It’s that time of the year again, and Slam Dunk Festival’s pact with the weather gods is holding up like never before, as Hatfield is bathed in glorious sunshine for the entirety of the day! As well as the bands, crew and organisers, we’d like to give a huge shout out to the crowd...Continue Reading
From the North East of England, IRKED slot somewhere between modern garage punk, ’80s hardcore and eggy post-punk. They've just released their first full-length record, 'The Grievance', after making "snotty radge music" since 2022. 'The Grievance' is a rapid-fire garage punk hate letter to the sicknesses that abound in the world. No holds barred, no bars held.Continue Reading
Although it may not scale the heights of my personal Social D favourite (that would be their 1990 self-titled record), ‘Born To Kill’ is an impressive effort - and all the more so considering that Mike is well into his 60s.Continue Reading
Preparing ourselves for the long-awaited new Interrobang album, I'm ahappy to report it's a rather special one. A band made up of Dunstan Bruce (vocals) and Harry Hamer (drums) of the late great Chumbawamba, with added Stephen Griffin (ex-Regular Fries) on guitar and keyboards/sequencing, 'Rethink Everything' feels like a vital album to me (especially at the moment) and Continue Reading
Two much-loved stalwarts of ska-punk are reunited at last! Lightyear and Slow Gherkin originally toured together about 25 years ago, during the late 90s/early 00s ska-punk boom. Back then, you could hardly move for Reel Big Fish copyists, but the two aforementioned bands always put their own spin on the genre.Continue Reading
Describing themselves as a six-piece punk rock band with a bad ska habit, King Goon are based in South Wales. Now they are back with their second, 11 track album ‘Oh My!’ dropping on 11th April 2026, and are hosting a launch event to celebrate its release at Hippos, High Street, Swansea the same day - which is free to attend! If you love bands who take risks with their Continue Reading
Based out of Santa Cruz in California (USA), Good Riddance are no strangers to the melodic punk scene, and over the decades, they have more than left their mark. 'Before The World Caves In' is the band's 10th studio album, and the first one in 7 years. This latest release out on 27th March on Fat Wreck Chords actually coincided with the No Kings marches that went on Continue Reading
If you’re new to Grade 2, you’ve picked a great time to say hello; the Isle Of Wight trio have just today released their best album to date in ‘Talk About It’, and it gets an airing tonight.Continue Reading
Harnessing the fury of Killing Joke and the man-vs-machine churn of Ministry for a new era, Fotocrime release their fifth album 'Security' on Friday 13th MarchContinue Reading
An intriguing, in-depth portal into Baz's experience as guitarist and singer of one of the world's best known bands, we become absorbed by tales of travel chaos, much comradeship between the band and the crew, high jinks on and off stage, and sometimes, dealing with less than pleasant people in or managing other bands.. Baz has compiled a fascinating book written in his Continue Reading


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