Sky Tigers – Lowell, Massachusetts, USA Ah yes, the inextricable tendrils binding Punk, Hardcore and Thrash and the invariable tendency they have to coalesce. Introducing SkyTigers is relevant to that sentence and the meaning drawn from it. The Massachusetts band started in 2010 and until recently were unknown to me,…
Full NutritionGrand Collapse – Bristol, England, United Kingdom (Again, please?) Grand Collapse and Empty Plinths. These are words that many have been waiting for. Well, the former followed by something in full-length form to be more precise. Grand Collapse are infamous, notorious and have now returned via the likes of TNSrecords…
Full NutritionTNSrecords – Manchester, England, United Kingdom TNSrecords Vol 4: Cheap Cans, Broken Vans and Basement Bar Bands is a release marking a considerable milestone. In the world of underground, independent and DIY record labels, every release is an achievement. However, to reach a hundred separate releases on a label that…
Full NutritionIan Glasper – The Scene That Would Not Die, England, United Kingdom “And The Music Is Still So Invigorating: Ian Glasper” is an insightful interview you are about to read at a time where it is the most required. Veteran Punk-Rock musician and author Ian Glasper will have, by the…
Full NutritionFalaun – Liverpool, England, United Kingdom Despite having only existed for around a year up until this point, Falaun and their debut Fools are making their respective marks on the UK Punk scene. I may have just essentially personified Fools as an entity in itself and as much as that may…
Full NutritionFake News – Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia I’ve been waiting for the following words, Fake News – Break The Silence for some time now. The former part of said written characters has featured on Ear Nutrition before, on one of the site’s earlier and now most-read reviews. Find it –…
Full NutritionCopywronged – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. Caught between a Hardcore and a Punk place, Bristol three-piece Copywronged bring something to contemporary Punk music that seems to have faded out just a little of late. This “something” isn’t entirely gone but within the huge influx of excellent Tech-Punk bands doing the…
Full NutritionHardkore Dokument #1 – Hearing Damage, Worth It, United Kingdom Ubiquitous, omnipresent and fucking impossible to extinguish and nullify. Those are the words I and I should many would use to describe the determined dirge that is United Kingdom Hardcore Punk-Rock. Since the genre’s inception our (not so) great nation…
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