Like many of the best punk records, ‘Come Out Tonight’ is fuelled by a strong sense of discontent. You can be assured that lead single ‘Gig Buddies’ with its squalling, spidery riff and impassioned vocals, is not an ode to getting lagered up and jumping around with your mates. No, this is the work of a band on a mission to raise the alarm before it’s too late.Continue Reading
One word: love. Much of this documentary feels like a love letter to the scene that spawned it; be it the fans’ enthusiasm, the bands reminiscing about touring and promoting their music in a pre-YouTube world, or the founders of P-Rock itself talking about their formative punk experiences.Continue Reading
Slam Dunk, the UK’s biggest independent rock festival, has dropped its second and final wave of artists, completing the stacked line-up for 2026. Joining Good Charlotte, Sublime and others, are Knocked Loose and 20+ other massive names set to take Slam Dunk by storm.Continue Reading
Aerial Salad have serious balls. How else to explain them dropping a whopping six new songs into their set this evening? It soon becomes clear, though, that the trio are on a red-hot songwriting streak; mixing pop-punk, post punk and the odd tip of the hat to that famed Madchester sound, with superb results.Continue Reading
Yep, it’s that time of the year again! Here’s to you, Vive Le Rock - you’ve had a great year (we especially enjoyed the issue with the Brian James feature), and we’re pleased to hear that the anniversary gig is set to become an annual fixture in our calendars.Continue Reading
This EP is only ten minutes long, so that’s perfect for my gnat-like attention span. Opener ‘Catching The Rain’ rides in on a fabulously groovy bass line and those shimmering post-punk guitars that Explode The TV have long made their stock in trade.Continue Reading
If I hadn’t gone for a browse in London’s excellent All Ages Records a few months ago, I wouldn’t have heard them playing Sheffield quartet Nylon’s excellent debut album ‘Chariot Of The Gods’ over the PA, and would have missed out on a short-but-great slice of stripped-down and brutally effective hardcore.Continue Reading
Spunge, bless them, have long had a fine sense of the ridiculous, and the bizarre antics continue to this day. After all, why make a grand entrance when you could just get on stage and offer the crowd some Doritos? Why not pause mid-set whilst the crowd attempts to construct a human pyramid?Continue Reading
Texan headliners Wiccans are hardcore at its most noisy and chaotic, and they deservedly whip up a storm in the pit. They’ve been described as “Poison Idea trying to make a record in the style of Fucked Up” and we’d drink to that, with songs like the stomp-tactic four-minute ‘Primordial Sorcery’ clearly the work of a band with plenty of great ideasContinue Reading
As prolific as we at Punktuation like to think we are, we can’t quite measure up to Mannie of Shake Some Acton fame. Putting on gigs can be a damn stressful business (certainly more so than writing about them), but he’s somehow managed to make nearly fifty of them happen this year alone!Continue Reading


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