Tag: alternative
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The Return of Buzzcocks: 70s Punk to 2022… “Sonics in the Soul”
This legendary Manchester punk band needs little introduction. 77’s Spiral Scratch. 78’s Love Bites. 78’s Another Music in a Different Kitchen. Three landmark albums. Matched with their melodic punk-pop proving irresistible with hit singles; paving the way with British punk as one of the earliest releases, the band are back. Largely eschewing politics, they instead […]
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Sports Team: “Gulp!” album review – vivid in detail, chaotic in all the right places
There’s something extra when it comes to likes of Sports Team. Leaving round-the-block queues for Moth Club ambition and Mercury prize nominations aside, they have pizzazz by the pint either, through their explosive live state or their wired slabs of guitar pickings that are just out to have a load of fun. Here for a […]
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Kid Kapichi: “Here’s What You Could Have Won” album review – an explosive behemoth of raw punk
Earlier this year, four twenty-somethings from Hastings were rewarded for their graft with a record label signing. Welcome to the new world, The new normal, Look at us queuing up, so formal: From independently releasing their fittingly titled-debut, This Time Next Year in 2021, as predicted, Kid Kapichi ((it’s Kapee-chee) are now releasing their successive […]
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YOUR NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: 23/09
With a world strife in post-punk and hard-edged rock, we take a look at this weeks’ NEW MUSIC FRIDAY, with a whole host of new showings people are getting into already. A bristle of a barbed wire hook there and a shuddering jolt of sludge-rock, Kid Kapichi are tearing up the place with their new […]
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Dead Pony: “War Boys” EP review – rousing debut for Glaswegian rockers
Get ready to roll out the ragged carpet of red-hot, there’s a new band in town. This is Dead Pony. A collective hailed by the bold and brazen of Sam Fender and Wolf Alice – with a headline show in London’s new flavour, The Lower Third to back up claims – Dead Pony are appearing […]
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