Although this record was originally released way back in 2000 via Go Kart (remember them? And those sampler CDs of variable quality that they used
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What we got here is what amounts to a 4-way split LP between some perhaps not so well known bands from the current Boston punk
Read moreRancid – Trouble Maker (Epitaph, 2017)
Bloody hell. These guys have been around for a long ass time now, considering they were formed in 1991. That’s 26 years innit. Obviously, they’ve
Read moreWoah-woah! The gang’s all here! Introducing the writers (part 7)
I’ve known Mozza for a good number of years now (probably since around 1998/99? He’ll have to confirm that for sure, though), knocking on for
Read moreYour Pest Band – Old Springhead (Dead Broke Rekerds / Brassneck Records / Snuffy Smiles 2017)
I’d seen quite a bit of a buzz about these guys in the lead-up to the release of this record, from people whose opinions I
Read moreAFI – AFI (The Blood) (Concord Records, 2017)
There was a time when A Fire Inside, or AFI as they are more commonly known, actually had a fire inside, and were a band
Read moreDrunken Sailor Records (Stoke) – an introduction, part 2
Alrighty, welcome to part two of the introduction to Drunken Sailor Records feature. They are a label based in Stoke, run by Julian ‘Juice’ Stevenson.
Read moreInterview with Mark Lind on Sinners & Saints and The Warning Shots (part 2 of 3)
Alrighty, it’s been a short while coming, but this is the second installment (of three) of my interview with Mark Lind of the Warnming Shots,
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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Interview with Mark Lind on the Ducky Boys, growing up in Charlestown and Dirty Water (part 1)
Proud to present the very first interview on Apathy and Exhaustion, which is with one of my favourite punk rock song writers of all time,
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