Actifed- spanning the posipunk pillars of gothic punkerness on the one hand and dubby post punk experimentation on the other Actifed star ‘reformed characters’ Stuart Hemphill , Mick White, Clinton Grace, Dave Rogers 2018 banging out dub punk reggae for our greater pleasure and enlightenmnet- plenty to enjoy here for fans of The Clash or Bauhaus or RDF…Great band. The Satellites- Punk and roll ramalama supreme that goes back all the way to the halcyon days of 1977 and The Roxy/Vortex circuit. Still sounding fabulous and kicking enough ass to teach bands a third their vintage a thing or ten. Punk proper. Self Help-Fizzing Garage punk pop outta Oxford, a little rough-hewn but that’s part of it’s charm and they’ve decent tunes played with conviction “Wacky garage pop of the highest lo-fi calibre, as if Plastic Bertrand and Jilted John had a love child that was brought up by The Modern Lovers” – Nightshift Magazine, May 2017 Twister- Not the Southern punk-pop stalwarts… This is more of an Emo informed act from the North West of England, musically it’s pretty far-reaching and inventive, rocks admirably but is nicely melodic. Gets Proggy in places but never loses sight of heavy hitting hooks.
Source: Dublin Castle website