PUFFER + BÉTON ARMÉ + FRONTSECTOR

PUFFER Montreal’s PUFFER lands in Amsterdam with a slab of lumpen punk’n’roll which offers a little more nuance and intrigue than your usual troglodyte Oi!-tinged hardcore. Vocals are reminiscent of NO TIME, and sound not too dissimilar to what I’d imagine it’d be like if a rottweiler learned to sing. Interestingly, there’s a bit of groove here with the tambourine flourishes and guitar solos, a bit like if MC5 cut their hair and had a wash. BÉTON ARMÉ Béton Armé is a montreal oi! band inspired by french punk/oi! bands from the 80’s. They are the real deal. It seems a little reductive making the comparison merely owing to their shared Francophile nature, but this really does feel like a spiritual cousin to a RIXE EP—earworm choruses, buzzsaw guitars, and gang vox designed to be yelled while covered in lager. Extremely worth it. FRONTSECTOR FRONTSECTOR, one of Groningen’s best and most exiting punk bands. The four give us punk as it was once meant to be played: against the status quo, against the system and without more chords than necessary. Poster door Randy en Anna BÉTON ARMÉ, FRONTSECTOR, PUFFER