Healthy Junkies - Reading facebar Oct 2025 - photo by Ruth Rae
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They’ve done it again! ‘Gaslight’ – the illuminating new single from Healthy Junkies

By Ruth Rae
Punk rock renegades Healthy Junkies unleashed their latest single ‘Gaslight’ on Halloween, a raw, melodic, and emotionally charged anthem about psychological manipulation and the fight to reclaim your identity. Combining fierce guitars, urgent vocals, and an anthemic chorus, ‘Gaslight’ channels the band’s trademark mix of punk energy and fearless honesty.Continue Reading
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Gig Review: Hang Youth in Leiden, the Netherlands, 18th Oct 2025

By Herman de Tollenaere
On 18th October 2025, Hang Youth, maybe the best-known Dutch punk band, played in the Gebroeders de Nobel venue in Leiden. Support came from Dutch rapper Zeldzame with his DJ Milky Way. Hang Youth played 45 songs in 90 minutes. Many of their songs are less than one minute long. All songs are in Dutch, and are about situations in politics and society from the band's Continue Reading
HEED CASE - Rebellion 2025 - photo by Ruth Rae
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Album review: HEED CASE shine a light on their Neurodivergent experiences through punk banger ‘Mongo’

By Ruth Rae
HEED CASE shine a light on their Neurodivergent experiences through punk banger ‘Mongo’. An unashamedly unvarnished, fantastically frenetic, first-rate, follow-up to last yaer's 'All The Rage' sees Newts, Si and Mr Dusty draw directly from their individual experiences, offering an honest look at the ways neurodivergence shapes everyday life in unpredictable, frustrating, Continue Reading
WitchDoktors Sep 2025 by Ruth Rae
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Album review: WitchDoktors conjure up riveting Rock’n’Roll magic with IZZATSO?

By Ruth Rae
Yes, you CAN improve on perfection! Join the Doks and friends on a magnetizing mission into musical agility.. WitchDoktors' sixth studio LP ‘IZZATSO?’ drops on Halloween 2025 via Bomber Music. "Well worth the wait" doesn't even begin to portray how terrific this album is - or how each and every collaboration with guest musicians has added so much to its tracks. The title Continue Reading
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Live Review: The Stranglers ‘51’ Tour, Leeds o2 Academy, 17th Oct 2025

By Ruth Rae
Now into their 51st touring year, The Stranglers have survived many of the very worst things that can happen to a band. Their immense and impressive back catalogue stretches through the decades, yet it’s been a point of consternation for many fans that despite a wealth of material, they were hearing the same songs over and over again when the band played live. Fortunately, Continue Reading
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Interview: Alex catches up with Andy Mansell of Barriers and RAD

By Alex Goose
Just when we started thinking we were a productive bunch at Punktuation, we encountered Andy Mansell, who fronts not one, but two excellent bands - melodic hardcore merchants Barriers and razor-sharp crossover thrashers RAD (whose debut EP, ‘Toxic Slime’, we reviewed earlier this year). How does he do it? Read our interview with the man himself and find out!Continue Reading