Dublin's Hope Collective
bear trade Blood and sand Waterslide Records Where bear trade make a mockery of the concept of The difficult second album. Paint a picture in your mind of Northern England and a band singing in the ruins of a derelict building, singing through the grime and dirt and greyness of a country split. There's a … Continue reading Bear Trade – Blood And Sand
Luvdump Age of austerity (Pumpkin Records) As someone born in 68 and introduced to music by punk rock I grew up with the protest song. That could have been the clash, the jam, crass or new model army bands seemed to have something to say about the state we lived in. Of course that has … Continue reading Luvdump – Age of Austerity
These keep coming thick and fast. For anyone to do more than 2 zines in 12 calendar months is a huge achievement. Positive creed is regular as you can be when you are doing it all yourself. Basic enough Interviews with the vibrators, cockney rejects and Chokin' Susan are supplemented by more wordy efforts from … Continue reading Positive Creed *23
Suspect device * 55 So it's been around for 55 issues and says fuck the mainstream in the front cover. The rest I could leave up to you but I won't. Tony and fax have the same straightforward style since issue 1 and they aren't gonna change now. Why should they? It's not broke, it … Continue reading Suspect Device *55
This is such a great idea. Almost like a festival in a venue. 2 rooms, bands on mainly alternate times and 2 diverse styles on show. The ex room is one for expire mental musicians. Those not quite ready to conform to verse chorus style whilst the other is a full on musical onslaught, not … Continue reading The Ex – Festival Birmingham
Winnebago deal Bail out. 3/4 of this ep has songs under 2 minutes. Blink and you might miss them but thankfully your aural senses will still be fresh and subsequently refreshed if you turn up the volume here. Recorded 7 years ago but sounds like it could have been yesterday . I missed Winnebago deal … Continue reading Winnebago Deal – Bail Out
“The world Feels Lost and Broken Down Tonight” 1. Billy Bragg – Power in A Union 2. Avail – Tuning 3. Roughneck Riot – Ignorance Is Easy 4. Rvivr – The Seam 5. Hard Skin – Another Terrace Anthem 6. Christy Moore – Companeros 7. Benjamin Zephaniah – Things We Say 8. Carla Bozulich – … Continue reading Hope Show 57 – the lowdown
Personnel ep dot dash records available here Shitty limits brought out an album of carefree punk rock a few years ago. Live they were great as they brought this two minute slabs to the stage. Sadly they were short lived but one of them has reappeared on personnel. The attitude hasn't changed. Brash. The sound … Continue reading Personnel – ep review
Plenty of good interviews in this zine. Interesting observations from people who have been around the punk scene firyears, Dunstan Bruce, Attila the stockbroker and nicky Tesco from the members. It's not stuck in a time warp though as crash Dillz and Healthy junkies who are new to me also get a chance to spread … Continue reading Positive Creed Fanzine
Hope Show 56 "If I could tell you one thing now that you're beautiful and there's no need for changing like that old cassette" 1. Propagandhi - Dear Coach's Corner 2. Holiday - Missiles on The Roof 3. Personnel - Close Quarters 4. Chris Dodge / Dave Witte - Whiffletree 5. Moutpiece - Back in … Continue reading Hope Show 56 – the lowdown
