photo: Adrien Painchaud Brighton-via-Malta post-punk quartet ĠENN have announced the release of Demo Sessions #1, a handcrafted bootleg CD created entirely by the band and inspired by the raw spirit of underground music culture. Initially produced ahead of the band’s February UK tour, the limited-run CD features an unreleased demo track packaged in handmade sleeves, individually burned, assembled, and personalised by the band themselves. Following overwhelming demand at live

New DIY fanzine launches 20th February, continuing local punk tradition. Malta’s punk community will celebrate the launch of Smashed to Shit: The Maltapunks Zine, a new independent publication documenting the local punk scene on February 20th at Kixott in Mosta. The zine continues the legacy of the original Maltapunks fanzine Pissed and Fucked Up, created by local scene veterans including il-Baħri, iż-Żgħiru, Kinnie, Dr Ċiż, and others in the 1990s/early 2000s. Smashed to Shi