Another curveball from way outfield comes from the Israeli metal scene, and again it's a band comprised of Russian immigrants (see Gevolt). Shitty CT hail from the northern city of Akko, a city ignored not only by narrow-minded Tel Avivian music scene but also (and more importantly) by the government. And there you have the perfect recipe for an explosive hardcore band: frustrated youth venting angst and rage. Four years ago, Shitty CT released their sophomore album which contained only one good track. This time around they've performed a quantum leap and dropkicked the main door of the major league: their texts are sharp, poignant and sincerely bleeding the dead-end feeling of their lives; the flow has improved markedly and the metal simply jumped a few notches. It is an ongoing mystery why the overwhelming majority of Israeli musicians, living in one of the most fertile grounds in the globe for political defiance and rebellion, are terrified of being political and usually resort to whining banal melodrama. For their music and for their political message, Shitty CT should become a leading force in the stifled (not to say decadent) Israeli alternative music scene. If that means shifting the fulcrum to Akko, so be it: Tel Aviv has failed miserably in generating a real alternative to anything so perhaps it is time for the suburbs to kick some ass.
Shitty CT – Ani hakol (from: Humus la'hamonim 2011) www.myspace.com/shittyct
Young legionnaire – Numbers (from: Crisis works, Wichita 10/05/2011) www.myspace.com/younglegionnaire/music
Triggerfinger - All this dancin' around (Excelsior, 31/03/2011) http://www.triggerfinger.net/media/audio
It is Soooo obvious that Uza would like a song about one of the most amazing species out there. Long live Nela!
Snowman – Hyena (2011) www.myspace.com/thesnowmanempire
Son lux - Leave the riches (from: We are rising, Anticon 26/04/2011)
Michael Kiwanuka – Tell me a tale (2011)
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