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

By Richie Viral
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
Hard-Ons & Jerry A main - photo by Tibone
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Album review: The Hard-Ons and Jerry A release long-promised self-titled joint LP

By Phil Withall
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
The Cramps - Bowery Basement 1977 - photo by David Godlis
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Album review: The Cramps ‘Gravest Gravy’

By Ian Ladlow
The never-before-released, Alex Chilton-produced 1977 album by The Cramps, 'Gravest Gravy', mixed & mastered by Henry Rollins & Ian MacKaye is the first release on newly restarted Vengeance Records. Not one of the songs feels like a demo – each is already fully formed.  Whether you are a lifelong Cramps fan or somebody who discovered the band through the appearance of ‘Goo Continue Reading
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Album review: Daily Thompson bond over release of a brand-new record ‘Glue’

By Sonny Tyler
This band is a new one to me, but they've obviously been around for a while, as 'Glue' is Daily Thompson's 7th album release. Musically inspired by late 80"s/early 90's grunge music, 'Glue' was recorded at the aforementioned HQ of grunge in Port Orchard, Seattle. The tone of the album, right down to the cover art, feels autumnal, and these often unpredictable songs have a Continue Reading
RIS Special main - Whoremones - photo by Phil Thorns
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Real Rebellion Starts Here: Highlights from the Rebellion 2026 Introducing Stage!

By Richie Viral
Don't let the name fool you. Rebellion Introducing Stage doesn't just mean young, it means new to Rebellion and the Rebellion crowd, and as usual, that means bands from here there and everywhere - of all shapes and sizes! These are only a few of our highlights. The RIS and Pavillion featured dozens of bands over the weekend - No hype. No algorithms. No nostalgia. Just Continue Reading