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Compelling new ‘50 Years of Punk’ documentary captures the full controversy of the time!

By Ruth Rae
A fascinating, thought-provoking and sometimes shocking insights into the 1976-7 Punk explosion, Mark Sloper's documentary film '50 Years of Punk' hits a screen near you in September. Including interviews from famous names who lived through it, you’ll be entertained by their exploits, surprised by some of their opinions, laughing at the funny moments, and shocked by some Continue Reading
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Album Review: Fresh from Florence, Italian indie rockers Spleen grunge it up in debut LP ‘Gush’

By Harriet Static
Italian band Spleen’s debut album gushes grunge-punk and bleeds raw emotion. Dished up with a generous side of indie-punk goodness, ‘Gush’’s DNA can be traced back to early 90s alternative, emo and even new wave. Part angsty, part melancholy and part optimistic – the album has its share of complex emotional moments: exploring themes of intense relationships, social Continue Reading
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Album Review : Dogshite drop brand new album on Grow Your Own Records

By Sonny Tyler
Dogshite are based in the big smoke and have been peddling their own form of Anarcho-punk rock for quite some time now. They are also known to inject a little Ska into their tunes, which gives their gigs a danceable and party-like atmosphere. New album 'Violation' is out on Grow Your Own Records and is an enjoyable release for all those punk rockers, ska fans and festy Continue Reading
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Album review: Taxi Girls drop dynamite debut ‘Static’

By Ruth Rae
Montreal's Taxi Girls herald their arrival with 'Static', their debut full-length album, out on 26th June via Stomp Records. Pulling together giant hooks, sharp songwriting, dual-vocal chemistry, and a deep appreciation for the women who made rock and roll dangerous, stylish, and impossible to ignore, Taxi Girls are The Go-Go's for the 21st Century! This is a confident Continue Reading
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Album review: If This Is What Essex Sounds Like, Turn It Up! Rat Boy’s new release ‘CRASH!’

By Richie Viral
There are records that arrive politely. This is not one of them. 'CRASH!', the new album by Essex genre-bending indie Punks Rat Boy, does as the title suggests - crashes through the door and launches into full attack from the first buzzsaw chord. If The Clash had grown up on Essex housing estates, swapped reggae singles for skate videos, and discovered hip-hop before they Continue Reading
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Album review: The Dead Krazukies release 4th LP – ‘CIPHER’

By Phil Withall
Hailing from the southwestern French town of Hossegor, The Dead Krazukies are a band often described as being a skate punk outfit - a lazy catch-all that doesn’t really cover the variety in their music - and with the release of their fourth album, ‘CIPHER’, prove this perfectly. This is an album of contrast, of reflection and heritage. Of both the music that influenced The Continue Reading
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Album Review: Dead Strong release ‘147 Days’ musical diary

By Sonny Tyler
Straight out of Austin, Texas, this one man project Dead Strong commentates on the current US political climate... It is indeed melodic punk with a metal edge, and the production values have created an impressive, beefy sound. The musicianship is top-notch but at the end of the day, the lyrics are the star of the show for me. The words very effectively document a difficult Continue Reading
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Album review: Could this be the final chapter for CJ Wildheart, with ‘Devil’?

By Ian Ladlow
The ever-prolific CJ Wildheart is back with ‘Devil’, his eighth solo album. “I’ll be honest, I really struggled with this one, not so much writing it, but trying to find the drive," CJ explains. "Each year it gets harder to survive as an independent artist, and I always put in 100 percent into everything I do and this time round I came so close to just stopping." CJ Continue Reading