
Reviews

Neal X is accompanied by the legendary Stray Cats drummer Slim Jim Phantom and Phil from The Polecats as STARCAT, for a night of old school rock n roll at Reading Facebar. Covering almost 80 years worth of rock n roll history, this could be an early contender for gig of the year. Opening are the ever-reliable local gothabilly punks The Go Go Cult.Continue Reading

Overall ‘Scuola Sòfia’ is far too good to be pigeonholed as some kind of musical curiosity; it’s as good a hardcore record as you’re likely to hear all year.Continue Reading

On Wednesday, 4 February 2026, UK post-punk legends Au Pairs, joined by Dutch punk veteran Wick Bambix, put on a memorable show in Arnhem!Continue Reading

Athens, Greece punk rock quartet The Overjoyed have just released their third self-titled studio album. The songs are about subjects like personal struggles, mental health, addiction and identity. Of the opening track 'Can’t Write Music', Leonidas writes: “I was in a really dark place… struggling with self-identity, drugs, a break-up… while living in a world recovering Continue Reading

This whole album just screamed at me! So honest and relatable in so many different ways. You can easily sing along and dance to these tracks, and also do some air guitar and air drumming, which of course I did all of this throughout! So much emotion within the lyrics, you can feel it.Continue Reading

A sold-out Thursday on 12th February in Cologne proves that you don’t need a big stage to create an unforgettable night - just 130 punks, warm beer showers and a band that never lost its edge.. Knochenfabrik and Sex Piemels 77 tore apart the Sonic Ballroom during Carnival season!Continue Reading

Northumbrian melodic punk rock band LoGOz are looking forward to unleashing their brand-new EP ‘Method is Madness’ on 19th February 2026 – and it’s their most diverse release yet!Continue Reading

The band originally formed in 2021, and they deal in hard-edged yet anthemic punk rock with the occasional muscular hardcore twist here and there. Rise Against wrestling Good Riddance with Sick Of It All as the referee? Yeah, something like that.Continue Reading

From the lower east side of Manhattan, American punk rock band Gogol Bordello originally formed back in 1999 and have just released their 10th album ‘We Mean It, Man!’ on 13th February 2026 via frontman Eugene Hütz’s label Casa Gogol Records. The album has 12 tracks and three of them include guests - ‘Boiling Point’ features Grace Bergere, ‘From Boyarka to Boyaca’ Continue Reading

Despite battling illness in recent years, Brian James stayed busy. He managed a final reunion tour with The Damned in 2022 and a couple of shows with a reconstituted Lords of the New Church, as well as writing and recording his final album 'Kicks And Diabolik Licks'.As he would say, “You want some action, then… yeah?”Continue Reading


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