After liking their live 'The Black Parade is Dead', I bought this record at a sale to a reduced prize. Unfortunately it didn't add anything new to my relation with the group since the best tracks is the same as from the live record (or is it the other way around?). Still a nice record and a group that I'm still curious on.
Another band I saw live at the Peace and Love festival this year. A good show that also included a live version of Ebba Grön's "Mona Tumbas Slim Club" with Fjodor and Stefan Sundström. The record is a best of their three previous records. The records start off with three excellent songs - "Boredom Boredom Go Away", "Faster Faster Harder Harder" and "Under Your Trousers" and also includes "It's a sin". They're also doing a cover on Accept's old "I'm a rebel" which caused a big smile on my face when I heard it the first time and it actually took my some time to identify it. Recommended!
The most fun surprise at last week's Peace & Love festival in Borlänge and possibly the second best live act I saw (after the Wildhearts). We few viewers (25?) saw a short set with good songs, tempo and plenty of fun. I liked it very much. On record the group is more pop than punk, i.e. the tempo is somewhat slower. In my opinion the sound somewhat like the sorely missed Psychotic Youth (and that can't be bad!). Best track is the title track ("The Only Way From Here"). Recommended!
A welcomed “comeback”! It’s been six years since “Indestructible” and it’s always fun to hear Rancid. The new record sounds as they usually does with classic punk (including ska influences) and they are in good form. I like the tempo and chorus of “Domination” and “L.A. River”. Recommended!
While going to look on Miss Li during last week's Peace & Love festival in Borlänge, I stopped at a stage where a to me unknown band was playing, This was The Coffinshakers and it was a good show and I misses Miss Li! This Finnish band, which plays "vampire rock" with great doses of Johnny Cash, Stan Ridgway and rockabilly, was a great live act. I ordered two records with the band, and the first has arrived. Unfortunately, the record wasn't as good as the show! Much of the rockabilly and tempo is lost on the record even if there is a couple of good tracks including "Evil", "King of the night-time" (was great live!) and "Curse of Mummy's tomb".
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