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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