Burning Flag hail from the Halifax / Calderdale area. They describe themselves thusly: Spewed forth from the blackened mill towns of Northern England, Burning Flag
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The Raging Nathans – Waste My Heart (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2021)
The Raging Nathans are seemingly a machine that refuses to stop. Less than a year since their last barn-burner, Oppositional Defiance, these guys have kept
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Bugger Banksy – Roy D Hacksaw (Earth Island Books, 2021)
I’ve come to expect great things from Earth Island Books since their inception the other year, so let’s see how the latest work of fiction
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Choices Made – Reason for Conflict (Cursed Blessings, 2021)
Gabe from Cursed Blessings has been doing a great job of pushing me on this. He knew that I needed to hear this new joint
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Come Closer – Pretty Garbage (Pirate’s Press Records, 2021)
I suppose I’ll start this off with a spurious statement of sorts: this is I think the big surprise release of 2021. Well, in so
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Ian Glasper – The Scene That Would Not Die (Earth Island Books, 2021)
The chances are that if you’ve had at least a passing interest in the history of punk rock upon these benighted shores, that you’ll have
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Incisions – Bliss (TNS Records, 2021)
Demotivated. Demoralised. What’s the point in even trying. That seems to be the recurring theme of my life at the moment when it comes to
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Premiere: Clayton – Escape EP (Disillusioned Records, 2021)
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
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Genghis Tron – Dream Weapon (Relapse, 2021)
Back in the 00s, Genghis Tron were the darlings of the cybergrind world. They released two massive records (including the amazing Board Up The House),
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Ship Thieves – Irruption (Chunksaah Records, 2021)
Pretty recently I was quite blown away by Ship Thieves’ split 7in single with Reconciler. I believe at that point in time I said I
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