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See: Slimboy release new video for Hey Brother
Basel punks Slimboy have a released an accompanying video for the killer pop-punk of Hey Brother. Veterans of five albums and tours alongside the likes of MXPX, The Ataris, Mest, Zebrahead and the like, the Swiss three piece are preparing for the release of their latest EP at the end of the Summer on Ambulance …
New Track: Fontaines D.C. – Big, Plus Album and tour news
The stupendous Fontaines D.C. are back with a blistering new single, “Big”. It may clock in at a warp speed of 1 minute and forty-five seconds yet it is, no exaggeration, safeguarding the future of intelligent, dirty rock’n’roll. “Big” is swaggering punk poetry at its best, continuing a line of brilliant singles released by the …
Track: Hexmaze ‘Hex Hex Hex’
London five-piece Hexmaze are shimmering under a veil of lurching guitarwork and witchy incantations on their debut single ‘Hex Hex Hex’. They are the musical mergence of Aneta, Alex, Emma, Mel and Sophie – five women brought together from the UK, Sweden, Poland and Mexico, drawing together a mosaic of influences and creative minds. While …
Album Review: Various Artists – Burning Britain: Independent Punk 1980-83
A natural follow up to the Action Time Vision box set Cherry Red delve into the independent punk scene, labels and bands that fuelled the second wave of punk. For many the initial punk movement was over by 1979, but as its predecessor the second phase of anyone can form and band/ label and do …
ALBUM: Cherry Red: 999 The Albums 1977-1980 / The Angelic Upstarts The Albums 1979-1982, May 2018 Cherry Red and Captain OI box set releases of 2 classic punk band`s albums.
Cherry Red 999 The Albums 1977-1980 The Angelic Upstarts The Albums 1979-1982 May 2018 Cherry Red and Captain OI box set releases of 2 classic punk band`s albums. 999 The Albums 1977-1980 There have been a few 999 compilation releases over the years but here we find the band`s first 3 album releases and …
Album Review: The Damned – Evil Spirits
The Damned ‘Evil Spirits’ (Search and Destroy/Spinefarm Records) out Friday, April 13, 2018 Appropriately released on Friday the 13th, goth tinged British punk band The Damned return with their first new album in 10 years. The first taste of ‘Evil Spirits’ was heard on lead single ‘Standing On The Edge of Tomorrow’, a song penned by frontman Dave …
Track: Breakfast Muff – Patient
Breakfast Muff have released “Patient”, the second track from their upcoming EP “Crocodile”. It’s an entertaining, tongue-in-cheek punk influenced number, and one that really keeps you on your toes. You’re never sure quite what the band are going to do next – the opening riff could almost be a very hungover and angry Circa Waves, …
Album Review: Zeke – Hellbender
It’s hard to fault a band like Zeke, as they do exactly what they set out to do. If it’s relentless hardcore punk you’re after then that’s what you are going to get. Not a single song on this album gets past the 2 minute mark. It’s superb and thrashy all the way through with …
Track: Black Heart Breakers – Melody, plus EP and tour news
Leather jackets and denim, chugging guitars and a whole barrel full of sneering attitude are necessary appendages for any serious rock band that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Add to that a superglue chorus and layered harmonies you get Black Heart Breakers and their rip roaring new single ‘Melody’. ‘Melody’ is a little bit punk …
Track: The Cavemen – Janey
Ahead of their first US dates next month, and the release of their new album Nuke Earth, out on April 6th via Slovenly Records, New Zealand punks The Cavemen have released a new single, Janey. Its this breathless, adrenalin fuelled rocket of a punk track, with these pulsating, roar of a guitar line that can …