Near Oxford street, tucked away from the superficial glitz and glamour, we venture down into the belly of The 100 Club, an iconic venue and beacon for punk-rockers, for MERYL STREEK’s intimate show for the release of his latest album Stories They Don’t Teach You At School, a ferocious album that rips apart the “slimy politics” of today and the disillusionment sweeping through the common people exhausted by constant bad news. This was a night for punks of all ages to get educa

MERYL STREEK takes the jarring and uncomfortable and spotlights it in front of us all on new album Stories They Don't Teach You At School, pulling our heads out of the sand to deliver incendiary punk-rage through spoken-word lyrics over a mix of jagged riffs, breakneck electronic mixes and relentless beats that pack power into every punching track. The Dublin punk poet maintains his status as a live wire in the political sphere, refusing to stay silent on matters the Irish a

The stages were set, the amps were turned up, and the crowd were literally doing lunge stretches in preparation for 3-days of two-stepping and moshing. Manchester Punk Festival has made its deafening return for its glorious 10 th anniversary; 3 days, 8 venues, a jaw-dropping 150+ acts, and the city is full of punk/rock-adjacent fans to support the musicians leading the charge on the anti-establishment scene. In the current climate of fascism, anti-LGBTQ+, racism, and misogy

“ And how can this story not break your heart? ” This line from the track Terence , shouted into the audience, did not feel like a statement but a genuine, pleading question to the world. MERYL STREEK stepped up onto the stage from the audience, not the last time he was amongst the crowd during the set, as the intro to The Beginning played “We should not have 150,000 vacant homes,” set the tone for what was about to come, as MERYL paced back and forth across the stage lik

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Meryl Streek is the frontman of a politically-outspoken Irish avant-garde punk band from Dublin. The group began when he left his former...