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Album review: Making Friends second release ‘Home Is Where The Heart Was’

By Hannah Calver July 29, 2026

From the UK’s sunny south coast, Making Friends are a Skate-punk band who formed back in 2020. Returning with a banger of a second album, ‘Home Is Where The Heart Was’ is reviewer Hannah's new favourite of the year with its insane and powerful guitar riffs, killer basslines, impressively fast hard-hitting drum beats, melodic and raw vocals, what more could you ask for?Continue Reading

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Album Review: Icons Of Filth release brand new album to give us a ‘Time Of The Signs’

By Sonny Tyler July 29, 2026

Welsh Anarcho-punk legends Icons Of Filth are back with a vengeance with new album 'Time Of The Signs'! A great album, giving us that distinctive Icons Of Filth sound, but with a modern twist. A band that has not lost any of their ferocious bite!Continue Reading

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Album review: Among Legends come out swinging on ‘Lose My Grip’!

By Ruth Rae July 28, 2026

The second full-length album from Toronto Punks Among Legends came out on 10th July. 'Lose My Grip' moves fast, hits hard, and rarely lets up. A worthy addition to your record collection if you like your music to genuinely mean something - and love hard-hitting songs written from the heart!Continue Reading

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Album review: Shreds. – ‘Floorshow’

By Alex Goose July 28, 2026

Put simply, this is Shreds doing what they do even better than they did before, and they weren't exactly slouches in the first place. As a snapshot of just how healthy UKHC is right now, you could do a lot worse than ‘Floorshow’, and as hardcore albums of the year go, it will take some beating.Continue Reading

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Album review: Southpaw FLHC – ‘The Standard’

By Alex Goose July 27, 2026

So much of the best hardcore is born of struggle, and Southpaw FLHC are a case in point. The penultimate spoken-word title track on ‘The Standard’ sees vocalist Daryn LaMontagne forcefully set out his band’s stall; their humble beginnings, their outlook as a band, and their 'carpe diem' attitude to life in general.Continue Reading

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Live review: Emily Flea, Spit Sisters, Not The Face!, & Yur Mum at The Pipeline, Brighton, 18/07/26

By Hannah Calver July 25, 2026

A fun and successful benefit gig at Brighton's newly community-owned venue The Pipeline, to benefit charities Refuge and Mermaids, starring Emily Flea, Spit Sisters, Not The Face! and Yur Mum!Continue Reading

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EP review: Dead Dates ‘Rebellion in Blackpool’ – Three Songs, Three Stories, One Honest Punk Rock Statement

By Florian Reith July 24, 2026

Dead Dates formed in 2022 in Düsseldorf, led by Marcus “Opa” Haefs, who has been in numerous bands. New EP consists of just three tracks – title‘Rebellion in Blackpool’, plus ‘Stand Up’ and ‘Clark Kent’. Another interesting step is that all three songs are performed entirely in English. Every song has its own identity and message, yet together they feel like chapters of Continue Reading

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Album review: Hank Deadwood: Ian Lowery – Unreleased and Re-imagined Vol 1 and 2

By Ian Ladlow July 24, 2026

Now this is an interesting release – a collection of songs based on snatches of ideas the late Folk Devils singer Ian Lowery had recorded over forty years ago and which had remained hidden from the world for the majority of that time. The band’s old friend and former Parting Shots’ frontman, Dave Hodgson stripped the songs back, re-recorded the vocals and rebuilt each Continue Reading

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Album Review: Active Slaughter have their say on new 10-inch release on Grow Your Own Records

By Sonny Tyler July 24, 2026

Active Slaughter have never been a band to mince their words, and this mini album 'You Bastards!' is no exception. If you think punk rock shouldn't include politics, then think again - punk is protest music after all. This band is coming from an anarcho-punk direction, where a righteous anger fights through their music. Eight angry tracks come at you on ten inches of Continue Reading

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Album review: Lueur remind us about ‘Half of Humanity’

By Hannah Calver July 24, 2026

Sélestat punk quintet Lueur released their album ‘Half of Humanity’ on 18th June 2026 with 15 tracks of fun (essential to the spirit of the 90s) melodic punk rock. The hardcore energy hits hard with the raw and melodic vocals bringing it together to make the perfect combination.Continue Reading