Search results: Little Noise

Review: Leading the modern Oi-punk resurgence, London based bruisers The Chisel made the most violent, pummelling yet endearingly charming impression they could with 2021's debut album Retaliation. Born as a side-project from members of both Chubby & The Gang and Arms Race, the hype and momentum garnered by this initial effort, and brimming around the imminent release of their much anticipated sophomore LP, What A Fucking Nightmare, appears set to catapult the authentic louts further into the punkosphere and onto minimal-security stages the world over. Comprised of 16 curbstomping bangers, drawing on the nastiest/catchiest aspects of oi, hardcore, pub-rock and UK82 street punk, this is venomous Fred Perry-sporting, skinhead roguishness without...you know...any of the other stuff.

Review: After their first round was such a success, Gary Crowley and Jim Lahat have been tasked with pulling together another essential collection of punk and new wave from the 70s and 80s, and you can rest assured they've done it again. There are some major, familiar names here like The Clash, The Slits and Ramones, but there's also a hell of a lot of rare delights from the likes of The Limit, The Art Attacks and The Newtown Neurotics. Musically, there's plenty of range too from spiky three-chord pub rock and punk through to Linton Kewsi Johnson and Dennis Bovell's crossover dub as Poet & The Roots. That's just a tiny overview of this mammoth six-disc set, which takes you deep into the heart of a vital, thrilling period in alternative music.