It’s kind of cool to be on the receiving end of a pleasant surprise every now and again. I’d class this joint from Santa Cruz
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Abolitionist – A New Militance 10in (Different Kitchen Records / 1859 Records, 2019)
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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7in & EP round-up February 2019 (part 1)
Various Artists – Hardkore Dokument UK 7in (Kibou Records, TNS Records, 2019) Areet? First round up of 2019, and opening up proceedings with have this
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7in & EP Round-up August 2018 part 2
Forever Unclean – Woof EP (Hidden Home Records / Disconnect Disconnect Records Bearded Punk Records / Pee Records, 2018) Forever Unclean are a trio from
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The Phosphorous Bombs – Cancers (self-released, 2017)
First off, mad props The Phosphorous Bombs for writing this total ripper of a record. Secondly, mega apologies to Rodney from The Phosphorous Bombs, who
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Hot Water Music – Light It Up (Rise Records, 2017)
Hot Water Music (along with bands such as Avail – R.I.P) are notorious for being hardworking, constantly on tour, and immune to anything approaching mainstream
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Jared Grabb – Masters (So Say We All Records / Thinker Thought Records, 2017)
When I got this in my inbox, I was thinking “Who?”, and the likelihood is most of you reading this will be too. Jared, prior
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Woah-woah! The gang’s all here! Introducing the writers: part 3
So this is the third installment of this series. So I thought that I would lay bare my soul and/or inner depths of my rotten
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PEARS – Green Star (Fat Wreck Chords, 2016)
By way of introduction, PEARS hail from New Orleans, Louisiana. They formed in 2014, and weirdly are the first band to be signed to Fat
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Tim Barry at The Old Blue Last, Shoreditch 2nd July 2013
This is one from the archives. It was originally published on the Corehammer website back in 2013…
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