There are few bands as life affirming for me as The Slackers. Despite having more of a laid back trad ska / soul / reggae
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Sweat – Gotta Give It Up (Pirates Press Records, 2022)
Sweat are a power trio from LA. They are able to boast members of Graf Orlock and Ghostlimb amongst their ranks (if you can have
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The Drowns – Lunatics (Pirates Press Records, 2022)
Lunatics is the new EP from Seattle’s The Drowns. It’s a 6 track EP too, which is cool. Y’know, like a proper EP used to
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Snuff – Crepuscolo Dorato Della Bruschetta Borsetta Calzetta Cacchetta Trombetta Lambretta Giallo Ossido, Ooooooh Cosi Magnifico! (SBÄM Records / 10 Past 12 Records / Melodic Punk Style, 2022)
Crepuscolo Dorato Della Bruschetta Borsetta Calzetta Cacchetta Trombetta Lambretta Giallo Ossido, Ooooooh Cosi Magnifico! That’s the album title, rolls right off the tongue. People (gatekeeper
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Good Grief – Shake Your Faith (Everything Sucks Music / HHBTM Records, 2022)
Good Grief are from Liverpool and have been around for a bit now. Probably over a decade at this point. Seemingly this is their first
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Junkbreed – Music for Cool Kids (Raging Planet Records, 2021)
I’m not too familiar with Portuguese music. I’ve played live in that there Portugal a few times, though. To my shame, I’ve never really paid
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The Copyrights – Alone in a Dome (Fat Wreck Chords, 2021)
The Copyrights have passed me by a little. They probably shouldn’t have as they are a Ramones-y Pop Punk combo from Illinois. That’s something that
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Screaming at Traffic – ‘Bitter’ UK video premiere and album announcement
The internet had suspicions that it had seen the last of the Apathy & Exhaustion blog, but some motherfuckers (like my good self) exist purely
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Kicked In The Teeth – Salt Rocket to Nowhere (Rare Vitamin Records, 2022)
Northwich. Once an unassuming town in the wilds of Cheshire is now seemingly becoming something of a pit-stop on the UK punk rock circuit. This
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The Queers – Reverberation (Cleopatra Records / Sexy Baby Records / Tapehead City, 2021)
OK. It’s no secret I’m a fan of all things Lookout! Records and very much a fan of The Queers. This album is all covers.
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