Category: Music News
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This was my first show after my emergency double heart bypass surgery that was preceded by five major heart attacks in October of 2025. I lost my notebook, but that is okay because I remember most of this incredible night extremely well. After all the trauma, pain, and uncertainty, it was simply ecstatic to be…
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American Steel were one of the last great bands to come out of Berkeleyโs 924 Gilman scene. Forged in the same fires as Operation Ivy, Crimpshrine, Green Day and Rancid, the band are now finally set to reissue their 1998 self titled album on CD, vinyl and digital formats via Red Scare Industries on the…
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Seattle WAโs The Rat Utopia Experiment have released theirย new single, BLAST! that is now available through streaming platforms, BLAST! is a fun and frantic two minute and one second punk rock sing along. The Rat Utopia Experiment will be playing at Real Arts Tacoma on the 14th February and will be appearing at Boise, IDโs…
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First formed in 1977 on the same scene that brought us Swell Maps, Spizz Energi and Duran Duran, whose drummer Roger Taylor once played in the band, Cult Figures released their classic debut single, Zip Nolan, in 1979, followed by theย In Loveย EP the following year. After that they split until regrouping to record their very…
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In 2024, Hedge made a huge introduction to the punk scene with the release of their debut album, Better Days. The Western Mass trio, that includes Christopher Chaisson (The Young Leaves), take cues from their fellow compatriots Dinosaur Jr. and The Lemonheads while adding a little more punk flare in the vein of Husker Du…
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Melbourne rock crew Freya and The Vikings arenโt here to play nice, and Eyeliner proves it. This is their second swing in the lead-up to a full-throttle 15-track album later this year, and it lands with grit under its nails and sweat on its collar. From the jump, Eyeliner punches hard. The guitars snarl, the…
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Let me start by saying, this is possibly the strangest EP release I have has the pleasure to have been forwarded in a very long (although it does feel familiar, but not sure why).ย To give you the short story, this EP is made up ofย five Dirty South Punk Rock n Roll songs that have…
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Held over 5 days, running from Wednesday 20th โ Sunday 24th May and in the beautiful surrounding of Catton Park Derbyshire.ย If you have never been to Bearded Theory Festival before or any festival for that matter, then this line-up will/should set your musical spidey senses tingling, every year this is by far one of…
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Lowell, MA thrash punk wrecking crewย SkyTigersย have released their long-awaited second full-length,ย โฆInjustice for All, viaย Sound Investment Records. Withย โฆInjustice for All,ย SkyTigersย have returned louder, sharper, and more confrontational than ever channeling years of built-up frustration into a record that hits hard, hits fast, and leaves no illusion intact. SkyTigersย will be playing an album release show at Medford, MAโsย Deep…
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Hull, UKโsย The Velvet Tuxedoย return with their blistering new single Buzz The Scuzz, the trackย is a furious garage psych rallying cry about dropping out of the system and rejecting the 9-to-5 brainwash machine. The track opens with an eastern tambura drone and a swirling reversed-guitar line that builds a tense psychedelic mood before the full riff…