OCTOBER 2012 (updated: 3rd edition)

A month stuffed with some really good lineups, and only one major crash. Just awesome!

1st: ALERT! ALERT! (pl/es) + THE WAR GOES ON @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, 40 dkk
Hardcore with people from Belgrado. 

5th: FRUSTRATION (us) + ROYAL INCEST (helltown) @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, 50 DKK
Raw hc/punk with members from Consume and snotty hc punk from Helltown!

5th: COMMIE COWBOYS + SUBHERO @ PH Caféen, 21.00, free. 

6th: ISKRA (can) + AHNA (can) + AGE OF WOE (swe) @ Helltown, Elværket Helsingør, 21.00, price TBA
Black/crust gig with one of the more famous bands in that genre. If you're into that, don't miss

7th: THE SHRINE (us) + COMMIE COWBOYS (kbh) @ Ungdomshuset, 20.00, 30 dkk + donations.

11th: VOIVOD (can) + UNKIND (sf) @ Loppen, 21.00, 150 DKK (presale)
I have no idea if they are still good live, but if you had the money, then who wouldn't wanna see Voivod?

12th: WHITE LUNG (us)+ COUNTDOWN TO ARMAGEDDON (us) + METRO CULT (kbh) @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, 50 DKK.

13th: ANGER BURNING (swe)+ EARTH CRUST DISPLACEMENT (de) @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, 50 DKK
Raw hardcore and crust ala Peacebastard supported by local grindcrusters!

14th: UFOMAMMUT (it) + INCOMING CEREBRAL OVERDIVE @ Loppen, 21.00, 80 dkk
Heavy psych-ish sludge

12-13th: MALMÖ HARDCORE FEST w/ tons of local Malmö bands + more bands TBA @ Bryggeriets Skatepark på Ystadvägen 46, 214 45 MALMÖ, 1 day 100 SEK, 2 days 150 SEK. 
All the local Malmö bands get together!


16th: PILGRIM (US) + SATURNALIA TEMPLE (S) + THE MONOLITHS @ Loppen, 21.00, 60 DKK.
Doom!


18th: NO TOLERANCE (us) + GIVE (us)+ HALSHUG (dk) @ KB18, 21.00, 50 dkk


19th: TUMOR WARLORD + METRO CULT + MOTH + CHAINSAW EATERS @ Elværket, Helsingør, 21.00, price TBA


19th: BEBOP AND ROCKSTEADY BARNIGHT @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, free.
Cheap beers and ABC-solidarity.



21st: Sunday Raw Punk Apocalypse w/ D-CLONE (jp)+ KONTATTO (it)+ DEATH TOKEN + INFERNÖH (se) @ Ungdomshuset, 20.00, 50 DKK
Amazing lineup with some of the best local bands. Kontatto plays killer rawpunk/crust and D-Clone needs no explanation. Go or be forever miserable. 


22nd: NEGATIVE APPROACH + PRIMITIVE RITES (se) + DOGMATIST @ Stengade, 21.00, 70 dkk. 
Legendary hardcore and local goodies!

24th-28th (or 27th): UNGDOMSHUSET 30th ANNIVERSARY. I could brag on about this, but lets keep it simple:

• Wednesday programme: Doom metal night with some really good names
• Thursday programme: Galla-peoples kitchen, afterparty and much more
• Friday programme: BOMBEREGN reunion plus shitloads of good punk/rock/hardcore/metal bands
• Saturday programme: GADE X reunion, hangout and shitloads of dance music

Of course there will happen a lot of stuff all the days, so keep looking at the links for more info. Too much to post here. If you like the house, this will be a weekend not to miss.

August 2012: Back to school (of rock) - UPDATED again

AUGUST 2012

1st: EYEHATEGOD (us) + BOTTOM FEEDER @ Beta, door 17.00, 150 DKK (presale)
Some of the best sludgestuff around at all. Part of Beta's dirty days of summer triple-concerts.

3rd: PUNKS UNDEAD w/ GREEN RIVER KILLER + PINK CHAMPAGNE BOYZ + LOSING MUST + SELVKRITIK @ Huset i Magstræde, door 20.00, 40 DKK.

4th: Bus-trip to demonstration in Stockholm against EDL @ Blaagaards Plads
Bus is 200 DKK, and bookings have to be made in advance (!!!). Bus leaves at 23 in the evening.

4th: VACCINE (us) + DEATHRITE (de) + PISS VORTEX + BRUDTE LØFTER @ KB18, door 21.00, 40 DKK.
A grindy night with mixed bands, some more grindy than others. Bookers promise some crusty stuff as well.

10th-12th: PARAMOUNT DIY-Festival @ Paramount DIY in Roskilde, door ? (probably around 18-ish), 120 DKK for all weekend.
One of the years last punk-ish festivals. Very mixed bands, the friday being more crusty and d-beaty than the saturday.

10th: ADOLESCENTS (us) + COMMIE COWBOYS + SURT SHOW @ Stengade, door 22.00, 80 DKK (cheaper presale for 10th+11th at Stengade is availible here)
80's hardcore meets bands that sounds like 80's hardcore. CC just released a very nice 7-inch.

11th: PROJEKT ANTIFA 3 YEAR BIRTHDAY AND SUPPORT PARTY w/ many names, incl. 6 punk-bands @ Ungdomshuset, door 17.00, 40 DKK before 20.00, 60 after.
Big-ass party with loads of stuff. The "Dödsmaskinen" will be filled with good punk and hardcore.

11th: ZERO BOYS (us) + BRUDTE LØFTER + D.D.B (esbjerg) @ Stengade, door 22.00, 80 DKK
Straight forward hardcorepunk-night with both old legends and upcoming danish bands.

15th: KYLESA (us) + DEVILLE (s) @ Gimle in Roskilde, door 20.00, 100 DKK (presale)
Last time Kylesa visited Copenhagen (at Beta) it was super good. Way better live than on records, so check it out, even if you're not into their releases.

17th: DEMONSTRATION, FREE PUSSY RIOT @ Kristiania
gade 5, København Ø, 16.00

17th: NORDVEST TRASH ATTACK w/ BATTERY + IMPALERS + GARBAGE DAY @ Ungdomshuset, 20.00, 40 DKK.
New bookers giving the thrash a try in Ungdomshuset. Promises to provide extreme party times, cocktails and a video-store? Interesting!

18th: Street Party w/ DÅRLIGT SELSKAB @ Fensmarksgade, punkrock at 21.00, no entry fee
Regular citizens organized street party - with a twist.

18th: BARNIGHT AT UNGDOMSHUSET
Cozy barnight, supports Anarchist Black Cross

23rd: GOVERNMENT FLU + COMMIE COWBOYS/soli party @ Bumzen, 21.00-late, 30 DKK.
Soli-party with good hardcore acts. CC just released a new 7'', and GF played a good gig at K-Town Hc Fest.

24th: ARTILLERY + MAINPOINT (de) + DIRETONE @ Lygten St., door 20.00, 70 DKK (presale)
Metal always fucking rules, and it's always fun to see some of the danish bands who became known outside of the underground.

25th: 90's BARNIGHT AT UNGDOMSHUSET
Crazy 90's dance music and cheap beers

26th: DOGMATIST + HAGGATHA (can) + LOWER @ Bumzen, door 20.00, 40 DKK
Sludgy night with a hardcore/punk touch to it.

29th: TERROR (us) + NAYSAYER (us) + BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL (uk) @ Beta, door 20.00, 170 DKK (presale)
Pretty famous hardcore act with some metalcore references (you know it, angry balded men with shorts and sneaks).

30th: D-TAKTS TORSDAG w/ SOCIAL CHAOS (br) + LAUTSTÜRMER (malmö) + CRUTCHES (malmö) @ Rex in Malmö, price ?, 20.00 - ends early be there on time!
D-beat amok, first concert with Crutches in a while!

30th+31st (ends on sep. 2nd): KILLTOWN DEATH FEST 2012 @ Loppen and Ungdomshuset, door 375 DKK (for all days, various options. See presale)
The good folks behind the two last killtowns and the doomtown festival does it again. Extremely nice programme, so go check it out! You should volunteer if you can - info is on the website.

New project on the way: Active bands in DK

Because of the (until now) total mess that is the danish punk/hc/metal/crust/grind/etc diy-scene, some friends and me have decided to start up a new project on the most extensive danish punk and hardcore download-site, The Fat Punk.

The project is very simple: Gather info's on all active bands for people to see. 
You can check it out here. If you have something to add, contact the webmaster at The Fat Punk here.

While it is not so extensive at the moment, we're planning on providing more info and in time, even try to cover those bands who once where. More on that when it happens.  

Untill then, remember to check out the calendar for July!

JULY 2012, UPDATED: No holiday for the punks

Ungdomshuset is having a summer-break for most of, but that doesn't mean nothings going on! Tons of good gigs will take place, so if you're broke like me and can't afford going to some fancy palm-tree infested tourist hell, summers' saved!

1st: Wormrot (jp) + Evisorax (uk) + Dead Instrument (k-town) + Solid Noise (k-town) @ Bumzen, 21.00-late, 40 DKK.
Evil grindcore, and i mean very evil. Some of the best stuff around according to people involved in that scene. Dead Instrument has just released a new LP by the way.
BANDLINKS: WORMROT [] EVISORAX [] DEAD INSTRUMENT [] SOLID NOISE

11-14th: Metal Magic Festival @ Ungdommens Hus, Fredericia, no idea about price...
Up for traveling? Metal festival, many decent names on the programme, and the site is very nice. I can in NO WAY recommend Hell, man they suck ass. One band i definately CAN recommend is Antichrist who ruled at Muskelrock.

21st: 1 Day Hardcore Showdown @ Pumpehuset, 16.00-late, 240 (shit...) DKK.
Four bands who i'm really looking forward to see, the other four bands i don't see as a meaningfull part of a Poison Idea-gig, but well, it's the friggin' self-proclaimed kings of punk, so be there or regret it badly.
BANDLINKS (to the ones that don't sound like nu-metal): POISON IDEA [] HÅRDA TIDER [] NIGHT FEVER [] MUNICIPAL WASTE

22nd: Crazy Spirit (us) + Death Token + Sexdrome + The War goes on @ KB18, 20.00-late, 60 DKK.
Hardcore and punkrock, whats not to like?
BANDLINKS: CRAZY SPIRIT [] DEATH TOKEN [] SEXDROME [] TWGO

27th: Coke Bust (us) + Sick Fix (us) + Scavenger Brats + The Monoliths @ Bumzen, 20.00-03.00 (probably), 50 DKK.
Good addition to what seems to be two pretty badass hardcore weeks. Two good hc edge bands from the states, good local thrash/punk and something i've never seen live before. Always good.
BANDLINKS: COKE BUST [] SICK FIX [] SCAVENGER BRATS [] THE MONOLITHS 


23rd-29th: CPH QUEER FESTIVAL @ Ungdomshuset, from early 'till late all days. Entry is for free, donations is suggested!
Workshop-focused queer-festival, always a good visit, interesting stuff. The idea is to create a space without heterosexism, homofobia and the like, learn and share ideas and thoughts.

May 2012

Not as updated as i would like to, and i didn't have time for descriptions. I will do some soon though - promise!

2nd: Backtrack (us) + Hårda Tider (se) + Cornered (nl) + Primitive Rites (se) @ Hemgården, Lund. 18.30-22.00. 80 SEK (presale).

BANDLINKS: BACKTRACK [] HÅRDA TIDER [] CORNERED [] PRIMITIVE RITES

3rd-6th: HEAVY DAYS IN DOOMTOWN @ Stengade, Ungdomshuset and Loppen, K-Town. 

Tons of bands, tons of info. Easiest is, if you check it out by following the link. This is definately on of the things you should use your hard-earned money for this month. 

4th: Commemoration of Denmarks liberation on may 4th 1945 @ Halmtorvet, K-Town. 19.30.

5th: Bicycle trip to sites related to the liberation after WW2 @ Frihedsmuseet, K-Town. 12.00.

7th: Helltown: Link (be) + Molested (dk) @ Elværket, Helsingør. 20.00-late. 30 DKK. 

BANDLINKS: LINK [] MOLESTED

9th: Danava (us) + Pyramido (se) @ Karavan, Malmö. 20.00-?. 50 SEK (membership required, look at the link. 

BANDLINKS: DANAVA [] PYRAMIDO

11th: The Spits (us) + Cola Freaks + Genital Hospital (can) @ Elværket, Helsingør. 21.00-late. 40 DKK. 

BANDLINKS: THE SPITS [] COLA FREAKS [] GENITAL HOSPITAL

12th: Helltown: Cluster-Bomb Unit (de) + Yacøpsæ (de) + Reactory (de) + Märesvin (k-town) + Ursut (se) @ Elværket, Helsingør. 20.00-late. 40 DKK. 

BANDLINKS: CLUSTER-BOMB UNIT [] YACØPSÆ [] REACTORY [] MÄRESVIN [] URSUT

18th: Freaks Night Out @ Ungdomshuset, K-Town. 21.00-late. 50 DKK.

A lot of stuff going down, expect a freakish night at Ungdomshuset. Check the link for full info.

19th: Party for your right to fight back - AFA's 20th birthday @ Ungdomshuset, K-Town. 21.00-late. 50 DKK.

A huge lineup, to huge for this page to handle. Check out the link. The list includes Oi Polloi (sco), Commie Cowboys (k-town) and Hårda Tider (se)!

24th: Torsdagsinferno vol. 3: No Rest (bra) + Solid Noise (k-town) + Royal Incest (dk) + Sepsis (k-town) @ Ungdomshuset, K-Town. 20.00-late. Price TBA. 

BANDLINKS: NO REST [] ROYAL INCEST [] SEPSIS

25th: DE HØJE HÆLE release party + Hunx and his Punx (us) + Tumor Warlord (k-town) + The Monoliths (dk) + First Flush (dk) @ Stengade, K-Town. 21.00-late. 50 DKK.

BANDLINKS: DE HØJE HÆLE [] HUNX AND HIS PUNX [] TUMOR WARLORD [] THE MONOLITHS [] FIRST FLUSH

30th-june 3rd: Distortion ripoff @ Folkets Park, K-Town

If youre not on Muskelrock, you should check this out. To be short: Distortion CPH sucks ass and commercializes street-parties, but now some fresh Nørrebro-people are taking the streets back. 

Videos and photos from the Raw Birth Recs support party

Some photos and videos from the gig this weekend (saturday, april 7th) are up, so if you can't remember why your body feels like its been hammered into a brick wall, this should help you remember. What a night!

PHOTOS (facebook, might not work for all of you)

With the support, Raw Birth recs will be able to make three releases (two of them sponsored by the gig). According to them it will be:

Bottom Feeder, EP - RBR002
Patologism, Selftitled Tape RBR003
Dead Instrument, Violent Death LP - RBR004

By the way the photos and videos are not mine, thanks to those who made it...

New speed/thrash-metal on the block

Some of the locals are starting a new metal band called Invasion! Already now some rehearsing-sounds are up, find it here. Sounds like a band thats going to do quite a few gigs later this year, so keep your eyes open.

Videos from the death gig, march 10th

MOLD (kbh)
PUSTULATION (aalborg)
CEREKLOTH (aalborg)

Thanks to whoever uploaded this, i'm still amazed how good sound can be made with a small handheld camera(!).

First bands for K-TOWN HARDCORE FEST 2012 released!

So, the first bands for the K-Town Hardcore Fest have been released, you can have a look at their Blogger-profile here. A facebook-event is up as well.

There will be more bands (up to 20!) added, so keep looking at their site.

Shits going down: MARCH 2012

Tons of stuff to do this month! There has been some minor changes in the way i do this, hope it works out for ya. I'll of course update if neccesary.

1st: March 1st Demonstration from Dortheavej 61, 17.00

As most of you know, some Christian fucktards decided to destroy the old Ungdomshuset on this day, five years ago. In remembrance, some activists have arranged a demonstration, going from the new Ungdomshuset, past Jagtvej 69, ending at Folkets Park.

2nd: Spiders (se) + Doublestone at Stengade, 21.00, 60 kr.

Sounding a like the soundtract to a Tarantino-movie, Spiders will be a really good gig, no doubt! To be honest, i have no idea on what Doublestone's about (but i've heard they are really good!).

8th: Grave Desecrator (bra) + War-Head (cro) + Sejr at Mayhem, 21.00, 40 kr.

Brutal black/death from Brazil supported by Croatian thrash, whats not to like? A local (to me unknown) band called Sejr will appear as well. 

9-10th: No Borders Fest // Ktown meets Malmö at Ungdomshuset, two days, 50 kr a day.

Two days of punk, hardcore and crust. A massive lineup that deserves its own blog-post. Check out my bla bla bla here.

10th: Documentary-premiere: "Bombemordet i Søllerødgade" at Støberiet, 19.00.

A terror-attack on a socialist group, ending with one dead, has extra attention this year, since it is 20 years ago on march 16th. A producer-team presents their brand-new movie on the bombing.

10th: Cerekloth + Pustulation + Mold at Stengade, 21.00, 60 kr.

Mean and evil death in various forms. Both Cerekloth and Pustulation should be checked out, Cerekloth did a great gig at KTDF as far as i remember! Mold is brand-new, and word on the street says they delivered an impressive concert last time they did a gig.

12th: Crude (jp) + Backlash (fin) + Dogmatist at Stengade, 21.00, 40 kr.

Crude speaks for itself, this will get messy. Backlash is straight forward hardcore and Dogmatist is one of K-Towns newest HC-installments. Whats not to like?

16th: "Duk dig ikke, duk op", at Blågårds Plads, 17.00.
Demonstration in remembrance of the above mentioned terror-attack.

16th: Moonless album-release party, at Loppen, 21.00, 40 kr.

One of my absolute favorite bands at the moment finally has a record release (so far, only a demo and some online stuff has been released). The gig features Moonless, The War Goes On, Torchlight and one more tba!

23rd: Dig og Mig + MOR + Afdeling O + Dj Rabalder, at Elværket (Helsingør), 21.00, 40 kr.

Up for some catchy (all most too catchy) pop-punk with lyrics taken from an old No Hope For The Kids song? Well then you should go for this gig, with Dig og Mig, electro-punk locals Mor, a to me unknown band called Afdeling O and DJ Rabalder.

24th: Miasmal (se) + Molok + Hekla, at Elværket (Helsingør), 21.00, 40 kr.
I'm not really into black, so i'll only be able to say some words on Miasmal.
A heavy deathband from around Gothenburg that did a killer gig at KTDF (was it last year??). Got a crusty edge, and it is clear, that some one in that band has done several d-beat acts before. Some of the best death scandinavia can show in my book!

29th: Fuck The Facts + Slaktattack + Green River Killer + Solid Noise, at Ungdomshuset, 20.00, 50 kr.

One hefty lineup closes down this month (lets see if more turns up as always...). Fuck The Facts does an insanely good grind-act, Slaktattack brings the crusty edge with d-beat as only swedes can provide, Green River Killer mixes metal and grind, and last but not least, Solid Noise is a brand new promising grind-band from Ungdomshuset!

31st: Århus for mangfoldighed 

Important demonstration against fascists from EDL and DDL, not to miss. There will be buses from Copenhagen, so no excuse...

Closer look: No Borders Fest at Ungdomshuset

The No Borders-fest at Ungdomshuset, march 9-10th, will present some of the new-ish bands from the K-Town and Malmö scene. Because of that, i'd like to line them up, and add some links and words on the bands. The order of bands is not availible at the moment, so they are in random, except date of course.

You can find the organizers invitation here

Friday, march 9th, doors at 21.00, 50 kr.: 

URSUT (malmö)
From Malmö and the surrounding area, Ursut is in-line with the swedish crusty d-beat tradition. Having just released a new LP (which is really good, and way beyond the first stuff), Ursut will be an interesting concert. Last time they visited Ungdomshuset was at DIY Punk Fest 2011, one of the best concerts at that festival.

LAUTSTÜRMER (malmö)
Well, it's hard to say much about Lautstürmer that hasn't been said before, especially since they've been on the scene longer than i, haha. Brutal d-beat madness, about to release (very soon!) a new 7'', the rumour says.

SUBHERO (k-town)
Subhero emerge from the Ungdomshuset practice-spaces, and took over the cross-over sound that Chainsaw Brigade (sometimes) did. Then add some serious guitar-shredding, and there we go. Having just released a demo and continuously writing new material, it will be interesting to see what these guys are up to.

BRUDTE LØFTER (k-town)
Brand new band, doing the more traditional K-Town hardcore-thing. Reminds a lot of Amdi Petersens Armé (absolutely not a bad thing). They have just recorded some fast demo-tracks, but have already gotten shitloads of gigs. 

UPPGÅNG OCH FALL (malmö)

There is something with swedes and catchy as hell punkrock, and this is another proof of that. Another (almost) brand-new punk band, that could be placed genre-wise close to swedish Terrible Feelings.

Saturday, march 10th, doors at 20.00 (remember afternoon-programme from 16.00), 50 kr.: 

ANATOMI 71 (malmö)
Well, on with d-beat again, another one of the käng-torchbearer bands. This one has a lot of records and gigs behind them, so you're in for a treat. Actually i've never seen them before, so i'm very pep myself!

COMMIE COWBOYS (k-town)
Good, cathcy and snotty punkrock with references to the late 70's. Promising band that has done quite a few gigs during the past months. Gotta say i love the name too, especially 'cause it fits the genre so well.

DÅRLIGT SELSKAB (k-town)
"Old" punx (from tons of old bands - the ones every k-town punk knows) get together, and starts a new band, making the name "Bad Company" (translated) even better. No one has heard them except themselves, meaning it will be a must-see concert.

CRUTCHES (malmö)
New d-beat madness with members from various Malmö-based bands. Releasing a demo very soon (rumour has it that you'll be able to buy it at the festival) with a good amount of their material. More hardcore-inspired than the classic käng-styled bands, and damn, its fast!

THE WAR GOES ON (k-town)
Where to start... This band has members from all around the K-Town scene, but frankly it speaks very much for it self. Dangerously cathcy melodic punkrock with the most embittered lyrics you'll find - ever. Really good, and one of my favorite live acts.




Thats all the bands! DJ's will appear as well, and much more stuff is going on, but i'll leave the non-musical parts to you. Check the link at the top!

Changes to the blog

I'm in the middle of changing minor problems here, as well as adding stuff/removing stuff. I hope it won't look too messy.

First of all, i'm changing a little in the design, so that links will be easier to spot. Hope it works for ya.
Secondly - and more important, i am going to make a page called "Places". It will be a short guide to some places you wanna check out for concerts, hangout, flyers etc. I hope you will find it usable. K-Town natives probably won't since it is all common information.
Last, but not least, i'm updating the whole link-section, and enhancing the (until now) hopeless functionality.

Have a good one 'till next time (which will be soon)!
/A.S

Videos from the Bumzen-gig, friday feb. 10th

Some nice person uploaded a couple of videos from last fridays two debut-concerts with Brudte Løfter and Dogmatist. Next gig with Dogmatist (as far as i'm concerned) is at Stengade together with Crude(!!). Brudte Løfter will be playing (as far as...) at No Borders Fest together with 9 other bands.

In addition, Brudte Løfter has put up some demo-tracks on Bandcamp. Take a listen here!

On with the videos

 

New punk-grind on the block

A new band has emerged from the Ungdomshuset practice-spaces. The band is called Dræber Instinkt (Killer Instinct) and are in the bands own words "DIY punk-grind".

As is traditional for grind, the songs are very short, and vary from being around half a minute to one-and-a-half. Short, aggressive, distorted and with a lot of energy. Seems like a blockbuster to me.

I hope to see them on some stage soon!

Check out their demo at Soundcloud

Rumour-spreading: crusty-acts near K-town in april+may!

So as you might have guessed, this is about some bands showing up for gigs near Copenhagen. The bands are Instinct of Survival and Cluster Bomb Unit, both bands really worth your time!

April 21st
Instinct of Survival are scheduled to play at Elværket, Helsingør on 21st of april together with two local bands, Den Yderste Dag and Avfart 33. Some DJ-stuff appear to be booked as well, and word is that booking is not finished yet. Exciting!

Instinct of Survival are a stenchcore-band based in northern germany. Their music reminds a little of a crusty version of Bolt Thrower's earlier stuff. I especially find the vocals (2 of 'em) to be very well done, mean and brutal - and working very good together.
Den Yderste Dag, well i guess you know what it is, at least if you follow this blog or have checked out the links. Otherwise: do it, since i don't want to brag about my own band, ha!
Avfart 33 is a d-beat/raw-punk band from Malmö sweden. Since i just posted a blog about their new stuff, i think you should check it out there. And yes, their new stuff is still awesome!

May 12th
Cluster Bomb Unit are also going to play at Elværket, but on the 12th of may. No bands except them confirmed yet, but rumour is, that it will be a big one for crusties. Some DJ-booking is on its way though, or so i've heard.

Cluster Bomb Unit are also based in Germany. A quite old band, today they are still touring and doing lots of gigs. To be honest i don't know that much about them. Their sound is classic raw-punk-ish, but some of their stuff also has a much more crustpunk sound to it. I guess it's up to you to define.


Bottomline is: Shit is going down this spring.

While Copenhagen is sleeping, Malmö has awoken!

While Copenhagen currently lacks d-beat and crusty music (really, i can only think of one, maybe two, bands doing that stuff), Malmö has spawned a new band called Crutches (ok i lied a little, they have been around for awhile, rehersing).
The band has just made a webpage and some recordings soon to be released. They promise solid d-beat madness, so i'm looking much forward to that! You can visit their blog/website here. I'll bet they will have a gig in Copenhagen soon!

Another band deserving attention is Avfart 33. While the band has been around for quite some time, they just released new - and much improved - material. The record is a 12'' split with Gothenburg-based Insidious Process (also worth your while!), and damn, this record delivers. Normally a bands live-energy is hard to find on their records, but this is definately not the case with Avfart 33's new split. Also, the quality is very good, something those swedes are very good at. Check the record out here, buy it here (Distribution 61, open mondays and thursdays).

Guess i will be back soon with more shittalk, at least next months guide will be up - and i promise it will be filled with goodies!

Some updates

CRUSTMASS

Wow, Crustmass was a big succes, shitloads of people and awesome concerts!
I am going to wait a bit writing about that gig, since we're at the moment waiting for videos and pictures to be fixed. As soon as that happens it will be uploaded. From what i've heard, it is some good stuff... 

CALENDAR

The calendar feature will as well be updated pretty soon (after december 26th).

STUFF TO CHECK OUT

My bud K finally released his blog. Because of our common work, a lot of the stuff posted on our blogs about gigs will be similar, but our approach is often very different. 

A new distro in Ungdomshuset, called Distribution 61, opened recently, various political records ranging from hiphop to crustpunk. It's open at the same hours as the house's bookcafé. Check the hours here.

The Warsong/Nu Jävlar/Commie Cowboys-gig 4th of january will for sure be a blast, and since it's early next year, and therefore not in the calendar, here's a heads up.

EARLY FESTIVAL-GUIDE AND RUMOURS

2012 is almost here, and with a new year comes a lot of planning for next years festivals. 

For some time, Copenhagen has had a strong tradition when it comes to DIY music-festivals, in particular very focused ones, which i prefer over the larger ones like Roskilde and Wacken. I could write endless amounts of text on festivals, as there are so many, but here is the ones i find important for Copenhagen and i for sure will attend. At some point closer to the festivals i will write some more on them. 

Warning: Rumours and shittalk at the end of this article.

HEAVY DAYS IN DOOMTOWN, MAY 3rd-6th

Part of the group that did (and does) the succesfull Kill-town festival are doing a doom/sludge festival. This year it will take place in no less than 3 venues; Loppen, Stengade and of course Ungdomshuset. The bookers have promised no less than 28(!) bands, which is a huge amount for a first-timer. Pretty impressive! So far 21 bands are confirmed, check them out here. To be fair, i'm all new in the doom/sludge scene, but the local bands i've seen and heard many times, and they are very good. Check out Moonless, a very catchy and groovy band, amazing vocals and c-parts. Also, check out Pyramido, they got some extremely heavy and brutal riffs, which i'm a sucker for. Last but not least i am looking very much forward to see Aguirre, combines crust with doom/sludge, and they also just released new material, interesting stuff!

The festival will also include food and different activities, but the far most interesting thing except of course the music, will be the focus on DIY-art. You can read about that here.

MINI-BLACK METAL FESTIVAL, APRIL 20-21st

This festival as well will take place in Ungdomshuset,  and it is the first time - as far as i'm concerned, that anyone tries to make a more-than-one-day black metal only gig/festival. While i am not that much into black metal, i know that some of you out there are, so be sure to check this out! So far not much has been confirmed , but rumour has it, that a total of 6 black metal-bands will play over two days. At the moment three bands are confirmed, two anarchist (no bullshit) bands from Canada, Æsahættr and Thantifaxath. Solbrud is also confirmed, very good local stuff. 

Check this out by the way.

DIY PUNK FEST, JUNE

This festival is soon to be confirmed, but it will happen, and it will be as crazy as last year!

KILLTOWN DEATH FEST, SEPTEMBER

While 100% confirmed, no news on this festival at the moment, but judging from the two last years, it will be a blast. Focusing on death metal in all its forms, with bands both from Europe and abroad, this 2012 edition of this monster is certainly a no-miss.

Rumours and shittalk

Rumours are fun, and i bet some of this will be true, some not. 

No matter what, don't hold me acountible:

• The swedish Punk Illegal-festival will not happen, which sucks. I really hope the crew will do another one next year, as it was my favorite! Sadly this is not a rumour.
• There will - maybe - be a Copenhagen/Malmö hardcore and punk-fest in the beginning of march 2012. Nothing 100% confirmed, but if it will happen be sure to check it out.
• December 21st 2012 is of course the end of the world. Some kind of one-day festival will take place here. It will only be one day though. Reason? There is no the 22nd. 

OLD AND NEW GRAPHICS

Here's a bunch of flyers for past shows. Some of them i did together with my booking-buddy K and a couple i or he did alone. His blog should be up and running pretty soon... 

Original lineup, changed later due to some lineup-trouble for H1N1

MERRY CRUSTMASS AND A HORRIFIC NEWYEAR

First blog is a commercial. And it suits the season. What a start.
Well this is the deal: Some time ago a group of crusty bookers i K-Town did these awesome gigs called "Crust Mass", but there for a couple of years or so, so my buddy K and i thought: "Well this is a bloody shame, Hell, lets do it again!" 
It's going down like this:
4 crust-acts (some more rawpunk and dbeat than others). 3 of them is from Sweden (the land of crustpunk, IKEA and insanely expensive beer), fucking crusty dbeat destruction. Check them out here, here and here. The danish band is actually a project i'm involved in, no link yet. But come on k-town'ers: Start playing some stench/crust/dbeat!
Price is 50 DKK (may be lowered), its the 16th december from 21.00, in Ungdomshuset, Dortheavej 61, Copenhagen. 

See you there!

If i am still alive after this i will hopefully write some more or less constructive about the gig, possibly some reviews or something similar. Check back soon again...