A few months ago, I saw the Montreal oi band Béton Armé play a DIY show with Poison Ruïn, and I was impressed. Béton Armé’s sound is a hard, classicist take on old-school oi sounds that occasionally draws on the new wave influences so popular in the French oi scene right now. (Béton Armé aren’t French, but they do sing in French.) In person, Béton Armé put on a show. Singer Dan is a true performer who struts and slides all over the place, both on and off the stage. They’re a very cool band, and they’ve got a new album coming out soon.
