ToN: I’d like to welcome Lukas on board for collaborating on this article (his words are in normal typeface, mine are in italic), and thank
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The Raging Nathans – Still Spitting Blood (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2022)
Just imagine. Five albums in eight years. Plus two compilation albums taking in various 7ins and splits and the like. Which accounts for a whopping
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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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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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The Copyrights – Alone in a Dome (Fat Wreck Chords, 2021)
The Copyrights have passed me by a little. They probably shouldn’t have as they are a Ramones-y Pop Punk combo from Illinois. That’s something that
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The Last Gang – Noise Noise Noise (Fat Wreck Chords, 2021)
I’m not too familiar with The Last Gang (Tony reviewed the previous record Keep Them Guessing here), but I have seen them popping up on
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Face to Face – No Way Out but Through (Fat Wreck Chords, 2021)
This is the new Face to Face record out on Fat Wreck. Tony asked me to review it as he said he finds them ‘dull
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Scene rant #3567: Sick(ening) Sesh
Ever sit back, think about how far we’ve come as a global punk scene? And then you remember that some of the people we look
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The Raging Nathans – Waste My Heart (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2021)
The Raging Nathans are seemingly a machine that refuses to stop. Less than a year since their last barn-burner, Oppositional Defiance, these guys have kept
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