Garage punk
News: Sprints announce Irish National Tour for April – May 2024
Sprints debut album ‘Letter To Self’ embodies their substantial evolution over the past 3 years. Transforming pain into truth, passion into purpose and perseverance into strength, the Dublin four-piece have steadily grown in stature, releasing two acclaimed EPs and building a fearsome live reputation. ‘Letter To Self’ is the sound of Sprints consolidating and levelling …
Gallery and set-list: Wider Than Pictures series featuring Future Islands / Just Mustard / Sprints -Collins Barrack Dublin 24.08.2023
American synth-pop act Future Islands graced the stage of the third night of the Wider Than Pictures series at National Museum of Ireland -Decorative Arts & History Collins Barracks Dublin and opening the night were first on stage garage punk act from Dublin Sprints and shortly following them were Dundalk experimental rock outfit Just Mustard. Sprints …
Special Delivery From Oz – Melbourne Band’s Debut LP Gets UK Release
Described by Rolling Stone magazine as the best Australian album of 2022, Forever Giving Handshakes by Melbourne’s upcoming garage-punks, Delivery, gets its well deserved UK release on May 19th, on Anti-Fade/ Spoilsport / Feel It Records. Ahead of the release the band have a single out, Poor To Middling Moneymaking, which mixes fast-paced, spiky, angular …
Gallery & Set-lists: Dune Rats / Beddy Rays – The Grand Social, Dublin 02.04.2023
It was a night of rollicking coastal punk rock at The Grand Social Dublin as Australian surf-punk/surf-rock bands Dune Rats and Beddy Rays took over the venue.Right from the get-go it was full on and mosh pit central. Beddy Rays photos & set-list: Week On RepeatWait A WhileBetter WeatherRhythmsOn My OwnSort It OutMilkHandfulHighway To Hell …
News & Album Review: Civic release blistering sophomore album, Taken By Force
The really, really good news is that guitar-based, garage-punk rock is not dead, and Melbourne band, Civic are at the forefront of a movement which is showing that it is well-and-truly alive and kicking. ‘Taken By Force’, their follow up long-player to debut, ‘Future Forecast’, sees the band (Jim McCullough [vocals], Lewis Hodgson [guitar], Roland …
Live Review + Gallery: A Swayze & The Ghosts bring the roof down as they rock Altar in nipaluna/Hobart 16.12.2022
It felt like an eternity since A Swayze & The Ghosts had played (or at least, it did for me). Covid-19 has delayed the inevitable rise of one of Tasmania’s finest alternative exports, with the band having had to take the same extended break from touring, writing and recording that most other artists have. However, …
Album Review: Melbourne power duo, Mannequin Death Squad release sizzling debut long player, Super Mental Psycho.
Mannequin Death Squad have finally released their debut album after a string of blistering singles (all of which appear on the album) being released over the past few years in the run-up to the long-awaited release of this gem of a long-player. The album was recorded over that time at a number of different studios, …
Live Review + Gallery: Mannequin Death Squad at Altar 29/09/2022
Having recently returned from a tour throughout the UK, Melbourne power-punk 2-piece, Mannequin Death Squad (El and Dan) took to the stage at Altar here in Hobart and ripped out an explosive set of songs from their catalogue, including new tracks from their just-released album, Super Mental Psycho (which was co-produced by legendary Australian producer, …
PREMIERE: LA trio Lost Cat present ‘Bitch Fight’ from their impending debut album
Meet Lost Cat. They’re from Los Angeles, and there’s three of them – Angie, Lucy and Kiki. They’re on a first-names-only basis apparently, and that’s fine with us. Their sound’s at the crossroads of peak girl group and garage punk, with their new song throwing in a woozy psychedelic bridge for good measure. It’s called …
News: Yeah Yeah Yeah it’s True! Yeah Yeah Yeahs have signed with Secretly Canadian and will release new music later this year!
Yeah Yeah Yeahs back with tour and new music later this year!