Track: Protomartyr – Worm in Heaven
Detroit post-punks Protomartyr have released ‘Worm in Heaven’, the second teaser track from their fifth full-length album, ‘Ultimate Success Today’. The song is more of a slow-burner than the band’s outstanding previous teaser track, ‘Processed by the Boys’. It features Nick Cave-esque vocals from frontman Joe Casey and Johnny Marr-ish guitars from his bandmate Greg …
Album Review: Milk Teeth – Milk Teeth
Gloucestershire punk trio Milk Teeth have made quite a name for themselves on the UK’s post-hardcore circuit over the last five years, notching up coveted support slots with the likes of La Dispute and Pianos Become the Teeth, as well as gaining themselves mainstream recognition with appearances on festival bills and Radio 1 playlists. Having …
Interview: Jonah Falco (Jade Hairpins)
When I call Fucked Up drummer Jonah Falco to discuss his latest band Jade Hairpins, he is in a good mood. Having spent nearly half a decade in London as a transplant from his native Toronto, he has finally gotten a record player for the first time as a resident of the UK capital. He …
Track: Tyburn Blossom – Counterpoint
Amid all the chaos and confusion of our current public health meltdown and the equally frightening economic fallout being caused by it, it feels apt to recall the pre-Glasnost, pre-Gorbachev early 1980s, a time when the Cold War was at its hottest and the public were understandably terrified. Enter Tyburn Blossom, a rising star on …
Track: The Nightingales – The Top Shelf
Post-punk veterans The Nightingales have teased a new track, ‘The Top Shelf’, from their forthcoming eleventh full-length album, ‘Four Against Fate’. The song has a lilting beat that you can imagine lifting your step as you walk down our deserted city streets this spring. Whilst it didn’t exactly set my world on fire, ‘The Top …
Track: Søren Lorensen – Swallow
Søren Lorensen, a duo comprising musicians known for their work in (respectively) Aqualung and Goldfrapp Matt Hales and Davide Rossi, have unveiled the video for their new single, ‘Swallow’. It’s taken from their debut album ‘Lake Constance’. Both the video and the song recall ‘OK Computer’-era Radiohead and tell the story of a white-collar man’s …
News: Lost Film Announces Demo Tape
Lost Film, aka Massachusetts-based lo-fi guitar pop solo artist Jim Hewitt, will release ‘Between Melting and Freezing’, a cassette featuring demos of four songs written during the sessions for his recent third album ‘Zero Summer’ (2019). Only one of the songs, the Smiths/New Order-esque ‘Confess’, made it to the album in an alternate version. Hewitt …
Track: Eye Flys – Guillotine
Following their ‘Context’ EP which was one of last year’s musical highlights for fans of the sort of noise-metal that Amphetamine Reptile would have put out back in the 90s, Eye Flys have released ‘Guillotine’, a teaser track from their full-length debut album ‘Tub of Lard’. Much like the Coup song of the same name, …
Track: Jade Hairpins – J Terrapin
Jade Hairpins is the new power pop band from Fucked Up drummer Jonah Falco and lead guitarist Mike Haliechuk. Falco switches to rhythm guitar and lead vocals for the project and Haliechuk to bass, and they’ve enlisted Jack Goldstein and Tamsin M Leach, two London musicians, on lead guitar and drums respectively. They’ve just released …
News: Lightning Bolt Announce European Tour, Album Reissues
Legendary Providence noise rock duo Lightning Bolt are preparing to tour European festivals this summer and are reissuing their first four albums on Thrill Jockey. European audiences are in for a treat at the band’s shows, which they famously perform in the round and at a deafeningly, sometimes borderline illegally, high decibel level. Lightning Bolt’s …