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From Friday 21 September 2007

McRad – FDR

If you just listen out for the three-chord punk rock guitar riffs, McRad sound, well, rad. But if you add in a really lazy vocal that doesn’t so much sing as just, well, talk, you end up with a really disappointing and pretty much unlistenable band. I

TAR – Is this your solution?

TAR remind me a bit of very early Howards Alias with a bit more aggression. There’s definitely a vocal similarity anyway. This is their debut EP and, sadly, their last as they’ve recently announced they’re splitting up. And it’s shame because this record shows plenty

Boys Night Out interview

I recently interviewed Jeff of Boys Night Out and you can check that shit out right here

Boys Night Out

Paul: The obligatory ‘For those who haven’t yet experienced Boys Night Out, please sum up your band in one sentence’ question to kick things off please! Jeff: A group of broken men who play music that makes them happy who are by nature really lazy dudes who do

Boys Night Out

Paul: The obligatory ‘For those who haven’t yet experienced Boys Night Out, please sum up your band in one sentence’ question to kick things off please! Jeff: A group of broken men who play music that makes them happy who are by nature really lazy dudes who do

Aggrolites – Reggae Hit L.A

This lot are a ska/reggae act without the sillyness that deluged the ska scene in the late 90s. There’s no slapstick Reel Big Fish moments or Mad Caddies-esque songs about Monkeys. This is just good old-fashioned ska punk with the emphasis on both the ska

Dropkick Murphys – The Meanest of Times

I don’t need to rattle on forever and a day with this one because if you loved the band’s previous work, you’ll love this. TDM, to me, are a bit like marmite. Their celtic brand of punk rock will either have you loving or hating it and I

Pre-order HPR

Submitted: “You can now Pre-Order the Debut Album by Haemostatic Picnic Races for �6.99, the 10 track CD is out 15th October through Small Town Records! www.myspace.com/hprtheband for details!”

How to become a dick

Pickled Dick are on a search for a new a singer/guitarist – to find out how you could be part of the Dick family, click ‘comment on this item’.

YMATB live in session

You can listen to You Me And the Atom Bomb‘s Radio 1 session at www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/mikedavies/index.shtml