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Album review: Geordie DIY Punks IRKED drop debut ‘The Grievance’

By Ruth Rae
From the North East of England, IRKED slot somewhere between modern garage punk, ’80s hardcore and eggy post-punk. They've just released their first full-length record, 'The Grievance', after making "snotty radge music" since 2022. 'The Grievance' is a rapid-fire garage punk hate letter to the sicknesses that abound in the world. No holds barred, no bars held.Continue Reading
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Vicious Bishop support Mental Health Week with a new song and a shoutout for CALM

By Ruth Rae
Lancaster punk band Vicious Bishop released their new single ‘Raining Guillotines’  yesterday, which aims to  raise recognition for this week's UK Mental Health Awareness Week. guitarist and singer Rich Davenport says “Sometimes you can feel isolated when you're struggling, but there are organisations like the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) that can really help – Continue Reading
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Album Review: Spit Takes release brand new album ‘Teeth’ on Whiplass Records

By Sonny Tyler
Whiplass Records are big supporters of their local burgeoning femme-scene, and this is their very first album release:./ 'Teeth' collects together all of Spit Takes' EPs to date, along with an unreleased live track. If you like your punk rock to be feminist, queer-core and raucous, with the emphasis on having a good time, then look no further than 'Teeth'. This album, Continue Reading
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Album Review: The Overbites – ‘Hopeless Overthinker’

By Richie Viral
On 'Hopeless Overthinker', Dundee’s The Overbites have delivered a debut album that is filled with singalong hooks, self-deprecating wit and yet has the resigned indignation of a band trying to survive the pressures of modern life without losing themselves in the process. They aren’t reinventing punk rock here. Instead, they’re using its most enduring qualities; honesty, Continue Reading
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Album review: Subversive Intent unleash their self-titled debut

By Alex Goose
Subversive Intent hail from San Diego, California, and on this debut album, they blast through ten tracks in a little over twelve minutes, quite rightly jettisoning everything that isn’t essential. As the likes of ‘Disappeared’ and ‘Coerced Perception’ zip past, elements of Poisoo Idea, Crass, touches of D-beat and NYHC-style crunch all make themselves heard.Continue Reading