I suppose I’ll start this off with a spurious statement of sorts: this is I think the big surprise release of 2021. Well, in so
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Personality Cult – New Arrows (Dirt Nap Records, 2020)
Apologies to Personality Cult and Dirt Nap Records. This is mega late. I totally lost track of this after being sent it in I wanna
Read moreThe Drowns – Under Tension (Pirates Press Records, 2020)
Now then. After an inauspicious return to reviewing “relatively current” releases, and the first one of 2020 with Beach Slang’s disappointing (on many levels) recent
Read more7in & EP round-up November 2019
Mystery Girl – Heartbreaker 7in EP (Brain Slash Records, 2019) The more astute of you lot out there may remember me reviewing the last joint
Read moreManiac – Dead Dance Club (Dirt Cult / Hovercraft, 2018)
LA’s Maniac (i.e. the four piece band, not LA’s premier individual maniac, whoever that may be, although I’m sure many vie for such a lauded
Read moreSharp/Shock – Youth Club (Heart & Skull, 2018)
Admittedly, I put this on before I read up on Sharp/Shock’s background, and I was thinking “jeezerz, these Americans are pure Anglophiles, mate – this
Read moreCheap Whine – s/t LP (Drunken Sailor Records, 2017)
Wow. I’ve been pretty blown away by this record. I’d somehow managed to ignore that in their native Montreal, these guys are considered to be
Read moreBooji Boys – s/t LP (Drunken Sailor Records, 2017)
First off, this has got to be a hot contender for one of the best records of 2017, and we’ve barely even got started yet.
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 moreShit Present – Misery + Disaster (Specialist Subject, 2016)
Another one that I’d been hearing whisperings about, but never got around to checking out. This new EP turns out to be the perfect excuse
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