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Album review: Southpaw (UK) map out their ‘Longitude’

By Ian Ladlow August 31, 2026

Norwich DIY Punks Southpaw are back with their seventh album, ‘Longitude’. Sharper and more direct, the new songs mark a small but significant gearshift yet still maintain the signature melodies and angular guitar driven hooks that you would expect. It's a cracking album!Continue Reading

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South London Punk Collective all-dayer, London Brixton Windmill, 30th August 2026

By Alex Goose August 31, 2026

Well, we were looking forward to a long weekend of doing very little, and then the South London Punk Collective ruined our plans by assembling this beast of an all-dayer. Eight quality bands, plus a free barbecue, for only a tenner?Continue Reading

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Festival review: Tramlines July 2026 – the heartbeat of Sheffield!

By Phil Thorns August 31, 2026

From Hillsborough Park to the smallest details between the stages, discover why Sheffield's Tramlines festival remains one of the friendliest weekends in the musical calendar! Top acts Kaiser Chiefs, Rick Astley and Wolf Alice enetrtained the crowds alongside many local and internatonal bands. Photographer Phil Thorns was there to document as much of it as one man possibly Continue Reading

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EP review: Zebrahead complete their series with ‘O’

By Hannah Calver August 29, 2026

From Southern California, punk rock veterans Zebrahead formed back in 1996, the same year I was born. It’s strange to think I’m the same age as a legendary band, but there we go! Their music ranges from punk rock, pop punk, rap rock, and rapcore.Continue Reading

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EP review: Initiate release ‘With Love // With Rage’

By Hannah Calver August 27, 2026

From Southern California, hardcore band Initiate have just signed with Blue Grape Music. New EP ‘With Love // With Rage’ released on 7th August 2026 with 5 incredibly heavy tracks. Intense, chaotic, raw, ferocious, vicious, and full of emotion, what more can I say?Continue Reading

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EP review: RAD – ‘Rad To The Bone’

By Alex Goose August 27, 2026

Like so many of the best bands, RAD may not take themselves too seriously as people, but ‘Rad To The Bone’ sees them take a huge step towards becoming genuine crossover thrash contenders. The songs within are more musically developed and intricate than anything the Brighton crew have done before...Continue Reading

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Album review: MC16 reckon ‘We’re Gonna Need A Milkman’

By Richie Viral August 26, 2026

When everything is going wrong, forget the police or politicians, what society really needs according to MC16, is the reassuring presence of the milkman. 'We’re Gonna Need A Milkman' is a twelve song follow up to the midlands-based trio’s 2025 debut 'Machine Code’ and is supposed to be their happier album. The punk foundations remain wonderfully obvious throughout - Continue Reading

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Album review: The Hard-Ons and Jerry A release long-promised self-titled joint LP

By Phil Withall August 26, 2026

Australian punk royalty (if that’s not too much of a contradiction) Hard-Ons have known Jerry A. Lang, the American lead singer of Portland legends Poison Idea, since they first toured together back in the late Eighties. Studio collaboration - ‘Hard-Ons/Jerry A’, releaesd 14th August 2026, brings together the feeling of the music that inspired them both with their own Continue Reading

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Outbreak Festival @ All Points East, London Victoria Park, 23rd August 2026

By Alex Goose August 25, 2026

Following its London debut last year, Outbreak Festival has returned; this time with its most diverse bill to date, and a hell of a lot of dust! Oh well, such are the joys of a post-heatwave festival, and ultimately today’s musical treats are well worth getting a bit grubby.Continue Reading

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Album review: State Power – ‘Hyperstition’

By Alex Goose August 24, 2026

As state of the world addresses go, this debut album from Dutch hardcore crew State Power is up there with the best of them. Much of ‘Hyperstition’ sees them quite rightly railing against modern malaises such as our over-reliance on technology, the disintegration of traditional communities...Continue Reading