punk
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: Gina Birch of The Raincoats Releases Debut Solo Album
Legendary post-punk musician, artist, and filmmaker Gina Birch, has released her debut solo album
News: 2023 Vive Le Rock Awards – Millie Manders, Jim Jones And Bad Barbee Join An All-star Line-up At O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, April 6th
After three long years of delays and cancellations, the Vive Le Rock Awards will finally take place at London’s O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on Thursday April 6th. And the good news is that the next day is a holiday so everyone can all party like it’s 1999! Featuring all-star chaos and one-off, unique performances, the …
News: Manchester Punk Festival 2023
If you’re hoping to see some of the best punk bands, currently doing the rounds, then you’d better act quickly as there are less than 150 tickets left for MPF 2023. Spread over the Easter weekend 7-9th April, the festival is shared between 7 venues, all within easy walking distance of each other along the …
News: Radio Free Alice sign with Double Drummer on release of the frenetic slice of post punk rock ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’.
The obscenely young and deliciously snotty Radio Free Alice‘s third single ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love) is a spine tingling slab of frenetic post punk that has deep inside its genes a panoply of very commendable bands. Think of an amalgam of The Jam, Wreckless Eric, Richard Hell and the Voidoids and the Undertones, and …
News: Moody Beaches Drop New Single and Announce Release of Upcoming Album
Moody Beaches new single is a thunderous paean to their post-punk heritage.
News: Samiam announce new album ‘Stowaway’
Samiam have returned! Today the Oakland, CA punk legends have announced, Stowaway, their first new album in 12 years, due out March 31st via Pure Noise Records. The album picks up right where Samiam left off with all of the energy, melody, and pathos of their classic work, proving exactly why the group are still one of the most endearing and enduring …
Live Review: Girls In Synthesis @ Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds 28.01.2023
London based trio Girls In Synthesis are pretty prolific with their volume of live dates. So when they announced at the tail end of 2022 that apart from a few rearranged dates, their live performances in the UK would be few and far between this year, many took this is a call to arms and …
Album Review: Dealing With Damage – Use The Daylight
So when this arrived in my inbox just before Xmas, I filed it under “Interesting, check out later”, not really knowing what to expect. Dealing With Damage are a post-punk band from London, formed in 2015, who have spent more of their collective lives than is advisable playing in bands like Sink, Done Lying Down, …
Live review + Gallery: Maruja sell-out debut gig in Scotland
The big gig in Glasgow tonight was arguably The Viagra Boys at Barrowlands. It sold out almost immediately. However there was another sold out gig in the city on this particular Saturday night. Manchester jazz punks Maruja were playing their first gig in Scotland. With just five tracks released in the last couple of years …