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.

Chaos fucking rules

SEE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM THE FESTIVAL HERE

Fucking amazing times where had at the 2012 edition of Ungdomshusets punk-festival. I think the videos and links above pretty much summarizes it all.
For you who didn't show up, Terveet Kädet and Deviated Instinct still fucking rules, and you can't hear any bit that they've gotten older. Amazing!
Other memorable concerts would be Infernöh (with one of the most insane moshpits ever to happen in Ungdomshuset, apparently), Death Token (with a seriously good set-list) and Warprayer (which you have to check out NOW if you don't know them already).

A 2013 edition will probably happen, so keep an eye on that.

June 2012: Mayhem ahead

For me, the most central event of this month will be the K-Town Hardcore festival, not only because i am involved in the whole thing, but also because so many new bands will be playing there as well as some of my personal favourites. Instead of writing a lot of yada about it, check the festivals own website here!

The rest of the month will roughly look like this. I don't have time for descriptions (i'm in exam-hell) but here we go. Sorry for the delay by the way...:

5th: ACID KING (us) + SUMA (se) + maybe 1 more tba @ Loppen, 21.00, price ?? dkk.
BANDLINKS: ACID KING [] SUMA

6th: AVFART 33 (se) + HEX ON THE BEACH (australia) + DJ SURVIVAL @ Ungdomshuset, 20.00, 30 dkk.
BANDLINKS: AVFART 33 [] HEX ON THE BEACH

8th: HARD ROCK KARAOKE @ Ungdomshuset, 22.00, donations

9th: DEAD INSTRUMENT (release party) + LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER (es) + 1 more tba @ Stengade, 21.00, 60 dkk. Booze and DJ's.
BANDLINKS: DEAD INSTRUMENT [] LOOKING FOR AN ANSWER

11th: CONTORTURE (se) + ANTIKLIMAX (fin) + TOTAL RECALL (fin) + INSIDIOUS PROCESS (se) @ Bumzen. 19.00, 30 dkk.
BANDLINKS: CONTORTURE [] ANTIKLIMAX [] TOTAL RECALL [] INSIDIOUS PROCESS

11th: ABORTED (b) + BILLY BOY IN POISON + MOLESTED (helltown) @ Lygten Station, 20.00, 70 dkk on presale, 90 in the door.
BANDLINKS: ABORTED [] BILLY BOY IN POISON [] MOLESTED

15th: MUNDO MUERTO (us) + JEALOUS COWARDS (se) + PRIMITIVE RITES (se) + THE WAR GOES ON @ Ungdomshuset, 21.00, 50 dkk.
BANDLINKS: MUNDO MUERTO [] JEALOUS COWARDS [] PRIMITIVE RITES [] THE WAR GOES ON

16th: QUEER FESTIVAL SUPPORT PARTY with tons of stuff going on @ Warehouse 9, 21.00, donations.

17th: NEON PISS (us) + DE HØJE HÆLE @ Ungdomshuset, 19.00, 40 dkk. BBQ and hangout before the gig!
BANDLINKS: NEON PISS [] DE HØJE HÆLE

22nd-25th: K-TOWN HARDCORE FESTIVAL 2012!

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. 

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!

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.