Apparently, HiFi Handgrenades come with the Dave Grohl stamp of approval - so Carry On for nineties-style melodic punk in bite-sized form.

When the multimedia dictionaries of the future are compiled, the entry for “misplaced confidence” will be linked to Silent Shadows by Redemption Unnamed.

The return of much-loved alt-metal trio Kerbdog is equal parts tuneful triumph and nineties nostalgia at the Camden Barfly.

Wade McNeil takes time off from Alexisonfire to put together Black Lungs and, in the form of Send Flowers, produces one of the most authentic and honest punk albums in years.

Slaves To Gravity frontman Tommy Gleeson takes the TDP interview hotseat ahead of the band’s support slot with the recently-reformed Kerbdog.

Turtle Nipple And The Toxic Shock is more full of weirdness than any one album deserves, as spazzcore oddballs Heavy Heavy Low Low hit their stride.

The Hollow Earth Theory prove that you don’t need big label budgets and support to put out a strong modern thrash album with Rise Of Agartha.

Literary lyrics and beautiful booklet art can’t save Take Me To The Sea by Jaguar Love from being an unlistenable cacophony.

They say punk’s not dead, but Severe Zero’s “Silence On The Radio” whips the ailing horse to within an inch of its life.

Yet more weird and wonderful bands join the line-up for Smalltown America’s This Ain’t No Picnic festival.