According to the internet, Billy Liar is “an acoustic punk/folk band from Edinburgh, fronted by the solo singer of the same name”. Not really sure
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Yesterday’s Ring – Always A Little Bit Sad (Little Rocket Records, 2022)
Yesterday’s Ring are from Montreal, Canada, and feature members of The Sainte Catherines and Medictation. Yesterday’s Ring allegedly formed on the porch of a punk
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Divided Heaven – Oblivion (Gunner Records, 2021)
The opening line sees our man bitching about not getting paid properly to be a singer. This is a pet peeve of mine. I come
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Joe Tilston – Tightrope (self-released, 2021)
Joe Tilston is a man of many fingers… or is it many pies… or fingers in many pies or something. If he lived in Wigan
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Shackleford – III (Side Mission Records / Cats Claw Records, 2021)
Dean from Side Mission has raved about Shackleford for a while, this album has been a while coming so I’m quite keen to hear it.
Read morePunk Faction – David Garage (Earth Island Books)
It’s taken me absolutely ages to get around to writing this. Partially due to it taking me ages to getting round to reading it, and
Read moreFour Fists – 6666 (Doomtree, 2018)
During the 2000s, Apathy & Exhaustion’s tireless editor Tony was the co-owner of Roadkill Records, a punk shop haven located in a part of Manchester
Read moreSex Tourists – s/t LP (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)
It’ll come as no surprise to the majority of readers that I hold no truck with electronic music, beyond “not minding” a few New Order
Read moreCold Years – Northern Blue EP (Homebound Records, 2018)
Somebody remind me what year it is again? Honestly, I could’ve sworn that the last 10-odd years were a figment of my imagination. Listening to
Read moreAt The Drive In – In•ter A•li•a (Rise Records, 2017)
I like words. This is because on the rare occasions that I get in sync with them I feel fleetingly in control of things. I
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