December 2018 – Apathy & Exhaustion

Staff top tens 2018: Tony Maher – 7in & EPs

What a year. In many regards. It’s been a real emotional rollercoaster. I’m properly in my 40s now. I’ve seen my kid turn 1 year

It’s been a full official calendar year of Radical Beat writing, slogging around trying to make sense of this wild terrain, and here’s my top

“Depression is built into this machine and the evidence is plastered on the morose faces of people caught in the clutches of its business as

1. Daughters – “You Won’t Get What You Want” You Won't Get What You Want by Daughters Daughters incredible return from the wilderness sees them

Andy co-runs TNS Records, played in the now defunct (as of this month) Revenge of the Psychotronic Man and is one of the organisers of

Full-Length LPs 1. Nothing – Dance On The Blacktop Dance On The Blacktop by Nothing What more can I say on this record? Glorious third

First of all, many apologies to Chris at Dirt Cult and to Neighborhood Brats that this has taken so long. Sometimes real life gets in

Question The Mark – Nightmare on Misery Street 7in (Little Rocket Records, 2018) Wowsers. Are these guys Wales’ best kept secret or what? Graeme was

Another guest top ten of 2018… once again coming at ya from across the pond, courtesy of Floridian Lauren Mills. Lauren is a much respected

Me First & The Gimme Gimmes – Santa Baby (Fat Wreck Chords, 2018) I really used to enjoy Me First rather a lot. Nowadays, not