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Punchy, pithy and politically charged, a slice of 70s Rock with a 90s Indie filling! LiVES second album 'Let Them Eat Cake' is the voice of the lost and disenfranchised. Packed with razor-sharp riffs, pounding drums and bass with screaming histrionic vocals - let your hair down and get your rage out with this cracking album!Continue Reading

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

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

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

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

A free concert in the Paard venue in The Hague, the Netherlands, by Maria Iskariot from Gent, Belgium and local band Chattermag, founded last year, had the audience pogoing!Continue Reading

Intrepid photographer Phil Thorns headed to Leicester to capture the action across both days of the HRH Punk 4 extravaganza. This friendly, well run event had a great atmosphere. Here are a selection of Phil's snaps from Day 2Continue Reading

Intrepid photographer Phil Thorns headed to Leicester to capture the action across both days of HRH Punk 4 Festival! This friendly, well run event had a great atmosphere. Here are a selection of Phil's snaps from Day 1Continue Reading

Fresh from a UK tour with Australian punk legends the Cosmic Pyschos, and two sold out shows in Finland, New Zealand/London punk ‘n’ rollers Desperate Measures have just dropped a fifth single from their acclaimed ‘Sublime Destruction’ album. "'Untouchable' is a bit different for us. It was the last song we wrote for the album, and I guess it has shades of the Psychedelic Continue Reading

Original Sex Pistols Paul Cook, Steve Jones and Glen Matlock with Frank Carter on lead vocals concluded this short tour with another sold out show. Support band GIRLBAND! a trio from Nottingham who won national support with their appearance on the BBC Introducing Stage at Glastonbury this year were just finishing as I arrived. From the songs I heard, they were most worthy Continue Reading