

Way back in the mid-70s, an exciting new trend crawled its way off the streets and into our living rooms. It was grimy, intense, raw, and loud. Unfiltered and unaffected by all of the usual restrictions of the music industry – it was punk, the start of something completely new. Like many cultural movements, the […]Continue Reading

The DJ and musician, 64, on being black and British, finding a scene, and why punk’s not dead Jamaican people love country and western. My first musical memory is sitting at home with my dad, listening to incarnations of what would become reggae on his sound system. But as well as Prince Buster, and Toots and the Maytals, my […]Continue Reading

FEATURED ARTIST The Location: South East London/ Essex The Line up: Georgia South, Amy Love The Sound: Kick Ass Urban Grime Punk The Comparison: Ho99o9, Skunk Anansie. The Nova Twins want to bring punk to a new audience, a new generation. The music may have evolved, the message may be slightly different but the attitude remains steadfast […]Continue Reading

Nine years since her death, Poly Styrene remains hugely influential. Her daughter, Celeste Bell, reflects on learning ‘the family business’, how fame nearly broke her mother – and why she’s making a film of her life. “Even when I was really young, I knew what my mum did for a living. She was always working […]Continue Reading

When guitarist Phil Demmell (Vio-lence, ex-Machine Head), bassistMatt Freeman (Rancid), drummer Dave Lombardo (Suicidal Tendencies, Misfits, Dead Cross, ex-Slayer) join with vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza (Exodus) to recorded a Dead Kennedys cover, you listen. Continue Reading

Punk is synonymous with radical change and it's no surprise bands are coming forward with emotionally charged covers of some old school classics. Hardcore punk supergroup Dead Cross are the latest with a brilliant cover of Black Flag's Rise Above.Continue Reading

Soul Asylum have covered the Dead Kennedys Nazi Punks Fuck Off in response to the murder of George Floyd and worldwide protests. Continue Reading

Featured Artist The Location: Central Coast, NSW Australia The Line Up: Samantha Stobbart, Brendan Horn The Sound: Pop Punk The Comparison: Stand Atlantic, Taking Back Sunday, Blink 182 We The Revelry describe their pop-punk sound in the terms of a tasty recipe: 1 tsp of Paramore, 2 cups of Stand Atlantic, knead vigorously into an […]Continue Reading

Pop Punk favourites New Found Glory released their tenth studio Forever And Ever X Infinity album via Hopeless Records. They have stayed true to their sound bringing together punk and post-hardcore driven tracks full of emotional lyrics and melodic vocals ready to remind fans why they fell in love NFG 20 years ago. Buy your […]Continue Reading
Queerness doesn’t just have fingerprints all over rock music – queerness is embedded into the very DNA of it. From pioneers such as Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Little Richard, to game-changer influencers like Janis Joplin, Fanny and David Bowie, queer creatives have helped drive popular music into bolder, more adventurous directions. Punk is no exception. […]Continue Reading