punk-post punk
Album Review: Wreckless Eric – Transience
Wreckless Eric began his recording life on Stiff Records in 1977 with his enduring hit Whole Wide World when he was little more than an ex-teenage art student. 7 albums later and 4 decades of touring and he’s still able to churn out some interesting and unexpected material. Wreckless Eric has a distinctive voice, there’s …
Album Review: Various Artists – Burning Britain: Independent Punk 1980-83
A natural follow up to the Action Time Vision box set Cherry Red delve into the independent punk scene, labels and bands that fuelled the second wave of punk. For many the initial punk movement was over by 1979, but as its predecessor the second phase of anyone can form and band/ label and do …
See: God Damn release video for new track, Ghost
Black Country rockers God Damn are back following their rollocking Vultures album from last year, and no prizes for guessing they’re as noisy and pulsating as they ever were. Ghost veers between the singalong and a (very heavy) punk record, at least in attitude. It ebbs and flows, either totally deep or completely franetic, but …
Album Review: Evil Blizzard – Everybody Come To Church
Evil Blizzard, one of the slightly less conventional acts (and we’re not just talking about the masks) to grace the current music scene are all set to release there follow up to last years debut long player ‘The Dangers Of Evil Blizzard’. Recorded live in a single day at Magnetic North Studios, ‘Everybody Come To Church’ quite …
Track: Alabama punk/psych trio \\GT// release new single ’Something’s Wrong With My Mind’
Punk / Rock / Psychedelic, Birmingham, Alabama 3 piece \GT// stoke the fires of anticipation for the release of their debut album, ‘Beats Misplaced’, with lead single, ‘Something’s Wrong With My Mind’. Due for UK release on July 31, via Communicating Vessels & Rough Trade, “the eight track LP is a rock ’n’ roll thrill ride, …
Track: Steel Trees – Attack of the Stoner Zombie Killer Kids (plus Tour news)
Picture the scene, the Mafia family boxing day celebrations and the brethren gathered from the four corners of the earth (well, Sheffield and London). Various offspring running riot, off their heads on chocolate. All adult males asleep in armchairs with jauntily angled paper hats on. And me, fearlessly tackling my second bottle of red. It’s …