From the Vault – CJ Ramone
On a magical day many years ago a U.S. Marine by the name of Chris Ward was transformed into the mighty CJ Ramone. Proudly he wore his leather motorcycle jacket and ripped jeans onto many…
Punk
WAR ON WOMEN RELEASE LIVE VIDEO FOR “PLEASURE AND THE BEAST”…
Activist punk band War On Women is a group that not only thrives onstage—the Shawna Potter-led outfit pummels everything in their path. The quartet are bringing a piece of their live show to screens everywhere with a new…
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Sharp Shock talk Youth Club…
Sharp Shock talk about the ideas behind, and the things that inspired, the songs on their new album Youth Club… REAL LIFE: Sometimes I compare life to a computer game—think how quickly you fuck up and…
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X-Rays
If there’s one band that’s a law unto themselves, it’s the X-Rays. Legends is a term used too regularly, but where garage punk is concerned in the UK, then the cap more than fits. Mass…
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Superseed – S/T (Self Released)
There used to be a time when you’d read the liner notes before spinning a disc and enter with trepidation if a studio or producer wasn’t mentioned. We now live in an age where 24…
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The Bar Stool Preachers – Grazie Governo (Pirates Press)
Having only recently discovered The Bar Stool Preachers, I am, as usual, eternally late to the party and for that I can only apologize. It was a grave, and probably entirely avoidable, mistake on my…
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New video from Criminal Kids!
Hey! We decided that we didn\’t need any fancy blurb to let you know that Criminal Kids have a new video for Takin\’ It Back , the second video off their 2018 self titled EP. Is it…
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Restraining Order – S/T 7” (New Age Records)
Right, listen very carefully. I need you, especially all of you old timers to sit down and remain perfectly calm, because what I’m about to tell you might, through nervous expectation, make a vein pop…
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Beach Rats – Wasted Time 7” (Bridge Nine)
What do you get if you throw current and former members of Lifetime, Bad Religion, The Bouncing Souls, Minor Threat and Dag Nasty into a practice room and tell them to do their damndest? You…
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Social Experiment – Rumours of Our Demise Are Not Greatly Exaggerated (Self)
First time I heard these chaps was a month ago when my band played our final show and they hit the stage just after us. Even though I’ve known Social Experiment’s guitarist Payney for longer…
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Criminal Kids – S/T (Spaghetty Town Records / Gods Candy Records)
Don’t let anyone tell you that punks can’t play. Straight outta Chicago come Criminal Kids; snotty street urchins with their amps cranked all the way to 12. They’ve probably wired up their battered Marshalls to…
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Litterbug – Countdown to Schadenfreude E.P. (Just Say No To Government Music Records)
Like your punk rock in a straight-up fashion, with no frills and an honest approach that gets straight to the point? Then say ‘ello to Blackpool’s Litterbug. Here we have the Countdown to Schadenfreude E.P….
