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Ultra Razzia / Ain’t Right – Split 12″

This is a split release by two Montreal bands, issued through a collaboration between Primator Crew (France) and PILS Records (Canada). Each band contributes three tracks, and the record comes on a 12-inch vinyl. The release includes all the lyrics and features a beautifully executed industrial-rural retro design that immediately...

Smooth Beans – Sin Dudar LP

Smooth Beans hail from Cantabria in northern Spain. Released by my favourite label, Liquidator Music, Sin Dudar is the band’s third full-length album. After a longer break from releasing new material, they returned in 2025 with the single Amor, which served as the perfect introduction to this record. The band...

Hard Wax – Don’t Stop The Beat LP

In recent years, more and more bands have been carrying the torch for bovver rock. This distinctive subgenre, rooted in the aesthetics of the 1970s, blends the imagery of street toughs, football terraces, and a soundtrack that sits somewhere between glam rock, early Oi!, rock ‚n‘ roll, pub rock, and...

Knife’s Edge – Let The Hard Times Roll LP

  Knife’s Edge are an Oi! band from Phoenix, Arizona. Let The Hard Times Roll is their debut LP, released by Under The Gun Records in a limited pressing of 100 copies on Dry Heat coloured vinyl and 200 copies on classic black vinyl. The record features seven original songs...

The Chancers – Rudeboy Polka LP

The Chancers were a ska band based in Prague, active between 1998 and 2018. Their line-up brought together musicians from both the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic, creating a truly international outfit. The band emerged during a period when Czech society was undergoing a dramatic transformation from a post-totalitarian...

Mess – Somos Mess LP

  Mexico is certainly not one of the countries most people would automatically associate with Oi! punk. Yet Guadalajara has produced one of the bands that has impressed me the most in recent years – Mess. Since forming in 2020, they’ve released three singles, a split with The Chisel, contributed...