Astpai is a name I’ve been hearing for a good few years now. They are yet another example of a band I didn’t get around
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Beach Slang – Everything Matters But No One Is Listening [Quiet Slang] (Polyvinyl / Big Scary Monsters, 2018)
I mentioned in my review of the We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags [Quiet Slang] 7in last year that I was a relatively late comer to
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Harker – No Discordance (Disconnect Disconnect Records / Future Void)
A few years back Harker appeared on my radar when main man Mark Boniface released an acoustic cover of Jawbreaker’s Do You Still Hate Me?
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Only Strangers – s/t (Horn & Hoof, 2018)
For my money, this self titled record from Stoke on Trent’s Only Strangers is hands down the best release Manchester based label Horn & Hoof
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The Dopamines – Tales of Interest (Plasterer Records / Rad Girlfriend Records)
First off, The Dopamines are incredible. I will accept no arguments. Word. I tell thee. Yo. However, given they’ve been around for over 10 years,
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Iron Chic – You Can’t Stay Here (Sideonedummy, 2017)
Oh, Iron Chic, how I love thee. Welcome back, my much loved audio friends. Truly it is a rare thing these days for a band
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Shotwell / Miami split LP (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2017 re-issue)
To say this record was originally recorded in 1998, well you really can’t tell. This is one of Mike DBR’s favourite releases of all time,
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Seven inch record & EP round-up March 2017
Liquids – More Thana Friend (Drunken Sailor Records) If somehow you missed my review of the Liquids full length Hot Liqs, you can find it
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Drunken Sailor Records (Stoke) – an introduction, part 2
Alrighty, welcome to part two of the introduction to Drunken Sailor Records feature. They are a label based in Stoke, run by Julian ‘Juice’ Stevenson.
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Dead Broke Rekerds, New York – an introduction part 3
What up, my punky little peanuts? This is the last installment of our three-part intro to Dead Broke Rekerds. So we have a whole other
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