Record Review - Apathy & Exhaustion

Unknown River Driver / Rations Noise – Remains / Dronestruck split LP (Different Kitchen Records / Rad Girlfriend Records / 86’d Records)

June 4, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

Alrighty then. A split LP from two bands I’ve no prior knowledge of whatsoever. Rations Noise is an electronic offshoot of a punk band called

Cokie The Clown – You’re Welcome (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)

June 3, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

Probably pretty much everyone knows by now that Cokie the Clown is Fat Mike’s (of NOFX / Fat Wreck Chords) alter-ego. Basically, a solo jaunt

Blind Man Death Stare – Comin’ In Hot (Disconnect Disconnect Records / Arrest Records, 2019)

June 2, 2019 Fiona Wolstenholme Record Review

Opening track ‘Clock In Clock Out’, from this Melbourne based DIY punk quartet, is fast and promising with an repeating chant about the monotonous cycle

Abolitionist – A New Militance 10in (Different Kitchen Records / 1859 Records, 2019)

May 31, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

Chances are, like me, you’ve been peripherally aware of Oregon’s Abolitionist for a while, without actually having given any of their shit a spin, mate.

The Accused A.D. – The Ghoul In The Mirror (Blackhouse Records, 2019)

May 30, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

If you are even older than my old ass, you may remember a band called The Accused from way back when, who were considered to

Clowns – Nature / Nurture (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)

May 28, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

Alrighty. Clowns are an off-kilter 5-piece hardcore punk band from Melbourne, Australia, and Nature / Nurture is their 4th studio album, although their first for

Millencolin – SOS (Epitaph, 2019)

May 23, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

A few months back I was pretty excited to hear the teaser track Millencolin released ahead of their new album, SOS. Which came as a

Sleaford Mods – Eton Alive (Extreme Eating Records, 2019)

May 22, 2019 Matt Martin Record Review

I’m pretty sure thousands of old punks have had the same conversation for 10 years over crusty pints of overpriced artisan organic craft ale: “is

Bad Religion – Age of Unreason (Epitaph, 2019)

May 21, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

Bloody hell. Bad Religion have been around for about a million years now, well, 40ish anyhow. I first saw them live in 1997 (I think,

Cold Cave – Promised Land (Heart Worm Press, 2019)

May 20, 2019 Nate Worrall Record Review

Now here’s a review I was looking forward to writing. Cold Cave is the darkwave project of American Nightmare’s Wesley Eisold, and his other half