Author: Matthew Speer

About Matthew Speer

Matt has 2.1 BA in History and is most likely somewhere in his twenties.
He enjoys a wide range of music, but has a strong penchant for Punk-Rock.

Originally he hails from the Isle Of Wight off the South Coast of England, UK and spends most of his time around England's South-West.

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Here are my most recent posts

Television Villain – ‘Television Villain’.

Television Villain – Bath, England, United Kingdom. For our previous and “professional” review of the band’s last release – Click Here. A band at the top of the Bath “list of bands to see” in the small but very active local scene, Television Villain recently released their debut full-length after the...

Forever Unclean and The ‘Words’ Single.

Forever Unclean – Copenhagen, Denmark. Photography credit: Nick Manuel Photos – Click Here. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Copenhagen three-piece Forever Unclean like three things, melody, tempo and Punk-Rock but what they don’t like are silver tongued snakes, which is where the new single ‘Words’ comes in....

Black Anchors and The Debut EP.

Black Anchors – North Devon, England, United Kingdom. Fresh on the UK Punk and alternative scene we have Black Anchors. Imagine a band who have a clear penchant for the golden age of 90’s of Pop-Punk and an approach to Punk-Rock that focusses more on singing about day-to-day occurrences rather...

EAT DIRT – ‘Welcome To Shithouse-On-Sea’.

EAT DIRT – East England, United Kingdom. Another band scooped up without too much of a moments notice by the oh-so greedy Umlaut Records – don’t worry, you’re off the hook, for now – EAT DIRT are relatively new to it all. Individually they have the experience – and it...

A Cereal Killer – The ‘Why So Cererous?’ Demo EP.

A Cereal Killer – Straubing, Germany. A band simply earning solid points for their name off the bat, A Cereal Killer are a classically toned Pop-Punk and Skate Punk influenced band from Straubing, Germany who earlier this year chose to release their debit live demo to the world. From the...

Rash Decision and The Forthcoming ‘Karoshi’.

Rash Decision – Falmouth, England, United Kingdom. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. Falmouth four-piece Rash Decision are band a little heavy-hitting. Imagine relentless and gloom-ridden 80’s Hardcore Punk blended with abrasive Thrash Metal riffage and break-downs worthy of NYC styled Hardcore. Imagine that and you’re really quite...

Deadlines and The Forthcoming ‘End Of History’.

Deadlines – Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. For our previous work on the band – Click Here. It’s been a while since we’ve seen Deadlines but with a new full-length set for May 11th of this year, now is as good a time as any. The Cardiff based (in their own words) ‘Aggro...

Tooth And Claw – ‘Hector’.

Tooth And Claw – Sheffield, England, United Kingdom. If you – Click Here – you will find an article written about a small time Post-Rock project by the name of Wanderer. The article was written by a less experienced MF and about a band themselves in the throws of their...

Some Kind Of Events 19/05/18: The Bands – Three From Above.

Some Kind Of Events – Liverpool, England, United Kingdom. For the event article – Click Here. Well, the time has come, well not the time but the time for the last band introduction ahead of the Some Kind Of Events all-dayer this coming May at The 27 Club in Liverpool. Now, Garage Rock was...