Legend has it that this blog / webzine was regularly updated back in the day. I want this piece to serve as a return to
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Tommy and June – s/t (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)
What an incredible and unexpected breath of fresh air this is! About a gazillion miles away from both the skate punk heydays of the 1990s,
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Lenny Lashley’s Gang of One – All Are Welcome (Pirate’s Press Records, 2019)
Lenny Lashley is (was?) frontman of Boston scene stalwarts (The New) Darkbuster. This I guess is his new solo project. Anyway, I saw my dude
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New Junk City – Same Places (Real Ghost Records / Night Animal Records / Secret Pennies Records, 2018)
New Junk City hail from Atlanta, Georgia. Same Places is their second full length. You can check out their available back catalogue on their bandcamp
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Swingin’ Utters – Peace and Love (Fat Wreck Chords, 2018)
This may very well be the best album the Swingin’ Utters have ever made. They come out swinging (sorry) with Undertaker, Undertake and immediately bounce
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7in & EP Round-up, July 2018 (part 2)
Chain Whip – s/t 7in (Dirt Cult Records /Neon Taste Records, 2018) Oh-ho-ho yeah!!! Holy shit. This rips, mate. Dirt Cult Records do it again,
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Cold Years – Northern Blue EP (Homebound Records, 2018)
Somebody remind me what year it is again? Honestly, I could’ve sworn that the last 10-odd years were a figment of my imagination. Listening to
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Brian Fallon – Sleepwalkers (Island Records, 2018)
With a a voice that sounds like he gargles whiskey and gravel every night before bed time, Brian Fallon emerged as this generations pre-eminent blue
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Michael Kane & The Morning Afters – Laughing At The Shape I’m In (State Line Records, 2017)
Mark at State Line gave me a sneak preview of this one a few months back, and I’ve been pretty hungry to get hold of
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Rancid – Trouble Maker (Epitaph, 2017)
Bloody hell. These guys have been around for a long ass time now, considering they were formed in 1991. That’s 26 years innit. Obviously, they’ve
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