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B-Squadron and things you hate

May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 redbraces

B-SQUADRON: Everything You Hate Release year: 2022Label: Rebellion Records One of the newer crop of UK oi! bands – relatively speaking – B-Squadron have prior to this released one album, one 7″ and taken part in some compilations. Considering their … Continue reading B-Squadron and things you hate

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Oi! in Basque Country

April 15, 2022April 15, 2022 redbraces

V/A: Chaos In Basque Country, 1. Bolumena Release year: 2021Label: Tough Ain’t Enough Records I’ve already touched upon what an eccentric but delightful oddity it is, that the strongest oi! scene of today is in the Basque Country. This autonomous … Continue reading Oi! in Basque Country

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Pressure 28 stand their ground

March 21, 2022March 21, 2022 redbraces

PRESSURE 28: Stand Your Ground Release year: 2022Label: self-released Talking about the latter-day classics of UK oi! and skinhead music, Pressure 28 are… well, not a band you usually see mentioned. The reason for that is pretty obvious, too: though … Continue reading Pressure 28 stand their ground

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Oi! from the Basque Country

March 17, 2022March 17, 2022 redbraces

KALEKO URDANGAK: Bizirik Release year: 2021Label: Tough Ain’t Enough Records Of all the unlikely places for one of the most burgeoning, active and just plain old good oi! scenes to pop up, the Basque Country (in Spain) definitely ranks pretty … Continue reading Oi! from the Basque Country

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Going nowhere with Hats & Caps

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 redbraces

HATS & CAPS: Going Nowhere Release year: 2021Label: KB Records About a year ago, in my review of Laki & Järjestys’ 7″ (read here) I remarked that Finnish oi! has often been in short supply. Luckily, at the moment things … Continue reading Going nowhere with Hats & Caps

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Anthems for skinheads

January 20, 2022January 20, 2022 redbraces

THE LAST RESORT: Skinhead Anthems IV Release year: 2021Label: Randale Records This year it will be 40 years since UK oi! group The Last Resort released their landmark album, A Way Of Life – Skinhead Anthems. Much water has passed … Continue reading Anthems for skinheads

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Sons of the working class

April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 redbraces

LAWMAKER: All Work, No Class Release year: 2021Label: self-released Oi! and working class street punk are forms of music that are often derided as sounding rather samey; someone once made the joke that there are about a dozen oi! albums … Continue reading Sons of the working class

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Straight outta Lithuania

April 20, 2021 redbraces

TORO BRAVO: Mes Tokia Karta Release year: 2021Label: Pasidaryk Pats Records, Mangy Little Mut Records Originating in the UK, oi! has since it’s inception and maturing in the late 70’s and early-to-mid 80’s spread throughout the world. Still, apart from … Continue reading Straight outta Lithuania

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Law, order and brickwall oi!

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 redbraces

LAKI & JÄRJESTYS: Kuka lystin kustantaa? Release year: 2021Label: Hellstone Records Finnish oi! has always been something of a rare commodity. The scene itself is small but resilient, but home-grown bands tend to be quite few, and many of them … Continue reading Law, order and brickwall oi!

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Living by the sword

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 redbraces

LIVE BY THE SWORD: Exploring Soldiers Rise Release year: 2021Label: Rebellion Records US-Dutch Live By The Sword have been at it for a few years already, releasing a few 7″‘s and one 12″ MLP as well as partaking on a … Continue reading Living by the sword

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