In all your decadence - V/A Unity and strenght - A Cd Compilation - V/A Unity and strength Records - http://www.myspace.com/martynwest This is two fantastic compilations from Unity and Strength Records. I can’t review every band. It’s 33 bands and 78 minutes of punk on “In all your decadence” I write punk, because it’s lot’s of different punk, maybe most crust, but it’s so much different kind of crust as well and then we have “Spam!” who also mix in some ska in their song. “Burnt Cross” contains with their song “(S)mother Earth” and they are really my favourite band now. “The Casual Terroist” sounds like if you give me two bottle of whiskey and a un-tuned guitar and maybe english accent. But I think I play better harmonica than him. There is some bands I’ve heard of, but the majority of the bands are new for me. “Global Parasite” belong to one of the best on this compilation. The Trash-Harcore band SSCP are also worthy to mention. “Unity and Strength - A CD Compilation” Since both these compilations is free to download will I just recommend that you download them and discover some new bands. On this will I just namedrop a few bands, like “Acid tounge”, “Armies of anger”, “Burnt Cross” of course, “Down to kill” are one of the best on this comp. with their angry hc/punk, well, I will let you discover by yourself. If you are a poser and just care about how you look, don’t bother to download these compilations, but if you like to hear new stuff download them right now. My personal thought is that “Unity and strength - A CD comp.” is better than “In all your decadence” but thats just maginal. Radical roots of 69, 77 and 21st century - Compilation CD Songs of interviewed band from Radical Roots #10, 11 and 12 http://www.myspace.com/radicalrootsfanzine Yes the device says it all, Radical Roots are an Hungarian Fanzine, it will be an interview in this issue with Kova, the editor of RR. It’s much skinhead and Oi! influenced and there is a lot’s of great bands in the world who play in that genre so it’s great with a zine who’s concentrated on that scene. It’s a great initiative with this comp.cd, after hearing the songs will the inties be even more interesting, or vice versa will it be fun to listen at songs after reading about the bands. It’s 24 songs on 69 minutes so you will get loads of great music with bands like: Körsbärsfettera, Gonna get yours and one of the best band ever - Abrasive Wheels. Some other bands who is more than Ok: Albert Fish, The Eddies and Combat 77. I really recommend you to get a copy of Radical Roots fanzine + this CD with great Oi!/Punk from almost every corner of the world Radio Riot Vol III - Music for the masses Brown bag propaganda http://www.myspace.com/brownbagprop I am not probably alone to write this, but the paper bag wrapping are a cool idea, and especially when the label is called Brown Bag Propaganda. I have reviewd earlier stuff from BBP and there are always high class. It’s 25 bands who play one song each and different kind of punk and hardcore. I have to mention straight on that both my old bands contribute, it’s Diskent who is really Mob 47 influenced and also Pass Out, I think that we played straight punk. The geographic area is not the biggest, it’s much american bands, germans, a few UK, one from Denmark and one Aussie band, and my 2 swedish. I wont’t review all bands but I can tell you that it’s much punkrock close to street punk. Battle Flask are always great (I like the title Smile - tomorrow will be worse) and so are Mighty Midgets, or they are great musicians but read the individual review. A catchy punkrock band from Germany called Defecation Area are interesting with their skatepunk mixed with pure punkrock. The UK band Celebrity Stalker would be interesting to hear more of, great punkrock. Oh, Animal Train is fucking good piss-off punkrock, I love it. The worst bandname on this compilation must be Streetpunk Drunks, and they are from UK, I didn’t thought... Well at least is their song ok but I don’t know if they have all these cliches just to piss me off. And at last, Pure Dynamite are another interesting band, their song is a bit street punk with pure punk rock. Order this fantastic compilation from Brown Bag Propaganda, or if you are in Europe get in touch with me since I have it in my distro. And all the profit from me will go to Punk Illegal.
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