Released: 2017 Smoko has all the hallmarks of punk rock perfection: scuzzy, concerned with nothing other than itself and as … More
Tag: Punk Rock
Comment – Idles: Joy Unconfined
The news earlier this week that Joy As An Act Of Resistance, the second album by Bristolian punks Idles had … More
Cabbage – Nihilistic Glamour Shots Review
“On Exhibit A the band collectively proffer a staggering, perverse strain of country on which to hoist the zero-sum farce of modern politics on its own petard, whilst Perdubaro’s ramshackle post-punk sounds like it might fall apart at any minute.”
In town this week – The Bronx
There’s an argument that punk rock is a strictly 20th century thing, one that’s long lost it’s voice to less … More
Best Songs of 2017 #2 Protomartyr – Don’t Go To Anacita
From the album Relatives In Descent
Best Songs of 2017 #6 Idles – 1049 Gotho
From the album Brutalism
Best Albums of 2017 #4 Protomartyr – Relatives In Descent
“Not the sound of weepy, liberal hand wringing, more the jagged, desolate contempt of a man who cares about everything but can fix nothing.”
Best songs of 2017 #16 Rancid – Ghost Of A Chance
From the album Trouble Maker
The Dwarves – Sugarfix/Thank Heavens For Little Girls
Originally released “Some time in 1993”. Review originally published “Some time in 2008”. If punk rock’s highest level of evolution … More
The Bronx – II
“Thank your lucky stars that LA’s The Bronx are back with a second album of post-post modern …punk rock.”
