Wahey! Seized Up are back! After really enjoying their first LP, ‘Brace Yourself’, which came out via Pirate’s Press Records back in October 2020, I
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Clowns – Endless (Fat Wreck Chords, 2023)
Ah, yes. The long awaited (by me at least) 5th album from one of Melbourne, Australia’s premier punk rock acts. While we’re here, why do
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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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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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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
Read more7in and EP round-up: December 2020 (part 1)
Swingin’ Utters – Boots and Booze graphic novel & 7in (Pirates Press Records) This is a bit of an odd one. Pirates Press are releasing
Read moreOily Boys – Cro Memory Grin (Static Shock Records / Cool Death, 2020)
Because I’m by no means very clued up these days, this one came in from far out field and smashed me in the grid like
Read moreSeized Up – Brace Yourself (Pirate’s Press Records, 2020)
“In a dismal time period characterized by increasing lawlessness amongst corrupt politicians and an out of control power elite….” The first line of the bio
Read moreInterview with Will Hirst of Maniac
Maniac are without a doubt my favourite current hardcore band. They are legitimately ill as all hell and my habit of wearing a Maniac T-shirt
Read moreKicked in the Teeth – s/t (Rare Vitamin Records, 2019)
Seemingly I’m off to a reasonably good (albeit late) start to 2020 with this “getting stuff published” malarkey. So here is something else I was
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