LIVE: Manchester Punk Festival 2023 – Saturday

After the giddiness of the first day of Manchester Punk Festival, we spend Saturday morning trying to work out how you watch three bands at the same time. Not unlike every year, the line up Manchester Punk Festival have put together is a vast and exciting combination of bands

Manchester Punk Fest 2023 – Saturday

LIVE: Manchester Punk Festival 2023 – Friday

Some weekends are better than others and if you’re lucky enough to have bank holidays away from the daily grind, Easter is one of the better, or at least longer, of these extended weekends. If you can spend three days watching the finest punk and punk adjacent music within

Manchester Punk Fest 2023 – Friday

Picturesque – ‘IYKYK’

As the Steve Miller Band once remarked, ‘time keeps on slippin’ into the future’, and it’s this very concept which concerns Picturesque on their new EP, ‘IYKYK’. However, rather than flying like an eagle to the sea, the quartet from Kentucky are taking the passage of days, hours and

LIVE: The Hara / Snayx / Call Me Amour @ The Garage, London

Two themes united the three bands on the bill on this springtime evening in North London.  Firstly, there was no ‘lead in’, no weaker or gentler act or even song to give you a momentary pause in emotion. You walk through the door and get slammed with the

Atreyu – ‘The Hope Of A Spark’

Everything changes. Over the last 25 years, Atreyu have grown, split-up, reformed and evolved, putting out some great records along the way. ‘The Hope Of A Spark’ is four brand new songs, each no-nonsense and hard-hitting. It’s brief, to the point and just a little bit weird,

Enter Shikari – ‘A Kiss For The Whole World’

The measure of a truly great band is how often and how successfully they can completely reinvent their sound. This is something Enter Shikari have been doing since day one; while every one of their albums sounds quintessentially Shikari, each sounds worlds apart from its predecessor. As a result, they’ve

The St Pierre Snake Invasion – ‘Galore’

Bands like The St Pierre Snake Invasion are tricky to introduce. The Bristolian five-piece have always exercised an uncompromising approach to their craft and with this comes an admirable reticence to adhere to any one genre or scene. Of course, they have perfunctory ties to hardcore, punk,

LIVE: Manchester Punk Festival 2023 – Sunday

Easter Sunday might be a time for church or a big roast for most but for the lucky few, it’s day three of Manchester Punk Festival and you’ve guessed it, the line up is stacked. After two days of relentless gigging and, lets be honest, copious boozing, we’re closing