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The Raging Nathans – Room for One More (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2025)

April 16, 2025 Tony Maher Record Review

So I’ve been championing this band for some number of years now. I suppose since they released Cheap Fame (a.k.a album 2) back in early

Blagged – Cortex Marks The Spot 12in (Brassneck Records / Rad Girlfriend Records / Cat’s Claw Records / No Reason Records, 2025)

January 30, 2025 Tony Maher Record Review

Here we are, then. Second review of 2025. It’s approaching the end of January. A chunk of time with a new Labour government in the

Nefarious Artists – Welly Artcore (Earth Island Books, 2024)

November 8, 2024 Tony Maher Book Review

Nefarious Artists, or to give it it’s full and somewhat unwieldy title, ‘Nefarious Artists: the evolution and art of the punk rock, post-punk, new wave,

Random Hand – Random Hand (Bomber Music, 2023)

January 25, 2024 Tony Maher Record Review

Random Hand have been around for quite a while now, having released their first EP back in 2005. They are a band that I’ve always

The Raging Nathans – Waste My Heart (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2021)

May 19, 2021 Tony Maher Record Review

The Raging Nathans are seemingly a machine that refuses to stop. Less than a year since their last barn-burner, Oppositional Defiance, these guys have kept

7in and EP round-up, July 2020 (part 3)

July 8, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

Don Blake – Anti-Charisma Wholesale 12in EP (Brassneck Records / Bloated Kat, 2020) Woohoo! Greater Manchester’s Don Blake are back with a new EP on

The Raging Nathans – Oppositional Defiance (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2020)

June 16, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

There’s few bands out there that I seemingly truly can’t get enough of. The Raging Nathans would be one of them. The band (assuming you

Fleshies – Introducing The Fleshies (Dirt Cult Records, 2019)

July 12, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

Fleshies have been around since 1999 (20 fuckin’ years, yo) and are from Oakland, California. They are described a “loud punk band” with “abrasive-yet-catchy songs

The Briefs – Platinum Rats (Damaged Goods, 2019)

April 5, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

It’s been a long time since I’d thought about The Briefs. I think probably since Steal Yer Heart dropped in 2005. I played that bastard

The Murderburgers – What a Mess (Brassneck Records / Asian Man Records / Umlaut Records / Waterslide Records, 2019)

March 1, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

Because I’m a total loser, I only came across the Murderburgers for the first time when they played at that place I can’t ever remember