Show #218 arrived fuelled by new releases, tour leftovers and the very excellent artwork from Colleen Villamor that I spotted while reading the very excellent Gutter fanzine #11.
We kicked off with Uncivilized and Bicycle from the brand-new Let Rip LP on NBQ — still hot off the press and already making a racket. Sticking with the two-wheeled theme, Be Your Own Pet blasted in with Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle, a reminder that their 2006 self-titled debut still sounds like sugar-rush garage punk perfection and I see they released a third album in 2023.
From there things got predictably unpredictable with some brand new Salt The Snail and Big Dog, proving once again that doing everything the wrong way can often be exactly the right way.
Bristol’s Split Dogs then tore through Rock N Roll Business, the first taste of their upcoming album Nice ‘N’ Rough. Fresh from Manchester Punk Festival and mid-tour, it sounded like a band in full throttle mode.
Righteous fury arrived courtesy of Bags Of Blood and the perfectly titled If You’re Not Fucking Angry (You Haven’t Been Paying Attention) — a track that pretty much sums up the mood of half the world right now. The temperature stayed high with Pittsburgh’s Blood Pressure and Kick The Ladder, before The Mistakes previewed their forthcoming album Die Laughing with the world’s second play of Life’s Too Short. (fucking love this song!)
Scouse chaos returned with The Social and Dirty Deeds, still buzzing from their recent Outpost appearance, followed by Dropping Like Flies delivering the gleefully bleak Failure Is Always An Option which I picked up courtesy of Nifty 50 Records.
Big international anger came from Dead Pioneers and No Kings, ahead of their upcoming third album Wagon Burner, while Slund and Thronk kept the DIY engine running with fresh noise and upcoming releases.
Italy’s Thunder Bomber brought a change of flavour with Until the Morning Light, previewing Boys Alive, an album promising synths, harmonica, sax and zero genre boundaries.
A darker post-punk turn followed with German band Panikraum, while Siyahkal bridged continents with Farsi-language fury from Toronto via Tehran.
The tempo picked up again with Simple As! (featuring Jim Pizzatramp), which naturally led into the man himself and Pizzatramp’s gloriously feral debut album track, Crackula.
Modern darkness rolled in with Banshee, before the triumphant return of Mclusky reminded everyone why their comeback has been such a big deal.
We closed out the night with new noise from Search For Autonomy from their eponymous album on NBQ Records and the soaring, cinematic sound of Holy Coves, whose new single Hole lands alongside the upcoming Hiraeth LP.
Full Playlist
Uncivilized – Bicycle
Be Your Own Pet – Bicycle, Bicycle, You Are My Bicycle
Salt The Snail – Big Dog
Split Dogs – Rock N Roll Business
Bags Of Blood – If You’re Not Fucking Angry (You Haven’t Been Paying Attention)
Blood Pressure – Kick The Ladder
The Mistakes – Life’s Too Short
The Social – Dirty Deeds
Dropping Like Flies – Failure Is Always An Option
Dead Pioneers – No Kings
Slund – My Song
Thronk – Bombay Bad Boy
Thunder Bomber – Until the Morning Light
Panikraum – Anfang
Siyahkal – Time To Hunt
Simple As – Credit Card You Got It
Pizzatramp – Crackula
Banshee – Death Of A Predator
Mclusky – As A Dad
Search For Autonomy – Protest Song
Holy Coves – Hole
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