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Mighty High ‘Legalize Tre Bags’ CD/LP/Digital 2012

22nd June 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2012, CD, Digital, Heavy Rock, Legalize Tre Bags, LP, Mighty High, Ollie Stygall, Punk, Retro, Review, Ripple Music, Rock 'n' Roll

Yeah I know I’m in a band on the same label as these guys but that doesn’t necessarily mean I

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Burning Love ‘Rotten Thing To Say’ CD/LP 2012

12th June 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2012, Adam Stone, Burning Love, CD, Crust, Cursed, Hardcore, LP, Post-Hardcore, Punk, Review, Rotten Thing To Say, Southern Lord

Burning Love is a genius name for a band, particularly a hardcore punk band, what with it’s Elvis Presley link

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No Anchor ‘Rope/Pussyfootin’ 7″/Digital EP 2012

11th April 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 2012, 7", Alternative, Digital EP, No Anchor, Noise-Rock, Punk, Pussyfootin, Review, Rope, Rope/Pussyfootin, Self Released, Sludge, Tom McKibbin

Brisbane’s No Anchor, self proclaimed purveyors of “harshed-out sludge”, whose 2011 album Real Pain Supernova was a surprising amalgamation of

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Dog Shredder ‘Brass Tactics’ LP/DD 2012

30th March 20123rd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Brass Tactics, DD, Digital Download, Dog Shredder, Good To Die Records, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Noise-Rock, Prog Rock, Punk, Review

Formed in 2008 from the ashes of local bands the Russians and Cicadas, the Seattle trio of Noah Burns (drums),

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Brokaw ‘Interiors’ 10″/CD 2012

21st March 20123rd September 2019 Tom McKibbin 10", 2012, Brokaw, CD, Fuzz, Good To Die Records, Interiors, Noise-Rock, Punk, Review, Stuart Dahlquist, Tom McKibbin

Seattle’s Brokaw may be more indebted to the sounds of hardcore punk, funk and 1990’s alternative rock than many of

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Cop Problem – S/T – 7″ 2012

20th March 20123rd September 2019 Adam Stone 2012, 7", Adam Stone, Cop Problem, Crust, D-Beat, Hardcore, Prejudice Me Records, Punk, Review, Self Titled, War Torn Records

Three furiously bellicose tracks of savage tanked-up fucked-off hardcore that the Americans now like to call d-beat or crust. Oooh,

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The Company Corvette ‘End Of The Summers’ CD 2011

21st February 20123rd September 2019 Ollie Stygall 2011, CD, End Of The Summers, Fuzz, Ollie Stygall, Ozium Records, Punk, Review, The Company Corvette

Ever since stoner rock bands started climbing out of the primordial Sabbath slime in the mid 90’s there have been

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Poison Idea ‘Darby Crash Rides Again: The Early Years’ CD/LP 2012

9th February 20123rd September 2019 James Parker 2012, CD, Darby Crash Rides Again: The Early Years, Hardcore, James Parker, LP, Poison Idea, Punk, Review, Southern Lord, TKO Records

Coming as the first of a slightly out of character Southern Lord series of releases of this blazing 1980s/90s punk

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Take Over & Destroy ‘Rotten Tide’ Digital EP 2012

8th February 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2012, Digital Download, Digital EP, Hardcore, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Punk, Review, Rock 'n' Roll, Rotten Tide, Take Over & Destroy, TOAD

In 2009 I reviewed an album by a band called Queen Beast. This was a savage, unhinged ride into oblivion

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Album & EP Reviews B 

Black Tusk ‘Set The Dial’ CD/LP/DD 2011

10th January 20122nd September 2019 Mark Hunt-Bryden 2011, Black Tusk, CD, DD, Digital Download, LP, Mark Hunt-Bryden, Metal, Punk, Relapse Records, Review, Set The Dial, Sludge

It is always a good sign for a reviewer when you start making notes on an album and you can’t

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The Zombos + Drog – ‘Vulva + Puta Sessions’, ‘6 Song EP’, ‘Worshipers Of Fogs’ CDR’s 2011

15th December 20113rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2011, 6 Song EP, CDR, Drog, Experimental, Johnny UFO, Noise, Psychedelic, Punk, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, The Zombos, UFO Gestapo, Vulva + Puta Sessions, Worshipers Of Fogs

Following the demise of the brilliant UFO Gestapo, I interviewed Seb KKK, who told me of the band that would

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