There is no escaping that the world is increasingly a realm with the darkest places, those which you so often don’t want to emotionally or physically venture. That descent though can also incite cathartic exploration and artistic inspiration. THE HEARTLAND… Read More ›
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The Covids – Bust To Bits
There are few to almost no good things to come out of the pandemic and its lockdowns a couple years back but one bright moment was the birth of THE COVIDS. A band “created out of boredom during the first… Read More ›
The Antibuddies – That’s what I said
Recently we had an email from the guys at NOISE MERCHANT RECORDS introducing us to their latest releases. Among them was That’s what I said, the latest EP from Detroit garage punksters, THE ANTIBUDDIES, a band which had escaped our… Read More ›
The Refusers – Eat The Bugs
Never a band to pull their punches musically and lyrically upon a world venal in its governing, society and the establishment behind it all, THE REFUSERS are swinging away once more with their latest single, Eat The Bugs. The band… Read More ›
The Puncturists – The Punk Tourists
THE PUNCTURISTS is a band born of a pandemic gripped Britain and recently they uncaged their debut mini-album, The Punk Tourists. It is a release which is an echo of those lockdown smothered times but also bears an observational view… Read More ›
Rotten Mind – Unflavored
Released a large handful of weeks back, Unflavored is the new album from ROTTEN MIND and yet another incitement from the Swedish quartet which demands attention. The band’s rapacious sound, a mix of punk rock, garage punk, and post punk,… Read More ›
Weekend Recovery – No Guts, All The Glory
2021 saw rockers Weekend Recovery leave an indelible mark on our ears and appetite with their second album, False Company. Pretty much a year later, the Leeds outfit have now uncaged the No Guts, All The Glory EP, a collection… Read More ›
DA GROINS – 100% GROIN 7” E.P.
In a frenzy of garage punk ferocity and just as voracious irritability, the 100% Groin 7” E.P. is unleashed this week and no more a savagely addictive debut have we come across in recent times. The release comes from UK… Read More ›
James Domestic – Mañana
As his debut solo album, Carrion Repeating, looms ever closer James Domestic releases its third single and maybe the most urgent reason to check out that impending proposition. A quick reminder that James is a confrontational creative light within The… Read More ›
The Control Freaks – Get Some Help
Greg Lowery has created and led numerous bands of which so many have earned legendary status, the likes of Supercharger, The Rip Offs, The Infections, and The Zodiac Killers instantly coming to mind. His latest rousing of ears comes with… Read More ›