At the end of 2019, DL Burdon (Leatherface, Former Cell Mates, Anchor Bends) returned to his home town Sunderland to play a sold-out Christmas gig
Read moreChagrin – Ground Scores (Rad Girlfriend Records, 2020)
So, anyways, Josh at Rad Girlfriend passed me a bunch of stuff for review a couple of months back and I’ve been steadily chipping away
Read morePaper Rifles – Traitor’s Hill (Make That a Take Records, 2020)
Paper Rifles have seemingly been around for a bit now, or at least have been hella productive in a short amount of time, judging by
Read moreSwan Prince – Hell on Earth (Brassneck Records / Swamp Cabbage Records / Waterslide Records, 2020)
Swan Prince are from somewhere in the general Birmingham area, and describe themselves thusly: “Brummy mates with a lame band name making skate punk songs”.
Read moreMattachine – Isolation as a Form of Torture (Zegema Beach, 2020)
Named after one of America’s first Gay Rights organisations, self-termed Grindrcore merchants Mattachine play hyper-aggressive metalcore fuelled by decades of LGBT+ oppression and homophobia within
Read more7in and EP round-up: July 2020 (part 5)
Shit the bed. I’ve never actually done 5 of these things in a month before. Well, here we are, I suppose. Let’s get to it,
Read more7in and EP round-up July 2020 (part 4)
The Domestics / Pizzatramp split 12in (Kibou Records / TNS Records / Sick World Records, 2020) By now, these bands should need no introduction, so
Read moreLoose Behaviour – Sad Action (Rad Girlfriend Records, 2020)
Pretty Boy Thorson (The Slow Death + others) and Josh Goldman (The Raging Nathans, The Dopamines + others) in THE SAME band? Whuuuuuttt? That’s two
Read more7in and EP round-up, July 2020 (part 3)
Don Blake – Anti-Charisma Wholesale 12in EP (Brassneck Records / Bloated Kat, 2020) Woohoo! Greater Manchester’s Don Blake are back with a new EP on
Read more7in and EP round-up July 2020 (part 2)
Out of Love – I Am Not Me EP (Venn Records) I got approached out of the blue about this one. The promo material suggests
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