Dick Porter
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Features
Flats: Kick It ‘Til It Breaks
With two blistering EPs and their eardrum shredding new single ‘Never Again’ behind them, Flats have established the most credible…
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Hotplugs
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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Punk
The Crassical Collection: Christ The Album – Crass
‘Your life’s reduced to nothing but an empty media game / Big Brother ain’t watching you, mate, you’re fucking watching…
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Indie
Vivian Girls – Share The Joy (album, Polyvinyl)
Bookended by two of their most expansive tracks, the third album from the Brooklyn trio sees them stretching the boundaries…
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Garage
The Kills – ‘Blood Pressures’
(album, Domino Recordings) The Kills’ first album in three years sees the duo maintain their core garage sound while simultaneously…
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Garage
Crystal Antlers – ‘Two-Way Mirror’
(album, Recreation Ltd) Long Beach combo Crystal Antlers second album sees the group re-emerge from a period of creative development…
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Eyeplugs
Zounds – ‘The Redemption of Zounds’
(album, Overground) After the best part of thirty years, it’s good to have another Zounds album to put next to…
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Garage
Ringo DeathStarr – Colour Trip (album, Club AC30)
Occupying a kind of salted soil middle ground between My Bloody Valentine and late era Jesus and Mary Chain, Texan…
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Indie
The Loud – ‘Harris Shutter’
Somewhere between an EP and a mini-LP, and housed in a sleeve utilising the photographic technique referenced in the discs…
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Eyeplugs
The Computers – How Punk Are You?
Now in their fifth year, Exeter quartet the Computers have developed into one of the most visceral and exciting bands…
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Articles
Top Of The Pops
I can still picture the tableau vivant; it’s around forty years ago, I’m in Woolworths trying to decide which particular…
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Glam
50 Ft Woman – ‘Menage à Trois’
(EP, own label) Debut EP from a London quintet who emerge with a well-released image and sound. Fittingly, Menage à…
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