The Palatines – McAllen, Texas, USA. The Palatines – Vacation To Helheim is a collection of words that denote to some sort of meaning implying two possible outcomes. It clearly pertains some sort of Punk release, that much is obvious but beyond and within that, in what manner do they associate with such sonics? With
The Packets – Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. A disclaimer before we start, The Packets – Bad People, is not a serious release. So if you’re expecting some sort of seriousness, either stay and have some fun or trundle along in search of the revolution. Hailing from Adelaide, the five-piece take classic Punk and the Pop-Punk
The Liverpool Punk-Rock All-Dayer – Studio 2, Liverpool, United Kingdom. The Liverpool Punk-Rock All-Dayer 3: The Bands #2 – It’s really very self-explanatory why we are here. However, if this is the first instance of which The Liverpool Punk-Rock All-Dayer 3 or the event as a whole has graced your ability to decipher characters into words and
The Sissies – San Antonio, Texas, USA. Photography: Oscar Moreno Photography – Here. Introducing The Sissies and The Debut ‘Milksop’ is likely best via a string of words easily understood. Boozey, brash, fuzzed, loud, gritty and abrasive Garage Punk n’ Roll. In May of this year, the band released their debut, Milksop, itself a ten-track
Cardinal Birds – Kiev, Ukraine. Cardinal Birds are from Kiev in the Ukraine and from the image above I’m sure you can ascertain what you’re in for. The sound and style of 90’s Punk from its fast melodic Skate Punk, all the way to its appreciation of the 77′ sound of the Ramones and their
Grow Rich – Jakarta, Indonesia. If you take a look at the world of Alternative music in general right now, you’ll find two echelons and/or stylistic bases that are doing particularly well, those being the ever-diversifying Punk music scene and its often gloomy, ever adaptive cousin Alternative Rock, itself healthy with all its near-constant infusions with just
Iron Gosling – Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom. Self proclaiming themselves as “#drunkrock”, Iron Gosling are a band hailing from Swansea that are perhaps best described as unapologetic and proud of it. The five-piece released their debut eight-track album the (I bet you saw this coming) Happy Hour recently and to be blunt, a lot of fun. Review
Shackleford – Nuneaton, England, United Kingdom. Shackleford are a band not messing around. They play Pop-Punk in the fashion of the old-school before all else. That’s not to say that the contemporary scene isn’t producing stellar music but Shackleford are now two EPs in and have made their bed, with mid-to-fast tempo sheets and ’90s-styled
Superseed – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. (Cover) Photo credit – Steve F Evans Photography. An album that took a great deal of time in the making of sixteen tracks of genre crossing Rock, Superseed’s self-titled is really something. A very long something. Just listening to the album casually, Superseed’s Alternative Rock foundation is very much
