Fat Wreck - Apathy & Exhaustion

No Matter – Bad Chemistry (Brassneck Records / Waterslide Records, 2022)

June 11, 2022 Tony Maher Record Review

No Matter are a four-piece from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They’ve been around from about 2011, and describe themselves as playing “fast-paced, energetic pop/skate punk”. If

The Copyrights – Alone in a Dome (Fat Wreck Chords, 2021)

March 28, 2022 Chris Mundie Record Review

The Copyrights have passed me by a little. They probably shouldn’t have as they are a Ramones-y Pop Punk combo from Illinois. That’s something that

Pears – self-titled (Fat Wreck Chords, 2020)

May 5, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

I’ll admit it. This is pretty late, this. What’s a brother to do? The world is intent on going head first straight to hell, and

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

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

Leftöver Crack – Leftöver Leftöver Crack: The E-Sides and F-Sides (Fat Wreck, 2018)

January 14, 2019 James Lamont Record Review

Here’s my latent, superficially non-denominational holiday gift to all punks, skins, outsiders, and those who feel in general that humanity is driving itself into the

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

Incisions – Quit Now EP (Horn & Hoof, 2017)

July 16, 2017 Tony Maher Record Review

Incisions are from the Greater Manchester area (plus Northwich) and play a mélange of 80’s hardcore, street punk, and EpiFat influenced stuff. And it is

Black Volvo – Bad Driving (TNS Records / Make That A Take Records, 2017)

April 20, 2017 Tony Maher Record Review

Nobody on the team seemed particularly keen to take this one on for some reason. Maybe the band name is a bit off-putting. It’s certainly

Face to Face – Protection (Fat Wreck Chords, 2016)

March 11, 2016 Tony Maher Record Review

I remember way back in the day kinda liking the debut album from these guys (Don’t Turn Away – Fat Wreck Chords, 1992). However, on