X – Alphabetland (Fat Possum 2020)
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 …
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VULPYNES – DYE ME RED – limited edition 10″ (FOAD Records 2019)
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 …
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MORE FUN IN THE NEW WORLD – THE UNMAKING OF LA PUNK – John Doe with Tom DeSavia and friends (Da Capo Press 2019)
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 …
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SOFT ON CRIME – IN THE TERRANIUM cassette/DL (2019 Eats It Records & Tapes )
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 …
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From the archives – Interview with Lux Interior and Poison Ivy of THE CRAMPS (originally appeared in NOSEBLEED issue 12 – 1995)
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. …
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BOW WOW WOW – Your Box Set Pet, The Complete Recordings 1980-84, 3CD Clamshell Box Set (Cherry Red 2018)
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 …
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RAMONES – Road to Ruin – 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Rhino 2018)
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 …
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TURBONEGRO – ROCKNROLL MACHINE (2018 Burger Records)
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 …
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THE NUMBER ONES – ANOTHER SIDE OF THE NUMBER ONES 7” EP (Static Shock Records 2018)
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 …
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Motörhead – Motörhead – 40th Anniversary Edition (Chiswick Records 2017)
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 …
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