MAGNET’s Tim Stegall picks the best punk releases of the year
1) The Saints (I’m) Stranded (In The Red)
2) X Smoke & Fiction (Fat Possum)
3) The Linda Lindas No Obligation (Epitaph)
4) Ramones The 1975 Sire Demos (Rhino)
5) Billy Childish From Fossilised Cretaceous Seams: A Short History Of His Song And Dance Groups (Damaged Goods)
6) Bad Nerves Still Nervous (Suburban)
7) The Vamps Used To Be Cool (Midnight Cruiser)
8) Fucked Up Who’s Got The Time & A Half? (self-released)
9) The Damned AD 2022: Live In Manchester (earMUSIC)
10) Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds That Delicious Vice (In The Red)
Tim Stegall’s first book, Anarchy In The Studio: Punk Music 1970–1979 – The Rise Of Punk Rock, is out via Ruffian Books in early 2025. Pre-order here.
