Thursday, December 12, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.71: 2019 review - 11/12/2019

Rodon Underground vol.71: 2019 review - 11/12/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Desert Sessions - Move Together
2. The Crashes - Alcoholism
3. The Mystery Lights - Thick Skin
4. Chain Cult - City of Ruins
5. Calabrese - Hallucinatory Void
6. The Wraith - Can Not Die
7. Idle Hands - Cosmic Overdrive
8. Fontaines D.C. - Too Real
9. Amyl and the Sniffers - Some Mutts (Can't Be Muzzled)
10. Low Dose - Not Break Skin
11. Silvertomb - One of You
12. Brutus - Carry
13. Refused - Malfire
14. Straitjacket Fit - Ghost Vision
15. Sect - The Blankest Cheque
16. Antimob - Στην Κόψη του Ξυραφιού
17. Jesus Chrüsler Supercar - From Death to Dawn
18. Devil Master - Skeleton Hand
19. Reveal! - Scissorgod
20. Martyrdöd - Sthlm Syndrom
21. Lingua Ignota - Spite Alone Holds Me Aloft





Thursday, December 5, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.70 - 04/12/2019

Rodon Underground vol.70 - 04/12/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. NYOS - Curiosity
2. Black Midi - Ducter
3. The Venial Sin - Fundamental Addiction
4. Creshna - ...To Touch the Face of God
5. The Wraith - Ballad of Aeon
6. Deathwhite - Further from Salvation
7. Seer of the Void - Venom Black
8. Lost Breed - Cradle to the Grave
9. Janus Stark - Shuffling the Pack
10. Ozzy Osbourne - Under the Graveyard
11. Michael Monroe - Last Train to Tokyo
12. Beat City Tubeworks - Rat Race
13. The Wildhearts - Diagnosis
14. Cro-Mags - From the Grave
15. Bleach Everything - On a Rope
16. Integrity - Thaw
17. Reveal! - Feeble Hearts
18. Waste of Space Orchestra - Syntheosis





Friday, November 29, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.69 - 27/11/2019

Rodon Underground vol.69 - 27/11/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. 10,000 Russos - Runnin', Escapin'
2. Swans - The Hanging Man
3. (DOLCH) - Halo (Afraid of the Sun)
4. CocoRosie - Smash My Head
5. Marilyn Manson - The End
6. The Mystery Lights - I'm so Tired (of Living in the City)
7. Treep - Message to the Man
8. The Dark Rags - Lost Cause
9. Rotten Mind - Beat of the Street
10. Chain Cult - The Uninvited
11. Dr.Albert Flipout's One CAN Band/Mickey Pantelous - Tango till They're Sore
12. Phil Campbell - These Old Boots
13. Kvelertak - Bråtebrann
14. Raised Fist - Venomous
15. Touch - Determinate
16. Wolfbrigade - The Wolfman
17. Laudare - Acoria the Indulgent
18. Golden Core - Hrafnaspá


(Unfortunately, no audio this week due to technical reasons)


Thursday, November 21, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.68 - 20/11/2019

Rodon Underground vol.68 - 20/11/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. ΜΜΜΔ - Awogans
2. The Messthetics - Better Wings
3. Grey Gallows - 1982
4. Spectres - Northern Towns
5. DIIV - Skin Game
6. Teenage Wrist - Mary
7. La Dispute - Footsteps at the Pond
8. Monovine - Evergreen
9. The Chats - Pub Feed
10. The Overjoyed - Defanged
11. Good Riddance - Who We Are
12. Άλλος Κόσμος - Όλη Σου η Ζωή
13. Στράφι - Το Πιο Γλυκό Σκοτάδι
14. Junkheart - Φαντάσματα
15. Πέμπτη Κάστα - Where the Anchor Drops
16. Lindemann - Knebel
17. Worst Ones - Funeral Flowers
18. Silvertomb - So True
19. Smallman - Камък
20. Bad Men - Bong Weasley
21. Morne - To Rust





Thursday, November 7, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.67 - 06/11/2019

Rodon Underground vol.67 - 06/11/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Nalyssa Green - Των Πικρών Υπνωτικών
2. Planchettes - Empress of Fools
3. The Desert Sessions - If You Run
4. Manuela Iwansson - Strangers on a Train
5. True Moon - They Call My Name
6. Acid Barretts - Skyway
7. Timelost - Lysergic Days
8. The Demtones - What You Got to Lose
9. Notches - Room Upstairs
10. Pissed-Off Kid - My Eyes Have Betrayed Me
11. The Murder Capital - Green & Blue
12. Splinter - Bitter Sounds
13. Chain Cult - Shallow Grave
14. Yawning Man - Melancholy Sadie
15. All Them Witches - 1X1
16. Haystack - Enveloped in Darkness
17. Brutus - Cemetery
18. The Cryptics - Night Time Freaks
19. Bat Signal - Like a Drug
20. Warning! - Baptism in Blood
21. Arboricidio - Fleeting but Beautiful
22. Alcest - Les Jardins de Minuit




Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.66 - 23/10/2019

Rodon Underground vol.66 - 23/10/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Ulver - Blood, Fire, Woods, Diamonds
2. Woodghost - Arogya
3. Marilyn Manson - God's Gonna Cut You Down
4. The Dream Syndicate - Put Some Miles On
5. A Victim of Society - Plague of Confusion
6. Schizodolls - Out of Control
7. Drahla - React/Revolt
8. Silvertomb - Right of Passage / Crossing Over
9. Nebula - Witching Hour
10. Roadsaw - Along for the Ride
11. Bacchus Priest - Whited Sepulchre
12. Night Resident - Moon Rapture
13. Possessor - Backwoods
14. Jackass Wolfpack - Sober till Friday Up
15. Scumbag Millionaire - Rolling Heavy
16. Unbeliever - Same Old Story
17. Refused - I Wanna Watch the World Burn
18. Misþyrming - Algleymi





Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.65 - 16/10/2019

Rodon Underground vol.65 - 16/10/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Föllakzoid - IIII
2. Gang of Four - Change the Locks
3. Skemer - Sunseeker
4. we.own.the.sky - We Align
5. Kroh - Necromancer
6. October Noir - Burn
7. The Crashes - Narcissism
8. Μινέρβα - Turn Me On
9. Black Snake Moan - Lotus
10. Ouzo Bazooka - Latest News
11. Bitch Queens - Süperböy
12. The Good the Bad and the Zugly - Staying with the Trouble
13. Alfahanne - Atomvinter
14. The Great Black Shark - Belgian Fries
15. Μαύρο Γάλα - Long Live the Functional Self
16. Sibiir - A Trail of Failed Attempts
17. Kafka - Of Death, of Love
18. Cradle of Filth - Lustmord and Wargasm (The Lick of Carnivorous Winds)





Thursday, October 10, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.64 - 09/10/2019

Rodon Underground vol.64 - 09/10/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Panopticon - The Labyrinth
2. Church of the Sea - At the Edge of the World
3. True Moon - My Revolution
4. Nox Novacula - Hitchhiker
5. Madder Mortem - Vigil
6. Burn the Splinter - Goldmine
7. Dark Numbers - Secret Owner of All Gold
8. Acid's Trip - Trippin' Balls
9. The Bloodstrings - Born Sick
10. Stray Cats - Cat Fight (Over a Dog Like Me)
11. Diamond Dogs - Recall Rock 'n' Roll
12. Zex - Eternal Torment
13. Poison Boys - Tear Me Apart
14. The Goners - Self-Loathing in Övre Nyfors
15. Raketkanon - Fons
16. Calf - There Is No Confusion in My House
17. Reveal - Clevermouth
18. Vltimas - Something Wicked Marches In
19. Nest - Life's Grief





Thursday, October 3, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.63 - 02/10/2019

Rodon Underground vol.63 - 02/10/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Valley of the Sun - Old Gods
2. Villagers of Ioannina City - Age of Aquarius
3. Russian Circles - Kohokia
4. Speedhack - Viridian
5. Moon Duo - Lost Heads
6. Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Milky Way
7. Lankum - The Wild Rover
8. J.D. Wilkes - Tennessee Dog Attack
9. Koonoopomana - Rumblefish
10. Electric Feat - It's Alright (with You)
11. Νεκροτσουλήθρα - Δανεικά
12. Private Function - My Bully Is Dead
13. The Drowns - The Bricks of Ol' Rainier
14. Bandage - Belong
15. Cockroach Clan - Necktie Party
16. Bad Men - The Horror
17. Life of Agony - Scars
18. Korn - You'll Never Find Me
19. Wretched of the Earth - Kū'e
20. Mayhem - Worthless Abominations Destroyed





Friday, September 27, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.62 - 25/09/2019

Rodon Underground vol.62 - 25/09/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Lingua Ignota - Do You Doubt Me, Traitor?
2. Chelsea Wolfe - Deranged for Rock & Roll
3. Swans - It's Coming It's real
4. Sun Blood Stories - Up Comes the Tunnel
5. LʼÉpée - Une Lune Étrange
6. Rev Rev Rev - 3 Not 3
7. Black Mekon - 300 Ghosts
8. Secret Shame - Dark
9. Deaf Radio - Animals
10. Nightstalker - Sweet Knife
11. Wish Upon a Star - Bow to None
12. Blackwater Holylight - Motorcycle
13. Saint Vitus - Remains
14. Aseethe - No Realm
15. Haystack - Alone
16. Touché Amoré - Deflector
17. Cult of Luna - Lay Your Head to Rest
18. Blut Aus Nord - Nomos Nebuleam





Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.61 - 11/09/2019

Rodon Underground vol.61 - 11/09/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Orville Peck - Dead of Night
2. True Moon - Poison
3. New Model Army - Where I Am
4. Fontaines D.C. - Hurricane Laughter
5. Off With Their Heads - Be Good
6. Pussy Stench - Full Circle
7. Shellac - Steady as She Goes
8. Calabrese - Let Doom Overtake Us
9. Silvertomb - Love You Without No Lies
10. Nothing Is Real - Existential Crisis (Nihilism)
11. Hippie Death Cult - Sanctimonious
12. Saint Karloff - At the Mountains of Loudness
13. Devil's Witches - Love Is Doom, a Fistful of Napalm
14. Nyt Liv - Aske og Blod
15. Refused - Blood Red
16. Antimob - Αλυσοδεμένη Ανατολή
17. Agnostic Front - You're Gonna Pay
18. Higher Power - Seamless
19. Dispyt - En Man i Sina Bästa År
20. Fatalist - No Glory
21. Sect - Skies Wide Shut





Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.60: A tribute to Roky - 04/09/2019

Rodon Underground vol.60: A tribute to Roky - 04/09/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Chelsea Wolfe - Night of the Vampire
2. Queens of the Stone Age - Bloody Hammer
3. Ghost - If You Have Ghosts
4. Madrugada - Slip Inside This House
5. The Jesus and Mary Chain - Reverberation (Doubt)
6. A Place to Bury Strangers - Tried to Hide
7. Spacemen 3 - Rollercoaster
8. Roky Erickson & The Black Angels - Rollercoaster
9. Dead Meadow - Kingdom of Heaven
10. The Devil's Blood - White Faces
11. Butthole Surfers - Earthquake
12. The Nomads - I Have Always Been Here Before
13. The Flaming Sideburns - The Interpreter
14. The Hellacopters - Cold Night for Alligators
15. Foo Fighters - Two-Headed Dog
16. Baby Woodrose - I Don't Ever Want to Come Down
17. The Lords of Altamont - Don't Slander Me
18. Deniz Tek and the Golden Breed - Bermuda
19. Radio Birdman - You're Gonna Miss Me
20. The Cynics - She Lives (in a Time of Her Own)
21. The Meatmen - Don't Shake Me Lucifer
22. Entombed - Night of the Vampire




Thursday, August 29, 2019

Rodon Underground season premiere: A tribute to Roky


New radio season starts this Wednesday with something that we feel we owe to do. Rodon Underground pays tribute to the great Roky Erickson who passed away this year right on summer's eve.

Tune in at http://rodonfm.net/
on Wednesday 04/09/2019 at 21:00 CET+2!


Tuesday, August 27, 2019

The Boys

It's been a cruelly hot summer here in Greece and everything has been drastically toned down, including music developments. But, although we already get glimpses of an at-least-interesting fall musicwise, my first post after so many weeks and amid the dying breaths of this last unbearable and stubborn heat wave that torments the country, is not regarding music, but it has to be a TV one instead.
The Boys crashed down on all of us last month through Amazon Prime, and I can't remember the last time I've been so fulfilled as a fan by a comics-related film or TV series (I won't compare with other genres, for obvious reasons). Of course, the reason it grabbed me like that has a lot to do with the fact that the Boys is hands down one of my favourite comic series ever and, ever since I read the whole saga, I always fantasized about a film or TV series based on it, always with the condition that it would be done right.

Which of course leads us to a whole different conversation under the subject "what does 'right' mean?". Well, if we put aside the whole MCU saga which, in my opinion, should be treated as a whole and, due to this, it's a non-comparable huge entity in itself, we've had more than our fair share of comic adaptations on the screen. Talking about TV then, I'm sad to say that these adaptations were not always ideal; Daredevil and the Punisher are the ones that stand out (although they too had moments where you couldn't wait for the damn episode to finally finish), while Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist took great amounts of sheer will for someone to watch; with the latter being practically unwatchable. I won't even get into the DC adaptations which all fell into a hole of TV-induced mediocrity and boredom. As for more independent comics, things didn't look better as American Gods and Lucifer (to name a couple) basically targeted specifically fans of the comics, while on the screen they were overloaded and tiring. The last hope was Preacher (the other one of Garth Ennis' work that found its way on TV a couple of years back), but, if you have to use all your compulsion reserves in order to finish one season, well that's not a good sign. And it was really a shame for such great material with exciting characters to get so much numbed down on its TV adaptation.

So, the stakes were high with the Boys; would another great work of Garth Ennis' get a mediocre transition onto the screen? The short answer I scream full of relief is: HELL NO IT DIDN'T! From the very first episode, it bursts in with all the abruptness and cynicism it deserves, always according to the original material. Visually, the characters look almost identical to the comics and, although Simon Pegg, due to his age now, can't play Hughie Campbell, the character he was supposed to (short historical info: Ennis based the visual appearance of the character Hughie Campbell in the comics on the actor Simon Pegg's looks), he couldn't be missing from the cast, as he plays Hughie's father. From then on, Jack Quaid depicts Hughie just perfectly, while the same applies to all the main characters, especially Antony Starr's Homelander (looking like the guy was born for this role) and Karl Urban's William Butcher, who, although differing considerably in appearance, he fully nails everything that the character Butcher stands for in the comics.

As for the story, although most main events stay true to the comic's narration, there are some considerable differences otherwise that could disappoint some; for instance, in the way the Boys' team is assembled and in the background of some of the characters. My opinion is that all these differences are absolutely beside the point and those who vote down the series because of them are just missing the wood for the trees. The transition on-screen has happened in a way that it can serve the TV medium, while at the same time it avoids all the possible traps that could emasculate it or make it trite; the series holds the comic's edge and extremity (it's rated 18+, by the way, so yay) in a remarkable way, something that constitutes nothing less than a feat. Also, the successful appropriation of today's technology into the TV show is another plus, something not very easy, as the comic first came out more than 10 years ago and the use of technology then was very different from today.

I don't know how else to compel you to get down to watching the Boys as soon as possible, and even better, also check the comics and admire Garth Ennis' sharp writing along with Darick Robertson's expressive pencils. Well, if it being superhero-related is a reason to hold you back because you're tired of all the comics being adapted on TV all around or you're just not a comics fan, let me tell you that chances are that it's nothing like you would expect, as the real heroes (or should I say anti-heroes?) here are our good old Boys who are trying to hold the careless and full-of-themselves superheroes accountable for all the collateral damage they induce on defenseless and innocent everyday people. Because, if you knew half the shit supes get up to... FUCKING DIABOLICAL.


Thursday, July 4, 2019

Riffs for Reproductive Justice - a compilation (2019)

"'Riffs for Reproductive Justice' is a new compilation of metal, hardcore, punk, and dark folk songs from a wide range of artists who have united to raise money for an extremely important cause: abortion access. 

Abortion clinics across the country are being forced to close, robbing people of the ability to access crucial healthcare services. A theocratic fascist regime is working overtime to control the bodies of those who have uteruses, to force us into unwanted pregnancies, to wrest away our human rights. We cannot stand by and let this happen. All of us—people of every gender, with every kind of body—need to fight back against this horrifying attack on bodily autonomy, by any means necessary. 

This compilation is just one small effort made by a few dozen people who care, who are intimately affected by this, and who love other people who are afraid of what the future will bring. There are so many other brave individuals and groups who have been putting in work around this issue for decades, and my hope here is to raise a significant amount of funds from within the metal, punk, and overall music fan communities to allow them to continue that necessary work. 

100% of proceeds from this compilation will be donated to the National Network of Abortion Funds (NNAH: abortionfunds.org) and the Yellowhammer Fund (yellowhammerfund.org). Donation receipts will be posted in a Dropbox folder which will be shared with the bands and with anyone who requests access. 

Say it loud, with distortion, with fucking feeling: 

ABORTION IS HEALTH CARE. 
HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT. 
WE WON’T GO BACK."

Thursday, June 6, 2019

Belated obsessions: Dredg - Catch Without Arms (2005)

In no way do I stand here to speak as a Dredg fanboy or anyway someone who always followed them from the start, so they know and can pinpoint all small details this album carries and what they meant for the band and its history or whatever. I feel the need to write about this because it's one of those albums that, for some reason, stay with you for a whole lifetime; not always depending on its pure somehow "measureable" musical or historical value, but mainly for sentimental and/or conjuctural reasons.

2005 was a time that I had zero contact with anything post-punk. Not that Dredg were ever categorized as post-punk, but, according to today's musical standards, I think that Catch Without Arms would quite easily qualify for the term. Nu-metal was still around strong, and Dredg had a considerable deal to do with it, especially in their debut album Leimotif (as I retrospectively checked out), although they always had a more mellow and more "substantial" side. So, as I was mainly surrounded by garage punk noise on my speakers, Catch Without Arms stuck with me in an unexpected way. Back then, fans were accusing Dredg of imitating Radiohead or even somewhat going towards Coldplay, but, coming from a "virgin" musical environment in relation to the specific genre, I found a record that I could not stop listening to for months. Not complicated but direct warm melodies, supported by dynamic orchestration and Gavin Hayes' powerful vocals made for an album that can be with you everywhere; in friendly gatherings as much as in lonely cardrives. I couldn't exactly specify favourite tracks as I always devoured this album as a whole and it's full of beautiful ideas and memorable moments, but I guess I have to mention the incredible closer "Matroshka" or "Bug Eyes" with its amazing melody.

This is the only album I loved from Dredg, as I hadn't caught them before that and the next ones were kind of too "proggy" for me; but the musical timing on Catch Without Arms sounded just perfect. I have to say again that a Dredg fan would most probably have more to say about this album or its significance in the band's discography or why it is (not) their best one etc., but me, I found myself compelled to write a few words as to me this is a collection of tunes that has kept me company since their release and that it would surely be among my definite all-time favourite albums, had I ever been forced to make one. You would do very well to discover it, I think.



Friday, May 31, 2019

Jesus Chrüsler Supercar - Lücifer (2019)

Here it is finally in my hands, the new Jesus Chrüsler Supercar album that has been anticipated for months. The Swedes are considered to be the most definite version of death 'n' roll these days, a sound that was boldly established by grandmasters Entombed in the mid-'90s and unfortunately wasn't meant to be followed by many since.

Jesus Chrüsler Supercar do very well to hold the death 'n' roll flag up high, that is for the fans of the genre. For the rest, I'm not so sure. Don't get me wrong, this is a great album and I've been listening to it in repeat mode the past week. And, after the initial excitement, I'm both happy and a bit sad to say that Lücifer is a pure Entombed-worship album; I will explain in a while. Jesus Chrüsler Supercar have been dancing around it since their beginning and there never was any doubt about it, but with their third album they are hitting the spot 100%, as it sounds almost like To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth was the only album they've been listening to ever since it got out. Lücifer sounds like it in regards to the compositions and riffing, even down to the production sound, even to the distortion in the vocals. Everything smells of Boss HM-2 while the songs reminisce of Entombed classics; for instance, "High Times for Low Crimes" bears a "Like This with the Devil" structure, "Boogeyman" is a mix of "Damn Deal Done" and "Uffe's Horrorshow" with a "Lights Out" ending, "Straight to Hell"'s chorus can't help but bring "They" to mind, etc.

To a die-hard fan of the Entombed star line-up (that is, the one of To Ride, Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth), this is pure orgasm, and this is why I'm so happy, as I said above. But, to more generic listeners, I really don't know how much the appeal will be. Lücifer is objectively a very well done and thought-of record in terms of quality, but with a very specific thing in the minds of its creators; and this is why it probably won't be as widely accepted as the band generally deserves. I, for one, am to keep blasting this thing over and over again, and it will surely be on my top albums list of the year. But for the sake of their future, I really hope that Jesus Chrüsler Supercar got it out of their system this time around, and that they will return in time with something more personal and original.


Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.59 – 29/05/2019

Rodon Underground vol.59 - 29/05/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Earth - Cats on the Briar
2. Vientre - Semillas
3. Cave In - Winter Window
4. Black Doldrums - There Is No Eye
5. Head On - Life Seems Johnny Rotten
6. The Big Nose Attack - Heat of the Night
7. Φαλκονέρα - Ηλεκτρισμός
8. The Jackets - Loser's Lullaby
9. Amyl and the Sniffers - Control
10. Gaahls WYRD - Carving the Voices
11. Numenorean - Adore
12. Deadwitch - Decaying Mind
13. Confusion Master - Reaper's Fist
14. Wine from Tears - Whales Swim Up
15. Gagulta - Long Live the Undead
16. Jesus Chrüsler Supercar - Never Sleep Again
17. Entombed - Left Hand Path (live)





Sunday, May 26, 2019

Straitjacket Fit - The End (2019)

This one came out of the blue and it just blew me away. Straitjacket Fit are from the Greek city of Patra and their fate had been unknown for 10 years, since their second album, Lies. The special thing about this band is that they always lived by a certain code, according to which they never received money for their music, played live only in squats and free places without any economic payback, and generally refused to be part of the "music labels slavery trade", as they called it.

Reaching today, it seems that Straitjacket Fit had recorded their new album The End (a title that signals that this is their final release maybe?) in 2014, and just now they are finally ready to release it. And this is a pleasant surprise, to say the least. The band continues to demonstrate their unique alternative mix of rock, with the Primus-esque bass and the whole Faith No More intensity, to name only a couple of influences off the top of my head. Yes, it all does reek of the '90s, but it sounds anything but outdated, with their certain noise rock chaos being put in a strange order by the almost math structures. This is not just dry experimentation, but it rather exhales rock 'n' roll with every note. Check out one of the albums of the year and download it freely at the band's bandcamp site.

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.58 - 22/05/2019

Rodon Underground vol.58 - 22/05/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Dury Dava - Σάτανα
2. Death and Vanilla - Nothing Is Real
3. The Coathangers - Bimbo
4. Jack Oblivian - Good Time Bad Girl
5. Diät - Foreign Policy
6. The Hives - I'm Alive
7. The Sick Things - Sick Things
8. Desertörerna - Rödvin & Betong
9. Kardinal Synd - Där Vi Bor
10. The Short Fuses - The Pink
11. Mary's Kids - Ill of the Dead
12. High on Fire - Vagabond of the Western World
13. Iron Lamb - Erase/Rewind
14. Nale - Death, Skulls & Satan
15. Khiis - Venom
16. Krause - The Rough Beast of Unpleasantness
17. Torche - Slide
18. Swordwielder - Violent Revolution
19. The Body - MIT
20. Kat Katz & Andy Gibbs - Sounding Stair
21. Akvan - Fereydoon's Revenge





Thursday, May 16, 2019

The Reverend Beasts - s/t (2019)

The Reverend Beasts are the new rock 'n' roll sensation from Thessaloniki, Greece and, without even knowing, I was always waiting for them, especially after the disbanding of De Sades. Well, the Reverend Beasts more or less pick up where the unjustly late De Sades left things off, only this time with more garage appeal stepping on Radio Birdman as much as on Roky Erickson as much as on the Sonics as much as on the Dirtbombs etc; I think you get the idea and more words would be unnecessary. Seven new songs of pure garage rock 'n' roll are delivered  in our hands, making it the ideal way for the Reverend Beasts to introduce themselves and to make us anxiously anticipate a full-length release. I know I do.

Rodon Underground vol.57 - 15/05/2019

Rodon Underground vol.57 - 15/05/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Fuku - Basco
2. Death Hawks - Whisper
3. Vånna Inget - Främlingar
4. Saint Agnes - The Witching Hour
5. Undertheskin - Borderline
6. Drab Majesty - Ellipsis
7. Idle Hands - Nightfall
8. Outshine - We Are Broken
9. Perfect Mess - Bright Side
10. Dendrites - Leave Me Behind
11. Institute - Dazzle Paint
12. Straitjacket Fit - Hope Holder
13. Great Grief - Pathetic
14. Tripsitter - Remains
15. Alien Weaponry - AHI KĀ
16. Dark Castle - Withdraw Yourself
17. Agenda - Suffer
18. Martyrdöd - Rännilar
19. Eyehategod - Three Black Eyes
20. Cult of Luna - The Silent Man





Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Rodon Underground vol.56 - 08/05/2019

Rodon Underground vol.56 - 08/05/2019
Rodon FM 95 (Serres, Greece), http://rodonfm.net
Wednesdays 21:00-23:00 CET+2
playlist:

1. Their Methlab - A Call to Arms
2. Halocraft - Chains for the Sea
3. Life on Venus - What Lies Beneath
4. Oathbreaker - Ease Me
5. Dreadnought - It Took the Flood
6. Bright Curse - Time of the Healer
7. Lykantropi- Wild Flowers
8. Abramis Brama - Vem är du?
9. Cargo Lift - I Won't Fall
10. Idles - Mercedes Marxist
11. L7 - Stadium West
12. Strängen - Bangatan
13. EPA - Alaska
14. Jönzzonligan - Morgonrock
15. The Beggar Belief - All Our Known Devices
16. "Demons" - Street Corner of No Return
17. The Hip Priests - Stand for Nothing
18. No Problem - Say Goodbye
19. Charger - Crackdown
20. Victims - The Horse and Sparrow Theory
21. Jesus Chrüsler Supercar - Lucifer





Monday, April 29, 2019

No Problem - Let God Sort'em Out (2018)

This is yet another one that escaped last year's top 20 list, and it sounds like it would have snuck in there quite easily, had I taken notice in time. No Problem from Edmonton, Alberta are a DIY hardcore outfit that I daresay stands out of the rich Canadian punk scene. Let God Sort'em Out is the band's third full-length release. The album has a direct and explosive starting point which is constantly enriched with melodic experimentation throughout, the way punk bands like the Wipers used to approach their material. The final result makes for a really interesting listen that doesn't miss an inch of its explosiveness and aggressiveness. No Problem is one of today's bands that attribute a certain freshness to hardcore punk, without compromising its edge.

Let God Sort'Em Out is out on vinyl through Taken By Surprise records, whose roster is interesting to say the least, and it's out there for you to check out.