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Album Review: SoCal’s Mad Tab celebrate 20 years together with ‘alas… the bomb voyage!’

By Phil Withall September 22, 2026

Orange County Punk stalwarts Mad Tab have a new album out. Twenty years after they first got together, Dave Tab and Graham ‘Gram Tab’ are joined by Scott Beattie and Rob Wheeler to produce ‘alas... the bomb voyage!’; 17 songs that weave and flow through the influences that came before, and the filters and talents of the four musicians. First album release on Norwood Fisher Continue Reading

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Album review: The Mary Tyler Whores – ‘As Filthy As We Wanna Be’

By Alex Goose September 22, 2026

On reading their biography, it’s hard not to be amazed that The Mary Tyler Whores exist in the 21st century, never mind that they’ve managed to record a whole album. Back in the day (we’re talking around 1999), the Floridians caused and courted chaos in equally large measures...Continue Reading

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Album review: Split Dogs – ‘Nice N’ Rough’

By Alex Goose September 21, 2026

It’s always a nice surprise when a reliably great band unexpectedly ups their game even further, and that’s exactly what Bristol quartet Split Dogs have done on ‘Nice N’ Rough’, their third album. In the words of vocalist Harry Martinez, they’ve “not lost what we were, but we’ve evolved and tightened the screws, made it a little slicker".Continue Reading

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Album review: M*ARX – ‘Red Planet Blue’

By Ian Ladlow September 17, 2026

Goth pioneer Gary Marx - co-founder of of The Sisters of Mercy - returns to his East Coast glam rock roots with latest album 'Red Panet Blue'. With over thirty songs on the CD version, the album pays homage to the sounds of 1972, with guest singers of Gary's age selected to appear on several tracks. A fun album and an excellent tribute to the year of Gary’s musical epiphany! Continue Reading

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Album review: David Delinquent & The IOUs debut ‘Scandal’

By Richie Viral September 14, 2026

I knew from the first time I caught them live, that there was something magnificently Dundee about David Delinquent & The IOU’s. Not Scottish in the tourist-board sense - no kilts, or mist rolling over glens here, but Dundee: funny, stubborn, unpretentious and seemingly suspicious of anybody taking themselves too seriously.Continue Reading

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Album review: The Drowns – ‘Harsh Reality’

By Alex Goose September 14, 2026

One question: are the songs any good? That’s what most fans of The Drowns will want to know about ‘Harsh Reality’, the band’s fourth album. Put it this way: it’s unlikely that the Seattle crew are going to take any sharp turns into, say, metalcore or dubstep territory at this stage in the game - thank goodness.Continue Reading

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Album review: The Meffs mean ‘Business’ on album #2

By Ruth Rae September 10, 2026

Fancy getting angry for 35 minutes? The Meffs have you covered. Their sophomore album 'Business' is ready to blast your ears from tomorrow, 11th September 2026, via Frontiers Label Group. Featuring 11 tracks of gloriously scrappy, politically-charged punk that takes swings at the music industry, corrupt systems, performative authenticity and pretty much anything else Continue Reading

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Album Review: Slalom D release ‘I Choose My Own Way To Burn’, giving us a lesson in melodic punk rock with a heart

By Sonny Tyler September 10, 2026

Slalom D, Sunderland's finest, bring out their third album on Serial Bowl Records. Tilte 'I Choose My Own Way To Burn' comes from a quote by anti-fascist Sophie Scholl, who was put to death in her early 20's for peacefully protesting against the Nazi regime. There's a song for her in here, amongst a brilliant set of tracks with plenty to say, all put across in an Continue Reading

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Exclusive interview: Ruts DC’s Segs on new EP ‘Bound In Blood’

By Ruth Rae September 9, 2026

Yes, Ruts DC are about to release their first ever EP, 'Bound In Blood' - read what Segs has to say about the songwriting, the long-term family connection with its artwork, and why he only pleges allegiance to autonomy - in an exclusive Punktuation! interviewContinue Reading

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Album review: Stabbitha & The Knifey Wifeys sharpen up with brand new release!

By Sonny Tyler September 6, 2026

What a tantalizing name for a band! Stabbitha & The Knifey Wifeys have just released a brand-new album, 'Disgust', and my attention was well and truly piqued. They don't cover the subjects you would necessarily expect from a band with Death Metal influences, where "beneath the distortion, lies a deeply personal exploration of womanhood, queerness, survival and loss." This Continue Reading