Civic – New Vietnam (Anti Fade Records)
Sometimes somewhere a band comes out of the shadows and blows your socks off. Well, Civic just about did that and had the foundations of...
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Smash Fashion ‘Rompus Pompous’ (Electric Pudding)
I think it is important to start with the disclaimer that Smash Fashion has a history of being hit and miss with me. I went...
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Sick Of It All – ‘Wake The Sleeping Dragon’ (Century Media)
Johnny Hayward. Sick Of It All album reviews kind of write themselves these days with a large proportion of them either falling into the “this...
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Fertile Hump – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (self Release)
Craggy Collyde Fertile Hump are a Polish rock ‘n’ roll trio blending a fine mix of blues and garage into something quite special. Emerging...
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Kurt Baker – Brand New B Sides (Ghost Highway Records)
I get it you love Biters and you have a soft spot for the likes of The Cars and Cheap Trick and they all have more...
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The Lazys – Tropical Hazzards (HRD Records)
I had a quick glance at the cover then checked what the band looked like then dropped the needle (so to speak) I can't help...
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X-Darlings – ‘Dead Toy Capital Of the World’ (Lux Noise Records)
Out of all the many excellent underground bands I’ve encountered internationally whilst writing for various music websites over the past decade or so, one of...
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Richard And The Young Lions -Volume 1 (Wicked Cool Records)
Dom Daley. A debut album that took fifty-one years to make? No, it's not Axl Rose and his follow up to the last Guns n...
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Estrons – ‘You Say I’m Too Much, I Say You’re Not Enough’ (Gofod Records)
Johnny Hayward. Every now and then a record comes along that makes you feel so alive and excited that you just want to tell everyone...
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Palmyra Delran & The Dopple Gang – Come Spy With Me (Wicked Cool Records)
Dom Daley. Always a bonus to make it onto one of the planets coolest labels means that you must be doing something right. Right?...
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