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December 9, 2024

Ranking the top 50 (fifty!) greatest debut albums of all time

Ranking albums is always pretty pointless and trivial isn’t it. But shoot me down as I am guilty, they are pretty fun. I love going through Rolling Stone’s insane lists and complaining about just how wrong they are. So move over Rolling Stone, there’s a new wrong list in town…

THIS IS RANK

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November 18, 2024

Grime – the new Punk?: A working class movement… eventually stolen of all meaning and message

I remember seeing a quote from Liam Gallagher back in 2017 or ’18. It was along the lines of “Grime is the modern-day Punk”. It always stood out to me. He was referring to the working-class, rebellious spirit of the genre. Little did Mr. Gallagher know, as time went on the similarities between Punk and…

AROUND THE WORLD

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August 7, 2024

Yard Act @ Millennium Square, Leeds – Every now and then, the chants of “YORKSHIRE, YORKSHIRE” were interrupted by some pretty good music

Saturday 3rd August, Millennium Square, Leeds. Five and a half thousand rockers, punks and… well, pretty normal folk gather for a night of grooving and moving. But did Yard Act and co. prove to be worthy of our £30 (plus booking fee)?

THE REST

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April 25, 2024

BE MORE FUGAZI: How the post-hardcore band defied the whole industry, showing you can still have ethics in this ‘cut-throat, business world’.

It was 1986, the vocalist and guitarist of hardcore punk band ‘Minor Threat’, Ian MacKaye, felt like he was destined for a different direction. He was sick of the current trends in the punk scene and wanted a new project “reminiscent of The Stooges, with a slice of Reggae”. Fugazi was born.

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Tag: punk

Ranking the top 50 (fifty!) greatest debut albums of all time

Grime – the new Punk?: A working class movement… eventually stolen of all meaning and message

Yard Act @ Millennium Square, Leeds – Every now and then, the chants of “YORKSHIRE, YORKSHIRE” were interrupted by some pretty good music

BE MORE FUGAZI: How the post-hardcore band defied the whole industry, showing you can still have ethics in this ‘cut-throat, business world’.