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Review: A live double album 2xCD + DVD combo from our sugar-coated punk heroes Buzzcocks, recorded at London's iconic Shepherds Bush Empire in 2003 whilst promoting their self-titled comeback album. Boasting new cuts from said LP such as 'Jerk', 'Wake Up Call', and, 'Driving You Insane', peppered amongst essential classics like 'I Don't Mind', 'Fast Cars', 'Ever Fallen In Love (With Someone You Shouldn't Have)?' and 'I Don't Know What to Do with My Life', this iteration of the group featured Tony Barber on bass and Philip Barker on drums, accompanying the late great Pete Shelley and the now-bandleader Steve Diggle. 32 doses of saccharine hooks, fuzzy guitars and powerpop punk beauty transmitted from over two decades ago directly to your ear canals.

Review: Recorded live at Shepherds Bush Empire in 2003, this exhilarating double album showcases Buzzcocks in top form, blasting through 32 of their iconic punk anthems. With key early and founding members Pete Shelley and Steve Diggle on guitar and vocals, along with Tony Barber on bass and Philip Barker on drums, the energy is palpable across the entire setlist. Now available on double vinyl and with a bonus DVD featuring the full concert, interviews with Pete and Steve, sound check footage, and more, this is a must-have for fans and it offers a thrilling glimpse into the raw power and enduring influence of one of punk rock's most pioneering bands.

Review: We all lost a big one in 2018 with the death of Mark E. Smith. One of the most prolific songwriters of the preceding decades, and the only constant member of The Fall, he channelled humour of the disenfranchised, rage of the people, punk sensibilities and experimental tendencies to create something that genuinely sounded fresh. Amazingly, it still did by the time he bid us farewell. That's some longevity of vitality, and when a band has such a lifespan it's almost impossible to even consider a Best Of type release. White Lightening is as close as you'll get, then, focusing on ten tracks recorded by the outfit, in various iterations, between 1978 and 2001 - amazingly, charting two-thirds of the 40 year story in a way which, while not necessary expansive, really conveys exactly what they were about at different points in that career, and throughout their entire era-spanning run.

Review: UK punk rockers Peter & The Test Tube Babies made an initial splash not only with a ghastly band name, but also with a distinctively gritty sound and jokey lyrics, as exemplified by this live album Keep Britain Untidy. All live takes on the band's originally energetic and humorous punk rock, it cathces in full effect. riding on a wave of their nascent popular inclusion in the "punk pathetique" microgenre. Grumbly vocals and raucous drumkit-guitar-crunch slappages come across fourteen wild live moments.