

Teo Wise and his band have come all the way from Italy, and from the start, it’s clear that they’re having a ball, with the main man brandishing his Flying V guitar like some kind of rock n roll rifle. Self-described as ‘spaghetti rock n’ roll’, he blends elements of punk, rock n’ roll and new wave with Italian-language lyrics.Continue Reading

Miss the glory days of Epitaph and Fat Wreck Chords-style skate punk? It's safe to say that Southampton trio Everyone Lies do too, as they're doing a great job of breathing new life into the genre. They're about to release a new EP, 'Web Of Lies', and we caught up with the band for a chat ahead of their Salisbury launch gig and London show with The Drowns.Continue Reading

Sure, there are elements of great bands like Fugazi, Refused, At The Drive-In and Les Savy Fav, but Club Brat have taken those influences and fearlessly fed them through a meat grinder, resulting in four tracks that sound at once familiar and like no-one else around.Continue Reading

Of all the many great punk and rock n’ roll bands that Witchdoktors recall, Rocket From The Crypt are forefront in our minds tonight; not just because the riff from ‘Neck Tattoo’ resembles that of the San Diego crew’s 90s hit ‘On A Rope’, but also because these guys are showmen through and through.Continue Reading

Not only do the French quartet turn in a belter of an 18-song set, sounding like a bunch of garage-punks who’ve broken into Devo’s practice room and are going nuts with the synthesisers, they also have a bassist who plays a THEREMIN with the neck of his instrument!Continue Reading

Barcelona quintet Radioactivas come across as much a gang as a band, and they’re a gang that we wanna join. Vocalist Eri hands out some Iggy Pop masks for us to wear before the swaggering ‘La Iguana’; appropriate enough, given that her band have clearly taken plenty of influence from The Stooges. And hey, why not? Continue Reading

Great tunes played with passion and no end of roguish charm; that’s The Long Tall Texans way, and it’s a recipe that still draws crowds after all these years. Oh, and a sense of humour - how else to explain the chuckle-worthy closer ‘What Part Of Fuck Off Don’t You Understand’?Continue Reading

Headliners Equals What? are - to their eternal credit - an inclusive and gloriously riotous band. Inclusive, in the sense that their vocalist isn’t shy to confront bigotry and say the things that (alas) still need to be said.Continue Reading

Every so often, we see a band that makes us wish we’d been born a good decade or so earlier. Last year, it was Midway Still; this year, Instigators play the kind of urgent, passionate set that has us envious towards those who saw the anarcho-punk quartet back in their 80s/early 90s heyday.Continue Reading

A while back, I resolved to try to stop constantly comparing bands to my beloved Motörhead, but it has to be said that Lemmy and co would surely approve of Fantazmaz; tonight, everything really is louder (and rawer, and more intense) than everyone else.Continue Reading