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Single review: SPLEEN – Making Plans For Nigel

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YouTube Spleen have been around since 2019 and now comprises Samuele Riccucci on guitar and vocals, Matteo Innocenti on drums and backing vocals, Olmo Fantini on guitar and backing vocals, and Alberto Sanna on bass. A brave move to cover … Continue reading

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Single review: GYPSY PISTOLEROS – Welcome to the Church of the Pistoleros

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Earache Records [Release date 25.10.24] Gypsy Pistoleros are on an upward trajectory and one that is well deserved as they have certainly put their heart and soul into both many live shows, but also this new single and album of … Continue reading

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Album review: BOSTON MANOR – Sundiver

BOSTON MANOR - Sundiver

SharpTone Records [Release date 06.09.24] Sundiver marks Boston Manor’s fifth album. Hailing from the seaside town of Blackpool, the five piece have been busy bashing out bangers since their first EP in 2013. I was first introduced to Boston Manor … Continue reading

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Album review: THE MIDDLENIGHT MEN – Issue 2

MOONLIGHT DESIRES - At The Movies

Middlenight Records [Release date 05.04.24] Although The Middlenight Men first came to life in 2019, singer and guitarist Nick Hughes has a long and rich history in music – he’s been a member of Terrorvision for the last eight years. … Continue reading

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Gig review: HOUND – Here We Aren’t, Peterborough, 27 September 2023

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An enigma, wrapped up in neon-bright packaging, Cambridgeshire punk pop metal quintet Hound are all dangerous curves, big riffs and uncontrolled energy. The fact they’re playing what must rank as one of the tiniest venues in the country, the whole … Continue reading

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Album review: RICHIE RAMONE – Live To Tell

Richie Ramone - Live To Tell

Cargo/Livewire [Release date  21.04.23] If you think of the famed Ramones logo, amongst the four names around the outside you wouldn’t find Richie, however, a Ramone he was, on drumming duty between 1983 and 1987. In fact, the story is … Continue reading

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Album review: THE CITY KIDS – Filth

THE CITY KIDS - Filth

Website [Release date 25.11.22] The City Kids, according to their bio are “forged from Northern grit and Danish flair, a bunch of ragtag, rock n’ roll reprobates, part punk, part sleazy gutter-trash dirt.” They have released a rather good Motorhead covers … Continue reading

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Album review: D.I. – Greatest Hits A-Z

D.I. - Greatest Hits A-Z

Cleopatra Records [Release date 29.01.21] Orange County’s own punk legends D.I. have been around since the ‘80’s and these days only frontman Casey Royer remains from the original line-up. Now the band’s current incarnation have re-recorded some of their biggest … Continue reading

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CHESTER KAMEN AND THE LOVES – Americanized

CHESTER KAMEN & THE LOVES - Americanized

Stoney Records [Release date 03.07.20] In another era Chester Kamen and the Loves might have shifted a ton of copies. They somehow evoke the days of New Wave/Punk, coming across like early Talking Heads, like the Buzzcocks, Eddie and the … Continue reading

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Album review: BUZZCOCKS – Sell You Everything 1991-2014

BUZZCOCKS – Sell You Everything 1991-2014

Cherry Red [Release date 29.05.20] The recent release of new single ‘Gotta Get Better’ marked the beginning of “Phase 3” of Buzzcocks, now solely fronted by Steve Diggle following the death of Pete Shelley in December 2018. With most “Phase … Continue reading

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Album review: BEXATRON – Hey You!

BEXATRON – Hey You!

Zube Records [Release date 07.12.18] Bexatron are Bexx (vocals), Belle Star (drums), Adam Adorjan (bass) and Greg Radcliffe (guitar), having formed in 2015. They have been building up a decent following with support slots including a recent one with the … Continue reading

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Quick plays: SAGA, CUDDLY SHARK, THADEUS GONZALEZ

SAGA Live In Hamburg earMUSIC [Release date 01.06.18] ‘Live In Hamburg’ was recorded back in 2015 in one of Saga’s main national fan bases Germany. It was originally released as limited-edition, however now it gets a full release. Some of … Continue reading

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Gig review: SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL SOUTH – The Forum, Hatfield, 31 May 2016

Mallory Knox - The Slam Dunk Festival South, 31 May 2016

Photo by Ian Collins Bank Holiday Monday and the train from Kings Cross is packed full of alternative kids with more face metal and stretched-out earlobes than you can shake a stick at. Among them is the odd old person … Continue reading

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Quick plays: RAZORBATS, RAGE, SAGA, STAR CRYSTAL

RAZORBATS - Camp Rock

RAZORBATS – Camp Rock www.razorbats.com [Release date 15.09.15] Razorbats hail from Norway and they like their 70′s rock that’s for sure, as you can hear bits of Alice Cooper, Kiss and on ‘Getaway’ you could be listening to a long-lost … Continue reading

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EP review: FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS – Bruises

www.fearlessvampirekillers.com [Released 26.10.15] The Fearless Vampire Killers do things their own way and have more novel ideas than most bands put together. They have a very loyal fanbase to support their self-released records,  and their own social network The Obsidian … Continue reading

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Album review: THE DAMNED – Tiki Nightmare: Live At Shepherd’s Bush Empire July 2002

The Damned - Tiki Nightmare

Salvo/Union Square (2CD/DVD) [Release date 10.02.14] Widely recognised as the first UK punk band, releasing a punk album and single (and I’m near the front of the queue to stick that up the nose of the Sex Pistols), The Damned … Continue reading

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NANCY JOHNSON – funF

Rocketboy Recordings www.nancyjohnson.co.uk Punk has always been about the ethos of doing it yourself and not worrying about over producing or even the musicianship (as the early Damned recordings show!). So when reviewing this UK based punk band’s debut album … Continue reading

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