smartz records
is an indie (diy and no-profit) label & distro active since 1995
here’s the list of smartz - still available - productions: for more stuff (lyrics, mp3...) and for the full distro list with thousand of records, zines and gadgets visit the official smartz page
available on smartz:
x-mary - a tavola con il principe
OUT NOW!!!
Assolutamente matti, e chi li ha visti dal vivo sa di cosa parlo! Ristampone del loro secondo cd: IL disco del 2007.
[smartz 40] - cd 2008 - buy
it!
x-mary - x-mary al circo
OUT NOW!!!
Luca Carboni and Darby Crash meets Minutemen in Toquihno’s house. X-Mary are crazy! 3rd album, 14 tx in italian, no comment.
[smartz 39] - cd 2008 - buy
it!
i treni all’alba - folk destroyers
OUT NOW!!!
Instrumental postrock / folk / core / prog / ex-Belli Cosi and Encore Fou. Great!!!
[smartz 38] - cd 2008 - buy
it!
bob corn - we don’t need the outside
"A great cat named Bob Corn opens up the show on solo acoustic guitar and singing - he does some beautiful tunes that are very soulful, dancing skips w/his feet to accompany him" (Mike Watt/Minutement, the Stooges)
[smartz 37] - 12"LP 2007 - buy
it!
agatha - getting dressed for a death metal party
Devastating all-girls trio from Milan playing like "Sleater Kinney on anphetamine, or Shellak jamming Girls Against Boys" (Freakout mag). Great bikini artwork: use your imagination to dress them!
[smartz 36] - 7"EP / mCD 2007" - buy
it!
sumo - surrogati
The Bologna based punk quintet Sumo offers some great emo lines, political lyrics, unexpected catchy melodies combined with a explosive punk attitude. If you loved Rits of Spring, this is your cup of coffee.
[smartz 35] - cd 2007 - buy
it!
bava - l’ostile di vita
1st full lenght. A gloomy, impatient, radical, blasphemous, irriverent and ironic anticlerical proclama for the ex- Less Than Zero from Milan. Carmelo Bene lives here! Not recommended to fine palates.
[smartz 34] - cd 2007 - buy
it!
frontiera - sulle impronte dei giganti
3 years after "Strana corsa", 2/3 of the legendary punk band
Kina are back with 5 new songs recorded @ Acqualuce studio sound, with the
cullaboration of Fabiano Riz, Mario Congiu and other friends. it(a) rocks!
[smartz 33] - cd 2006 - buy
it!
isobel - fioca?
Post core a là Fugazi, sometimes more pop and sometimes more psycho.
It’s the second issue for Isobel, that’s also the band into I play bass.
5 tracks for about 15 minutes, coproduced with Fooltribe.
[smartz 32] - cd 2006 - buy
it!
big member - s/t
If you love Evan Dando’s Lemonheads don’t miss the Big Member. 2/4 of
Spacciatori di musica stupefacente play here, 12 tracks, carefreeness &
retrò design for pop homesicks...
[smartz 31] - cd 2006 - buy
it!
laghetto / violent breakfast
Laghetto, mad post-pocapocalyptic heroes from Bologna, split this 7"
with young emoviolence guys from Pisa called Violent Breakfast. Green transparent
vinyl.
[smartz 30] - split 7"ep 2005 - buy
it!
crime gang bang - i giorni della merla
Italian old school hardcore played by old school people. Contains 6 songs
+ 3 video. And the hit Brucia Imperia brucia. A big coproduction
between 16 diy reality.
[smartz 29] - cd 2005 - buy
it!
laghetto - pocapocalisse
If Sonate in bu minore is not enough for you... Pocapocalisse!
Eleven new songs (di cui una palindroma). It comes into a digipack tartufato
cd with a 16 pages full color booklet & different crazy sticker on each
cover.
[smartz 28] - digipack cd 2005 - buy
it!
sumo / ed
Sumo: guitar, drum, vocal and 2 basses. On stage they remember me Altro
but more punk. Ed also come from Bologna and play a rawer and direct hardcore
a là Indigesti of the early 80’s. Split-vinyl, few copies.
[smartz 27] - split 7"ep 2005 - buy
it!
isobel - s/t
Debut ep. Ex-BelliCosi and parallel project of 3eem. they love certain
hardcore but also Fugazi, Motorpsycho, Sonic Youth, Inzirli and Kina. Post-rock?
Psycho-core? 3 songs and a no-end vurtula.
[smartz 26] - 7"ep 2005 - buy
it!
hobophobic - i sogni a naufragare
Best melodic hardcore band from the South of Italy. Nine tracks spitting
blood, sweat and sincerity. Play fast or die!
[smartz 25] - cd 2005 - buy
it!
roid - riepilogo della fine
Roid doesn’t exist anymore. They played great old school hardcore until
a pair of years ago and now are in La Quiete and Le Tormenta. These are
just their last songs, in a niceful package with cool graphix.
[smartz 23] - cd 2004 - buy
it!
arsenico - forti di incomprensioni instabili
Personal pop-hardcore from Turin. Nine tracks in which the classic motorcity
core meets old Assalti Frontali, Arturo and Subsonica grooves. BIG recording
and coproduction of 16 diy labels from Italy and Europe.
[smartz 22] - cd 2004 - buy
it!
kafka / defdump
Kafka = powerful and screamish hc from Genoa since 10 years! They seem
a bit Refused singing in italian. Defdump are from Lux and play caothic
emocore. Reprint ep (500 copies on transparent orange vinyl).
[smartz 21] - split 7"ep 2003 - buy
it!
spacciatori di musica stupefacente - dove ti sei perso
Spacciatori di musica stupefacente play old school but melodic hardcore
in the vein of Kina, Husker Du e Dag Nasty. Ten songs with italian lyrics,
played with the heart. Bonus cd rom data track with video and pics...
[smartz 20] - cd 2003 - buy
it!
threat of riot - seasons
New cd for the ex-Brigate Rozze from Rome: ultrafast old school HC with
double male/female screaming vocals. 9 songs, in english. They kick asses!
[smartz 18] - cd 2002 - buy
it!
belli cosi - torino rock’n’roll starz
The last powerful album for the great turin band. Into your stereo 11
songs of italian hc. But into your pc also the complete website + the past
eps in mp3 format (high quality) + a video + many many more. A must.
[smartz 16] - cd 2001 - buy
it!
Concerts Agatha w/ Death Before Work!
25.04 vienna (au) @ ekh
26.04 ostrava (cz)
27.04 dresden (de) tbc
28.04 wroclaw (pol) @ crk
29.04 ruda slaska (pol)
30.04 warsaw (pol) noc walpurgii 2008
01.05 berlin (de) @subversiv
02.05 munster (de) tbc
03.05 offenburg (de) @ kessel
25.05 reggio emilia @ igloo fest
Bob Corn
02.04 berlin (d) @ zu moebel fabrik
03.04 rostock (d) @ stubnitz
05.04 leipzig (d) @ noch besser leben
06.04 berlin (d) @ intersoup
09.04 frankfurt a.m. (d) @ cafè andrea doria
11.04 nijmegen @ de onderbroke
12.04 rotterdam (nl) @ motel mozaique festival
13.04 utrecht (nl) @ db’s
14.04 groningen (nl) @ house show at theblackatlantic’s
15.04 amsterdam (nl) @ vpro radio show
15.04 leiden (nl) @ sub 071
16.04 brussel (b) @ tba
17.04 paris (f) @ tba
18.04 niort (f) @ tba
19.04 mont de marsan (f) @ l’aficion
20.04 bordeaux (f) @ inca
22.04 reims (f) @ l’appart cafè
23.04 strasbourg (f) @ stimultania
24.04 dudingen (ch) @ badbonn
25.04 stuttgart (d) @ f.f.u.s.
26.04 vicenza @ presidio NO dal molin
27.04 bologna @ foolfest c/o locomotiv club
28.04 cremona @ antica osteria del fico
30.04 finale emilia (mo) @ giardini pubblici
07.05 sondrio @ la smagia
08.05 bolzano @ circolo masetti
09.05 senigallia (an) @ tba
10.05 lucera (fg) @ arci sonica
11.05 copertino (le) @ i sotterranei
12.05 fasano (br) @ house show at fernando’s
13.05 matera @ in strada !
19.05 roma @ fanfulla 101
20.05 marina di massa (ms) @ tago mago
21.05 sansepolcro (ar) @ house show
22.05 arezzo @ libreria leggere
03.07 zanè (vi) @ cascina irma
Frontiera
18.04 tba
19.04 pisa @ newroz
Isobel last shows!
15.03 rovato @ csa 28 maggio w/ altro
29.03 bologna @ atlantide
14.04 torino @ united club
17.05 ciriè (to) @ taurus - LAST PARTY!
I Treni all’Alba
05.04 torino @ spazio 211
24.04 torino @ fattore k (acoustic set)
25.04 milano @ la casa 139
01.05 dijon (f) @ aux tanneries
03.05 lyon (f) @ le boulon
09.05 ciriè (to) @ taurus
28.06 alpette (to) @ rockfree festival preview
X-Mary
25.04 lugano @ tra l’altro biblio bar
26.04 fano (pu) @ crazy house
24.05 cesena, forlì (fc) @ vesparaduno
29.05 caserta (ce) @ tba
31.05 poggibonsi (si) @ tba
01.06 roma @ zksquatt
21.06 ponti sul mincio (mn) @ perfect dayz fest
22.06 senna lodigiana (lo) @ festa della birra
20.07 ospedaletto (lo) @ motoraduno