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Review: Old Skars & Upstarts 2004


Various Artists
“Old Skars & Upstarts 2004”
(Disaster Records)

Duane Hunn’s Disaster Records continues to be the bellwether label for the contemporary street punk movement. And its envoy into the retail world is the annual Old Skars & Upstarts compilation. This year’s edition includes great tracks from The Briefs, oi-flavored Bothered Face and a fun, spirited exploration of the current state of punk in “No Clash Reunion” from The Revolvers. Most of the material is memorable and catchy like “This Party Sucks”, the ode to a lame party from Butcher’s Bill. Peters himself contributes, not only the The Hunns (“Got Your Number”) but with Pascal Briggs on a version of “Suicide Child”.

Eric

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