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From Tuesday 20 August 2013

Big Dreams – ‘Look Alive!’

Punk enthusiasts will be pleased to hear about Bristol’s newest D.I.Y group, Big Dreams, who are independently releasing their promising new EP ‘Look Alive!’ by way of a free online download. Recorded by their guitarist Nick in his spare bedroom, there is an air of the old Leatherface records

Friday 16 August 2013

Make Out Kids – ‘Idiots’

Acoustic songwriting duo Make Out Kids, made up of Alan Jaggs and Paul Knewman, were recently part of Punktastic’s monthly compilation with their track, ‘Expecting The Rain’. They’ve now returned with a brand new six track EP bravely titled ‘Idiots’. It’s a record which maintains a lo-fi approach, keeping

Thursday 15 August 2013

Teen heart-throb Danny Meeks – ‘The Dopest Thing In The History of Freshness’

This week saw the debut release from Teen Heart Throb Danny Meeks, an EP brimming with confidence, which is all the more impressive when you consider that that band only formed and played their first gig in 2013. Opening up with ‘If Humanity Was A Horse It Would Be Taken

Tuesday 13 August 2013

Honorable Mention – ‘Coalescence’

Since 2003, many bands have tried to encapsulate, channel or recreate the spirit left behind by the ill-fated yet ultimately seminal Long Island pop-punk outfit The Movielife. Few, if any, have managed, something which could conclusively be attributed to the zeitgeist of their particular scene having passed in a

Sunday 11 August 2013

Resolutions – ‘Demo’

If Hanover’s Resolutions are anything to go by, then we should all be paying far more attention to the German punk-rock scene. This five track demo is straight up gruff-punk-rock, blending everything we love about the genre. It’s raw, catchy and honest, and it really wouldn’t be out of place

Wednesday 17 July 2013

Against Me! – ‘True Trans’

When Tom Gabel announced that he was to become Laura Jane Grace last year, the reaction from the wider punk community was something special. Despite Against Me! moving on from being Gabel’s acoustic punk monicker and becoming a major label signed four piece that split and expanded their fan

Monday 15 July 2013

Home Advantage – ‘Cadet’

Today marks the release of the debut EP from Home Advantage. The stock in these London Pop Punks has been steadily rising thanks to a series of high profile support slots and the signing to Disconnect Disconnect records. Home Advantage released a three track demo last year but since

Wednesday 03 July 2013

Kut U Up – ‘Worse Than Wolves’

San Diego’s Kut U Up, famed for their appearance on the Pop Disaster tour in 2002 and subsequent DVD documentary, are back with their first release in a decade. The ‘Worse Than Wolves’ EP is the six track, long over due, follow up to their ‘Pulled Over’ album from

Thursday 30 May 2013

Misser – ‘Distancing’

Misser, featuring Tim Landers of Transit and Brad Wiseman of This Time Next Year, decided to get in the studio earlier this year and record a follow-up to their 2012 ‘Every Day I Tell Myself I’m Going To Be A Better Person’ LP. The five track effort sort of

Wednesday 29 May 2013

Gnarwolves – ‘Funemployed’

After releasing two of the most lauded / hyped / talked about punk rock EPs that a UK band has released in the last decade, what do you do? Well, if you’re Gnarwolves, you go ahead and release another one (and why not?) ‘Funemployed’, complete with the band’s now signature