There are few bands as life affirming for me as The Slackers. Despite having more of a laid back trad ska / soul / reggae
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Sweat – Gotta Give It Up (Pirates Press Records, 2022)
Sweat are a power trio from LA. They are able to boast members of Graf Orlock and Ghostlimb amongst their ranks (if you can have
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The Drowns – Lunatics (Pirates Press Records, 2022)
Lunatics is the new EP from Seattle’s The Drowns. It’s a 6 track EP too, which is cool. Y’know, like a proper EP used to
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Snuff – Crepuscolo Dorato Della Bruschetta Borsetta Calzetta Cacchetta Trombetta Lambretta Giallo Ossido, Ooooooh Cosi Magnifico! (SBÄM Records / 10 Past 12 Records / Melodic Punk Style, 2022)
Crepuscolo Dorato Della Bruschetta Borsetta Calzetta Cacchetta Trombetta Lambretta Giallo Ossido, Ooooooh Cosi Magnifico! That’s the album title, rolls right off the tongue. People (gatekeeper
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Good Grief – Shake Your Faith (Everything Sucks Music / HHBTM Records, 2022)
Good Grief are from Liverpool and have been around for a bit now. Probably over a decade at this point. Seemingly this is their first
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Screaming at Traffic – ‘Bitter’ UK video premiere and album announcement
The internet had suspicions that it had seen the last of the Apathy & Exhaustion blog, but some motherfuckers (like my good self) exist purely
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7in and EP round-up: January 2022 (part 1)
The Drowns – Know Who You Are 7in (Pirates Press Records) There’s an odd affinity between Oi! And Glam Rock, I didn’t connect the dots
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Tuskar – Matriarch (Church Road Records, 2022)
I’m a fan of most things slow, sludgy and fuzz laden, but even I will put my hands up and admit that it is an
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