Outbreak Festival 2023 – Day Splits Announced
It’s 12 years since the Outbreak Festival began in Sheffield and the festival has new home in Manchester for 2023, in the shape of the Mayfield Depot, a stones throw from Piccadilly Station, having been at Bowlers Exhibition Centre in 2022. Day splits and day tickets have just been announced, which sees some of the …
News: Debut Release From New Ska Punk Supergroup, Featuring 2 Ex-Members Of Operation Ivy
Tim Armstrong and Jesse Michaels unveil their new project BAD OPTIX with the release of debut single “Raid” today via Hellcat Records. Their first venture together since the short-but-sweet run of Operation Ivy (1987-1989), they are also joined by drummer Joey Castillo (Circle Jerks, The Bronx) and bassist Spencer Pollard (Trash Talk). The new track …
Live Review: Grade 2 Give Star & Garter A Short Back And Sides
Since my first listen of the new Grade 2 LP, I’ve been champing at the bit to hear these songs live, and tonight finally delivers exactly what I’d hoped for. Another early Sunday night at The Star & Garter, courtesy of STP Records (thanks Stu) as the tour shunts into the sidings in the shadow …
Album Review: Daddy Long Legs Release 4th Studio Album – Street Sermons
Since the release of Evil Eye On You in 2012, Daddy Long Legs have been enchanting audiences the world over, with their particular brand of scuzzy harmonica led rhythm and blues, infused with punk attitude. Now Brian Hurd (Vox/harmonica) and the boys are back with their fourth studio LP and second on Yep Roc Records. …
Album Review: Henry Rollins Curates A “Best Of” Collection Of The Californian Hardcore Scene 1978-1983
Futurismo Records asked ex-Black Flag singer, Henry Rollins to select his favourite tracks from the Californian hardcore scene for the 5 year period between 1978 and 1983, for many the halcyon days of the genre. Spread over 4 sides of limited edition coloured vinyl, the 25 tracks Rollins has chosen are all stone cold classics …
Album Review: Grade 2 Release The Best Punk LP You’re Likely To Hear In 2023
I’m going out on a limb here, but I don’t think there will be a better punk album released in 2023 than this. 10 years in and 4 albums out. This is the second for Tim Armstrong’s Hell Cat Records and his sticky fingers are all over it, as he produced it (as Tim Timebomb) …
News: Stiff Little Fingers Back For Annual March UK Tour
Like death and taxes, you can take it for granted that when March finally comes around and the bulbs begin to flower, somewhere in Chicago, Jake Burns is packing his suitcase, ready to go on tour. 2023 is no different, and as I write the band members are reconvening at a rehearsal studio somewhere in …
News: Bearded Theory – Best Festival Line Up Of 2023?
Do you ever look at some of the major European festivals and think wow, that’s a great line-up, wish we had more like that in the UK? The constraints of a Post-Brexit world may preclude British music fans from ever experiencing exact replicas, but this year organisers, DHP Family, have certainly put a bill together, …
News: Green Man Festival Line Up Announced
With so many festivals in the summer calendar, it can be hard to gauge which ones are going to be the most interesting. It’s even tougher if you’ve already parted with your hard earned cash, before a single band has been confirmed. It’s at that point where a festival’s reputation comes into it’s own. It’s …
News: Introducing WAX – A Series Of Gigs With A Difference
DIY Rock & Roll – What is probably the UK’s only recurring gig night in an open air skatepark – under a flyover.The great thing about Manchester is the sheer number and variety of live music venues across the city. On any given Friday or Saturday night between September and June, there can be upwards …