Music
Posted on August 10, 2010 - by Editor
EP Reviews: Beat The Red Light/ Call Me Ishmael/ Night’s On Fire
Beat The Red Light
Beat The Red Light
TNS Records
We are a bit slow on this one to say the least, and with ample comparisons to Kid Dynamite and some hardcore ska akin to the mighty Voodoo Glow Skulls, Beat The Red Light are a enjoyable and original band. Opening track ‘Never A Dull moment’ has a…
Posted on August 6, 2010 - by Kim Ford
Sam Russo – Hotel. Payphone. Carpark.
“Hotel. Payphone. Carpark” – a seven track journey of gritty, working class tales from the depths of Haverhill, brought to you by Sam Russo. Recorded on an old dictaphone, this collection of demos is packaged with the statement – “Rest assured in the fact that your money is now whiskey or diesel” – and provide…
Read the full story »Posted on August 4, 2010 - by Editor
Album Reviews: Street Dogs/ Trevolt/ Refuse Resist
Street Dogs
Street Dogs
Hellcat Records
I have always enjoyed Street Dogs, their albums have been socially and politically conscious filled records full of Clash like inspired anthems whilst singer Mike McColgan is rarely upstaged live in delivering a quality nostalgic performance with the merry Dogs (bassist Johnny Rioux, guitarists Marcus Hollar and Tobe Bean III and drummer…
Posted on August 2, 2010 - by Editor
EP Reviews: Trenchtown/ Nox/ The Grozerians
Trenchtown
Trenchtown
Trenchtown are a Californian (Hermosa Beach) based band who have a reggae-rocking surfer punk rock sound, very East coast and with a healthy dose of radio friendly feel good music. With bands like Sublime, Pepper, Unwritten Law and even Authority Zero leaving their trace influences on the band, combined with producer Billy Graziadei’s (Biohazard, Sick…
Posted on July 28, 2010 - by Editor
Record Reviews: Good Riddance/ Sundowner/ Jeff Riddle
Capricorn One
Good Riddance
Fat Wreck Chords
Good Riddance were a underrated band, but with their demise in 2007, this collection of 21 tracks (and only 44 minutes long) is a great reminder of the legacy the East Coast melodic punks left and a reminder of the legions of bands that took inspiration from them. This is a…
Posted on July 20, 2010 - by Editor
EP Reviews: The Vermin Suicides/ Gunner’s Daughter/ The Speedogs
Yeahman! It’s…
The Vermin Suicides
Antipop Records
Starting off with the apt maniacal nah-nah nah-nahs this self proclaimed “bastard spawn of The Dead Class, 0898 and Dutch Porn Thursday” collective is the The Vermin Suicides. With the crazy wild eyed Anton le Verme on vocals and his crooning voice on EP opener ’State Of The Art’ with the…
Posted on July 16, 2010 - by Editor
Record Reviews: Dandelion Snow/ D.O.A / Mark Foggo
Dandelion Snow
The Grand Scheme Of Things
King Bullet Records
Roger Harvey AKA Dandelion Snow has been furiously working away at honing his craft as a song writer and story teller and with this release, produced by Chris#2 of Anti Flag, he manages to weave a personal and approachable story based on his nomadic and semi biographical musical…
Posted on July 15, 2010 - by Editor
EP Review: Jamie Clarke’s Perfect/ East Town Pirates/ The Will
Fucking Folkabillie Rock
Jamie Clarkes Perfect
Wolverine Records
Jamie Clarke gained some fame playing with The Pogues and performed on their “Pogue Mahone” album. Since 1997 he has been leading the ‘Perfect’ troupe with varying line-ups, and their aim is to deliver fun folk-a-billy with his grainy voice and the addition of a banjo adding some weight to…
Posted on July 13, 2010 - by Editor
Record Review: Gimp Fist/ The Wild/ Locators
The Place Where I Belong
Gimp Fist
Sunny Bastards
Having seen the guys play last year at City Invasion in London they were good on the night but this album shows huge potential and is in fact a great in-betweener for streetpunk, Oi and The Clash sounding reggae rock. From album opener ‘The Place Where I Belong’ there…
Posted on July 6, 2010 - by Editor
Record Reviews: Broken Nose/ Laura Stevenson And The Cans/ The Blackout Brigade
No Compromise
Broken Nose
Frontline Records
This Skacore band based in Bridgend South Wales offers an eclectic mix of punk, ska, dub and “urban” influences with a rap-core hip hop style on some songs. As a results it’s a difficult band and album to categorise which is fine but there are some distinct influences; vocally there are massive…
Posted on July 2, 2010 - by Editor
Record Reviews: The Real Mckenzies/ Misconduct/ Veara
Shine Not Burn
The Real McKenzies
Fat Wreck Chords
The great Scottish/Canadian Celtic punk flag bearers, The Real McKenzies, offer up their second live record, from a performance at the Wild At Heart in Berlin, Germany. If you haven’t had the pleasure of seeing the band live before, this acoustic set with an array of instruments including bagpipes,…
Posted on July 1, 2010 - by Editor
Record Reviews: Heartsounds/ Hollowpoints/ Beatsteaks
Until We Surrender
HeartSounds
Epitaph Records
From the remnants of melodic death-metal band Light This City founding members Laura Nichol (guitars/vocals) and Ben Murray (guitars/vocals/drums) have forged a new identity and sound in HeartSounds. It’s an incredibly melodic record relying on the to and fro (harmonic) vocal shift between the two singers and the up-tempo pace (a leftover…
Posted on June 30, 2010 - by Editor
EP/7″ Reviews: Swingin Utters/ Cynics/ The Bermondsey Joyriders
Brand New Lungs 7”
Swingin Utters
Fat Wreck Chords
This marks the first new material from the Utters in seven years and includes two tracks from their upcoming full length and one track exclusive to this 7”. The band is renowned for its musical variety, spreading its sound across reggae, punk, rock, country amongst others and vocalist Johnny…
Posted on June 29, 2010 - by Editor
Album Reviews: Authority Zero/ The Agitators/ Thin Ice
Stories Of Survival
Authority Zero
Viking Funeral Records
From the albums introduction, having dug through the archives to find an appropriate Winston Churchill speech about striving for victory and united strength, Authority Zero signal their intent on their fourth full lenght by delivering a powerful and melodic yet angsty album, still heavily bringing to the fore a distinctive…
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