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Apathy & Exhaustion

Author: James Lamont

James Lamont is a writer and speaker of various punkfessional shades, over the years working on everything from multi-genre radio programmes to underground punk and hip hop reviews, from unwieldy environmental behemoth papers to DIY media projects. In his mid-twenties he swapped the depressing, darkening skies of his home city Manchester for the depressing, sun-bleached crudbuckets of Florida. You can read more of his writing at https://radicalbeatwriting.blogspot.com/ and follow his happenings at https://www.facebook.com/radicalbeatwriting/

Reggie and The Full Effect – 41 (Pure Noise, 2018)

February 27, 2018 James Lamont Record Review

Reggie and The Full Effect are a funny emo band. Both labels come with trappings and an unforgiving half life. In general, I have no

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Off With Their Heads / Seth Anderson /Dave Decker / Purr Purr Purr @ Lucky You Tattoo, St. Pete, FL

February 5, 2018 James Lamont Live Review

Off With Their Heads/Seth Anderson/Dave Decker/Purr Purr Purr Monday, January 22nd 2018 Lucky You Tattoo, St. Petersburg FL The dollar dances on our asses. Never

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Jeff Rosenstock – POST- (Quote Unquote / Polyvinyl, 2018)

January 25, 2018 James Lamont Record Review

In her non-review this time last year of Jeff Rosenstock’s WORRY, my friend and Ibiza-Bombing associate Em wrote of her concerns as she found herself

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Rehasher / Weak Knees / The Antidon’ts @ Lucky You Tattoo, St. Petersburg FL

January 19, 2018 James Lamont Live Review

Rehasher/Weak Knees/The Antidont’s Friday, January 5th 2018 Lucky You Tattoo, St. Petersburg FL Lucky me. As Ice Cube once said, today was a good day,

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Car Bomb Driver at The Bends, December 23rd 2017

January 8, 2018 James Lamont Live Review

Car Bomb Driver/Chris Barrows Band/Kevin K Band Saturday, December 23rd 2017 The Bends, St Petersburg FL If a conservative is a liberal who’s been mugged,

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At The Drive In – In•ter A•li•a (Rise Records, 2017)

December 21, 2017 James Lamont Record Review

I like words. This is because on the rare occasions that I get in sync with them I feel fleetingly in control of things. I

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Sharptooth – Clever Girl (Pure Noise, 2017)

November 21, 2017 James Lamont Record Review

You definitely want this reptile on your side at a riot, girl. The blisteringly angry Sharptooth have tried to send the bitterness of their first

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The Movielife – Cities in Search of a Heart (Rise Records, 2017)

October 30, 2017 James Lamont Record Review

Sometimes you find things that you never had any intention of looking for. New York band The Movielife are such an example for me. Having

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Sonic Boom Six – Cardiac Address EP (Rebel Alliance, 2017)

October 21, 2017 James Lamont Record Review

One day, Laila K and Barney Boom were sitting around the boompad having a heated discussion: “Most of the time, I like our innovative directions,”

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Vans/Journeys Warped Tour, 01/07/17, Vinoy Park, St. Petersburg, FL

September 3, 2017 James Lamont Live Review

It would always have taken something extraordinary for me to even consider letting the Warped Tour into my peripheral vision. Describing it as a money-gathering

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