Artist: DONOTS Album: CARAJO! Genre: Punk, Pop-Punk Label: OK! Good Records With ten albums under their belt throughout the last two decades, it’s pretty safe to say that DONOTS is one of Germany’s premier punk acts. They have served as support for several bands in the punk sub-genres, including Green Day, Midtown, and Rancid. They […]
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REVIEW: DONOTS stay consistent with ‘CARAJO!’
May 20th, 2016 
Bianca Silva 
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Tags: album review, carajo!, donots, Emo, OK! Good Records, pop punk (genre), punk (genre), review 
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