Instant Bin – Leeds, England, United Kingdom The title of “Introducing Instant Bin” is the result of an exponential rise in the two-piece formula within Punk music. The band originally formed in Brighton but have taken the trip north to Leeds in order carve out an attentive whole in the…
Full NutritionManchester Punk Festival “MPF 2020 and Other Tall Tales: Ian ‘Tree’ Robinson” is relevant to the question above. A question that is in its sixth iteration of annual linger. MPF 2020 is indeed fast approaching, that much is true but it simultaneously seems to be taking its sweet and possibly…
Full NutritionManchester Punk Festival “Why Manchester Punk Festival 2020?” – Is the title of this written piece and the poster created by the festival that you can gaze and probably quite reasonably salivate over placed above is your answer! There’s no need for me to bore you away from your busy…
Full NutritionNo Lights – San Francisco, California, USA The words – No Lights – Stay Awake/June Bug recently appeared in my cavernous inbox. The four-piece hail from San Francisco, Calfornia and through a concoction of Post-Punk, Alternative Rock, Post-Hardcore and emotive gloom, might just be the band you are looking for. The…
Full NutritionDeux Furieuses – London/Glasgow, United Kingdom It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these introductory pieces designed to send your ears off toward sonic exploration. So, upon sifting through the cavernous inbox of what can only really be described collectively as hard-working people, I came across some chatter…
Full NutritionLast Reserves – St. Helens, England, United Kingdom Last Reserves – ‘Pink Bits’, enters into a Punk scene focussed on either overtly heavy-Hardcore or fast, melodic and technically wonderous Skate Punk. The aforementioned branches on the ever-widening Punk tree are themselves ever-growing into a healthy scene and to follow them…
Full NutritionGrow 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…
Full NutritionStages In Faith – London/Essex, England, United Kingdom. Through researching new material for the ever-growing, labour-intensive but ever-so worth it Ear Nutrition Spotify playlists (Here) and in conversation with one Charlie Jones-West from UK Hardcore need-to-knows SickOnes, I stumbled a cross a band that have excellently achieved something which I…
Full NutritionSplinter – London, England, United Kingdom. Punk is a ubiquitous force and this is especially so in London, England. Will, Jordan and Mark make up a three-piece dedicated to nothing but the truth and the true dismal sense of dread we feel in this modern society. They are a band…
Full NutritionBeefywink – Bristol, England, United Kingdom. One of the excellent things about music in and around the city of Bristol is how versatile and all encompassing the locales bands are. Whether it’s Indie, Punk, Post-Punk, Grunge or something simply guitar-driven at the base of it and adaptable, you can’t argue…
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