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Northumbrian punk singer-songwriter Peesh has just released a great new single, 'Under the Radar', to celebrate the first day of Spring - and to launch his new project - 'The Perennial Effect II - Seasons'. Peesh will be releasing a new track on the first day of every season throughout 2025. Then, they’ll all be compiled with another 8 new songs, for a 12 track CD release Continue Reading

March 2025 sees The Wildhearts return with their 11th studio album; 'Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts'. Featuring their new line-up, coming out on a new label, and as always, focusing on new music! 'Satanic Rites of The Wildhearts' has some great songs for the punk rock fan, and I do feel it gets better and grabs you after a couple of listens. The best Wildhearts album? Continue Reading

Brian James, a true originator, died last week on 6th March, aged 70 years. In their tributes to Brian James, each of his Damned bandmates stressed what a lovely, funny man he was and how much they had learned from him. On top of that, James wrote the first British punk single and was an integral, uncompromising part of changing popular music. What a legacy.Continue Reading

New Single and EP releases from MEGG - 'The End', Hi Fi Spitfires - '3 Volt Love', The Dreaded Laramie - 'Agency', Ill Gotten Gains - 'Odes To The Troublemakers', SLICERRR - 'SLICERRR' and Reconciler - 'Three Songs'.Continue Reading

The 035 Popprijs competition final took place on 28th February at the Vorstin venue, Hilversum, featuring four bands; Clitteband, Crashing, Lisa Rose, and bloc bloc bloc. Young punks Clitteband from Hilversum, the Netherlands, beat three non-punk bands to win in the final round!Continue Reading

As the popular Undercover Festival (now in its 13th year) makes its debut at Battlesbridge, South Essex on 26th & 27th September, promoter and organiser Mick Moriarty decided to make young local bands the focus of the event. Dharma Hounds, Destroy The Idols, Rat Hole, Monumental and Hinge will take to the stage with a great line-up including Skids, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Continue Reading

Single, EP and Album releases from The Pighounds - Tutti Frutti', State Power - 'Final Hour', Launch Control - 'Hedge Fundamentalism', Killing Daisies - 'Echoes of Tomorrow', Hearts Apart - 'Summer Bummer' and Twat Union - 'Singer Of The Band'.Continue Reading

Punk legend TV Smith may just be one man with an acoustic guitar, but the founder of The Adverts can still fill a room with sound, as evidenced during his first gig at The Face Bar, Reading on 20.02.2025 - what an outstanding show! Tim is a brilliant singer songwriter, and through his vast collection of material, he makes very valid points about how messed up the world we Continue Reading

Mouser, four veteran punks, release new songs on the fascist threat, mobile phones, refugees and forced labour in prisons in their debut EP '¡No Pasarán!'. They say they write fast, to the point, catchy, sharp, sometimes very short songs, with uncompromising lyrics which expose our derailed society.Continue Reading

Isn’t rock n’ roll supposed to be a young person’s game? Then how come so many of the old guard are doing such a great job of breathing new life into the genre? A case in point: Sheffield rockers Black Spiders, who are about to unleash a beast of a fifth album in ‘Cvrses’, and who only seem to have become ever leaner, meaner and hungrier since forming back in 2008.Continue Reading