MyFriends: Bad Dreams Always, Dead Vows, Faster Katt, Kloak, Lögnhalsmottagningen, Ny Regim
Am I getting angrier as I get older? Or is it just nostalgia for the sounds I grew up with? Whatever it is, I sure am listening to a lot more punk and hardcore these days. Here are six bands in that style that caught my attention via myspace:
Bad Dreams Always
SOUNDS LIKE: Classic Swedish rå-punk/d-beat with a killer thrash/crossover edge. Fast and furious!
HIGHLIGHTS: Snutgris, The vengeance
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/bdahate
Dead Vows
SOUNDS LIKE: Gbg all-stars getting down and dirty. Far less convoluted than Repoman, but just as pissed.
HIGHLIGHTS: Both posted tracks are 100% awesome
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/deadvows
Faster Katt
SOUNDS LIKE: A bass/drums duo that actually kinda reminds me of local Olympia, WA acts of yore (GodHeadSilo anyone?), but far more harsh and evil. Or as they put it themselves, "demented". That's definitely an apt descriptor.
HIGHLIGHTS: Spade, Chillumbite
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/fasterkatt
Kloak
SOUNDS LIKE: Probably the most melodic act in this update, but also possibly the least coherent. Pure Danish noiserock weirdness!
HIGHLIGHTS: Each track is so different, it's worth checking 'em all out
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/aboygettingpregnant
Lögnhalsmottagningen
SOUNDS LIKE: This one's a bit different: old-school Swedish punk as played by the international duo of Stewart from Boyracer of Flagstaff, AZ and Martin from Swedish act The Faintest Ideas. It shouldn't work at all, but somehow it does!
HIGHLIGHTS: Svenssonliv, Va e poagen
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/lognhalsmottagningen
Ny Regim
SOUNDS LIKE: More old dudes teaching the kids how it oughta be done. Er, old enough to know better, I guess you could say. Anyhow, I feel a strong kinship here.
HIGHLIGHTS: Fondspara idiotklara, Ditt javla svin
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/nyregim