Damaged Good présente :

• Die Verlierer (Punk - Berlin)
  We're only halfway through this latest trip around the sun, but I have no doubt that this debut will rate as one of the best punk records of 2022. There's an appealing sleaze emanating from DIE VERLIERER. They wear suits like cooler-than-thou continental types, but they rock the fuck out like gutter-dwelling amphetamine enthusiasts. Debonair, but damaged. “Die Zeit” kicks off with thrilling, dark energy like SODS on Minutes to Go. This smashing opener is backed up by “Die Verlierer” (“The Losers”), which pulls a similar trick by effortlessly channeling Dagger & Guitar-era SORT SOL. But let's not paint DIE VERLIERER into a Denmark-shaped corner—I'm just trying to establish the rarified atmosphere that we are floating in. A slashing guitar tears into “Intrige und Libido” and ratchets the tension up as the bass lands every punch it throws, and the barely-in-control singing is like DIETER MEIER at his incandescent early peak. I've probably listened to this song at least a hundred times in the last few months. Absolute punk perfection. “Plastic Life” is like the encore of a gloriously shambolic STRANGLERS gig; I can almost hear the crowd singing along like a chorus of shithoused angels. DIE VERLIERER can actually swing, and this skill alone sets them apart from a vast landscape of indistinguishable simulation rockers. “Mann im Mond” is the CURE reincarnated as street toughs; fierce romantics, sensitive brawlers. “Nichts Funktioniert” is desperate and flailing punk that demonstrates true mastery of the form. This is the kind of song to inspire hordes of punks to treat desolate urban sprawl as the adult playground it surely is. Structures, after all, are just objects to bounce ideas off; bodies too. Just keep your eye out for the cops. That's when “X Ray Vision” comes in handy. “Deadgirl” is the kind of love song no one writes anymore. That could be a positive development—from a certain point of view—but hey, fatalism is hot, and always will be. Listen, I don't make the rules. Speaking of which, “Into A” is an epic last gasp that shamelessly nicks the BIRTHDAY PARTY's “Deep in the Woods.” If you're gonna steal, do it from the best, and yeah, add some phased vocals to the funeral proceedings and drag that sucker out like a corpse ‘til it's six feet under. Hell of a record here.
  https://mangelrecords.bandcamp.com/album/die-verlierer
• Lemongrab (Punk - Berlin)
  https://lemon-grab.bandcamp.com

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• NAG (Étrange mélange de Punk sombre entrecoupé de bruits intergalactiques - Atlanta, USA)
  If you're looking for straightforward hardcore or punk, maybe look elsewhere, but if you're in the mood for that creepy, kind of surreal, Outer Limits-inspired punk, then stick around. NAG from Atlanta, Georgia released Human Coward Coyote earlier this year as a fresh addition to their growing catalog. This new album pushes the punk element deeper with a bit more raw production and in-your-face drums. If you've ever enjoyed the work of A FRAMES, then you'll like this. There's even elements that remind me of the ADOLESCENTS and a bit of AGENT ORANGE. Overall, it's a fast, fun blend of darker punk interspersed with some intergalactic noise.
  https://werenag.bandcamp.com
• Astio (Post-Punk catchy et hanté par un saxo - Trente, Italie)
  Italian band ASTIO calls Trento (a city in the foothills of the Italian Alps) home, and they create haunting, riff-heavy punk that stomps and pogos. Bocche Stanche is a six-song 12” that would be a welcome addition to almost any record collection. ASTIO uses this release to give a tutorial on how to shred while also creating a groovy enough environment that the inclusion of saxophone is totally welcome! The vocal delivery has a raw but not overly abrasive quality, while the rhythm section is featured pretty forward in the mix and is the total heart of this groove machine.
  https://astio.bandcamp.com

À partir de 20h30 - 5€ (si tu peux)

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• Ex-Dom (Raw Hardcore Punk - Brême)
  Colombian/German proponents of TupaTupa and UftaUfta Punk!
  https://ex-dom.bandcamp.com
• Metrö (Anarcho Post-Punk HxC - Rennes)
  https://metro-punk.bandcamp.com

À partir de 20h - 5€ (si tu peux)

L'Ubik et Damaged Good présentent :

• Geo (Post-Punk No Wave - Pays-Bas)
  https://geoband.bandcamp.com
• Quinconce (Ignorant Dub Post-Punk progressif - Nantes)
  https://legomanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/les-contours-de-france-split
• HVK (Experimental improv drum+electronic - Nantes)
  https://hvkhvk.bandcamp.com

À partir de 20h - 6€ (si tu peux/veux !)

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• Parsnip (60's Psych Pop - Melbourne, Australie)
  Green shoots have burst forth from Parsnip, let's warmly welcome the Australian group's sophomore album "Behold". Recorded across three sessions over the last three years, "Behold" is a testament to Parsnip at their most creative, catchy and collaborative. This album showcases the multi-talents of all four members, with spirited performances adding dazzle to the thirteen tracks. Paris Richens lets the bass playfully roam. Carolyn Hawkins tumbles feeling into the drum rumble. Stella Rennex's guitar soars alongside her saxophone work, whilst a sprightly keyboard is tenderly attended by Rebecca Liston. Everyone sings amidst this lush canopy.
  Patience, environmental cues and internal signals are integral for a garden to flourish. The same can be said of the conditions necessary for "Behold" to emerge. It is an album gleeful in reassessment, changed priorities and anticipation. The roots are deeply anchored to mystery, drinking up a hidden wonderment that lies within. "Monument" is a twist of melody and mania, "For what am I? But a channel of light" they attest amongst the whoops and hollers. "The Babble" sounds like Ray Davies playing Wordle for enlightenment. In fact most of these songs are pointing the way towards growth and understanding. "Turn to Love" is mesmeric and timeless, thoroughly serene and perfectly judged. Parsnip write songs as a form of communion with the intangible in our increasingly delusory world, but there is always a gentle reminder; don't take anything too seriously! "My head is gonna split in two, fix it with flour and glue" they demand on ultimate bop "Papier-Mâché", this juxtaposition of mature resolve with childlike astonishment packs a more powerful punch.
  On "Behold", Parsnip explore both the inner and outer realms of consciousness with quick wits and some seriously quality jangle and jolt. "The Light" is a whip smart workout, sprouting naturally from the propulsive nature of their debut album "When the Tree Bears Fruit" (2019). "Placeholder" is also devastatingly honest and channels The Field Mice as it buries itself like an arrow into your heart. The production is ambitious, with 12-string and acoustic guitars, percussion, piano, saxophone and harmonium all sitting comfortably in these outstanding songs. Drawing comparisons with Dolly Mixture, Sara Goes Pop and Look Blue Go Purple, Parsnip are an animated ensemble, full of life, emotional complexity and humour. The laughter in the dark is real, but then the sun comes up and we all must meet the day. Even the flowers turn their faces. Behold!
  FFO: Dolly Mixture, The Particles, The Kinks, The Raincoats, etc
  https://parsniphq.bandcamp.com
• Kontexte (Post-Punk minimaliste No Wave - Nantes)
  Paternes post-punk minimalistes et naïfs, trébuchants instinctivement dans un flaque no-wave... PLOF !
  FFO: Y Pants, Sara Goes Pop
  https://legomanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/les-contours-de-france-split
• Vérité Synthétique (Twee Pop avec des membres de Moleskine - Nantes)
  Duo formé dans l'ouest, quelque part entre Saint-Malo et Nantes en ravivant des bribes d'une scène perdue entre Glasgow et la lointaine Dunedin. Rythmes minimaux et composition méticuleuse, sans fioriture, une Pop classe et directe faite de voix douces presque parlées qui se mêlent aux accords et mélodies tendues mais toujours maîtrisées. FFO: Young Marble Giants, Cate Le Bon, la Pop d'Aotearoa (NZ)

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• NAG (Darkpunk Post-Punk - Atlanta, USA)
  If you're looking for straightforward hardcore or punk, maybe look elsewhere, but if you're in the mood for that creepy, kind of surreal, Outer Limits-inspired punk, then stick around. NAG from Atlanta, Georgia released Human Coward Coyote earlier this year as a fresh addition to their growing catalog. This new album pushes the punk element deeper with a bit more raw production and in-your-face drums. If you've ever enjoyed the work of A FRAMES, then you'll like this. There's even elements that remind me of the ADOLESCENTS and a bit of AGENT ORANGE. Overall, it's a fast, fun blend of darker punk interspersed with some intergalactic noise.
  https://werenag.bandcamp.com
• Koridor (Deathrock Post-Punk influencé par la scène punk d'ex-Yougoslavie des années 80 - Zagreb, Croatie)
  The dramatic vocals, ranging from yelling and shouting to spoken word, are accompanied by a procession of razor sharp guitar riffage, punchy bass and tight drumming all culminating into the bleak punk record that doesn't shy from some of its influences, one of which is definitely GRČ's cult dark punk album "Sloboda Narodu". There's also something in the sound that reminds us of the death rock witchcraft CHRISTIAN DEATH's RIKK AGNEW managed to pull off on their classic Only Theatre of Pain, but at the same time we must mention PADKAROSDA, a fairly recent band whose legacy sneaked from Budapest into Zagreb's DIY rehearsal basements. Don't sleep on this amazing record, it's huge.
  https://doomtownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/kroz-pukotine
• Precipice (Punk Hardcore - Nantes)
  Total fucking weirdo music in that pyscho mutants in the 80s sort of way - think NO TREND, think JIM JONES & THE KOOL-ADE KIDS, think BOOM & THE LEGION OF DOOM, think drugs - lots and lots of drugs. I fucking love it.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OqdmYHsoO0

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• Tyvek (DIY Garage Punk génies - Detroit, USA)
  Tubes garage punk lo-fi et spastiques avec une petite touche weirdo digne des compiles Messthetics et/ou du Post-Punk "UKDIY" de l'Angleterre des années 80.
  Throughout perpetual, necessary shifting, Detroit's Tyvek have remained a singular force. The group was formed somewhere in the mid-aughts by songwriter, vocalist, guitarist, and sole consistent band member Kevin Boyer, who enlisted various friends to cultivate a raw, rudimentary punk sound that manages to get back to basics while at the same time presenting abstract perspectives and weird concepts not normally explored by your everyday garage band. There have been mutations over the years as the band toured regularly and released a run of solid albums with labels like Siltbreeze and In The Red, but with every reformation, Tyvek still didn't sound quite like anyone else. Their new album, the self released Overground (Ginkgo, 2023), stays true to their reputation for delivering hit after hit of blistering punk and remains tightly wound until it unspools into the dreamlike title track, an extended post Velvets plea for human decency. Tyvek's current line-up of all-stars guarantee an intense live show: Shelley Salant (Shells, XV), Alex Glendening (Deadbeat Beat), Fred Thomas (Idle Ray), and Emily Roll (XV) channel the high-energy rock'n'roll of Detroit's past while side-stepping the cliches to push forward into an uncharted future.
  FFO: The Urinals, Swell Maps, Velvet...
  https://tyvek.bandcamp.com
• Moleskine (Art-Punk - Nantes)
  Quatuor local qui joue une forme assez libre de Post-Punk, s'éloignant volontiers de son rigorisme pour aller chercher des sonorités parfois perturbantes, des passages plus progressifs emmenés par la basse et les percussions ou encore des impulsions no wave à la James Chance par exemple.
  FFO: Gang of Four, James Chance and the Contortions...
  https://urticariarecords.bandcamp.com/album/comfort

À partir de 20h - 6€

• Bombardement (D-Beat Hardcore Punk - Bordeaux)
  https://bombardement.bandcamp.com
• Clava (Crust Punk D-Beat - Finistère)
  https://clava-crust.bandcamp.com

+ DJ set

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• Leopardo (LoFi Country Punk - Fribourg, Suisse)
  https://leopardoshallo.bandcamp.com
• Lova and The Eight Million Dollars (Électronique Rock Pop expérimental - Nantes)
  https://lova8kxk.bandcamp.com
• Quinconce (Dub ignorant Post Punk progressif - Nantes/Cherbourg)
  https://legomanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/les-contours-de-france-split

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• Astio (Cold Punk - Trente, Italie)
  Après un premier passage chez nous accompagné de NAG (Atlanta, USA) en décembre 2023, Astio est de retour avec son Post-Punk frénétique et inquiétant. Le groupe puise ses sonorités dans le Punk brut et urgent si particuliers des groupes italiens du milieu des années 80 avec les atmosphères froides et austères du Post-Punk. "Tempio Inganno" leur deuxième LP vient de sortir sur le label local Urticaria.
  https://astio.bandcamp.com
• Distance (Punk Rock mélancolique - Bordeaux)
  Punk Rock ultra catchy et mélancolique en provenance de Bordeaux nécropole.
  https://distance-bdx.bandcamp.com

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• Nurse (Funeral Hardcore Punk - Atlanta, USA)
  Nurse a été actif de 2014 à 2018, puis a fait quelques apparitions sporadiques ici et là jusqu'en 2022. Le groupe est désormais de retour et partira en tournée européenne pour la première fois en septembre/octobre prochain. L'occasion de remettre en lumière le Hardcore sombre de ce groupe d'Atlanta en compilant leurs 3 sorties éponymes sur cette nouvelle cassette (deux EPs et un 12''). Nurse délivre un Hardcore Punk créatif et râpeux, qui met au défi les frontières entre les genres avec une urgence qui tâche et qui marque, glisse des références nébuleuses au Deathrock des années 80 avec des éléments décalés inhérents au Post-Punk. Un total de 24 minutes sur le fil, qui implose dans une atmosphère morose. Un des meilleurs exemples de la créativité des groupes d'outre-Atlantique issue de la deuxième moitié des années 2010 (voir Beta Boys, Acrylics, Nasti, etc).
  https://urticariarecords.bandcamp.com/album/2016-2023-discography-tape
• Parnepar (Post-Punk Art Punk - Zagreb, Croatie)
  After we released "Kako, Molim?" demo tape at the end of the 2018, here is the brand new offering of probably the only band from ex-Yugoslavia region that's taking strong influences from the 80's post punk & new wave music from the same area. This time the band recorded their first full length album by themselves filled with a lot of local charm we all dig and love. Heavy vibes of Yugo post punk forces Šarlo Akrobata, Dobri Isak and early output of Električni Orgazam are still more than obvious, but it's also hard not to mention echoes of the more obscure acts like Defekno Efektni. Parnepar surely has unique character and approach in writing lyrics and doing music collages and we are glad that this three relatively young weirdos are still into making refreshing and interesting music. It's nice to feel something different in a Croatian punk scene which is mainly composed of straight forward punk and hardcore bands.
  https://doomtownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dobar-dan-izvolite
• Précipice (Hardcore Punk - Nantes)
  Hailing from Nantes, Precipice's debut album, Down The Well, is a fierce slab of urgently claustrophobic, deeply discomfiting hardcore. The leanly abrasive guitars are laced through with flares of dissonant melody and eerily off-kilter leads, while underpinned by spryly punchy bass lines and burly, uncompromising drumming. Meanwhile, the desperation-soaked vocals are steeped in a bleak cocktail that is equal parts revulsion and anxious exhaustion. This is a desolation provoked by the commoditisation, often with our complicity, of our lives and cities to serve the interests of capital and technology. As the album's relentlessly agitated patterns emerge, shadows of early 1980s' pioneers such as Die Kreuzen and Mecht Mensch are evoked, as well as those of more contemporary exponents such as Permission. The unsettling atmosphere is, perhaps, best captured by the serpentine discordance of Maze Spectacle and the ferocious contortions of Disguised.
  https://discosenfermospunk.bandcamp.com/album/de-139-precipice-down-the-well-mlp

À partir de 20h - 6€ / 7€ si tu peux

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• Sun Custo (Indie Pop Lo-Fi Weird Punk - Suisse)
  Duo batterie/guitare d'Indie Pop qui n'a rien à envier à la spontanéité et la simplicité de Beat Happening ou The Vaselines. Sun Cousto est un mélange de Punk incisif, de Pop authentique et d'expérimentation libre et assumée. Revendiquant toujours leurs influences lofi/twee, Sun Cousto transcendent les styles et les codes pour s'exprimer de manière frontale, se dévoilant dans de petites histoires semi-autofictionnelles.
  https://suncousto.bandcamp.com
• Kontexte (No Punk rotatif No Wave plouf - Nantes/Bruxelles)
  Patterns post-punk minimalistes et naïfs trébuchants instinctivement dans une flaque no-wave... PLOF!
  https://legomanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/kontexte
• Enid Gay (Piano bar - Nantes)
  Enid Gay, bras gauche du space-disco duo Rock Roll and Remember monte son projet solo pour chanter ses chansons dans l'intimité d'un piano-bar ambulant, un verre de téquila à la main, où la mélancolie se pointe en collie canine pour grogner au bar, où les atomes vibrent jusqu'au centre de la terre, où les brindilles se transforment en lit mortuaire... Tout ça pendant que Frank Sinatra chante "do be do be do" en maintenant une posture compromettante... Voilà ! Un steak d'Arizona bien poivré est servi avec pour sauce la fragilité qui nappe le tout, l'émotion qui coule, cuit au space-écho du micro-onde, et là, on se sent au chaud. Car au piano bar, on est épargnés des duels devant la taverne. On écoute les histoires de la dame qui chante et on pense qu'elle a fort besoin de notre aide. A cry for help. Elle nous promet une soirée gaie, mais qu'est-ce qu'elle a dit ? Organza fits a struggling life... Il y'a que l'organza qui peut bien habiller la vie en galère, un tissu donc scintillante qui est si rigide et si légère à la fois.

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