Badlands Punk Festival – A Lincoln Gem
admin When it comes to music, I never thought of myself as part of a ‘scene’. It all felt too cliched, niche, and a bit too much like being labelled. Part…
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Gig in a Field 6
On the opening day of the football season, instead of following the Imps as is customary, I sat in a field with hundreds of other people watching music. It was…
Six Great Songs About Football
As we get closer to the Euros, you’ll undoubtedly begin to hear more football songs on the radio. The same ones always get rolled out: World in Motion, Three Lions,…
Seven Albums I Couldn’t Live Without
I’ve always had two constants in my life: music and football. It doesn’t matter what has been happening to me; they’re the markers by which my history is measured. Certain…
After 30 Years, I’ll Finally See You In The Pit
A mosh pit is not a place I’ve really ever felt comfortable. I remember my first experience of a pit. It was September 1995, Green Day were touring Insomniac, and…
The Ferocious Dog AGM: A Subculture Without Age
It’s been a big weekend in the folk-punk world: the release of the latest Ferocious Dog Album, Kleptocracy, and the band’s ‘AGM’, an all-day event at Rock City in Nottingham.…
Millie Manders And The Shutup Gig Review
It’s been a whole year since we first witnessed Millie Manders live. Back then, the band were a support act at Dogfest in Boston, and we were blown away with…
What Is Punk? Badlands 3 Festival In Lincoln
This weekend I had the immense pleasure of spending time amongst the Lincoln Punk Collective at the third annual Badlands festival. It was an eclectic weekend of styles, from pop-punk…
Ferocious Dog at The Drill
In 2016, I attended the Levellers ‘Levelling The Land’ tour gig at Rock City. That was my first exposure to Ferocious Dog, and I watched from the sidelines, entranced at…
Dogfest 2023 – Boston Gliderdrome
Dogfest, 2023 at the Gliderdrome in Boston. On paper, it sounds a lot like a low-rent Crufts in one of England’s backwater towns. In truth, it was more like a…