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Breaking News
ERJA LYYTINEN RETURNS
BAND OF THE DAY: DRAGON WELDING
TOTO, CHRISTOPHER CROSS @ BP PULSE LIVE 2/2/2025
REVIEW: PET NEEDS – KIND OF ACOUSTIC (2025)
ARTIST OF THE DAY: ANDY TOOMEY
Q AND A WITH: TOM SPENCER FROM THE PROFESSIONALS
Interviews
November 15, 2021
The Professionals recently released "Snafu" - an album our Andy reckoned made them sound "like the last gang in town". Here, Steve catches up...
Ruts DC/Year Zero, Nuneaton Queens Hall – 12th September 2021
Gigs
September 20, 2021
Year Zero First up tonight are midlands based old style punk band Year Zero. As far as I understand this is their first time out...
LONDON CALLING, BORROWED TIME @ HARE AND HOUNDS 14/03/2020
Gigs
March 19, 2020
I first saw borrowed time at Rebellion a few years ago and was impressed with their energy and great set so it was a...
REVIEW: WIRE – MIND HIVE (2020)
Reviews
February 11, 2020
The is a strong well produced album and to be honest I haven’t been able to stop listening to it. Wire have been challenging...
WIRE @ HARE AND HOUNDS, BIRMINGHAM 29/01/2020
Gigs
February 1, 2020
As I enter the packed room I am immediately confronted by Graham Duff who I know has done many things in his career but...
REVIEW: KILLING JOKE – MALICIOUS DAMAGE LIVE AT THE ASTORIA (2019)
Reviews
September 15, 2019
Having first seen Killing Joke in 1980 at the Cedar Club in Birmingham and then seeing then on their recent tour at the Institute...
REVIEW: YEAR ZERO – YEAR ZERO EP (2019)
Reviews
July 23, 2019
This is the debut EP from Year Zero a punk band who were together years ago and have recently reformed to bring us their...
Q AND A WITH ROB GALLOWAY – THE YALLA YALLAS
Interviews
July 10, 2019
Yesterday, there was an album review of the new one by The Yalla Yallas. It's fair to say our punk expert, Steve, liked it...
REVIEW: THE YALLA YALLAS – THE OUTSIDER (2019)
Reviews
July 9, 2019
‘Outsider’ is The Yalla Yallas fourth album and includes the singles ‘Problems’ and ‘Somewhere Anywhere’, as well as the new release ‘Run’. ‘Outsider’ was...
REVIEW: ARMY OF SKANKS – PERFECT STORM (2019)
Reviews
July 5, 2019
Army of Skanks are now a three piece and a great live band. This album has influences from some of the most musical punk...
REVIEW: THE FLUX CAPACITORS – COURTESAN
Reviews
June 18, 2019
Although this was released a while ago I recently saw the band supporting Alternative TV in Bristol and was very impressed with their show...
Alvin Gibbs and the Disobedient Servants, Criminal Mind, The Dregs – Castle and Falcon, Birmingham – Friday 7th June 2019
Gigs
June 10, 2019
I can’t say too much about The Dregs because I play in them and as they say any self- praise would be no praise...
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