Fresh from the oven!
ISSUE #5
LINGUA FRANCA: ENGLISH
COLUMNS, REVIEWS: YES, YES
"Shock and Awe! is precisely my reaction to this zine, but definitely more of the latter! This is a 64-page nicely printed, not-for-profit zine acting as a sort of a Malaysian scene report, specifically Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley. Also accompanying this zine is a four-band 7″ comp of current stuff from there, but you can read about that in the Record Reviews section. A great amount of passion and true punk collaboration is highly evident here! You can tell the contributors and coordinators are really involved and dedicated to this, and though it is brimming with all the current scene info, it also contains plenty of writing about the last 20+ years of Malaysian punk as well. Features : essays on the DIY movement/Malaysian hardcore history, info on the Rumah Api punk community space, thorough interviews with Malaysian DIY punk labels and the bands on the comp, columns, reviews of Malaysian punk/HC releases and retrospective/interviews with Malaysian punk pioneers Carburetor Dung and The Bollocks. The common thread throughout the whole thing is DIY ethics and what they mean in the context of their community. The writters are very introspective, creative and socially aware, and the analyses are deep and inspiring. I highly recommend this to all MRR readers and I will definitely be following this zine from now on! Just to give due credit, I want to mention that this particular special release was a collective effort by Shock&Awe magazine, Cactus records, Knot records, Rumah Api and other around Klang Valley!"
(Maximum RocknRoll)
ISSUE #5
RM 40 PPD.
AVAILABILITY: YESLINGUA FRANCA: ENGLISH
COLUMNS, REVIEWS: YES, YES
INTERVIEWS: CARBURETOR DUNG, THE BOLLOCKS, SARJAN HASSAN, CRIMESCENE, PUSHER & THE GARRISON.
Here is a review.
Here is a review.
"Shock and Awe! is precisely my reaction to this zine, but definitely more of the latter! This is a 64-page nicely printed, not-for-profit zine acting as a sort of a Malaysian scene report, specifically Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley. Also accompanying this zine is a four-band 7″ comp of current stuff from there, but you can read about that in the Record Reviews section. A great amount of passion and true punk collaboration is highly evident here! You can tell the contributors and coordinators are really involved and dedicated to this, and though it is brimming with all the current scene info, it also contains plenty of writing about the last 20+ years of Malaysian punk as well. Features : essays on the DIY movement/Malaysian hardcore history, info on the Rumah Api punk community space, thorough interviews with Malaysian DIY punk labels and the bands on the comp, columns, reviews of Malaysian punk/HC releases and retrospective/interviews with Malaysian punk pioneers Carburetor Dung and The Bollocks. The common thread throughout the whole thing is DIY ethics and what they mean in the context of their community. The writters are very introspective, creative and socially aware, and the analyses are deep and inspiring. I highly recommend this to all MRR readers and I will definitely be following this zine from now on! Just to give due credit, I want to mention that this particular special release was a collective effort by Shock&Awe magazine, Cactus records, Knot records, Rumah Api and other around Klang Valley!"
(Maximum RocknRoll)
V/A – “KLANG VALLEY SCENE REPORT 2012″ EP
"Wow, I’m holding something really special here: it’s a four-song 7″ comp and a handsome 64 page, 6.5″ x 8.5″ housed in a hand-screened and numbered heavy cardstock cover – representing everything we need to know about the DIY hardcore/punk scene in Malaysia (specifically Kuala Lumpur/Klang Valley). I’m in awe (and shock), indeed! The music here is extremely varied in style: SARJAN HASSAN does pounding crossover with an 80′s thrash influence, even channeling some early METALLICA! PUSHER does a strange hybrid of funk/ska/metal. The Garrison sounds like a sincere and non-commercial RANCID and CRIMESCENE spews forth mind-scrambling powerviolence. None of these styles typically appeal to me, but I should say that all four tracks are at the top of their game and I appreciate the fuck out of this a hundred times more than near anything I’ve seen lately, due to the sheer honesty and passion emanating from this release. Not-for-profit, DIY, lovingly created, inspiring release!"
(Maximum RocknRoll)
(Maximum RocknRoll)
