punk
Track: New Zealand’s DARTZ take aim at sleazy developers in the ebullient ‘Paradise’, with album and tour news.
Signed to the illustrious Flying Nun Records label, New Zealand punk popsters DARTZ have flung a well aimed missile at the plethora of sleazy property developers and the ultra rich infesting New Zealand’s beaches with their sprightly new single ‘Paradise’. With a joyous, raucous shouty delivery, a few choice words and a whole baggage of …
Review: Sydney Stalwarts Crash and the Crapenters Release New Album ‘of A Love Renewed’
Crash and the Crapenters’ new album blends raw energy with a razor-sharp social commentary.
Album Review: Suburban Studs – Slam 2 CD Set On Cherry Red Records
Introducing the eagerly awaited CD release of a highly sought-after Punk classic. This expanded 2CD edition presents the complete ‘Slam’ album along with rare demos from a proposed second studio album, including two unreleased tracks. Additionally, it marks the debut on CD of a four-track session recorded for the iconic John Peel show in 1977. …
Album Review: Chelsea – The Step-Forward Years 1977-82 4CD Box Set
Hands up who loves a box set? I know I do! Most die-hard fans of an artist typically have all that’s on offer for their favourite artist already. Any collector who frequents the numerous record fairs up and down the country, looking for rare “live” recordings, or the Japanese 7” in puce green vinyl, tend …
Album Review: The Oppressed – The Complete Oi! Recordings (1981-2018) 4CD Boxset on Cherry Red Records
Of all the iterations of “punk rock”, it’s “Oi” that probably divides the fans more than any other genre. Whilst the biggest hitters from the scene, the likes of Cockney Rejects, Cock Sparrer and Angelic Upstarts have always been crowd pullers and led from the front, there has always been a darker underbelly on the …
Live Review: Chameleons “home is where the heart is parts 1 & 2” – O2 Ritz 15th & 16th december 2023
Words and pictures by Andi Callen – All rights reserved We all have our little rituals in the lead up to the Christmas period. Whether its the works do, or the once a year meet up with old school chums, the distant relative who always stops off the weekend before the 25th, on their way …
News: Rat Scabies rejoins The Damned for UK tour in 2024
Captain Sensible – The Damned [Pic Credit Andi Callen Photography – All Rights Reserved] The worst kept secret in punk sees original Damned drummer Rat Scabies reunite with bandmates, Vanian, Sensible and Gray, to perform a series of UK shows, 11 in total in December 2024. This will be the first time since 1989. that …
News: Lockjaw records release new EP by Tunbridge Wells punks, Animal Shithouse
Well this is certainly going to wake some people up in the UK punk scene. Hailing from Tunbridge Wells, the four-piece are a product of the Kent town’s grassroots venue The Forum, an ex-public toilet converted into a community space, with studio facilities. The quartet all met at The Forum, recorded their music there, learnt …
Live Review and Gallery: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls Bring their Never Ending Tour Of Everywhere to Enmore Theatre – 22.11.23, Gadigal/Sydney
The Enmore Theatre served as the perfect setting for an unforgettable night with Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls last night as they continued on their Never Ending Tour Of Everywhere. The venue brimmed with immense positive energy, a signature ambience that naturally accompanies any of us in the presence of a punk artist wielding …
Live Review: Bob Vylan @ O2 Ritz Manchester
The last time Bob Vylan played Manchester, supporting punk supergroup Generation Sex at the Apollo, it’s no exaggeration when I say they polarised the crowd. Bobby found a pocket of old punks who really didn’t care for his politicising, and let him know in no uncertain terms, exactly what they thought. He playfully offered to …