Bear Trap – Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Bear Trap are one of the latest to put their collected feet over the threshold of the varied Manchester music scene and as of today have released their debut demo track, ‘Lena Your A Miracle’. Having your debut demo as a single track...
Valensole – Southampton, England, United Kingdom. The Southampton based Valensole can either be described as a Punk-Rock band that have a considerable amount of vaguely related influences or a Alternative Rock band that stray very close to Punk-Rock. These were my initial thoughts upon pressing play on the band’s debut EP...
No Insight – London, England, United Kingdom. London exports No Insight have just released their debut single in the form of ‘These Days’ in conjunction with Shipwreck Records, a label equal in their “upstart” status but also one to watch. Taking influence from the likes of Blink-182, Fall Out Boy,...
Neverlearn – Oulu, Finland. Cover photo credit: Juha Kuusela. Somewhere in the forestation of Finland there’s a search and rescue in operation tracking down Metal bands that got lost during their photo shoots, but these Punks needn’t worry about such travesties. Skate-punkers Neverlearn are too busy paying homage to the golden...
Over To You – Swindon, England, United Kingdom. With Over To You, we have some Pop-Punkers from my hometown of Swindon, reminding me I should put my Trailer Park Boy’s marathon on hold and get out more. Ideal Lives is the latest EP from the local lads and is also...
Colour Me Wednesday – London, England, United Kingdom. ‘Political Pop-Punk for Punks who Love Pop’ Cover photo credit: Aky Aky – Click Here. (Above) Photo credit: Akbar Ali. London lot Colour Me Wednesday have a sound very welcoming, yet also very different and standout, sat somewhere between Classic Punk and...
LATTE+ – Empoli, Italy. (Editor’s Note – Italy’s LATTE+ have been slogging it out on the European Punk circuit since 1997 with their blend of classic Ramones-Punk with a twist of 90’s Pop-Punk to top it off. This release however has been re-released on US record label ‘OUTLOUD! Records’ in order...
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....
Not Tonight and The Headaches – Grimsby, England, United Kingdom. Not Tonight and The Headaches are a Grimsby based band and are on a mission to resurrect nineties Pop-Punk, an era that brought us NOFX, The Offspring, Green Day and many more. Back to the present now however and in...
Surfin’ Mutant’s Pizza Party – Alma, Quebec, Canada. Like a lot of people, we can sometimes overlook the dedication and quality of a record label. Now, here on MF, we’ve been known to take a shine to labels such as Venn Records and Lefse Records. And sometimes it’s a credit...