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Slam Dunk reveals its 2025 line up in full!

By Ruth Rae
The news many of you have been waiting for - next year's Slam Dunk festival is now revealing their final, remaining bands for 2025! Following a huge first drop of artists including A Day To Remember, Electric Callboy and Neck Deep, newly added performers include Finch, Streetlight Manifesto, Hot Milk, Wargasm, Twin Atlantic, Kid Bookie and more. Slam Dunk will return to Continue Reading
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Eddie Garrity bites back – upcoming shows featuring tracks from Slaughter & The Dogs album ‘Bite Back’!

By Ruth Rae
For the first time since the 40th anniversary reunion shows of the original ‘Bite Back’ line up back in 2021, Eddie Garrity's Slaughter are set to return! Performing tracks from the critically acclaimed Slaughter & The Dogs album ‘Bite Back' (Produced by Mott the Hoople drummer Dale Griffin), the band will play across the UK, with more dates to be announced. Their Continue Reading
Narcotic Hearts
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Review: Narcotic Hearts’ second album Open Up Your Mind’s Eye

By Ruth Rae
Formed from the post-lockdown remnants of St Albans' cult vaudeville rockers The Tuesday Club, Post-Punks Narcotic Hearts unleash their new album 'Open Up Your Mind's Eye' tomorrow! They describe their music thus: "We play trashy, ‘outsider’ pop, sonically stomping between glam, power pop & new wave, but who can say? One person's meat is another person's plant based Continue Reading
Damage UK
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Damage UK champion the ‘Innocent Bystanders’ in their second album

By Ruth Rae
South London's 'boys who do damage' return with a kaleidoscope of sounds! Hard working live band Damage UK are eager to bring us more of their melodic Classic Punk sounds with 'Innocent Bystanders'. A superb collection of 12 songs from the sensational south London songwriting team, 'Innocent Bystanders' was produced at Sunshine Corner Studios by Steve 'Smiley' Barnard.Continue Reading
Desperate Measures
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Desperate Measures release new single ‘Untouchable’

By Ruth Rae
Fresh from a UK tour with Australian punk legends the Cosmic Pyschos, and two sold out shows in Finland, New Zealand/London punk ‘n’ rollers Desperate Measures have just dropped a fifth single from their acclaimed ‘Sublime Destruction’ album. "'Untouchable' is a bit different for us. It was the last song we wrote for the album, and I guess it has shades of the Psychedelic Continue Reading