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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
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Album Review : Dead Bob release LP #2 ‘Nothing Changes Everything’ and announce UK/EU tour!

By Sonny Tyler
Canada has a rich history of producing interesting music, and you can now add Dead Bob to that list. Featuring John Wright of Nomeansno fame on drums and vocals, along with members of bands like DOA, Pigment Vehicle, Invasives and Rong, this is surely a supergroup worth wrapping your ears around. Second album 'Nothing Changes Everything' has dropped onto our turntables Continue Reading
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Album review: The Lizards dig ‘Below the Surface’ in their fifth furious LP!

By Ruth Rae
Returning after a 4 year gap with album #5, 'Below the Surface', it's heartening to hear that The Lizards have retained all of their trademark fire and fury. Barcelona's Punk superstars are as impressive and outspoken as ever in this long-awaited new release, another oustanding collection of songs for punks who feel intensely about seeing through society's bullshit while Continue Reading
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EP review: Balaam And The Angel – ‘Love Death Wealth Water’

By Per-Åke Wärn
Balaam And The Angel are one of the very few bands of their era who still have their original line up intact. Anyone who’s caught the band live in recent years knows they’re definitely not resting on their laurels, but instead still moving forward hungry for more, which formulates itself into this astonishingly diverse and powerful release - the ‘Love Death Wealth Water’ Continue Reading