1998 was a good year in the long history of the Vandals with the release of HITLER BAD, VANDALS GOOD on Nitro Records – Although this was a very different …
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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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There are few albums as ingrained in my head as GHOSTOWN, and while I thought it would be an easy one to rattle off a few words about, the act …
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Albums embodying, expressing or otherwise loosely interpreting fluctuations in mental health are certainly not unusual – Channeling brain turbulence through any form of art is a timeworn tradition, no doubt …
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This record is an interesting proposition, a 12” EP of new material paired with a flipside of peer favourites as voted, suggested and harassed for inclusion via a kind of …
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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 …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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