
Reviews

Great tunes played with passion and no end of roguish charm; that’s The Long Tall Texans way, and it’s a recipe that still draws crowds after all these years. Oh, and a sense of humour - how else to explain the chuckle-worthy closer ‘What Part Of Fuck Off Don’t You Understand’?Continue Reading

From Long Island, New York, Bad Mary are an edgy glam punk band, formed in 2011. They are a family unit, consisting of a daughter, her father, her husband, and her professor. Bad Mary's latest live album ‘Live on Long Island’ was released on 15th July 2025 and features 16 live cuts from previous gigs of tracks from previous albums and EPs. This band are incredibly Continue Reading

Headliners Equals What? are - to their eternal credit - an inclusive and gloriously riotous band. Inclusive, in the sense that their vocalist isn’t shy to confront bigotry and say the things that (alas) still need to be said.Continue Reading

Every so often, we see a band that makes us wish we’d been born a good decade or so earlier. Last year, it was Midway Still; this year, Instigators play the kind of urgent, passionate set that has us envious towards those who saw the anarcho-punk quartet back in their 80s/early 90s heyday.Continue Reading

A while back, I resolved to try to stop constantly comparing bands to my beloved Motörhead, but it has to be said that Lemmy and co would surely approve of Fantazmaz; tonight, everything really is louder (and rawer, and more intense) than everyone else.Continue Reading

Nick Standing AKA Jabun created a DIY ska punk/pop punk music project calling it Better Than The Book. His third full-length album ‘Side Character In My Own Life’ was released on 13th June 2025. This whole album is absolutely brilliant! So much passion and hard work has been put into the songs, and it definitely shows in every track. There are times I’ve wanted to skank, Continue Reading

South Korean band Rumkicks: Jeong Yeawon, guitar and vocals; Heynam Sin, bass; and Wanseo on drums are back with a bang with new album 'Hit A Nerve' (逆鱗). The group has become known for its high-energy performances, sharp-edged sound, and fearless social commentary.Continue Reading

East London's bright and busy brewery & live music venue played host to the eagerly anticipated official launch night of ‘Two Bucks and a Bottle of Ketchup‘ from The Ovines on a humid Thursday. With merch giveaways, and a party atmosphere, fans both old and new flocked to celebrate this excellent EP release with the band!
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It may have been a grey and rainy day, but any hint of negativity has been well and truly left at the door of the New Cross Inn this evening. Self-styled purveyors of ‘geek rock’, Nerf Herder have finally returned to these shores after 22 years, and although the quartet have only ever been minnows in comparison to fellow Californians Blink 182 and Weezer, they certainly Continue Reading

In the words of frontman Charlie Longman, this EP is “the heaviest, nastiest thing that Clobber have ever written. We are a band that will always reflect the world around us, and it has never been nastier or heavier to live through.” The man does not lie - has he ever?Continue Reading