Keep Track of the Time
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Welcome to 'Keep Track of the Time': a webzine for punks with too much time on their hands. Or, to riff on a Frank Turner record title, a 'positive blog for negative people'. Their blog features content on encompassing straight-forward reviews of records and live shows, interviews with bands, musicians, and record labels, and retrospective reflections on older punk releases.
Keep Track of the Time
1M ago
Right, I will limit this review’s Green Day references by getting out of the way at this stage that the Kimberly Steaks are obviously big fans of Kerplunk. Glasgow’s The Kimberly Steaks kinda sound more East Bay than actual East Bay bands, partly due to the Billie Joe-esque vocals, but there is a lot more ..read more
Keep Track of the Time
1M ago
Bloated Kat boss Servo Jefferson has a knack for finding good pop punk bands and giving them an outlet for releasing their music. TV Cop hails from Bloated Kat’s home state of Iowa, and they play good-time party punk of the ilk you might have found in the old Awesomefest days. “Whale Jr.” is the ..read more
Keep Track of the Time
1M ago
Cherym’s debut full length LP starts out as a huge pop punk record, instantly enamoring me to the Northern Ireland trio. The music is both poppy and gritty, catchy and infectious, as well as powerful and edgy. I was ready to write a glowing review and consider adding this to my list of contenders for ..read more
Keep Track of the Time
1M ago
Italy’s Jaguero return with their sophomore EP, following up 2022’s “Worst Weekend Ever.” And the past two years seem to have turned Jaguero into a very different band. Where that first EP featured big, broad, soaring punk songs that still had an intimate feel, this EP is edgier and grittier, yet mostly still quite melodic ..read more
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1M ago
Hailing from down under, in the Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully, La Famiglia unleashes a powerful garage punk assault. Deep fuzz rules the guitars and bass, while front man Luke Seymoup belts out some powerful singing and shouting, in a Jello Biafra meets Ian MacKaye sort of way. The songs are punctuated by shouted gang ..read more
Keep Track of the Time
1M ago
Demoted, from Brooklyn, New York, are an old school hardcore punk band that may remind you of bands like Minor Threat, with angry shouted vocals and punchy powerful instrumentals, though they’re not quite as speedy as those bands of 40+ years ago. The best example of this is on the title track, which is easily ..read more
Keep Track of the Time
1M ago
My first review for Keep Track of the Time was Cannibal Island by the Young Rochelles. Now ten years later, I’m the reviewing the sequel, Cannibal Island Resort by Ricky Rochelle, and here it is on the day. This holds significance both in the ‘Cannibal Island’ history and that of Keep Track of the Time ..read more
Keep Track of the Time
2M ago
This time in the Scandinavian history hour, we’re heading back to the ‘60s. And we’re going up north in Norway, inside the arctic circle. To a band that in fact called themselves the Arctics before American slang got them to change their name to the Pussycats. American slang for vagina and jazz musicians, respectively. The ..read more
Keep Track of the Time
3M ago
Danish band Big Mess managed to get on my top ten list of records from 2023 before I even got to writing up the review. This garage punk album starts with the groovy “Groove”. It has the ‘60s tambourine infused sound with cool handclaps and guitar licks in the same vein as fellow Scandinavians the ..read more