

On 2nd June 2025, Colin Jerwood passed away at 63 years of age. He was the singer (often one of two singers) of Conflict from the founding of the band in 1981 until their recent album ‘This Much Remains’, and the only remaining member of the original line-up.Continue Reading

YES! This, my friends, is hardcore as it ought to be; raw, filthy, and bursting with righteous anger. ‘Demonomics’ is the follow-up to 2023’s excellent ‘Escape From New York’, and it sees the NYC-based quartet sounding fiercer than ever.Continue Reading

Our favourite St Albans Rock 'n' Rollers The Zipheads release their third studio album 'Rock'n'Roll Renaissance' today! Twelve terrific tracks chart the influence of Rock ‘n’ Roll upon almost every type of modern music, from Hard Rock to Rhythm & Blues, Pop to Punk, and Swing to Ska. The Zipheads are taking the new album on the road - join them at The Underworld Camden Continue Reading

After reviewing Liliths Army's latest album ‘Doll’, I received a message from singer and guitarist Sylvie Studente asking if I’d like to do an interview with them. Of course, I said yes - what a great opportunity to get to know the band (Sylvie, Sam Sherwood the drummer and Tommy Mayo on bass) a bit better! Sylvie also told me, “We’ve started recording our next album. It Continue Reading

Essex boys Rat Hole are here to take you back to a time when punk was unpretentious, underrated, and unequivocally unspeakable! Debut album 'Proper Cunt Music' dropped on 5th June, along with a riotous album release party at London's legendary Hope & Anchor. Tongue-in-cheek tales of 21st century lads trying to make sense of their frequently tortured lives, their only Continue Reading

One of our favourite tracks from Camden crossover punks Healthy Junkies' latest album, 'Listen To The Mad', has just been released with a truly fabulous video to accompany the song. Positivity radiates brightly throughout 'Son and a Daughter', in spite of its subject matter; gender identity and the bullying that people suffer as a result of not being on the binary.Continue Reading

Shake Some Acton is unstoppable! Crazy to think that it was seven years ago that the first ever SSA gig took place, and now we’re fast approaching the big one hundred - with about thirty gigs in the last year alone.Continue Reading

There are very few bands who would commit to playing their entire back catalogue over two nights in London, particularly when they’ve literally just flown home from LA, straight off the back of recording their fourth album.. However, Bar Stool Preachers are not like most bands – as their growing legions of fans will tell you! Opening proceedings on each evening were the Continue Reading

Well, after witnessing Diaz Brothers’ storming gig at London’s Hope & Anchor back in early January, how could we not check out their new record? ‘The World Is Yours’ (yep, that’s a ‘Scarface’ reference!) is the band’s second, after 2020’s self-titled debut, but the members are all old hands at this punk rock lark, having been active in other bands since the 80s.Continue Reading

What’s with all these North American bands doing such a fine job of straddling the hardcore and noise-rock camps? We’ve only just reviewed the fearsome new Iron Lung album, and now here come Toronto quintet Dogwhistle with an absolute beast of a debut EP.Continue Reading