Reviews
Riot Fest is back and Punktuation’s Chicago review team Taz and Jaz were there covering everything punk! After a compulsory year off in 2020, Riot Fest 2021 returned with a stacked line-up. The pandemic still hasn’t gone away, with artists dropping out last minute due to COVID issues. However, the RIOT FEST organisers quickly recovered, […]Continue Reading
The Sydney punk veterans latest album sees the band's sound evolve with their new lead singer, You Am I's Tim Rogers. Continue Reading
Dark Matters, The Stranglers’ 18th album and the band’s first release for almost a decade, is a true triumph over absolute adversity. Eleven songs that click together despite their differences, part lament, part world view and part history lesson. The Stranglers ‘Dark Matters’(Coursegood Records)LP| CD | DLRel Date: 10th September 2021 In typical Continue Reading
The Nowhere Generation Tour finished up in Chicago last weekend with the city's favourite punk band bringing much needed musical relief to a desperate fanbase. Continue Reading
There is something ludicrous but very life-affirming about standing in a field with other 50-somethings and singing, “If the kids are united, they will never be divided”. More than four decades ago, when Jimmy Pursey’s Sham 69 released their punk rock anthem in 1979, the angry teenagers it spoke to imagined they would stay young […]Continue Reading
In a new book author, Aaron Carne explores the legacy of the U.S. Ska scene. Punktuation caught up with the author to discuss his idea behind the book. If you’ve ever felt that ska is unfairly maligned, not taken seriously, or not given the musical credibility afforded to other genres, then you are not alone. […]Continue Reading
The Chicago punk rockers Rise Against drop their long-awaited album 'Nowhere Generation' this Friday, June 4th - but is it any good?Continue Reading
When a band like The Offspring return with a new album after a long hiatus, there is always that gnawing thought - 'I hope it doesn't suck'. Luckily, when Let The Bad Times Roll, dropped last week, there was a collective sigh of relief from the fansContinue Reading
Australian femme punk rockers Blussh and Whalehouse have lifted the pandemic blues, with a live show in their hometown, making the most of the Covid free bubble the country is working hard at maintaining. Continue Reading
London punks Drones have returned with their sophomore album Our Hell Is Right Here and it’s a certified pent-up powder keg of energy ready to explode into the charts.Continue Reading