Some of you may recall the EP that Hummer put out a bit ago. It was called Budweiser and Butter, and it was pretty good.
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Loose Behaviour – Sad Action (Rad Girlfriend Records, 2020)
Pretty Boy Thorson (The Slow Death + others) and Josh Goldman (The Raging Nathans, The Dopamines + others) in THE SAME band? Whuuuuuttt? That’s two
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7in and EP round-up May 2020 (part 1)
The Lawrence Arms – PTA (Epitaph) “Thank the facking maker” as C3 P0 might have said had the droid been moonlighting as the singer from
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7in & EP round-up: April 2019 (part 1)
Custody / The Phoenix Foundation – split 7in (Little Rocket Records) When Graeme Philliskirk hit me up about this one, he said he wasn’t going
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The Burnt Tapes – Never Better (Lockjaw Records / Wiretap Records, 2019)
OK then. I’ve not thus far got a fabulous track record with Lockjaw Records releases, having been somewhat critical of recent releases by Fair Do’s
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Brendan Kelly & the Wandering Birds – Keep Walkin’ Pal (Red Scare Industries, 2018)
For the unfamiliar, Brendan has been partially responsible for some of the better acts across the spectrum of the Chicago punk scene over the past
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Aspiga – Dragged Through the Years (A-F Records, 2018)
Yet another surprisingly good release from A-F Records, here, following swiftly on the heels of This Will Haunt Me by Dollar Signs. For the benefit
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Ogikubo Station – We Can Pretend Like (Asian Man Records, 2018)
As some of the readership may recall, Ogikubo Station’s debut 12in, s/t EP, made my personal top 10 list of 2017, with 6 songs of
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Retirement Party – Somewhat Literate (Counter Intuitive Records, 2018)
When I was asked if I wanted to review this, I was intrigued by the promotional blurb. Themes of anxieties around growing older, struggles with
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Hummer – Budweiser & Butter EP (Horn & Hoof, 2018)
Hummer are a fantastic melodic punk trio from Warrington. Yes, Warrington, the celebrated North Western hotbed of concrete and roundabouts. Location of Gulliver’s World and
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