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Palberta Deliver Palberta5000, A Delicious Fusion of Punk and Pop
The all-female New York trio Palberta release Palberta5000 this week. “While punk music was our first love, pop music has become our fixation.” — Palberta And such intoxicating music is created with that fusion of influences. Palberta5000 is full of glorious harmonies but at the same time spikey guitars. 16 tracks on an album with […] More
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Turnstiles: New Music to Listen Out for in 2021
What we’re really looking forward to in 2021 are new records from some of the best bands around right now. Here, Julia Mason talks to Galway based punk five-piece Turnstiles about their new music and debut EP which was released on 8 January 2021. Being an independent musician was hard even before COVID-19 brought the […] More
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SPRINTS Debut EP Manifesto Is One To Listen Out for in 2021
What we’re really looking forward to in 2021 are new records from some of the best bands around right now. Here, Julia Mason talks to Karla Chubb from Dublin based band SPRINTS, whose debut EP, Manifesto, you need to listen out for in 2021. Being an independent musician was hard even before COVID-19 brought the […] More
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Slender Pins: Music To Listen Out for in 2021
What we’re really looking forward to in 2021 are new records from some of the best bands around right now. Here, Julia Mason talks to the punk four-piece, Slender Pins, whose new music you need to listen out for in 2021. Being an independent musician was hard even before COVID-19 brought the world to a […] More
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The Clockworks: New Music to Listen Out for in 2021
What we’re really looking forward to in 2021 are new records from some of the best bands around right now. Here, Julia Mason talks to the punk four-piece, The Clockworks whose new music you need to listen out for in 2021. Being an independent musician was hard even before COVID-19 brought the world to a […] More
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Shame Give Us Second Album Drunk Tank Pink, and It Is Worth the Wait
Shame‘s 2018 debut album Songs of Praise saw them proclaimed as one of the leaders of an ever-growing group of post-punk bands. It has felt like a long time coming, but shame’s second album Drunk Tank Pink is set for release 15 January 2021. This is still shame, but with their hearts on their sleeve. […] More
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Turnstiles Turn Up the Dial With Their Debut EP
Galway based punk five-piece Turnstiles release their debut EP, The Turnstiles EP on 8 Jan 2021 on Blowtorch Records, and I tell you this is the way to start 2021. With a blistering attack and full-on “Come on, let’s have you” attitude, the four tracks are full of fire. They speak of the impact of […] More
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Enola Gay Debut with Single The Birth of a Nation
Bands currently find themselves with a mountain of possibilities if they want to express the current state of affairs through their music. The list of subjects in our turbulent world right now seems endless, from COVID-19 to the behaviour of politicians, to social justice, the environment and attitudes on climate change to name just a […] More
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Dead Horse, but No Need to Flog as Feral Woman Is a Stomper
Is that frogs croaking and insects buzzing at the start of Dead Horses new single “Feral Woman”? The atmosphere is one of the Delta, with almost a rockabilly rhythm and a grungy bluesy backdrop. A wild swaggering song which played live would absolutely get the crowd moving. The dirty garage guitars and beat of the […] More
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The Clockworks, Because You Know Enough Is Never Enough
The Clockworks had a surprise single release on Friday 6 November “Enough Is Never Enough”. The track had its first airplay on BBC Radio1 Future Sounds show with Annie Mac, which says it all about how far the band has come. The four-piece formed in Galway, Ireland and signed to Alan McGee’s Creation23 label almost […] More
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Press Club: Hold the Front Page
In one glorious week back in April 2019, I went to a couple of gigs that literally blew my mind. Fontaines D.C. at King Tuts in Glasgow two days after their debut, Dogrel, was released, and the Press Club gig at Sneaky Pete’s in Edinburgh. I had no plans for the Friday of that […] More
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Stomping Skinny Lister and Some Trouble on Oxford Street
In April 2015, I saw Skinny Lister live at the Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh. It was a wild, rip-roaring, swash-buckling gig with a flagon of alcoholic beverage passed around the crowd. That tour was to promote Skinny Lister’s second album Down On Deptford Broadway, and I am delighted to say that its 5th Anniversary is […] More
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