Introducing: Cherry Red Records
I bought my very first Cherry Red Records release in 1980, when San Francisco punk legends, Dead Kennedys, released their second single, the seminal “Holidays In Cambodia”, their first of…
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Keeping Control : Independent Manchester Music Scene 1977-81 Remembered
Keeping Control: Independent Music from Manchester 1977-1981 Various Artists on Cherry Red Records (76 track 3xCD set) This a great collection of Manchester music from a 4-year period in its…
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Track: One of Hartlepool’s greatest exports, James Leonard Hewitson, is back with new single ‘Fill My Head With Sugar’ and launch dates.
We here at Backseat Mafia have been massive fans of the pop punk sounds of Hartlepool’s James Leonard Hewitson for a number of years now, and it is great to…
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News: Low ticket alert for Slam Dunk Festival North
Slam Dunk Festival 2023 celebrates the south site at Hatfield Park selling-out, with only a limited number of tickets available for the north edition, taking place at Leeds Temple Newsam.…
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Rancid Drop Surprise New Single Ahead Of Album Release Announcement – Tomorrow Never Comes
Photo: Atiba Jefferson This week Rancid dropped a surprise new single, Tomorrow Never Comes, in advance of their 10th studio album with the same title, which is released on June…
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Outbreak Festival 2023 – Day Splits Announced
It’s 12 years since the Outbreak Festival began in Sheffield and the festival has new home in Manchester for 2023, in the shape of the Mayfield Depot, a stones throw…
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Gallery: Hugh Cornwell – The Pepper Canister Church, Dublin 13.04.2023
Hugh Cornwell (Original Stranglers Frontman) played a fantastic solo acoustic show in the also fantastic setting the is Dublin’s Pepper Canister Church.Hugh Promised to bring a show to Ireland that…
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News: Crashface release new single ‘No Hands’
Alternative punk duo CRASHFACE are back with their brand new single and music video for ‘No Hands’. The hardcore-inspired ‘fuck-it’ anthem is the second to be taken from their upcoming EP, Prototype, due…
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News: The Oozes release new single ‘Ready’
Everyone’s favourite Queer-Punk legends aka The Oozes are back with their new single Ready, listen here. Currently on The Oozes Eyesore Tour, the four-piece can be found playing their remaining shows across the UK and…
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Meet: The charismatic Johnny Dublin lead rabble-rouser of Dublin band Onion Boys
Words, Abigael Paquet – Photos, Ian Mc Donnell. Before Onion Boys played to a full Workman’s Cellar venue on the 29.03.203 in Dublin, Abigael Paquet got to sit down for…
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