Despite battling illness in recent years, Brian James stayed busy. He managed a final reunion tour with The Damned in 2022 and a couple of shows with a reconstituted Lords of the New Church, as well as writing and recording his final album 'Kicks And Diabolik Licks'.As he would say, “You want some action, then… yeah?”Continue Reading
What we get are nine tightly knit songs of struggle and desperation where work is shown to be the big suppressor when living life. Angular guitar sounds, fabulous encompassing rhythm that are nicely iced with vocals so subconsciously affecting you can’t help but be swayed by M Edward Cole’s lyrics.Continue Reading
It’s Friday the Thirteenth, and The Godfathers are hosting their annual St. Valentine’s Day Massacre gig at The 100 Club tonight.. as frontman Peter Coyne quipped “What could possibly go wrong?” From the huge crowd’s point of view, it all went very, very right! We already knew this was going to be a special night - tickets had completely sold out for this show at the Continue Reading
With two decades at the forefront of the alt scene, Slam Dunk continues to evolve, building a reputation as one of Europe’s must-attend series of summer shows. The 2026 European leg will follow the two UK festival dates, heading over to Europe at the end of May. Continue Reading
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Punk, Gibson Guitars have put together an exciting new exhibition at their London shop The Gibson Garage, which includes guitars and suits from Captain Sensible of The Damned, Leigh Heggarty of Ruts DC / The Price, Mick Jones of The Clash, Matt West of Neck Deep, CJ Wildheart of The Wildhearts and Laurent Bernard from Gallows. The Continue Reading
Some folks are just born to play punk rock, and in German quartet The Gee Strings, we have a whole band of them. Ingi Pop and her band barely pause for breath as they rip through a 20-odd song setlist that recalls the confrontational attitude of the Pistols, the melody of the Ramones and the swagger of the Heartbreakers.Continue Reading
Subtlety be damned. Sometimes you want music to hit you with all the force of a jet-fuelled runaway freight train (well, something like that), so it’s pretty handy that London-based quartet Emergency Broadcast have shown up on our radar with this short but brutally effective EP of metallic hardcore.Continue Reading
Punk band Gehimratszecken from Bielefeld return with third album 'Mein Bester Trick'. These 12 songs in 30 minutes are no coincidence, it’s a statement - 'Mein Bester Trick' wastes no time. The guitars are sharp and direct, the drums push relentlessly forward, and the bass drives each track with solid force. This is melodic German punk in the spirit of the 1990s – Continue Reading
Canadian band The Fake Friends have just launched their first full-length album, ‘Let’s Not Overthink This’ via Stomp Records, and it’s a powerful statement! The record flows, there’s a balance and continuity to it, it embraces the listener, like a mix tape made for the whole world and that is something I really enjoyed. It’s an album that doesn’t need multiple revisits to Continue Reading
As much as we enjoyed headliners Continental Lovers at last year’s Rebellion Festival, we’ve long been looking forward to catching them in a smaller venue, and it has to be said that the likes of ‘Really Doesn’t Matter’ and ‘Screwing Your Life Up’ hit that much harder when they’re right up in your face.Continue Reading


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