Here we are, then. Second review of 2025. It’s approaching the end of January. A chunk of time with a new Labour government in the
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Hotlung – In Spite Of LP (Little Rocket Records / Sell the Heart Records, 2024)
Hotlung are based out of Santa Cruz, California. Their line-up features members of various bands from the Bay Area and surrounding environs (such as Fury
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Roach Squad – Roach Squad LP (2025, Little Rocket Records / Rad Girlfriend Records)
Like doubling over around a punch to the gut that you well and truly deserve. Accepting the punishment with humility and gratitude. Being violently thrust
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Nefarious Artists – Welly Artcore (Earth Island Books, 2024)
Nefarious Artists, or to give it it’s full and somewhat unwieldy title, ‘Nefarious Artists: the evolution and art of the punk rock, post-punk, new wave,
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Reduced – Reduced 7in (Brassneck Records, 2024)
Reduced are based out of Nottingham and describe themselves as playing melodic punk and garage rock. Their line-up features members of TV Crime, Scene Killers
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City Mouse – ‘So Far Out’ LP (Brassneck Records / It’s Alive Records, 2024)
I love City Mouse, me. They are, if you are unfamiliar, a 4 piece from Tampa, Florida. On this outing, ‘So Far Out’, their second
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Days and Days – Chris MacDonald (ECW Press, 2024)
‘Days and Days: A story about Sunderland’s Leatherface and the Ties That Bind’, to give this volume it’s full title, is the second book by
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Seized Up – Modify The Sacred (Pirate’s Press Records, 2024)
Wahey! Seized Up are back! After really enjoying their first LP, ‘Brace Yourself’, which came out via Pirate’s Press Records back in October 2020, I
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Distants – LP (Salinas Records, 2024)
I’ve been vaguely fucking with the music of Distants online for a few months now, but didn’t really know how to get ahold of their
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The Drowns – Blacked Out (Pirates Press Records, 2024)
If you aren’t aware of The Drowns by this point, you’ve probably spent the last few years trapped in a caved-in basement, or are some
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