JULY 15
The Frontline / Overpoortstraat 37, 9000 Gent / 5 EUR / 20:00

From left ro right:

SYN*ERROR (ger) (Leben Macht Durstig Records/Unterm Durchschnitt Records)
Does anyone remember Still Life? These kids sure do, which is rad, because I always felt that Still Life kind of got the short end of the stick in the mid nineties, with a lot more people payiing attention to Portaits Of Past.

syn*error play my favorite style of hardcore, the kind without breakdowns, the type where kids have heart and spit passion. The one embodied by d.i.y. shows in basements and houses, where everyone has handmade patches sewn onto their hoodies, where no one is afraid to be themselves, where there is no type of consumerism or corporate endorsement involved whatsoever. They remind me a lot of Still Life mixed with Saetia, with some early Four Hundred Years thrown in there. They actually start "Nummer 5 Lebt" out with a guitar part that could have been lifted right off of Transmit Failure, with the vocals sounding quite a bit like Guy from Rites Of Spring mixed with Indian Summer. They have these great build ups which are emotionally charged and some gorgeous melodies interspersed with the chaos and fury that they bring.

syn*error are a great addition to this series. Get anything you can by them now before they self implode.

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ADORNO (por) (We Love Pandas Records/Unterm Durchschnitt Records)
Adorno are 4 kids split in half by a river between Lisbon and Almada. Just put some friendship, punk-diy and some delay pedals together to get an idea of what to expect.
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VEGAS! (be)
Hailing from the dense swamps of Temse, Belgium, this foursome of elaborate hatchet men is always in the mood to heat things up a notch. In the midst of a generic landscape of hardcore and punkrock-outfits, this combo paved their own unyielding conduit. Spiced with vivaciousness a la Erase Errata, the invigorating skirmishes of Les Savy Fav and oozing Unwound-esque chunks of megahertz, this band excels without becoming a brazen epigone. They display healing as well as poisoning qualities, all under the thick varnish of sheer aesthetics. It’s the mesmerizing soundtrack for a journey through some depraved casino. Nurturing compulsion in a booty shaking procedure. Without a possible refund.

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DING DOING DEAD en ACTRESS hebben hun tour afgezged omwille van gezondheidsproblemen. 3 bands nu, 20:00u.