From Antagonizers ATL to Zero Tolerance: My Top 40 albums of 2021
2021 has been a rollercoaster year for most people. Starting in lockdown, eventually being allowed out to meet friends, go to the pub
Grade 2’s acoustic EP puts new slant on songs from their excellent third album
EP REVIEW: Grade 2 – Graveyard Island: Acoustic Sessions (Pirates Press Records)
Dirt Box Disco return with sweary new single
Glam-punks Dirt Box Disco are back with a new single which fairly sums up the last couple of years.
The Slackers return with two new songs on ‘stained glass-look’ 12in single
SINGLE REVIEW: The Slackers – Windowland/I Almost Lost You (Pirates Press Records)
A Damaged Christmas Gift every discerning music lover should own
ALBUM REVIEW: A Damaged Christmas Gift For You (Damaged Goods Records)
Rancid’s Lars Frederiksen delivers full-throttle debut solo EP
EP REVIEW: Lars Frederiksen – To Victory (Pirates Press Records)
Billy Bragg announced as special guest at Rebellion offshoot R-FEST
Billy Bragg has today been announced as the special guest at Rebellion’s festival within a festival, R-FEST.
Rebellion Festival announces R-FEST, a new outdoor event in front of Blackpool Tower
Rebellion Festival’s organisers are pulling out all the stops by adding a new event, R-FEST, to their usual four days of punk rock
Riskee And The Ridicule show why they’re rising stars of the punk scene
GIG REVIEW: Riskee And The Ridicule + In Evil Hour + Karl Phillips, Trillians, Newcastle, Wednesday 1 December 2021
Cock Sparrer show why they’re the undisputed kings of streetpunk
GIG REVIEW: Cock Sparrer + Spunk Volcano and the Eruptions, Boiler Shop, Newcastle, Friday 26 November 2021