The self-determination of underground culture is such that every fully formed tribe has its unique indigenous features, and as with the often self-taught nature of underground musicians, many of these …
WELCOME TO VENICE: Ric (RXCX) Clayton (Gingko Press/Kill Your Idols 2018) Read More
Deadlamb Records seems to have been lurking in the background for some time, with a steady output of Irish and international punk product including Nomatrix, Jobseekers, Disturbance, Greenland Whalefishers, Plan …
VARIOUS – LAMPAIGN – IRELAND – Irish Punk Compilation LP (Deadlamb Records 2019) Read More
When ROAD TO RUIN was released in September 1978, it was the first of many watershed moments for the Ramones. Where the first 3 albums were a natural progression of …
RAMONES – Road to Ruin – 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Rhino 2018) Read More
Pożoga describes itself as an “international punk consortium” – With lyrics provided in Spanish, Polish and English, I’m guessing that’s the international make-up of the band… Whatever the configuration, Pożoga’s …
POŻOGA – Pożoga 7” EP (Distroy Records/multi-label release 2018) Read More
It has been a long time since I purchased a cassette. I wouldn’t exactly say I’m repellant to the format… from black shelled and orange-labeled BASF LH SMs to ubiquitous …
EXTRAVISION – DEMO cassette (Art For Blind Records 2018) Read More
Although few and far between at this point, local compilations are always an education of sorts. From the band you’re sick of seeing to that band name you’ve seen on …
VARIOUS ARTISTS – KARATE KLUB Dublin HC/Punk Compilation (Distroy Records 2018) Read More
The last time The Ex issued a non-collaborative album, it was the sonic & political barrage of CATCH MY SHOE in 2011. Cathartic in its colliding rhythms and subtle in …
THE EX – 27 Passports (Ex Records 2018) Read More
Vulpynes has been a name lurking ever increasingly on my radar – local gig bills and assorted online recommendation rants – until I eventually found myself under the same roof …
VULPYNES – Vulpynes – CDEP ( Headcheck Records 2018 ) Read More
In what can be construed as fitting move to represent equality in disfunction, the ubiquitous shot of Richard Ramirez that adorned 2016’s THE NILZ MADE ME DO IT is now …
THE NILZ – Kiss me, My Executioner (self released CD 2018) Read More
Turbonegro has been lurking so long that it’s hard to believe this is only album number 9. The intoxicating brew of releases that straddled their first break-up seems like a …
TURBONEGRO – ROCKNROLL MACHINE (2018 Burger Records) Read More
This is the limited edition vinyl release of FEELER, an album that was technically launched in early December 2017. Some manner of sleeve manufacturing woe held the physical product to …
ALIEN SHE – FEELER ltd edition 12” Green Vinyl (Art For Blind Records 2018) Read More
Sporadic comes in many forms and The Number Ones, amongst other things, have sporadic down to a fine art with a gap of 3 ½ years since the release of …
THE NUMBER ONES – ANOTHER SIDE OF THE NUMBER ONES 7” EP (Static Shock Records 2018) Read More
In 2016, OUTCASTS BY CHOICE garnered much praise and adulation as it bounced around various film festivals globally. Film Ireland described it as “a labour of love, produced on a …
OUTCASTS BY CHOICE – DVD (2017 LOUDfastLOUD.com) Read More
I always liked the fact that the starting point for Motörhead was somewhat amorphous. With an early repertoire reaching back into Hawkwind, Pink Fairies and beyond, there was a blurred …
Motörhead – Motörhead – 40th Anniversary Edition (Chiswick Records 2017) Read More
Considering that the first de-facto promo single for this album came out 2 years ago, it seems like the Trouble Pilgrims full-length debut has been stewing for a very long …
TROUBLE PILGRIMS – DARK SHADOWS AND RUST (Chiswick 2017) Read More
This is the first new studio material from Slice Of Life since 2015’s excellent LOVE AND A LAMP POST. After 3 years, I was hoping there would be more than …
STEVE IGNORANT’S SLICE OF LIFE – JUST ANOTHER – EP (Harbinger Sound 2017) Read More
This is the second EP by GRIT in 6 months – a prolific miracle by Irish standards, but one that displays resolve and ambition. Again, the vinyl release is handled …
GRIT – DIAMOND 7” EP (Distr-Oi Records 2017) Read More
When Don’t Swim On The East Coast EP by The Sussed was originally released, local punk singles were a rarity. Although several impresarios in Northern Ireland had the enthusiasm to …
THE SUSSED – Don’t Swim On The East Coast EP (Reissue – Spit Records 2017) Read More
REBELLION, the latest in an increasing prolific torrent of Paranoid Visions product comes to us as a sickly confectionary-pink slab of vinyl. What essentially started out as a new EP …
PARANOID VISIONS – REBELLION (Overground Records/FOAD 2017) Read More
TV TUBE HEART remains one of the great unique first generation punk albums. With a very assured sense of itself, the record stands up to reappraisal and scrutiny 40 years …
THE RADIATORS FROM SPACE – TV TUBE HEART 40th anniversary Edition (2017) Read More