Nefarious Artists, or to give it it’s full and somewhat unwieldy title, ‘Nefarious Artists: the evolution and art of the punk rock, post-punk, new wave,
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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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7in and EP round-up: January 2022 (part 1)
The Drowns – Know Who You Are 7in (Pirates Press Records) There’s an odd affinity between Oi! And Glam Rock, I didn’t connect the dots
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The Raging Nathans / Starter Jackets – split 7in EP (Rad Girlfriend Records) The thing that I really love about Rad Girlfriend Records is that
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
Read moreThe Raging Nathans – Oppositional Defiance (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2020)
There’s few bands out there that I seemingly truly can’t get enough of. The Raging Nathans would be one of them. The band (assuming you
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The Lawrence Arms – PTA (Epitaph) “Thank the facking maker” as C3 P0 might have said had the droid been moonlighting as the singer from
Read moreLagwagon – Railer (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)
Where to start? I fucking love Lagwagon, me. Pretty unfashionable to like Lagwagon these days, right? Which is something the band themselves made a joke
Read moreStatues on Fire – Living in Darkness (Snubbed Records, 2019)
Living in the Darkness is the third album by Brazilian melodic punk band Statues on Fire. “This record is a MUST HAVE for fans of
Read moreThousand Oaks – Bound for Destruction (Disconnect Disconnect Records, 2019)
These guys are described as the masters of Italian melodic hardcore in the press release. I was kind of expecting some kind of 90’s EpiFat
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