Coming out this week in celebration of Book Yer Ane Fest niallhope
Comrades – We Got This
Comrades We Got This Fast and full on punk rock. Blistering and angry with dual vocals and angry lyrics. Is there a correlation between anger and not caring? Comrades want to confront, they want to curse and spit and defecate if they feel like it. Or so their lyrics say. "This town I call my … Continue reading Comrades – We Got This
HDQ – When Worlds Collide 7″
HDQ - When Worlds Collide 7" Boss Tuneage Melodic Hardcore punk from the legends that are HDQ. You may not know the history but HDQ have their roots in 80's hardcore. There was a time when the highly influential Leatherface were just starting and on their poster were ex HDQ as 3/4's of them came … Continue reading HDQ – When Worlds Collide 7″
King Tuff – Black Moon Spell
Black Moon Spell Sub Pop Records 2014 I pretended to be a tourist in my city last night and went on a ghostbus tour. On it we were told stories of Dracula, Dr Clossey, decadent Dublin and gravediggers. It was a fascinating two hours as I stepped from the reality of football training and logistics … Continue reading King Tuff – Black Moon Spell
Sissy – Sissy ep
Sissy Sissy EP self released Great to hear bands like this coming together in Dublin. it's lo-fi and full of attitude. This is not the type of band we are used to seeing form on tis fair isle. Sail and Rail - a tale of travel, the way we used to do it in the … Continue reading Sissy – Sissy ep
Protomartyr – Under Color of Official Right
Protomartyr Under Colour of Official Right Hardly Art This is the second album from Protomartyr. 14 songs that emanate a post punk riff based sound. There's touches of the Fall, Wire and maybe even Television but with a garagey background. Amongst it all is the baritone voice of Joe Casey. it doesn't quite have the … Continue reading Protomartyr – Under Color of Official Right
Eaten Alive Fanzine *30
Eaten alive fanzine #30 celebrates derricks 50th birthday as he goes through the myriad of punk gigs he has attended. It's a shame that women seem to bear the brunt of his jokes at times as otherwise this would be a fine read. They do however so it is not. Sporadic interviews with anti social, … Continue reading Eaten Alive Fanzine *30
Riot Tapes – Cardinal Rules out soon
Riot Tapes Cardinal Rules Reekus records I love the name Riot Tapes, if I could judge this band by their name this review would be a completely different collection of words. I had a vision of a band out to upset the music business, maybe low fi but certainly edgy with an attitude as shard … Continue reading Riot Tapes – Cardinal Rules out soon
New video from Gangs
GANGS has released the video for their newest single, the title track from their debut EP, Back To School . The EP is available now from Reekus Records, http://smarturl.it/GANGSbts. The video was directed by Gansee Films and the track was produced by Brian Foley of The Blades. Watch it here: http://smarturl.it/GANGSbtsvid. niallhope
Nomeansno – Dance of the headless bourgeoisie
Nomeansno Dance of the headless bourgeoisie Wrong Records The benefits of telling history stories is that events have usually happened and consequences thereof also exist. Of course in many cases we don't learn and repeate the mistakes and achievements of previous days. IN 1998 Nomeansno released their 12 song double album, thier eight album, and … Continue reading Nomeansno – Dance of the headless bourgeoisie