I knew it was going to come to this. I didn’t want it to be now but there has been times in recent years when I knew I would be paying tribute to Pat Ingoldsby.
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We were so lucky to have the so many good people write something for our collection of stories. We reached out to as many contacts as we had and they contacted their friends and so on. Humbled beyond belief.
Play of the day is on the ledge
Tony's songs belong among people who believe music can remember, resist and bring others into the fight. The record’s politics were alive in the room, carried by voices, friendships and the conviction that people acting together can still make a difference. Man on a Bridge records what has vanished and warns us about what may disappear next. Tony may be the man on the bridge, but he is not standing apart from the city. He is mapping the way back in.
Play of the day is not your EX
I first listened to this band in 1980s and have been a huge fan since. It is the band that can do now wrong and certainly have done no wrong in all that time.
Play of the day is not ugly but it might bring tears
Luke, Nina and Greg are three friends who got together as people to play heartfelt punk rock songs. These songs are about parenting, relationships and not necessarily about changing the world. But in a funny way they are, Ugly Crier are part of a community that celebrates the normalcy of life and sing about the highs and lows of our journey through this world.
Play of the day is not just a shop for DIY
This is the New York punks second ep and you know these are no starters. This wall won’t crumble. If you like fast pop hardcore with huge melody then this is absolutely for you.
Play of the day is not a misery
All throughout there is a haunting feel as Seamus Duggan delivers words to Connolly's guitar. Sometimes there’s rhythm, others it is some notes being plucked while Seamus details his verbal tales.
Play of the day is not an exclamation point
Pet Shop Punks Interrobang return with a new record. If you can’t dance to it, it’s not our revolution, and a bop around your front room while listening to music is no bad thing is it?
Play of the day is doing damage
Uk punks Dealing with damage have returned with an expanded line up for the third record of DC inspired hardcore. It dabbles a bit more with an expansion into dub but generally its is guitar driven hardcore stories for you to immerse yourself into.
Play of the day is the Bratakus Way
Straight from the highlands of Scotland with a family steeped in political punk rock Bréagha and Onnagh Cuinn were possibly destined to be in a band. They have been together over a decade sine their initial 2 piece riotous teenage days. It’s great to see a band developing and still as angry as they grow into a world where so many things just don’t make sense.
Mart are in the market with a new record
Music matter but for Mart it is the words and the actions that mean so much. Frontman N Kaos is a man on a mission, be that with his band, his gig organising or his radio show. N Kaos's way of life is spoken through puck rock actions. Mart's music through these 14 tracks is a menacing fast paced punk with nods to UK82 mixed with UK Decay.
Neurosis return with new album a decade on.
If a ghost train wasn't just a fairground attraction Neurosis would be the soundtrack in the speakers, fed through the train at top volume as ghostly figures desolate and gaunt made their way through the carriages. Hypnotic and scary we are made to suffer emotionally as this music is an anti-paean, not expressing joy or triumph but a stark reminder of the mess we have made as humans in this existence.