Post Punk
News: Radio Free Alice sign with Double Drummer on release of the frenetic slice of post punk rock ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love)’.
The obscenely young and deliciously snotty Radio Free Alice‘s third single ‘I Gotta (Fall In Love) is a spine tingling slab of frenetic post punk that has deep inside its genes a panoply of very commendable bands. Think of an amalgam of The Jam, Wreckless Eric, Richard Hell and the Voidoids and the Undertones, and …
News: Moody Beaches Drop New Single and Announce Release of Upcoming Album
Moody Beaches new single is a thunderous paean to their post-punk heritage.
Live Review: Grauzone Festival, The Hague, Netherlands, 10-12 February 2023
Grauzone Festival’s 10th anniversary took place last weekend in the heart of The Hague, Netherlands. Grauzone aims to present a diverse and cutting-edge programme where music, film and art complement each other. It features young talent as well as established names rooted in or influenced by the underground music scene from new wave, electronic to …
Say Psych: Live Review: Avalanche Party / Nara @ Big Hands, Manchester 01.02.2023
Independent Venue Week is the UK’s annual 7-day celebration of independent music & arts venues and the people that own, run and work in them. Over 200 independent venues take part in our annual Celebration and the number keeps growing every year. One such venue is Manchester’s Big Hands. With its low ceilings, epic club …
Live Review: Girls In Synthesis @ Belgrave Music Hall, Leeds 28.01.2023
London based trio Girls In Synthesis are pretty prolific with their volume of live dates. So when they announced at the tail end of 2022 that apart from a few rearranged dates, their live performances in the UK would be few and far between this year, many took this is a call to arms and …
Track: Straight Arrows hit the target with a rambunctious ‘Fast Product’, ahead of some esteemed support gigs
With their new single ‘Fast Product’, Straight Arrows do just what they promise on the package: pinpoint accurate emissions of hyperactive sonic noise that crackles and pops with vitality and effervescence. Out through Rice Is Nice Records and Agitated (UK/EU), this is a blistering track that has at its genetic core traces of the late …
Say Psych: Track Review: Throw Down Bones – Loma
Milan/London experimental band Throw Down Bones have announced new album Three and sharing the new single and video ‘Loma’, their first new music in nearly five years. A towering body of work that feels both apocalyptic and jubilant, Three is Throw Down Bones’ eagerly-awaited return following 2018’s Two and the tragic passing of founding member …
Interview: Volk Soup
Manchester’s underground has never been short of bands, but recently a new breed is emerging. I had a chat with Volk Soup, a multi-city-based offering who have played a few times in these parts recently and have caused quite a stir; partly for their chaotic performances and partly because of the sheer quality that’s on …
Premiere: Melbourne’s Luke Seymoup is a purveyor of indelible ‘Pop Songs’ – his effervescent and anthemic new track.
We are very honoured to premiere the new single ‘Pop Songs’ from Melbourne pop punk maestro Luke Seymoup – in which he basically achieves what the song sets out to do: writing a memorable pop song fit for the radio. With arching choruses and razor sharp melodies, this is a bright effervescent ride with Seymoup’s …
Track: Fleeting Persuasion unveil ‘Etched’: a shimmering tour de force with a stunning video, along with live date and album news.
A muscular bass spine with the genetic code of New Order or The Cure drives the shimmering new single ‘Etched’ from Fleeting Persuasion (essentially the work of Melbourne songwriter James Spencer Harrison), while his urgent vocals recall the passion and vitality of Richard Butler from The Psychedelic Furs. But the overall sound is something unique …