People that pay attention can be a bit of a rarity. People that pay attention tend not to miss out. Paying attention? It’s a piece
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Video premiere: Incisions – Mine to Lose (TNS Records, 2022)
Seemingly not content with having unleashed a second LP (Bliss) of furious hardcore punk upon the unsuspecting (or totally suspecting depending on how clued in
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7in and EP round-up: June 2022
Field Day – Why 7in (Little Rocket Records / Unity Worldwide Records / Sense Of Place, 2022) For the unfamiliar, Field Day is a project
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No Matter – Bad Chemistry (Brassneck Records / Waterslide Records, 2022)
No Matter are a four-piece from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They’ve been around from about 2011, and describe themselves as playing “fast-paced, energetic pop/skate punk”. If
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Release announcement: Among Legends – Come Up Swinging / Take Good Care (Little Rocket Records / Rad Girlfriend Records / Sounds of Subterrania, 2022)
Among Legends are a 5-piece from Ontario, Canada and have been self-releasing EPs since about 2016. They have just released a new video / single,
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The Slackers – Don’t Let the Sunlight Fool Ya (Pirates Press Records, 2022
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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