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Choke City / Wenches – Split EP Artwork
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Review: Choke City / Wenches – Split EP

1st December 20231st December 2023 Lee Beamish Choke City, Garage, Master Kontrol Audio, Punk, Tokyo Fist Records, Wenches

Well, you know what they say, it’s always the cool kids that are late to the party, and by fuck,

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Don't Fall in Love With Yourself
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Documentary Review: Don’t Fall In Love With Yourself

20th November 202320th November 2023 Reza Mills Documentary, Hardcore, Justin Pearson, Punk, Swing Kids, The Locust, Three One G

I’m no Mark Kermode, I won’t be able to tell you anything about screen ratios, cinematography, cross-cutting, dutch angles or

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Review: Psychic Trash ‘Psychic Trash’

16th November 202316th November 2023 Martin Williams Noise-Rock, Psychic Trash, Punk, RidingEasy Records

I knew absolutely nothing about the two musicians, Max Dameron (guitar/vocals) and Sam Ford (drums/vocals) who comprise the stoner/sludge/psychedelic/noise/punk duo

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Review: Das Damen ‘1986: Keeps Me Wild’

3rd October 20233rd October 2023 Reza Mills Alternative, Das Damen, Dromedary Records, Punk

Having become familiar with Black Flag, Husker Dü, Minutemen, Meat Puppets et al, one of the second-tier, lesser-known names on

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Review: Stepmother ‘Planet Brutalicon’

26th September 202326th September 2023 Martin Williams Legless Records, Punk, Rock 'n' Roll, Stepmother, Tee Pee Records

Australia has a storied, rich history of producing some of the best, punk-tinged rock and roll on the planet. I’ve

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Mutoid Man 'Mutants' Artwork
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Review: Mutoid Man ‘Mutants’

12th September 202312th September 2023 Mark Hunt-Bryden Heavy Rock, Metal, Mutoid Man, Punk, Sargent House

Mutoid Man are another band I was late to the party for. I picked up the second album War Moans

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Review: Slutavverkning ‘Levande Charader’

4th September 202329th September 2023 Reza Mills Feral Cuts, Hardcore, Jazz, Noise-Rock, Punk, Slutavverkning

Since forming in 2018, Stockholm’s Slutavverkning have put out the three-part Arbetets Sorgemusik (The Song of Sorrow) series of EPs

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Album Premiere: Slutavverkning ‘Levande Charader’ – Drops This Friday via Feral Cuts

30th August 202329th September 2023 Lee Edwards Feral Cuts, Hardcore, Jazz, Noise-Rock, Punk, Slutavverkning

Stockholm’s Slutavverkning deliver what the band self-describe as ‘Swedish anti-capitalist jazz-punk fury’, which pretty much sums up their raucous sonic

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Review: Black Magic Six ‘Black Cloud Descending’

25th August 202325th August 2023 Spring ‘The Strutter’ Chase Black Magic Six, Garage, Punk, Surf Rock, Svart Records

Let’s pretend for a second that Dick Dale is on a soul-searching vision quest in the middle of Death Valley.

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Review: Sweat/Negative Blast – Split EP

17th August 202317th August 2023 Reza Mills Hardcore, Negative Blast, Punk, Sweat, Vitriol Records

Sweat formed circa 2019 and its membership consists of Tuna on vocals, Justin on guitars/vocals and Anthony on drums, all

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Thetan 'Dim Times' EP Artwork
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Review: Thetan ‘Dim Times’ EP

14th June 202314th June 2023 Reza Mills Anti-Corporate Music, Grindcore, Hardcore, Punk, Thetan

Thetan is a two-piece hardcore/grindcore outfit from Nashville, Tennessee that comprises of Chad L’Eplattenier on drums and Dan Emery on

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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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