July 2015

Intensive Square

There are always two sides to every story, or so the saying goes. Young Welsh band Intensive Square are a singularity in the world of metal and hardcore, as they are BOTH sides of that…



WWE PAYBACK 2015

WWE PAYBACK 2015 (WWE DVD) The problem with a PPV called Payback, is that Payback usually means something has happened for which someone wants revenge. Another way of describing that is to say that these…


WWE Extreme Rules 2015

WWE Extreme Rules 2015 (WWE DVD) Extreme Rules 2015 was an enjoyable event from start to finish, and somehow managed the miracle this year of not feeling like a Wrestlemania do-over, with fresh matches, new…



Finders Keepers – Stephen King

Finders Keepers – Stephen King (Hodder) “Shit don’t mean shit…” Finders Keepers is the follow-up to King’s Mr. Mercedes. The story begins in 1978, when Morris Bellamy and two accomplices break into the home of…





Pears – Go To Prison

Pears – Go To Prison LP/ CD (Fat Wreck) This lot don\’t stop for breath! Pears is basically an out-of-control punk machine fuelled by anything the seedy underbelly of their home town New Orleans will…


Kirkz – Unregrettable

Kirkz – Unregrettable CD (TNS) This Macclesfield punk/ hardcore band have been going for almost 18 years would you believe. That does still mean that the band is in the adolescent phase, as can be…