Cock Sparrer lay on a Christmas cracker with the help of Gimp Fist and Tear Up
GIG REVIEW: Cock Sparrer + Gimp Fist + Tear Up @ York Barbican, Saturday 13 December 2025
Levellers and The Bar Stool Preachers bring some Brighton rock to Sunderland
GIG REVIEW: Levellers + The Bar Stool Preachers @ The Fire Station, Sunderland, Friday 11 July 2025
Los Fastidios make an uplifting album full of appeal to rudies and rebels
ALBUM REVIEW: Los Fastidios – Lovesteady (KOB Records)
Street-punk legends Cock Sparrer bring their East End knees-up to the North East
GIG REVIEW: Cock Sparrer + Cockney Rejects + Crashed Out @ Northumbria University, Newcastle, Saturday 23 November 2024
Stockton is latest place to fall for the charms of The Bar Stool Preachers’ punk ‘n’ roll roadshow
GIG REVIEW: The Bar Stool Preachers + Gimp Fist @ The Georgian Theatre, Stockton, Friday 30 August 2024
Cock Sparrer sign off in style with eighth and final album Hand On Heart
ALBUM REVIEW: Cock Sparrer – Hand On Heart (Cherry Red/Pirates Press/Randale Records)
The Drowns glam up their blue-collar punk for third album Blacked Out
ALBUM REVIEW: The Drowns – Blacked Out (Pirates Press Records)
Cock Sparrer announce new album Hand On Heart and launch shows
Street-punk legends Cock Sparrer have announced a release date for their eighth – and possibly final – studio album, Hand On Heart.
Screaming At the Nation captures the changing face of UK punk in 1982
BOXSET REVIEW: 1982: Screaming At The Nation (Captain Oi!/Cherry Red Records)
Oi! The Singles gathers the best and the rest of the original street-punk movement’s 7ins
BOXSET REVIEW: Oi! The Singles (Captain Oi!/Cherry Red Records)