
Reviews

As much as we enjoyed headliners Continental Lovers at last year’s Rebellion Festival, we’ve long been looking forward to catching them in a smaller venue, and it has to be said that the likes of ‘Really Doesn’t Matter’ and ‘Screwing Your Life Up’ hit that much harder when they’re right up in your face.Continue Reading

Roadkill Drive-Thru describe themselves "Like a car crash into a moose, a band you just can't pigeonhole. A musical fusion brought to you by roadkill-eating hillbilly banger racers from the dystopian future." Coming into being just before the Covid pandemic (timing is everything!), they decided to tear up the rule book and play anything and everything they wanted to play.. Continue Reading

DIY ska punk/pop punk Better Than The Book is a music project created by Nick Standing back in 2012. He has since released 1 EP and 3 full-length albums.
Nick organised this gig to celebrate 10 years since the release of his debut full-length album ‘Two Years On’, with special guests Look What Happened and LUVD. Seeing Nick and his band play their debut live show was an Continue Reading

Hard-working, train-based band Eastfield are certainly no strangers to the DIY punk scene, and it's great to see them releasing a brand new self-titled album for our delectation. This is their second release on Grow Your Own Records, and it's an impressive one at that. Eastfield sing songs of a generally socio-political nature, but are also not scared to enjoy fun and Continue Reading

The creator of Punk Rock Creatives Podcast - Marie Repulsive - teamed up with Dammit Records to release a compilation album made up of tracks from 15 bands, plus 1 poem, with the proceeds going to Protected Paws Animal Rescue charity. Overall, this is an absolutely awesome album. A great mixture of bands, a unique poem, and so many incredible messages. It’s quite unique Continue Reading

Hailing from Montréal, Canada, Thee Soreheads are a dynamic feminist punk band drawing inspiration from iconic acts like Dead Kennedys, Bikini Kill and the high-octane energy of Amyl and the Sniffers. Thee Soreheads bring a hard-hitting garage punk sound, influenced by surf rock, riot grrrl and rock'n'roll to their debut EP 'I’m Not Your Fucking Sex Doll', out now!Continue Reading

Formed in 2015, Bratakus consists of two sisters (Brèagha Cuinn on guitar and vocals, Onnagh Cuinn on bass and vocals). This will be the band's first album on Venn Records. Bratakus are usually accompanied by a drum machine, but on this recording, they have a human tub thumper onboard, in the form of Tommy Duffin who is also their producer. It all adds up to a beefed-up Continue Reading

There’s a whole lotta Refused to much of this record, and that’s no bad thing at all. Equal parts hardcore rage and abrasive noise rock, the likes of opener ‘Tall Stories’ and previous single ‘No Sweat’ sound like they could level all that lies before them.Continue Reading

Punk supergroup YAKKIE dish out the rage and urge us to 'Kill The Cop Inside Your Head'. An inventive and multi-layered album with a very welcome positive message. It's full of well put-together songs, and YAKKIE are a certainly a band with something to say.Continue Reading

Boy, did SkyTigers see me coming from a mile away. Hardcore punk, rock n’ roll and thrash metal all rule my world, and on ‘…Injustice For All’, this Lowell, Massachusetts quartet mix all three to utterly devastating effect.Continue Reading


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