This has to be the comeback album nobody was expecting to drop in 2018, but I for one am sure as hell glad it has.
Read moreQueen of Jeans – Dig Yourself (Top Shelf Records, 2018)
I’m not really sure what I was expecting this record to be like. Read that as I had no preconceptions about it whatsoever. However, I
Read moreKrang – Sinalong (Bird Attack Records, 2018)
First off, shout outs to Lee at Wall of Sound PR for hooking me up with a bunch of releases from Garrett at the awesome
Read moreThis Is Not A Drill – Hysteria / Hypocrisy / Lies (self-released, 2017)
Lee from This Is Not A Drill hit me up on what my parents would no doubt refer to as ‘The Facebook’ the other day
Read moreTrophy Jump – Depression Club (self-released, 2017)
Trophy Jump is a melodic punk rock band formed in Long Beach, California (not 100% sure if that bit is a joke, but I feel
Read moreThe Worst Witch – Toil & Trouble (Alerta Antifascista Records , 2018)
I picked up on the Worst Witch via Liam DeVello in the UK Nerd Punx Facebook group, when he asked if anybody enjoyed soundbites from
Read moreHummer – 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
Read moreThe Fritz – s/t (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)
Not that it’ll be news to anyone, but… I really love that typical US hardcore sound from ’79 – ’86. In particular I have a
Read moreImpotentie – Demonstratieve Opnamens (Drunken Sailor Records / Swollen City Records 2018)
Impotentie are (as far as I can tell) a post-punk 2 piece from Montreal that sing in… wait for it… Dutch. Fucking Dutch, mate. I
Read moreThe Last Gang – Keep Them Counting (Fat Wreck Chords, 2018)
There was a time when I followed Fat Wreck Chords something approaching religious fervour, I guess around the mid-late 90s and very early 2000s. They
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