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News: Rebellion Festival 2024 Returns 1st-4th August At The Winter Gardens In Blackpool

Returning this summer over four days from the 1st to the 4th of August at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool, Rebellion Festival has once again pulled together a line-up that…

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Countdown To Rebellion – Day 29: Introducing Desperate Measures NZ

July 5, 2023

Desperate Measures, a fierce and unrelenting punk band hailing from the underground scene, unleashes a sonic assault that leaves listeners breathless. Formed in New Zealand in 1981 and now based…

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Countdown To Rebellion – Day 49: Introducing The Battery Farm

June 14, 2023

Next up in our series of bands to check out at Rebellion this year, The Battery Farm. The great thing about the “punk family” is that there are so many…

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Rollins Completes Rebellion Line-Up For 2023

April 20, 2023

In 112 days the 2023 Rebellion Festival kicks off at Blackpool Winter Gardens. The annual gathering runs from Thursday Aug 3rd to Sunday Aug 6th, attracting visitors from all over…

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Track: Jekyll return with the expansive and shimmering single ‘Tear Ourselves in Two’

We’ve closely followed the career of Blackpool’s finest, Jekyll, since their debut and enthusiastically reviewed their last release – the magnificent EP ‘The Whispering Gallery’ – last year. With only…

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TRACK: Strange Bones feat. Bob Vylan – ‘Menace’

BLACKPOOL punk legends Strange Bones have released a brand new cracker of a single, ‘Menace’. ‘Menace’ is the result of the anger and frustration resulting from lockdown. The night before…

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Album Review: The Membranes – Everyones Going Triple Bad Acid Yeah 5 CD Box Set

Blackpool`s finest post punk band formed in 1977 get the box set treatment from Cherry Red and about time too. John Robb and Mark Tilton formed the Membranes at Blackpool…

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Track: Twin Graves – Strife

Despite having a name that screams ‘death metal’ at you (well, it did at me anyway) Twin Graves, aka Irish/Blackpool duo Jeremy Aris Polychronopoulos (vocals/guitar) Zarah Lawless (vocals/bass/synth) actually make…

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Track: Aiden Grimshaw – The Way We Are Free Download

There was this lad at my school called Tom. I didn’t even know him that well, only enough to nod to really, but I think at the time I almost…

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