Out of Love – I Am Not Me EP (Venn Records) I got approached out of the blue about this one. The promo material suggests
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Clowns – Nature / Nurture (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)
Alrighty. Clowns are an off-kilter 5-piece hardcore punk band from Melbourne, Australia, and Nature / Nurture is their 4th studio album, although their first for
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Eat Dirt – Death Is Death (Bearded Punk Records, 2019)
London punk crew Eat Dirt will punch the crust out of your ears, and no mistake. Don’t expect any apologies for that, because it’s all
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Sharp/Shock – Youth Club (Heart & Skull, 2018)
Admittedly, I put this on before I read up on Sharp/Shock’s background, and I was thinking “jeezerz, these Americans are pure Anglophiles, mate – this
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Incisions – Quit Now EP (Horn & Hoof, 2017)
Incisions are from the Greater Manchester area (plus Northwich) and play a mélange of 80’s hardcore, street punk, and EpiFat influenced stuff. And it is
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NOFX – First Ditch Effort (Fat Wreck Chords, 2016)
This is the first collaborative review on Apathy & Exhaustion. Clara and Tony tackle the long-awaited NOFX album, First Ditch Effort. Read on to find
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Deep Pockets – Nice Life EP (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2016)
This was my first exposure to Deep Pockets, with their EP Nice Life released on Dead Broke Rekerds (http://deadbrokerecords.com/contact.php), released earlier this 2016 year. It
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Beach Slang – A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings (Polyvinyl / Big Scary Monsters, 2016)
I’ve heard the name Beach Slang doing the rounds for around a year or so now, and after hearing a couple of tracks online, I
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