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 Damned – ‘Machine Gun Etiquette’ Anniversary Live Set
2 DVD, 1 CD set (Easy Action/AVF) Something of a bumper compendium arranged around the Damned’s 2004, Machine Gun Etiquette…
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Amebix – ‘Knights of the Black Sun’
(single, Easy Action) A taster for the forthcoming Sonic Mass album, set for release this September, ‘Knights of the Black…
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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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What Would Jesus Drive – Black and Blue
(album, Eye See Sound) Some great albums float pleasantly out of the speakers like a summer zephyr, alighting upon the…
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STEVE LAKE – ZOUNDS
Nearly three decades after they first topped the independent charts with ‘Can’t Cheat Karma’, Zounds are back with a new…
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The Disrupters – Generation Retard
(album, Overground) There’s been something of a resurgence of interest in the whole UK82 scene over the past few months,…
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Kris Needs Presents… Dirty Water 2 – More Birth of Punk Attitude
(2CD set, Year Zero) Happily, the overwhelmingly positive response to Dirty Water – The Birth of Punk Attitude has enabled…
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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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DozenQ – The Lone Groover
The Lone Groover is Brian Caulfield – a one-man-and-a-guitar outfit who channels his love of folk, punk, and Americana into…
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The Computers – This Is The Computers
The Computers – This Is The Computers (album, One Little Indian). Some bands have names that match how they sound.…
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