HavenHurst – Montreal, Québec, Canada Hailing from the city of Montreal in Canada, it is safe to bluntly describe the four-piece known as HavenHurst as ambitious, determined and technically proficient, with the band’s third release, Grounded, only perpetuating such a straightforward labelling. In short, the band adore melody but juxtapose…
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Ugly Aglet – Stange, Italy. People bang on about how “90’s Punk is having a huge resurgence” and that it will “never die” and has “never been stronger” quite frequently. It’s everywhere to be frank and to be even more frank, said people are unequivocally correct. Specifically this is correct…
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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,…
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Nieviem – Lincoln, England, United Kingdom. Skate Punk and its global never-ending presence is very much that. As a standalone statement that is very much not news at all and may seem redundant and arguably is; unless you pair it with the fact that the genre’s exponential growth and now…
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Newschooled – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Newschooled are a band that have had it rough, there is no question about it. Line-up issues of the most basic and irritating have very much been their entire existence and often morph into band stopping obstacles. Thus is often the life of an underground…
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Blowfuse – Barcelona, Spain. With Skate Punk so out in force in the contemporary Punk scene and showing itself in many forms within its own status as a microcosm within Punk-Rock, the sheer quantity of excellent and quality music being purveyed and championed right now is almost unfathomable. This is…
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DEAD REST – Chicago, Illinois, USA I likely have no real need to tell you of rich history that Chicago provides when it comes to Punk music, so I won’t, rather we’ll jump straight into a band that just so happens to be from said locale and is currently find…
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Padme – Istanbul, Turkey This review was written by Community Contributor, Adam Brown. ‘WE REALLY LIKE LAGWAGON’ – proclaims their official Facebook page. And with that please welcome to the stage Padme: a fast-paced melodic Punk band from Istanbul, Turkey. Padme are Arda Turan (Bass); Topri (Guitars/Vocals); and Orhi (Drums).…
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Burnt Tapes – London, England, United Kingdom It’s safe to say that London four-piece the Burnt Tapes have made quite the impression these past few years with their self-branded “regret punk” – that being, if you’re unaware that is, their own take on contemporary melodic and emotive Punk-Rock. The band’s…
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Tadpoles – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Punk is universal and 90’s variant is very much an omnipresent force in the contemporary music scene and with that, the Kuala Lumpa four-piece know as Tadpoles warrant your attention ahead of a heavily booked out 2019 where they plan to top the excellent EP that…
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