TRAVEL BLOG: Dubrovnik Part Four (Recharging Batteries 20/10/24)
We had big plans for today. They were all put on hold when we couldn’t be arsed to get out of bed. We wandered down […]
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LOUD WOMEN: Reclaim These Streets (2021)
Single to raise funds for Women’s Aid as well as boldly and loudly shouting out against male violence against women. LOUD WOMEN have been around […]
MARK KEDS: Senseless things guitarist goes to the great gig in the sky
Mark Keds, of The Senselss Things, Jolt, the Lams, Trip Fontaine and, most recently, Deadcuts has passed away today. His former band mates in the […]
100,000 Bodybags Split
Welsh punk stalwarts 100,000 Bodybags have called it a day after almost three decades of disobedience. On 22nd May 2020 a statement appeared on their […]
Subhumans + Blunders live @ Clwb Ifor Bach 10/01/20
Subhumans, eighties anarcho-punk pioneers, swing through cardiff to wake up the locals. I’m afraid the cider in the City Arms is too enticing these days […]
DUB WAR: Live @ Cwmcarn Hotel (28/12/19)
As the decade draws to a close, Dub War pop their heads out of retirement for an intimate rare gig in Cwmcarn. The Cwmcarn Hotel […]
DUB WAR: One off gig in Cwmcarn – get them while they are hot
South Wales metal dub punk legends, Dub War are to play a one off special gig in the Cwmcarn Hotel this Christmas For the last […]
Hollywood Brats: First gig since 1974
They were years ahead of their time in 1974. Then they split. Now they are back. The Hollywood Brats are the stuff of legend. They […]
THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS: Sick on You (1973 (2016 Re-issue) – Cherry Red)
Reissue of long lost 1973 album by the Hollywood Brats. ‘Ahead of their time’ is a cliché, but like all cliché’s, it’s true. Certainly in […]
LISTEN AGAIN: Peppermint Iguana Radio # 196 – ‘Class of 79’ special. 25/06/19
In 1979 we had the winter of discontent, Thatcher was elected prime minister, the Muppet Movie was released and Clint and John left school. To […]
Pete Shelley : a personal appreciation by John Robb – Louder Than War | Louder Than War
Journalist and musician John Robb pays tribute to one of the spearks of the UK punk scene Source: Pete Shelley : a personal appreciation by […]
KILLDREN: Overkill is Underrated ep (Self released, 2018)
One day, in the dim and distant future, Efa Supertramp will sit down, take a breather, or even possibly sleep. Until then, she is gonna […]
Rezillos to mark 40 years of punk in Caerphilly
It is almost 40 years since that infamous Sex Pistols gig in Caerphilly, but to prove the ghost of punk still haunts the valleys, 1970’s […]
All change on the Sporadics bus as guitarist Andy departs
It’s all change on The Sporadics bus, with a line-up change for one of the most vibrant and lively punk bands on the current festival […]