I love the Kimberly Steaks, me. This LP, Big Noise, is their third full length, and the second on Cardiff’s Brassneck Records. Brassneck continues to
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7in and EP round-up February 2024
Not done one of these for a fair old while. In fact, a bunch of this stuff I’d already written and forgotten about. Just rediscovered
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DeeCracks – 20 Years: A Frantic Effort (Pirate’s Press Records, 2023)
Although I’ve only been aware of DeeCracks for the last few years as I’m an ignorant citizen of the UK, it seems crazy that they’ve
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Random Hand – Random Hand (Bomber Music, 2023)
Random Hand have been around for quite a while now, having released their first EP back in 2005. They are a band that I’ve always
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The Inklings – ‘Return of the Puppets’ (self-released, 2024)
According to the great fountain of knowledge that is the internet, The Inklings are a Teesside-based music collective formed by two members of now-defunct Billingham
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Billy Liar – Crisis Actor (Pirate’s Press Records, 2023)
According to the internet, Billy Liar is “an acoustic punk/folk band from Edinburgh, fronted by the solo singer of the same name”. Not really sure
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Slalom D – Waltz into Anarchy (Serial Bowl Records, 2023)
It’s a weird thing, innit, how the young ‘uns take the sounds from days of yore and then act they invented it. Yes, I’m aiming
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Clowns – Endless (Fat Wreck Chords, 2023)
Ah, yes. The long awaited (by me at least) 5th album from one of Melbourne, Australia’s premier punk rock acts. While we’re here, why do
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Born Shit Stirrers – Scratch n’ Sniff (Serial Bowl Records, 2023)
The year is 2023. The musical state of play seems to suggest that hardcore punk, let alone the broader punk scene is suffering from a
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Toronto Blessings – Big Wins (Serial Bowl Records, 2023)
This is one of those occasions where people that you know do something cool. The people, or rather, person in question is one Rik Whitehead.
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