Best of 2018 by Mike Champagne

Mike Champagne, guitarist/bassist for Polish hardcore punk bands, just to name OHYDA, PRISONERS BY CHOICE and BLIND EYE, visual artist and a photographer, gives his BEST of 2018.  Photos by Mike Champagne. Best LP of the year award goes to NO PROBLEM “Let God Sort Them Out”   Best EP of the year award goes […]

(review) DISSEKERAD – IV 7”EP

  DISSEKERAD have got 2 LPs and 3 7”EPs out already and this is the one released in 2017 on Phobia Records. Made up of members from AVSKUM, TOTALITÄR, MAKABERT FYND and KRIGSHOT they continue doing what Swedish punk is known for. Playing it raw, d-beat style with a lot of anger and power. This […]

(review) MOSKWA – 1984 Demo LP

MOSKWA

  MOSKWA was formed in 1983 in Lodz, central Poland, and was one of those bands that along with DEZERTER and a few others shaped the minds of young punks in communist Poland. Their demo tape “Nigdy!” released in 1986, that made a huge impact on the minds of the young of that generation, was […]

(review) WALL BREAKER – Democracy Dies 12”EP

Wall Breaker - Democracy Dies

  WALL BREAKER are a fairly new straight edge hardcore band from New Jersey, US and this is their first 12” vinyl release out on Refuse Records from Berlin and second release after the self-titled demo/7”EP. The band consists of members from various US hardcore acts, some of them perhaps known to die hard hardcore […]