During the 2000s, Apathy & Exhaustion’s tireless editor Tony was the co-owner of Roadkill Records, a punk shop haven located in a part of Manchester
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AJJ – Ugly Spiral: Lost Works 2012 – 16 (sideonedummy, 2018)
AJJ, or Andrew Jackson Jihad (as they were once known) is a name I’ve been aware of for some long number of years now (they’ve
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Best LPs of 2017: Tony
A bit of a strange emotional rollercoaster of a year. My father in law passed away (R.I.P Phil) and I became a father for the
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Top 5 of 2017: Mark Lind – Ducky Boys/Warning Shots/State Line Records
So today we have a guest top 5 albums of 2017, courtesy of my internet buddy, Mark Lind. Some of you may know him from
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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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The Smith Street Band – More Scared of You Than You Are of Me (Specialist Subject Records / Sideonedummy / Uncle M / Pool House Records, 2017)
I’ve always thought that the way in which people form opinions about stuff or events or people without actually having any knowledge about them is
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Meat Wave – The Incessant (Sideonedummy Records, 2017)
Now then. We’ve had this one in for review for a short while now, but… it’s only just come out. Wow. This record really is
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Timeshares – Bearable (re-issue) (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2016)
If you are no stranger to these pages, then you’ll know that we’ve not really done much thus far on the reissues front. However, when
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Why I haven’t reviewed Jeff Rosenstock’s ‘Worry’
When my friend Tony asked me to write for Apathy & Exhaustion I was at pains to say that I might not be reliable or
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AJJ – The Bible 2 (SideOneDummy, 2016)
The Bible 2 is the latest record by AJJ (aka Andrew Jackson Jihad, the band elected to change the name earlier this year), and despite
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