CPRW Podcast

Here is part two of our newest series Album Club. For this episode Colin, Dan and Lara are joined by a good friends and very special guest - Tone from London regret punks Burnt Tapes. During the episode we discuss our favourite albums from 2015 featuring Direct Hit, Fidlar, Timeshares and Will Tun & The Wasters. Burnt Tapes https://www.facebook.com/burnt.tapes/ https://burnttapes.bandcamp.com/ Dir...

In this special episode of the CPRW Podcast Colin is joined by the INiiT Records roster to play Fantasy Festivals. He was joined by label boss and Our Lives In Cinema singer Mark Bartlett, Ell from BaldHead & The Dreads, Jade from Ode To Sleep and Zyggy of High Visions. Playlists: WTFest: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JX8CCJ6mQsBJfFIEe0p8t?si=fb55895702ed48e7 Ell-quinox: https://open.spotify....

We're debuting a new series in episode 18 of the CPRW Podcast. Colin, Lara and Dan#2 will each pick an album or EP for the others to listen to. We then get together to record the podcast and discuss each others choices. At the end of the episode we then vote on which our favourite is with the winner of the episode getting to choose which year we pick an album from next time. In this episode we dis...

In episode 17 of the CPRW Podcast Colin takes a suggestion from one of his lovely listeners and presents an episode about promoting DIY gigs. He is joined by Makky Hall of Crowley's Bar in Hastings, Maša Novak who runs Mope Promotions at The Banshee Labyrinth in Edinburgh and Jordan Harris of Alright Mate Promotions and the New Cross Inn in South London. We discuss getting into promoting, positive...

Colin is forever banging on about how good the punk scene in Europe is. In this episode of the CPRW Podcast Colin is joined by Joelle of Lockjaw Records, Max of Captain Asshole and Leo of Forever Unclean, Fabled Mind, Kill The Rooster and Rebuke to play a game of Fantasy Festivals. Only this time there's a twist as the main focus is picking bands from mainland Europe to shine a light on the amazin...

In Episode 15 of the CPRW Podcast, Colin and Lara are joined by Paul Smith (Be Sharp Promotions, All Corners Artist Booking) and Mike Smith (Be Sharp Promotions, Triple Sundae) to discuss what they think is the best last song ever. Along with suggesting nominees for the best last song they discuss what they think makes a great last song. Colin also surprises the others with a fun quiz which didn't...

Here's a special bonus episode I recorded with Paul Smith (Be Sharp Promotions) and Eddie Griffiths (Upsurge) of the New Cross Inn in South London to discuss their brand new venture All Corners Artist Booking. https://www.acabooking.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/allcornersartistbooking/ https://www.facebook.com/All-Corners-Artist-Booking-102508381909779 https://twitter.com/ACABooking https://co...

Robyn takes over as host in this week’s episode for a special International Women’s Day edition of the podcast. She’s joined by podcast regular Lara, as well as special guests Sarah of Shout Louder and folk punk artist Katie MF. They reflect upon their personal experiences as womxn in punk, both positive and negative, with discussion points that range from nudity at shows, online culture, challeng...

In this episode Colin is joined by Jak from Just Say Nay, Callum from  Toodles & the Hectic Pity and Beth from Flinch, 10am, Slowlight and  Grave Matthews to discuss their fantasy festival line ups following our  strict(ish) rules. Beth Fest: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4YCqiSofUaAErMNZfDlqXq?si=GB45uMaiQj2tswSGVtWuLw Pity Party: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5Wr2FI5yrhOkoRbYNbiqEe?si=WL...

Colin is joined by Lara, Omar and Richard to discuss all the things that  punks argue about on the Internet. We cover a lot of topics ranging  from what punk means, politics in punk, diversity, safer gigs, punk  uniform, paying for music, guest lists, crowd surfing, selling out, meet  and greets, crowd funding and why ska is the best. Super nerdy music chat goodness. Lara has her own YouTube chann...

Colin is joined by CPRW regulars Robyn and Brett as well as special  guests Katie MF and Craig "C-Rage" Darran to play Fantasy Festivals. Here are some playlists for the festivals: Brett's Rocky Lego Punk Rock Fest: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5IF4JlCNOoV6WofOE9pBE2?si=vB35XTvJTau1rCrJPnOzQQ Craig's Don't Get Stressed Fest: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3dtP44yOHpcr9f07tae6NC?si=_bHsPrhs...

It's episode ten of the CPRW podcast. In this episode Colin is joined by  Lara, Matt of Ear Nutrition and Pook of Redeemon/Pookout Records to  discuss why we think people are reisistant to checking out new bands and  only listen to bands from their youth. We mention these bands: Captain Asshole: https://captainassholepoppunk.bandcamp.com/ Hot Stove Jimmy: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ow0auGFEN...

In this episode of the CPRW Podcast Colin and Dan#2 are joined by their good friend Makky Hall who works as a promoter at Crowley's Bar in Hastings as well as a writer for Rock Freaks, Fistful Of Metal and Down For Life. Colin, Dan#2 and Makky have a great time discussing all things venues. They talk about the venues that first got them into DIY music, the differences between big and small venues,...

In the latest episode of the CPRW Podcast Omar sits down with Ben Webber  from Deux Trois and formerly of Carvings and We Are Adam West. https://www.facebook.com/deuxtroismusic/ https://deuxtrois.bandcamp.com/

In this Episode of the CPRW Podcast Colin is joined by Sarah from Shout  Louder and Paul from Be Sharp to discuss Do It Together Fest, Sarah's  new book titled Papercuts Two and we play a game of Fantasy Festivals.  Enjoy. Pre-order Papercuts #2 here: https://shoutlouder.bigcartel.com/product/papercuts2 Shout Louder: https://shout-louder.com/ Be Sharp Promotions: https://www.faceboo...

In episode six of the CPRW Podcast Colin is joined by Lara, Robyn and  Brett to discuss playlists and favourite Christmas songs. Colin also  learns what Merry Christmas is in Welsh and Africaans. We had fun!

In episode five Colin is joined by Richard, Dan#2 and Lara to discuss our fantasy festivals. We set ourselves some strict rules to ensure that our festivals are inclusive as something we all felt really strongly about. We've also created playlists to give you a feel of what each of our days will be like. These can be found below. (Obviously don't check these out if you want to avoid spoilers). Dan...

In this episode of the CPRW Podcast Colin is joined by Chris and Lara, two vinyl enthusiasts on Instagram and his old friend Matt from Ear Nutrition to discuss vinyl records. We cover such topics as why we started collecting records, discuss our thoughts on variants, our favourite records shops and loads more. If you enjoy record collecting then this is a must listen for you! Ear Nutrition http://...

For Episode three of the CPRW podcast Colin is joined by Paul and Mike from Be Sharp Promotions. The brothers are two of Colin's best friends from the world of punk rock so it was amazing to have a catch up. Colin finds out how much they know about the gigs and bands they put on with a couple of quizzes and we discuss what we think is the greatest track one on a punk album ever. This is one of tho...

In this episode of the CPRW Podcast Colin is joined by the international members of the team, Marcus from Texas and Robyn and Brett from Johannesburg. We discuss our recent release To The Front, Joe Biden, our listening habits during lockdown, vegan chocolate, cats, our favourite gigs ever, we discuss the scenes in Texas and Johannesburg, what we think about filming at gigs and we all recommend an...

Welcome to the very first CPRW Podcast brought to you by the wonderful people who do the UK based punk rock blog Colin's Punk Rock World and CPRW Records. In this episode Colin is joined by Dan#2, Omar and Richard to discuss our listening habits during lockdown, the last gigs we went to, band names, what it's like being in a band during lockdown, albums we're looking forward to and we reveal one o...