Antillectual – Together (Engineer Records)
It’s hard to believe that Antillectual have been knocking around since the early 2000’s picking up shows along the way with the likes of NoFx, Boy Sets Fire and Ignite to name a few and…
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Crown Court – Heavy Manners (Randale Records)
To say I was excited about getting the new Crown Court album is something of an understatement. Over the course of 4 singles, an ep (‘The English Disease’) and the full length gem ‘Capital Offence’,…
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Directions to the Outskirts of Town (Paperback) – Welly Artcore – Earth Island Books
Despite being featured on the Mass Movement Presents podcast, it’s high time that we had a full review as DTTOOT came out in 2021 but c’est la vie. DTTOOT is a North American tour diary…
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If It’s Tuesday This Must Be Walla Walla: The Wacky History Of Adrenalin O.D. (Paperback) – Dave Scott Schwartzman (DiWulf Publishing)
The ‘Kings of New Jersey Thrash’, Adrenalin OD were one of the few bands to inject a large dose of humour into their lyrics at a time when Hardcore often veered between po-faced seriousness and…
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Hunting Lions – Light 12″ (Pirates Press Records)
On their second release, Hunting Lions offer up five servings of “meat and potatoes” streetpunk with something of a soulful touch in the vocals There is a lot of swagger – almost a glam stomping…
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Who Cares? – S/T Cassette/ Digital (Affair Records)
Here’s the debut release from London dad crust rockers Who Cares? You know how some music is designed to pop out of your speakers like a gentle kiss on the cheek? Well this one blasts out of…
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Kicked In The Teeth – Look What The Cat Dragged In 8″/ Cassette/ CD (Rare Vitamin)
Yup, you read that correctly, this is being released as an 8″ EP so definitely one for collector fiends to keep an eye out for. Rather than featuring any Poison cover songs, Northwich punk rockers…
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…So Unknown – Jesus Piece (Century Media)
When Philadelphia 5 piece Jesus Piece burst onto the scene in 2015, there was quite the buzz around the Hardcore scene and for very good reason. You see this is a band that doesnt bother…
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Hunting Lions – Dark 12″ (Pirates Press Records)
I would like to start this review the lazy way – fans of 45 Adapters, Old Firm Casuals and Cock Sparrer sit up and take note. Those bands have one thing in common – anthemic…
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Daltonz – Hier, Demain, Maintenant LP (Une Vie Pour Rien)
After nearly 20 years of service, Caen, France based band The Daltonz are still going strong, and have just delivered another top quality oi! album Hier, Maintenant, Demain. I’m a big fan of the “newer wave”…
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Stowaway – Samiam (Pure Noise Records)
It’s been 12 years but finally Samiam are back. The current lineup includes longtime members Jason Beebout (vocals), Sean Kennerly (guitar), and Sergie Loobkoff (guitar), as well as newer additions Colin Brooks (drums) and Chad…
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Cran – Nate LP (Une Vie Pour Rien)
After an EP and a couple of compilation appearances, it’s a pleasure to get a whole album’s worth of material from Parisians Cran. For a decade or more – maybe starting with Maraboots – French bands have…
