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Yeah I didn’t manage to post thos for like 2 or 3 weeks after Steve sent it. At least it’s the editor’s fault. C-Fish https://open.spotify.com/playlist/138v5HKsrN5HSA30yhSZTL?si=7wjMSJdhS02_0pqDHqXBmA&pi=u-v4uyVB6hTd2_ After several weeks of a hiatus and some lack of motivation on my writing front, I’ve returned with the Sound of Revolution part 7. The entire purpose of this series is to bring attention to modern music that has a political message consistent with punk ideals, regardless of the genre of music. Punk is an attitude and a belief system, that the system is corrupt and that the ..read more

England’s Call Me Malcolm is the newest band to join Bad Time Records, and their third full studio album, “Echoes and Ghosts” picks up where their first two left off, but kicks everything up a few notches. Somehow, Call Me Malcolm had completely slipped under my radar before this release. Their most recent album came out in 2020, and I was just now rejuvenating my love of music at the end of that year, and for some reason, I never encountered their music in my new music journey. As soon as I heard this album though, I immediately went back and listened to their discography. They are an abso ..read more

Mutiny EP In the event that you haven’t been paying attention, ska is in the midst of a huge resurgence and I absolutely love it. But what I love most about this current era of ska music is the diversity of sounds that make up this current era of ska. None of these bands are really trying to sound like each other, or just sound like their ska predecessors. Whether it is trad-ska, ska-punk, new tone, reggae influenced, grunge influenced, hyperska, or ska-core, this scene is growing and expanding, and the band’s are committed to a DIY ethic, and always supporting each other. One particular d ..read more

From Pittsburgh PA, Riverside CA  and other scenes I don’t know comes a narrative skacore supergroup swingin full on. I heard just a bit about this from Chrissidente (vocals and guitar for PGH gnarly skacore unit Dissidente) about a year ago so I’ve been fuckin hyped for this to happen.  That dramatically increased when news of the release came across my feed the other day. Other than Chris the band includes members of Voodoo Glow Skulls outta the Riverside skacore scene that was my first ska home so I’m stoked that they’ve stayed with the evolving skacore scene that theu helped inf ..read more

Eichlers Songs Offline Hi. Eichlers has a new album, Songs Offline, out now, and if you don’t know who Eichlers is yet, you need to address that. After releasing a handful of singles, in 2022 Eichlers dropped their groundbreaking album, “My Checkered Future” and essentially pioneered their own subgenre of music called hyperska. It is an exciting fusion of hyperpop and ska, with DIY ethics, complete with electronic and synth melodies, heavy doses of exaggerated auto tune, and bass drops, flawlessly fused with ska’s offbeat rhythms, upstrokes and the occasional brass sections. Even after dro ..read more

Flint, Michigan’s The Write-Ups nine track debut self titled EP released on January 11 and it didn’t pull any messages when it came to politically driven lyrics. They describe themselves perfectly as a “politically-driven dirty ska band out of Flint, Michigan”. If I were to ask you what the first thing you associated with Flint, Michigan was, well, let’s just say The Write-Ups started there, and didn’t let up. The album begins with “Poisoned Children”, a song about Flint, Michigan’s decade long ongoing water crisis, where the water in the city has been contaminated with lead and is unsafe to ..read more

Sounds of Revolution https://open.spotify.com/playlist/138v5HKsrN5HSA30yhSZTL?si=Dm-xa2s1Qe-fvocHkfn59g&pi=u-_-8tuxKyTAm8 The Sounds of Revolution playlist is created to highlight music that shares the themes that are inherent with what is punk- the idea that we are best off when we are united together, that greed, capitalism, and fascism will not be tolerated, and it is our duty to make the planet a better place. This playlist recognizes that there are two key concepts, identifying the problem, and coming together for a solution. You cannot solve a problem if you haven’t identified th ..read more

Sounds of Revolution 5 https://open.spotify.com/playlist/138v5HKsrN5HSA30yhSZTL?si=6VlIanswQTCyRBOKBSrFEQ&pi=u-ZK_21dAmR52R Welcome the 5th installment of our Sounds of Revolution playlist. The purpose of this playlist remains to show that punk is not a sound, but a message. That message is to build a community and to strive to make a world free from fascism, capitalism, exploitation, and bigotry. This world cannot exist if we don’t first educate and work together. Some of this week’s additions to the playlist speak very clearly to this message. Other songs added are more vague, or eve ..read more

Got some new tracks in the playlist, check it out! C-Fish The Sounds of Revolution playlist is updated every week with modern songs that are political in nature. It is intended to build community and education on the issues facing the world today. While a song can not teach the intricacies or details and theories of injustice, they serve as a jumping off point. Music is an outlet for expression, a tool to bring people together for a common cause. Music gives voice to the oppressed, raises awareness, and brings us together. I saw a conversation online this week where people were talking about ..read more