Seemingly I’m either too uncool or too non-adventurous to go to the Rebellion Punk Festival. But from the comfortable position of sitting on my arse
Read moreEndless Bore – Personal Development (self-released, 2019)
Endless Bore approached me through Facebook for a review of their new full length, Personal Development. I say full length, but with the songs averaging
Read moreCrocodile God – Thirteen (Brassneck Records / Crackle Records, 2019)
Only the other week, I was having a right good chat about those great bands from the UK scene in the early – mid 90’s:
Read moreVideo premiere: Misfortune Cookie – All Dogs are Nina
The kind folks in Misfortune Cookie and at Everything Sucks have asked us to run a premiere of the new Misfortune Cookie video, ‘All Dogs
Read moreTommy and June – s/t (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)
What an incredible and unexpected breath of fresh air this is! About a gazillion miles away from both the skate punk heydays of the 1990s,
Read more7in and EP roundup July 2019 (part 3)
The Drowns – The Sound 7in (Pirates Press Records) If you somehow slept on it, The Drowns released their debut full length, ‘View From the
Read more7in & EP round-up – July 2019 (part 2)
What the hell is happening? Two installments of the 7in and demo round-up on the trot and not a single turkey in sight. This seems
Read moreScrap Brain – A Journey Into Madness (Drunken Sailor Records / Thrilling Living, 2019)
Alright then. These lot are from London and Oxford and are billed as playing an unconventional brand of hardcore punk. Colour me interested. I do
Read moreAbolitionist – Ugly Feeling (Different Kitchen Records / No Time Records / Between The Days Records / 1859 Records, 2019)
This follows on the heels of Abolitionist’s recent A New Militance 10in EP which also dropped this year through Different Kitchen Records / 1859 Records.
Read moreCorner Boys – Waiting for 2020 (Drunken Sailor Records, 2019)
I feel like I start these reviews with statements like “those of you that were paying attention back in 201x year may remember my review
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