DeeCRACKS – 20 Years. A Frantic Effort (3×10” set)
DeeCRACKS 20 Years. A Frantic Effort (3×10” set) (Pirates Press Records) Since vinyl has retaken the amount of interest that it has among music…
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The Low Budgets – Leave Us A Loan LP
The Low Budgets Leave Us A Loan (Picture Disc reissue) LP (Schuylkill Records) Alright, the fact is that not every punk rock record is…
The Drowns – Blacked Out LP
The Drowns Blacked Out LP (Pirates Press Records) While the number of ways that a band may choose to change their sound in the…
The Complicators – s/t LP
The Complicators s/t LP (Pirates Press Records) While it’s very easy for any critic to come off as surprised when a band reassembles a…
Brigata Vendetta – This Is How Democracy Dies LP
Brigata Vendetta This Is How Democracy Dies LP (Pirates Press Records) Okay, after the last few years of pundits both educated and ill-informed questioning…
The Vapids – Revenge Therapy LP
The Vapids Revenge Therapy LP (independent) Beyond a certain point, it’s understandable how fans of any given punk band lower their expectations of new…
Billy Liar – Crisis Actor LP
Billy Liar Crisis Actor LP (Pirates Press Records) It feels unlikely on the surface because, like Henry Ford, punks often want to proclaim that,…
The Dwarves – Concept Album LP
The Dwarves Concept Album LP (Greedy Media) To say that The Dwarves have been around and weathered a lot of pop cultural storms is…
Volores – Ages LP
Volores Ages LP (Broken Stag Records) It may come as a surprise, but there’s a reason that I elected to review Ace Of Wands’…
SLIP-ons – Heavy Machinery EP
SLIP-ons Heavy Machinery EP (Scamindy Records) There aren’t many ways for a band to write songs which sound unmistakably similar to the work of…