Electric Citizen - Sateen

Electric Citizen are a rock band first and foremost. 

Early Pentagram is evident in some of the song compositions but this 

is over-shadowed by the heavy fuzzed, psych rock action that fuel these 

modern retro rockers.

Laura Dolan sings clear and loud with melodic bite and before 

long, Sabbath meets early Heart springs to mind. With none of

the Occult/Hammer overtones that seem to be the template for a lot

retro '70's bands, Electric Citizen instead have produced an album

full of authentic grooves and quick fire rockers that make me want

to dig out some flares and show the world how real air guitar is 

played.

For a first album, this shows a band with tunnel vision when it comes

to getting their raw sound out to the world. Coming out on July 1st,

this is going to feature heavily in my summer soundtrack.

Play the track below and feel the love.

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Thanks to Richard from Sheltered Life for sending this to me.

Archiv Hate - Issue No 10

Time once again to expand your mind as the
best looking and interesting web 'zine celebrates
issue no 10.

Long awaited Archiv Hate zine series #X. Great people have 

joined us, some of these words you will hear for the first time. 

Enjoy the interview with Topon Das of amazing Fuck The Facts 

& Merdarahta. Cover art is made by Dawid Schindler of Wroclaw 

based hardcore/ punk quartet Torn Shore. Latvian guy Jānis 

Kuzminskis shares details on building AttAck guitars. 

Danial Gambler is soaking hands deep in blood to deliver 

craziest stories on album reviews. Arturs Vilmanis did his first 

ever review on Maxime Taccardi OMM (one man metal)

 project K.F.R - كافر. Excellent chat with graphic designer 

Olaf Schindler, read every single word he says! 

Morgan Gleave sharing story of The Baba Yaga, a mythical 

female figure from Russian folklore. And big horns up goes 

to Michael Rekevics of Vilkacis!

It is free, which is amazing for this piece of on-line music/art
project. If you have not given it a go before, be brave now!

Read me!

Black Majik Acid gig

Music fiends and earhole abusers - the very fine and quite

possibly unhinged unit known as Black Majik Acid are

playing with a slew of other like minded beat combos.

If you live in the Sacramento area, go fucking see them.

Long live the underground.

Fucked Up - Glass Boys

Fucked Up are a punk band.

But how do you remain a punk band when you’re on 

magazine covers, or sharing stadium stages with the Foo Fighters?

Those are the questions that Fucked Up asks on “Glass Boys.” 

And they ask those questions in the form of a blazing, titanic, 

ultimately triumphant rock album. 

Their last album, “David Comes To Life” was a double LP 

with a sprawling collection of tracks and ambition. This time around, 

ten tracks manage to convey how others and indeed themselves deal with 

the perception of fame. As always, there is a depth of layers to the 

sonic barrage that will bear repeated listens.

Dense, heavy guitars drive these tracks along with controlled 

feedback and a vortex of sonic savagery but with the melodic 

arrangements turned up to “epic”, you have the paradox that is 

Fucked Up - brutal, searing riffs that have the power to uplift the 

spirit with song passages of tuneful grace and surging 

chorus structures.

“Pink Eyes” still sings like this will be his last chance to 

communicate with the world before his head explodes with his 

passion and commitment. This album will be in my best of the year list. 

Highly recommended.

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trying to sort things out. 

I will post when I can but hopefully will soon be able to fill your 

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