No Matter are a four-piece from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They’ve been around from about 2011, and describe themselves as playing “fast-paced, energetic pop/skate punk”. If
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The Copyrights – Alone in a Dome (Fat Wreck Chords, 2021)
The Copyrights have passed me by a little. They probably shouldn’t have as they are a Ramones-y Pop Punk combo from Illinois. That’s something that
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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.
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Scene rant #3567: Sick(ening) Sesh
Ever sit back, think about how far we’ve come as a global punk scene? And then you remember that some of the people we look
Read moreHouseghost – s/t (Rad Girlfriend Records, 2020)
Tis the season for… errr… horror pop punk it seems. This is Houseghost, they have an album out that also seems to be called Houseghost.
Read moreKimberly Steaks – Confessions of a Justified Cynic (Brassneck Records, 2020)
I like The Kimberly Steaks, they are fully on my hit list to get on at my pub (The Salty Dog, Northwich) once the plague
Read more7in and EP round-up: November 2020 (part 2)
The Raging Nathans / Reaganomics – Midwest Duress EP (Rad Girlfriend Records / Red Scare Industries) Goodness me. The Raging Nathans have already been hella
Read moreThe Raging Nathans – Oppositional Defiance (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2020)
There’s few bands out there that I seemingly truly can’t get enough of. The Raging Nathans would be one of them. The band (assuming you
Read moreTeenage Bottlerocket – Stay Rad (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)
To say I’d been looking forward to this one for a while would be an understatement, especially after the thoroughly underwhelming Stealing the Covers record
Read moreThe Murderburgers – What a Mess (Brassneck Records / Asian Man Records / Umlaut Records / Waterslide Records, 2019)
Because I’m a total loser, I only came across the Murderburgers for the first time when they played at that place I can’t ever remember
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