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The DIY Punk & Hardcore Movement (Circa 2011)
Bonjour, bienvenue, et wilkommen to the latest instalment of what at least one of us is calling ‘The DIY Punk…
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And The Press Went Mad
Last time out, I likened the global punk scene circa 2011 to the one that exploded in the UK between…
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Year Double Zero
There’s been some debate in cyberspace recently on the differences between a music critic and a fanzine writer. I’d argue…
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The Wind-Up Birds – Tense, Nervous, Headache?
I’ve always had a soft spot for Leeds. Used to admire their footballers back in the Bremner days, until I…
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Brain Killer – New Album, US Tour
Boston punks Brain Killer take their chops from Discharge, their politics from Crass, their graphic influence from Flux Of Pink Indians,…
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WU LYF – ‘Go Tell Fire To The Mountain’
(album, LYF Recordings) The most hyped new English group of the last decade? My editor certainly thinks so, judging by…
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Slug Guts – Drilling The Anus Of Culture A New Hole
Slug Guts are drilling the anus of culture a new hole, one record at time. Their current long player, Howlin’…
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Tyvek – ‘Nothing Fits’
(album, In The Red, 2010) What made 1976/77 so enthralling was the divide that appeared in your record collection almost…
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Letting The Train Take The Strain
Record shopping is not what it used to be, and with a mere handful of interesting places to buy interesting…
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Tamikrest – Community In Common Ground
Following the path trodden out of the Saharan deserts by fellow Touareg musicians Tinariwen, come Tamikrest. The word ‘Tamikrest’ means ‘junction’, ‘alliance’…
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Sharks – The Future Is Unwritten
‘Fallen On Deaf Ears’ still electrifies to this day, fully realising all that promise it exuded from the get-go. Similarly,…
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Another Tramadol Night: Doug Stanhope – The Forum, Nottingham – 5/4/11
My compadre and I, both suffering from debilitating back pain, took the questionable decision to drop 100mg of Tramadol each…
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