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Others playing @SlamDunkMusic next year include @GrayscalePA, @destroyboysband, @noahfinnadams, @LessThanJake and @kighofficial!

The UK’s number one pop-punk/emo festival is back for its 17th year. Slam Dunk Festival 2023 unveiled its first wave of acts, including Enter Shikari and The Offspring as the first two headliners. Other acts announced include Maggie Lindermann, Bowling For Soup, Creeper, girlfriends, Less Than Jake (performing Hello Rockview in full), Grayscale, Four Year Strong, Zebrahead, Charlotte Sands, and…

Album Review: Youth Club by Sharp Shock

Power-punk trip Sharp Shock release their second album Youth Club on 25th May via Heart & Skull. Singer/guitarist Davey Warsop (Beat Union, Suedehead) and bassist/vocalist Dan Smith (The Dear & Departed; world-renowned tattoo artist) are both UK exports but didn’t cross paths until they were both transplanted to California. Jared Shavelson (The Hope Conspiracy, Paint It Black), a jazz-trained…

TEENAGE TARGETS #6 - COSTELLATION #2

La influencia de los primeros discos de Elvis Costello ha llegado hasta nuestros días. El sexto programa de Teenage Targets está dedicado a bandas desde los 90 hasta nuestros días, con ramalazos costellianos. Un episodio especialmente dedicado a los muchos fans de la nueva ola británica!

The UK has a great musical history, but it's fair to say that the average pop-punk band from these shores will often be overlooked. Fuck that. We've had plenty of excellent bands in the last 15 years and we wanted to highlight just a few....

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And as always you can download it directly: Click me for an M4A file please! What tracks did we play this week?

The Xcerts -"Carnival Time", taken from the album 'Scatterbrain"'

Appease - "Fragrance Of Existence" taken from the EP 'Act 5 Scene 3' Captain Everything - "There's No I In Scene", taken from the album 'It's not rocket science'

Beat Union - "Stay On The Line", taken from the album 'Disconnected'

A - "Down On The Floor", taken from the album 'A vs. Monkey Kong'