Yesterday’s Ring are from Montreal, Canada, and feature members of The Sainte Catherines and Medictation. Yesterday’s Ring allegedly formed on the porch of a punk
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The Latchkey Kids – 6-8 Sessions (self-released, 2022)
This was looking like it was going to be one of those potentially awkward situations that I periodically get myself into. Situations off my own
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Hot Mass – Happy, Smiling And Living The Dream (Brassneck Records / Black Numbers / This Charming Man, 2022)
“Hailing from Swansea, UK, Hot Mass take their eclectic taste in music and throw it all into the melting pot to create some melodic, grunge
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Bear Away – A Drastic Tale of Western Living (Brassneck Records / Shield Recordings Waterslide Records, 2022)
There’s a certain thing about shit towns in the North of England. They have a weird tendency to spawn decent bands in a way that
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The Raging Nathans – Still Spitting Blood (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2022)
Just imagine. Five albums in eight years. Plus two compilation albums taking in various 7ins and splits and the like. Which accounts for a whopping
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Tearjerker (ft. Frankie Stubbs) – Love Being Alone (Little Rocket Records, 2022)
Here we are. A good number of months since (in old money) I last put pen to paper (or in the current state of the
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The Raging Nathans – Failures in Art: Sordid Youth Vol. 2 (Rad Girlfriend Recrds / Brassneck Records, 2022)
Dayton, Ohio’s finest, The Raging Nathans are back once again (which in my opinion is always welcome) with the second volume of their series of
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The Flex – Chewing Gum for the Ears (Static Shock Records, 2022)
For the benefit of the unfamiliar, The Flex are a hardcore punk band from Leeds. The line-up features members of Violent Reaction and Arms Race
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Video premiere: Tearjerker – Done & Dusted (Little Rocket Records, 2022)
Now then. Here’s another exclusive for you. Tearjerker are a band of mysterious provenance, the constituent members having no previous musical claims to fame as
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Video premiere: Among Legends – Magnolia (Little Rocket Records / Sounds of Subterrania /Rad Girlfriend Records, 2022)
People that pay attention can be a bit of a rarity. People that pay attention tend not to miss out. Paying attention? It’s a piece
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