2016-08-31 EP REVIEW - IN FOR A PENNY "Every Day Should Be Saint Paddy's Day" (2016)

In for a Penny "Every Day Should be Saint Paddy's Day"Release date: July 3, 2016Runnning time: 15:56, 5 tracks In for a Penny are back with a bunch of ballads and drinking songs. Last year we loved the band’s 9 track debut album. They followed apparently a simple approach, but the final result was...

2016-08-28 FREE DOWNLOADS - INDEX OF "EPs"

Index Of is a band from Rosario, Argentina (the city were Lionel Messi was born). The band was established in 2011 and released an EP sung in English in 2012. A new EP in Spanish was released in 2013. A bagpiper joined the band in 2013 and they released their debut album in 2016. The following tracks...

2016-08-26 VIDEO - SMZB "The Song of the Seagull"

New music video from the Wuhan-based punk band SMZB. The song is based on a poem written by Lin Zhao, a student from Peking University, who was imprisoned for defending students, persecuted during Mao Zedong's Anti-Rightist Movement in the late 1950s. A gifted writer, Lin composed endless articles...

2016-08-22 VIDEO - LEVELLERS "One Way" Live

Levellers' classic Levelling The Land album gets a 25th Anniversary release on the band's own label On The Fiddle Recordings on 18th November.Available as a 2CD+DVD, 2LP blue vinyl set and Box, includes the original album plus a live version recorded at Brixton Academy. Features the hit singles 15...

2016-08-21 ALBUM REVIEW - DRINK HUNTERS "Shameless" (2016)

Drink Hunters "Shameless" Release date: August 10, 2016 Running time: 28:52, 11 tracks Drink Hunters are back with their third album, “Shameless”. Some line-up changes have occurred, as Rosa (button accordion) and Fernando (fiddle) left the band and Biel from Lád Cúig is the new fiddler. However,...

2016-08-20 VIDEO - SHAMBOLICS "Banshee"

"Banshee", a track from the new Shambolics CD "Riot on Race Day".Shambolics - Bansh...

2016-08-19 HOBOFOPO, Four days of folk-punk around Hobart

Have you heard of HOBOFOPO?Just announced for November 2016 - Tasmania is getting a new festival. It’s the first ever Tasmanian, (and as far as we can tell, the first ever Australian) Folk-Punk Festival! What’s that you ask? Well you know folk festivals, where you run from venue to venue to catch...

2016-08-18 VIDEO - BEYOND THE FIELDS "The Falcon Lives"

Beyond the Fields  are thrilled to introduce the second Official Music Video for their album "The Falcon Lives".This time it's the title track itself. The video was once again directed by their good friend Metunar, and once again shot at the Lion.Beyond the Fields - The Falcon Liv...

2016-08-17 VIDEO AND FREE DOWNLOAD - MAD MAN'S CREW "Way to Go"

Mad Man's Crew is a kick-ass band from Veszprém (Hungary) that plays loud folk-punk Rock&Roll. The songs from their demo are regularly played at Celtic Folk Punk radio. They have a video for "Way to Go" and lyrics videos for all of the songs from their demo. Besides, the link to their demo is...

2016-08-16 VIDEO - SIGELPA "L'infern està pujant"

Video for "L'infern està pujant", footage from Sigelpa's Prost! 2016 Tour. Sigelpa - L'infern està pujant ...

2016-08-15 LYRIC VIDEO - MICK O'TOOLE "Still in Cider"

Mick O'Toole lyric video for "Still on Cider", the first single to be released from the new EP 'A Working Class Battalion'Mick O'Toole - Still in Cider ...