This six-track EP release 'Nuked' is a refreshing listen. Zombie Killers are a relatively new band who are not scared to mix up the musical styles in their noisy bowl of punk rock soup.Continue Reading
Just when we started thinking we were a productive bunch at Punktuation, we encountered Andy Mansell, who fronts not one, but two excellent bands - melodic hardcore merchants Barriers and razor-sharp crossover thrashers RAD (whose debut EP, ‘Toxic Slime’, we reviewed earlier this year). How does he do it? Read our interview with the man himself and find out!Continue Reading
The Stereotypes (UK), Family Of Strangers, Noir Mates and Thee Derelique put on a punk party at Brighton's Prince Albert to celebrate Rats With Wings Records' 5th anniversary!Continue Reading
Our final day at Rebellion Festival 2025, where we caught great sets from Grade 2, Bar Stool Preachers, The Bolokos, Bite Me Bambi and The Headlines!Continue Reading
The biggest Punk Festival in Europe kicked off today - Rebellion 2025 saw us catching great bands including UK Subs, Ruts DC, Circle Jerks, Millencolin, Infa-Riot and John McKay's Reactor, plus a host of newer acts!Continue Reading
On 26th June 2025, Pussy Riot brought their Riot Days show to het Paard in the Hague. Canadians New Age Doom and local punks Dolly Min opened for them. The words spoken or sung in Riot Days are in Russian. However, words in English are projected behind Pussy Riot. So are images of the terrible conditions in Russian prisons, and of state police violence. They ended by Continue Reading
Essex boys Rat Hole are here to take you back to a time when punk was unpretentious, underrated, and unequivocally unspeakable! Debut album 'Proper Cunt Music' dropped on 5th June, along with a riotous album release party at London's legendary Hope & Anchor. Tongue-in-cheek tales of 21st century lads trying to make sense of their frequently tortured lives, their only Continue Reading
Young Clitteband played at Catena, Leiden on 30th May, to (for them) an unusual, yet very enthusiastic audience! Clitteband proved very convincingly that they can set audiences on fire - even not out-and-out punk audiences.Continue Reading
Rest in Punk, Rest in Power, Saskia aka Sacha aka Syama de Jong! We shall never forget you. Herman de Tollenaere recounts her extraordinary legacy. The only Dutch person around Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood's London shop in 1975-1976, drummer of the first all-girl French rock band the Lou's, and of the Miami Beach Girls and LoveCramps in the Netherlands, and cook Continue Reading
An all-day music event takes quite some planning; and these days it's a risky venture.. Fortunately for us, Undercover Festival and Events are seasoned pros, and the Chillitown Fayre afternoon and evening drew in a capacity crowd from across several regions! Featuring 9 bands from across the Ska / Punk / Dub/ Reggae / Folk tradition, including: Nihilist, Baldhead, Continue Reading
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