punk
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 four 7” records for the label. Celebrating their 45th year with a slew of anniversary releases, formed in 1978, Cherry Red Records is a British independent record …
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 history, perhaps the most important era in the overall scheme of things. Manchester entrepreneurial legend Anthony Davidson, the owner of TJM Rehearsal studios, probably the …
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 see him back in the saddle and better than ever. His new single ‘Fill My Head With Sugar’ drifts ethereally into a more restrained dream …
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 2nd on Hellcat/Epitaph Records. The new album is a 100mph journey punctuated by 16 tracks, mostly clocking in at under 2 minutes! In keeping with …
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 from Piccadilly Station, having been at Bowlers Exhibition Centre in 2022. Day splits and day tickets have just been announced, which sees some of the …
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 features hits such as ”Golden Brown” ”Strange Little Girl” ”Always The Sun” and that he did, plus many more including a great catalogue of old …
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 10th May, with an accompanying music video filmed from their recent sold-out live appearance in London’s iconic Blondies. On the new single, CRASHFACE state:“‘No Hands’ is us just …
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 Ireland through April 2023. The Oozes once again show off their raw, uncensored and unapologetic punk rock energy with Ready. The track looks at the coming out experience of a …
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 a chat with front man Johnny Dublin. Onion Boys – an Irish Rock Band – were formed only a couple of years ago over lockdown …