There’s something unique about post-industrial small towns in the North of England in their seeming ability to spawn legendary or at least heavily cult status
Read moreNightmarathons – Hidden Vigorish (A-F Records, 2022)
Nightmarathons are from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. According to their bandcamp page, “Nightmarathons melds varying punk, post punk, and first-wave emo influences to create their own unique
Read moreScreaming at Traffic – ‘Bitter’ UK video premiere and album announcement
The internet had suspicions that it had seen the last of the Apathy & Exhaustion blog, but some motherfuckers (like my good self) exist purely
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 moreVideo premiere: Elder Abuse – Bored (Little Rocket Records)
Winnipeg pop-punk/punk rock quintet Elder Abuse has returned with their newest collection of music since their highly acclaimed 2017 debut album, Burnt. The band is
Read more7in and EP round-up: November 2020 (part 1)
Elder Abuse – Take it Easy [digital only] (Little Rocket Records) Elder Abuse are a 5 piece from Winnipeg. Seemingly if you type Elder Abuse
Read more7in & EP round-up June 2020 (part 2)
An Uneasy Peace – s/t 7in (Dirt Cult Records) This band came uncomfortably close to being called “Unfuckable Chainsaw”. Verily. This EP has finally seen
Read more7in & EP round-up February 2020
A bit of another sweep up of odds and ends from last year in the main, this, I’m afraid. The main thing is that I’m
Read moreScreaming at Traffic – I Don’t Like Sports (Little Rocket Records, 2019)
Bands that proper worship Samiam? I love owt like that, me. But only when they do that classic band a proper bit of justice, which
Read moreWarm Needles – Don’t Tell Me How To Live EP / No Friends, No Enemies EP (Different Kitchen Records / Crapoulet / Tour Van Records, 2019)
I’m counting myself lucky enough to have received a copy of this hoss right here from my dude at Different Kitchen Records. This is a
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