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Album Review: Colorado punks the Sleights dig deeper on new LP

By Harriet Static August 5, 2026

To say the past eighteen months have been flat-out for the Sleights is something of an understatement. Hailing from Colorado Springs, a place they affectionately describe as “8 hours from anywhere”, the band have quickly become used to nine-hour drives and long shifts out on the road.Continue Reading

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Album review: Professor And The Madman – ‘Dreamworld’

By Phil Withall August 4, 2026

After a six year break, Professor And The Madman return with a new album. The quartet are comprised of Sean Elliott and Alfie Agnew - both formerly with D.I. - plus Rat Scabies and Paul Gray - the rhythmic soul of The Damned.Continue Reading

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EP review: Amongst Strangers tell it like it is on debut EP ‘Strength Of A Few’

By Harriet Static August 3, 2026

It’s about time the world caught up with Norfolk’s own: Amongst Strangers. These East Anglian street punks dished up their banging five-track EP ‘Strength of a Few’, at the tail end of last year. It’s everything you’d want from a modern punk debut: punchy, high-velocity and anti-establishment.Continue Reading

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Shake Some Acton gig #167, Harrow Trinity Bar, 31st July 2026

By Alex Goose August 1, 2026

Resistance is futile, folks, because tonight’s headliners Deaf Devils are coming for you, whether you like it or not. We’ve already witnessed the Spanish quartet dazzle at venues all over central London, and now it’s the turn of the sleepy suburb of Harrow-on-the-Hill to be Deafened.Continue Reading

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The Dickies: Still the fastest show in town – Düsseldorf Pitcher, 28 Jul 2026

By Florian Reith July 31, 2026

From an intimate club in Düsseldorf to the Rebellion Festival stage in Blackpool, the Californian Fun Punk pioneers The Dickies continue to prove why they've lost none of their energy after almost five decades!Continue Reading

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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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By Alex Goose July 27, 2026

Need more Punk In Your Life? Alex GooseI spend my days teaching English to foreign students, and my evenings attending as many gigs as possible. Raised mainly on a diet of 90s third-wave punk, my tastes have grown to include just about anything from trad ska to thrash metal. The Ramones are my musical gods.Continue Reading