AJJ, or Andrew Jackson Jihad (as they were once known) is a name I’ve been aware of for some long number of years now (they’ve
Read moreStringer – My Bad (Wiretap Records, 2018)
Stringer are from Brooklyn, NYC and apparently used to be known a Heeney. Motherfucker, either way I am no wiser. Intrepid reviewer and writer extraordinaire
Read more7in & EP Round-up, July 2018 (part 2)
Chain Whip – s/t 7in (Dirt Cult Records /Neon Taste Records, 2018) Oh-ho-ho yeah!!! Holy shit. This rips, mate. Dirt Cult Records do it again,
Read moreThe Pretty Flowers – Why Trains Crash (Dirt Cult Records, 2018)
The Pretty Flowers hail from Los Angeles, and are made up of members of a whole raft of bands I’ve never heard of because I’m
Read moreThe Stayawakes – Dogs and Cats / Living Together (Surefire Discs / badHORROR Recordings / ShoveItUpYourCult Records, 2018)
The Stayawakes are from Southsea, and Dogs And Cats / Living Together is their debut album. They reportedly play “loud, fuzzy indie-punk with poppy melodies,
Read moreRetirement Party – Somewhat Literate (Counter Intuitive Records, 2018)
When I was asked if I wanted to review this, I was intrigued by the promotional blurb. Themes of anxieties around growing older, struggles with
Read moreLemuria – Recreational Hate (Asian Man records / Turbo Worldwide, 2017)
I’ll be honest – this one slipped under the radar. It totally slipped by untracked at the tail end of 2017. I suppose by way
Read moreHappy Accidents – Everything But The Here & Now (Alcopop Records, 2018)
Every time I think about it, I’m still bewildered as to how in the space of a few short years I went from being pretty
Read moreThe Young Hearts – Honestly, I’m Just Thinking (Primordial Records, 2017)
The title Honestly, I’m Just Thinking and the record label name gave me some kind of mental image that this was going to be some
Read moreBig Nothing – s/t 7in (Asian Man Records, 2017)
From the aching opening lines of Cincinnati, “It takes everything that I’ve got not to cry, when I’m lying awake at night and I’m remembering
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