Onlooker are from Teeside, an area that straggles the boundaries of County Durham and North Yorkshire. This wider geographical area contains Cleveland (for which this
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Diaz Brothers – The World is Yours (Serial Bowl Records / Dead Broke Rekerds, 2025)
We’re at about the mid-point of 2025, which has been something of a mixed bag. Some great records, but the world continues to be some
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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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Video premiere: Incisions – Mine to Lose (TNS Records, 2022)
Seemingly not content with having unleashed a second LP (Bliss) of furious hardcore punk upon the unsuspecting (or totally suspecting depending on how clued in
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Incisions – Bliss (TNS Records, 2021)
Demotivated. Demoralised. What’s the point in even trying. That seems to be the recurring theme of my life at the moment when it comes to
Read moreOily Boys – Cro Memory Grin (Static Shock Records / Cool Death, 2020)
Because I’m by no means very clued up these days, this one came in from far out field and smashed me in the grid like
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Big Sad – Send Help (Rad Girlfriend Records) Big Sad are from Tampa, Florida and feature members of other bands that feature members of other
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Afewyearslater / Trophy Jump split EP () Right on. We have some stuff here from continental Europe: Afewyearslater are from Hungary and Trophy Jump (who
Read moreFleshies – Introducing The Fleshies (Dirt Cult Records, 2019)
Fleshies have been around since 1999 (20 fuckin’ years, yo) and are from Oakland, California. They are described a “loud punk band” with “abrasive-yet-catchy songs
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Kicked in the Teeth – Patient State / One Way Street (self-released, 2019) A semi-super group of sorts, this. Not that they are semi-super or
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