BAND OF THE DAY: DEMOKHRATIA

A collision of the words for 'democracy' and 'shit', by the end of the week Algerian fastcore hellions Demokhratia might be elder statesmen for failed democracy, lecturing their North African brothers who're poised on the cusp of death, (in)glory or both in Egypt.

Unleashing that punkish, freewheeling that makes great hardcore great and the twanging breakdowns that induce doofuses to chase each other round in little circles, Demokhratia's most recent EP, 2009's 'Bled el Petrole Takoul Lekhra' 7” on French label Darboukah, is perfectly concise blast of vitriol from 'petrol country'.