Interview - Apathy & Exhaustion

Premiere: Clayton – Escape EP (Disillusioned Records, 2021)

April 2, 2021 Tony Maher Exclusive Stream, Interview

Apathy and Exhaustion in association with Disillusioned Records are proud to present a premiere from CLAYTON (a punk rock band from Nantes, France). Their debut

Burrowing – Weight (self-released, 2020)

December 10, 2020 Tony Maher Interview, Record Review

Weight is the second album from the Manchester-based collective known as Burrowing. Some of you may remember me reviewing the first Burrowing album on these

Frankie Stubbs of Leatherface interview (part 2)

June 14, 2020 Tony Maher Interview

Those of you that have been following this obviously mediocre webzine for some time may well remember part one of the Frankie Stubbs interview from

Interview with Surya

March 4, 2020 Nathan Bean Interview, Real talk and opinion

Experimental doom/punk band Surya caught my attention last year when my band shared a stage with them at Dreadfest in Leeds last year. I had

Interview with Will Hirst of Maniac

January 30, 2020 Nathan Bean Interview, Real talk and opinion

Maniac are without a doubt my favourite current hardcore band. They are legitimately ill as all hell and my habit of wearing a Maniac T-shirt

An interview with Javier Van Huss of Extricate

January 9, 2020 Nathan Bean Interview, Real talk and opinion

Many, many years ago when the world was young, and I was even younger, all full of piss and vinegar and straight edge spunk there

Interview with Cruelty

November 29, 2019 Nathan Bean Interview

I’ll confess that when it comes to Midlands based metallic hardcore band Cruelty I’ve had to eat a hefty slice of humble pie. You see,

Exclusive stream: Punch Drunk – Sassy (Disillusioned Records / Just Say No To Government Music Records / Engineer Records, 2019)

July 5, 2019 Tony Maher Exclusive Stream, Interview

Apathy and Exhaustion is proud to bring you yet another exclusive premiere, in association with Disillusioned Records, Just Say No to Government Music Records and

Bear Away – Never in the Same Place (Disillusioned Records / Engineer Records, 2019) – exclusive stream

June 12, 2019 Tony Maher Exclusive Stream, Interview

Having all played in different local bands around the Scarborough & Bridlington area over the last 10-12 years, Bear Away have finally found the music

Interview with Frankie Stubbs of Leatherface (part 1)

May 18, 2019 Tony Maher Interview

The other week, I sat down and talked with Frankie Stubbs at Wharf Chambers in Leeds. Frankie is/was the singer and guitarist of legendary Sunderland