Category: PUNK
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The Speed Humps – Consumption CS (Tarantula Tapes)
Sometimes the brain craves for some grinding, energetic, intense punk rock music, so that’s the time when The Speed Humps are jumping to the rescue with their latest offering to the broader audience. The Speed Humps are a garage punk quartet emanating from Barre, Ontario, Canada, and Consumption is their most advanced material, released by…
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Kirk And The Jerks – Discography LP + 2xCD (Divison Street Sounds)
This group could be classified as a hidden punk rock gem, completely disconnected from the punk rock scene for over three decades. Still, for those who took music piling and collecting seriously, Kirk And The Jerks are not some unfamiliar faces. The band was formed in Lancaster, PA, back in 1986 by Kirk Rice and…
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Blackup – Club Dorothee CD (Rookie Records / Flight 13 Records)
Blackup is a Belgian post-punk rock band hailing from Gent. This interesting quartet performs since 2011 when their initial record Ease & Delight seen the light of the day. Later on, the group introduced more recordings in 2017, such as Clubbing Into Submission EP and a split release with Brat Farrar. After a couple of…
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The Vibrators w/ Chris Spedding – Mars Casino CD (Cleopatra Records)
The legends are back with a brand new album that will unquestionably shake some bones in the fans of a classic punk rock sound. The Vibrators are a punk rock institution that wanders around for nearly five decades. Since 1976, the group has delivered loads of impressive recordings, with Pure Mania being considered as one…
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Dirty Fonzy – The Sky Can Fall On Us CD
Dirty Fonzy is a longstanding French punk rock group emanating from Albi. The band recorded an impressive amount of recordings throughout the years, and it’s following a tradition of regular live performances at various events, venues, gigs, etc. In their decade and a half running career, Dirty Fonzy has recorded Comix Tattoo EP, a single…
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Mr. Godson – 2nd 7”
Mr. Godson will be the last one to survive, or shorter Mr. Godson is a punk rock quartet originating from Limoges, France. Since their formation in 2010, the group nurtures a characteristic evasive blend of appealing melodies and abrasively rough sound. Their discography spans over numerous recordings, including a debut self-titled demo, a single Press…
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Adolescents – Russian Spider Dump LP (Cleopatra Records)
Adolescents are back with their latest offering to the broader auditorium. Besides Agent Orange and Social Distortion, this legendary Fullerton-based hardcore punk band was one of the principal acts that emerged from Orange County, California during the eighties. Since their formation in 1980, the group went through constant breakups and lineup changes. However, Adolescents somehow…
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V/A – Negative Frequency CS (Home Mort Records)
Home Mort started as a punk collective with the sole purpose of promoting the Sardinian underground music scene. Since their beginnings in 2015, the collective released numerous releases on multiple musical formats. The collective stayed true to the punk rock roots but also encompassed more genres under their branches, such as doom, stoner, sludge, metal,…
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Rite – Youth CS (Home Mort Records)
Youth is a debut cassette EP by Rite, an Italian post-punk outlet shrouded behind nearly minimalistic aesthetics. While I strived so hard to obtain any available information about the artist, I stumbled upon almost nothing on the web. Perhaps the artist tends to remain anonymous as much as possible and lets the music speak for…
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Stöj Snak – Life, Death And Everything In Between LP (Various Labels)
What started as a solo outlet, gradually became an engaging folk-punk band. Niels Højgaard Sørensen started Stöj Snak with the sole purpose to deliver raging acoustic compositions up on the plate, filled with engaging storytelling, which is mainly hearable through delicate lyrics. The group suddenly grew up into the quartet, empowered by the addition of…
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Squonk – S/T CS (Home Mort Records)
Yesterday we talked about GreenThumb, a doom/sludge band that roamed the Italian underground scene for a couple of years. The group ceased to exist after the recording of their second extended play called There Are More Things, so a couple of remaining members decided to start a brand new band named Squonk. The group relied…
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The Drowns – Under Tension LP (Pirates Press Records)
Today we’re talking about the album that unquestionably deserves your full attention. Under Tension is a second full-length recording by The Drowns, a street punk/Oi! group originating from Seattle, Washington. This material was heavily promoted through a series of great singles, such as Demons, Hold Fast/Demons, Black Lung, The Sound, and Wolves On The Throne.…
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