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If ever you needed validation that punk rock is a music for all ages, then MEFF FEST in Colchester on a Mayday bank holiday Saturday is the place to be. With the youngest performer just 15 years old and the oldest 81, this truly is a celebration of all styles of punk rock, from across the ages. Continue Reading

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

Swedish quartet Śmierć’s third album ‘Opór’ (reviewed here) was an unexpected highlight of 2024 for us. The band originally formed with the aim of playing “straightforward, melodic D-beat orientated punk”, but in ‘Opór’, they’ve created so much more.Continue Reading

It’s the final track - ‘Gawking At Infinity’ - where the band’s inventive streak really shines through. Initially built around a stop-start riff and propulsive drumming, it gives way to an epic breakdown of sorts, with what sounds like flashes of horns in the background.Continue Reading

A bittersweet month of celebrations, laughs and some serious chats... here's the April news from Punk Rock Creatives Podcast. Guests include; Joanne Majauskis (Domestic Abuse Support Services), Keith Woodhouse (Radio Woking), Ryan Hanratty (Catch Me if You Can) and Rich Cross (The Hippies Now Wear Black).Continue Reading

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

‘Rearranged’ is the band’s first extended release since 2019’s ‘Hurry Up’, and they certainly sound like a band reenergised and revitalised. Opener ‘Hold On Tight’ starts off slowly before exploding into life around halfway through, whilst ‘Keep Pushing’ features the kind of chorus that just demands a good shout-along.Continue Reading

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

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

'Fuck It' may only come in at 13 minutes, and manages to cram 9 songs into that time (you can listen to the whole of this album AND soft boil an egg in the time it take to listen to 'Curtain Call' by The Damned!), but it manages to fit in a lot of quality in that 13 minutes.Continue Reading


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