UGLYBoNES – Chicago, Illinois, USA. ‘Four best friends that wanna take a chainsaw to each other’s gonads’ For our work on the 2014 UGLYBoNES/Step Right Up split – Click Here. For the band’s appearance in our fantasy Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater soundtrack – Click Here. The Chicago suburb’s UGLYBoNES formed...
Denver, Colorado, USA. Finds From The Soundscape: A Glance At Denver’s Rock and Punk Scene. Cover photo of ‘The Larimers’. You may remember our article on Denver Punk n’ Rollers E/M/P back in December. In said article I hinted at a yearning for a visit to this fine musical city...
Bombs Are Falling – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Photo credit – Matt Gleeson. Bombs Are Falling hail from Melbourne, Australia and they are a band, a band that play lyrically assertive Skate Punk in a fast and melodic manner. Review over. Go home. Don’t go home, because this band need to...
CUT UP – San Francisco, California, USA. Remember the golden age of 90’s Punk? Gritty Pop-Punk that hadn’t lost it’s bite, fast and melodic Skate Punk that stayed stuck in your head for days? You do? Fantastic, enter CUT UP. Formed in San Francisco in 2012, and showcasing a very...
Eight Days – London, England, United Kingdom. For an introduction to the band – Click Here. London three-piece Eight Days, I have no issue in saying, are one of my personal favourite bands on the UK Punk & Hardcore circuit at this moment in time. The band have chosen to...
Northwood – Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Musically Fresh’s first indulgence in the Australian Airwaves. Ballarat boys, Northwood, are fairly new to this whole music game. November 2014 saw their first show and August of this year saw the band release their debut three-track demo on bandcamp for ‘Free/Name Your Price’ download....
Boston, Massachusetts, USA. From my first house show in Boston. The smell of stale beer and the creek of decades old wood might have you think that you’re in some matter of a party at your university, but the feedback coming from the basement and the guy in the Leftöver...
False Heads – London, England, United Kingdom. For our review of the Tunnel Vision EP (2014) – Click Here. For our review of Wear and Tear EP (2015) – Click Here. East London three-piece, False Heads, have just signed to 25 Hour Convenience Store records, a label run by Gary Powell...
Bobby Funk – Falmouth, England, United Kingdom. For the review of the debut EP, I’m A C**T – Click Here. For the ‘Pasty Blagger’ single review – Click Here. Foul-mouthed Falmouth foursome, Bobby Funk, have just released their latest digital release, Piss. If you’re unfamiliar with the band or their past releases,...
Black Hearts – Leeds, England, United Kingdom. Photo credit – Alison Hope Photography – Click Here Formally Suicide Defects, Black Hearts are a band hailing from Leeds in England’s north. They are a band who not only made the right decision on the name change, but also produce a hard...