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June 12, 2021 No Responses

RUTS DC acoustic **live gig review** from the New Cross Inn, London.

RUTS DC THE NEW CROSS INN Not going to lie, I felt a massive surge of positivity by simply getting off the train, stopping for a pint and then walking into a gig again. It was beautifully normal. Tonight Ruts...
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The world-famous REBELLION FESTIVAL postpones until 2022. Third-time lucky punks?
May 11, 2021 No Responses

The world-famous REBELLION FESTIVAL postpones until 2022. Third-time lucky punks?

The world-famous annual Rebellion Punk Festival held at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens has sadly had to postpone until 2022. The main reasons cited by the event organisers are no insurance, no guidelines, no guarantee and no re-entry mean no festival. The...
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LESS THAN JAKE ‘SILVER LININGS’ Album review.
April 11, 2021 No Responses

LESS THAN JAKE ‘SILVER LININGS’ Album review.

LESS THAN JAKE ‘SILVER LININGS’ (Pure Noise Records) Anthemic and original 7-11 American Ska-Punk that is all. 7/10 Florida Ska-Punks Less Than Jake returns with their ninth studio album (and it’s their first for seven years), the strangely i...
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Original 2-Tone legend RHODA DAKAR drops a stunning lockdown cover of the quintessential Morrisey cut, ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday’.
April 7, 2021 No Responses

Original 2-Tone legend RHODA DAKAR drops a stunning lockdown cover of the quintessential Morrisey cut, ‘Everyday Is Like Sunday’.

The Bodysnatchers’ Rhoda Dakar delivers a beautiful ska and reggae-infused cover of Morrisey’s classic‘Everyday Is Like Sunday’.“During the first lockdown, trapped in my front room looking out over London, this song was myearworm. It never went away....
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RICH RAGANY AND THE DIGRESSIONS release the superb new single ‘Heartbreakers Don’t Try’ ahead of a brand new album, due in the summer of 2021.
March 26, 2021 No Responses

RICH RAGANY AND THE DIGRESSIONS release the superb new single ‘Heartbreakers Don’t Try’ ahead of a brand new album, due in the summer of 2021.

RICH RAGANY AND THE DIGRESSIONS RELEASE NEW SINGLE ‘HEARTBREAKERS DON’T TRY’ TODAY. After fronting, writing and putting out three albums in three years with Role Models (the last one getting to #25 in Vive Le Rock’s Albums Of The Year and...
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*NEW REVIEW* The CULT FIGURES brand new and superb album, ‘Deritend’.
March 26, 2021 No Responses

*NEW REVIEW* The CULT FIGURES brand new and superb album, ‘Deritend’.

CULT FIGURES ‘DERITEND’ Gare Du Nord Records 8.5/10 Birmingham based original Punky misfits Cult Figures return with their second full-length release, the disarmingly catchy ‘Deritend’. Kicking off this herbs ‘n’ spices release is the finge...
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The superb new RUTS DC ‘ElectrAcoustiC’ album gets reviewed.
March 7, 2021 No Responses

The superb new RUTS DC ‘ElectrAcoustiC’ album gets reviewed.

RUTS DC ElectrAcoustiC (Volume One) (Sosumi Recordings) 9/10 The Ruts DC’s intriguing transformation from electric to acoustic (via The Rebellion Festival Almost Acoustic stage) results in a disarmingly emotive eleven prime Ruts and Ruts DC cuts. The de...
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DESPERATE MEASURES drop a brand new single and video; The uber credit-crunch punch of ‘Rich-Tual’.
March 6, 2021 No Responses

DESPERATE MEASURES drop a brand new single and video; The uber credit-crunch punch of ‘Rich-Tual’.

Desperate Measures drop a head-on collision of British Punk meets Detroit Rock City on their latest and meatiest single, the deliciously brutal ‘Rich-Tual’. The anthemic single serves as an appetiser ahead of the brand new full-length Desperate Mea...
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RISKEE AND THE RIDICULE unveil their brand new single, the stunning ‘Backwords 2’.
March 3, 2021 No Responses

RISKEE AND THE RIDICULE unveil their brand new single, the stunning ‘Backwords 2’.

Grime Punk poets Riske And The Ridicule blast away the lockdown cobwebs with another explosive cut of their bone skinning sound. The pinpoint vocal bullets aim for the temple of those who gorge on the invisible fear indiscriminately spewed out...
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THE SKAPONES drop a brand new single ‘Eyes Of A Child’.
March 3, 2021 No Responses

THE SKAPONES drop a brand new single ‘Eyes Of A Child’.

North East Ska pioneers THE SKAPONES continue their own personal mission to keep the now legendary 2-Tone legacy alive and well in and beyond 2021. The band’s latest offering is the slightly slower paced ‘Eyes Of A Child’. The track’s.....
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