White Stain

The organizers of the two-day festival Scena se pedena reminded everyone just how rich and strong the Slovenian underground is, with representatives of homegrown punk, metal, hardcore and a few other genres trading places on two stages.

And so we arrived at the final act of this year's Ortofest. It was closed out by Sausages, White Stain and Diareja Eksploziv. The date was a bit unlucky timing-wise, since everybody was making the pilgrimage that day toward Rožnik and the…

Let's leave aside this country, which would rather collect money »For Europe« than for its own citizens and "Za kombi" ("For the Van"). Faith in rock 'n' roll beats everything, after all!

Reviving the drunk-punk habits of a decade ago is, of course, a tough, thankless, Sisyphean business these days, but it's badly needed to reintroduce new bands and mark their place in time within the sub-genre corner of the heavier-sounding…