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Personally, I’ll forever be grateful to Canadian hardcore legends (and yes, they’ve earned that title) Fucked Up for the time I saw them tear London’s Luminaire (RIP) apart on New Year’s Eve 2006. Folks, it was amazing. Unorthodox. That’s perhaps the best word to describe Fucked Up, and what they do. Generally, hardcore bands don’t spend an hour-plus onstage, but Fucked Continue Reading
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Reading, Berkshire, UK has a very lively Punk scene - it may be known for the annual Music Festival, but during the rest of the year, there are numerous Punk bands playing at our great venues. One of these, Launch Control, puts on gigs to showcase local talent at east-of-town-centre bar The Outlook. Local Reading pop punk band Almost Aliens. They wowed the crowd with their Continue Reading
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You probably know Deryck Whibley as the vocalist of Sum 41; he’s also their main songwriter, and given that the Canadian quintet are currently in the midst of a farewell tour, it only seems fitting that he’s now released this gripping memoir: ‘Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven And Hell’. We won’t spoil it for you by going into the specifics, but it’d take a cold Continue Reading
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It came as quite the shock when Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes suddenly announced that this tour would be their last before going on hiatus. And if this turns out to be the last we see of them, then a sold-out show at one of the few remaining great historic London venues is a fine way to say goodbye to their home country. It falls to Brighton trio Snayx to get us warmed Continue Reading
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Formed from the post-lockdown remnants of St Albans' cult vaudeville rockers The Tuesday Club, Post-Punks Narcotic Hearts unleash their new album 'Open Up Your Mind's Eye' tomorrow! They describe their music thus: "We play trashy, ‘outsider’ pop, sonically stomping between glam, power pop & new wave, but who can say? One person's meat is another person's plant based Continue Reading