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Gallery and set-list: The Chats / Guantanamo Baywatch – The Academy, Dublin 17.05.2023
A slice of Australian punk in Dublin at The Academy served up by The Chats and support Guantanamo Baywatch.There were 2 sold out nights, the first being a 14+ show and the second (This one) was an 18+ Guantanamo Baywatch photos & set-list: Raunch StompPina ColadaOh RatsDianaMesaSad Over YouBarbacoaA Boy To Love Surfer SlideToo LateMr. …
Live Review: Skating Polly – Mano Oculta – Portland, Oregon – 06.05.2023
Skating Polly, a punk-rock sibling trio originally based out of Tacoma, Washington, performed for a jam-packed, sold-out room at the Mano Oculta this past Saturday night in Portland, Oregon.
Premiere: It’s ‘getting better’ for KHAOS EMRLD: a glittering hyperactive pop blast debut that positively sparkles.
KHAOS EMRLD is a new kid on the block – sort of – and an absolute challenge for spell check. We are honoured to premiere KHAOS EMRLD’s debut single ‘getting better’ – a solo project helmed by Cody Stebbings whom we’ve met before in the band Down For Tomorrow – and it’s a blast of …
Gallery: Otoboke Beaver / Drinking Boys And Girls Choir – Button Factory, Dublin 08.05.2023
Japanese punk band Otoboke Beaver brought their Super Champon tour to Dublin’s Button Factory, with them were Drinking Boys And Girls Choir from South Korea taking up the role of support. Drinking Boys And Girls Choir photos: Otoboke Beaver photos:
Introducing: Cherry Red Records
I bought my very first Cherry Red Records release in 1980, when San Francisco punk legends, Dead Kennedys, released their second single, the seminal “Holidays In Cambodia”, their first of four 7” records for the label. Celebrating their 45th year with a slew of anniversary releases, formed in 1978, Cherry Red Records is a British independent record …
Keeping Control : Independent Manchester Music Scene 1977-81 Remembered
Keeping Control: Independent Music from Manchester 1977-1981 Various Artists on Cherry Red Records (76 track 3xCD set) This a great collection of Manchester music from a 4-year period in its history, perhaps the most important era in the overall scheme of things. Manchester entrepreneurial legend Anthony Davidson, the owner of TJM Rehearsal studios, probably the …
Track: One of Hartlepool’s greatest exports, James Leonard Hewitson, is back with new single ‘Fill My Head With Sugar’ and launch dates.
We here at Backseat Mafia have been massive fans of the pop punk sounds of Hartlepool’s James Leonard Hewitson for a number of years now, and it is great to see him back in the saddle and better than ever. His new single ‘Fill My Head With Sugar’ drifts ethereally into a more restrained dream …
News: Low ticket alert for Slam Dunk Festival North
Slam Dunk Festival 2023 celebrates the south site at Hatfield Park selling-out, with only a limited number of tickets available for the north edition, taking place at Leeds Temple Newsam. Remaining tickets can be purchased at www.slamdunkfestival.com. Slam Dunk Festival is guaranteed to once again be one of the biggest weekends in the alternative calendar …
Rancid Drop Surprise New Single Ahead Of Album Release Announcement – Tomorrow Never Comes
Photo: Atiba Jefferson This week Rancid dropped a surprise new single, Tomorrow Never Comes, in advance of their 10th studio album with the same title, which is released on June 2nd on Hellcat/Epitaph Records. The new album is a 100mph journey punctuated by 16 tracks, mostly clocking in at under 2 minutes! In keeping with …