Punktuation Magazine

14/12/2025

Our favourite Manchester punk trio Aerial Salad. returned to London's Blondies on Friday evening, with City Dog in support! Spoiler alert: it was amazing. Check out Alex's review here:

Aerial Salad have serious balls. How else to explain them dropping a whopping six new songs into their set this evening? It soon becomes clear, though, that the trio are on a red-hot songwriting streak; mixing pop-punk, post punk and the odd tip of the hat to that famed Madchester sound, with superb...

14/12/2025

Blink and you’ll miss this one! Johannesburg punks WORMS have just released a 4-song, 5-minute EP of ‘slime punk’, and we can’t get enough of it! Check out Ruth’s review here:

Joburg punkers WORMS released their first tidbit of grubby and raw Punk Rock slime on 5th November 2025. The 4 track EP 'Legless and Grubby' is fast and fierce and plays out at just over 5 mins 40 seconds. The songs cover topics ranging from defunct friendships, Gacy the Killer Clown, a cover of Bla...

14/12/2025

London Witchpunks Rites of Hadda have unsheathed their fourth album ‘Inevitable Machete’ and it’s a feast of prime quality anarcho-punk! Check out Sonny's review here:

Be sure to watch out for something interesting going on in the big smoke at the moment, because they go by the name of Rites Of Hadda. 'Inevitable Machete' is the band's 4th album. “This album is for the outsiders, the witches, the weirdos, the resistors” says front-person Wasperella, “It’s ...

14/12/2025

Reading’s lightning-fast political punks Tape It Shut recently launched their debut album ‘Suspicious Package’ with a beast of an all-dayer, featuring Blagged, Making Friends, Everyone Lies, Missing The Scene, OLD CHASE. Contraptionsuk , Get F**ked and Skinhawk! Check out Hannah's review here:

Reading, UK punk band Tape It Shut just released their first full length studio album - ‘Suspicious Package’ - on 27th November 2025, and to celebrate its release, they arranged an album launch gig with a rad lineup of bands, including Skinhawk, Get F**ked, Everyone Lies, Making Friends, Old Cha...

06/12/2025

Vive Le Rock brought their 15th year to a close in fine style earlier this week, with an X-Mess gig featuring Healthy Junkies, Crashed out, Desperate Measures NZ and Janus Stark! Check out the Punktuation team's review, photos and videos here:

Yep, it’s that time of the year again! Here’s to you, Vive Le Rock - you’ve had a great year (we especially enjoyed the issue with the Brian James feature), and we’re pleased to hear that the anniversary gig is set to become an annual fixture in our calendars.

06/12/2025

Goths may traditionally prefer the cover of darkness, but last month’s Kindred Spirits Day Fest proved a great reason to go out in daylight! Excellent sets came from Balaam and the Angel, Ghost Dance and The Rose of Avalanche - check out Per-Åke Wärn's review and photos here:

Kindred Spirits Day Fest at Signature Brew, Walthamstow was sold out weeks in advance - photographer and reviewer Per-Åke Wärn joined the gothic throng to enjoy an outstanding gig featuring Balaam & the Angel, Ghost Dance and The Rose of Avalanche!

06/12/2025

We were looking forward to Explode the TV's return, and they have not disappointed us! Check out Alex's review of their groovy new EP here:

This EP is only ten minutes long, so that’s perfect for my gnat-like attention span. Opener ‘Catching The Rain’ rides in on a fabulously groovy bass line and those shimmering post-punk guitars that Explode The TV have long made their stock in trade.

06/12/2025

Having played a blinder on the LOUD WOMEN stage during this year’s Rebellion Punk Music Festival, goo are back with a great new single, ‘Payday’! Check out Sonny Tyler's review here:

There is something going down in Yorkshire at the moment, and they go by the name of goo. Based in Keighley, this 4-piece outfit has been releasing music and gigging their way through the UK and Europe since 2022. 'Payday' is the lead single from the band's new album, and that particular long player...

06/12/2025

Nylon Hardcore's debut album ‘Chariot Of The Gods’ was one of our favourite releases of last year, and with new single ‘Enjoy Your View’ just released, we thought it was about time we caught up with them for a chat! Read our interview here:

If I hadn’t gone for a browse in London’s excellent All Ages Records a few months ago, I wouldn’t have heard them playing Sheffield quartet Nylon’s excellent debut album ‘Chariot Of The Gods’ over the PA, and would have missed out on a short-but-great slice of stripped-down and brutally ...

06/12/2025

You can always rely on [spunge] to bring some ska-punk sunshine to a cold winter evening, and they thrilled a packed Signature Brew Haggerston on a Friday night, with Stank Finger and Everyone Lies in support! The evening also saw the launch of the P-Rock Tv Documentary:

https://www.punktuationmag.com/spunge-london-signature-brew-haggerston-28th-nov-2025/

Spunge, bless them, have long had a fine sense of the ridiculous, and the bizarre antics continue to this day. After all, why make a grand entrance when you could just get on stage and offer the crowd some Doritos? Why not pause mid-set whilst the crowd attempts to construct a human pyramid?

29/11/2025

Old school Punks Geezapunx have just dropped an EP - Hannah checks in on their 'Banned Practice':

From Basingstoke and Portsmouth, UK, Geezapunx are a cheeky blend of authentic and rebellious 70’s old school punk. They have released their latest EP ‘Banned Practice’, announcing it on Facebook on 17th November 2025. The whole EP is extremely well written and sounds like proper old school pu...

29/11/2025

Yorkshire Garage Punks The Puncturists recently released their first full-length album - reviewer Hannah checked out 'I'm Not alright':

https://www.punktuationmag.com/album-review-the-puncturists-release-im-not-alright/