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Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner On The Best Punk & HC Of 2019

Our head Gardner is close to rounding off a decade of blazing Noel's Straight Hedge columns... but before that there's one last task for this year: rounding up ten of the best and the best of the rest when it comes to punk, HC &c.

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New Weird Britain In Review For November By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner looks the length and breadth of this island for music made or inspired by migrants and aided by those in other countries. Waqwaq Kingdom portrait by Marco Tinari

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: Punk & Hardcore In Review For October

Noel Gardner is back once more with all that is belligerent, resonant, caustic and pummelling in the righteous world of punk, hardcore and beyond. (Those who hate metal should tread cautiously...) High Command portrait by Bill Shaner

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Straight Hedge: Punk & HC Reviews For August By Noel Gardner

Why is everyone in everyone else's bands, asks Noel Gardner as he presents another smorgasbord of punk, oi, industrial, noise rock, hardcore and D-beat mayhem. Gauche portrait courtesy of Jen Dessinger

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: Punk & Hardcore In Review For June

Noel Gardner gets to grips with the good, the bad and the ugly of international punk rock - from queer Mexican goths to anti-establishment Australian firebrands

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: Punk & Hardcore In Review For May

This month's selection of punk and hardcore and OMFUG is particularly spicy and trenchant... even by Noel Gardner's standards

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: Your Punk & Hardcore Reviews For February

Noel Gardner says hello to Low Life, Drinking Boys And girls Choir and Muro, while saying farewell to Maximum RocknRoll...

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: Your Punk & Hardcore For October

This month: Nazi Killer, Constant Mongrel, Vanilla Poppers, Black Mold, energised thrash, and hardcore of the blown-out, tone-filthy variety. Come hither and enjoy

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: Your Punk & Hardcore Roundup For August

This month, clear your pipes and cleanse your chakras with Trappist, Sauna Youth, Photogenic and Pascagoula

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: Your Punk & Hardcore Roundup For June & July

Hot high-decibel oiks to keep you sweaty right through summer. Clammy vibes provided by Slumb Party, Regional Justice Center, Fetish and more

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: Your Punk & Hardcore Roundup For April

Scuzzy grind, squelchy wigout and molten-hot tech-grind queer trans anarchism with The HIRS Collective, Hank Wood & The Hammerheads, Geld, Unease, Bad Aura, The Snivellers and more

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: Your Punk & Hardcore Roundup

From Leeds to Arizona to Melbourne, Noel Gardner traverses the globe (virtually) to bring you (actually) the best in new punk and hardcore. Starring: Nasho, Turnstile, Dauđyflin and more.

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: Your Punk & Hardcore For October

Freewheeling hardcore rammage and more in this month's punk and HC round-up, including Permission, The Side Eyes and Sissy.

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Straight Hedge: Punk & Hardcore For August Reviewed By Noel Gardner

New, magnificent noise from Obnox, Limp Wrist, Raw Power and more in this month's punk and HC round-up.

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Straight Hedge: Punk & HC For June By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner probes the boundary areas of punk and finds much to report back on

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Straight Hedge: Punk & HC For April Reviewed By Noel Gardner

From the speed metal scene of Helsinki to the Mexican HC underground, Noel Gardner's bringing you all the punk and hardcore you'll need for another month. Fuck You Pay Me photo by Kevin McCann

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Noel’s Foul House: Weird New Britain In Review

What is Noel's Foul House? Let Noel Gardner answer with his pre-emptive FAQs - Foul Assistance Questions - before tackling new music by Casual Nun, Shitmat, Kiran Leonard, Colin Webster and more...

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Straight Hedge: Punk & HC For February Reviewed By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner is back in the punk, hc, crust, oi etc. saddle with reviews of Iron Reagan and Vexx... plus mix! Gutter Knife pic by Ben Hills

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Straight Hedge: The Best Punk & HC Of 2016 With Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner brings you his top ten punk and hardcore records of the year and another top ten of juicy cuts he missed the first time round

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Straight Hedge! Punk Reviews For November By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner is back with punk, hardcore, d-beat, oi & OMFUG releases galore to review

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Straight Hedge: Punk & Hardcore For September By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner once again brandishes the HC secateurs, leaving the punk rock topiary exquisitely shaped and ready for your appraisal

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Straight Hedge: Punk & Hardcore For July By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner only has one problem - finding the space to fit in all of the reviews into this column that he wants. But enough with the flexi discs already

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Straight Hedge: Punk & Hardcore For May With Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner brings you all of the punk, HC, oi and crust releases worth talking about and ponders artifice

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Straight Hedge: Punk & Hardcore Reviews By Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner casts a forensic eye over the best underground nuggets from the world of punk and hardcore... and he's done us a mix!

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Straight Hedge: The Best Punk & Hardcore In 2015 With Noel Gardner

Noel Gardner rounds up his favourite underground punk & harcore releases of the year. Contains NSFW imagery

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Straight Hedge! Noel Gardner Reviews Punk & Hardcore For September

What is punk rock? asks Noel Gardner. Well, it turns out that punk rock is not punk rock; except when it is

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: Punk And Hardcore For July Reviewed

Noel Gardner examines the current intersection between hardcore/punk and politics, reviews the best of the new releases and revisits the work of the god-like Leatherface. Picture of Institute by Breanna Kay

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It’s Noel’s Straight Hedge! The Latest Punk & Hardcore Reviewed

Noel Gardner's punk and hardcore reviews column returns with some thoughts on music's eternal obsession with youth and write-ups of new releases from Poison Idea, Terveet Kädet, YDI, Violent Reaction, Hard Left, Sheer Mag, Christi, The Coneheads and Foot Hair

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Noel’s Straight Hedge: The Latest Punk & Hardcore Reviewed

In a busy month for his Straight Hedge column, Noel Gardner looks at trans visibility in the hardcore scene as he reviews a demo from G.L.O.S.S., and covers new releases from Dark Blue, Give, Cheena, Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät, Karanteeni, Couch Slut, Generacion Suicida, G.L.O.S.S, Jackals, Mangle

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Noel Gardner’s Straight Hedge XI: Punk & Hardcore Reviewed

Celebrate! Noel Gardner is back with more punk and hardcore reviews and discusses the punk rock/ drinking scrumpy/ washing machine on a 30 degree spin cycle interface

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Noel’s Straight Hedge X: Punk & Hardcore Reviewed

He's back! Noel Gardner returns with an in-depth look over recent punk and hardcore releases, featuring Perfect Pussy (pictured), The Good Wife, The Offenders, Lumpy & The Dumpers, No Babies, Lotus Fucker and more

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Noel’s Straight Hedge IX: Blackened Punk, Or Don’t Shoot The Messenger

In his latest punk and hardcore column, Noel Gardner dares tread into the juncture where black metal meets punk, from Raspberry Bulbs and Ildjarn to Detroit's ribald leathermen Shitfucker (pictured)

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