Kill Lincoln aren’t necessarily the first name you think of when it comes to US ska punk and skacore sounds, but the band are among the scene’s hardest working and musically intense.
Monthly Archives: September 2024
REAL GONE GOES OUT: Ocean Alley – Hall By The Sea, Dreamland, Margate, Kent 14/9/2024
With two gigs taking place at the Dreamland venue, it’s a busy night in Margate. Most people are assembled at the Scenic Stage to witness a double headliner between Orbital and Leftfield, marking the end of this year’s big outdoor shows for the summer. A more select crowd have chosen to spend the evening indoors at the Hall By The Sea welcoming Ocean Alley, visiting heroes from Australia.
AVNEYA – Road To I
As guitarist and vocalist with progressive metal band Obsidian Tide, Oz Avneya is no stranger to crushing riffs and complex time signatures, but on his solo debut ‘Road To I’, the Israeli musician stretches his musical boundaries just a little further. The occasional nods to melodic death metal within his band’s work sometimes take a bigger role here, but to balance out any pure aggression, this album also explores a couple of far more interesting musical avenues. When not cranking the riffs, Avneya can be found teasing the listener with elements of world music, and there’s also a much bigger concession to melodic prog.
THE SLACKERS – What We Gonna Do Now? / Pick ‘n’ Choose
Although they’ve always been lumped in with the third wave of US ska bands, The Slackers have often presented more of a mature sound. Much like The Toasters, The Pietasters and Hepcat, their musical approach has drawn far more from a reggae pool over the years, and although their studio catalogue isn’t as extensive as some of their peers, it’s more than worth exploring. Although it may be short, this two track release will certainly please their fans.
Watch: ‘Mirror Midnight’ previews new album from The Awakening in classic style
Ashton Nyte is busy. Not only is he featured on a recent track from musical collective Beauty In Chaos (whose recent single featuring The Mission’s Wayne Hussey is a must hear), but he’s also promoting new material from his own band The Awakening, who are set to release a self titled album in October.
Before the release of ‘The Awakening’, Nyte has given fans a classic sounding preview via the single ‘Mirror Midnight’.