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Bear Trade – ‘Blood And Sand’

Bear Trade describe themselves as a band “with a love of the punk and the rock and the beers and the gigs and the just having fun.” If there were any good reasons to write songs as a band, it would be these. It gives the impression of not

Tuesday 03 June 2014

Caesars Rome – ‘Believers’

South Wales has delivered us many great things in music over the years, with everyone from Funeral for a Friend to Kids In Glass Houses, Save Your Breath and half the Punktastic team all calling it their home. Latest influential export though, comes in the form of Caesars Rome

Monday 02 June 2014

This Wild Life – ‘Clouded’

There’s something ultimately nostalgic about emo-tinged singer-songwriters. Even for those young enough to have missed the heyday of This Wild Life’s arguably closest contemporary The Early November, ‘Clouded’ doesn’t feel like a modern day album. Far from a negative, nostalgia certainly has its place in music, and

Weatherbox – Flies in All Directions

Occasionally you’ll meet a person who instantly reminds you of someone else you know. Perhaps they look uncannily like your best mate from school, or seem to speak identically to an old flame. On the contrary, a complete stranger may instantaneously conjure memories of that bastard who

Wednesday 21 May 2014

Gunner’s Daughter – ‘The Flowers & The Earth’

To listen to the new release by Chicago outfit Gunner’s Daughter is to clamber into Doc Brown’s DeLorean, punch ‘ANY DAY IN ABOUT 2001’ into the LED display and put the pedal to the metal. Whether by accident or design, this is a record which so strongly evokes the

Tuesday 20 May 2014

Human Kitten – ‘Manic Pixie Dream Boy’

‘Manic Pixie Dream Boy’ is the latest release from the one man, folk punk act of Human Kitten or rather, the sad human that is Elijah Llinas. Citing influences such as Lemuria, The Front Bottoms and Joyce Manor, he’s created an album that’s packed full of tongue-in-cheek tracks –

Tuesday 13 May 2014

Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – ‘Are We Not Men? We Are Diva!’

In case you’re not familiar, Me First And The Gimme Gimmes are a punk rock covers supergroup on Fat Wreck that first unleashed ‘Have A Ball’ in 1997, and have been irritating and entertaining in equal measures since. ‘Are We Not Men? We Are Diva!’ is their eighth full

Monday 12 May 2014

Trash Talk – ‘No Peace’

Love them or hate them, it’s hard to escape the influence of Trash Talk. The UK has seen them lay waste to all kinds of venues since they started touring here (we’ve seen them do everything from cupboard to big festival stages), and though their live show has been

Monday 05 May 2014

Apologies, I Have None – Black Everything

Apologies, I Have None have undoubtedly been one of the great success stories in UK punk-rock in the last five year. Their 2012 album, ‘London’, took them across Europe as they picked up huge festival slots and toured with a number of celebrated bands. Driven on by an energetic

Friday 25 April 2014

Buried In Verona – ‘Faceless’

‘Faceless’, the latest by Australian metal heads Buried in Verona is the natural progression from previous Buried material and a visceral answer to a recent wave of criticism against them from various pools of the contemporary metal fan base. The album fills its 43 minute-long ode to destruction with