Bratakus is one of those bands we interviewed back in 2016, when they were still new to the scene. The duo consists of sisters Brèagha and Onnagh Cuinn, who formed Bratakus in the picturesque village of Tomintoul in the Scottish Highlands. The place may be famous for its whisky distillery, but the siblings told us […]

Ten years ago, we first featured Chile’s Gris Castigado with a review of their 2016 maxi-single Mente Subterránea. That record followed the band’s debut Cementerio Lunar, released in 2015 through their own label Cisterna Bizarra, and already had them drifting in the twilight zone between deathrock, goth, and post-punk melancholy. Gris Castigado first formed after […]

Abrazos is a raging punk trio from the South Coast of England, originally started by Suspect Device zine editor Tony Whatley as a way to deal with frustration by playing some angry punk tunes. He was later joined by Alan Growbag on bass, and in that line-up they worked as a studio project before bringing […]

The new music platform Subvert finally launched earlier this month. For anyone who hasn’t followed it, Subvert is a collectively owned Bandcamp alternative where artists and labels can sell directly to listeners, while the platform itself is owned and governed by its members. I was digging through it for punk records to feature in my […]

You know, when you’re vegan straight edge and into hardcore, you’re never supposed to shut up about being vegan and straight edge. Well, I’ve been both vegan and straight edge for decades now, and I still get excited when I come across new zines like Counter (aka xCounterx) out of Ventura County, California. At first […]

A few years ago, I published the fourth issue of my print zine, which included a great Brittany, France scene report written by Manu of Litovsk and Senseless Acts of Anger label. To this day, it remains one of my favorite scene reports I’ve read. Not only because there are some really great bands coming […]