Frankie Stubbs – Blood Orange Moon (Little Rocket Records / Rad Girlfriend Records) The owner of one of the most distinctive voices in punk rock,
Read moreThe Briefs – Platinum Rats (Damaged Goods, 2019)
It’s been a long time since I’d thought about The Briefs. I think probably since Steal Yer Heart dropped in 2005. I played that bastard
Read moreStarter Jackets – Decisions (Rad Girlfriend Records, 2018)
Here we go. Another Springfield, Illinois band featuring the talents of Luke McNeill of The Copyrights (and Hospital Job). This time out he is joined
Read more7in & EP Round-up, June 2018 (part 4)
Character Actor – s/t 7in (Dirt Cult Records, 2018) Character Actor is something of what I guess you’d call a “supergroup”, featuring members of The
Read moreThe Raging Nathans – Cheap Fame (Plasterer / Rad Girlfriend Records, 2018)
Thee plague yeare of 2018 seems to go from strength to strength in terms of two things: 1. global events that signal our (potentially) imminent
Read moreThe Last Gang – Keep Them Counting (Fat Wreck Chords, 2018)
There was a time when I followed Fat Wreck Chords something approaching religious fervour, I guess around the mid-late 90s and very early 2000s. They
Read moreDon Blake – Blake District (Round Dog Records, 2017)
Don Blake hail from Bolton, Lancashire, and are the latest in a line of bands Joe Barlow has been involved with, that are named after
Read moreKüken – Küken II LP (Drunken Sailor Records, 2017)
Juice at Drunken Sailor delivers yet again. If you aren’t paying close attention to this label by now, you need to start, mate. This time
Read moreIntroduction to Drunken Sailor Records (part 4)
OK, here we are, it’s now 2017. I’m 40 this year. How the fuck did this even happen? In an effort to snap myself out
Read moreThe Murder Burgers – The 12 Habits of Highly Defective People (Asian Man Records / Round Dog Records, 2016)
The Murder Burgers are the undisputed kings of UK pop-punk. Hailing from Glasgow, gritty homeland of Rab C Nesbitt, fish suppers, Tennents Super and Taggart,
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