Vintage Crop – Company Man (Drunken Sailor Records, 2019) Alright then. The first (to my knowledge) release on Drunken Sailor of 2019. Vintage Crop are
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Radar State – Strays (Disconnect Disconnect / Wiretap Records, 2019)
Tony’s known me long enough to know that I am a massive fan of The Get Up Kids, so I wasn’t at all surprised when
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Somerset Thrower – Godspeed (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2018)
The regular readers amongst you will recall that I recently declared that Somerset Thrower were a new band to me, in my review of their
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September 2018 7in & EP round-up (part 1)
I recently got a whole boatload of stuff for review from Mike Bruno at Dead Broke Rekerds. I suppose some of this stuff is almost
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7in & EP Round-up, July 2018 (part 2)
Chain Whip – s/t 7in (Dirt Cult Records /Neon Taste Records, 2018) Oh-ho-ho yeah!!! Holy shit. This rips, mate. Dirt Cult Records do it again,
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Beach Slang – We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags [Quiet Slang] (Polyvinyl, 2017)
Admittedly, I was something of a late adopter of Beach Slang’s music. As I noted in my review of their second full length, A Loud
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Woah-woah! The gang’s all here! Introducing the writers (part 9)
What can I tell you about Nathan Mallon? I’ve known this guy since around ’99 – 2000, when we worked in a call centre together,
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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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Interview with Mark Lind on the Ducky Boys, growing up in Charlestown and Dirty Water (part 1)
Proud to present the very first interview on Apathy and Exhaustion, which is with one of my favourite punk rock song writers of all time,
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Against Me! – Shape Shift With Me (Total Treble Records / Xtra Mile, 2016)
So, a confession: I heard about Against Me! a little late and by the time I checked them out I was completely underwhelmed. Polished ‘punk’
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