There begins an almost divine premonition at small, personal venues, the first weaving stanzas of a story born in a manger of sticky floors and blown out speakers. A prophecy found somewhere between the dark ceiling, its pattern lost under layers of thick paint and grease, between the bands politely shouting to a sound-tech only across the room, and the screeching roadworks just outside. That, sooner rather than later, the bands here will be found on great, windswept stages,

The SA80A2 may be the current standard issue firearm of the British army, but the vicious barking out the barrel of RIFLE’s debut self-titled album is more than enough to claim that crown for themselves. FLYNN’s war drums, the rapid assaults on guitar from ALBERT and LOUIS , the march of ROSS on bass- it all compliments the screaming barrage straight from MAX’s lungs in a beautiful, beating cacophony; all too indicative of the best influences from the UK’s Anarcho- and Oi!- p

Set in the gorgeous grade II listed Blackpool Winter Gardens, Rebellion Festivals returned for its 29th year of punk by the sea. Bringing swathes of punks from across the world to see the incredible offering of 300+ bands across eight stages over four days of nonstop entertainment is an organisational feat that we can only marvel at.

Aussie punk three-piece The Chats touched down (…up?) in the UK for their final tour of the year, stopping off in Liverpool for a less...