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)

InDK- All 41
 

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)

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)

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)

[U]Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing[/U]

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 [B]6/10[/B]


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

[QUOTE=My Own Summer (Shove It)]
System of a Down: Soil[/QUOTE]

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!)

[B]MC5-Rocket Reducer No.26[/B]

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)

[U]Mad Caddies: Mary Melody[/U]

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 [B]8.5/10[/B] 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)

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

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

[SIZE=3][B]sick on the bus-law and order[/B][/SIZE]

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)

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

[B]Nausea-Self Destruct[/B]

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. [B] 6/10[/B]

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)

[U]CKY: Disengage the Simulator [/U]

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 [B]6/10[/B]

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)

[color=red][size=100][u]WARNING[/u][/size][/color][list][*]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.
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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.

[i][B][CENTER]Aus Rotten - Denied[/CENTER][/B][/i]
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 f[u]u[/u]cking 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)
Co[u]c[/u]k Sparrer - We're Coming Back (Oi!)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (Funk)
Tom Waits - Singapore (Blues)

Gmail: sketchyjoe
Soulseek: sketchyjoe

[b][center]Tom Waits - Singapore[/b][/center]

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

[right]My picks
[i]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)[/i][/right]

Soulseek: NICKJOE
Email: [email]piratejoe666@gmail.com[/email]

[B]Jello Biafra-Mascot Mania[/B]

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 as[B]s[/B] quality to it though. [B]6/10[/B]

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)

[SIZE=3][B]Misfits- Dead Kings Rise[/B][/SIZE] (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.

[B]5.5/10[/B]

[U]
Songs To Review:[/U]

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)

[SIZE=5]The dead pets- king alfred[/SIZE]

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)

[B]The Varukers-How Do You Sleep[/B]

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. [B]3/10[/B]

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)

[B]Danzig - The Coldest Sun[/B]

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

[B]Son of Sam - Stray[/B]

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 [B]7/10[/B]

[B]
Recommendations:[/B]

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 [email]BigGreenTeeth@gmail.com[/email].

[B]Embrace - Give Me Back[/B]

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: [email]masterofgrundle@yahoo.com[/email]

Crass- Have a nice day
 

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)

[B]The Bouncing Souls - Shark Attack[/B]

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

[B]My Recommendations:[/B]

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)

[B]Jupiter Sunrise - [I]Arthur Nix[/I][/B]

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...


[I]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)[/I]

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

[B]Tom Waits - Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis[/B] 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.

[B]My Rating: 8/10[/B] Good!

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

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[b]White Stripes - Air Near My Fingers[/b]

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

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Only one:

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

[b][center]Weddings Parties Anything - A Tale They Won't Believe[/center][/b]

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

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

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

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 F[SIZE=2]U[/SIZE]CK 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)

[center][b][i]The Rudiments - Wailing Paddle[/i][/b][/center]

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)

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[B]The Specials - New Era[/B]

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

[CENTER][B]The Depressions - Living On Dreams[/B][/CENTER]

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

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])

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

[SIZE=4][B]The Dead Pets- Uncal Festa (punk 'n' roll)[/B][/SIZE]

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.

[B]9/10[/B]

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Recommended Songs:[/B]

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)

[B][CENTER]Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry[/CENTER] [/B]

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 [B]6/10.[/B]
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[B]Recommended Songs:[/B]

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

Soulseek: Anti-Prefix