questions about new possiblities. Chorus yet again.
Same as it ever was bit again, with different guitar, and then it fades out.

Pretty simple sounding, poppy, I guess it was more about the words than the music. Nothing great about it or anything special to me, but it wasn't bad. 6.4/10

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ok no really slow stuff this time.

Priority song:
Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe - punkish sea-shanty about cannibalism. 7 mins

Atheist - Water - technical jazz-death metal

Custard - Monkey - tacky-modem-experimental-pop

The Bird - Lei Kung - live (ie. real drummer and keys) drum'n'bass

[Brothel_Creeper]

Clutch - A Shotgun Named Marcus

A hard rocking song, starts with all the instruments, guitar plays a basic riff.

vocals start, instruments are all playing the same thing, but the guitar stops i think, so its just a distorted bass sound and drums

the vocals are quite rough/growly, and low.


the riff goes on for too long, it gets repetetive quickly, theres not a single change in it until 1.08, then for the rest of the same pretty much this same riff, with mostly the same lyrics

if this is the best this band can do....then they suck, a 3 minute song, with 2 riffs

it's boring and reptetive

5/10

Music For Your Consideration

Psychobilly
Mad Sin - Nothing's Alright
Godless Wicked Creeps - China Chick

Punk N Roll
The Bones - Dog Almighty
Dead Pets - Tokyo Crush

Rockabilly
The Reverend Horton Heat - Bales Of Cocaine
Stray Cats - Little Miss Prissy

[sketchyjoe]

The Stray Cats - Little Miss Prissy

It starts with a cool guitar riff that repeats throughout the song with some cymbals. Another guitar comes in and then the drums kick in properly at about 0:10. THere's some good guitar work and the beat continues and complements it well. THe vocals kick in at about 0:22 and they're okay. At about 0:45 the music stops and there's a bit with some background vocals before the incessant beat starts again and this works really well to break up the song and stop it getting too repetitive. The lyrics are okay. There's some more guitar work at about 1:10 which is okay but works well with the song and at 1:27 there's a solo which again complements the song well although it does drag on for a while. At 2:00 it goes back into the verse and then repeats the fading out section a few times before the end of the song. I liked this song although it wasn't anything special. If you like this sort of stuff then you'll enjoy it but if you don't then this won't change your mind. 7/10

Choose from:
Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman (Soul)
Baldhead Growler - The Sausage (First Wave Ska)
Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk To **** (Punk)
Toy Dolls - Yul Brynner Was A Skinhead (Pop-Punk)
Wire - Outdoor Miner (Post-Punk)
Frank Ifield - She Taught Me How To Yodel (Yodel)
Prince Buster - Ghost Dance (First Wave Ska)
Spearhead - Rock The Nation (Rap)

[Frost000]

Dead Kennedys - Too Drunk To ****

From the beginning there is a nice sounding guitar riff, drums and bass come in at about 00:05, the lyrics come in at about 00:09, they're not that bad, they sound sort of warn, and they sort of remind me of the misfits. Theres a solo that kicks in at about 01:10 which fits in pretty good with the song, it lasts for about 10 seconds or so and then it drops to a lower solo for about another 10 seconds. all in all its not a bad song, the lyrics are kinda humorous if you listen to them, I give it a 7/10.

Pick one of these
I like a wide variety of music

KMFDM - WWIII kind of hard rock
Dope - Move it also kind of hard rock
Sublime - Burritos ska
Dropkick Murphys - Time to go punk
ohGr - Shite kind of techno I guess

(I'm no good at classifying music...)

[MILF Hunter]

Dropkick Murphys - Time To Go


Starts out with an acordian..I think thats what it is anyway. That plays for a while, then the rest of the intruments come in with that still playing the tune over the top. The singing comes in and its really annoying. It sounds like there's 2 of them, both with horrenously annoying voices. Average solo towards the end. I have heard better DKM songs than this but it wasntthat bad 2.5/5

My Choices

Stiff Little Fingers - The Roaring Boys (pt2)
Discharge - I wont subscribe
Partisans - No Time

[albert_bass]

STIFF LITTLE FINGERS - The Roaring Boys Pt. 2


First of all this is a quite long song for being a punk song. You can easily label the song in two parts. Let's go for the first part: It starts very slow. Some piano and the vocals. Then enters a trumpet and the bass. Cool slow bass with slides pull-offs and that sort of things. If you like slow songs it's an ok part. I'd give it a 6.5...But, after 2.2 minutes prepare yourself for a kickass song. It starts with a flute and a violin doing a very catchy "riff". Then the drums kick in with some yeah's and so by the vocals. And then guitar, bass and vocals kick in properly. The verse vocals and music are very good in my opinion. Every now and then the flute and violin redo the riff and every now and then also the guitar does some tiny solo. At If you don't mind a 6 minutes song (whole song) with a 2 minutes slow intro and if you like Flogging molly's style you'll love this song as much as I do. First part is not that good and that's why I'll give it an 8.5/10

My choices:

Mad Caddies - Silence (Ska-punk)
Dead Kennedys - California Über Alles (Punk)
Bigwig - Numbers (Punk)
Ignite - Bullets Included No Thought Required (Melodic Hardcore)
Leftover Crack - One Dead Cop (Punk)
Toy Dolls - Drooling Banjos (Banjo...and little punk at the end)
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire (Funk-rock)
Against All Authority - Walking Revolution (Ska-core)
The Filaments - Western Double Standard (Ska-punk)

[MechanicalClockworkOrgy]

Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles

welly welly well boyos and ladies, looks like i finally get my death wish

ok, so this song, considered by many to be the dead kennedys 'chicken al la king"(pardon the retarded phrase)
this song, the 8th track of their groundbreaking 'Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegatables"
ok, the songs starts out with a drum beat that seems to drive the entire song so well, this could well be the part that most people see as the songs enternal organs that make it run so effectivly (again, cept retarded metaphor)
then comes a surf like guitar lick thats very east bay ray like if you will, hence: one string turning to power chords, jellos vocals are amazing in this entire record, so paranoid and yet so dominating and smug at the same time, it seems he is THE grand poet of underground music ( my opinion)
anyway, this song is about how jello sees a resemblance between hitler and jerry brown, something like that, this comes from the third riech song "Deutschland uber Alles" or Germany over All, my own translation oohh rightt, anyway
yea
damn good song


My Recomendations:
The Beatles- I Feel Fine ~or~ I Am The Walrus
Public Enemy- 911 is a Joke (reno 911 song!) ~or~ Dont Call Me Niga
Sicko- Whats On?
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight ~or~ Geek USA
Tenacious D- Tribute/**** pushups/Dio (all or none)
Sonic Youth- Mote ~or~ Dirty Boots
Voltaire- Shalom ~or~ When Your Evil
The Pixies- This Mokeys Gone To Heaven ~or~ The Holdiday Song

[honkybrewster]

Sonic Youth - Dirty Boots

This is a nice, very well done rock number. I don't really know what genre to put this with but it's good music anyway, and that's all that really matters, right?

The song opens with a sort of ambient guitar riff, and as more is added the song builds and progresses, climbing to its peak, and descends with a guitar solo that can only be described as pretty. The singing goes really well with the song, and despite how heavy or the song gets, the singing never becomes too easy or too intense to match the music. I've never heard this band before, but I'm definitely going to have to hear more. Overall, I give this 8/10.

My Recommendations:
Horrorpops - Where They Wander ~or~ Ghouls
X - Los Angeles
Led Zeppelin - Lemon Song ~or~ The Ocean
Pain - Grudge
Misfits - Hybrid Moments
Adolescents - Kids of the Black Hole

If you need help getting any of these, you can get them from me on soulseek.

[Brothel_Creeper]

X - Los Angeles

alright, the first thing i notice is this song is quite rock n roll, and quite '77 in sound.

riffs are nothing special, bit of palm muting, bit of....non palm muting.

the vocals are sung by a guy and a woman, with the guy singing the majority of them. the girl has the standard, sort of whiny 77 style voice (think beki bondage)

overall, while there is nothing particuarly standout about this song, it is done well

i reccomend it to all of you

8/10


Music For Your Consideration

Psychobilly
Mad Sin - Nothing's Alright
Godless Wicked Creeps - China Chick

Punk N Roll
The Bones - Dog Almighty
Dead Pets - Tokyo Crush

Rockabilly
The Reverend Horton Heat - Bales Of Cocaine
Restless - The Face (quite jazzy/swingy)

soulseek me up, if you cant find the songs - fatmatt51

[sketchyjoe]

Restless - Faceless

The intro is really jaunty with cool guitars and what sounds like some sort of piped instrument. The vocals kick in pretty wuickly. The lyrics tell a story about a private eye and the voice isn't very good but the music is excellent and it all fits together really well. It's quite sparse with mostly just drums, clapping and bass with singing over it with little guitar bits. The verses repeat a couple of times with some really cool musical varitaions. THere's a solo about 2:30 that's just as cool. The lyrics are quite depressing but the music makes it into a really happy song. I really liked this song. IT was bouncy and fun but the music was a lot better than the vocals or lyrics. 8/10

Choose from:
Sham 69 - Tell The Children (Oi)
Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Are You Drinking With Me Jesus (Country)
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (Reggae)
Stiff Little Fingers - The Message (Rap/Punk)
The Valentines - Blam Blam Fever (First Wave Ska)
Toy Dolls - Sod The Neighbours (Pop-Punk)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (Funk)
Wesley Willis - Rock n Roll McDonalds (Alternative)

[honkybrewster]

Wesley Willis - Rock 'n' Roll McDonalds

This intense fusion of Alternative/Hip-hop is a song that everyone must hear. Carrying along his music with only a very basic synthesizer, Wesley Willis informs us of the many joys of eating at McDonalds, and the true reason that McDonalds is a place to rock. Jesus Christ, I don't think I've ever heard this much talent so amazingly crammed into a simple 2 and 1/2 minutes. Listen to this song, you just might cream yourself.

6/10

Recommendations:
Bauhaus - Double Dare
Adam and the Ants - Beat My Guest
Adicts - Who Spilt My Beer
Flux of Pink Indians - Take Heed
Ensign - Pale Horse
Aus Rotten - Modern Day Witch Hunt

[albert_bass]

THE ADICTS - Who Spilt My Beer?

This is an average nice song. It starts very slow like some rock and roll ballad, the guitars letting notes sound and a nice bass line. Then the song starts with a very nice although easy guitar “solo” and the lyrics enter just after it. The chorus is nice and catchy, and at the end of it a tiny bass line to arrive again to the little guitar riff-solo. Another time the catchy chorus and another time the solo, this time longer and nicer. Then a slow bridge similar to the intro that goes even slower while the singer says whoaaaa. Just now the chorus another time, repeated again a little bit faster and a nice little tiny outro in retardando...Typical catchy pop-punk song

7.5/10

Mad Caddies - Silence (Ska-punk)
Bigwig - Numbers (Punk)
Ignite - Bullets Included No Thought Required (Melodic Hardcore)
Leftover Crack - One Dead Cop (Punk)
Toy Dolls - Drooling Banjos (Banjo...and little punk at the end)
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire (Funk-rock)
Against All Authority - Walking Revolution (Ska-core)
The Filaments - Western Double Standard (Ska-punk)

[MechanicalClockworkOrgy]

dibs
Rage Against The Machine-Sleep now in the Fire

first off, RATM is one of the greatest rock bands out there nowadays, even though they broke up, i guess you could still call them a present day band, but oh well, onward with the song
this song kicks ***, it starts out with a guitar riff thats so simple its mind blowing because its so hard to recreate properly, then a drum beat comes in, and then the rock out measures, then comes the more quiet verse,
heres where he delivers the one of the most powerful lryics ive ever heard:
so raise your fist and march around
dont just dont take what you need
then the chorus which is also mind blowing
back when i was a kid and this song first came out the only part i new was 'the santa maria, the pinta, the maria' even though i slaughtered it as a kid i loved this song, and everyone who ever was up to date with current rock music this song is a keeper,
but for most RATM fans this album was a huge let down because some people thought they sold out or somthing
ANYWAY, this one i like because i used to know a ton of songs from a lng time ago then just picked it up and got the political meaning of it all, not that the deeper meaning is anything new...

anyway 9.5/10 9.5 because its too long on the verses and the entire song is too short, but i wouldnt really change anything about it

also check out all of their other cds, there all pretty good


My Suggestions:
The Beatles- I Feel Fine ~or~ I Am The Walrus
Public Enemy- 911 is a Joke (reno 911 song!) ~or~ Dont Call Me Niga
Sicko- Whats On?
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight ~or~ Geek USA
Tenacious D- Tribute/c'ock pushups/Dio (all or none)
Sonic Youth- Mote ~or~ Kool Thing
Voltaire- Shalom ~or~ When Your Evil
The Pixies- This Mokeys Gone To Heaven ~or~ The Holdiday Song

[Chaos77Punk]

The Pixies - "Monkey Gone To Heaven"

You know, I've never actually checked out the Pixies before this, and god ****, I was missing out. Very nice song, not too upbeat but just right, awesome to listen to and easy to get hooked on it. It's a good break from listening to alot of fast, energetic, punk and rock bands that I mostly listen to. What great dose of rock.

7.5/10

Recommended Songs:
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - "Bad Reputation"
Generation X - "Dancing With Myself"
Hanoi Rocks - "A Day Late, A Dollar Short"
Teenage Head - "Top Down"

[pedro durruti]

Generation X - Dancing With Myself (5:59)

I've never listened to this band before, so this is an entirely new experience for me. A musical journey if you will. I can't put my finger on who the singer sounds like. I don't know, good vocals anyways. The song sounds like a mix between 70's punk and 80's pop music. But it's not like a song that you'll hear in some crappy 80's movie, it's very catchy, upbeat, and good. However it starts to get repetitive, but then around 2:45 like a revised chorus begins, more "dancing with myself" but a guitar solo and some "uh uh oh oh"'s are added. The rest of the song is pretty much like the first three minutes, and begins to fade out 20 seconds before the song ends.

My Recommendations:
The Skalatones - Prejudice (Ska)
Junior Murvin - Police and Thieves (Reggae)
Fearless Iranians From Hell - Big Crime '89 (Punk)
The Levellers - England My Home (Rock/Irish Folk)

[Brain Toad]

Fearless Iranians From Hell - Big Crime '89 - 2:02

This band seems the like the band everyone got into at once, and no wonder they are really good. It starts off with a good little guitar riff. Vocals come in a bit later, there are two main vocalists, and they have a good punk grimy voice. They switch off for the verses, and one takes the chrous, and then there is a group part. The muisc parts of the song are really good, very hardcore punk sounding, and the vocals are very good as well. This is a very well done song, I like it. It's pretty short as well, doesn't drag on. I dig it. 8/10

Recomendations
Velvet Underground & Nico - Femme Fatale (Proto-punk)
Leftover Crack - Ya Can't Go Home (Ska-punk)
Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart (Country)
Hank Williams Jr - A Country Boy Can Survive (Country)
Hank Williams III - Hellbilly Joker (Hillbilly Metal/Hellbilly)

[sketchyjoe]

Leftover Crack - Ya Can't Go Home

There's a drum intro that makes the song sound like it's going to be really heavy so it surprises you when it goes into this chilled out section with a really cool bassline. I really liked this section. AT about 0:30 the tempo changes and it speeds up. The drumming here is really cool and it sounds like it's building up to something before there's a slight pause and then the intro drums before the vocals kick in. This section is still quite slow but is much heavier. THe lyrics are good but the vocals are a bit grating and at times it sounds like the singer should really be living in a dustbin on Sesame Street. They just sound a bit too forced and constipated. THen it goes back into another instrumental section which is much better before going back into another vocal section where the vocals are even worse. Hoarse vocals like this don't work with this tempo of music. The song then goes back to another instrumental section which leads right up to the end of the song. Musically this song is great, vocally it's terrible. Thankfully the verses and choruses are relatively brief so they don't spoil the song too much. 7/10

Choose from:
The Valentines - Blam Blam Fever (First Wave Ska)
Toy Dolls - Sod The Neighbours (Pop-Punk)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (Funk)
Johny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Country)
The Stranglers - Golden Brown (Alternative/Punk)
The Cramps - Aloha From Hell (Psychobilly)
Dead Kennedys - Moon Over Marin (Pop-Punk)
Bad Manners - Monster Mash (2tone)

[Brothel_Creeper]

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues

alright then, i heard the reverend horton heats cover of this song first and liked it, so i thought i would check out the original.


very catchy little bluesy style song, basically just about someone in prison - how he got there, what it's like

the riff, fairly basic palm muted country type of thing

you cant really say much about this song, its the same riff throughout, with a simple solo, but its a very cool song

8/10

i still think revered horton heats version is better, its slightly different

Music For Your Consideration

Psychobilly
Mad Sin - Nothing's Alright
Godless Wicked Creeps - China Chick

Punk N Roll
The Bones - Dog Almighty
Dead Pets - Tokyo Crush

Rockabilly
The Reverend Horton Heat - Bales Of Cocaine
The Polecats - Chicken Walk

[honkybrewster]

The Reverend Horton Heat - Bales of Cocaine

This is a pretty cool rockabilly song with elements of country and Johnny Cash-type storytelling lyrics, about, as the title states, cocaine. Very funny lyrics, and it still manages to be a really cool song, and that doesn't usually happen with songs like this. I wouldn't expect just anyone to like this song, but I think it's worth a try if you like rockabilly.

7/10

My Recommendations:

Adolescents - Kids of the Black Hole
Flux of Pink Indians - Take Heed
Adam and the Ants - Beat My Guest
Misfits - Hybrid Moments
Pain - Grudge
Leftover Crack - Nazi White Trash

[Uncle Pete]

Misfits - Hybrid Moments

Starts off with a short and simple drum beat, reminds me of Uk Subs' Stranglehold intro. The vocals and everything else quickly jump in after a couple seconds of the drums. This is a Danzig Misfits song. I've never liked the Misfits that much, and this song isn't making them sound better to me. It's pretty melodic, and sounds like a pop-punk song, so I don't think this is an average Misfits song. It's short, basically ending at 1:30. I give it 4/10

My recommendations:
The Skalatones - Prejudice (Ska)
The Adicts - Distortion (Pop-punk)
Gorilla Biscuits - Hold Your Ground (Hardcore)

[thepo]

The Addicts- Distortion

This songs starts off with both guitars playing harmonics. Then the drums come in, followed by the bass. The drums get faster and one guitar stops starts playing muted notes, also progressively faster. This is a really nice intro, and it kicks in great into the well suited hardcore-ish 3 chord verse. When the singer begins, the guitar begins muting again. Then the drum beat changes and a guitar lick is played. The cycle begins a new. Afterwards a guitar solo, or rather a mess of random notes comes in, but it sounds great with the ascending bass line. The 3 chord verse then comes in again, followed by the muted guitar notes. Then that solo thing. It ends with the sound of the power going out.

The chorus of this song isn't catchy, like what is expected of this great pop-punk band. However, it's still a very cool song with a good intro and interesting guitar play.
7/10

My Recommendations:
Against All Authority: Justification (Skapunk)
The Heatskores: Element Francis (Skapunk)
The Velvet Underground: The Black Angel's Death Song
Violent Femmes: Kiss Off (Acoustic Punk)
Toots and The Maytals: Peeping Tom (Reggae)
Casey Jones: C.G.I. 2K3 (hardcore)

[sketchyjoe]

Against All Authority - Justification

There's no quiet build-up to this song, it goes in fast straight away. There's about 10 seconds of fairly generic but still entertaining music before the vocals start with two guys shouting "JUSTIFY!" and "JUSTIFY YOUR ACTIONS!" but it sounds like he's shouting "JUSTIFY ERECTIONS!" which makes the song a lot more entertaining. The music continues in the same vein, fast and fun and the lyrics are okay as well but nothing special. At about 1:07 it goes into a slower ska section with some a really cool horn bit before going back into the pop-punk stuff until the end of the song. This song is okay. It's not great but it's still good song. And it's message of finding a reason for boners is great. JUSTIFY ERECTIONS! 7/10

Choose from:
xOne Wayx - Generic Hardcore Song (Hardcore) Available at www.purevolume.com/xonewayx
Atom & His Package - Snowshoe BBQ (Pop-Punk)
Sham 69 - Tell The Children (Oi)
Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Are You Drinking With Me Jesus (Country)
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (Reggae)
Stiff Little Fingers - The Message (Rap/Punk)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (Funk)
The Valentines - Blam Blam Fever (First Wave Ska)

[pikeled onion]

Sham 69 - Tell the Children

this song is pretty cool, it starts with a horn section with a smooth but simple bass riff behind it, kind of jazzy, and the kick drum sarts a solid beat, which is cool. it then goes into a palm muted verse with snarlyish very british sounding vocals. the chorus is your standard Sham 'everyone sing along' chorus, which sounds cool, and the horns perpetuate throughout the song at various intervals. also, at some point there is a scary electronic voice telling 'all the children in the red light to report to the c urfew zone'. chorus isnt as good as some other Sham songs, and wierdly, this song made me want to listen to 'questions and answers' instead, but yeh, its a cool song.

Songs to review:
The Skatalites - guns of Navarone
UK Subs - young criminals
Stiff Little Fingers - here we are nowhere
Rancid - dope sick girl
Minor Threat - straight edge

[StruckEverywhere]

Minor Threat - Straight Edge

Starts with a guitar riff that is used just about all the way through the song, the drums kick off in singnature Minor Threat fashion, fast and hard. Ian comes in with the vocals shortly after the drums, first off talking which turns into shouting about halfway through the first verse. During the change in vocals the guitar riff changes slightly but is not very noticeable but changes back again in the second verse. The Structure of the song is verse 1, verse 2 then then the chorus with the the title of the song being shouted just like in most Minor Threat songs. Very short, only about 45 secs long, but I still love it. 8/10.

Songs To Choose From:

A Wilhelm Scream - The Rip
Circle Jerks - Live Fast Die Young
Gorilla Bicuits - Start Today
New Mexican Disaster Squad - Ride The Crest
The Bleeders - All That Glitters
Rival Schools - Used For Glue
Reagan Youth - New Aryans

[sketchyjoe]

Reagan Youth - New Aryans

The songs intro is really cool but quite weird alternating between heavy and futuristic. The drumming is particularly cool. The vocals start at about 0:12. The vocals are fairly standard and each line is followed by another short blast of screeching guitar that gives it the song quite an aggressive feel. The lyrics are anti-white supremacist and fit the song well but are pretty basic. The song goes back into a quick blast of the intro before back into the vocals.
This song is fast and furious and gives the listener no break from the action. ABout half-way through the second verse the music changes and gets heavier and more monotonous like its building to something before it goes back into another intro section then a different biut with "NEW ORDER!" being shouted over the top of it. Personally, I think Joy Division are better but whatever floats your boat. Then it returns to the intro section completing the cyclical nature of the song. IT's a good song but it's not great. Fun to listen to but perhaps a bit repetive and short. 7/10

Choose from:
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (Funk)
The Valentines - Blam Blam Fever (First Wave Ska)
Toy Dolls - Sod The Neighbours (Pop-Punk)
The Stranglers - Golden Brown (Alternative/Punk)
Stevie Wonder - Boogie On Reggae Woman (Soul)
Lonnie Donnegan - Rock Island Line (Skiffle)
Bow Wow Wow - C30, C60, C90, Go (Punk)
Frank Ifield - She Taught Me How To Yodel (Yodel)

I reccommend the Curtis Mayfield.

[albert_bass]

THE TOY DOLLS – Sod the Neighbours


The song starts funny with an interruption from the neighbours in the place where Toy Dolls are playing. Someone says: Sod the bloody neighbours and they start singing the TV theme of the show Neighbours, maybe you know it. Then the music starts. Some guitar feedback, then the bass, and then guitar and drums together. Awesome bass throughout the song, it starts doing a catchy and speedy line and keeps doing a similar rhythm but with lots of hooks. The song is full of guitar and bass little fills and sounds awesome. What to say about Toy Dolls’ guitar, maybe the best in all punk. And the bassist in Absurd-ditties (album from where comes the song) is the best I’ve heard in all Toy Dolls discography. Song is catchy and the vocals are not as they use to in this band. So to people who don’t like Olga’s vocals give this a chance. When you’ve listened about a minute and a half of the song you realise it’s a very good song. Then it comes the awesome part. First, the guitar solo, veeery good as always, with some tapping, very nice. And then a bass solo! Strange thing I must say. It’s not very difficult but sounds really good and it’s catchy, with energy and speed. Song continues a little bit more and after a chorus and an ending bass little riff it ends with the neighbours knocking the door. I’m sorry if this is too subjective but this is one of my favorite songs ever. And almost all the other songs on the album are that good, only bad point I can find is lyrics, but they’re not bad, just average.

9.5/10

My recommendations:

Satanic Surfers – The Treaty And The Bridge (Melodic Hardcore)
Mad Caddies - Silence (Ska-punk)
Bigwig - Numbers (Punk)
Ignite - Bullets Included No Thought Required (Melodic Hardcore)
Choking Victim – Crack Rock Steady (Ska)
Good Riddance – Fertile Fields
The Filaments - Western Double Standard (Ska-punk)

[pedro durruti]

Bigwig - Numbers

Begins with a sloppy sounding pic slide, I'm thinking it's totally pointless and they should have just began the song at four seconds avoiding that pic slide all together. You can tell this is going to be a fast song right after the singer yells "Go!" This is my first time having the pleasure of listening to Bigwig, and this is a very good song to start off with, so all of you who haven't heard them yet go download. I'm not going to go look at the lyrics but from what I hear I can make out some politicalESQUE words.. "**** this war", "**** this country", you know, that kind of stuff. These guys have to have some hardcore influence. There's a good breakdown around 50 seconds and it sounds like some effect was added to the vocals. Excellent song 9/10

My recommendations:
The Vulcans - Asibiso Jungle (Ska)
The Tossers - Altercations (Irish-folk punk)
Iron Cross - You're a Rebel (Hardcore)
The Slackers - Married Girl (Ska)

[honkybrewster]

The Slackers - Married Girl

I've been getting into a lot of ska lately, but this song just didn't seem to strike me the way a lot of other ska does. The lyrics are cool, and they're funny, but that's all I could really get out of it. The music sounds too much like cheesy lounge music, or something. Maybe it's just not a good song for people just getting into ska. Still, I didn't hate it, so I give it 6/10.

My Recommendations:
The Specials - Gangsters (Ska)
Tiger Army - Nocturnal (Psychobilly)
Leftover Crack - Nazi White Trash (Ska/hardcore or something like that)
Adolescents - Kids of the Black Hole (Punk)

[SantaDuJuan]

The Specials - Gangsters


The song starts off with a car and personally I think it really gets your attention. I think its a pretty low song for a Ska song. I enjoy it very much. Probly one of my favorite Ska songs. I don't how ever like the guitar spurts in it. It really gets you out of the song I think. 8/10


For The Choosing

The Specials - Too Hot (Ska)

Prince Buster - Too Hot(1st wave Ska)

Desmond Dekker - Honor Your Mother and Father (1st wave Ska)

Bad Manners - This is Ska (Second Wave Ska)

Toots and The Maytals - Reggae Got Soul (1st wave Ska)

[Jessizzle]

Im Going to this again. so,
The Specials- Too Hot.

Not one of my favourite specials song. its pretty slow, and repeats the words " Too Hot" Alot. They talk about rude boys in the song. same beat thru out the song. gets a little faster at the end. 5/10

I suggest
The Heatskores- hardcores step brother
Big d- cant be caught
The Sly Caps- This Boring Life
SuperTramp - School

[Forest_Fire]

Big D and the Kids Table - Can't Be Caught

Starts out with a catchy little intro. Throughout the verse and the entire song there is a decent, skankable beat. The chorus has great sing a long lyrics and a nice horn line. The song climaxes (fun word) about 30 seconds before it ends, with Dave Mcwane semi-screaming about being stuck in your town. and thats basically what the song is about. Being stuck in your old surroundings with your same old boring life. 8/10


My suggestions:

Tsunami Bomb - Take the Reins (Punk)
Aquabats - My Skateboard (ska-punk)
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (classic rock/glam rock)
The Toasters - dont let the bastards grind you down (two-tone)
Strike Anywhere - Chorus of One (melodic hardcore/punk)
New Mexican Disaster Squad - Vultures (melodic hardcore/punk)

[SantaDuJuan]

The Toasters - Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down

This song really starts off very well. Thats what made me give it a higher score. But for some reason the song just seems boring. Even with the organ(sp?) solo in it. I think they could have made it better and I've heard much better songs they have made then this. I expected alot better. 6/10



For The Listening

Toots and The Maytals - Reggea Got Soul (Trad Ska)

Daft Punk - Around The Word (House)

The Ghouls - We Are The Dead (Horror Punk)

New York Dolls - Looking For A Kiss (Proto Punk)

Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers - I wanna Be Loved (Proto or 77 I don't know for sure.)

[pedro durruti]

Im Going to this again. so,
The Specials- Too Hot.

Not one of my favourite specials song. its pretty slow, and repeats the words " Too Hot" Alot. They talk about rude boys in the song. same beat thru out the song. gets a little faster at the end. 5/10

I suggest
The Heatskores- hardcores step brother
Big d- cant be caught
The Sly Caps- This Boring Life
SuperTramp - School
You're not supposed to do a song you've already listened to. And just some advice, describe the song better and maybe find out information about the song, so like for that song you could have said it was a cover.

New York Dolls - Looking for a Kiss

As most of the bands I review in here, I've never listened to the New York Dolls before. The song begins with who I imagine is the singer saying "When I say I'm in love you best believe I'm in love L-U-V" followed by a short pre-vocal intro. You can tell they are proto punk, there are elements of punk we hear all the time from bands anywhere from 1977 to present day, but it's not quite punk. I can't explain that well. Anyways, I looked at one of their album covers and I asked myself if those were girls. It turns out they're all guys who crossdress for whatever reasons, and I'm judging from that I'd say they're looking for a kiss from a man. Haha, probably not, I didn't look at the lyrics and I haven't been paying attention to the words. Ok, the song is very steadily paced, not too fast or slow, which is one of the reasons why it isn't quite punk. This is a good song and I'll definitely be downloading some more, I give it an 8.5/10

My Recommendations:
The Vulcans - Asibiso Jungle (Ska)
Slow Gherkin - Weasel (Ska)
The Rude Pressures - What'd I Believe? (Ska)
Leftover Crack - Clear Channel (Punk)

[MechanicalClockworkOrgy]

blast! i ****ing did lookin for a kiss, and whip it two times, and no body has credited me, because malcomnXinXtheXmiddle hasnt added me yet

[TheNowhereman42]

I've always loved LoC's Rock the 40oz, but never got the chance to pick up F'uck World Trade, so I figured this would be a good place to start.

The song, being the first one on the cd I'll assume, starts off with the trademark LoC intro, its got a staticy backround, with heavy drumming and some cool loose-ish bass, and Stza's unique voice cuts right through. "**** World Trade..."

(0:21) Strong, fast guitars cut through the static as Stza continues his intro. He talks in his oh so scruff voice about Metal Heads, the Twin Towers, and of course some shamless self promotion "Crack Rock City". Talks about food stamp lines and rehab, the classic stuff.

(1:23) The drums start tapping and Stza screams into the mike, starting the song off. The music gets faster, with your basic punk stuff, fast drums, power chords, etc.

(1:38) Stza starts singing. His voice really is amazing, its like weather he's talking, singing fast, mumbling, whatever, he ALWAYS sounds like he's screaming. Reminds me a bit of some old Chocking Victim songs, "Infested" comes immediatly to mind.

(1:43) Guitars change up, into a nice little riff. At this point I can really tell I like the song, which isn't surprising, as i've loved most of the Crack family's prior stuff.

(2:03) Guitars cut out, goes into just bass and drums creating one of those nice "thump thump" techniques, a bit like the intro to Julia by The Horrorpops. Slowly all the instruments come back in, and so does the singing.

WOW, the chorus is really catchy, and the singing is slow enough at this point to realize the lyrics are mostly about how the radio sucks and how the same old thing is played over and over.

(2:34) Guitars change up, and although I think this is the only instrument that changes, and the pace only slows down a little, it gives this part of the chorus a whole different feel from the rest of it.

(2:58) Changes into a really cool sounding little collection of short guitar riffs followed by little drum beats, but does so without changing the pace of the song. Sounds really cool. Stays about the same, with various changes in the riffs, and of course singing comes in. Sounds good.

(3:40) Gets fast again, back into a street punk kind of feel, but the not sucky kind of street punk, reminiscent of The Unseen. Song ends with all instruments playing random crazyness, and Stza screaming again as loudly as possible.

Overall, really like the song. Lives up to the Crack's name very well

8/10, just because the intro drags on a biiiit too long.

So, some songs to choose from:

The Toasters - Don't Let The Bastards Grind You Down (Ska)
HORSE the band - Cutsman (Nintendocore)
Polkaholics - Who Stole the Kishka? (Polkacore)
The Buisiness - Guiness Boys (Punk)
**** Sparrer - Riot Squad (Oi!)

[skateMASTERbater2]

**** Sparrer - Riot Squad (Oi!)



Another really good coc'k sparrer song. Starts off with a siren, then the guitar comes in, with a typical catchy coc'k sparrer riff, and then 10 seconds later the singing comes in . Its in all a very catchy song, where you can sing along during the chorus. You can hear the siren during the chorus again. The solo’s is interesting, nothing very hard, but still good. The song also has pretty good lyrics.This is my second favorite co’ck sparrer song 9,5/10


My recommendations:

sick on the bus-go to hell (street punk)
4ft fingers-slowly sinking (punk)
pennywise-fight it(skate punk)
oi polloi-boot down the door(anarcho)
throw rag-bag of glue(punk rock'n'roll)
sick of all-america (hardcore)



EDIT:my first post in here :)

[Twat_Out_Of_Hell]

dibs

[Twat_Out_Of_Hell]

Sick Of It All- america

starts off with a steady drumbeat for around 10 seconds before the guitar enters. The lyrics are very thoughtful and heartfelt ("suffering, the pain and suffering"/ "how could they do this to me"), involving their disillusionment with what has become of America.
It is a very catchy song, with excellent sounding individual pieces on both guitar and bass, accompanied by a consistant steady drum beat, clearly evident in the shout-along after around 1:30.
The outro consists of an guitar solofor the final 40 seconds or so.

Great song, probably my favourite by them, 9/10


Songs:

4ft fingers- Proud to Know You (pop-punk)
Beer Zone- Party animal (street-punk)
The Bodysnatchers- Easy Life (two-tone ska)
Casualties- Authority is Dead (punk)
Consumed- On The Take Again (pop-punk)
Cramps- Haulass Hyena (psycobilly)



EDIT:my first post in here :)

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[skateMASTERbater2]

since sketchyjoe seems to be dead:



4ft fingers- Proud to Know You (pop-punk)


The song starts off with a guy screaming: yeah man! And then a psycho laugh. There’s a drum fill in and then the both guitars and bass come in. I can’t really hear the second guitar in the intro very much, maybe because of my bad quality speakers, but it sounds like a bit of a solo. After that the singer starts singing. His voice doesn’t sound like any others ive heard. After the first chorus there’s another little ‘solo’. After the second chorus there’s a bridge, a guitar starts playing palm-muted, and the other plays another little solo and then the guitar starts playing this catchy riff with singing. The drums all along are very good and the lyrics are ….uhhh touching, but whatever good song, not one of their best though 7/10


My recommendations:

The Varukers-modem for destuction(street punk/hardcore punk)
The vandals-oi to the world(pop punk)
Crass-do they owe us a living(anarcho)
Sick on the bus-ugly(street punk)
Choking victim-apple pie and police state(ska-punk)
Against me-sink florida sink(acoustic punk)

[thepo]

Against Me!- Sink.Florida.Sink

The song starts off with the words "Not one more word tonight," and the music begins when "word" is uttered. The whole song is only 4 chords (C Am G F), but it's a great song none the less. These chords are played on an acoustic, with a clean electric playing them once each in the backround.

When the Chorus begins, so does the piano. A combination of two different "woahs" is also sung. The combination of all of this sounds really amazing.

In the next verse, towards the end, some kind of percussion-type thing is played, and provides a build-up into the yelling of "You gotta **** it up," and right back into the chorus. The woahs stop, and the piano plays a nice little part that sounds good me.

I find the lyrics genius, and percieve them as getting away from your surroundings with the power of music, and then realizing what really matters. Then upon returning to reality, you try explaining these feelings.

Maybe I'm being unfair with rating because they're my favorite band. I give it an 8/10.

My Recommendations:

Against Me!- Slurring the Rhythms (folk-punk)
The Aquabats- Sequence Erase (skacore)
Dead Kennedys- Government Flu (punk, surfcore)
Immortal Technique- 4th Branch (Hip-hop)
NOFX- Kids of the K-Hole (Pop/skate-punk)
Cake- Frank Sinatra (Alternative)

[sketchyjoe]

Against Me - Slurring The Rhythms

The intro is nothing special but it's okay. Then the vocals come in, typical Against Me, strained as always. Its quite weird as the vocals seem out-of-sync with the music. This is quite cool but it takes some getting used to. The lyrics and music are good as well. There's a little fill at about 0:55 that leads to this really cool section where the music fades out a bit adn ther's a call-and-reply going WOOOOH-OHHHHH. Then it goes back to another verse with WOH-OH-OH-OH in the background. At this end of this verse the music changes again (it's still good) and there are more WHOOOAS (different kinds this time) before it stops. This is a really good song. All the parts are really cool so it doesn't get stale. 9/10

Choose from:
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
The Volcanos - Surfin St. Helens (Surf)
Team America - The End Of An Act (Pop)
Symarip - Skinhead Moonstomp (Ska)
Melt Banana - Surfin' USA (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (Funk)
Wesley Willis - Feel The Power Of Rock 'n' Roll (Wesley-core)
Ska Cubano - Revolutionary Ska (Ska)
Black Market Baby - Downward Christian Soldiers (Punk)
Richard Cheese - Nookie/Break Stuff (Lounge)

I have all these on Soulseek (biggaydavefromdarlington) but if you can't browse my files then tell me and I can e-mail the one you want to you.

[pedro durruti]

Ska Cubano - Revolutionary Ska

Starts off slowly but quickly progresses to an average paced traditional ska song. It's quite enjoyable. I really like the vocals, they're Cuban (or just Cuban influenced?) but I'm not really hearing an accent, and he's singing in English. At two minutes begins a long horn solo, and let me tell you, it rules. This part alone is making me want to give the song an 11 out of ten, but Jesus won't let me. Vocals kick back in near four minutes, and he repeats a lot of the words he said prior to the horn solo. I'm guessing the lyrics are pretty basic, but ska never focuses on lyrics that much. You can tell the song is going to end soon at five minutes (even though it doesn't end for another minute). It ends really well, with more horns and pleasant sounds coming from the singers mouth. haha

Really good song, I recommend you all download their album from me, Nick or Joe 10/10

My recommendations:
Punch the Clown - Clowns R Us (Ska)
The Tossers - The Ballad of NATO (Irish folk punk)
The Skoidats - Moonstomp '97 (Ska)

[Let's Chop Cats!]

Rep++ for those who do good reviews in this thread and participate well.

[sketchyjoe]

The Skoidats - Moonstomp '97

It starts of with this really cool plinky-plonk guitar bit with some cool bass in the background. When the drums and vocals kick in they go, YEAH-YEAH-YEAH and remind me of a Toots & The Maytals song (I think its 54-46 Was My Number) then someone goes MOONSTOMP GO! and there's a really cool horn solo that goes on for ages. After the horn solo has gone on for a while you get the Yeah's in the background then another horn solo (on a different instrument I think) this time with intermittent Chkka-Chkka noises and more Yeah's in the background. Then its, you guessed it, another horn solo and this time the other horns join in. Finally after this there are some different vocals with a talkover about ska (a la Symarip's Skinhead Moonstomp) before there's some horns (for a change), this time its short blasts of horns alternating with shouts of BOO-YA! and other such phrases before, in a total change of direction for the song, it finishes with some horns. This is a good song and hornier than a 13 year old with his Dad's magazines. If you like trad stuff or the songs I mentioned in the review you'll like this. Just be prepared for more horns than a Unicorn convention. 9/10

Choose from:
Wat Tyler - Bill Clinton Sex Fiend (Punk)
The Volcanos - Eruption (Surf)
Team America - The End Of An Act (Pop)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (Funk)
Wesley Willis - Feel The Power Of Rock 'n' Roll (Wesley-core)
Black Market Baby - This Year's Prophet (Punk)
Richard Cheese - Nookie/Break Stuff (Lounge)
Prince Buster - Ghost Dance (Ska)

[albert_bass]

This song starts straight, with all the instruments together in what it could
be named the chorus. The guitars are cool, without distortion at first, or very light distortion, playing some kind of barre chords but not struggling them. Well you have to listen to it. Then some palm muted while it goes the verse. Basically the song is chorus verse chorus verse etc. The lyrics are funny. They’re about Bill Clinton and sex so you can imagine. At first I didn’t found this song very interesting. But it ends up being catchy although it’s not a great song. There’s nothing special about it. Drums are the same throughout the song and the guitars just have two patterns. Bass just follows the guitars when they palm mute and during the other part it stays the same. So...there’s not very much to say about this. The vocals are good and it’s not a bad song, but just average. I give it a 7/10.

Definately not the best song that Joe has recommended.

My choices:

Mad Caddies - Silence (Ska-punk)
Good Riddance - Fertile Fields (Melodic Hardcore)
Ignite - Bullets Included No Thought Required (Melodic Hardcore)
Leftover Crack - One Dead Cop (Punk)
Toy Dolls - Stay Mellow (Punk)
Against All Authority - Walking Revolution (Ska-core)
The Filaments - B.P.C. (Ska-punk)
Satanic Surfers - Hero of our time (hmmm...pop-punk maybe?) I recommend to pick this one.

[honkybrewster]

Toy Dolls - Stay Mellow

I've never been a huge fan of Toy Dolls. It's not that I disliked them, I just couldn't get into any of the few songs I'd heard enough to try out more. This song, however, changed that. The song starts out with one of those quick, and sort of intricate guitar lines they seem to be known for. The singing is high pitched, and very... british. It's certainly a singing style of its own kind. It has good lyrics, about keeping cool and not worrying about **** when it comes your way. It's very different, but it's a great punk song. I must definitely hear more from the Toy Dolls.

8/10

My Recommendations
Beastie Boys - Deal With It (Punk/Hardcore)
Filth - You Are **** (Punk/Crust?)
Pageninetynine - Comedy of Christ (Hardcore)
Leftover Crack - Gang Control (Ska/hardcore)

I have these on soulseek if you can't find them.

[Forest_Fire]

Leftover Crack - Gang Control


Starts up with a nice little drum bit and then a smooth bass line. then the verse comes in with a catchy beat and kinda raspy vocals. When the chorus comes in, you want to yell along with the "**** THE POLICE". about 1:50 in through 2:10 theres a nice little fill. then it comes back strong with the chorus. as soon as it ends, you hit the repeat button to make sure it plays again.... and again... this is a great song. id never really heard that much leftover crack, but i think i might buy that album now... 9.5/10



Suggestions
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (classic rock/glam rock)
Gorilla Biscuits - Things we say (hardcore/straight edge)
New Mexican Disaster Squad - Vultures (melodic hardcore)
The Clash - Career Oppritunities (punk)
Hit the dirt or Peanut Butter and Jelly - http://www.purevolume.com/fivehours (ska)

[SlappedByTheClash]

Leftover Crack - Gang Control


Starts up with a nice little drum bit and then a smooth bass line. then the verse comes in with a catchy beat and kinda raspy vocals. When the chorus comes in, you want to yell along with the "**** THE POLICE". about 1:50 in through 2:10 theres a nice little fill. then it comes back strong with the chorus. as soon as it ends, you hit the repeat button to make sure it plays again.... and again... this is a great song. id never really heard that much leftover crack, but i think i might buy that album now... 9.5/10



Suggestions
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
Gorilla Biscuits - Things we say
New Mexican Disaster Squad - Vultures
The Clash - Career Oppritunities
Hit the dirt or Peanut Butter and Jelly - http://www.purevolume.com/fivehours




Gorilla Biscuits-Things We Say

I think you(Ska_Pirate) actually got me into GB, and this song is great.
Starts off with a hi-hat count in, then a nifty descending bass line, then kicks into the stereotypical fast, 80's hardcore song.
I like the vocals, they have a cool rythm.
Goes into a really spiffy breakdown part, then back to the hXc.
I am now a firm fan of GB.
10/10


Suggestions-If these have been done before, don't hurt me, but there's d'amn near 120 posts and I don't want to read through them all.

Choking Victim-Crack Rock Steady
The Cramps-The Crusher
The Replacements-Beer For Breakfast
The Crowd-Melody Hill
Exploding F'uckdolls-Some Other Day
Black Flag-White Minority

[El_Shiznit]

Choking Victim - Crack Rock Steady

This is my first introduction to Choking Victim and I have heard a lot of hype about this song, so I decided to check them out. I wasn't very impressed to be honest though. Ska was never my thing, so I am going to come from a non-biased standpoint to be fair and all that honorable stuff.

The song starts off with some drugs........ Okay, I will ignore that to be fair. Then the drums kick in and it's a pretty chill song I'll say. The bass is cool, but the guitar is generic as ever. These guys apparently haven't realized they are white yet. Anyways, nothing in the song really stands out besides the cool bassline. No, I don't like ska, but that's holding nothing against this song. I have heard much better songs in the genre and outside as well. The drumbeat speeds up at the end, but it sounds out of place. You might like it, if you like drugs.

6/10

Choices:
Reverend Horton Heat - 400 Bucks (Rockabilly/Psychobilly)
Cursive - Staying Alive (Indie)
Swingin' Utters - Pills & Smoke (Pop-Punk)
BigWig - Still (Punk/Pop-Punk)
Subhumans - No (Anarcho)

[Twat_Out_Of_Hell]

Subhumans- No

Begins with a nice simple bas intro, with the vocals cutting in after around 6 seconds after the fourth repetition. this song is one of the strongest ever in terms of biting vocals, sneering at society's attitudes from the outset. In the first line: religion ("No i don't belive in Jesus christ/my mother died of cancer when i was five"), the system ("no i don't belive in the system/nothing it does makes sense to me") and the police force ("No i don't belive in the police force/police brutality isn't a dream").

The guitar enters quickly at aroiund 15 seconds, playing a steady repetitive riff before reverting to a slower pace before slowing down at 30 seconds, for another lyrical attack about society's attitude that rebelion is sporadic ("don't worry, you'll get over it/ you'll grow up"), and influenced by drink and drugs ("you don't really mean what you say/ you've had too much to drink").

Dick's despise of the system occurs throughout the song popping up in the lyrics as the song regathers pace ("you're just part of what a despise/ yes you're part of the f'ucking system/ i ain't blind i can see oyur lies")

This is an incredible song, arguing against social attitudes and assumptions in under 1:40 seconds. One of my favuorite songs

10/10

Songs To do:

Bigwig- smile (punk)
Cramps- haulass Hyena (psycobilly)
Subhumans- Waste Of Breath (anarcho)
Lars and the bastards- Dead american (punk)
SOTB- Go to Hell (punk)

[sketchyjoe]

The Cramps - Haulass Hyena

I like Psychobilly but I haven't heard much Cramps stuff. The intro is really cool. It immediately starts off with some piercing guitars before the bass (It sounds like bass although I'm sure I heard somewhere they didn't have a bassist) and drums come in the background complementing the guitar well. This goes on for a little bit and manages to avoid getting repetitive. It cuts to a drumroll then there's a laugh that sounds like the guitars did before the verse starts. The music is typical Psychobilly and the lyrics are meaningless. The vocals are okay and fit the music well. After the verse there's anotther laugh and a really cool instrumental section before it goes back to more vocals and then another long instrumental section. I thought the instrumental sections were better than the vocal bits which got too repetitive. After this there are some more verses before it goes into a really weird short heavy section before the end with the sound of things smashing. This is a good Psychobilly song. If you like Psycho you'll like this. The music is great but the vocals and the lyrics (with their repetetiveness) let it down. 7/10

Choose from:
Atom & His Package - Hats Off To Halford (Pop-Punk)
The Volcanos - Eruption (Surf)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's Hell Down Below (We're All Gonna Go) (Funk)
Wesley Willis - The Frogs (Punk)
Black Market Baby - This Year's Prophet (Punk)
Richard Cheese - Nookie/Break Stuff (Lounge)
Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number(Ska)

Get them on Soulseek (biggaydavefromdarlington) or I can email them to you from sketchyjoe@gmail.com

[El_Shiznit]

Atom & His Package - Hats Off To Halford

This is my first introduction to the band, and not knowing this was a joke song, was hoping this song was about Rob Halford of Judas Priest. I was pleasantly surprised to find out it was. Sort of. The song is more about metalheads than Halford. Anyways, if you didn't know, Halford came out of the closet a while ago. Basically, this song is trying to point out that most metalheads are homosexuals. The song starts off with a cool riff. The song has a happy vibe throughout. In the middle of the song, there is a part which sounds like "Sea World Music". If you've never been to Sea World, they play 80's pop style synth music with a happy vibe a lot. The lyrics are a bit juvenile, but other than that, it's pretty cool. I will most likely look into more of their material. It's a good song if you're in the mood.

7/10

P.S. Next time you do a review from sketchy's list, check out the Richard Cheese song. I highly recommend it.

Choices
Reverend Horton Heat - Callin' In Twisted (Rockabilly/Psychobilly)
Cursive - Staying Alive (Indie)
Swingin' Utters - Pills & Smoke (Pop-Punk)
BigWig - Still (Punk/Pop-Punk)
Pearl Jam - Animal (Grunge/Alternative)

[honkybrewster]

Swingin' Utters - Pills & Smoke

I haven't heard anything by Swingin' Utters in like 5 years, so trying them out again after this long was pretty cool. The song opens right away into an upbeat sound that, musicwise, sounds very much like the Adicts. Overall the music is simple, but not to the point of being boring (like a lot of punk music can be), driven by one of those constantly moving basslines you hear in a lot of pop-punk. The singing is alright, and the lyrics are about being a young, angry teenager living life on the streets. It's good, but it's not great.

6.5/10

My Recommendations:
Beastie Boys - Deal With It (Punk/Hardcore)
Pageninetynine - Comedy of Christ (Hardcore)
The Toasters - Devil and a 45 (Ska)
Ed Gein - You Suck at Life... and I'm not Talking about the Board Game (Grind)
Filth - You are **** (Punk/Crust)

[albert_bass]

THE BEASTIE BOYS - Deal With It

I wanted to do this because I never listened anything by The Beastie Boys. The song starts with guitar, drums and bass at the same time alternating two notes to make a little intro. Then a pause and of a sudden a typical punk drum beat and a typical riff from guitars and bass. I like the vocals, which start at the same time. Then the chorus and then he sings "Lot's. Of. Ways. To. Deeeeeal with it, deaaaal with it deaaaaal with it!" that's kinda cool. Then again the typical riff, then the nice chorus and then the deal with it part again. Just after this part it all calms down and starts a catchy slow bass and drums part which reminds me to some RATM bass lines (I think the bass has a little distortion or chorus effect). Then the guitar does a weird "solo". This part sounds a little weird all of it but I like it. Good song overall. If it was longer than it is it would be boring but it lasts 2:20 and that way I like it.

7.5/10 (Because it's typical apart from the ending part and the sound is not that great)

Choose from these:

Mad Caddies - Silence (Ska-punk)
Good Riddance - Fertile Fields (Melodic Hardcore)
Ignite - Bullets Included No Thought Required (Melodic Hardcore)
Lagwagon - Stokin' The Neighbours (Pop-punk)
Against All Authority - Nothing To Lose (Ska-core)
The Filaments - B.P.C. (Ska-punk)
Satanic Surfers - Hero Of Our Time (Punk ¿?)
Adhesive - Punk Is A Bunch Of Kids With Funny Haircuts (Punk/Melodic Hardcore)

[Twat_Out_Of_Hell]

Filaments- B.P.C. (street punk)

There is a very brief introduction on the trumpet and saxophone, before the singing cuts in after 3 seconds. The song is about growing up as a punk, drinking and having a laugh with your mates ("Benfleet punx crew is the name of a firm so dear to me/ we spent our teenage years like a punk rock family").

The trumpet and sax provide a continuous backing to the lyrics, dominating the music and allowing the vocals to be heard clearly. The shout along chorus makes this song stand out as a youth anthem ("Hey, hey, hey, the BPC").

Unlike many filaments songs, it focuses solely on having a laugh with your mates, and the lyrics are the best part iof the song, with little in the way of solos by any instrument apart from a brief bridge on the bass.

Very good song, one of their best in their short career

8/10

Songs To Do:

Filaments- Bastard Coppers (street punk)
Lightyear- Data's double Chin (ska punk)
Leftover Crack- Atheist anthem (ska punk)
Mad Sin- Psycho Babylon (psycobilly)
Descendents- Suburban home (pop-punk)
Toy Dolls- Telly Addict (pop punk)
SOTB- Ugly (punk)

[sketchyjoe]

The Descendents - Suburban HomeIt starts off with someone going "I want to be stereotyped, I want to be classified before the music kicks in." The music is like a corss between pop-punk (like The Buzzcocks or The Undertones) and 80s Hardcore and its okay. The lyrics and vocals are alright. The lyrics are fairly superficial but the vocals do instil some sort of emotion in them. The chorus is quite cool, especially the bass in the chorus section. This song is very catchy and quite short. It repeats the verse and chorus a couple of tmes before it finishes with a few big smashes and the opening quote again. There isn't that much to say about this song. If you like classic Pop-Punk or 80's hardcore you'll probably like it and its very catchy. It is repetitive but i so sort you don't really notice it. 6/10

Choose from:
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
The Volcanos - Eruption (Surf)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's Hell Down Below (We're All Gonna Go) (Funk)
Wesley Willis - Al Capone (Wesley Willis)
Black Market Baby - Downward Christian Soldiers (Punk)
Richard Cheese - Nookie/Break Stuff (Lounge)
Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number(Ska)

Soulseek (biggaydavefromdarlington) or email (sketchyjoe@gmail.com) to get the files.

[Brain Toad]

The Volcanos - Eruption

Starts off with a good surf guitar line, that is going up the notes, sounds really good. The drums are your basic surf beat, they keep it well. I like that repeating upward guitar line, and the way it blends into the rest. Very nice. Moving up the guitar now by octave. A little breakdown (if surf has breakdowns) comes, the bass does a little work and is really good. Right after the breakdown is the solo, which ends in a slide up the guitar. Then back down into another solo. This is really good surf, rivals Dick Dale I'd say. Little improv type things 2 minutes, another appearance from the bass. Bass always likes to sneak into surf songs, since guitar is usually the focus. A very nice surf song indeed, I'm gladd Joe turned me onto them. 10/10

Recomended Songs
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (Funk)
The Ramonetures - Your Phone is Off the Hook (But You're Not) (Surf version of X)
Hank Williams - I'll Never Get Out of this World Alive (Country)
Jello Biafra & the Melvins - Yuppie Cadillac (Punk)
Raffi - Banana Phone (Kids Music)

Brain Squirmin' Like a Toad on soulseek if you can't find songs, message me to be added to the list.

[MechanicalClockworkOrgy]

D to the I to the mutha ****en DIBZORS


Raffi- Bananaphone
me being the MX child (lame :upset: ), its only natural i do this song


song starts out with a simple beat, and then OUT OF NO WHERE, comes in my favorite part "boobaadoobaadoop" *crash* *crash*
then it goes into "ring ring ring ring ring.........BANANAPHONE!" "ive got this feeling, so a peeling (get it!), for us to get together and sing, sing!"

its a miraculus song if you like getting together with friends and just singing it whilst on stilts eatin yatkas (sp) and applesauce....(it was channukah, ok?)

anyway, if this song grips you, you will never get it out of your head....EVER

yea, i love this song, great great great....i, uhh, i danced to it in dance class........ :upset:

9/10 , only because it gets to be the most anoying ****ing song in existance
http://www.transbuddha.com/osaka/osakaphone.html
check it out for yourself, its played at cut time by the way

My Suggestions:
The Beatles- I Feel Fine ~or~ I Am The Walrus
Public Enemy- 911 is a Joke (reno 911 song!) ~or~ Dont Call Me Niga
Sicko- Whats On?
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight ~or~ Geek USA
Tenacious D- Tribute/c'ock pushups/Dio(all or none)~or~Rock Your Socks Off
Sonic Youth- Mote ~or~ Kool Thing
Voltaire- Shalom ~or~ When Your Evil
The Pixies- The Holdiday Song

[honkybrewster]

Voltaire - Shalom

Worst. Voltaire song. Ever.
The song opens with the usual solo by their violinist(s), or whatever stringed instruments they're using. It begins with a slow, dark sort of intro, and you almost feel like they were trying a bit too hard to get their usual dark sound in this one. The singing comes in, then jumps into a really speedy song, with the lyrics consisting only of a few Hebrew words, repeated throughout the song. Boring, short, and very disappointing when you hear Voltaire's other stuff.

4/10

My Recommendations:
Page 99 - Comedy of Christ (Hardcore)
Leftover Crack - Nazi White Trash (Skacore)
Voltaire - BRAINS! (Betterthanshalomcore)
AFI - Cereal Wars (Punk)
Oi Polloi - Boot Down the Door (Punk/Anarcho)

[AndreTheHyena]

Leftover Crack - "Nazi White Trash"

I wanted to review that Oi Polloi song cuz they rock, but LC downloaded first, so whatever.

Starts with a pretty cool, simple distorted riff, and then goes into a basic punk/hardcore riff. When the clean ska stuff starts, the bassline carries over from the intro so it offers some continuity, so that's kinda cool.

There's a really sweet instrument in the second half of the verse, which sounds like it could be a keyboard of some sort but is probably just a guitar with some kind of effect.

The chorus is your basic Leftover Crack speed-punk pseudo-hardcore gripe, with all of them singing the lyrics all over the place.

There's a weird interlude.

The song should end at 2:15 but there's another 44 seconds of riffage and artsy piano ****. Whatever.

Basic Leftover Crack fare, but catchy and solid and loud and fun. 3/5

My Suggestions
Mos Def - "Ghetto Rock" (hip-hop feat. Dr. Know from Bad Brains)
the Soft Pink Truth - "Do They Owe Us a Living" (electroclash Crass cover)
the Get Up Kids - "Beer for Breakfast" (power-pop Replacements cover)
Flux of Pink Indians - "Is There Anybody There" (anarcho)
Showbread - "A Llama Eats a Giraffe" (the Bronx for Christian kids...but good)
Patti Smith - "Rock n' Roll ******" (amazing early NY art punk)

[SactoUnited]

Leftover Crack - "Nazi White Trash"

I wanted to review that Oi Polloi song cuz they rock, but LC downloaded first, so whatever.

Starts with a pretty cool, simple distorted riff, and then goes into a basic punk/hardcore riff. When the clean ska stuff starts, the bassline carries over from the intro so it offers some continuity, so that's kinda cool.

There's a really sweet instrument in the second half of the verse, which sounds like it could be a keyboard of some sort but is probably just a guitar with some kind of effect.

The chorus is your basic Leftover Crack speed-punk pseudo-hardcore gripe, with all of them singing the lyrics all over the place.

There's a weird interlude.

The song should end at 2:15 but there's another 44 seconds of riffage and artsy piano ****. Whatever.

Basic Leftover Crack fare, but catchy and solid and loud and fun. 3/5

My Suggestions
Mos Def - "Ghetto Rock" (hip-hop feat. Dr. Know from Bad Brains)
the Soft Pink Truth - "Do They Owe Us a Living" (electroclash Crass cover)
the Get Up Kids - "Beer for Breakfast" (power-pop Replacements cover)
Flux of Pink Indians - "Is There Anybody There" (anarcho)
Showbread - "A Llama Eats a Giraffe" (the Bronx for Christian kids...but good)
Patti Smith - "Rock n' Roll ******" (amazing early NY art punk)
I might have the Mos Def song. lemme check...

[honkybrewster]

Flux of Pink Indians - Is There Anybody There?

Songs opens slowly with a sort of slow and messy, in that intentionally effortless sort of way you find a lot in experimental anarcho bands like Flux of Pink Indians. The drum line starts to kick in faster at about 1:30, and it's probably the only real moment of variation at all for the rest of the song. Typical Flux singing and lyrics. There's nothing really special about this song... I think Flux have better.

5/10

My Recommendations:
Oi Polloi - Boot Down the Door (Punk/Anarcho)
Tiger Army - Nocturnal (Psychobilly)
Lard - War Pimp Renaissance (Industrial)
Bars - Like it Never Was (Hardcore)
Pain - Grudge (Ska)

[skateMASTERbater2]

Oi polloi-boot down the door


This is my favorite oi polloi song. it starts off with with a powerchord, that slides up to the lower note then slides down again, then the guitar is silent. The drum beat comes in , then the bass, then the guitar. I really like the intro. When the singer starts singing , you have the riff in your head. The singing isn’t really screaming, but not really singing either. The lyrics, as in any other anarcho song, are very good. I can listen to this song over and over again. 9/10


Songs:

Sick on the bus-ugly(street punk)
Filaments-bastard coppers(ska-street punk)
The vandals-my gilfriend is dead(pop punk)
Subhumans-religious wars(anarcho)

[Twat_Out_Of_Hell]

The Filaments- Bastards Coppers (street punk)
Starts off with a little intro on the sax, backed with a steady drum beat on the cymbals. The singing begins after around 10 seconds, with the lyrics aimed squarly at the bands hatred of the "bastards coppers". their despise is evident in the lyrics "jumped up pricks with CS gas/ we'll riot make them look like clowns". Their verbal assault continues throughout the song, pausing for a 10 second guitar intro before launcing into a repeat of the lyrics "f'uck the pigs".
The song then refuses to lose intensity, launching back into the simple chorus repeat "bastard coppers".

The song is simplistic, yet well written and well constructed, with shout along choruses and strong political lyrics that are consistant of filamenst songs.

Very good song, 9/10

Songs To Do:

SOTB- Ugly (punk)
Descendents- cheer (pop-punk)
Bad Religion- against the Grain (punk)
Bigwig- Smile (pop-punk)
Bodysnatchers- Easy Life (two tone)
Mad sin- Psyco Babylon (psycobilly)

[CDR_Cool]

BAD RELIGION-AGAINST THE GRAIN
there's really no intro to the song, it heads straight to the point. it's somewhat mellow compared to other songs. the guitars mix together nicely during the chorus parts. it's a pretty usual melodic BR song. I like it, but it's nothing special.
7/10

choose from:
propagandhi- Degrassi Jr. High Dropouts (progressive thrash :p )
jawbreaker-shield your eyes (melodic punk)
big d and the kids table-checklist (ska-punk)
planes mistaken for stars-rhythm dies (post-hardcore)
dillinger four-doublewhiskeycokenoice (punk)

[sketchyjoe]

Planes Mistaken For Stars - Rhythm Dies I've heard of this band but I've never bothered to check them out as the people I know who like them are absolute cockwanks who wouldn't know good music if it ****ed them from behind with a table leg but I thought I'd listen to them because just because they like The Bled doesn't mean everyone else they like will suck gorilla balls, doesn't it? Actually, yes it does. This song screams generic from the word go, the long, drawn out, mind-numbingly boring intro with the big heavy blasts of guitar and stupid drums just sets the scene for the tedium to come. Then the vocals kick in, I say vocals, they sound like a 13 year old trying to sound like the voice-over for a horror movie at high speed. The lyrics are unintelligble. They're probably just screaming "GENERIC! GENERIC!" There are some vocals, then some music that goes "DUHH-DUHDUH-DUHDUHHHHHH" just like every other song like this I've ever heard. This exercise in mediocrity is repeated a few times before, if you're still awake, the music changes at around 1:40. This is slightly better but the band obviously realised that this one riff is the only thing preventing them from castration by people who like good music and repeat it until you hate it as much as the rest of this steaming dog turd of awfulness masquerading as a song. The singer repeats something over this riff as if he's trying to remember something. He's probably saying "Note to self: Do not suck next time" and if hes not he should be. After this bit there's some more **** music but fear not, the end is in sight. With a long, drawn-out, boring outro to match the intro the song finishes. If you haven't slipped into a coma by this time you'll be weeping with joy that you never have to listen to this song again. Now right click, delete, yes, open recycle bin, empty recycle bin, yes. Now you are free to do something more enjoyable, like castrating yourself with a cocktail stick. 0.5/10

Choose from:
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's Hell Down Below (We're All Gonna Go) (Funk)
Wesley Willis - Larry Nevers/Walter Budzyn (Wesley Willis)
Black Market Baby - Downward Christian Soldiers (Punk)
Richard Cheese - Nookie/Break Stuff (Lounge)
Toots & The Maytals - 54-46 Was My Number(Ska)
Dee Dee King - German Kid (Rap)

Soulseek: biggaydavefromdarlington
E-Mail: sketchyjoe@gmail.com

[pedro durruti]

Black Market Baby - Downward Christian Soldier

This is a cool 80's punk band that Joe discovered and told me about recently. I just downloaded the album and I've only heard this song and two others (this being the first time hearing this one). It begins with a simple bass riff that you can hear played throughout the song. The vocals sound like a faster, more punk-sounding version of Naked Raygun's singer. The song is very catchy, at the beginning I was nodding my head along to the music and the chorus you wouldn't be surprised if you would find yourself singing along to the chorus "downward christian soldier!". There's a guitar solo after the first chorus, which is odd because solos are usually after the second chorus, which before you know it, you're already at. And around 1:40 they have another solo :o

And another right before the end! Good song from a not that special band but definitely needs more recognition. 8/10

My recommendations:
The Rudiments - The Doctor (Ska)
Slow Gherkin - Weasel (Ska)
The Levellers - England My Home (Irish folk rock)

[SickBoy]

The Levellers - England my Home

Well i expected some Progues sounding music and I dont think i was entierly wrong, well they both sound Irish anyway. The song starts off with just some Violins (well im assuming there violins) and the a nice steady beat suddenly crashes in. So far so good, I even like the guys voice. But as the chorus comes in the Guitar takes a back seat to the Violin and it gets a bit folky for me, but the catchiness of the verse is back and this time with added Wah. After that there was a bridge which seemed to be gaining momentum and I thought it was leading at a heavy rocking final chorus but i was a bit let down when the Folky sound came back in, i thought they could have gone somewhere else with it. The end is just the vocalist nicely singing "Whatever happened to my green and plesant land". I dont think i'll keep this song in my playlist for long, but its in no way a bad song. I give it a 6/10.

My recommendations
The Ruts- Staring at the Rude Boys
The Oppressed- Skinhead Girl
Condemned 84- When the Boots go Marchin in
Last Resort- Boot Boys
Chaos Uk- No Security
Oxymoron- Borstal

my Soulseek is Decontrolled, you can find all of the songs there, PM me if you want to be added to my list.

[SickBoy]

i havent killed the game have i?

[SickOnTheBusYouCunt]

*bump*

stop bumping stuff!

it hasnt been posted in for a reason

[Brain Toad]

Condemned 84 - Boots Go Marching In

Songs starts off with a basic oi guitar and drum sound. Vocals come in at 30 seconds, more of the usual for an oi song. The music has a good beat to it. Chrous comes in with the classic oi/footy chant, repeating the title of the song. Same guitar and drum line continues after the chrous no vocals. Vocals come back at 1:20. Another verse, then chrous. Guitar solo comes in right before the 2 minute mark, and it's a really good rock and roll guitar solo. After the solo the drums get a kind of military feel to them. Back to the verse. It sounds like boot stomps have joined the insturments. Song ends with the chant of the song title, and then a big Oi! Oi! A good song. 8/10

Recommended Songs
Citizen Fish - TV Dinner (Ska Anarcho)
Skrewdriver - Hail Victory (Diamonds in the Dust) (WP Oi!)
Richard Cheese - Rock the Casbah (Lounge)
Patti Smith - Radio Baghdad (Art-Punk)


(Not editing because editing doesn't bump the thread.)

[honkybrewster]

Skrewdriver - Hail Victory (Diamonds in the Dust)

The opening sounds like something you'd hear from a cheesy hair metal power ballad or something. About 30 seconds in, the singing comes in with what sounds like a sort of southern accent, singing triumphantly about standing out, and standing proudly for our beautiful (white) nation against the enemy. 2:00 in, the distortion and drums kick in, the songs speeds up, and the lyrics go more into sweeping out the dust (with a big brush). The music isn't like most Skrewdriver songs I've heard (9-5, boots and braces, etc.), and overall it just isn't very good. Not the best attack in the fight against the ******s.

3/10

My Recommendations:
Tiger Army - Nocturnal (Punk/Psychobilly)
Bars - Like it Never was (Hardcore)
Pain - Grudge (Ska)
Peelander-Z - S.T.E.A.K. (Punk)
Lard - War Pimp Renaissance (Industrial)

[SlappedByTheClash]

Tiger Army - Nocturnal (Punk/Psychobilly)


Now I don't particuarly like Tiger Army, but this is supposed to turn kids on to other music, so I'll stay as unbiased as I can.

The song starts off with a pretty fly descending bass line, then the rest of the band kicks in and it starts up properly. Nick 13 does this little riff right before he kicks in with the vocals, and the band backs him up with growls and roars(like Tigers, I suppose).

The song basiacally repeats itself a lot, and it's an alright psycho song, but nothing special. At the end, they have a little outro, which is basiacally Nick trying to solo and Rob...Peltier I believe was the bassist at that time, I don't think Geoff had signed on yet. Anyway, Rob and Fred Hell back him up while he solos, blah blah, it gets a 7.

7/10

Recommendations:
The Aquabats-Theme Song
The Stitches-Sixteen
The Crowd-Living In Madrid
No God-The Germs
TSOL-80 Times
Walls Of Silence-The Subhumans

[sketchyjoe]

The Germs - No GodI've heard a lot about this band but I've never really listened to them properly. This songs start and songs like an indie/folk song for about 3 seconds (which sounds really good) before it goes into a quite section with a cool guitar riff. An strained scream starts the vocals. The vocals a bit annoying as they're so strained (and sometimes synthy) but the music's good. Its quite minimalist and almost funk-like. The lyrics are okay when you can make them out. The song carries on like this for a while and it starts to get a bit repetitive. At about 1:10 some background vocals and claps start to fade in which sounds really good then it fades out to the drums, claps and these background vocals before another strained scream and it goes back to the music again. Musically this song is good but I just couldn't get over the intensely annoying vocals. This song is proof, if indeed any proof is needed, that people with Down Syndrome shouldn't sing. 5/10

Choose from:
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's Hell Down Below (We're All Gonna Go) (Funk)
Wesley Willis - Larry Nevers/Walter Budzyn (Wesley Willis)
**** Sparrer - We're Coming Back (Oi!)
William Shatner & Henry Rollins - I Can't Get Behind That (Alternative)
The Usual Suspect - Bin Laden's Vegan Airstrike (Ska)
NY ******s - Just Like Dresden '45 (Punk)
Dee Dee King - German Kid (Rap)

Get them on Soulseek (biggaydavefromdarlington) or I can email them to you from sketchyjoe@gmail

[Brain Toad]

William Shatner & Henry Rollins - I Can't Get Behind That

Starts with a ascending guitar, with bongo drums in the background. The vocals are spoken, instead of sung. Bill and Henry trade back parts. They are talking about commercials, raising oil prices, religion, among other things. The same music continues throughout most of the song. It seems like its more of a spoken word with music, then an actual song. It is a good rant, and it's funny how angry Bill gets at some things, Rollins as well. They get in an argument over size matters, then back into the same trading back and forth. Music changes a bit, with the bongos in background. Bill makes a joke at himself talking and not singing. Pretty good song, I enjoyed it. The other songs on his new album are quite good as well, a recomended download. 8/10.

Recomendations
Citizen Fish - TV Dinner (Ska Anarcho)
Angry Aryans - Browntown Burning Down (WP Hardcore)
Richard Cheese - Rock the Casbah (Lounge)
Patti Smith - Radio Baghdad (Art-Punk)
Johnny Paycheck - Take This Job and Shove It (Country)
Mojo Nixon - UPS My Heart To You (Country)

[sketchyjoe]

Mojo Nixon - UPS My Heart To You

It starts with Mojo singing loudly over quiet music. The lyrics are quite simple but still funny. After the first lines the music kicks in properly. Its catchy and the lyrics are still funny. Nobody else would rhyme 'urine' with 'shroud of turin.' The verses are just a couple of lines before the chorus; "I'm gonna UPS my heart to you" The music throughout is good and perfectly complements Mojo's strained vocals. This chorus-verse bit repeats a couple of times before it changes with a little bridge and a guitar solo with little phrases shouted over the top of it like "I'm a rock n roll man" After this there's a brief pause as the vocals start before it goes back to some more vocals but its not the same as before. The lyrics are still great featuring '57 midgets' and other such images before the chorus comes back. There's a long section of music after this with some nice background vocals and more yelps and slogans from Mojo before the song finishes. I really liked this song. Its really catchy and really funny. 9/10

Choose from:
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (Funk)
Wesley Willis - Larry Nevers/Walter Budzyn (Wesley Willis)
**** Sparrer - We're Coming Back (Oi!)
The Usual Suspect - Bin Laden's Vegan Airstrike (Ska)
NY ******s - Just Like Dresden '45 (Punk)
Prince Buster - Freezing Up Orange Street (Ska)
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)

[element13]

Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman:
This one will hit you. If it's not the waa waa guitar, it's the killer basslines. If it's not the killer basslines, it's the jungle drums in the background. If it's not the crazy jungle drums, it's the incredible socially relevant lyrics. This set came out a good 15 years before I was born, but I can still relate to the problems presented in "Pusherman". This songis a classic, ridiculously good. Hats off to the late, great Curtis Mayfield on this one. 9/10.

choose from:
mark b - side two (acoustic, punk-ish) - http://www.purevolume.com/markb

the slicks - halfway (bubblecore, ska/punk/rock/metal/emo) - http://www.agentrecords.com/ryan/

break cadence - let it die (hardcore) - http://www.purevolume.com/breakcadence

[SactoUnited]

Break Cadence- let it die
Starts out with a screamo style riff and the singer randomly screams. It is an alright riff the whole song, and the vox are screamo style. At the end it descends into a metal double bass drum outro which is typical of a screamo type of band.
5/10
Not a big fan of this genre
My Reccomendations:
Last Resort: Violence in our Minds (oi)
Resilience -pride within (punk)
Joe The Boss-Skinhead Revolt(ska)
Street Dogs-Drink Tonight(punk band, hardcore song)
Eazy E- Any last werds (gangsta rap)

[sketchyjoe]

Joe The Boss - Skinhead Revolt
Its start off with some Jamaican guy saying the name of the song before the song kicks in with some fairly standard trad ska. Its good but not stand-out. Around 0:25 some horns come in or rather, one horn which sounds fairly lonely playing the same call-and-response bit over and over againt while the singer randomly shouts the song title with little variation in the music. I really liked this bit. The horns, despite the repetition, worked well. Then, at about 1:15, there's an organ solo that goes on for a while with bloke shouting intermittently in the background again (Note to self: when putting together a ska band avoid people with tourettes). The organ solo is alright but preferred the section before it and it drags on for a while. Around 2:05 its back to the horns with a different solo this time before the song fades out quickly. This is a very standard trad ska song. If you ike the genre you'll like this song but if you're not a fan this won't convert you. 6/10

Choose from:
Godless Wicked Creeps - My Liquor (Psychobilly)
Vanilla Muffins - Sugar Oi! C'mon! (Oi!)
NY ******s - Just Like Dresden '45 (Punk)
The Epoxies - Baqthroom Stall (Punk)
**** Sparrer - We're Coming Back (Oi!)
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Funk)
Wesley Willis - Larry Nevers/Walter Budzyn (Wesley Willis)

Now you can have your dibs. Be patient.

[obese_breasts]

Godless Wicked Creep - My Liquor

This song starts off with an eeiry sound guitar line that shows it self several more times throughout the song. The singers voice comes in with a raspy tone that seems like he has been through a bit. He is singing of what appears to be his experience in Vietnam and how his "liquor's gettin' warm." The music continues and has a constant eeiry feeling. Further into the song he tells of an LSD trip where he killed his own platoon. Bridge comes in a short time after this and continues with a similar line to the oening one. I really like the feel of this song. I like the guitar tone, it fits really well with it's echoing sound. I enjoyed this song quite a bit. 8/10

Choose From:

Gatsby's American Dream - Recondition, Reprogram, Reaction (Post - Hardcore/Pop - Punk)
From Ashes Rise - Reaction (Hardcore/Crust)
Embrace - Can't Forgive (Ian MacKaye emocore?)
Death by Stereo - You're a Bullshit Salesman with a Mouth Full of Samples (Hardcore)
This Bike is a Pipebomb - A Hundred Dollars (Folky Punk)

I have all on soulseek and my e-mail is BigGreenTeeth@gmail.com if you need them that way.

[sketchyjoe]

Embrace - Can't Forgive
It begins with a really cool whiny guitar intro that's almost got a spooky vibe to it. 10 seconds in this is cut off dramatically by the drums, bass and vocals kicking in. I don't really like the vocals and the lyrics are so-so bt the music is great and the way it works with the vocals is really cool. The chorus just sounds like the verse so you don't know thats its the chorus until your second listen. At about 0:40 seconds a really cool section starts with "You can't forgive"being repeated over some cool music. After this it goes back into the verse and chorus again and it ends with the repetition of "I'm sorry." As I said before this song is pretty standard fare lyrically and vocally (although are some cool echoey bits) but the music really shines. The whiny, jarring guitar creates a real feeling of unease far more effectively than the lyrics and the bass and drums back it up well to create a great sounding song. 8/10

Choose from:
Vanilla Muffins - Sugar Oi! C'mon! (Oi!)
Free Beer - Disaster (Punk)
NY ******s - Just Like Dresden '45 (Punk)
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Funk)
Wesley Willis - Feel The Power Of Rock and Roll (Wesley Willis)
The Epoxies - Bathroom Stall (Punk)

[MechanicalClockworkOrgy]

the epoxies - Bathroom Stall

i remember faintly a band called the epoxies on a rock against bush comp, this band i always thougth were an 80s band, or a novilty techno mid90s band (see venga boys ;))
combining what sounds like 16 bit video game synth lines, and melodic punk, with the lead singers voice (i dont know her name, sorry all you lonly guys out here, especially since shes waiting for you in the bathroom stall for you!)
this song starts out with loud synth lines that carrie the melody throughout the song backed by guitars power chording the song through begining to end
this song is good, i liked "need more time" (or whatever its called) of the rock against bush comp better

over all 7/10

i am deffinently looking into getting ahold of this band, and the other band thats awsome on there, 'None more Black'

My Suggestions

The Beatles- I Feel Fine ~or~ I Am The Walrus
Public Enemy- 911 is a Joke (reno 911 song!) ~or~ Dont Call Me Niga
Sicko- Whats On?
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight ~or~ Geek USA
Tenacious D- Tribute/c'ock pushups/Dio(all or none)~or~Rock Your Socks Off
Sonic Youth- Mote ~or~ Kool Thing
Voltaire- Out of Reach (a better voltaire song :)) ~or~ When Your Evil
The Pixies- The Holdiday Song

[Brain Toad]

Voltaire - When You're Evil

I have technically heard this song before, but not in at least a year, so I'm counting it as not hearing it, since it's been so long. Starts off with a violin part that's really cool, a real nice beginning to a song. The violin goes on until about 30 seconds in, and a guitar joins in. Vocals start in. They are really clear and easy to understand. After the first verse, at 1 minute the music picks up to a tango type beat, with a nice beat to it. Then to the chrous where its drums, guitar, violin, and tamberoin maybe. The lyrics are about being evil to people, and not wanting any pay but tears. The lyrics contrast with the music well. Back to the tango type verse, and then the chrous again. Still really good I like the lyrics. I should get some more Voltaire stuff. At 2:30 the lyrics go into a evil pledge of alliegeance. I like the lyrics "Beezlebob has never seen a solider like, not only does job but does it happily. Back to the tango verse thing, then chrous. Not boring at all, has a good flow to it. I could see myself waltz around to this music with a partner (preferably one as evil as this person). A 4 minutes, there is a bit of a musical breakdown, the lyrics get solomn, talking about being sad about being evil. Then after it, he switches around saying he was lying. Very good song, excellant lyrics and music. 10/10

Songs
3rd Hybrid - A Song (Ambient/Experimental)
Warren Zevon - Numb as a Statue (Singer/Songwriter, comparible to Costello or Waits)
Dead Kennedys - The Taser (Jello spoken word over experimental music)
Johnny Rebel - Move Them ******s North (Racist country, father of hatecore)
Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died (Proto-Punk)

I'm pretty sure you may have a hard time finding these, so catch me on soulseek, name is NICKJOE. Or you can leave a gmail and I'll email it to you.

[sketchyjoe]

Warren Zevon - Numb As A Statue
There's a little skit at the start with some redneck guy talking about blood draining from someone's face before the music kicks in. Theres a distorted fairly standard riff over pianos and whilst neither of these are particularly special they sound quite odd together and it makes the song more interesting. The vocals come in and they're okay, again nothing special as the lyrics are too. The song continues in the same vein for quite a while with the guitars over the pianos with some guuitar solos. Its all fairly standard but still quite enjoyable. It basically carries on like this for the rest of the song. I enjoyed this song but, as Warren says at 1:37, "It ain't nothing special" 7/10

Choose from:
Free Beer - Disaster (Punk)
Prince Buster - Freezing Up Orange Street (Ska)
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Funk)
NY ******s - Just Like Dresden '45 (Punk)
Vanilla Muffins - Sugar Oi! C'mon! (Oi!)
Chris Murray - Dinosaurs (Ska)

[MechanicalClockworkOrgy]

Free Beer - Disaster


this song is pretty good, for some reason i think of jello biafra when i hear htis song, or at least the vocals
anyways, the song is mostly the same lryics the whole way through, but its the good kind of repetitive, i like it alot, and its good backround music
it starts off with live footage of them introducing the song, then it goes into the recorded version
the song really is repetive and i cant say that enough because its what makes me like this song alot
sorry for the semi crappy reveiw, it is repetitive enough so theres not much to be said

8/10

My Suggestions

The Beatles- I Feel Fine ~or~ I Am The Walrus
Public Enemy- 911 is a Joke (reno 911 song!) ~or~ Dont Call Me Niga
Sicko- Whats On?
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight ~or~ Geek USA
Tenacious D- Tribute/c'ock pushups/Dio(all or none)~or~Rock Your Socks Off
Sonic Youth- Mote ~or~ Kool Thing
Voltaire- Out of Reach (a better voltaire song ) ~or~ When Your Evil
The Pixies- The Holdiday Song
The Specials - I can't stand it ~or~ ghost town (unless its already been done)
This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb - The Arguement ~or~ The Black Panther Song
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
The Greatful Dead - Althea


that should be enough suggestions, heh :)

[Kardi The Lobet]

It begins with Jack black counting in "1.2.3.4.5.6.6.6." So you know its gotta be good.

The song is Jack talking about how Rock n Roll Is only a birth of Classical music And about 30 seconds in, Kyle Plays the first half of the Bach Bouree. WHile jack (as always) sings hilarious lyircs. The song Would've been a big hit if sung by someone else and with proper lyrics...But i love it this way. As im sure do all of you.

It has a Very catchy Bass Riff and some tasty fills from Kage.

All around it is just a beautiful Cliche' of Rock And Roll.

(Bad review...But hey:) )

1.Big In Japan- Tom waits (Funky/Blues)
2. Californian Babylon- The Transplants (Funk Rock)
3.Crazy Beat- Blur (Punk Rock)
4.Say it Ain't So- Weezer (Soft Rock)
5.Man On The Silver Mountain- Rainbow(Classic Rock)

[honkybrewster]

The Transplants - Californian Babylon

I decided to try a Transplants song other than that one that's in every other commercial these days, so I could get a better taste of what they sound like. And still, I don't think they're very good.

Song starts with a reggae-esque drum opening, followed by the same piano line you're going to hear for the rest of the song. Tim Armstrong comes with one of his trademark failed attempts at singing like Joe Strummer. There's a brief part with some screaming, which sounds pretty cool, and then it's right back to the same annoying piano line and Tim advising us not express lack of understanding. Once you get to about 1:30, you've heard the entire song, but the song is somehow stretched out to a dull, repetitive 4:05.

My Rating: 2/10

My Recommendations:
Peelander-Z - S.T.E.A.K. (http://www.peelander-z.com/sounds/steak.mp3) (Japanese Punk)
Lard - War Pimp Renaissance (http://www.alternativetentacles.com/octopodes/509/pVaPSibMAYHmmr-m5pg/Lard-War_Pimp_Renaiss.mp3) (Industrial)
The AKAs - Generation Vexed (http://www.purevolume.com/download.php?id=2479) (Punk)
AFI - Days of the Phoenix (http://music01.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=bandprofile.downloadSong&bsid=284579&song_name=DaysOfThePhoenix&fid=6348755) (Alternative/Hardcore)
Negative Approach - Can't Tell No One (http://www.geocities.com/nahardcore/1.mp3) (Punk/Hardcore)

If the links aren't working, I'm on soulseek as honkybrewster.

[DrGolovaCroxby]

AFI - Days of the Phoenix

I haven't heard this song in about a year, so I decided it'd be like reviewing a new song. Starts off with a dissonant guitar riff and simple drums. A drum fill and the bass kicks in. Guitar drops out and vocals start. The verse is pretty good, the guitar coming back in halfway through. Theres a prechorus where everything kind of drops off, then goes into the chorus. The chorus itself is pretty chatchy (as are most AFI choruses). another verse. another chorus. A melodic breakdown starts. Something about teenage death boys... it's kinda lame, actually. chorus again... ect... ect..

a decent song overall, but the bridge is kind of lame. (8/10)

Your Choices:
Assorted Tiny Midgets - Smevtastic (Pop-Punk/Surf)
Assorted Tiny Midgets - You Suck at Being a Door (Hardcore/Honky-Tonk)
Assorted Tiny Midgets - Blank-Blank Wants You Dead: (Awesome-core)

go here for all three songs - http://www.purevolume.com/atmsucks/

[SactoUnited]

ATM-Blank Blank Wants You Dead
It starts out with some dude saying stuff that is sorta inaudible for me. Then vox kick in, saying "Blank Blank wants you dead" which go throughout the whole song. Then 1/2 way through a xylophone kicks in which was random and cool. I liked the riffs and everything, but the vox were way louder than the instruments. Hey starting up you cant always get the best recordings. All in all I liked it.
8.5/10
My Reccomendations:
Dirty Water-It starts with you (alternative/punk)
Specials-Gangsters (ska)
Blood for Blood-Nothing for you (hxc)
The Oppressed-Urban Soldiers
Virus-Pull my Strings (street punk)

[Brain Toad]

The Virus - Pull My Strings

I've never actually heard the Virus, althought I've heard Cheap Sex and though them really bad so I thought I'd actually check this out too. Starts off with a crescendo feedback, and a simple disotroted power chord riff. Someone shouts let's go, and it goes into a standard street punk type riff, with about 3 chords over and over again. Vocals come in and Mike Virus has the standard type street punk voice. Has a good beat to it, just like most street punk. The song is really generic, but that's what street punk is all about I think. Nothing really fantastic about the song, but nothing horrible about it. There is a small guitar solo but its drowned out by the repeating chant in the middle. Decent song, I probably won't check out more though. 6/10

Songs
Madness - Shut Up (Two-Tone Ska)
Black Grape - Shake Well Before Opening (Britpop)
Jello Biafra & Chumbawamba - Homeless Hotel (Rockabilly/Elvis Parody) (http://www.musicgypsy.com/mp3s/Jello%20Biafra%20with%20Chumbawamba%20-%20Homeless%20Hotel%20(Live).mp3)
Jim Carroll Band - People Who've Died (Proto-Punk)

[SlappedByTheClash]

Jello Biafra and Chumbawamba-Homeless Hotel(live)


I've never heard of this song, and I wish I had sooner. This song is great, since it has two of my favorite things: Rockabilly and Jello Biafra making fun of that fat b'astard Elvis. The lyrics are great, Jello's usual dark humor mixed with pseudo-politics, and Chumbawamba do a good job of supporting here. The song has the same music as Heartbreak Hotel, but so much better. This song rocks, even though it's live, and I recommend it for listening immediatly(10/10)

Recommendations:

Barnyard Ballers-Happy Ignorant People(Psychobilly)
Aquabats-Idiot Box(Third Wave Ska)
Against Me!-Disco Before The Breakdown(Folk/Punk)
Banane Metalik-Marche Macabre(Psychobilly)
Bad Manners-Down Berry Wood(2-Tone)
Kill Baby Kill!-Love Theme For A Twisted Mind(Crazy Horror Surf)

[SickBoy]

Agaisnt Me! Disco before the Breakdown
the songs starts off with some clean guitar and some ska backbeat. Soon enough this dude starts wailing and I can only understand a few words. After a guitar slide the tempo picks up, not alot though, and some horn is introuduced. The guy aint finished wailing though. And a chorus of 'Whoah Whoah' sounds comes in. Then back to the verse and more wailing, the the chorus and a very sudden stop. Ive never heard Agaisnt me! before while this song aint gonna make me got get an album it aint too bad

6/10

Chaos Uk- Victamised
Discharge - A look at Tommorrow
Last Resort- Violence in out minds
Oi Polloi- Bash the Fash
Vice Squad- Stand Strong, Stand Proud

[sketchyjoe]

Vice Squad - Stand Strong, Stand Proud

This song starts with an absolutely killer riff that sounds strangely familiar. The vocals kick in and the singer, Beki Bondage I think it is, is quite good. The vocals have a synthy-edge to them a bit like HR on the Bad Brains ROIR sessions. The music complements the vocals well. I particularly liked the drumming. This song is particularly revolutionary but it does what it does well. The chorus is the title (with background vocals) and some more lyrics interlinked. At about 2 minutes there an instrumental section with some cheesy hand-claps which goes back into another verse. The lyrics are fairly standard but they fit the song well. This is a good song but it does drag on for a while and Beki's voice grates after a while. 7/10

Choose from:
The Child Molesters - I'm Gonna Punch You In The Face (Punk)
Chris Murray - Dinosaurs (Ska)
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Johnny Cash - I Hung My Head (Country)
Curtis Mayfield - We've Got To have Peace (Funk)
NY ******s - Just Like Dresden '45 (Punk)
Tom Waits - Clap hands (Blues)
Vanilla Muffins - Sugar Oi! C'mon! (Oi!)

Soulseek: biggaydavefromdarlington
E-mail: sketchyjoe@gmail.com

[albert_bass]

VANILLA MUFFINS - Sugar Oi! C'me On

The song starts with a very happy huh, I suppose it's a guitar effect but sounds like some keyboard or synth trying to imitate a horn. That riff is very cool and then starts the lyrics, good oi style. The song repeats Sugar Oi! C'me On a lot during it and the music is always the same with that riff appearing some times. By the end of the song sometimes becomes always. So yeah, the song is repetitive, but that doesn't mean that it's a bad song. In fact I enjoy it. The catchyness of the refrain is something you can't deny and the same about the riff. The other vocals are very nice too so it's a nice song overall with the bad point that it can be boring after listening to it several times, but I'll give it an 8/10

My recommendations:

Mad Caddies - Silence (3rd wave)
Good Riddance - Fertile Fields (Melodic Hardcore)
Lagwagon - Stokin' The Neighbours (Pop-punk)
Against All Authority - Nothing To Lose (Ska-core)
The Filaments - B.P.C. (Street punk)
Satanic Surfers - Hero Of Our Time (Punk)
Adhesive - Punk Is A Bunch Of Kids With Funny Haircuts (Punk/Melodic hardcore)

[sketchyjoe]

Satanic Surfers - Hero of Our Time
The song opens with a really fast short intro section that almost sounds like How To Clean Everything era Propagandhi. The music pauses for a second and it sounds like its going to blast into the first verse but instead the music goes all jolly and ska-like. The vocals kick in and the lyrics are quite funny and simple. There are some really cheesy background vocals that are cool as well. Then there's a short instrumental section with a really nice bassline. It pauses a couple of times making you think its going to go fast again before it actually does. There's more vocals, it is very Propagandhi-esque in parts with one section at the end inparticular reminding me of 'Head, Chest Or Foot' although the lyrics aren't political at all. It repeats a verse a couple of times with the singer repeating the title of the song before it fades out with a little guitar bit. I enjoyed this song. Its got quite an unconventional structure which is pretty cool and the music, vocals and lyrics all fit together really well. 8/10

Choose from:
NY ******s - Just Like Dresden '45 (Punk)
Tom Waits - Clap hands (Blues)
The Child Molesters - I'm Gonna Punch You In The Face (Punk)
Chris Murray - Dinosaurs (Ska)
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Funk)
**** Sparrer - We're Coming Back (Oi!)

Soulseek: biggaydavefromdarlington
E-mail: sketchyjoe@gmail.com

[pedro durruti]

NY ******s - Just Like Dresden '45

Doo da doo da da dooo, the distortion on the guitar sounds like Templar distortion. This song is fast, and all the way through, it doesn't really slow down. Ahhhh we're gonna crash!!! Punk punk solo for like 30 seconds!! The solo is still going on no wait it stopped, vocals are back. This song is pretty catchy "g-g-g-gimme release!!" I think. Very energetic song, yes very. The Spanish like to say muy instead of very. Muy energetico. Let's see who can I compare this to. Probably some New York punk band back in the 70's or what have you, but I don't listen to many of those early early American punk bands. So figure it out yourself you bastard. 9/10

My recommendations:
Circle Jerks - Back Against the Wall (Punk)
Pipedown - Lose the Sum (Hardcore)
Big D and the Kid's Table - Evil Girl, Angry Girl (Ska)

[honkybrewster]

Circle Jerks - Back Against the Wall
Maybe I'm just weird, but the music reminds me of a Subhumans song, playing on the upbeats and whatnot the way they do (I'm horrible at describing these things, so I'm sorry). I haven't heard too much Circle Jerks, but this sounds different from their usual songs. Typical Circle Jerks lyrics (which is cool), and the music is a little more complex than their usual 30 second bits. They even snuck a quick guitar solo in there. Very cool, I recommend it to anyone who's new to the Circle Jerks.

7.5/10

My Recommendations:
The Offspring - Million Miles Away (http://www.sonymusic.com/clips/selection/fu/061419/061419_01_05_full_100.asx) (Popular punk-influenced poppy punk :D)
The AKA's - Generation Vexed (http://www.purevolume.com/download.php?id=2479) (Punk)
The Heist and the Accomplice - The Amazing Russell (http://www.purevolume.com/download.php?id=346162) (Alt/Indie)
Son of Sam - Stray (http://www.nitrorecords.com/stream.php?track_id=430&ver=hi) (Punk/hardcore)
If the links don't work, try to right-click and save as. If that doesn't work, you can soulseek me for most of these @ honkybrewster.

[skateMASTERbater2]

Pop punk: offspring-a million miles away


The guitar starts this song off. It kind of sounds like a metallica riff, but more offspring like. After that the bass and drums come in and the guitar plays 4 different chords. Then the guitar palm mutes as Dexter starts singing. The chorus is a typical offspring one. There’s also a solo, pretty simple one, but it passes good to the song. In all a good song. 7,5/10

Songs:

4ft fingers-last man standing(pop punk)
Sick on the bus- ugly (punk)
Madsin-communication breakdown (psycho)
Throw rag-bag of glue (punk rock’n’roll)
Subhumans-religious wars

[sketchyjoe]

Mad Sin - Communication Breakdown
I don't think this is a live track (despite the fact there are crowd sounds at the start) and the music it begins with a gong (that's right, a gong) before the song really gets going. It starts with a slow section with a nice little riff and some vocals. The vocals are quite cool, strained and spooky, similar to some Godless Wicked Creeps stuff. After about 30 seconds the guys voice signals a change and the song goes up a gear. Or three. It gets fast quick and there's a really cool little solo bit before the vocals kick in. The music is really good as it manages to remain different with loads of cool little fills and mini-solos in the verses. The chorus is the same lyrics as the slow section ad contrasts well and almost sounds pop-punky. There are a couple of verses and choruses before an instrumental section that is pure psychobilly. It's pretty awesome and it even throughs a few Oi!'s in (Oi!-billy, how cool is that?) before some more choruses then another instrumental with a pretty cool solo before the song finishes. I really like this song. Everything about it fits together well. I'll definitely be downloading more Mad Sin. 10/10

Choose from:
The Child Molesters - I'm Gonna Punch You In The Face (Punk)
Chuck Berry - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man (Rock 'n' Roll)
Chris Murray - Dinosaurs (Ska)
Tom Waits - Clap hands (Blues)
**** Sparrer - We're Coming Back (Oi!)
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Funk)

Soulseek: sketchyjoe
Gmail: sketchyjoe

[Brain Toad]

Chuck Berry - Brown-Eyed Handsome Man

I haven't heard a lot from Chuck besides his hits. The song starts off with the basic Chuck riff, but distorited diffewrently. Goes into to a verse with Chuck singing and the basic rock n roll blues type car in the background. The lyrics are telling a story of a troublesome brown eyed handsome man. Back to the beginning riff, with some changes on the end. A sort of mini solo. Now a piano solo with the guitar playing a basic, yet soloisc riff. Then another guitar riff. Back to the verse. The guitar changes slightly I think. Has a really good groove to it, like all rock n roll should. After the verse another riff, similar to the last but diffderent and this fades ou. Pretty good song, but some of his hits are a bit better. 8/10

My songs
Louis Armstrong - Jeppers Creepers (Blues)
Wesley Willis - STP Conked Out My Engine (Wesleycore)
Skapone - So Bad (3rd Wave Ska/Ska Rap)
Polkacide - Chicken (Duck) Dance (Polka-Punk)

Soulseek: NICKJOE

[sketchyjoe]

Polkacide - Chicken (Duck) Dance
This starts with some woodwind instrument playing a tune I know but the name of which escapes me. It's one of those incredibly annoying 'Seaside-Holiday-Camp-Everyone-Get-Up-And-Do-The-Actions' songs. This continues for a while with some drums and handclaps coming in intermittently. At about 0:400 the music changes to some more music that sounds familiar with some horns and drunken-sounding singing. The horns are pretty cool. Then it goes back into the intensely annoying section again, this time speeded up, then back to the drunken bit which is again speeded up. This song just repeats the these two sections over and over speeding up each time until the end. This song was pretty bad. The horns were pretty cool but really it was nothing but a novelty song. 4/10

Choose from:
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Funk)
Tom Waits - Clap hands (Blues)
Chris Murray - Dinosaurs (Ska)
Defiance Ohio - I Don't Want Solidarity If It Means Holding Hands With You (Folk-Punk)
**** Sparrer - We're Coming Back (Oi!)
The Child Molesters - I'm Gonna Punch You In The Face (Punk)

Soulseek: sketchyjoe
Gmail: sketchyjoe

[MechanicalClockworkOrgy]

Defiance, Ohio- I Dont Want Solidarity If It Means Holding Hands With You

****, first off, these guys are really good, if you like against me, or TBiaPB i would highly recomend these guys, i had my doubts but its really really good stuff

the song starts off imediatly with a pounding beat, then violin and vocals come in, the singer seems kind of jittery, like someone was doing the king kong chest beat while he was singing kind of, the chorus is cool, theres not much to say about this song except that its truely amazing

now, when downloading/purchasing this song/album, or ever contemplating buying it, throw away ANY assumtions of them that you might have, as with any band, but dont let stupid things like 'i dont like folk-punk/anarcho music'

these guys are truely amazing and the only way to understand me is to get one of their songs

10/10



The Beatles- I Feel Fine ~or~ I Am The Walrus
Public Enemy- 911 is a Joke (reno 911 song!) ~or~ Dont Call Me Niga
Sicko- Whats On?
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight ~or~ Geek USA
Tenacious D- Tribute/c'ock pushups/Dio(all or none)
Sonic Youth- Mote ~or~ Kool Thing
Voltaire- Out of Reach (a better voltaire song )
The Pixies- The Holdiday Song
The Specials - I can't stand it ~or~ ghost town (unless its already been done)
This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb - The Arguement ~or~ The Black Panther Song
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
The Greatful Dead - Althea
Sting- Ill Be Watching You (also known as Every Breath You Take)


thanks!

[SlappedByTheClash]

This Bike Is A Pipebomb-The Argument


This song starts out with a really nifty little guitar intro before the drums kick in and the song starts to speed up. The song stays the same for the most part except for a little breakdown part near the end.The song is very sing along-able, although since they don't really produce very well, it's sometimes hard to pick out the lyrics. It's a strong Folk/Punk song (My favorite genre) done by one of the best bands in the genre. It's basically like a sped up version of A Johnny Cash song with higher vocals. Very good tune here.

8/10


Recommendations:
Johnny Cash-The General Lee(Country)
Tiger Army-Outlaw Heart(Psycho/Country)
Choking Victim-BornTo Die(Crack Rock Steady)
The Stitches-Cars Of Today(Punk)
The Dickies-Knights In White Satin(Pop/Punk)
The Minutemen-Maybe Partying Will Help(Funk/Jazz/Punk/It's the f'ucking Minutemen, people, give me a break)

Have fun! :wave:

[SactoUnited]

I have this album, but I always skipped over this track because I used to totally hate country the last time I listened to this. Now that Ive listened to some ok country such as Cash, I found it enjoyable.
It starts out with a relly cool country style riff that would seem out of a Quentin Tarantino movie, the first verse gives me the sense of a desert night (as ghey as that sounds), and it goes into a good solo about one minute into the song, and the next verse starts. Nick 13 mentions praying to god which I thought was rare for a psychobilly, anyway the same solo goes into it again at about 2:45 into the song and the last verse starts. It ends with another cool solo.
I ended up fu'cking loving this song. A new Tiger Army fav.
10/10

My recomendations:

Nekromantix-Haunted Cathouse (country/psycho type thing)
Oppressed -Urban Soldiers (oi!)
Blood for Blood-Wasted Youth Crew (hardcore)
Agnostic Front-All is Not Forgotten (hxc/metalcore)
Oxymoron-Skunk (oi!)
Black Flag-Spray Paint (punk/hardcore)

[BlastFunk03]

Nekromantix-Haunted Cathouse

From the Nekro’s “Return of the Loving Dead” CD; they have a Tiger Army like sound, except a lot more bada'ss. It of course has the vintage rockabilly guitar; witch begins with a nice slow mellow riff. The verse carries the easygoing feel, and goes into a melodic chorus. The lyrics are the traditional horror rock brand. I don’t know what a haunted cathouse is but it sounds awesome. Just when it starts to get repetitive, the drum and stand up bass trail off, leaving just the vocals and guitar. And then out of nowhere it gets fast and relentless, proceeding to pack in some unexpected guitar effects. It’s like a ghost story told with cow punk instrumentals that fades into a little Bad Brains sounding singing and guitar.

8/10

Recomendations:

CKY-Disengage the Simulator (Alt.Rock)
Bad Brains-Reignition (Punk)
The Misfits-Dead Kings Rise (Punk)
Rage Against the Machine-Down Rodeo (Alt.Rock)
The Planet Smashers-I Like Your Girlfriend (Ska)
Tiger Army-Atomic (Psychobilly)

[honkybrewster]

Tiger Army - Atomic

The song begins with the drum line that seems to be used at the beginning of about a million other punk/psycho songs. Then comes a guitar riff, and after a few seconds, out of nowhere the vocals come in and everything completely changes key, and that really bothered me. There's also some extra singing during the chorus that annoys me, because there's some sort of vocal effect they added that makes it sound too out of place. However, the lyrics are really cool. They're about roaming the Southern California streets at night, and it has a really cool feel to it. Still, I wouldn't recommend this to someone just trying out Tiger Army. I'd suggest anything from their self-titled album.

It hurts me, but: 5/10

My Recommendations:
The AKAs - Generation Vexed (http://www.fueledbyramen.com/media/streamer/wdasg/songs/GenerationV_80.mp3) (Punk)
AFI - Head Like a Hole (NIN cover) (http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/interscope/afi/audio/96_headlikeahole.asx) (Punk/Industrial?)
Jello Biafra & Nomeansno - The Sky is Falling And I Want My Mommy (http://www.alternativetentacles.com/octopodes/473/6o9D8VJGaLtUNg3gpGa/Jello_Biafra_Nom-The_Sky_Is_Falli.mp3) (Punk)
Big D and the Kids Table - Myself (http://bandnation.net/media/mp3/Myself.mp3) (Ska)

[Silvermedalmafia]

Big D-Myself
Well, last time I tried big D I didn't really like them, but that was a while ago and I figure "Why not?". So here goes. Starts off with a coolish, horn intro, with too loud drums. And bad guitar tone, two things that piss me off. Verse is pretty cool, I like the singers voice and the backing vocals are good. I wish the bass was louder, because you can only really notice it in the breakdown right now after the (chorus?). Back comes the palm muted guitar and same horn line as the whole song. I guess that this is the song. Again, I really like the vocals, but the bad mixing, and repetitive horn lines turn me off this song. The outro type bridge is pretty cool, and then the chorus takes it home. All in all not a terrible song, but not very good at all. 5.5/10 It reminded me of why I don't listen to these guys.

Choices:
The Velvet Underground-Waiting for the man pre-punk
Ray's Vast Basement-I can be alone Music
Weezer-Buddy Holly pop rock

[Jessizzle]

Weezer- Buddy Holly

Weezer are by far one of the greatest popish bands out there and i really liked this song. hense the title it talks about Buddy Holly <3 The Guitar is pretty much the same thruout the song with little riffs added in here and there. SAme as drums and bass. The Verses got stuck in your head but didnt really blow me away. But somehow all together it sounded great. 7.5/10
Choice
The Heatskores- Brutah Ska (punkska)
Skankin Pickle- Violent Love(ska)
Buddy Holly - Johhny Be Good ( Rock)
The Heatskores - Dont Judge Judy ( punkska)

[obese_breasts]

The Heatstrokes - Brutah Ska

This song starts out with a drawling horn line, followed by a guitar line accompanied shortly by bass and a few scream/grunt like back up vocals. It then brakes into the verse. I really like the bass line in the verse but the guitar and vocals are only alright. Before the chorus comes in the horns go again. I really like the horn parts in this song, I only wish there were more horns. The song does another verse/chorus then a slow bridge with some cool slow horn lines and some very raspy vocals. Then right back to the chorus. After the chorus is the outro with some more cool drawling horns and guitars. Overall this song is good. I'm not too big on the vocals and I wish there were more horns but overall a good song. I will try to find more by these guys.

7.5/10

My Recommendations:

Over My Dead Body - 96 and Counting (Hardcore)
Gatsby's American Dream - Cut the Strings (Post-Hardcore/Indie/Pop-Punk)
Crime in Stereo - Here's to Things Gone Wrong (Melodic Hardcore)
Common Rider - Small Pebble (3rd Wave Ska)
The Weakerthans - Left and Leaving (Indie/Alt Rock?)
Strung Out - Analog (Punk w/some metal elements)

[honkybrewster]

Gatsby's American Dream - Cut the Strings
This is a pretty powerful melodic pop-punk type deal, which starts out with a sort of ambient guitar riff, and the song gradually builds and builds, and at about 3:00 ish it peaks, and comes back down rather quickly. I think this was a good song, and with a little more work they could've added a lot more and built the song up to something even more climactic, and it wouldn't have gotten boring despite being so long. The singing is pretty poppy, and the singer gets mad props for having talent that we don't see much of in this genre. The lyrics are kind of abstract, but really well written anyway.

8/10

My Recommendations:
The AKAs - Generation Vexed (http://www.fueledbyramen.com/media/streamer/wdasg/songs/GenerationV_80.mp3) (Punk)
AFI - Head Like a Hole (NIN cover) (http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/interscope/afi/audio/96_headlikeahole.asx) (Punk/Industrial?)
Jello Biafra & Nomeansno - The Sky is Falling And I Want My Mommy (http://www.alternativetentacles.com/octopodes/473/6o9D8VJGaLtUNg3gpGa/Jello_Biafra_Nom-The_Sky_Is_Falli.mp3) (Punk)
Tiger Army (w/ Davey Havok) - True Romance (http://media.epitaph.com/_lib/stream.php?f=True+Romance.mp3) (Psychobilly)

[MechanicalClockworkOrgy]

AFI - Head Like A Hole

oh god, this will be an interesting song, hmm, sounds harder than the original (yes its possible)....oh my god....this isnt too bad....hmmm... time for a DIY labotomy

the AFI cover of nine inch nails 90s industrial classic 'head like a hole' isnt too bad. it starts off with a louder begining and verse which i think kills alot of the song. but anyways, the song is an ok cover

worser (than original) vocals
worser (than original) dynamics
good drumming

i cant really suggest any afi, so ill suggest NIN, NIN rules, albums everyone should check out are 'The Downward Spiral' and 'Pretty Hate Machine'
songs everone and their unborn son should have heard by now: head like a hole, closer, the perfect drug

as for afi, ask ihatehate, he loves them alot, and he has all but 2 of their many cds

6/10


The Beatles- I Feel Fine ~or~ I Am The Walrus
Public Enemy- 911 is a Joke (reno 911 song!) ~or~ Dont Call Me Niga
Sicko- Whats On?
Smashing Pumpkins- Tonight, Tonight ~or~ Geek USA
Tenacious D- Tribute/c'ock pushups/Dio(all or none)
Sonic Youth- Mote ~or~ Kool Thing
Voltaire- Out of Reach (a better voltaire song )
The Pixies- The Holdiday Song
The Specials - I can't stand it ~or~ ghost town (unless its already been done)
This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb - The Black Panther Song
Echo and the Bunnymen - The Killing Moon
The Greatful Dead - Althea
Sting- Ill Be Watching You (also known as Every Breath You Take)
Weezer- No One Else ~or~ Island in the Sun
Ween- Hey There Fancy Pants
Nirvana- Jesus Doesnt Want Me For A Sunbeam (unplugged)


if nobody does any one of those 22 songs, then forced listening has gotten lazy


thanks!

[lint]

Ween ~ Hey there fancy pants
I really didnt know what to think of this song. Im still not sure if it was a joke or if it was serious. I got some other songs to see if they were any better, but most of them were even more ridiculous. Judging the titles of other songs, Im guessing they're a "funny band", but this song was just goofy. The vocals somewhat resembled Tiny Tim.... There was kinda a neat sounding guitar effect thing, but it just added more to the child-like sound of the song. I guess the song was a bit catchy, but not really in a good way. I'll give it a 3/10, ween is a pretty cool name and the song was easy to listen to, but it was just silly.

CCR ~ Down on the Corner (classic rock)
The Dead Milkmen ~ If you love somebody set them on fire (punk/ska)
The Adolescents ~ Who is Who -or- Kids of The Black Hole (punk)
Common Rider ~ Classics of love (3rd wave ska)
Choking Victim ~ Infested (skacore)
Downfall ~ Step in Line (skacore)http://operationivy.com/mp3.php?id=140&PHPSESSID=6da573734bc0fd612ab5690ac550c0d8
Big Boy ~ La Raza Latina (spanish rap!!)
The doors ~ Light my fire (classic rock)
The Misfits ~ Spinal Remains (punk)
Basic Radio ~ Meat Market (rock)http://operationivy.com/mp3.php?id=151&PHPSESSID=6da573734bc0fd612ab5690ac550c0d8

[skankindude21]

Slow intro with echoing guitar. A little creepy but sounds ok. Theres the drums. Its startin to sound a bit better. Bass is a little plain jane just following along but its good. Ah.. Theres the punk in it. Sounds pretty good but kinda unoriginal. Moving on.. repeats alot, i guess that what makes it 5 minutes! Little solo in there sounds interesting but coulda been better. Overall i think this guy deserves a 8/10, only cuz i like this fellas voice ;).

Ray Charles- Mary Ann (Old Jazz/Swing)
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra- Randezvous in Space ! (Trad. Ska/Kinda thirdwave in a way)
Toots and the Maytals- Monkey Man (Reggae/ Trad. Ska)
The Pietasters- Fat Sack (3rd Wave ska)
The Minutemen- Viet Nam (Sugar and spice and everything nice)
Dr.Dre & Snoop Dogg- Still D.R.E (Rap/Hip-hop)
Dropkick Murphys- Baroom Hero (Street punk)
John Lee Hooker- One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer (Blues)

[pogobox]

Minutemen - Viet Nam

Just under a minute and a half this song is to the point, but repitive. After a brief opening with a flurry of drums, it gets funky, and the grizzled vocals come in, the guitar is somewhat boring, leaving the drums and bass to carry this song. Interesting lyrics, kind of beating a dead horse, but its not over the top. Good rifts, poorly composed, its short however... 6.5/10





suggestions:
Strung Out - Her Name In Blood (punk/metal)
Thought Riot - I Voted for Nader (punk)
Bear vs Shark - Buses No Buses (indie)
Mouthwash - Fools Gold (ska/punk)
Unearth - Zombie Autopilot (hardcore)

[sketchyjoe]

Thought Riot - I Voted For Nader

There's a short blast of staccato guitar before the music kicks in fully. Its sounds like typical Epitaph/Fat Wreck punk but there's a pretty cool little solo as well. The vocals kick in and the music fades out except for the drums and kicking in after every line. The guy's voice is pretty standard. The music kicks back iin and the chorus has some OOOOHHHOOOOHHs in the background. The lyrics are okay. This song continues in the same vein. Verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, verse. This song is okay but it's not stand-out. I like dthe guitar in parts but overall it was just too standard. 5/10

Choose from:
The Child Molesters - I'm Gonna Punch You In The Face (Punk)
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
Melt Banana - Monkey Man (Noisecore)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up OR We've Got To have Peace (Funk)
Black Market Baby - America's Youth OR This Year's Prophet (Punk)
Tom Waits - Clap Hands OR Singapore (Blues)
Chris Murray - Dinosaurs (Ska)
**** Sparrer - We're Coming Back (Oi!)

[BlastFunk03]

Chris Murray-Dinosaurs

This is a pretty laid-back reggae song. It begins and maintains with an acoustic ska guitar riff and a nice soothing bass line. It keeps a slow tempo throughout, without speeding up or adding distortion or anything of that matter. The verses don’t sound too different in comparison to the chorus. The vocals sound somewhat reminiscent to Brad Nowells. There’s really nothing much more to be said about it. It’s a simple song, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

7/10

Recommended:

Dynamite Hack/ Boyz-N-The Hood (Post Grunge)
The Misfits/ Dead Kings Rise (Punk)
Bad Brains/ Reignition (Punk)
Dick Dale/ Mr.Peppermint Man (Surf Rock)
The Independents/ God Called in Sick Today (Punk)
The Horrorpops/ Baby Lou Tatoo (Psychobilly)
Social Distortion/ Highway 101 (Alt. Rock)
Beatsteaks/ Vision (Alt.Rock)

[Brain Toad]

A REFRESHER ON THE RULES

I also modified a few, so this will be welcome.

When someone has posted a review, you call dibs. You have 2 hours with your dibs. If you fail to meet this 2 hours, or you know you aren't going to be able to make the the dibs, DELETE YOUR DIBS POST. If you use your 2 hours wisely, then write your review. You must pick a song that you have no heard before. Your review must be decent, now 3-5 liner crappy things. Once you do your reivew, recommend some more songs. If you think the songs will be hard to find, offer a link or a way for the person to get it from you (soulseek, gmail, aim, etc.) After you have finished and posted your review, go back and delete your dibs post. This keeps the thread clean and makes the Who's Posted list more accurate as to how many reviews are.

DO NOT MAKE OFF TOPIC POSTS. It is easier on myself and the mods that you do not make posts that aren't reviews, because they will be getting deleted anyway.

Be sure to to check out the Reviewed list: http://www.musicgypsy.com/misc/flsongs.htm

That is all, enjoy your Forced Listening.

[Oi_bass_77]

Social Distortion/ Highway 101 (Alt. Rock)

This is an ok social d song but doesnt compare to there older stuff.It is a good slow rock song. It starts out with just the drums and then starts with a distored harmonic sounding guitar then begins. not a very good intro for a slow rock song. I just don really like this song i would rate it


4/10


reccomended

sham 69-hey little rich boy(oi)
aus rotten-secret police secret army(crust)
Conflict-increse the pressure(crust/anarcho)
gbh-city baby attacke by rats(street punk)
anti nowhere league-landlords a wanker(oi)
the unseen-Boston united(street punk)

i found all these on lime wire so you should be able to find them

[littlebeast]

aus rotten- secret police secret army

This song is typical Aus-Rotten. For those that are unaware, this means driving guitar and drums, screamed vocals, and political content. However, this song is pretty weak compared to most of the tracks on their great debut album "The System Works for Them." Poor production and the vocals are not nearly as polished as on other songs. I would recommend this song to Aus-Rotten completists only. For an introduction to the band, check out their 1st LP.

5/10

Recommended:

No Hope For The Kids- war wreck (punk)
The Riffs- death or glory (punk)
Exploding Hearts- throwaway style (power pop)
Brother Inferior- my country (HC)
The Krays- midnight invasion (street)

[BlastFunk03]

Exploding Hearts-Throwaway Style


This is quite possibly the bounciest song I have ever heard. Bouncing guitar, drums, bass, I think I heard a xylophone?? It starts with a very cheery guitar melody and feminine male vocals. Then the bounce comes in and doesn’t really let up until the chorus, which was a welcome change. I admit I kind of liked the chorus, but it’s only really great in comparison. At parts it breaks down to just muffled bass and drums, and then ends with this. I found it virtually impossible to rock out too. Id really only appreciate it as background music during a movie featuring some sort of romantic montage. 4/10


Recommended:

The Misfits: Dead Kings Rise (Punk/Rock)
Dynamite Hack: Boyz-N-The Hood (Post Grunge)
Bad Brains: Reignition (Punk)
The Independents: God Called in Sick Today or Fire and Ice (Punk/Rockabilly)
Mad Caddies: Mary Melody (Ska)
Nekromantix: Im a Hellcat (Psychobilly)
Desaparacidos: Hole in One (Indie/Alt.Rock)
CKY: Disengage the Simulator (Alt.Rock)
Aesop Rock: Daylight (Rap)
Danzig: The Coldest Sun (Metal/Blues)

[CDR_Cool]

Nekromantix-I'm A Hell Cat
this is a good song, theres a like a two note guitar intro to the song, then everthing else comes in. the vocals start, and theres a guitar break, with just the bass and the drums (lots of tom action) playing. this happens at the begininng of every new verse. the chorus is cool, theres a lot of "hey hey heys" in there, then after a few verse-chorus alternations it shifts and then theres a cool higher pitched guitar solo deal at about 2:00 min then it goes to another chorus round. overall a cool song
8/10

Recommended:
Jawbreaker-Ashtray Monument
New Mexican Disaster Squad- F'uck the Oscars
Thirty3-Liars Critics, and Bears Oh My!
Jade Fire- Skankin Sal or That's Him Officer
Fishbone-Bonin In The Boneyard
Void Control-Better Off Dead

[Oi_bass_77]

Void control-better off dead

Thers not much to say about this song it wasnt that good instrument wise it was just your average punk song. It starts out withrealy fast guitar intro then gets strait to the point this song is nothing special.5/10

reccomended-

A global threat- religious scam(street)
Nausea-here today(thrash)
Antidote-go pogo(oi)
Conflict-Berkshire Cunt(crust/anarcho)
Subhumans-Apathy(Anarcho)
Crass-White Punks On Hope(Anarcho)

[SantaDuJuan]

Crass - White Punks on Hope


I chose this song because I know it makes fun of The Clash and oddly enough Crass and Clash are defiently my favorite Punk bands. The song starts with Steve Ignorant trashing talking The Clash. "They said that we we're trash, well the name's Crass not Clash". After that the drums kick in and the real song begins. Now I do like this song but I've heard better from Crass. The song slows down somewhat and the intro is over. The song is about punX and how its dying. There is a little instrumental part in the song that makes it alot better. If not for that I would probly skip the song whenever I listen to the album, or just listen to the intro. The song ends with a nice little drum roll. 6/10 I enjoyed it and listen to it whenever I put in the record.


For the picking
Crass - Big Hands (Anarcho punX)

Clash - Lover's Rock (Clashcore)

Arthur Kay and the Originals - Americans (Two Tone goodness)

Nas - Memory Lane (Rap of course)

Billy Bragg - Waiting for the Great Leap Fowards(Anti-Folk)

[thepo]

Billy Bragg- Waiting For The Great Leap Fowards

I've never listened to Billy Bragg, even though I've heard a lot of good things.

How could I have missed out on such awesome music?

OK, so it starts with a very nice acoustic guitar progression, followed by a classic piano sound. The piano stops shortly and Bragg starts singing. The piano comes in between verses. Afer a while, a drum is heard; hitting the high-hat and rim. Then a bass and heavier guitar. After another chorus backround vocals sing-a-long "waiting for the great leap foward." I think the backround vocals could be better though, but I really shouldn't complain. The song fades out with these backround vocals but along with some woahs and billy singing, maybe even yelling.

These are incredible lyrics, and I expected no less. It's of singing politics and playing music while waiting for "The Great Leap Foward." Here's a sample of my favorite part as of the moment:

Mixing Pop and Politics he asks me what the use is
I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses
While looking down the corridor
Out to where the van is waiting
I'm looking for the Great Leap Forwards

However, at the beginning, he sings of sad stories across the world. Some of which I don't understand because I'm an uneducated idiot. But from what I do understand, they're very good. Here's another favorite line: "Fidel Castro's brother spies a rich lady who's crying Over luxury's disappointment."

8.5/10, but I'm sure I'll like it more and more as the time goes by.

My recommendations:
The Zambonis- Hockey Monkey (Canadian)
Defiance, Ohio- Response To Griot (Folk-punk)
Deltron 3030- Things You Can Do (Hip-hop)
Coquettish- My Favorite Tune (skacore/skapunk)
Raised Fist- Illustration Of Desperation (Hardcore)
Dillinger Four- NOBLE STABBINGS!!! (Pop-punk/punk)

[BSN]

Defiance, Ohio- Response To Griot

Sounds pretty good, though it's not really my style. It's the first time I've heard of this band.

Well it starts with bam-bababa-bam bam-bababa-bam bam-bababababa-bam (very clear) on the snare drum and on the violin and on the acoustic guitar. This sounds good because of the two singers who yell something on the same rhytm --> (to the drifters! in hopes that our paths cross again. to the homesick! home is when we do meet again.)
After they've done this twice there's a acoustic guitar playing very cheery music with a few crashes of the drums and then there's a heavy bass-sound. And then the two singers sing again (our histories, our futures, our foundations, are hope. it's a way to never forget. I'll say goodbye. and hope to never mean it. our love and our hope. no nation or state can contain it.) And the violin also plays again, still with the guitar, drums and the bass.
After this the singing and after a while also the music stops. Then on a few dead notes of the guitar, and short violin notes the singers sing/speak: "if you call me up drunk, at four in the morning, no matter the timezones or state lines away. i'll be on buslines or burning up phone cards. just like i lived eight blocks away."
Then again the second part of the song.

I like the song, but I think if I hear it more often I'll get very bored of it, so I give it a 7/10.

My recommendations:
Daddy Jankee - La Gasolina (reggaeton)
The Mars Volta - Drunkship of Lanterns (alternative)
BGK - Vivisection (punk)
MDC - John Wayne Was A Nazi (punk)

[ihatelivinginkansas]

MDC - John Wayne was a nazi

this song was pretty good i think.

the lyrics are generally about john wayne killing indians and how he was a nazi and stuff. the lyrics were pretty good and the singer was easy to understand.

the music was the best part of this song. the beging starts off with this short intro on the guitar that is pretty cool. the beging isnt very fast but after the first verse it starts to speed up and eventually ends up pretty fast. it was hard to listen to this song with out moving to the beat.

overall i would give this song a 7/10

Recomendations:
Donkey Punch! - Oops My Bad (ska)

only one caz i really want someone to do that song

Link = http://www.blogupload.com/11125/Oops_My_Bad.mp3

[skankindude21]

Nice drums for the intro. Trumpet very demanding as well. Very catchy. Along with the guitar. Oh s'hit gay vocals. Thats not very good but I can tell this a joke song. Oops my bad huh? Well it goes on to have s'hitty vocals about some guy being a dumbass to his girlfriend saying oops my bad. I wouldnt suggest checking it out unless you like blink 182 and say lol. I give this song a 5/10 only because of the good trumpet. It would have a way higher rating if the guy singing wasnt such a huge dousche. Also because it talks about STD's and thats the only funny part. The rest is just lol business. Sorry about the crappy review but theres not much to be said about this song.

I'm forcing you to listen to:
A Flock of Seagulls- I ran (so far) [80's]
Against Me!- Cavalier Eternal [Folk Punk]
Santana- Dance Sister Dance [Latin Rock]
Hepcat- The Secret [Trad. Ska]
The Toasters- Properly [Trad. Ska]
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy- You & Me & The Bottle Makes 3 Tonight [Swing]
Pennywise- You'll Never Make It [Punk]

[Oi_bass_77]

Pennywise- You'll Never Make It

This is a great song coming from pennywise definently one of there better songs. It starts with just the bass and drums the bass is playing a cool line and the drums are playing a really fast beat. Then the guitar starts and the song begins. as being a bass player this song has some cool bass. Overal This was a pretty good song i rate it a 9/10

Recomended

clit 45-long beach kids(street punk)
Blitz-Razors in the night(oi)
operation ivy-the crowd(ska/punk)
gbh-alcahol(punk)
oi scouts-anarchy people(punk)

[BlastFunk03]

Operation Ivy-The Crowd


This is by far the greatest and best Op Ivy song ever recorded. As soon as you here that lone energetic drumbeat build up, you know you’re in for a treat. Soon the guitar and bass line come in with the driving drums. The bass has the nice turned up and sloppy operation ivy trademark sound. The vocals are sung very well with fitting moderately angry lyrics. The chorus is composed of “oooooh, just another crowd”, repeated. It ends with a subtle solo and a refrain of the chorus. We need a gathering instead. Freaking awesome song, listen to it. 9/10

Recommended:


Dynamite Hack: Boyz-N-The Hood (Post Grunge)
Bad Brains: Reignition (Punk)
The Independents: God Called in Sick Today or Fire and Ice (Punk/Rockabilly)
Mad Caddies: Mary Melody (Ska)
Desaparacidos: Hole in One (Indie/Alt.Rock)
CKY: Disengage the Simulator (Alt.Rock)
Aesop Rock: Daylight (Rap)
Danzig: The Coldest Sun (Metal/Blues)

[honkybrewster]

The Independents - God Called in Sick Today

This cover really does AFI no justice, but I won't be a douche about it.

The music is pretty good, it doesn't stick entirely to the original but if they sounded exactly like it, it would make the cover pointless, right? I also noticed they added a synthesizer, which is a cool and original touch. My main problem with this was the singing. It sounds like it would be great for other music, but it doesn't fit this particular song, because he doesn't have a vocal range even comparable to Davey Havok's. In the chorus they used the background singing from the original version, which I think helped the song. Great job with the music, but the singing really takes away from it. Still, if they're that influenced by AFI then their own music has to be worth a try, so I plan to hear more. They're even playing here soon, so I'll probably go to that.

5.5/10

My Recommendations:
The AKAs - Generation Vexed (http://www.fueledbyramen.com/media/streamer/wdasg/songs/GenerationV_80.mp3) (Pop-punk)
Jello Biafra & Nomeansno - The Sky is Falling And I Want My Mommy (http://www.alternativetentacles.com/octopodes/473/6o9D8VJGaLtUNg3gpGa/Jello_Biafra_Nom-The_Sky_Is_Falli.mp3) (Punk)
Tiger Army (w/ Davey Havok) - True Romance (http://media.epitaph.com/_lib/stream.php?f=True+Romance.mp3) (Psychobilly)
The Decrepits - Everybody Sucks (http://home.comcast.net/~mccullough113/Everybody_Sux.mp3) (Punk)

[SactoUnited]

Starts out with a good riff and te cymbals crashing. Then the vox start. The actual lyrics have a similar style to DK in which there's some kind of conspiracy type of thing. Then a little less than half way a good lick starts and Jello sings. Then it ends the same way it began, only with Jello singing. I thought it was pretty good. Ill definately check out some more stuff.

7/10

My Reccomendations:
Pressure Point-Cut Throat (ska fusion type thing, undescribable, just listen)
Virus-Bomb Drop (street punk)
Oppressed-Urban Soldiers (oi)
Blood for Blood-Wasted Youth Crew (hxc)
Combat 84-Trouble (oi)
Last Resort-Violence in our minds (oi)
Resilience-Pride within (punk/oi)

[oopymanunit]

Pressure Point - Cut Throat

Starts with a little guitar work over a ska bassline and standard guitar background (upstroke, rake, upstroke, rake). Lots of reverb (some delay maybe?) on the guitar. Vocals start. Guitar solo type thing stops. Cool vocals, not very skaish though. Gets to the chorus, and some Jamacin sounding guy says some stuff. Then it goes back to the guitar solo type thing with lots of reverb. Vocals start as guitar stops again. Jamacin guy again. Guitar, etc. It basically repeats a lot.

7/10

Dinkas When I Close my Eyes - Against All Authority (skacore)
O Fortuna - Botch (metalcore I guess)
You Better Run - Mad Sin (psychobilly)
Things We Say - Gorilla Biscuits (hardcore)
I Am the Hunted - GBH (Oi!)
Corporate Trash - Team Spider (skacore)

[Oi_bass_77]

Gbh-Iam the hunted

This song has the typical gbh sound but is not the best from gbh. The song starts out with just the guitar playing then the bass kicks in then the drums kick in then the song begins. Not much To say the song starts to get anoying because he keeps reeating I am the hunted. THis was not one of gbh's better songs overall i rate it a 4/10

I force you to listen to

Oi scouts-bleeding hearts(street punk)
Conflict-a piss in the ocean(anarcho)
Reagan youth-usa(punk)
Aus rotten-the world bank(crust)

[oopymanunit]

Reagan Youth - USA

Starts out with standard power chords and a basic tom beat on the drums. Drummer hits the snare a few times and goes onto a little standard punk beat while the guitar continues with the simple stuff. Repeats, and then the vocals start. It continues under the vocals. Then chorus. Second verse has different guitar. Sounds pretty cool. Chorus again. Another verse, returns to the first verse guitar. Ends with the chorus.

8/10

Face: Face - Norma Jean (metalcore)
Here Today - Nausea (crust)
All 41 - InDK (punk)
Speak Your Mind - Immortal Technique (rap)
Shut Down (Annihilation Man) - The Germs (punk)

[skankindude21]

Starts off with some ok guitar nothing I've never heard before. Sounds like just another generic punk band. Some "woah's" here and there and "One Two's." Its a pretty heavy punk song with one guitar doing all the heavy palm mutted power chords im guessing and then the second guitar is playing the higher stuff. The chorus is very refreshing. Ahh here we go. Somewhat of a solo. Sounds like an Anti-Flag solo. It stunk itself up once it started repeating itself (I'm reffering to the solo.) Well i guess its not a solo cuz its doing it again as the outro. Very ****ty outtro the song could have done with out. Well i guess overall i give this one a: 5.75/10

I'm forcing you to listen to:
The Pietasters- Without you -or- Fat sack (Skacore/Skapunk)
Rancid- Dope sick girl (Punk)
Johnny Winter- Rock me baby (Blues)
Wynton Marsalis- April in Paris (Jazz)
The Heptones- Wah go home (Trad.Ska)

[Hey Mr. Light Man]

Johnny Winter - Rock Me Baby

I must say, ALL versions of this song are good, it's a classic. Johnny's guitar work is especially incredible all throughout, he might be the whitest ****er ever to play the blues. The vocals are decently orginal the way he sings it, which few people who do this song pull off.

10/10

Neil Young - Comes A Time (Folk-Rock)
The Who - The Punk and the Godfather (Classic Rock)
Pearl Jam - Elederly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town (Hard Rock)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around The Bend (Rock and Roll)
The Doors - The CHangeling (Blues-Rock)
The Rolling Stones - Miss You (Funk-Rock)

[Oi_bass_77]

Neil Young-Comes a time

I chose this song because some of neil youngs songs are ok in my opinion. There is not much to this song instrument wise just the haromonica and acoustic guitar. There just realy isnt much to this song i rate it a 2/10

I force you to listen to:

Nausea-self destruct(crust)
Damage case-Red Alert(street Punk)
Discharge-hear nothing see nothing say nothing
Funeral dress-army life(oi/punk)

[My Own Summer (Shove It)]

Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing

Starts off with some fast drumming then the guitar kicks in. This is a shorter song (1:31) the vocals are just a punk screaming singing voice haha. Then their is a breif yet good guitar solo. The quality of the recording kinda sounds like it was recorded in the bands basement (and may very well be I dont know). I liked the song and give it a 6/10


I'm forcing you to listen to:
Deftones: Minus Blindfold
System of a Down: Soil
Poison The Well: Artist's Rendering Of Me
Team Sleep: Liquid
Taproot: Smile

[Hey Mr. Light Man]

System of a Down: Soil

I'm not a fan of System of a down, but for a song with a new-metal feel this is alright. The lyrics aren't incredible, yet aren't necessarily bad. I think the singing is sort of obnoxious and the guitar line is repetitve. The bass is decent, and the drums aren't technically good yet succeed in keeping the beat.

I'd say it's a 5/10, not that great yet not unbearable, though I wouldn't sit down and listen to it on any regular basis.

My suggestions:

The Rolling Stones - Hand of Fate (Rock n Roll [if you're into stuff like the Clash, you'll love it)
Television - Prove It (Guitar Punk)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band (Rock)
The Doors - Five To One (Political Rock)
MC5 - Rocket Reducer No. 62 (Rama Lama Fa Fa) (Proto-Punk, watch out for the guitar solo!)

[BlastFunk03]

MC5-Rocket Reducer No.26

Starts off with crowd clapping and cheering, which is pretty much how all MC5 songs I’ve heard begin. Then the singer says something like “right now, right now, rama lama fa fa fa in the (I have no idea). Then the guitar starts building up and there’s some heys, and yeahs. The guitar fades into feedback with smashing drums, and then fades back in with random riffs. At about 1:45 the song actually begins with crunchy spontaneous guitar and really energetic vocals. The whole song is raw energy and sounds best recorded in the live environment. It brings one back to a time before music studio magic and touch ups. I couldn’t really recognize a solid verse/chorus structure, however, the solo at the end makes up for it. The entire first part of the song is kind of one long intro leading up to the solo, which concludes it. This is a stripped down punk rock song, with emphasis on the rock.

Recommended:

Dynamite Hack: Boyz-N-The Hood (Post Grunge)
Bad Brains: Reignition (Punk)
The Independents: Fire and Ice (Rockabilly)
Mad Caddies: Mary Melody (Ska)
Desaparacidos: Hole in One (Indie/Alt.Rock)
CKY: Disengage the Simulator (Alt.Rock)
Aesop Rock: Daylight (Rap)
Danzig: The Coldest Sun (Metal/Blues)

[My Own Summer (Shove It)]

Mad Caddies: Mary Melody

This song starts off with the horns blowing quickly for a second. 19 seconds into the song the singer comes in. 1:22 their is a whissling solo haha its pretty sweet then the instruments come back in. at 2:44 their is a horns solo its really good and then faids. This song is one of great examples of ska music, and shows how much *** ska music kicks. id give this song a 8.5/10 i really liked it but a guitar solo would of bin nice. :thumb:

I force you to listen to:
:evil:
Rage Against the Machine: Freedom (Rock)
NOFX: Stickin' In My Eye (Punk)
Bad Religion: Los Angeles is Burning (Punk)
Rage Against the Machine: Know Your Enemy (Rock)
Poison The Well: Botchla (Hardcore)
Deftones: My Own Summer (Shove It) (Metal)

[DrGolovaCroxby]

Rage Against the Machine - Know Your Enemy

Starts off with some crazy guitar noises. A decent guitar riff, and then everything else kicks in. I really like the riff for the verses. That shiz is off tha hook. The song progresses like any other RATM song. The breakdown is pretty gay and slow with some soul singer doing the vocals. gh3y. Some weird RATM-esque guitar solo. ect.. ect... end.
(7:10)

IT'S UP TO YOU!:
Minutemen - Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs (Minutemen-core)
NWA - Dope Man (Original Gangsta Rap)
TSOL - Terrible People (Punk)
Left Rights - Hardonz (WTF)
Dave Brockie Experience - Hard for a 'Tard (Cheese Metal)
Circle Jerks - Casualty Vampires

[skate]

Minutemen-Bob Dylan wrote propaganda songs


This is the first song I’ve heard by the minutemen. It’s quite short(1:29). It starts off with a bassline, then the palm muted guitar comes in. The vocals are half screamed and half sung. During the chorus the guitar plays a few un-muted a power chords. After the first chorus there’s a small guitar solo and after the second there’s another one, the song ends after the second solo. The lyrics arent really anything special. They kind of remind me for some reason of crass(musically), but I hope they can do better than this 5/10

my recommendations:

skrewdriver-anti-social(oi)
nasum-dissapointed(grind)
the vandals-my girlfriends dead(pop punk)
sick on the bus-law and order(street punk)
subhumans-cancer(anarcho)
anal cunt-i noticed your gay(grind)
4skins-all cops are bastards

[Nocturne]

sick on the bus-law and order

I chose this because I've never listened to any Sick on the Bus songs before. (and because I'm not a big fan of Anal Cunt or The Vandals and I've heard the other ones. :p ) I've got to say after listening to this song, I'd like to hear more of them. It's nothing really different, but it's still a great song. Lots of energy which I love. It's really short (1:25), but that cool because it's solid all the way through, I give it an 8/10.

my suggestions:

The Pist - Anti-Human (street)
MDC - Let's Kill all the cops (Crust/Anarcho)
Pretty Girls Make Graves - Speakers push the air (pop punk)
Antishism - Failsafe (Crust/Anarcho)
Nekromantix - Nice Day for a Resurrection (Psychobilly)
Anti-Product - War on Nature (Crust/Anarcho)

[Oi_bass_77]

anti product-war on nature

This is a good song it kina sounds like nausea so its a good song. it starts out with the sound of data coming into an office and then a bomb drops. It starts out with guitar then the bass kicks in and they play a litlle diddy then the song gets started. overall the song has some cool bass stuff . it also has fast female vocals withe the dudes vocals so it sounds cool this song reminds me alot of nausea-self destruct overral great song 9/10

nausea-self destruct
cro-mags-hard times
blitz-fight to live
chaos uk-hypocrite
conflict-a message to who

[BlastFunk03]

Nausea-Self Destruct

This song has a Leftover Crack meets F Minus sound to it. It begins slowly, with a continuous rolling drum beat and leisurely strummed guitar. It keeps the same pace, and both male and female vocals come in, being sung simultaneously. The guys got a deep gritty metal voice and the girl sounds pretty constipated, like the stereotypical female punk voice. In the middle there’s an echoed, laid back solo. I thought it might speed up towards the end, but the tempo remained constant. This would have made it a whole lot better, because the slowness gets boring and makes it harder to take the song seriously. However, it’s not a bad song. The solo, which sounds like a secret agent theme, saves it. 6/10

listen to:

Dynamite Hack: Boyz-N-The Hood (Post Grunge)
Bad Brains: Reignition (Punk)
The Independents: Fire and Ice (Rockabilly)
Desaparacidos: Hole in One (Indie/Alt.Rock)
CKY: Disengage the Simulator (Alt.Rock)
Aesop Rock: Daylight (Rap)
Danzig: The Coldest Sun (Metal/Blues)

[My Own Summer (Shove It)]

CKY: Disengage the Simulator

CKY was one of those bands "Bam Margera" makes it what it is. CKY was a band ive heard of but never listened to so this gives me the opportunity, so here it goes.

This song starts off getting right into things the guitar work is nice and the vocals were unexpected, i was expecting more agressive vocals but these are nice and mellow. The bass line is nice and the drums are well done, Although the song seems to repeat its self with a repetive guitar riff and it would of bin very nice to have a nice guitar solo, i was waiting for one but to my surprise the song just repeats and then faids off. I was Surprisingly dissapointed with this song but maybe another CKY song wont hurt to check out. Id give this song a 6/10

Now you listen to one of these:

Smashing Pumpkins: Hello Kitty Kat (Rock)
Rage Against the Machine: Freedom (Rock)
The Distillers: The Hunger (Punk)
Weezer: Surf Wax America (Rock)
Whirlwind Heat: Feeble (Very weird band that uses a "Moog" their kinda grunge sounding)
Deftones: Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) (Metal)

[Let's Chop Cats!]

WARNING

Further bad FL'ings will be met with a ban.
Keep the next set of bands within the punk genre. What's with all these metal and classic rock bands? Take it to R&M
Delete or edit your Dibs. We like to keep this thread nice and clean.
Report bad reviews and/or bad suggestions in the Questions/Problems/ETC thread.

[Oi_bass_77]

rage against the machine-freedom

this song starts outwith a catchy little guitar line with the drums while the singer is raping. Then The guitar changes the bass joins and the song starts. Personally i didnt like this song because it was kinda boring and the singers raping starts to get anoying.
i rate this song a 2/10

i force you to listen to
sham 69-cockney kids are innocent
aus rotten-denied
blitz - razors in the night
code 13-put the banner down
nausea-the agony scene
the buisness- the spirit of the streets

MODEDIT: Learn to do better reviews. And you didn't delete your dibs.

[sketchyjoe]

Aus Rotten - Denied
It starts of with a nice slow riff that's quite heavy with some intermittent blast of fast drumming that sound almost likea drum-machine that you'd use in Grindcore. When the music kicks in the riff is fairly standard and repetitive. One guy sings, then two guys exchanging lines on the chorus, then the second guy, then they exchange lines again. The lyrics are good, from what I can make out and the vocals are okay. I preferred the second guy's voice. After this the music fades out and guy #2 says something about 'the ****ing system.' I assume he's talking about the government and using the expletive for emphasis rather than referring to some kinky system of sex practices. It goes into another riff when some really cool and chaotic drumming with more vocals before fading out and going back into the preivous riff. There's some more vocals before an extended chorus and the song finishes with both dudes saying 'WE ARE DENIEDDD!" This song was okay. It did get a bit repetitive but it was short so that wasn't so bad. 6/10

Or if you're oi_bass77:

There some guitars and then drums. Then more guitars. Then singing. Then another guy singing. Then it carries on til the end. I didn't like this song because there was no raping. And I love raping! I'll rape anything! 3/10 wow 3 lines. longwinded or what!

Choose from:
The Child Molesters - I'm Gonna Punch You In The Face (Punk)
Black Market Baby - America's Youth (80s Hardcore)
Groovie Ghoulies - (She's got a) Brain Scrambling Device (Pop-Punk)
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
The Specials - (Dawning Of A) New Era (2-Tone)
**** Sparrer - We're Coming Back (Oi!)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Funk)
Tom Waits - Singapore (Blues)

Gmail: sketchyjoe
Soulseek: sketchyjoe

[Brain Toad]

Tom Waits - Singapore

Starts off with a jungly kind of beat. Really upbeat. Waits starts singing in his trademark drunk hobo voice. The beat keeps its upbeatness throughout. Waits lyrics are kind of hard to make out because of his voice, but they go along well with the music, raising and falling with the symplisitic beat of the song. You can't help move along to the song, it is reallt catchy. The lyrics I can make out from Waits are kind of nonsensical, like a lot of songs, but they are still really good. 1:40 in the beat changes a bit, still the up-down, with an added horn. After a bit of that it goes back to the same beat. There is various different instruments playing little riffs along side the basic riff. A bass line comes in next, and then the sounds of a rain storm starting. This ends the song. A very good Waits song, very up beat.
Rating: 9/10

My picks
Wicked Tinkers - Belly Dance (Celtic folk)
The Residents - Boots (Avant Garde Rock)
Chumbawamba - Give the Anarchist a Cigarette (Anarcho)
Real McKenzies - Will Ye Be Proud (Scottish Folk Punk)
Jello Biafra & Mojo Nixon - Mascot Mania (Cow-Punk)

Soulseek: NICKJOE
Email: piratejoe666@gmail.com

[BlastFunk03]

Jello Biafra-Mascot Mania

Begins with fast rockabilly classic sounding country guitar and fast saloon piano. It has a punkish Johnny Cash vibe in the instrumentals. It’s basically a facetious little tune about sports. I couldn’t really detect any underlying metaphors; nothing too inventive in the lyrics. There are some scattered short cow-punk guitar solos dividing the song. Towards the end, the instruments break down and there’s some “real” sports team names stated, followed by some fancy guitar action. Overall, I found it a little generic and boring. The blend of musical styles comes off somewhat awkward. It does have a very bad *** quality to it though. 6/10

Recommended:

Bad Brains-Reignition (Punk)
Misfits-Dead Kings Rise (Rock/Punk)
Nekromantix-Demons Are a Girls Best Friend (Psychobilly)
Youth Brigade-Sink With California (Punk)
Danzig-The Coldest Sun (Alt.Metal)
The Independents-Left for Dead (Rockabilly/Ska)

[Twat_Out_Of_Hell]

Misfits- Dead Kings Rise (this is from the demo version on Cuts From The Crypt)

Begins with a simple repeating drum rhythm before some melodic humming comes in after around 7 seconds. This intro goes on until about 30 seconds when a guitar cuts in before the songs pauses. A simple repeating rhythm launches the song off again before, and the singing begins after around 50 seconds. The singing is typically "ghoulish", playing upto the Misfits image. It's a very melodic song, and Graves' vocals are backed up by melodies by the rest of the band throughout the song, until it breaks down to an outro that matches the intro.

It's not a bad song, one of the best i've heard from this era of the misfits. There is nothing flashy about the song, with little in the way of solos other than the simple one by the drum on the intro.

5.5/10


Songs To Review:

Dead Pets- King Alfred (punk)
Deadline- TV Dreams (punk)
Lightyear- Shatners Bassoon (ska-punk)
Osker- Stop The Bus (pop-punk)
Propagandhi- Showdown (punk)
consumed- King Kong Song (pop-punk)

[skateMASTERbater2]

The dead pets- king alfred

The intro to this song is basically a lost kid and an older man discussing career opportunities. The verse is very ska-like: upbeat guitar, cool bassline, horns(I’m not really good at this but id say it’s a trumpet and a saxophone). The vocals are sung and there are backing vocals that join in every now and then. The chorus is more rock’n’roll and extremely catchy. It basically goes: ‘’King Arthur the great! Woa! Don’t be late!’’ I can imagine this being an awesome song played live. The second verse is similar to the first, and after the second chorus there’s a cool little solo. Nothing too complicated though, then there’s an interlude. Right before the end the guitar stops playing, and the vocals and horns basically end the song(except for the last riff the guitar plays). In all this is a very good song. 9,5/10

my recommendations:

throw rag-bag of glue(punk)
the toy dolls-bless you my son
screeching weesel-my right(pop punk)
nasum-dissapointed(grind)
the varukers-how do you sleep(punk)
angelic upstarts-42nd street(oi)
oi polloi-punks picnic(anarcho)

[BlastFunk03]

The Varukers-How Do You Sleep

Begins with drums, guitar and ringing feedback slowly fading in. At about 20 seconds the music gets somewhat vicious with some sick metal palm mutes and what not. The intro goes for a long time, changing to a punkier progression, then some instrument breakdowns, which come back in with more speed. The vocals start and sound exactly as id expect. Overall, it’s like what Death by Stereo would sound like when they were in high school. After the short segment of poorly screamed lyrics there’s a too-short solo, which is the high point of the song. The vocals come back and go to the end. The band seems to have an arrogant approach to the song, because it lacks structure balance, the singing is pretty off and the intro is way too long. Its not bad background music, though. 3/10

Recommended

Bad Brains-Reignition (Punk)
Youth Brigade-Where Are All the Old Man Bars (Punk)
Nekromantix-Demons Are a Girls Best Friend (Psychobilly)
Youth Brigade-Sink With California (Punk)
Danzig-The Coldest Sun (Alt.Metal)
The Independents-Left for Dead (Rockabilly/Ska)

[honkybrewster]

Danzig - The Coldest Sun

I haven't heard a lot of Danzig myself, but I've heard a lot of bad things about this band. I can understand why a lot of people wouldn't like this, but I personally thought it was alright. It has a very industrial feel to it, with heavy bass and the whole vocal effects deal, and Danzig's singing works very well for metal music. My only problem is that it's SO REPETITIVE. At first I figured maybe it was to put more focus on the lyrics, but even those seem like they're only there for filler. The first 1:30 or so are great, but it gets old really quickly. Very heavy, very different, and sadly, very repetitive. I'm willing to hear other songs though, because the band sounds like it has a ton of potential. In fact, I can't even decide which band Glenn Danzig sounded better in. It's repetitive, but this was probably just a filler track.

5/10

VOTE OR DIE. Or something.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Miles Away (Art Rock/Punk) (http://web3.epitonic.com/files/reg/songs/mp3/Yeah_Yeah_Yeahs-Miles_Away.mp3)
Son of Sam - Stray (Horror Punk/Hardcore) (http://www.downloadpunk.com/?action=website.DownloadFreeSong&id=14866)
Decrepits - Everybody Sucks (Punk) (http://home.comcast.net/~mccullough113/Everybody_Sux.mp3)

[obese_breasts]

Son of Sam - Stray

The begins right in with the main guitar line that goes through a large part of the song.It is a pretty basic guitar part. After that line repeats 4 times the vocals come in, and I realized it was Davey Havok singing. When it gets to the chorus, you can notice the vocal similarities with AFI with the "Whoa's" backing up Daveys singing. The song is basic in structure, just verse chorus verse chorus etc. I rather like the song on the whole the vocals and music fit really well together. It has a cool feeling that is tough to explain but I like it quite a bit. I give it a 7/10


Recommendations:

Another Breath - Racing a Fading Image (hardcore)
The Bars - Bright Lights for Demise (hardcore)
Common Rider - Small Pebble (3rd Wave Ska)
Embrace - Give Me Back (post-hardcore/early emo)
Flat Earth Society - Friend (punk)
Jupiter Sunrise - Arthur Nix (pop-punk/alt rock)
Killing Tree - Mascara (hardcore)
Planet Smashers - Hostile (3rd Wave Ska)
Ska Cubano - Revolutionary Ska(trad ska)

Choices, choices.

All I have all the songs on slsk or you can email me at BigGreenTeeth@gmail.com.

[honkybrewster]

Embrace - Give Me Back

I'm going to be comparing this to band to Minor Threat a lot in my review, because I was so impressed by the change Ian McKaye's made in his lyrics and stuff.

I'd never heard Embrace before, but I was really missing out. It has a kind of post-punk feel to it, and I figured for different music types Ian would change his singing style. However, it's the same, and it couldn't have worked more perfectly for the music. I was impressed yet again that they were able to have what sounds like angsty lyrics about emotions and be even more interesting than what Ian was usually writing about in Minor Threat. The music itself sounds like a more talented and detailed take on punk music, and even though there isn't a huge change in it throughout the song, it's complex enough to keep you from getting bored. I'd like to end this review by saying that I have to hear the rest of the album, and Embrace > Minor Threat.

9/10

Looks like no links this time, faggots:
The Ripmen - Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (Psychobilly)
Peelander-Z - S.T.E.A.K. (Japanese Punk)
Crass - Have a nice Day (Anarcho)
Angry Aryans - Still Just a ****** (Hatecore)

Soulseek: honkybrewster
E-mail: masterofgrundle@yahoo.com

[skankindude21]

Well I've obviously heard lots of stuff about crass and I listened to 'em a while back but what I heard was really bad and made me want to rip me ears out. The song was really crunchy and greasy and disorganized and not much to listen to but on to this review.. Alright the song starts off with a guy introducing crass and then a really distorted guitar comes on playing some punkish stuff but its so distorted you can barely hear anything besides fuzz. During this part of the song some guys talking in the background. After about 30 seconds of that theres a pause. After a couple of seconds the song gets really awesome. What the guitar was playing before is alot easier to hear and its a slight bit faster. The riff is really awesome and made me wanna dance around the room. The singer's voice is okay but its hard to make out what he says. Well all in all this song was really great after that little pause. I'll give it an 8/10 even though only about 3/4 of the song is really really good.

I'm forcing you to listen to:
Desmond Dekker & The Specials- Humpty dumpty (Two Tone)
Black Uhuru- Hey Joe (Reggae)
Voodoo Glow Skulls- The rat traps (Skacore/Skapunk)
The Bouncing Souls- East Coast f'uck you -or- Shark Attack (Punk)
Hepcat- Police woman (Trad. Ska)

[obese_breasts]

The Bouncing Souls - Shark Attack

This song starts off with 2 people talking about how the BS are mooches and they only go on tour to eat other people's food. Then a "Jaws" -esque riff starts adn then right in to a fast short punk song. The 2 people talking at the beginning start talking again about how all their food wa eaten etc. Then another short fast burst of sound. The song finishes at 1:22. I liked the song, it fast paced and kinda funny. The music in the song is pretty standard, simple power chords etc. It's short and fun. 7/10

My Recommendations:

Another Breath - Racing a Fading Image (hardcore)
The Bars - Bright Lights for Demise (hardcore)
Common Rider - Small Pebble (3rd Wave Ska)
De La Hoya - The Death of Optimus Prime (melodic hardcore)
Flat Earth Society - Friend (punk)
Jupiter Sunrise - Arthur Nix (pop-punk/alt rock)
Killing Tree - Mascara (hardcore)
Planet Smashers - Hostile (3rd Wave Ska)
Ska Cubano - Revolutionary Ska(trad ska)

[Mr.Steve]

Jupiter Sunrise - Arthur Nix

This song kicks off with a melodic lick which goes into a heavy intro kinda thing. Now...I'm kicking myself for laughing at the lyrics...i feel so harsh but i just couldn't help myself "Coz ever since you rode your bike into that car...." What's wrong with me?
Anyway...this is the first I've heard of this band and what I like about them...well the song, is that its so hard to categorise it, like some bands are always associated with the Skater Punk *cough*Sum 41*cough* and we get stereotypical and its a vicious circle. I think it's a good song, some nice riffs in the chorus and melodies in the verses. Good clear lyrics, and with some actual meaning behind em, and none of the same old love or politics bollox we've been hearing so much of lately. Anyway, good song...I like, another band which I'm gonna look into....so yeh....good work...


Social Distortion - Don't Drag Me Down (Punk)
Dynamite Boy - I Want It That Way (Punk Cover)
Kinks - You Really Got Me (Classic Rock)
Eric Clapton - Classical Gas (Classic Guitar Masterpiece)
Apocalyptica - Enter Sandman (Headbanging Celloists do Metallica)
Afi - Silver and Cold (Emo/Punk)
Zebrahead - Rescue Me (Punk)

[Silvermedalmafia]

Eric Clapton-Classical gas
Eric Clapton, blues icon, rock god, and now classical genius. This starts off with a nice fingerpicked lick (Using thumb to hit bass notes, and fingers higher notes at the same time). It kicks into the full song and it is really nice. He uses hammer ons and pull offs so well. The chorus type lick (octave higher than the rest of the song) is really nice. I am beginning to doubt this is on an actual classical style guitar, as it is definitely steel stringed, or at least the version I have. I know that this song was not originally written by him (Some spainish guy), as a finishing note. All in all, this is a great song. Although it is a one piece instrumental it kept me interested right until the finishing chord, I give it a 9/10.

Choices:
Tom Waits-Christmas card from a hooker in Minneapolis
the black keys-10 am automatic
Gang of four-glass
Kris Kristofferson-Jesus was a capricorn

[Well_Respected_Man]

Tom Waits - Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis 4:33

Alright, I haven't heard anything by Tom Waits but I've heard loads of good things about him, especially from older folk, but that's too be understood.

"Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" Starts on a piano and organ melody. It has a very relaxing jazzy feel to it. Soon someone starts singing, I'm assuming it's Tom Waits. He has a raspy voice like Curtis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World." The main focus of this song is defintley the singing/lyrics. The story is a depressing one, drugs, pregnancy and death, all being to told to Charlie. Even at three minutes in not much has changed except the story continues on with it's heartbreak. I don't find it one bit boring thus far. At Four minutes in things start to settle down a little and a final twinkle on the piano ends the tune, Bravo!

I'm assuming not of his stuff is like this even though I enjoyed it I want to see where else Tom Waits goes musically. I'll have to check out one of his albums.

My Rating: 8/10 Good!

My Songs:
A Certain Ratio - Forced Laugh (Post Punk) (http://s25.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2I05WKILLZ25L2MSH6IUS8ZGYK )
The Evens - All These Governers (Ian Mackayes New Indie Duo) (http://s20.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1H0JEB17YG43V03KUSX2BD6F41 )
White Stripes - The Air Near My Fingers (Garage Rock)
Camberwell - Sitcom (Krautrock)
Modern Lovers - She Cracked (Garage Rock)

[blueyxd]

no worries

White Stripes - Air Near My Fingers

I didn't like the White Stripes when I first heard them, but over the years I heard a couple of songs by them that sounded really good. Haven't heard this one so I hope I like it.


Yeah, thats garage, simple drum beat with a loud guitar chord progression. It goes quiet for the verse, electric piano? The guy sings in a fast way, then does a do-be-do type bit. It does this twice, not sounding real great to me so far. Goes harder for a bit with a piano crash.

The next verse is just saying "I get nervous when she comes around". After that theres a bit of synth clarinet over the intro riff which sounds kind of cool, then another verse much the same as the first 2. Fades out doing the synth clarinet part again.

It doesn't change much at all, but that was ok since it didn't seem to drag either. I liked the clarinet riff for some reason, it was sort of catchy. But there was nothing special in the rest of the song, so I found it pretty uninteresting. At least it didn't annoy me much. 5.5/10

__________
Only one:

Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/ATaleTheyWon'tBelieve.mp3) - punkish sea-shanty about cannibalism. 7 mins. Lyrics here (http://www.comcen.com.au/~caracarol/tale.txt)

[Brain Toad]

Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe

Starts off with a bouncy guitar and mandolin riff. Goes to lyrics quickly with a simple drum and bass backing. The lyrics are telling a sea story. Picks up after awhile, guitar and mandolin come back in. There is a little chrous of insturmentation, and back to the simple backing. The lyrics get better with the story, about men searching for food, mainly humans. The music picks up as the lyrics continue about the hunt. The next chrous type is about one of the missing, being eaten. Story continues. It's a good story, I like it, really intresting with a nice musical background. The next man falls to being eaten after being bitten by a snake, and lagging behind. Next set of lyrics about the final two looking to each other, which one will have to go. It ends up being the other, leaving the story teller as the last cannibal. There's an insturment break here, and back to the main bouncy guitar and mandolin riff. Really sea shanty like, very nice. Drum background comes back with strums on the guitar ringing out. Then the lone drum as the story continues. The next batch about the stroyteller not being believed of what he did. The song ends with the storyteller eating another man. Very good song, I liked it. 9/10

My Picks
Hank Williams III - Hellbilly Joker (Psychobilly/Country) (http://www.musicgypsy.com/mp3s/Hellbilly Joker.mp3)
Meg Lee Chin - Nazi Punks F'uck Off (Electronica Dub) (http://www.musicgypsy.com/mp3s/Meg Lee Chin.mp3)

Only two this time because I've run out of ideas, and those are the best I think.

[pedro durruti]

Hank Williams III - Hellbilly Joker

Right away you can tell it's a psychobilly song, or heavily influenced by psychobilly, whatever. The vocals sound poorly recorded, but it doesn't have a negative effect on MY opinion on the song. Those vocals are definitely more of the country part of the song and so are the lyrics- "If you don't like our hillbilly (hellbilly?) sound then hey man GO **** YOU!". But not like the crappy mainstream country you hear on CMT (Why would you watch that, faggot?), faster and less of a "I'm a cowboy and Jesus saves" feeling. There's a starting somewhere 1:10 and 1:20, and the song continues for another minute after that. Ok, if you like psychobilly you should like this song, and maybe the rest of the album, and don't be thrown off by the country part, because it's good. 8.5/10

My recommendations:
The Rudiments - Wailing Paddle (SKA)
Lesdystics - Dramacore (SKA)
Stiff Little Fingers - Law and Order (PUNK)

[sketchyjoe]

The Rudiments - Wailing Paddle

I've heard some Rudiments stuff before and I'd found it either pretty average or really good so I didn't know how this song would turn out. The song starts with a very slow walking bassline before kicking into some cool ska with an absolutely awesome bassline. The vocals kick in pretty quickly. They're okay and so are the lyrics but they're not as good as the music. After about 50 seconds it goes into the punky chorus. The music is still great and the vocals are still pretty average. Then there's another cool little section that bridges the gap between the ska and the punk. After the next chorus there's a different section with just the drums and some cheesy backing vocals that's pretty cool then there's anothere ska section with some cool dual vocals and some Against Me! style WOOOOAH! This is a great third wave ska song. The music is brilliant throughout (especially the bass) and theough the vocals are nothing special they fit the song pretty well and they don't prevent this being a really good song. 9/10

Choose from:
Wat Tyler - The Vicar And I (Punk)
C'ock Sparrer - We're Coming Back (Oi!)
The Child Molesters - I'm Gonna Punch You In The Face (Punk)
Black Market Baby - America's Youth (80s Hardcore)
Groovie Ghoulies - (She's got a) Brain Scrambling Device (Pop-Punk)
The Specials - (Dawning Of A) New Era (2-Tone)
World/Inferno Friendhip Society - Models and Mannequins (Circus-Punk)
Johnny Cash - I've Been Everywhere (Country)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Funk)

Gmail: sketchyjoe
Soulseek: sketchyjoe

[Der Übermensch]

The Specials - New Era

The song starts out with a kind of rolling intro, and then settles into a somewhat repetative riff. The Lyrics don't feel to complex. About a minute in, the speed changes into a slower, more reggae beat for a soloish section, and then returns to the earlier riff. The Outro is the same kind of beat as the Intro.

The sound quality is a bit rough, but overall, it fits the song. Not the best Specials song I've heard, but still gets a 7/10.

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Johnathon Richman - Road Runner
Alternative TV - How Much Longer
The Vibrators - Baby Baby
The Depressions - Living on Dreams

[Anti-Prefix]

The Depressions - Living On Dreams

Before listening to the band I did a bit of research on them. I discovered that they were going to have a more poppy sound than most. While listening to the song for some odd reason it reminded me strongly of the beach boys. It starts off with a catchy guitar break that remains throughout the whole song in sometimes, an altered form. The drums are a simple one-toned beat that follows along well with the bass. So in the background the break plays and the guitar about 1:40 in breaks into a huge solo. "'Coz it's mean, can't you see we get mean from living on dreams." A very repetitive poppy song but at the same time it's really good. I also like the lyrics. 7/10.

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Screw 32 - Guilty Conscience
One Time Angels - Rose Carnation (Pop-Punk)
30 Foot Fall - Divided We Stand
The Lurkers - Be My Prisoner

I have those all on my soulseek: Anti-Prefix

[AIRIC]

Lets start this s'hit up nice again.


Since it's been a while, i'm jsut going to list song.


One Way System - Ain't No Answers (Street)
The Unseen - Goodbye America (Street)
The Filaments - Trevor (Street)
Leftover Crack - Muppet NAMBLA (Skacore)
Against Me! - Miami (First track on stolen demo [Folk-punk])

[skateMASTERbater2]

Against me-miami


To be honest, this is the second against me song I’ve heard, the first I deleted after listening to it once. The intro is some undistorted guitar chords followed by notes. Then it plays a rather high chord, stops playing for a few seconds, then starts again and the vocals come in. The vocals are half sung, half screamed, almost exactly like I like them(his voice reminds me a bit of lars frederiksens). The bass is at first very quiet then comes in louder and gives the song a little ‘’groove’’. The chorus is pretty catchy, kind of a pretty typical punk chorus, but what makes the song original is that the guitar is undistorted, it sounds really cool. After the chorus there’s a short interlude, can’t really describe it though. The song ends after the second chorus. In all it’s a very good song, and I’ll probably be downloading some more ‘’against me’’ very soon. 9,5/10

my recommendations

the filaments-our roots(street
Die ärzte-Arschloch(punk/ german rock)
madsin-riot in paradise(psycho)
strung out- lucifermotorcade(punk)
dead pets-uncle festa(punk rock'n' roll)
the vandals-oi to the world(pop punk)
beatsteaks-shut up, stand up
soulseek: skatemaster

[Twat_Out_Of_Hell]

The Dead Pets- Uncal Festa (punk 'n' roll)

For those of you in the UK, some of you may recognise this singer as the bloke who featured in the channel 4 programme Faking It, performing and passing as an Opera Singer.

This song kicks off with two English slappers talking aboutbeing hos, the possiblity of them going out getting wasted and f'ucking anyone and the chances of them using protection.

The music kicks in after around 32 seconds, meaning this masterpiece closks in at just over 1 min 45 seconds. The guitar leads it off into the intro, and is soon backed by trumpet and sax (i think), and 'laugh' vocals. It launches off into the chorus very early and is a hilarious exceptional sing along- 'uncal festa, child molesta, picks up kids in a white fiesta'. The vocals continue at a qucik speed throughout the song, backed by a nice tuneful melody from the rest of the band. The vocals are very impressive throughout, and he often rolls his tongue around to change the sound and add spice.

There is a small guitar breakdown after around a minute, which brings back the 'laughter' vocals before the band launch back into another fast paced verse about the trend of modern women going out, getting wasted and acting like hos.

The band plays very fast and simple throughout, making this a classic punk song. Excellent, everyone should take the chance to see this band.

9/10


Recommended Songs:

Lightyear- Blindside (ska punk)
Madness- Cardiac Arrest (two tone ska)
Sham69- hurry Up Harry (oi!)
Shootin Goon- MTV (ska/pop-punk)
Six Point Five- Mustapha toke (sak punk)
Bigwig- Who Am I To Say? (pop-punk)
Captain everything- Kalimbah (pop-punk)

[Anti-Prefix]

Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry

A song by the classic and possibly greatest Oi band Sham 69. Since hearing some material from this band before, I had expected it to be a relatively well done song.

The song starts off in a normal guitar stroke with immediate chorus lyric intervention "Come on, come on." While the vocals kick in, the music dies down but still stays in the same as the beginning until it gets to "We're going down the pub, We're going down the pub." Where the guitar hits higher notes. The lyrics describe a british boy and his friends going out for a drink. It's a very typical Oi song. The song is interesting because it beings with the chorus going, chorus, verse, chorus, verse, chorus, verse, chorus. At about 2:25 a very catchy piano tune plays and brings your concentration back to the song, afterwards it delves into "Come on, come, we're going down the pub." The guitar is the same chords and strokes throughout the whole song.

Although the song did not let me down I have heard much better songs from Sham 69. Songs such as Evil Way, If The Kids Are United, and I Gotta Survive. A very good, but typical Sham song I give it a 6/10.
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Recommended Songs:

Flux Of Pink Indians - They Lie, We Die (Crust/Peace-Anarcho)
One Time Angels - Rose Carnation (Punk)
Dictators - Disease

Soulseek: Anti-Prefix

[skateMASTERbater2]

Flux of pink Indians- they lie, we die

The song starts with some chords played as single notes. Then comes a drum roll. The vocalist sounds a lot like Steve ignorant. Half way through the verse the beats gets faster, then the guitar starts playing distorted for the prechorus and chorus. The chorus isn’t really anything special, the drummer hits the snare at the same time as the guitar plays the chords, while the singer screaming/singing. Then the song slows down again for the second verse. After 2 minutes there’s a interlude, that also picks up speed. In all, a pretty good song: 8,5/10


My recommendations:

The dead pets- we’re banging our heads(punk)
Oi polloi-Boot down the door(anarcho)
Capdown- Positivity(skacore)
The filaments-reap what you sow(street)
Strung out- katatonia(punk)
4skins-all cops are bastards(punk)

[Jessizzle]

Im pretty bad at this game, but whatever

Cap Down

First thing i noticed was how amazing the drumming was, and how much i hated the opening vocals, they were to metal/hardcore for me, but it got better when the screaming stoped. Guitar didnt stand out that much because the drums were Uh.. Overpowering? the sound of the guitar but it sounded great. When there was a break in the drums the guitar sounded pretty cool, and at one point there was a sax ( I think) section, Wasnt mindblowing but cool. I liked the end of the song the most,
Overall 6.5-7/10


Heatskores- http://www.purevolume.com/theheatskores- Brutah Ska
Keepin 6 http://www.purevolume.com/keepin6 - never gonna get us
The Johnstones http://www.purevolume.com/thejohnstones - Cant Tell
Baked Fresh Daily http://www.purevolume.com/bakedfreshdaily- 21
And if you want you dont HAVE to do thoes songs, but some people like to follow rules.

Bumping Skilzz!
C'mon dont let it die yet again.

[Brain Toad]

Keppin6 - Never Gonna Get Us

Been meaning to check them out since I added them to the Rec list. Starts off with a good drum beat and guitar line. The bass intro is pretty good as well. It's very percussion heavy, very different for ska. The vocals are pretty good, and very fast. Into the chrous it is really good, the ska guitar is awesome, and so is the bass. Still bass and percussion heavy though. The vocals turned a bit gritty, fits the song more I think. This is a pretty grooving song, I like it and I'm getting into it. Near the end it seems like there is a police radio going on, and it ends. Good song
9/10

Songs for you.
Hank Williams - Kaw-Liga (Country/Honky Tonk)
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash - Girl from the North County (Country/Folk)
Tempest - Buffalo Jump (Celtic Rock)


If you need any songs, I'm on soulseek as Brain Toad, I could also email them to you, piratejoe666@gmail.com

[Jessizzle]

Hank Williams - Kaw-Liga (Country/Honky Tonk)

First thing i have to say, this is diffrent than anything i have ever heard, It starts with a steady drum beat, then the volcals come on, They have a country sound which i think is pretty cool, Im assuming he is saying Kaw_Liga, but when he says it the voice annoyes the hell outa me. This song is more vocals than anything else but it has some violens( ?) They way he sings the song is like hes telling a story, which is a nice change from other music these days. Overall it was a good song, but not something that you could really Get up and dance to, and sit there for hours and listen.


Im Going to do this diffrently and give you a link and you may choose a song
The Johnstones- http://www.purevolume.com/thejohnstones
Baked Fresh Daily- http://www.purevolume.com/bakedfreshdaily
Keepin 6- http://www.purevolume.com/keepin6
The Heatskores- http://www.purevolume.com/theheatskores
Last Man Skankin - http://www.purevolume.com/lastmanskankin

[Anti-Prefix]

Last Man Skankin - Keys On The Rue De Paris

It was a toss up between this and the Heatskores, but I chose to this song because I liked it better. There's something about female fronted ska that attracts me so much.
Anyway, the song starts off in a slow upbeat (almost reggae like) with all of the members talking then singing the chorus "No we won't go, no we can't go, no we can't go right, now." It's a very cool intro to the song, with a synthesizer in the background. Then the female singer takes in singing the first verse. After the verse, then bridge, she then goes for the chorus, alone she sings "No we won't go, No we can't go, no we won't go, no we can't go right, now." Then she goes into the second verse, then bridge with the same slow upbeat that remains throughout most of the whole song with an occasional drum break after/before the chorus. Towards the middle the synthesizer starts playing a solo bit complimenting the upbeat. Then she sings the bridge with the synthesizer in the background then to the last chorus. After she sings a higher pitched last verse in a catchy little sound, then the band members start talking randomnly as they did in the beginning of the song. Then there's a space of about 30-45 seconds and the one band members starts saying something stupid for 5 seconds about slipping on a burrito. Anyway.
Like I said, there's something about female fronted ska that gets me going. I had to listen to it a couple of times to get REALLY into it, but I like it a lot and hopefully Jessica has their album. 9/10.
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Recommendations:
The Havoc - Selective Service
One Time Angels - Rose Carnation
Faith - Say No More
The Epileptics - Hitler's Still A Nazi

Soulseek: Anti-Prefix
AIM: L antiprefix L

[Jessizzle]

The Havoc - Selective Service

The Song starts and the guitar is very repititive, the drums are also. I like the vocals but i find its a little..... I dont know i cant pin point it. It just dosnt have that "perfect balance" i guess with any punk its repititive but that the biggest impression i get of this song. Theres not much to say about it. overall i like the song, just there is not much to it. Gezzze Picky Picky 7/10

Again im giving you choices!
The Antics - http://www.****theantics.com/index3.htm
The Johnstones- http://www.purevolume.com/thejohnstones
The Heatskores- http://www.purevolume.com/theheatskores
Angry Agency- http://www.purevolume.com/angryagency
The Barrymores http://www.purevolume.com/thebarrymores

[obese_breasts]

Angry Agency - Speaker

The songs starts with a really heavy, distorted guitar into, then the verse comes in. The verse consists of the typical clean ska guitar srumming, with a cool slow, fading horn line. The singer's voice is a little iffy, I don't like the style of singing all that much, but it's not all that bad. The chorus comes in with distorted guitars and a horn line similar to that in the verse. After the chorus, the same heavy guitar part from the intro is repeated. I quite like this guitar part. There is another verse/chorus then a bridge. The bridge has some cool, tom drum work with a harmonized guitar riff, then a nice guitar solo. Then back to the chorus, and then the song end with the same guitar intro.

I rather liked the song. It had an interesting blend of heavier, distorted sounds, with more typical ska sounds. The one con is the singer's voice, just not my style. It's a very pop-punk sounding voice. Overall I give the song a 7.5/10

Recommendations
Another Breath - Racing a Fading Image (hardcore)
Common Rider - Prison Break (Ska)
Del La Hoya - The Death of Optimus Prime (melodic hardcore)
Drag the River - Barroom Bliss (alternative-country)
Small Brown Bike - A Declaration of Sorts (post-hardcore)
The Weakerthans - The Reasons (indie/alternative?)
World Inferno/Friendship Society - Jeffery Lee (Totally different)

[Lentil&Ska]

This is my First one so if im doing any thign wrong just tell me
Common Rider – Prison Break
Begins Clean and stays like that for the rest of the song. In the verse the guitar cuts in and out allowing for the bass to shine with the drums. The course comes in with what I think is a keyboard. The bridge has a nice little guitar solo, but I prefer the second bridge with the keyboard playing with the guitar. The vocals are nothing special and there are better Guitarist out there but what I though was rely good was the bass. I don’t know if its just going through scales but the bass fits well and sounds great
All and all other then the bass nothing in this song stuck out to me. It was ok but nothing I would buy.
6.8/10
Recommendations
BOTAR – Here’s to Life (Ska?)
White Cross – King of Angles (Metal)
The Specials – Pressure Drop (Ska)
The Clash - Pressure Drop (Punk)
Toots and the Maytals - Pressure Drop (Ska)

[Jessizzle]

BOTAR – Here’s to Life
First really cool bass intro, nice steady drum beat, The horn use wasnt as good as SLM. I love the vocals, this guy can sing! i love how their songs actually tell a story. Actaully near the middle of the song the horns get much better. There is piano in this song too, it has a nice range of instruments and the accustic sound just pulls it all together. There is another voice in the song, A Girl? or a high pitched guy? who knows. Speeds up near the end endding with a cool drum beat and then some piano again. Overall, 8/10

You may choose one of the songs from the site

The Make Shift Heros http://www.purevolume.com/themakeshiftheroes
The Barrymores http://www.purevolume.com/thebarrymores ( Female Ska)
The Heatskores- http://www.purevolume.com/theheatskores
The Johnstones- http://www.purevolume.com/thejohnstones

[Anti-Prefix]

The Makeshift Heroes - One Man Team

I was very surprised when I heard this ska band from Canada, they are very good. However it isn't very punky ska which I'm more attracted to.
This song is very instrumental however when the leader sings his lyrics are awesome, in my opinion. So the song begins with a drum roll and trumpet in the background in an instrumental which starts slower and picks up the beat for 30 seconds. When the singing beings the slower upbeat begins and the lyrics are very good, "There are times when no one can help you, you gotta play on a one man team." The trumpet plays a slower part when he sings that part then it picks up the beat again. At 1 minute and 40 seconds the song then goes into a repetitive slow--fast upbeat with occasional drum break instrumental around 3 minutes. Then the same slow--fast upbeat the rest of the song which was around another minute and a half.
I like the song, however it's WAY TOO instrumental for me, and I like a more punk ska. And I'm very picky about my ska. I only like a selected amount. 5.5/10.
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Recommendations:
One Time Angels - Rose Carnation (Punk/Pop-Punk)
http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=137VEOM2T0KAB3QV2BH5T8O8SD
Johnny Thunder & The Heartbreakers - All By Myself (Punk, Post-Punk)
Street Troopers - Don't Let Them Win (Oi/Hardcore Punk)
http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2KNAJF2F3KI8F2HTPX6KETEXKZ
The Epileptics - Hitler's Still A Nazi
http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1SGRQO9KXFAEF26A3A2IZ41OE5

soulseek: Anti-Prefix
AIM: L antiprefix L

[Well_Respected_Man]

The Epileptics - Hitler's Still A Nazi 1:49

Starts on a tune up and a count off in an unreconizable accent/launage that sounds German, which would make sense. Funky Fuzzed out power chords make the songs entrance. Yeah I love tone like this, the lo fi drums compliment them greatly. At 10 seconds the vocalist enters slurring and mumbling all over the place. His voice occasionly cracks and back up singers join in on the downbeat and what I think in the chorus. This singer reminds me of someone very familiar but I can't put my finger on it, but I dig it so it doesn't matter. The song continues for another minute in the same vein and more of the all over the place vocals adding more hooks. It all and ends on one last sung note that sounds like it's phased.

My Rating 8.5/10 facking catchy

Selections:
Blur - Trailer Park (Trip Hop/Garage?)
Wire - Mr. Suit (Post Punk)
The Descendents - Myage (Cali Pop Punk)
Fugazi - Promises (Post Hardcore)

I'll try and get some yousendit's up.

[Anti-Prefix]

Descendents - Myage 2:00

I'm a big fan of the Descendents so this song was cool to do.
It starts off as one of those typical Descendents bass-line for the intro then quickly goes into the guitar which is the same line as the bass. Then the guitar goes into power chords as Milo sings. After he's done singing it goes back into the bass and guitar line that's very catchy and up-down like (the same one that's in the beginning). Then it goes back into the simplistic powerchords accententing Milo's vocals. "She don't need no one, she don't need no one, she don't need me." Then it stops abruptly.
This song is a VERY typical Descendents song, so I liked it since typical Descendent's songs are awesome.
8/10.
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Recommended Songs:
One Time Angels - Rose Carnation (Punk/Pop-Punk)
http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=137VEOM2T0KAB3QV2BH5T8O8SD
Flux of Pink Indians - Progress (Punk/Crust)
http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=02O07R28XXL6C1UTSHRU4WCWL7
Street Troopers - Don't Let Them Win (Oi/Street Punk)
http://s44.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2KNAJF2F3KI8F2HTPX6KETEXKZ
Subhumans - People Are Scared (Punk-Street)
http://s32.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=36D664Y0O5QOI2RGKNAJPWLAPM

[Brain Toad]

Flux of Pink Indians - Progress

I've heard a little from these guys, but not a lot, so I guess this is a good time to listen to them. Starts off with a simple power chord progression on guitar and a really simple drum beat. Lyrics start, the voice is very anarcho sounding, a little bit hard to understand, but the lyrics still get across pretty well. The chrous seems to be conveying not wanting someone else's progress. The music is still really simple throughout the song, its obvious the focus is on the lyrics. It's a short song, but too the point. Pretty good I would say. 8/10

My Songs
Black Grape - Reverend Black Grape (Britpop)
The Trojans - Gaelic Ska (Celtic Two-Tone)
Dick Dale - Gypsy Fire (Surf)
Hank Williams III & Assjack - Mary ****in' Jane (Hellbilly/Country)
Mojo Nixon - You Can't Buy Cool (Cow Punk)

Soulseek: Brain Toad
email: piratejoe666@gmail.com

[pedro durruti]

The Trojans - Gaelic Ska

If I had not known what the genre of this band and song was prior to listening and if the title wasn't such a blatant giveaway, I would have never expected this to be ska. The first 15 seconds is pure Celtic tunes but then bang bang bang go the drums and it's ska! Vocals are calm and sound good. The fiddle (guessing) in the background gives the song an upbeat feeling. After a couple verses and whatnot, and some other hubbub, comes a nice little instrumental bridge or what have you, introduced by a "1 2 3" and a "yeehaw". Good ****. The words flow nicely with the song and the mixture of ska horn sounds and Celtic instruments goes together well. We have another one of those instrumental things, but this time with those ska chikitas, more "yeehaws", and some "woo hoos", and that is the conclusion of the song. Definitely downloading the rest of this album, 10/10

My recommendations:
Binary Star - Conquistadors (Rap)
The Nerve Agents - War Against! (Hardcore punk)
The Rudiments - Lucky Charms (Ska)
The Peacocks - Too Good (Rock of some sort)

[Jessizzle]

The Peacocks - Too Good Ugh My computer Frozze and i have to start this again. Well iv been meaning to check these guys out for a while.
The Song starts with a simple repitive guitar, then the drums come in, and then the vocals, theres something about these vocals i really like, but i cant seem to name it. They suit the song really good. The same beat is played thru the song, with someother things thrown in here and there, Overall it wasnt an amazing song, but i really liked it. 8/10 Hopefully I'll Be seeing them in the end of may.

Choices, ( Pick one of the songs)
The Johnstones- http://www.purevolume.com/thejohnstones
SGR http://www.purevolume.com/sgr
The Barrymores http://www.purevolume.com/thebarrymores
Keepin 6 http://www.purevolume.com/keepin6
Skratch 3 http://www.purevolume.com/skratch3

[Anti-Prefix]

Keepin 6 - Shes Got Greed

This song reminds me immensely of the Mad Caddies. I like the Mad Caddies, and I think it's a pretty cool song. Since I'm picky about ska, that means a lot. I like it because it's punk/ska which is very appealing to me.
It starts off in a simple, slow upbeat. Then a drum roll and then the slow beat continues with faster palm mutes in between. Then the vocals come in and the upbeat is faster. The singer is pretty scratchy and reminds me of Against All Authority's voice a bit. After he sings the verse, the chorus slows down the upbeat and he sings slower, then back to the faster upbeats where he sings the second verse (same as the first.) Then it goes back to the slower upbeats where he sings his stretched out vocals, and it's really good.
I enjoyed the song, it's better than all the other ones on the purevolume. This is the kind of ska I like, but I've heard better. Maybe SLM isn't the best comparison band.
7.5/10.
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Recommendations:
The Skoidats - Last Night (Ska)
Flux of Pink Indians - Charity Hilarity (Punk/Crust)
One Time Angels - Rose Carnation (Punk/Pop-Punk)

[pedro durruti]

Flux of Pink Indians - Charity Hilarity

The song begins with a short little intro that has a catchy bass line. This little riff is played a bunch of times throughout the song. Ok anyways the intro is that riff twice, then the singer's all like: "1 2 3 4", and he thinks he's all badass with his British accent. Typical Flux song, great vocals and I'm sure they're great lyrics too.. but I can't find any (too lazy to look for them anywhere but plyrics) and it's way too hard to understand anything. I don't think there is a chorus in this song, they must thing they're punk and original for doing this but they WERE WRONG BITCHES. But there's like three bridges, and I'd describe them, but it's not worth the effort and it wouldn't be interesting to read... Sorry this is a bad review. Good song 8/10

My recommendations:
MU330 - The Punisher/Downtown (SKAROCK)
The Nerve Agents - War Against! (Hardcore punk I suppose eh)
Rico Rodriguez - Jungle Beat (Live) (10 minutes+ long.. but it's worth it SKA)

[Twat_Out_Of_Hell]

Nerve Agents- War Against (2:23)

Begins with a single guitar playing a simple riff for about 5 seconds until the drums cut it. The riff continues over the top until the vocals come in after around 20 seconds.


The lyrics are not very clear and can be quite hard to hear, although the melodic tunes are held very well. The music repeats in a strange order, that seems to be fairly ranodom although sounds very good.

There is a little break that goies into a drum roll after around 55 seconds until the singer pops back in over the guitar riff from the intro. After around 1:20 the song title is ringing out, andd this lasts for about 20 seconds, going over the same musical background.

Then the song quietns down for a little while, before building up to a brilliant outro of the screaming 'let me go' which leads out of the song.

Very good song, great band, shame they broke up.

8/10


Songs to Do:

The Peacocks- I Can Do A Lot for My size (punk n roll?)
Dead Kenndys- MTV Get Off The Air (punk)
Mad Caddies- all american Bada'ss (pop-punk/ska)
Operation Ivy- Jaded (ska-Punk)
Lightyear- Tread Lightly, Speak dearly (ska-punk)
Captain Everything- There's No 'I' In Scene (pop-punk)

[Anti-Prefix]

Lightyear - Thread Lightly, Speak Dearly (1:30)

It starts off in a drum beat with distorted guitar. After that it slows down and then a trumpet sounding instrument comes in. Then it speeds up again with the distorted guitar and similar drum beat as the beginning had. The lyrics sound like a Propagandhi, but much softer. After the chorus there is a trumpet solo, and drum beat in the background. The tempo changes a lot, along with the lyrics which make it a very catchy song. The ending is in a slow trumpet tune for 4-5 seconds then it ends abrupt. The lyrics aren't anything special but he sings very well along with the music. This is a pretty awesome song, and I like when it used the trumpet and how it did.
It was pretty original, and I really liked the guy's voice. I wouldn't recommend this to everybody though.
7/10.
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Recommended Songs:
Knowledge - Unity (Ska/Punk)
http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=31VYIFQRRFZOR0OIQZZAXSHRMS
Flux of Pink Indians - Tapioca Sunrise (Punk/Crust)
Modern Life Is War - A Tale Of Two Cities (Hardcore)
http://s45.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3IYRSGBWZXA0K3RL17GLT8R7S9
Chaos UK - Hate (Punk)

[Jessizzle]

Flux of Pink Indians - Tapioca Sunrise
If been wanting to check these guys out for a while, so i did to keep this thread alive,
Its starts with an " Sound i dont know what it is..." With a slow(slow) steady bass beat, and a little drums. Its starts gettin faster and faster than the vocals start... I dont like the vocals, ( Its just not me) But there is a good meaning to the lyrics, as bad as he is at singing. The guitar and drums are very repitive The Song overall to me sounds very slow, But near the end it just keeps speeding up, but i think it just sounds stupid.. ( Sorry Anti Prefix) I didnt really "connect with this song" and i needa be able to dance to my music, i like it to make me happy... not more sad.
Overall 4/10

http://www.purevolume.com/theflatliners - Freds Got Slacks
http://www.purevolume.com/themakeshiftheroes - Gotsta Know
http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=5469110&Mytoken=20050527150836
( Stuck Lucky) (Its What You Do)

[SlappedByTheClash]

The Flatliners-Freds Got Slacks
Song starts off pretty loud and fast, and the lyrics are pretty speedy. The Tempo never really slows down throughout the song, and the song in general is pretty repetitive, but it's good. Sounds kinda like Against All Authority on crack. It's basically how they describe them selves "Ska mixed with brain hemorrhaging Punk Rock". It's good, but it needs a little variety.
7/10

Recommends for the fools:
Shadows Of Knight: Gloria(Garage/Psychedelia)
Radio One-The Outlaw(77/Punk)
Stiv Bators-Make up Your Mind(Power Pop)
Radio Birdman-I-94(Aussie Punk)

[Anti-Prefix]

Stiv Bators - Make Up Your Mind (2:18)

For informative purposes there is members from the Dead Boys in this band!
This is the catchiest song I've ever heard. I like it very, very much.
It starts off with raw power chords then goes into it's little riff which goes throughout the whole song. Then the singer starts singing, "She never said a single word to me" followed by this extremely catchy riff. The singer then keeps singing, the riff taking a different style, but still very excellent. Then he sings at around 1:35 "Well I can't decide, make up your mind" and this extremely catchy guitar solo roars. After that the chorus "Well I can't decide, make up your mind" repeats as the song slowly fades to an unfortunate end.
I absolutely loved this song, and I'm going to download the whole album. It's definitely a perfect break from my normal punk/jazz mood.
10/10.
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Recommended Songs:
The Epileptics - System Rejects (Punk)
Oxymoron - Westworld (German Punk/Oi)
No Hope For The Kids - Jeg Sa Dem Do (German Punk)
Amebix - Sanctuary (Punk/Crust)
One Time Angels - Rose Carnation (Street Pop)

[mnUberAlles]

The Epileptics-System Rejects
I could only hear the middle of the song, so this may be more vague than previous ratings of the songs. It has a very calm, but serious sound to me. No serious distortion on the guitar, which was the calm part. The british vocals sounded very serious to me, they were very slow and easy to recognize "they think that we're just joking". The drum beat kept at a steady pace and the song turned out to have a good sound and beat to me.

This may be a wrong review of it, since i only heard 30 seconds of the middle of the song (only one i could find)

Rating: 8/10

Recommendations

--The Shockers-I'm a Mutant (hardcore punk) http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=2095338&Mytoken=20050530211306
--Black Flag-Six Pack (hardcore)
--The Framed-Disposition of Desperation (combination of pop, some oi, some street punk) http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=11268977&Mytoken=20050530091759
--Operation Ivy-Junkie's Runnin Dry

[YoungSavage77]

The Framed - Disposition of Desperation
I didn't like this song too much, but some parts I liked alot. The intro was pretty cool, up until the vocals came in. They were a bit too poppy for my tastes, and I didn't like the guitar riffs in the verse. It wasn't too great up until the guitar solo, which improved the song alot. After the solo, it had a short ending. Only thing bad about it was the vocals, which I didn't really like. I'd probably like the band alot better live. A really short song, and just a really basic song structure, but I give it a 6 out of 10. 5 being the middle.

Songs:
Ultravox - Young Savage (Rock and Roll Punk?) http://s6.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0CNL171QU2TVT2GTUE4598KS34
The Dictators - Faster And Louder (Punk, with a slight hint of rock and roll and metal.)
Patti Smith Group - Rock And Roll ****** (Proto-Punk/Rock And Roll)
The Boys - Tenement Kids (Power Pop Punk)

If you need any of these, give me your AIM or email address.

[Jessizzle]

Ultravox - Young Savage

This is not the type of song id normally listen to, but for some reason i like it.
Its starts with a cool tune, Not something that you would find in punk. Im not sure what to think of the vocals, He sings fairly fast but any slower it would sound stupid. The Whole song just kinda flows, and the style is changed up often enough so its not boring.. and not confusing. The Words Young Savage is said quite alot, but isnt actaully that annoying.. 8/10

http://www.purevolume.com/cheapsuits Ska Saves.
http://www.purevolume.com/budafunkmunk I Really Want A Mullet
http://www.purevolume.com/theheatskores Brutah Ska

[mnUberAlles]

The Heatstrokes-Brutah Ska

The song starts with a pretty weird, but cool guitar riff after a short horn. Soon you start to hear some horns playing (trumpets?) and the guitar gets faster and more ska sounding. The vocals sound catchy and fun. The chorus after each verse by the main singer sing "Brutah Ska". The song stays on the same route of sound and vocals. The song soon gets into a different vocalist singing more scratchy and slowly, along with the guitar getting slower, then the song gets back to the way it was. At the end the horns star playing and the guitar gets calmer and slower. Good Song

Rating 8.9/10

Reccomendations

Descendents- Hey Hey (punk/pop punk)
The Shockers- I'm a Mutant (punk/hardcore) http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=2095338&Mytoken=20050530211306
Operation Ivy- Hoboken (ska/punk)
Big ****in Skull- Skulls Rule Ok? (street punk) http://www.big****inskull.com/mp3s.html

[AIRIC]

Descendent - Hey Hey (1:40)

This kind of made me hate the Descendents, it really sucked. Starts out quick with vocals that just don't seem Descendents to me. "Hey Hey what do ya say, about my state of affairs.." I hate these types of reviews, but there really is nothing to this song. 4/10

Recommendations:
The Filaments - DUB (Street punk band, dub song)
Circle Jerks - I Just Want Some Skank (80's Hardcore)
This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb - This Is What I Want (Folk-Punk)
Sex Aids - Back on the Piss Again (Older Street Punk/Oish stuff)
Thought Riot - Save The Humans (Melodic Hardcore)

[Shtein]

i want this one

[Shtein]

This Bike is a Pipe Bomb - This is What I Want

I had never really listened to folk rock before and too tell the truth I enjoyed it. At the begining of this I wasn't really sure to expect and I was happy it was it sort of reminded me of hillbillie music. But put that to side, I like the accordian near the ending of the song. I was suprised to hear folk music in a punk feel, I didn't think it could be done. I wasn't really impressed with the simplicity of the song the music and lyrics were kind of pathetic put thats what punk music is. I would give this song 8/10.

Recommendations:

The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl (punk)
Spirit of the West - Home for a Rest (celtic)
Ashlee Maclsaac - Devil in the Kitchen (irish punk)
Lower Class Brats - Zipper Kids (street punk)
The Toasters - Two Tone Army (2nd wave ska)

[Anti-Prefix]

The Dead Milkmen - Punk Rock Girl (2:38)

I had to hear this song. My Science teacher said he hung out on their boat at New Jersey and played the songs "Punk Rock Girl" and "Ocean City" for hours. I haven't heard them and this is a good time to check them out.
It starts off with a really catchy riff. It's a pretty rad, and poppy song. Then the lyrics come in. It's basically about the singer wanting a punk rock girl desperately. It's a poppy, upbeat awesome song. It's very catchy and definitely an anthemic like song. It's basically like that the whole song until 1:30 where it goes into a solo similar to the riff. Then back into the same song.
It's very awesome, it's sort of like I expected. I don't know, I can see their other songs being worse.
This one was definitely really well done though.
9/10.
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Recommendations:
Epileptics - What Have You Got To Smile About? (Punk)
Knowledge - Unity (Skacore)
Citizen Fish - Habit (Ska/Punk)

Soulseek: Anti-Prefix AIM: L antiprefix L

[AIRIC]

Citizen Fish - Habit

First off, I rarely listen to these guys, but they're great. The song starts off with some trumpet or something and some really cool skaish guitar riff. It then goes into the chorus "It's a habit, well I have it. I never lost it, and now I want it back again!" or something to that effect. I really love the horns in this song, they're fantastic. The guitar is real good too, especially during the chorus. Eventually there is a short breakdown type thing, and then right back into verse. Great song 9/10.


Recomendations

Choking Victim - Infested (Ska-core)
Descendents - 'Merican (pop-punk)
Youth Brigade - You Don't Know S'hit (80's Hardcore)

[Anti-Prefix]

Descendents - 'Merican (1:51)

"We flipped our finger to the king of England, stole our country from the Indians." That starts off this amazing song.
I like the Descendents I've heard their music, just not this record.
The song begins with a distorted stroke and then gets right into it. The song is very fast and very political talking about how American's are stupid. "You don't want to listen you don't want to understan', You're just another stupid American." Not in that order. Anyway the songs chords remain the same the whole time until 1:10 when it breaks into a solo. Then it goes back into the same chords. "Listen to me, I'll tell you who I am, I'm just another stupid American."
A very powerful, melodic and political song.
This might be my favorite Descendents song, I love it when they do political stuff. Very amazing song you should all check out.
9.5/10.
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Recommendations:
Exploding Hearts - Modern Kicks (Pop-Punk)
NOFX - The Decline ( :lol: )
Zounds - Did He Jump (Brit Punk)
Subhumans - New Boy (Punk)

[MILF Hunter]

Exploding Hearts - Modern Kicks

Starts of with a funky guitar, The instruments come in and a catchy melody is played. The singing in the song is good, and reminds me a lot of Pete Shelley from the Buzzcocks. The chorus is catchy and singalong-ish. My speakers are breaking and they crackle a lot so I dunno if its my speakers or the song thats crackling..Either way its a good catchy song, Exactly how a pop punk song should be

8/10



Mau Maus - Societys Rejects
Destructors - Hillside Strangler
Xtract - War Heroes

On soulseek - Bigdavefromdarlington

[metBANS]

Dibs on Mau Maus

Mau Maus - Society's Rejects

Reminds me of a local joke band called Chainsaw Tommy I know. The bassists brother is a guitarist in the Death Metal Band "Circle of Dead Children"

The fast tempo and guitar intro is pretty good... though I don't really like the location of the chord changes. The cliched "2,3,4!" is somthing I don't really like often in songs. Also the singer is trying to be a bit too scratchy. You can still kind of here his actual singing voice under the screamish stuff.

The bassline is actually quite a good bassline. Its a no frills, down to earth, simple good sounding bassline. The drumming is mediocre but what can you expect.

Overall I think that was a pretty decent song. It had a good foundation and the only thing I would say would be to just fine tune it. The only thing that irked me was the sound quality and the drumming and vocals weren't that great of a quality.

6.5/10

Songs

Chainsaw Tommy - Caveman Rock (punk) (http://s37.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2X4HCM8XY5MHV0WAUAWWDG0K7X)
The Templars - Boredom (punk/oi!)
Mustard Plug - Miss Michigan (ska)

Cheers!

[AIRIC]

Mustard Plug - Miss Michigan

First off, this is extremely poppy ska. Almost annoying, it gave me a bad first impression. Theres some horns in the beginning, and when the vocals started, I cringed. I absolutely hate his voice. I couldn't tell you why, but I do. Sounds like it's about a girl that someone wants, but she doesn't want it. Or something, i'm not going to bother. Neither should you. 2/10.

Recomendations
Nunf'uckers - Spoiled Brats (80's Hardcore?)
Blood Brothers - Rescue (Screamo/Hardcore/Grind)
the Unseen - Children Of The Revolution (Street Punk)*
Conflict - From Protest To Resistance (Anarcho)

** This song rules.

[Nihilism'99]

dibs

[Nihilism'99]

The Unseen-Children of Revolution

One of the Unseen's more raw songs (the way I like them). The beggining starts off with a drum intro and quickly goes into the singing. Chorus is nice and catchy, something you definately would sing along to at a show. Simple song structure but its simplicity has a good catchiness to it. A very good Unseen song. 9/10

Recommendations

Complete Control-Locked In (street punk)
Pinkerton Thugs-I Remember (folk-street punk)
Last Resort-Held Hostage (oi!)
Oxymoron-Crisis Identity (street punk-oi!)
Thought Riot-With Love, the Underground (melodic hardcore)

[Anxious]

Pinkerton Thugs- I Remember

I chose this song because the genre intrigued me. Starts off with a few auocustic chords, then a driving bass line comes in, along with electric guitar. I dislike the vocals, typical street punk vocals though, nothing special. Lyrics seem to be about the singers experiance when he was a kid. Pretty short song too, barely breaking the 2 minute mark. Not too bad of a song, but then again not that good.

5/10

Reccomendations

Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band- Moonlight on Vermont (Proto Punk)
Meat Puppets-Lost (Cow Punk)
Black Flag-Southern Rise (instumental)
Big Black-Bad Penny (Post Hardcore)

Soulseek: cheesewhiz

[obese_breasts]

Big Black - Bad Penny

I have heard about these guys several time through this board and other places, but never checked them out so they caught my attention.

This song stars off with a short little bassline that is soon accompanied by drums then a very trebly distorted guitar and some other instruments (possibly keyboard). After the intro the song starts into what seems to be a verse then chorus etc. The lyrics seems to have a lot to do with trust/losing trust etc. Some Lyrics include "OUght to know what I liar I am, Ought to know me by now...Should have known you couldn't trust me As far as you could throw me You couldn't throw me to far" as the song goes on, alot of it seems repeated from earlier parts. Overall the song has a cool rhythm but it isn't really my taste. Some parts get a little repetative. The lyrics are fairly repetative aswell as the bassline, that continues throughout most of the song. Overall I give the song a 6/10

My Recommendations

Marathon - Jolly Roger (Melodic Hardcore)
Small Brown Bike - Deconstruct/Rebuild (Post-Hardcore)
Strength 691 - The Other Side (Post/Melodic Hardcore)
Bones Brigade - Skate or Die (80's hardcore)
World Inferno/Friendship Society - Heart Attack '64 (Folk/Circus Punk)
The Weakerthans - Exiles Among You (alternative/indie)

slsk: fat_tits103
AIM: guitarpunk103

[BlastFunk03]

The Weakerthans – Exiles Among You (alternative/indie)

The song starts with a quick drum hit then the guitar and bass comes in for a breif ten-second intro. When the vocals come in, there are some gentle palm mutes and steady slow drums. The bridge and chorus have a good falling sound, although standard and not terribly interesting. The lyrics kind of bothered me with their generic “poor girl in a city trying to make it” amateur poetry quality; and they’re repeated a lot. At about three minutes, there’s a breakdown with drum less lazy subtle guitar. It steadily gets faster with feedback that brings in lone instrumentals that last for the remainder of the song. I’ve never heard of this band, and immediately upon hearing the singer I thought it sounded a lot like the more melodic vocalist of Propagandhi. I checked it out and sure enough Propagandhi’s John Samson fronts the Weakerthans. This music, however, is extremely different. It’s very soft and poppy with little distortion in the guitar and no fast paced punk edge to it at all. Samson’s indie style fits in well with it, but I think he sounds a lot better ranting about the government. Overall, I really wouldn’t recommend this song, unless you’re yearning for easy listening or just something light. 3/10

Recommended:

Bad Brains - Re-ignition (hardcore 80s punk)
The Independents - Left for Dead (rockabilly/ska)
(WC) Youth Brigade - Where Are All the Old Man Bars? (hardcore punk)
Swingin’ Utters - The Black Pint (pub punk)
Stiff Little Fingers - Johnny Was (British punk)

[Rise Me Up]

Bad Brains-Re-Ignition

I'd never heard this band,but I like them now.

This song starts out with a short intro-riff then goes into a hardcore sounding riff. Then the singer starts,and it surprised me to find out that he was Jamaican. I love this guy's voice. The riff pretty much stays the same except for a couple of quick fills,until it goes into a solo and then back to the chorus. It was kind of a long song,but I'd reccomend this band to anyone who hasn't ried them.

Rating-8.5/10

Recommedations
Rollins Band-Liar
Joy Division-Warsaw
Suicidal Tendancies-Hippie Kiler

[guns_of_brixton]

Joy Division- Warsaw

I've never listened to this band before, although I've heard about them, and after hearing this song I want to hear more.

Warsaw starts with the singer going "3, 5, 0, 1 ,2 ,5, Go!" and then it goes into a simple, cool sounding guitar riff that continues into the first verse. The chorus of "31G" is catchy and has a cool bass part. It has a simple post-punk style solo that fits very well. The third verse that starts with "I can still hear the footsteps" is my favorite. It ends with the same "3, 5, 0, 1, 2, 5" that it starts with. Overall a simple yet very f'ucking good song. I am going to check out more Joy Division and post-punk in general.

Rating: 9/10

Reccomendations:
The Clash- Junco Partner (Reggae/funk)
Modey Lemon- Big Bang (??? kind of hardcore/punk but with a keyboard??)
Minutemen- Untitled Song for Latin America (post-punk/funk/hardcore)

[Anti-Prefix]

Modey Lemon - Enemy (3:35)

Okay, so I heard both of the other songs and couldn't find Big Bang so I did another one. I broke the rules a little bit, but not as much as doing a song I've already heard.
It commences with a really catch and extremely awesome set of drums then a cool rock 'n roll guitar. After about 30 seconds the vocals come in and they sound very similar to a post-punk type of lyrics. The whole song sounds very punk 'n roll, similar to Johnny Thunders or Guitar Wolf. It's extremely well done and the vocals are much more calm and melodic. "I'd rather be your enemy, than to be nothin' at all" is the chorus. Hmm, very generic post-punk type of song. The song does not change much at all during it which definitely looses your attraction to it. But, oh how I loved the beginning.
Very awesome song. It definitely makes me want to check out more of their music.
8/10.
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Recommendations:
Zounds - This Land... (Brit Punk)
Black Cross - Art Offensive (Hardcore)
Bad Religion - 1,000 Fools (Punk)
Rudimentary Peni - Flesh Crucifix (Gothic Punk)

[dont share skittles]

Rudimentary Peni - Flesh Crucifix.

Short but really effective song. Everythings pretty basic. Starts off with basic drumming, basic guitar, but when those guitar effects (Im pretty sure theyre guitar effects) come in that sound like screams, its amazing. The singings slow, and its almost like theyre trying to numb the head of the listener. Rudi Peni, and especially this song really remind me of the Mob.
I suggest anyone into 'trippy' (The Mob, Zounds, Poison Girls, etc) anarcho punk music check these guys out.
(Cheers Anti Prefix, you gave me excuse to listen to a Rudi record I hadnt yet ;)). 9/10.

I Oppose Thee - This Is The ALF (Excellent Conflict cover, with their own lyrics added)
Thulsa Doom - Both Human (Anarcho punk with both male and female vocals)
Erik Peterson - Olde Tyme Mem'ry (Socially aware folk music, Erik Peterson is a punk himself)
Poison Girls - The Offending Article (Really angry feminist song)

[Rise Me Up]

Thulsa Doom-Both Human

I'd never even heard of this band,ever.
This song starts out with a simple bass riff and fast paced drumming ,then goes into your typical punk sound-until the singing begins. It has a guy and girl singer,they have a definately unique sound. Then it goes into a slow part with the girl talking,then a quick fill,and back to the fast paced punk soundwith the girl singing.Then the guy talks and there is another quick fill,and the guy sings and then back together again etc,you get it.
The lyrics to this song,although one guy is a singer are very feminist. Very pissed off and talking about treating everyone equally. They kind of remiind me of CRASS lyrics...very good song.

Rating-9/10

Reccommendations:

The Faction-Skate Harassment (80's hardcore)
The Black Keys-I'll be your man (blues rock?)
Violent Femmes-Add it Up (Alt/Indie)

[Anti-Prefix]

The Faction - Skate Harassment (2:01)

The song slowly creeps in with varified guitar strokes. "This song is called skate harassment" then more of the guitar. Next is a drum roll and the vocals begin. Very fast vocals sort of reminds me of Bad Brains, but not good Bad Brains. Then it goes into a cool guitar effect and solo. Then the singer sings his last words and the guitar echoes and ends. The song is pretty well done. I've heard much better hardcore than this though. So I guess I feel like I'm being comparative with this rating.
6/10.
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Recommendations:
Zounds - This Land... (Punk)
Oxymoron - Westworld (Punk/Oi!)
Conflict - Tough Shi't Mickey (Street Punk)
4 Skins - One Law for Them

[Vietnow]

Conflict - Tough **** Mickey

I've always been meaning to get into more Conflict, but I dont know. I have Ten or so songs on my computer and they all pretty much put me to sleep. I'm not sure why because I love other Anarcho groups such as Youth in Asia, and Dirt, which are even more slower paced.
I'm looking over the lyrics and they are pretty good, but in combination with the really slow music and the crechendo'd vocals it is kind of extreamly boring.
The lyrics are actually amazing. I love the line "One son plays with soldiers; the other aggravates the cat." It is all greaty written.. but kind of executed wrong.
It ends in a long squeling guitar feedback line, Very annoying. Score:6/10

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My Choices:
Toy Dolls - The Death Of Barry The Roofer With Vertgo - [Punk]
The Skatalites - You're wondering Now - [First wave Ska]
Zounds - Can't Cheat Karma - [Anarcho]
The Monks - Inter-City Kitty - [Punk]
Placebo - Bruise Pristine - [Rock]
The Rezillos - Destination Venus - [Punk]
Run DMC - My Adidas - [Rap]
Ministry - Just one Fix - [Industrial]

[AIRIC]

dibs

[Rise Me Up]

dibs


Your two hours is up. Dibs.

[Rise Me Up]

Ministry-Just One Fix
Never heard of them. This song starts out with a weird little voice and some screaming. Then the music starts and there is a simple metalish riff. Then the singer starts and is using some kind of tremolo voice effect,then a quick fill and back to the same riff and singing, then a fill type thing with a deep voice saying 'Just one fix,then to the same riff and a slow simple solo/riff in the background of the normal riff. I couldn't understand most of the lyrics,but he says 'Just one fix' a lot. All-in-all,it kind of gave me a rob zombie/white zombie vibe. I wasn't very crazy about it personally.

Rating:5/10

Reccomended
JFA-Kick You (80's hardcore)
Authority Zero-Mexican Radio (Pop-Punk)
Chrry Poppin' Daddies-Zoot Suit Riot (swing)