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From Monday 16 February 2015

First play of the new Barren Womb track

Last year, Barren Womb released the astounding ‘The sun’s not yellow, it’s chicken’ – combining heavy doom laden soundscapes with visceral screams and a hearty dose of punk. The Norwegian duo return this year, releasing a split with Connecticut noise makers Grizzlor on the 17th March 2015 via

Monday 09 February 2015

First play of the ‘Eat Pizza’ EP by Ligaments

Pizza and punk go together like mac and cheese. What better way to enjoy an onslaught of sometimes politically charged, regularly tongue-in-cheek and suitability angry noise than a thin slice of heaven, oozing with molten mozzarella? It’s a question that would encourage a resounding yes from London based punk

Monday 26 January 2015

First play of the new self-titled Brightr EP

“Following the demise of my former band, Hold The Fight, I decided to embark upon a solo adventure,” explains Laurie Cottingham, the singer-songwriter behind one-man acoustic outfit Brightr. He goes on to explain how his new musical endeavour was fuelled by a desire to combine pop melodies with

Tuesday 13 January 2015

First play of the debut Faux EP

Southampton based dirty pop four-piece Faux play just that – a combination of energetic and infectious melody with a quirky alternative edge. It’s a sound that sees them avoid sitting comfortably in any box, instead straddling both pop and alternative genres. With a scene dominated by British pop-rock

Monday 12 January 2015

Listen to the brand new EP from Boxkite

Ladies and Gentlemen are you ready to get sad? Today we have a stream of the new EP from Boxkite, self proclaimed sad hardcore punks featuring ex-members of As We Sink. You can steam it below: Tangled Talk and Boslevan Records are putting out

Monday 22 December 2014

Playlist: Best of 2014

As you may be aware, we’ve spent the year curating monthly ‘Best Of…’ Playlists, to showcase some of the music that’s kept us going from month to month. Although not all of those tracks are on Spotify, we’ve been collating the ones that are in a 2014: Punktastic Playlist. So,

Monday 15 December 2014

First Play of the debut EP from Bowhunter

Those who have followed the UK’s stellar underground music scene in the last few years will no doubt be familiar with The JCQ. Their off-kilter rhythms and anthemic hooks were highly acclaimed, and they never followed any set paths or trends other than the ones they created for

Monday 08 December 2014

Stream some new songs from Bedroom Sons

Our stream this week come from Chicago based emo punks Bedroom Sons. We saw them earlier this year twice (once in a house and once with Somos and Save Ends) and are stoked to bring you three new tracks from them! You can download the songs, which feature

Monday 01 December 2014

First play of the sophomore Radio Alcatraz full-length

‘It’s All Coming Up Roses’, the second full-length by London based post-hardcore quartet Radio Alcatraz, presents a bold re-imagination of the genre. Retaining the combination of clean vocals and cracked screams, now synonymous with the musical style, Radio Alcatraz simultaneously look back to move forward. The record is

Wednesday 26 November 2014

First play of the new The Burnt Tapes EP

‘Wasted History’, the astounding new EP by London based punks The Burnt Tapes, was recorded in an attic above an abandoned pub. Fittingly, the result is an enticing beer soaked rampage of fast paced, unpolished melody – see ‘From My Gut, To Your Face’ in particular as proof. The