Rites of Spring - Apathy & Exhaustion

Dealing With Damage – Use the Daylight (Little Rocket Records / Rad Girlfriend Records, 2023)

January 16, 2023 Tony Maher Record Review

Time seems to move fast. It’s weird. It seems like about only last week that Dealing With Damage released their first full length album, Ask

7in & EP round-up June 2020 (part 2)

June 5, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

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

Heksa – Cenizas (Pumpkin Records / SNCL et al, 2020)

May 22, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

I’d never heard of Heksa before. Small wonder, given the tiny life I have somehow created for myself by only speaking English and occasional bouts

Dealing With Damage – Making Plans for Misery video premiere and gig announcement

January 27, 2020 Tony Maher Exclusive Stream

Dealing With Damage describe themselves simply as a “punk band from London”. Given that their line-up features former members of Stupids, Jerrybuilt, Done Lying Down,

Secret Smoker – Dark Clouds (Belladonna Records, 2019)

August 16, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

Secret Smoker are from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dark Clouds is their second LP, which follows their debut, Terminal Architecture, which was released via Protagonist /

Staff top twenty of 2018: Tony Maher – LPs (#20 – #11)

January 1, 2019 Tony Maher Real talk and opinion, Record Review

The other day I posted up a list of my top ten 7in records and EPs of 2018. Have a look, and see if you

Staff top tens 2018: Tony Maher – 7in & EPs

December 30, 2018 Tony Maher Real talk and opinion, Record Review

What a year. In many regards. It’s been a real emotional rollercoaster. I’m properly in my 40s now. I’ve seen my kid turn 1 year

7in & EP round-up December 2018 (part 2): Von Krampus special

December 19, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Question The Mark – Nightmare on Misery Street 7in (Little Rocket Records, 2018) Wowsers. Are these guys Wales’ best kept secret or what? Graeme was

Red Hare – Little Acts of Destruction (Dischord / Hellfire Records, 2018)

June 29, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

For the unfamiliar, Red Hare are a historied band with deep roots in the Washington D.C. hardcore punk scene of the 1980s and 90s. Their

Die Hoffnung – Elegies and Creation Songs (Belladonna Records, 2017)

June 9, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Die Hoffnung were from Gainesville, Florida, and this is as far as I can tell something of a posthumous release. The band featured members of