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Video premiere: Elder Abuse – Bored (Little Rocket Records)

November 28, 2020 Tony Maher Exclusive Stream, Record label feature, Record Review

Winnipeg pop-punk/punk rock quintet Elder Abuse has returned with their newest collection of music since their highly acclaimed 2017 debut album, Burnt. The band is

7in and EP round-up: November 2020 (part 1)

November 19, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

Elder Abuse – Take it Easy [digital only] (Little Rocket Records) Elder Abuse are a 5 piece from Winnipeg. Seemingly if you type Elder Abuse

Celebration Summer – Against The Gun EP release announcement and video premiere

October 23, 2020 Tony Maher Exclusive Stream, Record label feature

Celebration Summer are based out of the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington DC. The band are imminently releasing their debut EP “Against the Gun” via

7in & EP round-up June 2020 (part 2)

June 5, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

An Uneasy Peace – s/t 7in (Dirt Cult Records) This band came uncomfortably close to being called “Unfuckable Chainsaw”. Verily. This EP has finally seen

7in and EP round-up: April 2020 (part 2)

April 16, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

Afewyearslater / Trophy Jump split EP () Right on. We have some stuff here from continental Europe: Afewyearslater are from Hungary and Trophy Jump (who

Custody – II LP (Brassneck Records / Shield Recordings / Combat Rock Industry, 2020)

March 7, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

Custody are from Finland, and describe themselves thusly: “We make melodic music that makes us happy. We sound like Sergie Loobkoff having a knife fight

Screaming at Traffic – I Don’t Like Sports (Little Rocket Records, 2019)

January 22, 2020 Tony Maher Record Review

Bands that proper worship Samiam? I love owt like that, me. But only when they do that classic band a proper bit of justice, which

Sweet Empire – A New Cycle (Umlaut Records, 2019)

August 17, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

A New Cycle is the third full length from Dutch crew, Sweet Empire. Quite by chance I saw them play at the launch party for

Nadir – Collecting Misery (self-released, 2019)

June 22, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

Alright then. Nadir is a ‘side project’ of Robbie Swartwood of Off With Their Heads. The press material suggests this would do nicely “for fans

Give You Nothing – s/t (Umlaut Records / Snubbed Records, 2019)

June 19, 2019 Tony Maher Record Review

It’s kind of cool to be on the receiving end of a pleasant surprise every now and again. I’d class this joint from Santa Cruz