System of Slaves – S/T EP (Self Released)
Debut 4 track EP from a ‘new’ South Wales band featuring some familiar faces from Failed State and Social Experiment. First out of the gate is the scathing Obsession and if you’re a fan of…
Punk Rock
Fake Names – Fake Names (Epitaph Records)
Bad Religion, Girls Against Boys, Minor Threat, S.O.A, Refused all legendary names in this thing we call punk. Imagine for a second if you will that a member from each of these bands decided to…
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Writers, Punks, Hardcore Kids and Scenesters… Hardcore Horror – Submissions are open…
Calling all writers, scenesters and Hardcore Kids… Are you hardcore enough for Hardcore Horror? Hardcore Horror is a forthcoming horror based anthology of short stories whose authors who have been involved, and are still active…
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Fatal Blow
Originally formed as a side project from SHARP legends The Oppressed before branching out as a band in their own right; Fatal Blow are an unashamedly Anti-fascist 3 piece Oi band from South Wales. As…
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Molly Rhythm – Dark Matters (Little Rocket Records)
Although Philadelphia’s Molly Rhythm have been pounding the boards for several years this is the first time I’ve had a chance to check them out, and boy am I glad that I did. Usually when…
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Artcore #39
Artcore is one of the last standing print zines in existence and the quality of the zine has been consistently good for over 30 years. Featuring the usual mixture of old (Subhumans’ Dick Lucas, Hudley…
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No Class – Don’t You Worry About Us! 7” (Contra)
Two years after these Australians dropped their debut album, they’ve finally got their shit together and knocked out four brand new songs. Well guess what, it’s time to raid the booze cabinet once more, as…
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Dag Nasty and Kevin Seconds…
Here\’s a real piece of hardcore history for you folks – it\’s the letter Brian Baker (Dag Nasty, Minor Threat, Bad Religion etc.) wrote to Kevin Seconds, asking him to join Dag Nasty. I\’ll let…
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Fatal Blow – Generals & Soldiers (Mad Butcher Records)
Generals & Soldiers is the second full length release from the South Wales Skinhead trio Fatal Blow and it’s a bit of a departure from their first album, Victimised. While there’s still an underlying loyalty…
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Field Day
The word \”legendary\” gets thrown around so much nowadays it has all but lost its meaning. However if you mention bands such as Dag Nasty, then all of a sudden it regains its potency. Going…
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The Lovely Eggs – I Am Moron (Egg Records)
“From out of left field’ is an old baseball expression which has gradually become part of the mainstream lexicon and while I’m pretty sure that most of you clued in, switched on cats already know…
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The Bombpops – Death In Venice Beach (Fat Wreck)
One of my musical guilty pleasures is pop-punk. When it is done well, it hits all the right spots. Melodies to die for, powerful guitars and choruses you\’ll sing for days. This new album from…
