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Pre-order announcement: Tearjerker – ‘Ghosts’ (Little Rocket Records / Cat’s Claw Records / A.D.D Records / Sell the Heart Records, 2026)

October 9, 2026 Tony Maher Exclusive Stream, Premiere, Release announcement

Exciting times. The long-awaited second LP from Sunderland’s Tearjerker will be up for pre-order on Friday 9th October 2026. The new album is called Ghosts

The Phase Problem – The Power of Positive Thinking (Brassneck Records / Lava Socks Records 2024)

April 5, 2024 Tony Maher Record Review

The Phase Problem are something of a collaboration or meeting of minds between various luminaries of the pop punk scene, both in the UK and

DeeCracks – 20 Years: A Frantic Effort (Pirate’s Press Records, 2023)

February 1, 2024 Tony Maher Record Review

Although I’ve only been aware of DeeCracks for the last few years as I’m an ignorant citizen of the UK, it seems crazy that they’ve

The Raging Nathans – Still Spitting Blood (Rad Girlfriend Records / Brassneck Records, 2022)

October 22, 2022 Tony Maher Record Review

Just imagine. Five albums in eight years. Plus two compilation albums taking in various 7ins and splits and the like. Which accounts for a whopping

CJ Ramone – The Holy Spell… (Fat Wreck Chords, 2019)

July 6, 2019 Mark Lind Record Review

Hey, how many albums can you think of that changed your perspective on something? The Holy Spell… was one of those albums for me. I

Staff top twenty of 2018: Tony Maher – LPs (#20 – #11)

January 1, 2019 Tony Maher Real talk and opinion, Record Review

The other day I posted up a list of my top ten 7in records and EPs of 2018. Have a look, and see if you

Personality Cult – s/t LP (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)

August 17, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Personality Cult is the new project of one Ben Carr of Natural Causes. These guys are from North Carolina, and there’s another three of them

Get Married – Songs for the Sleepless (Asian Man Records / Wiretap Records, 2018)

August 16, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Get Married are from San José, northern California, and as far as I can tell, Songs for the Sleepless is their first full length record,

Dark Thoughts – At Work (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)

July 4, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

It seems like so long ago now that I reviewed the first Dark Thoughts LP (also released through Drunken Sailor – you can read the

Don Blake – Tough Like Diamonds (2018)

May 30, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Bolton, Greater Manchester’s Don Blake are back yet again. They are proving to be quite prolific, these guys. Tough Like Diamonds is their second proper