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Review: Sun & Sail Club ‘Shipwrecked’

18th October 202418th October 2024 Rob Walsh Crossover, Heavy Psych Sounds, Punk, Sun & Sail Club

Perhaps the ultimate SoCal desert supergroup outside of the Desert Sessions themselves, Sun & Sail Club have consistently ripped the

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Melt-Banana @ Rebellion, Manchester, 5th September 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards
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Melt-Banana / Bleach Brain / The Sewer Cats @ Rebellion, Manchester, 5th September 2024

16th October 202416th October 2024 Matthew Williams Bleach Brain, Electronic, Grind, Manchester, Melt-Banana, Moving North, Punk, Rebellion, The Sewer Cats

It was another visit to Rebellion in Manchester which is rapidly becoming like my second home, albeit an hour away

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Review: Zig Zags ‘Strange Masters’

2nd July 202418th September 2024 Martin Williams Punk, RidingEasy Records, Thrash Metal, Zig Zags

Despite being intimately familiar with RidingEasy Records catalog, not only through reviewing a few of their releases, along with multiple

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Review: Dragged Up ‘High On Ripple’

5th April 20245th April 2024 Reza Mills Alternative, Cruel Nature Records, Dragged Up, Garage Rock, Punk

My fellow Repeater Radio DJ Nick Hutchings, who presents the excellent Velvet Sheep Show, recently featured Dragged Up playing the

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Review: CNTS ‘Thoughts & Prayers’

2nd April 20242nd April 2024 Martin Williams CNTS, Ipecac Recordings, Noise-Rock, Punk

Over the course of the last few decades, I’ve grown to trust the tastes of the good folks over at

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Review: Agonista ‘Grey And Dry’

13th March 202413th March 2024 Martin Williams Agonista, Armageddon Label, Crust, Hardcore, Punk

Next up through the review portal we have Grey And Dry, the debut album from Agonista, a blazing, d-beat, crust,

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Review: Various Artists ‘Hearts & Minds & Crooked Beats’

2nd February 20242nd February 2024 Reza Mills Big League, Julia Massey, Labasheeda, Mirah, Punk, Seán Barna, Shared Medium, Smokey Brights, TEKE::TEKE, The Dandy Warhols, The Gotobeds, The Rust And The Fury, Various Artists

‘People can change anything they want to, and that means everything in the world’ – Joe Strummer So reads the

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Review: Various Artists ‘Blast No.1 – Blastbeat Tribute To Type O Negative’

18th December 202318th December 2023 David J McLaren 783punx, Grind, Hardcore, Punk, Various Artists

Type O Negative were an important band during my formative mid-to-late teen years. They weren’t a top tier band in

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Review: Disgraceland ‘Tweed’ EP

14th December 202314th December 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Disgraceland, Independent, Punk, Rock 'n' Roll

It was a sad day ay when former Shaman faves Grifter, the gritty blues rock trio from Devon UK, called

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Review: Sonny Vincent ‘Primitive 1969-1976’

7th December 20237th December 2023 Reza Mills Proto-Metal, Punk, Ripple Music, Sonny Vincent

Born in 1952 in New York, Sonny Vincent has an extensive music career which stretches right back to the late

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Review: Stress Positions ‘Harsh Reality’

5th December 20235th December 2023 Reza Mills Hardcore, Power Violence, Punk, Stress Positions, Three One G

Two things caught my attention about Harsh Reality, the first is that it’s being released by the mighty Three One

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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May
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Premiere: –(16)– ‘Forgeries Vol 1, 1972–1984’ – New Album Drops Tomorrow, 1st May

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Few bands have carved out a path quite like –(16)–. For more than three decades, the Southern California veterans have

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Video Premiere: TESA – Second Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Marks Today’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’

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Video Premiere: TESA – Excerpt From ‘TESA MAN’ Ahead Of This Friday’s Release Of ‘INTERVAL’
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