United Defiance – East Bay, California, USA Ah yes, United Defiance and Change The Frequency. A band from the East Bay Area of California that in more ways than one, epitomise the existence of a DIY Punk band. United Defiance, a band that through multiple formats, personnel changes, loss, uncertainty…
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Stay Awake – Bangkok, Thailand Punk music and community have permeated the globe. This is entirely where Stay Awake and the Portraits EP come in. Though Thailand isn’t usually synonymous with Punk and underground Rock, such a sentiment would be a mistake. It’s definitely there and entirely why a band…
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Seized Up – Santa Cruz, California, USA Seized Up and Marching Down The Spiral enter into a time where the “side-project” is now so much more. The DIY and underground Punk scene may well be rife with new talent, with some refining and refreshing the known and others breaking new ground…
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Sketchy Trench – San Antonio, Texas, USA The words Sketchy Trench and Born In A Ditch are wonderfully related and conjure some interesting imagery; quickly. The San Antonio band released their debut full-length of sorts via Beefcake Records at the end of 2020 and in the spirit of the Skate Punk…
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The Dead Krazukies – Hossegor, France The Dead Krazukies and Icarus are another to join the ironic indomitability of 2020s Punk releases. It is true that this sweetens this sour pot of a year but is more notable after the band’s four-year studio silence. Well, other than a cover of Bad…
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Poor Me – Denver, Colorado, USA Is it any surprise that the video premiere of Poor Me and ‘Classwar’ are returning and surfacing now? No, I suppose it isn’t. The Denver, Colorado band have never been one to shy away from their beliefs and a critique of all things inward,…
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Launch Control – Reading, England, United Kingdom It’s been three long years of political strife since their last commentary and now Launch Control return with the Attention Economy. The Reading band’s evocative, poignant and societally resultant emotional-drudgery-drenched socio-political musings are now in their fourth phase. Although today concerns phase four, I…
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Shellycoat – Hamburg, Germany The legacy of ’90s Punk is a lucrative well of sonics that outdoes itself. Shellycoat and Hide The Knives enter via the influence of the seminal period but in a manner open and free in its exploratory desires. The Hamburg band have been slogging it out since…
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Part Time Killer – Lahti, Finland If there’s one thing you can depend on in these uncertain times, its European and by extension, Scandanavian Punk-Rock. Part Time Killer and The Fight are relevant to this. The Finnish four-piece have returned after nine-years of studio-silence to further propagate their and indeed…
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Freedumb – Østfold, Norway ’90s melodic Punk-Rock and Skate Punk are the itch that simply won’t go away. Freedumb – Post-Modern Dark Age are a part of that itch. It’s an itch that despite repeated scratching only seems to bolden in its determination to always be there and let’s be honest now,…
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