“Hailing from Swansea, UK, Hot Mass take their eclectic taste in music and throw it all into the melting pot to create some melodic, grunge
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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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Dog Heaven – There is Only… (Everything Sucks / Rad Girlfriend Records, 2021)
Apologies to Dave and all at Everything Sucks and Josh at Rad Girlfriend – this review is somewhat delayed for various of the usual reasons:
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Laika’s Orbit – Chosen No Ones (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2019)
Laika’s Orbit are a new one for me. Like, literally no clue mate. They’ve been around since 2014 accoridng to their bandcamp page and describe
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Moving Targets – Wires / Humbucker (Boss Tuneage / Dead Broke Rekerds, 2020)
Moving Targets are a power trio from Boston, originally formed in 1982. They put out their debut full length album in 1986 and then put
Read more7in and EP round-up: January 2021
Custody / Bear Away – split lathe cut 7in (Brassneck Records / Disillusioned Records) Custody (Helsinki, Finland) and Bear Away (Scarborough, UK) are releasing a
Read moreJoey Cape – Let Me Know When You Give Up (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)
Joey Cape is doubtless best known as the front man of Lagwagon, and sometime member of Me First & The Gimme Gimmes. He’s also in
Read moreHonest Thieves – Defeated (exclusive track premiere)
Honest Thieves are an indie / punk / pop punk / power pop (delete as appropriate) three piece from the Welsh capital of Cardiff that
Read moreMartha – Love Keeps Kicking (Big Scary Monsters / Dirtnap, 2019)
If I was full of shit, I’d probably be telling you that I’d been down with Martha from day one. But, as I consider myself
Read moreThe Burnt Tapes – Never Better (Lockjaw Records / Wiretap Records, 2019)
OK then. I’ve not thus far got a fabulous track record with Lockjaw Records releases, having been somewhat critical of recent releases by Fair Do’s
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