Rien à Faire

My favourite records of 2023

BEST OF 2023 Hey long time no see, right? Yep I've been busy. You don't care? You're damn right. Let's go through some of my favorite records...

Guimauve - Azovstal (Clip 2023) TAKEN FROM THE NEW 2023 EP "AZOVSTAL" https://youtu.be/ODw1nLwjzTsGuimauve Hardcore Punk Paris/Caen, France.https://guimauve.bandcamp.comhttps://www.instagra...

Guimauve's EP is called AZOVSTAL and is now available on bandcamp :

Azovstal, by Guimauve 7 track album

GUIMAUVE's debut album is now fully available on bandcamp.
10 tracks of hardcore punk sung in French, from Paris with LOVE!

N,J'OI!

Guimauve, by Guimauve 10 track album

I know I haven't been very active online (on the blog or here) in the last few months, there are several reasons for that (the main one being that writing posts takes so much of my time that I sometimes need breaks) and one of them is that I've been busy working on Guimauve's debut album, almost two years after the demo.
Always the same story: what started as a "studio project in times of covid lockdown" has become a real band!
The full digital album and cassette will be released on November 10th but pre-orders are available on bandcamp.
Two tracks are available right now (they're to be listened VERY LOUD).
I hope you'll like them.
N,j'Oi!

Guimauve, by Guimauve 10 track album

D.Y.E is back as TOTAL SHAM and is still ripping!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/06/total-sham.html?m=1

Total Sham picture by Marley Kennaley If you've been around this page a bit you probably know that I'm fond of the Kansas City hardco...

Ex-Dom is back with a new tape full of killer raw punk tunes!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/06/ex-dom-new-ep.html?m=1

Ex-Dom: New EP! I've already said a lot of good things about Ex-Dom from Bremen, Germany in my September 2021 review of their demo , with the ragi...

RAF #35 is here with some furious noise from Gluer, Ex-Dom, Total Sham, Invalid, Salted Wounds, Judy And The Jerks, Irreal, Placid, Daddy's Boy, Spreadjoy, Girlsperm and many others!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/06/va-rien-faire-35-punk-hardcore-post.html?m=1

VA - Rien à Faire #35 - Punk, Hardcore, Post-Punk... new stuff only! June 2022 Summer's finally hitting the northern hemisphere and it looks like the next months (and probably decades) are going to be hot as h...

FERAL: another killer tape from Earth Girl!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/05/feral.html?m=1

Feral A short one today about this new band hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, and called Feral . Featuring the singer of ...

DIE VERLIERER: Berlin's back?

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/05/die-verlierer.html?m=1

Die Verlierer Die Verlierer (the Losers) is a new band from Berlin, Germany, made of three guys from Chuckamuck and ...

PRIMER REGIMEN!!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/05/primer-regimen.html

The almighty CRISIS MAN are back! (And they dont disappoint).

Digital Regress Erste Theke Tonträger

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/05/crisis-man.html?m=1

Crisis Man picture by Kyle Rios Finally! Finally the time...

REFLEX: ripping hardcore from France!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/05/reflex.html?m=1

Reflex So Reflex (to not be mistaken with another hardcore band called Reflex , but from Germany ) is a new band which seems to be based ...

SPLIT SYSTEM: Australian, rock'n roll and as catchy as it gets!

Legless Records

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/05/split-system.html?m=1

Split System Split System (at last, a band that fully assumes its admiration for cooling technologies) hail from the great city of Melbourn...

PROWLER: ripping hardcore from Denver!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/05/prowler.html?m=1

Prowler picture by Chon A short one today about the dem...

New compilation! PLAY IT LOUD!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/05/va-rien-faire-34-punk-hardcore-post.html

VA - Rien à Faire #34 - Punk, Hardcore, Post-Punk... new stuff only! May 2022 Ok I know I haven't been very active in April, I needed a break, I sometimes struggle to keep up with the pace I have chosen for t...

PITVA: a german/czech masterpiece of noise and coldness!

Static Shock Musik

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/04/pitva.html

Pitva Pitva is a noisy-punk quartet hailing from Vienna, Austria. Dominik , the singer, is from Czech republic though an...

RAF #33 is here! Come get your fresh batch of punk, hardcore, post-punk and so on!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/04/va-rien-faire-33-punk-hardcore-post.html?m=1

VA - Rien à Faire #33 - Punk, Hardcore, Post-Punk... new stuff only! April 2022 Here we go for the 33rd edition of the infamous RAF compilation featuring a quite balanced mix of hardcore punk, noise punk, anarc...

I finally found some time to do a little write-up about INVERTEBRATES! If you like it incredibly fast and tight that's exactly what you need right now!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/03/invertebrates.html

Invertebrates Ok ok I know this demo was released early January, no no it didn't fly under my radar, I mean I even included Red Lake Ea...

Drum machine, synth and guitar: surprising recipe for a killer "hardcore-wave" demo hailing from Finland!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/03/spicer.html

Spicer Just a short one today about this new band hailing from Helsinki, Finland, and called Spicer, which released a pretty coo...

Running takes its final bow in style with this ultimate tape which may be my favorite release of the Chicago band!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/03/running.html

Running I talked briefly about Running in my post about Brandy one year and a half ago, the two bands sharing the same voc...

EXIL is back with OVERDOSE!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/03/exil-new-tracks.html?m=1

EXIL: New tracks If you checked my 2021 Year's end top list , you may have read my review of Exil 's last year LP , well good news it...

Kätyrlauma: Folk and Furious hardcore punk from Finland!

Blast Of Silence Records

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/03/katyrlauma.html

Kätyrlauma Kätyrlauma (Google's translation is A Herd Of Minion ... I'm not sure it's correct but it looks like a very Finnish word ...

RIFLE: A very British mix of oi!, punk and Rock'n Roll!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/03/rifle.html?m=1

Rifle Rifle is a new band from London, UK, you're probably going to hear a lot about in the coming months as this short demo se...

Ugly World Amusement Park: killer hardcore punk duo from Australia!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/03/ugly-world-amusement-park.html?m=1

Ugly World Amusement Park A short one today about this cool demo hailing from the Australian state of Victoria. Ugly World Amusement Park is Shane ...

SOFT TORTURE: New Philly hardcore punk act with an "arty" twist!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/03/soft-torture.html?m=1

Soft Torture Soft Torture is a new punk quartet from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, made up of Chuck , Jess , Sam and Aaron . Chuc...

Note the discreet sign of support to Ukraine on the cover of the new RAF compilation: F**K PUTIN!

A lot of killer loud music by Hogar, Rifle, Lasso, Blue Venus, Thank, Ugly World Amusement Park, Deaf Stare, Spicer, Kätyrlauma, Soft Torture, EXIL, Running and many others...

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/03/va-rien-faire-32-punk-hardcore-post.html

VA - Rien à Faire #32 - Punk, Hardcore, Post-Punk... new stuff only! March 2022 The most observant of my readers will notice in RAF #32 cover "artwork" a subtle reference to tragic events currently taking ...

Another cool tape from : the killer punk rock infused with a sh*tload of rock'n roll played by the Texans of INSANE URGE!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/02/insane-urge.html?m=1

Insane Urge Just a quick one today about Insane Urge demo tape, the latest release on Stucco Label , an Olympia-based punk label ...

XYRESIC is back with a new album, probably their best release so far!

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/02/xyresic-new-album.html

Xyresic: New Album! Xyresic is back! A few weeks only after my "extensive" post about the Singapore band discography and a couple...

LA MILAGROSA!
Puerto Rico hardcore punk from NYC!

La Milagrosa Band

https://yavraimentrienafaire.blogspot.com/2022/02/la-milagrosa.html?m=1

La Milagrosa La Milagrosa (The Miraculous) is a quartet from NYC featuring four guys from Puerto Rico who moved to the big apple a few...