Fat Wreck Chords; a label responsible for some of the most influential Skate Punk bands of our generation, and whose original roster includes legends such as Lagwagon, No Use For A Name and Face To Face, among many, many others. One name that immediately jumps to my mind though, is...
Bottle Breakers – Kansas City, Missouri, USA. ‘Say a prayer for Lady Luck and turn the goddamn volume up’ Bottle Breakers are a Punk-fuelled Rock ‘n’ Roll band from Kansas City, Missouri. I first found them in the depths of one of Facebook’s many Punk-Rock music groups where their sound...
Castaway and Statutes – East Midlands, England, United Kingdom. Despite being lost at sea, Midlands boys Castaway are still making music, touring and combing life rafts with fellow midlanders, Statutes. Now, you may remember our work on Castaway from back in 2014 with their debut EP, Bleak, which can be found HERE...
Cocaine Piss – Liege, Belgium. I don’t think I’ve ever had the pleasure of listening to Punk music from Belgium, but Cocaine Piss – think a night out with Bear Grylls – have me going and going and going and (hold on for a second) and going and going all...
Groezrock Festival – Meerhout, Belgium. Summoning some of the best in new, contemporary and veteran Punk, Pop-Punk, Hardcore, and Metal (among others) that this planet has to offer, 2015’s festival went off with a bang despite starting off with somewhat soggy beginnings. If you were at the festival and putting...
Cross Wires – Bethnal Green/Romford, London/Essex, United Kingdom. Fresh sounds from London AND Essex. Knees up. Cross Wires tweeted us a little while back after the release of their new EP, Interaction : Dislocation. Four tracks compiled via concoction of old-school Punk, Post-Punk and New Wave via a set of influences...
Fat Spatula – York, England, United Kingdom. York based Spatula-shaped Low-Fi-Punk–Alternative Rock-Sleaze. Sitting around drinking beer and slacking off is always that “typical” image of what your average DIY band is normally doing on a weekday. But Fat Spatula live up to their “slacker” image in that perfect, Northern greasy fry-up way –...
Greetings MF-reading hombres! In case you don’t know (of course you don’t know) I’m Sam from this band called Yawning Dog, a noisy, dirty band, previously featured on Musically Fresh. Above is a pic of me in said band. You’re probably thinking, ‘Who or what the fuck are you?’, and I...
Brain Ape – London, England, United Kingdom. Three men and an Alien. No, it isn’t some dodgey perverted internet hit, rather some UK-grown Stoner Rock. Formed in 2012 in London and consisting of Minky Très-vain on vocals and on left-hand guitar, Dydy Haynes, on right-hand guitar, Sol on bass and...
Above The North – Lyon, France. French ferocity. Formed in 2012, Above The North are another example of the natural progression that often makes a band. Originally, the band’s sound was more focussed on a harder, riff-based Metalcore style that employed pummelling drums and break downs that were supplemented by...