Category: Category 1
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Codefendants are a genre-smashing punk collective blending alternative, hip hop and rock to create a sound they call Crimewave. Formed by Fat Mike (NOFX), Julio โCeschiโ Ramos and Sam King (Get Dead), the band fuses raw punk aggression with sharp lyricism, dark humor, and street-level honesty. Codefendants have now announced that their forthcoming studio album,…
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Tacoblasterย is the toybox where Tom Caussade keeps his catchiest melodies. Since 2021, the Bordeaux based multi-instrumentalist has been crafting a collection of โ90s power pop and garage rock tunes packed with fuzzy guitars and hooks youโll be humming for days, performed live alongside Sabrina Ben Marzouk and Rรฉmi Tourneur. Just over a year after the…
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Micko & The Mellotronics have returned with their new single, Proper Job, which finds Micko examining class and creativity over a 70s-inspired soundtrack. Borrowing its title from a phrase passed down from parents to kids in the quest for a stable lifestyle, the track considers the kinds of work those from more privileged backgrounds are…
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Vancouver folk punker Jesse LeBourdais has released Half Broken Soul from his upcoming Better Ever Than Never album, his first full length in nearly a decade, that is set forย release on April 21st via Kinda Cool Records. Half Broken Soul is about the bonds that can form in the darkest times, on the roads lessย travelled.…
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The Ovines kick off the year with Youโre a Loser Mate, a riotous remix of the track from the Two Bucks and a Bottle of Ketchup EP. Youโre a Loser Mate is accompanied by a brandโnew video and a fresh, hardโhitting remix from producer Jason Stafford, who injects the remix with punch, swagger, and a…
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Formed in Manchester in 1976, Buzzcocks influence on Punk and independentย music cannot be overstated, though the band sadly lost founding frontman Pete Shelley in 2018, co-founderย Steve Diggle has kept the Buzzcocks flame alive. The current incarnation of Buzzcocks, which also features long standing drummer and bassist Danny Farrant and Chris Remington, have today released their…
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In December 1973ย Hilly Kristalย changed the name of his roots music bar fromย Hillyโs On The Boweryย toย CBGBย and altered his musical policy to hire mostly rock bands. He was indifferent to many of them,ย โNo one is going to like you guys, but Iโll have you back,โย he toldย Joey Ramone, blissfully unaware of how important his scruffy little club would…
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Celebrating its 30thย anniversary this year, Rebellion Festival, the worldโs largest annual punk event, is set to return August 6th to 9thย to its long-standing home, the Winter Gardens in Blackpool.ย Initially known as Holidays In The Sun, the Winter Gardens first opened its doors to mark the then 20thย anniversary of punk and hosted headliners X-Ray Spex, The…
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With โX Me Outโ, kamikaze release an energetic reckoning with experiencedtransgressive behaviour. As the fourth single from their debut album โThe Endโ,announced for release this year, the song stands for clarity, determination, andself-protection. Distorted guitars, dark synthesizer sounds, and a nervously urgent pop foundation that leaves no room for rest: Riot Grrrl meets Sabrina theTeenage…
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If you desperately needed a throwback to the eighties, a golden era when indie rock music ruled the airways with acts like The Smiths, The Stone Roses, and others, then you came to the right place because Liqueedo has released a marvelous composition that screams those years when this particular genre resonated with the crowd…