Author: Steve Brain

CHELSEA/THE DEMENTIAS/THE RAMRODS/YEAR ZERO THE ARCHES, COVENTRY 20/4/2018

Year Zero - First up tonight are Black Country old school Punk Rockers Year Zero. They play an excellent set of older style punk...

Q AND A:  Jet Baker from Buster Shuffle

Steve - You obviously have many musical influences - but who would you say has influenced you most JB - The Specials, The Clash are...

REVIEW: DROUGHT ON MARS – AUTUMN LEAVES (2017)

A friend put me onto this band so I decided to check them out. They hail from Bridgnorth, Shropshire and are 5 accomplished young...

IDLES, LICE @COVENTRY CENTRAL LIBRARY, 14/04/2018

Whoever in Coventry thought to put a gig on in the library should be congratulated for their forward thinking attitude and maybe this is...

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN @ Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales 9/3/2018

I was a bit disappointed to find Belle and Sebastian weren’t playing my home town of Birmingham, but luckily noticed the Aberystwyth date. Support was...

Jaya The Cat/SaltWounds/Malarkey @Marrs Bar, Worcester 12/2/18

Steve finds there's life in Marrs on a Monday night Malarkey from Birmingham are up first and it is strange that going to so many...

The Skids/The Spitfires – Coventry Empire – Saturday 20th January 2018

Our punk expert Steve is in Cov to see if Spitfires are flying or Skids make their mark The Spitfires Given the number of people in...

Brum Punx Xmas Bash 2017 – 30th December 2017 – Castle and Falcon Moseley

Our Steve saw the new year in the only way he knows This annual event has now been going for some years and credit must...

Review – Buster Shuffle – ‘I’ll Take What I Want’ (2017)

Our very own punk lord Steve enjoys this new Ska record  Buster Shuffle is a ska’n’roll combo who integrate vintage ska and punk sounds with...

LAMF – Live at the Bowery Review

Steve looks back on the re-released album 40 years on ‘L.A.M.F.’ is the album recorded by Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers in punk-era London, after they accompanied...

Geezapunx – Angry EP

Our very own punk geeza, Steve runs the rule over this EP This is an EP from 4 hardworking punks from Basingstoke one of which...

Q & A WITH: CHELSEA

Steve Interviews punk legends James Stevenson and Mat Sargent from punk band Chelsea Steve - What inspired you to become a musician? James: Two things –...

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