April 2011
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The Future (is) Now!
It's my Birthday!
Come party like you’re CoCo at x1984x’s Birthday Bash!!!! (That’s me.)
Tuesday, May 24th at Ziggy’s!
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More Zapiain reviews!
Suspect Device #52 And here comes another amazing UK band, though they have been around since 2006 apparently. And even better, they’re Northern! Making a beautiful noise in a Jawbreaker/Leatherface/Milloy/HWM kind of way and doing it so, so well. 10 tracks of varying tempos but all of the highest quality of songwriting and sounding like these guys really mean it, with the great gravelly...
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Transvestite & Random Conflict!
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Mild Peril review - Zapiain
A new album out by one of my favourite UK bands has to be a major event. Zapiain have always managed to release some great EPs in the past and I’ve been waiting patiently to get my hands on a full length-er. ‘Jibberjabber’ has 10 tracks in total of purely brilliant melodic punk, these are one of those bands who are lucky enough to have forged their own sound with every member...
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MRR reviews - Cigarette Crossfire & Shatterhand
Cigarette Crossfire - s/t 7” Usually when I get melodic stuff like this to review, the number one influence is Jawbreaker. I am happy to report that said influence is nowhere to be found with this one. I appreciate that. A lot. This Finnish band sounds like a cross between Leatherface and the one good Manifesto Jukebox EP. Overall, not bad, I must say. (BD)
Cigarette Crossfire /...
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C-Zine review - Zapiain
Reviewed by Andy Malcolm
Do you think there will ever come a time when there won’t be a band in the UK playing this style of melodic punk? I hope not. Zapiain follow in the footsteps of bands such as Hooton 3 Car and Southport, although ironically the band this reminds me most of is Caustic Soda who were from Australia. Even the main guys vocals sound a bit Australian which is...
