Chances are, like me, you’ve been peripherally aware of Oregon’s Abolitionist for a while, without actually having given any of their shit a spin, mate.
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The Accused A.D. – The Ghoul In The Mirror (Blackhouse Records, 2019)
If you are even older than my old ass, you may remember a band called The Accused from way back when, who were considered to
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Clowns – Nature / Nurture (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)
Alrighty. Clowns are an off-kilter 5-piece hardcore punk band from Melbourne, Australia, and Nature / Nurture is their 4th studio album, although their first for
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Millencolin – SOS (Epitaph, 2019)
A few months back I was pretty excited to hear the teaser track Millencolin released ahead of their new album, SOS. Which came as a
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Sleaford Mods – Eton Alive (Extreme Eating Records, 2019)
I’m pretty sure thousands of old punks have had the same conversation for 10 years over crusty pints of overpriced artisan organic craft ale: “is
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Bad Religion – Age of Unreason (Epitaph, 2019)
Bloody hell. Bad Religion have been around for about a million years now, well, 40ish anyhow. I first saw them live in 1997 (I think,
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Cold Cave – Promised Land (Heart Worm Press, 2019)
Now here’s a review I was looking forward to writing. Cold Cave is the darkwave project of American Nightmare’s Wesley Eisold, and his other half
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Interview with Frankie Stubbs of Leatherface (part 1)
The other week, I sat down and talked with Frankie Stubbs at Wharf Chambers in Leeds. Frankie is/was the singer and guitarist of legendary Sunderland
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Eat Dirt – Death Is Death (Bearded Punk Records, 2019)
London punk crew Eat Dirt will punch the crust out of your ears, and no mistake. Don’t expect any apologies for that, because it’s all
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Pkew Pkew Pkew – Optimal Lifestyles (Big Scary Monsters, 2019)
Pkew Pkew Pkew are from Toronto, Canada, and formed in 2013. After a couple of EPs they released their first album ‘Pkew Pkew Pkew’ on
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