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Apathy & Exhaustion

Author: James Lamont

James Lamont is a writer and speaker of various punkfessional shades, over the years working on everything from multi-genre radio programmes to underground punk and hip hop reviews, from unwieldy environmental behemoth papers to DIY media projects. In his mid-twenties he swapped the depressing, darkening skies of his home city Manchester for the depressing, sun-bleached crudbuckets of Florida. You can read more of his writing at https://radicalbeatwriting.blogspot.com/ and follow his happenings at https://www.facebook.com/radicalbeatwriting/

Mad Caddies – Punk Rocksteady (Fat Wreck Chords, 2018)

August 19, 2018 James Lamont Record Review

The Mad Caddies have never done anything that made me think they were any more interesting than the sport of golf. I’ve spent more time

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Revenge Of The Psychotronic Man – That Was Just A Noise (TNS, 2018)

August 9, 2018 James Lamont Record Review

The Psychotronic Man finally gets his Revenge. 14 years after I saw them perform at The Attic at one of their earliest gigs, the Manchester

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Piss Ghost / Madison Turner / Yankee Roses @Lucky You Tattoo

August 5, 2018 James Lamont Live Review

  In order to be punk, I have gone almost all of this year without working.  It’s allowed me to do a bunch of cool

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Comrades / Thrash Can house show, Clearwater FL (May 2018)

June 4, 2018 James Lamont Live Review

Comrades / Thrash Can / The Antidon’ts / Scumbag Billionaires Saturday, May 19th 2018 A House, Clearwater, FL Some people have the impression that to

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Popes of Chillitown – Work Hard, Play Hard, See You In The Graveyard (self-released, 2018)

May 21, 2018 James Lamont Record Review

“Great music! It’s got a beat and you can dance to it…” Popes of Chillitown describe themselves as ska-punk-dubsters incorporating hip hop and drum &

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The Dub Righters – True Sound Killaz EP (Plasterer / A World We Never Made, 2018)

April 23, 2018 James Lamont Record Review

I get homesick relatively often. It’s usually mild, and can result in a wide variety of questionable viewing and listening choices. Something pretty effective at

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Descendents, Radkey, Rehasher @Jannus Live, St. Petersburg FL

April 22, 2018 James Lamont Live Review

Descendents/Radkey/Rehasher Thursday, April 12th 2018 Jannus Live, St. Petersburg FL Where’s Milo? is a tough game. You find a terrific spot on Jannus’s raised balcony

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The ProblemAddicts / Kevin K Band / Silver Alert @ The Bends, St. Petersburg FL

April 12, 2018 James Lamont Live Review

The ProblemAddicts/Kevin K Band/Silver Alert Thursday, March 29th 2018 The Bends, St. Petersburg FL DETERMINED OPENER: Leadfoot Promotions is here to give the Tampa Bay

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Superchunk – What a Time to Be Alive (Merge, 2018)

April 4, 2018 James Lamont Record Review

For a good while I’ve had the concept for a music magazine feature rattling around in my head, even as we’re told over and over

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Great Collapse – Neither Washington Nor Moscow… Again! (End Hits, 2018)

March 21, 2018 James Lamont Record Review

It will probably come as a surprise to anyone I’ve rumbled with online lately, but my lifelong instinct to closely follow and engage with all

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