ToN: I’d like to welcome Lukas on board for collaborating on this article (his words are in normal typeface, mine are in italic), and thank
Read moreRivalry – Sometimes You Have to Look Back (Brassneck Records, 2023)
It’s 2023, and Coid related lockdown seems almost like a bizarre memory, almost like it’s still an “actual thing”. To me, at least. I’m still
Read moreAirstream Futures – Armer L’Harmonie (Little Rocket Records /Rad Girlfriend Records, 2023)
It’s always a happy time when a record you really enjoy drops. Here we are taking a look at Armer L’Harmonie, which is the third
Read moreWhere have I been?
Nowhere. It’s been a damnable amount of time since I wrote my last review. And yet here we are, some 6 months since the last
Read moreDealing With Damage – Use the Daylight (Little Rocket Records / Rad Girlfriend Records, 2023)
Time seems to move fast. It’s weird. It seems like about only last week that Dealing With Damage released their first full length album, Ask
Read moreField Day – Acquisition (Little Rocket Records / Sense of Place Records, 2023)
Happy 2023. Strap yourselves in for more of the same misery / different day. Anyways, with that out of the way, let us crack on
Read moreMark Murphy & The Meds – Monochrome (Brassneck Records / Cat’s Claw Records / Kezzy P / Waterslide Records / Bloated Kat, 2023)
January 2023 sees the welcome return of everyone’s favourite chirpy Scouser, Mark Murphy. You may know him from everyone’s favourite chirpy Scouse skate punk ensemble,
Read more84 Tigers – Time In The Lighthouse (Spartan Records, 2022)
I’d been peripherally aware of this release being on the horizon, and then promptly forgot about it. Today is apparently the day to redress that
Read moreTim Barry – Spring Hill LP & Carolina’s RV 7in (Chunksaah Records, 2022)
Anyone that knows me knows that I’m a massive advocate of the works of seminal Richmond (Virginia, not on-Thames) hardcore punk combo Avail. Although they
Read moreNightmarathons – Hidden Vigorish (A-F Records, 2022)
Nightmarathons are from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. According to their bandcamp page, “Nightmarathons melds varying punk, post punk, and first-wave emo influences to create their own unique
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