I’m not sure if this is a recording project or something set up as an operational band in the sense that any of us think we know what that is …
VIOLENT MOOD SWING – In Regards To Your Previous Email LP (self-released/not on label 2022) Read More
Squeals of feedback set the landscape for US AGAINST THEM and Vulpynes continue to develop as a compact but impetuous force of guitar noise. From what the ever-unreliable interwebs tell …
VULPYNES – US AGAINST THEM – CD/12” Vinyl EP (2020 FOAD records) Read More
In June 2019, Soft On Crime released a compelling debut with In The Terranium – five small nuggets of jangling garage-pop modestly presented as a cassette release. Immediately apparent was …
SOFT ON CRIME – 7″ (2020 Eats It Records & Tapes) Read More
It’s a strange combination of wonderful and surreal that I should be typing a review of a new X album in 2020. A key proponent of LA punk in the …
X – Alphabetland (Fat Possum 2020) Read More
Finally, Vulpynes returns with a second EP of primal snarl and noisy passion. Apparently these tracks have been sitting on the hotplate since late 2018 – meanwhile the band busied …
VULPYNES – DYE ME RED – limited edition 10″ (FOAD Records 2019) Read More
When UNDER THE BIG BLACK SUN was published in 2016, I mistakenly expected it to be a biographical piece on X as told by John Doe. There’s certainly a worthy …
MORE FUN IN THE NEW WORLD – THE UNMAKING OF LA PUNK – John Doe with Tom DeSavia and friends (Da Capo Press 2019) Read More
This is the debut release by Dublin 3-piece SOFT ON CRIME. Its members have been lurking in locally based bands both relatively known and utterly obscure for as long as …
SOFT ON CRIME – IN THE TERRANIUM cassette/DL (2019 Eats It Records & Tapes ) Read More
The Cramps one and only Dublin live appearance was on Friday 24th February 1995, the first night of their European tour in support of the FLAMEJOB album on Creation records. …
From the archives – Interview with Lux Interior and Poison Ivy of THE CRAMPS (originally appeared in NOSEBLEED issue 12 – 1995) Read More
Bow Wow Wow is very much a part of post-punk pop culture at a time when ideas didn’t have to be polished into glossy turds to become pop hits. The …
BOW WOW WOW – Your Box Set Pet, The Complete Recordings 1980-84, 3CD Clamshell Box Set (Cherry Red 2018) 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
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
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
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