Life is weird innit? You spend ages with tons of time on your hands, yet your impetus and drive to be productive are beset upon
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Custody – II LP (Brassneck Records / Shield Recordings / Combat Rock Industry, 2020)
Custody are from Finland, and describe themselves thusly: “We make melodic music that makes us happy. We sound like Sergie Loobkoff having a knife fight
Read moreDealing With Damage – Making Plans for Misery video premiere and gig announcement
Dealing With Damage describe themselves simply as a “punk band from London”. Given that their line-up features former members of Stupids, Jerrybuilt, Done Lying Down,
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Screaming at Traffic – I Don’t Like Sports (Little Rocket Records, 2019)
Bands that proper worship Samiam? I love owt like that, me. But only when they do that classic band a proper bit of justice, which
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D L Burdon – The Wind & The Runaway (Little Rocket Records, 2019)
Were you foolish or tardy enough to miss the video premiere and one-off gig announcement last month? Fear not, the gig sold out, mate. Anyways,
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DL Burdon – gig announcement and ‘Atlanta Might Be the Death of Me’ video premiere
UK born but US based singer/songwriter, DL Burdon (or Davey to his mates), is a veteran of the punk and indie scene of his native
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Rebellion Punk Festival 2019 recommendation: Spoilers
Seemingly I’m either too uncool or too non-adventurous to go to the Rebellion Punk Festival. But from the comfortable position of sitting on my arse
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Spoilers – Recently Re-Released (Brassneck Records / Little Rocket Records / Boss Tuneage / SBAM, 2019)
Spoilers are a band that I totally slept on until last year, despite my mate Martin constantly (well, frequently) saying how great they are. More
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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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Dave Smalley & The Bandeleros – 2019 tour announcement
OK. Now listen up people. The legend / punk rock lifer that is Dave Smalley is heading up a tour of Europe and the UK
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