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Album review: MC16 reckon ‘We’re Gonna Need A Milkman’

By Richie Viral
When everything is going wrong, forget the police or politicians, what society really needs according to MC16, is the reassuring presence of the milkman. 'We’re Gonna Need A Milkman' is a twelve song follow up to the midlands-based trio’s 2025 debut 'Machine Code’ and is supposed to be their happier album. The punk foundations remain wonderfully obvious throughout - Continue Reading
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Album review: The Hard-Ons and Jerry A release long-promised self-titled joint LP

By Phil Withall
Australian punk royalty (if that’s not too much of a contradiction) Hard-Ons have known Jerry A. Lang, the American lead singer of Portland legends Poison Idea, since they first toured together back in the late Eighties. Studio collaboration - ‘Hard-Ons/Jerry A’, releaesd 14th August 2026, brings together the feeling of the music that inspired them both with their own Continue Reading
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Interview: The Damned head down under; we caught up with Rat Scabies & Paul Gray before next month’s shows!

By Phil Withall
Ahead of The Damned’s final, final tour of Australia I managed to catch up with drummer Rat Scabies on 31st July to talk creativity, pushing yourself and never stopping learning… I also caught up with bassist Paul Gray, a few days later on 3rd August, to talk about house moving, cats, tinnitus, sound, “over playing” and touring…Continue Reading