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Heavy handed manners

May 31, 2023May 31, 2023 redbraces

CROWN COURT: Heavy Manners Release year: 2023Label: Randale Records When did Crown Court become this big? I remember when their first album Capital Offence came out in 2016: it was well received, but not to any great amount of hoopla. … Continue reading Heavy handed manners

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Condemned 84 on crusade

April 9, 2023April 9, 2023 redbraces

CONDEMNED 84: The Crusade Continues… Release year: 2023Label: Askania Productions I wager that if you ask a bunch of skinheads which band best embodies the skinhead style sonically, Condemned 84 would be quite high on that list. Having been active … Continue reading Condemned 84 on crusade

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Strike first in war

August 11, 2022August 11, 2022 redbraces

STRIKE FIRST: War Release year: 2022Label: Rebellion Records There seems to be a minor paradigm shift going on in oi!, at least as far as the visuals go. Dreary streets, beer, boots and braces are making way for covers that … Continue reading Strike first in war

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A new time for law & order

July 16, 2022July 16, 2022 redbraces

LAKI & JÄRJESTYS: Uusi aika Release year: 2022Label: Hell’s Tone Records In my review of Finnish Laki & Järjestys’ debut 7″ EP (click here to read) I lamented the fact that relatively few homegrown oi! bands have made a full … Continue reading A new time for law & order

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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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