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‘Anarchy! McLaren Westwood Gang’ Boxset release celebrates Punk’s 50th year

By Ruth Rae September 23, 2026

Releasing on 25th September 2026, to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of the Punk Festival at the 100 Club, Cadiz Music is bringing out a limited edition boxset - including a reissue of the acclaimed (but rarely seen) 2015 documentary film, 'Anarchy! The McLaren Westwood Gang',  directed by Phil Strongman. With just 500 copies available, 'Anarchy! McLaren Westwood Gang' Continue Reading

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Live Review: The Rock N Roll Circus rolls into town!

By Phil Thorns September 23, 2026

Four days of musical mayhem at Sheffield's 2026 Rock N Roll Circus saw the Don Valley lit up with magic across two stages! Phil Thorns and his trusty camera caught all the action, including headliners The Kooks, The Streets, Wunderhorse, and Richard Ashcroft of The VerveContinue Reading

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Live Review: LOVE NOISE FREEDOM festival, Downstairs at the Dome, London – 19/9/2026

By Harriet Static September 22, 2026

German underground label Exile on Mainstream presented London with four of their finest DIY acts at the LOVE NOISE FREEDOM festival - a grassroots celebration! Featuring a unique blend of doom metal, sludge, blues, old fashioned rock’n’roll and freestyle experimentation, proving that DIY music will always prevail – so long as individual, freethinking projects and dedicated Continue Reading

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Live review: Toxoplasma – Still Angry After All These Years – Pitcher, Düsseldorf 19/9/2026

By Florian Reith September 22, 2026

More than four decades after forming, German punk veterans Toxoplasma proved that neither their music nor their message has lost any of its urgency at a sold-out show at Pitcher in Düsseldorf!Continue Reading

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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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Spunge, London Signature Brew Blackhorse Road, 19th Sept 2026

By Alex Goose September 20, 2026

Spunge and Signature Brew seems to be a winning combination! Last year the Tewkesbury ska-punks took the venue’s Haggerston branch by storm for a sold-out show, and now they’ve returned - this time to the larger Blackhorse Road venue - for a show co-promoted by the good folks at P-Rock TV.Continue Reading

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Shake Some Acton gig #173, London Hope & Anchor, 18th Sept 2026

By Alex Goose September 19, 2026

Ahhh, quality rock n’ roll, the universal panacea. It’s not been the easiest of weeks for us, so we’re in need of music to feel revitalised and reborn. Pretty handy, then, that Shake Some Acton are here, with a quality bill that defies any self-respecting punk/rock n’ roll fan to stay at home this evening.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