Here at Punktuation, we like to believe we don’t care what anyone else thinks, but it is nice to back a winning horse, and clearly there are plenty of other folks out there who enjoyed Australian quartet Mini Skirt’s excellent sophomore album ‘All That We Know’ as much as we did.Continue Reading
Subversive Intent hail from San Diego, California, and on this debut album, they blast through ten tracks in a little over twelve minutes, quite rightly jettisoning everything that isn’t essential. As the likes of ‘Disappeared’ and ‘Coerced Perception’ zip past, elements of Poisoo Idea, Crass, touches of D-beat and NYHC-style crunch all make themselves heard.Continue Reading
Swedish quartet Śmierć’s third album ‘Opór’ (reviewed here) was an unexpected highlight of 2024 for us. The band originally formed with the aim of playing “straightforward, melodic D-beat orientated punk”, but in ‘Opór’, they’ve created so much more.Continue Reading
It’s the final track - ‘Gawking At Infinity’ - where the band’s inventive streak really shines through. Initially built around a stop-start riff and propulsive drumming, it gives way to an epic breakdown of sorts, with what sounds like flashes of horns in the background.Continue Reading
‘Rearranged’ is the band’s first extended release since 2019’s ‘Hurry Up’, and they certainly sound like a band reenergised and revitalised. Opener ‘Hold On Tight’ starts off slowly before exploding into life around halfway through, whilst ‘Keep Pushing’ features the kind of chorus that just demands a good shout-along.Continue Reading
In truth, you wouldn’t guess that this is the band’s debut release, so self-assured do they sound on the likes of ‘Cult Of Breath’ and ‘Nice Shoes’. Our favourite track has to be ‘Pusher Price’, with its yell of “Are you ready for the fuckin’ truth?"Continue Reading
From the moment the alarm-like guitar line of the opening ‘Pipe Bomb’ kicks in, the sense of urgency is almost palpable. Imagine the anarcho-punk sound of Crass fused with the angular hardcore of Refused, and you’ll have a rough idea of where Gottlieb are at musically.Continue Reading
Imagine if you took most of what passes for garage rock these days, and took it back to the bare essentials, with maximum passion and zero posturing; this is what Onlooker have done on ‘Cleveland’, and they’ve done it damn well.Continue Reading
There’s never a dull moment at a Ronker gig, and from the moment the Belgian quintet take the stage to a grin-worthy intro tape of Justin Timberlake’s ‘SexyBack’, vocalist Jasper goes bonkers à la Ronker (bet he’s never heard that before).Continue Reading
From the moment Subhumans kick off a 20-odd song set with ‘All Gone Dead’, we know that this is going to be on a whole new level to their set at last year’s Rebellion Festival (and they weren’t exactly slouches back then).Continue Reading


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