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A Damned gig, even after 50 years, is a magnificent musical experience. This is a band of talented friends that still enjoy playing together, entertaining and embracing what they have built. But it's more than that. For the people that came it’s a portal to people and places long since past, to venues both big and small. Every song has a memory, an emotion, a connection. Continue Reading
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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
New Releases Punk News Reviews
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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Eastfield, The Duel, Cherry & Peesh, Marie and the Meltdownz, and Dinosaur Skull do MoonPunx proud at their end-of-season show at Camden's Fiddler's Elbow, raising awareness of older women in Punk and to raise funds for The Menopause Charity. This is the stuff the best gigs are made of - everyone enjoying themselves, and supporting every other person in the room, on stage Continue Reading
New Releases Punk News Reviews
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