Category: SKATE PUNK
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Good Riddance – Thoughts And Prayers LP (Fat Wreck Chords)
Good Riddance is definitely one of those bands who can brag with the fact they never recorded a bad album in their entire career and after more than successful Peace In Our Time which has been published back in 2015, they’ve managed to treat us with another great album called Thoughts And Prayers which has…
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Forever Unclean – Woof EP (Disconnect Disconnect / Hidden Home Records / Bearded Punk / Pee Records)
You’re craving for some relatively cheerful mid-tempo tunes full of melancholic melodies and singalongs? Then Woof EP by Forever Unclean will be right up your alley. Perhaps I am a bit late with discovering this band but better late than never. Forever Unclean are coming from Copenhagen, Denmark and Woof EP is their third release…
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Fine Dining – Grass Fed Tunes CD (Emmer Effer Records)
Fine Dining is a skate punk band from Los Angeles, CA comprised of veteran punk rock musicians who wanted to offer something more than just plain and simple punk rock. The band consists of Chris Navarrete on vocals, Kevin Wells on guitar, Simon Johnson on drums and Paul Minor on the bass. If I am…
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Chilton – Little Birds (Dead Broke Rekerds)
Chilton is a brand new band based in Brooklyn, New York curated by Josh Carothers of IFarm & Earworms. When the Earworms disbanded in 2017, he decided to start a melodic punk rock band, so he made a call to Bill Stevenson from pioneering punk bands such as Black Flag, Descendents and ALL to jump…
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Getting Away With Treason – Welcome
Can’t even remember when I was this excited while listening to some new music, especially because it’s one of my favorite genres, melodic hardcore punk. But it would be so foolish of me if I would just categorize Getting Away With Treason as just a plain and simple melodic hardcore punk band. Their debut material…
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Stanis – Tales From A Modern Society LP (Punk & Disorderly Records)
Stanis is powerful melodic punk rock trio from Bologna, Italy who are pretty much following the tradition of a classic 90s skate punk music. Their tracks are melodic, short and fast like all the skatepunk tunes should be. The band was formed back in 2016. and so far they’ve published Stanis EP in 2017. and…
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The Decline – Verge Collection (Pee Records)
Brand new CD by The Decline is here and this time they’ve decided to put three new tunes for our listening pleasure. Hailing from Adelaide, Australia, they’ve come a long way from a classic skate punk band to much more pop-punk sounding band and that’s hearable in their music. The Decline are flirting with classic…
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Skatecrime – Up Your Curb EP
Skatecrime is hardcore punk band hailing from Port St. Lucie, Florida and Up Your Curb is their debut EP release which contains seven songs, five tunes being their own and two covers songs are Everything Turns Grey by Agent Orange and Young Till I Die by 7 Seconds. Speaking of Skatecrime, there are a lot…
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Dead Fish – Ponto Cego LP (Deckdisc)
Dead Fish are Brazilian melodic punk rock trio which has been active since 1991. Years of constant activity bring certain skills to the table, so diversity in sound is more than hearable throughout Ponto Cego. Beside ordinary skate punk sound, Dead Fish are blending elements of hardcore punk, sludge, indie, but the songs are unified…
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Spoilers – Recently Re-Released LP (Various Labels)
Due to the enormous percentage of melodic punk rock bands nowadays, the scene somehow lost that classic punk rock feel. The bands are aiming high by various techniques, desperately grabbing the listeners by their shoulders, picking up the entire crews to promote their music, but a lot of them simply don’t have what it takes.…
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Dustbox – The Awakening CD (Machine Records)
Dustbox are skatepunk trio from Tokyo, Japan which has been pretty much active since 1999. They’ve published eight full-length albums and couple of mini albums in their twenty-year lasting career, so The Awakening is a brand new offering by these guys. The band is also active as a live act, so it seems Dustbox are…
