Daniel Tsourekas reviews Crawlers’ return to Manchester.
The punk-rock icons celebrate their 50 year career with a greatest hits set at Manchester’s O2 Apollo.
Maddie Drake reviews the highly anticipated fourth album from IDLES. Expect punk-rock mayhem and fist-pumping hooks!
It’s rare to witness a band of only two albums grow to this size and majesty, and the result is a crowd who will roar at every opening drum pattern and bass riff.
“There’s something that’s in there; I can’t play it, I can’t put it into words, I can’t even sing it, but it’s in there”
Phedra Broch writes about what we can expect from A.I.M 2020 applicant, Sonny Baker Royle
Contributors Reece Ritchie and Matthew Wilders deliver a joint review of the punks band PUPs’s show at Manchester Academy 2, giving their views of PUP and the supports, Fresh and Slotface
Writer Reece Ritchie sits down with Manchester punk duo Slap Rash and Leeds based Hamer to discuss Manchester, the scene and all things punk
Taking place below the streets of the city, the event was a timely comment on society in Britain today, perfectly encapsulating the dissatisfied, determined and defiant outlook of today’s youth
The Undertones’ Mickey Bradley opens up about the legacy of ‘Teenage Kicks’, Joe Strummer’s death threat and the accuracy of Derry Girls.
An explosive career-defining set from Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes at Manchester Academy
Lucy Abbott explores the history of black female punk musicians and their underrepresentation in the mainstream
A week ago, I had the privilege of speaking with Janelle Borg (guitar) and Leanne Zammit (bass) from ĠENN, the post-punk Maltese band currently based in Brighton, before the release of their new EP Liminal, which comes out on March 30th. I first asked Janelle and Leanne about the origin of their band and was […]
Throughout, this EP sets the terms. The music pulls you this way and that at will, dragging you from chorus to verse and back again before you’ve had time to realise which way is up
Georgina Davidson chats to Glasgow-based band Walt Disco about their recent UK tour
Writer Archie McLachlan reviews King Nun’s jarring and jagged debut album
Writer Kerry reviews Ezra Furman’s performance at the Albert Hall in which she performed punk influenced hits with an attitude to match
Cameron Taylor caught DZ Deathrays at Manchester’s YES, for a lively but ultimately disappointing show
